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      { Continued fruni-onr Iftpagi . ) duty upon so large a number of articles , varying so much in value ; but he believed that 15 per cent , was , as far as it was possible to fix it , the general amount of duty . With respect to the allegation of the petitioners , that twenty years aso the Legislature k'gau that alteration in the silk trade from which they dated their depression , if the noble lord observed , capital had been withdrawn from this trade , the inu >« rtatioa of the saw material had diminished , and the demand : ; of the home market and of the foreign trade had decreased , the petitioners might have a case founded upon their past history ; but if in all these respects the very reverse was the fact , the petitioners were not borne out in their statement , and their prophecies were groundless . The fact of silk manufactures being experted from

      this country to France , whicli excelled lnsiik fabrics , was itself a triumphant proof of the ability of our manufacturers to maintain a competition with foreigners . The noble Lord showed that our silk trade had prospered during the last three months , siucdthc reduction of duty had been actually in operation and stated that there never was a time when , as a whole , those who were employed in the silk trade were in a greater state of prosperity . In Spitalfields itself , advertisements for hands were put up , and the throwing-mills in the country could not get them in sufficient number . The very night on which the Duke of Richmond was to have presented the petition of the silk wearers (« fortnight ago . ) a meetingof those weavers wasjheld to consider whether they should not ask an increase of wages ; the meeting was held , a rise of wagts asked , and many masters in Spitalfields had acceded to the demand .

      Lord Staslet asked , if the silk trade had been so prosperous , why it should be interfered with ? But he differed with Lord Dalhousie as to the facts , and as to the effect , said to hare been produced , having teen produced not by diminishing the duty upon the raw material , bat by the concurrent reduction of duty npon the manufactured article . Lord Stanley then produced counter statements of the silk trade since the year 1824 . Lord Dalhousie , he observed , lad spoken o ? the vast increase in the importation of raw silk ; bnt whilst the quantity had increased from 1 , 383 , 000 lb ., the average of 1815 , 1816 , and 1817 . to 3 . , O 00 ib . in 1824 in 1844 it only reached 4 , 600 , 000 : b . —an increase of 800 , 0001 b . in twenty years , instead of 2 , 000 , 0001 b . in six years ; and of this onastity great part consisted of knubs and husks—a specimen of which his Lordship exhibited , observing , that of this rubbish the largest portion of

      tie boasted exports to France had been made . The noble Lord in like manner , showed that , in the export trade and the imports of finished goods , the evidence of the success of Mr .- Iluskisson ' s measure in lS 2 i was equally equivocal . After pointing out various instances of the practical inequality of the silk duties , he stated that there was only one article in this trade in which wages had not fallen and were falling , and that was figured velvet , which had a high protective duty of 11 . 7 s . Gd . per lb ., and that was now to be reduced to 9 < . The noble Lord contended that the alteration was neither called for by policy , nor justinr-d by the arguments of Lord Dalhousie , and its effect would be to injure the revenue by redncins ; one-half duties which now produced 300 . 0002-For the amendment .. .. SO Against it 75

      Majority against the amendment 25 After a smart dialogue respecting a deputation from the silk-weavers to the Board of Trade , the schedule was agreed to ; the bill was reported without amendments , and ordered to be read a third time on Thursday . Their Lordships then adjourned at a quarter past twelve . HOUSE OF COMMONS , Tceshat , Jc . \ e 23 . The house met at four o ' clock . The report of the Glasgow , Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Bill was carried b- 1 C 6 against 100 ; thus reversing the decision of the house on a former

      division . Mr . F . Makle gave notice that he would endeavour tojhave this deeisio nreversed on the thud reading .

      SUGAR DUTIES . Public business commenced by The Chancellor of the Exchequer moving that the report on the resolutions on the sugar duties agreed to by the Committee of Ways and Means-, should be brought up . It was brought up accordingly . On the question that the honse agree to the said resolutions , some conversation took place between Mr . B . Escort , Mr . IIvue , the Chaj . celi . ok ef the Excueqcee , Mr . Moffatt , Mr . James Lord Joux ItrssELL , and Mr . / fnonxLEV , on the question

      whether the temporary bill should continue the existing sugar duties or the reduced duties , of which notice had been given some time ago by Government . It was ultimately agreed that it would not be possible to carry any other bill , save that for continuing the existing duties , without opening the whole wide question of the sugar duties . The resolutions were therefore airreed to without amendment ; and a bill founded upon thc-m was ordered to be brought in by ihe Chancellor of the Extieouer . At a later hour it was brought in , read afirsi , and ordered to be read a second time on Wednesdav .

      lir . G . BciLER then moved the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the b-sfc mode of providing a general record office for England and lYales . Mr . G . Wtkxe seconded the motion , and hoped that it would be referred to the same Committee to consider ihe propriety of continuing tho Record Commission , appointed not many years ago , and of publishing certain works under its authority which now remained incomplete . The GnAscELLOKOfthe Exchequer gave his consent . with great pleasuic to the motion of Mr . C . Bulier , but expressed an opinion that it would be IL'hlr inexpedient to refer to the same committee the task of considering whether it was expedient to continue the iabuurs of the Record Commission . The two subjects—of building a Kecord O . iice and of continuing the Record Commission , were quite distinct from eath oilier .

      Tiie motion was agreed to . Mr . Spooner was moving for leave to bring in a bill for the more effectual suppression of trailing in seduction and prostitution , and for the better protection of females , when an hon . meuibar moved that the house be counted ; and as there were only 37 members present the house s & od adjourned : HOUSE OF COMMONS , WunxEsniY , Jcse 24 . The Speaker took the chair at 12 o ' clock .

      2 CEW ZEALAND . On the report of the Xew Zealand ( advancement of Consolidated Fund ) Bill , Air . Heme objected to the principle of paying those debts which had been incurred by the malversation of j'Ub-ic functionaries . A sura of £ 100 , 000 was to be disposed of , and he thought the matter demanded explanation . The Chancellor of the Exchequer would undertake to enter on a detail of the circumstances for the aniunuatiou oF the house when a , wore convenient Opportunity offered . The report was then received .

      SUGAR DUTIES . On the motion of the Chancellor of the ' Excitequek , ik : Sugar Duties Biii was read a second time , and ordered lo be committed to-morrow .

      PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORS EILL . SirDE Lacy Evans moved the second reading of the Parliamentary Electors anil Freemen ' s Biii . One of its objects was to repeal the- 27 th clause of the Reform Act , which required , as ; i condition of exercising the franchise , that parties should discharge all rates and taxes due to the Ctli of April , on or before the 2 i » z of the ibilowinu J nl v . He wi-hed t = ) mitigate the ; SVct of that clausa by changing the ( Salts contained iu it , so that parlies should only be rcoairc-d , on or before die 21 st of July , to pay the rates and taxes due ou the 11 tU of October preceding . Another object was to alter tho 39 th clause of ¦ fee same act . The AixonsEr- Gsn & nxL Wt it his duty to offer tho jnost determined opposition to this bill .

      Air . fleas thought tha ihe innm-r lay in a nutehali . The question sinij . Iy was whether , instead of three , six months should ha aliowul fa- the payment Of arrears . ( Hear , hear . ) The hon . and / earned gentleman , when he said the time at present granted was sufficient , did not seem to be aware that " people Jiad business to do , and could not find an opportunity of paying up _ the arrears and going tur ' nish tha tedious preliminary process , within so limited a period . He ( Mr . llume ) objected altogether to the payment of taxes connected with the franchise , and hundreds of pereons lost their votes because tlicy were unable , just at the appointed time , to comply with the law . ( Hear , hear . )

      Air . WniUiis did not object to the bill as far as it ¦ went ; but he wished it had gone much further . It was most unjust that these incumbrances slu . ukl have been left so long upon the elective franchise . Mr . Escon hoped they would go into committee an this bill . ( Hear , Hear . ) There was , he would admit , great inconvenience frequently resulting from the present system , and frequent opportunity was afforded for bribery . ( Hear , hear . ) Sir 3 . Guumi ± aid , that if any alteration in the payment of rates clause in this bill would remove his objection to it , he would not think it necessary to

      offer any obstruction to the second reading and tho progress of this bill into committee ; bat the objection which he offered was to the principle of the bill . ( Hear , hear . ) He could not consent to any enlarge ment of the period fixed by the Reform Bill with reference to the credit to be given for the payment of rates . That was not the time to discuss the question of the rate-payment clause in the KeformBill . ( H .. ar , hear . ) He did not pretend' to say that rating was an infallible test either of the intelligence or of the independeoce of the voter ; but he was strongly of opinion , that unless they adopted universal suffrage ,

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      it was indispensable to show some teat of intelligence and of independence , and that test , he considered , was most frequently to be found in property and solvency . ( Hear , hear . ) The question now before them was a question of degree The time now 'ranted was three months ; and the object of this bill clearly was to enlarge this period to nine months . Sir G- Grey supported the second reading of the bill , as it was intended to meet a practical evil . Mr . Bernal supported the motion , and Mr . Henley opposed it . UOionei suuuiu uiu

      oibtuukp oppose me , regieiuug that in so doing he should be obliged once more to go into the lobby with "those right hon . gentlemen " { the Government . ) He protested against it being made a charge against the borough and city constituencies , that they were open to bribery by the payment of their rates and faxes . He denied the charge on thepartof the constituency of Lincoln ; he considered a £ 10 voter of Lincoln equal to a £ 20 householder of St . ( r iles ' s . He should oppose the measure , because he thought it the beginning of universal suffrage . Mr . T . Buncombe . —I think I heard the hon . and

      gallant colonel say a Lincoln ten-pounder is equal to a twenty-pound voter of St . Giles ' s ; as I have the honour of representing that parish , as part of the borough of Finsbury , I think it due to that constituency not to allow the observation of the hen . and gallant colonel to pass unnoticed . Perhaps the hon- and gallant colonel is not aware how the parish of St . Giles is composed . ( Colonel Sibthorp— "No , I am not . " Great laughter . ) It contains several of the inns of court , and the residences of many of the most eminent lawyers ; the hon . and gallant colonel may have a different idea of it ; he may , unfortunately , only have visited the lowest purlieus of that parish . ( Laughter . ) I confess Inever saw a Lincoln tcn-pounder ( renewed laushtcr ) , but if I may be

      allowed to judge of tkem by their representative ( laughter ) . I can only say , that from one end of Finsbury to the other—from St . Giles ' s to St . Luke ' s ( cheers and laughter ) , I never saw , for elegance of diction , mental accomplishments , or personal adornment ( immense laughter , in which Sir R . Peel heartily joined ) , anybody in the least like the hon . and gallant representative of the ten-pounders of Lincoln . So much for tbe parish of St . Giles and my constituents . Another extraordinary argument of the hon . and gallant colonel is , if you at all diminish the time allowed for payment under the rate-paying clause of the Reform Bill , it will be tantamount to universal suffrage ; then why is it not universal suffrage in the counties ? ( Hear , hear . ) The

      payment of rates and taxes is not made a qualification for voting in counties , yet there it is not considered universal suffrage . I want to know why borough electors are put on a different footing from voting in counties ? I maintain that they are as respectable as the £ 50 tenants at will , and a great deal more in dependent ; they are not the slaves and tools of theirlaudlords , aud are in every respect as much entitled to a vole for members of Parliament , without paying these rates and taxes , as any county electors . This debate only shows the mischief of at all meddling with what is wrong and rotten in principle , like the rate-paying clause of the Reform Bill : the

      measure of the hon . and gallant member for Westminster is good as far as it goes , but still it is but bolstering up a had system . On a former occasion , when the lion , gentlemen around me were in office , ! succeeded iu introducing and carrying against them a bill for the repeal of the rate-paying clauses of the Reform Act ; that bill was defeated on a subsequent stage ; the present measure does not go one quarter so far , and yet it seems likely to be thrown out on its second reading . This proves to me that this house is getting more and more aristocratic every day , more opposed to popular reforms , and is retrograding from public opinion , instead of advancing with it .

      ^ fter remarks fro m Mr . Walpole and Mr . P . Howard , Sir D . L Ev . ws said a few words in reply , and the house divided , when the numbers were—For the amendment .,.,.. 94 For the second reading 53 Majority 41

      SOMAS CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL . The House then went into committee on the Roman Catholic Keiief Bill . Sir R . Iscus objected to a recital in the preamble of the bill , whereby it was declared expedient to repeal almost all the provisions of the Emancipation Act of 1 S 29 , which were considered at the time securities for the Protestant Establishment . He concluded by moving , That the chairman do leave the chair . Mr . Watson defended the bill , and declared his willingness to qualify any clauses in it which might be deemed objectionable .

      Sir J . Graham declared his intention of dividing with Sir R . Inglis against the bill . So long as we had an Established Church in full possession of its rights , titles , and privileges—titles co-terminous with those of the Established Church , ought not to be conferred on any prelates who did not belong toit . Air . Wtse gave his support io the bill , on the ground that it was desirable to establish a perfect equality between the Church of England and the Church of Rome .

      After some further discussion , the Committee divided , and Sir R . Iuglis ' s amendment was carried by a majority of 120 over 10 voices . The House in consequence resumed . On the motion of Mr . Hawes , the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill was read a second time , on the understanding tbat the discussion should be taken on the bill going into committee on Thursday . The House then adjourned at C o ' clock .

      HOUSE OF LORDS , Thubsday , June 25

      THE SEW CORN LAW READ A THIRD TIME AND PASSED . The Earl of Riro . v moved the third reading of the Corn Importation Bill . The Earl of Wicklow , before permitting the last stage of the bill to pass , insisted upon knowing what had become of those measures which the government had promised should accompany it , and which were de > ignated as compensations to the landed interest for the protection which was taken from them ? The noble earl likewise demanded whether the Government intended to continue the Income-tax , and f not , from what source they expected to make up the revenue . It would be most disgraceful were Ministers to resign and throw tiie country embarrassed inio the hands of their successors .

      The EarlofKiros replied that the Government felt bound to adhere to those measures they had promised should accompany the Corn Bill ; and one of them , the Poor Removal Bill , was in tho other house . The noble Earl declined to give any pledge respecting the Income-tax , contenting himself wiih asserting that the Government had good grounds for anticipating a sufficient revenue from the extension that would be given to commerce by the relaxations made . The bill was opposed by Lord Faversham , the Duke of Cleveland , Lord Ga » e , Earl Stanhope , and the Earl of Selkirk , aud supported by the Earl of Dalhousie .

      The Duke of Ricnjioxn moved an amendment , that the bill be read a third time that day six months , liehad heard the present Ministry were about to resign . Right glad was he to . heat the report , because he was of opinion their fall would prove of service to ihe nation . The loss of their position would pr « ve that no party in this country would be allowed to break pledges with impunity , and , as was right , their 110 followers would gain nothing by their sudden conversion . After a remark or two from the Earl of Ellenbouougu , the amendment was negatived witliout a division , and the bill was read a third time and passed .

      THE CUSTOMS DUTIES BILL was likewise read a third time and passed . After some further discussion their Lordships adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS , Thursday , Juxe 25 . THE IRISH COERCION BILL THROWN

      OUT . The adjourned debate on the second reading of the Protection of Life ( Ireland ) Bill , and Sir W . Somcrvil ' e ' s amendment thereto , was resu mod by-Mr . StAFroBD O'Bkibs , who , regarding the question as one of confidence in the Government , could not do otherwise than vote against the bill . In the county in which he resided in Ireland , he could not , as a magistrate recommend the enforcement of the c ; ausc which punished men for being out of their hiiuscs between suuset and sunrise ; for the peasantry , who travelled with their wares from Galway to Limerick , were obliged to be on the high road all night in order to reach Limerick market early in the moniinsr .

      Mr . Hcme opposed the Bill . He attributed the disturbances pi Ireland to the existence of the penal i : tws , which , Chough uoraiiialiy , had not been practically repealed . The misrule of England hud been the cause of the misery of livland , and the misery of Lv-jand was the fertile source of its offences and crimes . Ireland would be a stumbling block , to e ' -eiy administration until the axe was laid to ' its nee of discontent , " and nothing nourished that tree of discontent so niuc-h as the sinecures in the estabjj . 'ii-. d church . L . rd jNnwroirr . opposed the Bill ; and Lord C , Hamilton , iu supporting it , charged Lord G . Bentinck with haviug prompted the speech of tho noble lord who had preceded luni in the debate . Lord Newi'OHT indignantly repel ' td this imputation .

      Air . C . Bulleb opposed the bill , but warmly e ^ oKist'd Sir It . Peel . The disord ers in Ireland were mainly caused by the cx . ' tlimj tenure of land in that country . Indeed the testimony of every writvr , every traveller , every speaker , and every committee and cotumi & siou on the etate of Ireland proved that the cause of all the outrages of the poor in that country was tho- outrages committed on tho poor ; aud ho was convinced ihat we should never reach the foot of the evil , if we only legislated against oue party—the poor . That coercive measures would not remedy the evils of Ireland , hyd been proved over and over again , by the expe-

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      rience of more than . 50 years . It ^ e - shed to remove them , we must give its labouring population the guarantee of a Poor Law , and that right of relief which was the palladium of the English peasant in all difficulties and hardships . Such a measure mie ; ht . it was true , amount to a confiscation of the landed property of Ireland . Therefore be was inclined to modify his opinion on the subject of the Poor Law , and to say that we should not be justified in introducing the English Poor Law into Ireland without providing a large fund of employment for the population of that country . He had opposed a bill similar to this in 1833 ,

      although it was proposed by Earl Grey , immediately after he had passed the Reform Bill ; and he must oppose this bill now , although it was proposed by Sir R . Peel , the propounder of the repeal of the Corn-laws . His regret , however , in giving his present vote , was diminished by this fact , that this vote would mark an important per iod in British legislation for Ireland . It was the first time that the House of Commons had ever rejected a coercion bill recommended by the Executive Government , and he hoped that the establishment of such a precedent would prevent such a demand from ever being made again with success .

      Mr . F . Bajjkes opposed , and Mr . Spooneb supported the bill . Mr . Sheil opposed the bill , and delivered a long tirade against Sir R . Peel . The Whigs , himself , and O'Connell , he of course praised as the only friends of Ireland . In conclusion , he argued that this bill was not fitted for a nation of readers like that of Ireland , and that it would stimulate that agitation which Ministers dreaded so much , but which they had done so little to repress . The alteration which the repeal of the corn laws would produce in the condition of Ireland ought to render them particularly cautious in the measures which they adopted , for , though the repeal of the corn laws would undoubtedly be beneficial to that country in the long run , its first effect

      would be to expel many a Cromwellian from his mortgaged estate , and they ought to take every means in their power to prevent such men , who had hitherto been their allies , from swelling . the ranks of the partisans of repeal . The Solicitor Genkkai , contended that neither life nor property in-Ireland had that security which every loyal subject had a right to expect , and that it would be disgraceful to the executive government to sit down in despair of finding a remedy for such a frightful state of things . He then entered into a lengthened defence of the bill , amidrepoatedclamours of the house for the division .

      The Marquis of Chandos could not concur with the party with which he had been recently acting , in opposing this bill ; on the contrary , he felt himself called upon to support it , as it was necessary to the repression of crime and the maintenance of law and justice . Major Beresjomi , Mr . Newdkgate , and Captain Harris opposed , and Mr , Addeblet and Captain Jones supported the bill . Mr . ConnKN wished to say a few words as to the spirit of the vote which lie was about to give . He believed that he should that evening go into the lobby with a number of the gentleman below the gangway . He would not put one word of construction on their motives : but as the combination was

      odd and somewhat suspicious , he wished to clear himself by showing that the . construe tion which had been put ou this vote by Lord G . Bentinck was not the construction which he had upon it . Sir R . Peel had stated that he would stand or fall by the bill . With that determination lie had nothing to do ; but he would hot , like the noble lord , stultify himself by voting black to be white to serve a particular purpose . It would be hopeless to keep Sir R . Peel in by a single vote , for it was quite evident that the house would soon be put to the test again by the noble lord and his friends . But before long the state of parties in that house would receive a solution from out of doors . We could not go on with three parties in the house—we must only have two . There was no distinction in the country now between

      those who followed Lord J . Russell and those who save In their adherence to the right hon . baronet . If that fusion had taken place out of doors , and if the rank and file had already fraternized , the batttle between the chiefs must be abandoned , and a fusion must take place in that house . If Sir R . Peel should now retire from office , he would carry with him the esteem and gratitude of a greater number of the population of this empire than had ever followed the retirement of any other Minister . He tendered his own thanks to Sir R . Peel for the great ability and the unswerving firmness with which he had conducted , during the last six months , one of the most magnificent reforms which had ever been accomplished . The house then divided when there appeared—For the second reading ... ... 219 Against it 292

      Majority against the Government 73 The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the house adjourned .

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      No part of Lord Jons Russell' s powerful speech of Monday night is more importantin its bearings on the practical question now before the Ilouse of Commons , than that in which he dwelt on the resolute aversion manifested by successive Administrations to the use of extra-constitutional expedients of coercion for the suppression of popular disturbances in this country , and showed the complete success with which very wide-spread and formidable outbreaks have , from time to time , been subdued , without exceeding the ordinary resources of law and government . In former years , indeed , " new powers" were the cheap and easy resort of Tory statesmen charged with the maintenance of the public peace in times of prevalent disaffection nnd lawlessness . Amongthe earliest

      recollections of Lord Jons Russell ' s parliamentary iifc is his unsuccessful opposition , as a member of the Whig party , to the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act , and the enaetmentof the famous " Six Acts "the English "Coercion Bills" of the years 1817 and 1819 , introduced as remedies for disturbances in the manufacturing districts . We have now , however , in this country , long since outgrown all that sort of tiling ^ We have learned , as a people , to believe in the power of the ordinary law for the preservation of the Queen ' s peace—and to this belief all Governments , willingly or unwillingly , conform themselves . No Minister would now venture to ask , and no House of Commons would consent to grant , coercive powers unknown to the law and constitution , and all Ministers seem to manage perfectly well without them . Wo had no Coercion Bill in 1830 and 1831 , to suppress agrarian incendiarism and civic riot—nor in 1 S 39 , to put down Chartist disturbances—nor in 1842 , to avert or check what

      seemed like incipient insurrection in the manufacturing districts—nor iu 1813 , to repress the Rebecca commotions in Wales—nor in 1844 , to subdue agrarian incendiarism in the eastern counties . Whig { jovernrnents and Conservative governments have seemed to be of one mind . The peace of Great Britain has , in every instance , been restored , without troubling Parliament to make new laws for the occasion . We have had increased military force , increased constabulary force , special commissions , and state prosecutionsbut we have not had the constitution of the country tampered with . There has been no lack of " emergencies "—many of them of the most formidable and alarming character ; but we have got through them without legislation . The statute-book has nothing to show for the emergencies of the last fifteen years , except acts for the redress of grievances . Ou the whole , we may say , that pro-tempore coercive legislation , as a part of the machinery of Government , has ., by common consent , ceased to exist on this side of . the Channel .

      Now , if the empire is really one—if the legislative union is to be a union—these analogies must be allowed to have immense weight . One and the same Legislature must not have two policies , two cansciences , for emergencies not intrinsically and genericalfy different . For one and the same United Kingdom , there must be one and the same interpretation of constitutional rights and of governmental duties . Irish Rebcccaism must be dealt with as Welsh Rebecca ism—Irish agrarian crime , as English agrarian crime—the Irish "five counties , " as any English , Scotch , or Welsh five counties , under parallel circumstances of disaffection and outrage . By the public opinion anil legislative usage of this country it has become a settled rule of British policy , that—excepting , of course , those cases of extreme and overwhelming necessity , which make their own rules , and which would neither bear nor require half a

      year ' s debating to verify their existence—extraordinary outbreaks of crime aud disorder must be suppressed , not by extraordinary pro hac vice legislative expedients , but by extraordinary vigilance and vigour in the use of the ordinary powers of law and government . More police , if necessary ; more stipendiary magistrates , if necessary ; more troops , if necessary ; more special commissions and state prosecutions , it necessary ;—but not less of the common-law , everyday liberties of British subjects , without such a necessity , as on one side of the Channel equally with the other , would be instantly recognised by any Parliament , on the application of any Minister . The acknowledged success of the Government's vigorous enforcement of the ordinary law in Leitrim , and the fact that we are about entering on the sixth month of our deliberations as to the need of any extraordinary law , afford together a sufficiently reliable measure of the value of this necessity .

      The perils consequent on the Imperial Legislature ' s dealing mote laxly with Irishmen's liberties than with those of Englishmen , were forcibly suggested by Lord John Russell in his recent speech . As it is a policy which goes counter to the idea of Imperial legislation by a united Parliament , it cannot be long persevered in without endangering the continued existence of the fact . It is " most dangerous , in the present stale of opinion and feeling in the sister country , to treat Ireland with less consideration and less' orbearance than England ,

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      Scotland , and Wales would receive in analogous circumstances . : The legislative union needs all the moral ' supports that kindly , just , and equal government can give it . The Irish people are acutely sensitive just now— and can we blame them ?—to every appearrnce of legislative or administrative injustice and inequality . As Lord John Russell impressively reminds us , we are" legislating under the eye" ot parties already wide y alienated — we hope and believe not incurably alienated—from the Government that has too long treated them and their countrymen as '' aliens from English svmpathy , and from the characteristic benefits of English citizenship . We can ill afford , at fhistimeofdav . to eive anti-Enriish prejudices and

      jealousies so great an advantage as that of a marked departure , in the case of Ireland , from the fundamental and established maxims of imperial policy . It there really are to be two principles of Government for different sections of the United Kingdom , there may almost as well be two Governments . Hike voice of the vast majority of the representatives of the Irish people , sitting at Westminster , is to go for absolutely nothing with the British Parliament , there really does not seem much use in the representatives of the Irish people coming to Westminster . And if Ireland is not to be legislated for , by the Imperial Parliament , in tbe same spirit in which she would legislate for herself , it will be hopeless to think of persuading Ireland that she would not do better to legislate for herself . Certainly this is the way Englishmen would reason were the relative positions

      and the cases of the two countries reversed . We fervently trust that the approaching decision of the House of Commons , on the grave and moraenioas question now before it , will not be such as to supply the Irish mind with new data for this most perilous logic . The Repeal movement will then become really and imminently dangerous—when it becomes a movement which all just-minded Englishmen feel that they would participate in were they Irishmen . Not for the sake of keeping the very best of Ministers in office , can it be worth Englishmen's while to sanction , or quiescently to tolerate , a policy that brings into discredit the competency of the Imperial Parliament to do justice to Ireland —and that tends to legitimate , to the public opinion and conscience of Great Britain , an agitation for the dismemberment of the empire .

      — : * Melancholy Suicide Of B. R. Haydon The Historical Painter.

      — : * MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF B . R . HAYDON THE HISTORICAL PAINTER .

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      Wo regret to state that Mr . B . R . Haydon , the historical painter , committed suicide on Monday last . Mr . Haydon ' s misfortunes and disappointments in the profession of which he was so distinguished a member , have not been altogether hidden from the public . His occasional appeals against the acts of injustice of which ( truly or not ) he undoubtedly believed himself the victim , had given to his name a melancholy celebrity , which his last fatal act ( arising AS it will be seen to have done , from his latest disapment ) cannot fail to increase In a very remarkable degree . Without dwelling any further on this subject , it may be briefly stated that Mr . Haydon ' s pecuniary circumstances had been for some time past in a very embarrassed condition . A short lime since , a

      valued friend , to whom Mr . Haydon had made known the state of his affairs , offered to advance the sum necessary to relieve him from some pressing liabilities . On this circumstance ( inasmuch as his inability to meet the liabilities alluded to had thrown him into a very desponding state ) Mr . Haydon built strong hopes , which were , alas I destined only to meet a more cruel disappointment on his friend discovering . that the property from which he had intended to advance Mr . Haydon the means of liquidating his responsibilities was so "locked up" that he could not release it for the desired purpose . There is , however , enoughalready ascertained tojustify the conclusion that the disappointment consequent ion the knowledge of his friend ' s inability to serve him [ in the matter above detailed has been the immediate cause of the rash act which has at once deprived the unhappy man of life , and left an exemplary widow and family of four children to mourn the loss of one of the most indulgent husbands .

      The unhappy man , shortly before ten o clock , appears to have entered his painting room ( the principal apartment on the first floor of his residence ) and here it was that he committed the dreadful act . It was usual for Mi * . Haydon to lock himself into his apartment when engaged in painting , and he seems to have done so on Monday morning . In her bedroom , Mrs . Haydon , who was with her eldest daughter ( about a quarter to eleven o'clock ) , were alarmed by what appeared to be the stifled report of a gun or pistol . The troops were exercising in the park close at hand , and as nothing particular succeeded the report , both Mrs . Haydon and her daughter , imagined that their alarm had originated from the firing of the soldiers . "Within five minutes

      a heavy fall on the floor of the room beneath was heard , but as Mr . Haydon was frequently in the habit of moving heavy pictures , and in so doing allowing the corners of them to fall suddenly on the ground , the noise was attributed to that circumstance , and no notice was taken of it . Shortly after eleven Mrs . Haydon left the house and proceeded to Brixton . At a quarter past twelve Miss Hajdon , who is only sixteen years of age , prompted by filial affection and knowing the desponding state of mind in which her father had been for some time , went down stairs and knocked at the door of the painting room . Not hearing her father ' s usual prompt reply , she tried the lock , which opened at her touch , and a moment ' s glance discovered the body of her unhappy parent , crouched un together on the floor . Her first

      imoression was that her father had fallen down in a fit . This allusion was , however , soon dispelled , and the frightful reality made manifest . Miss llaydon immediately rushed out of the house , and ran across the way to the residence of Messrs . Bryant and White , surgeons , in Burwood Place , the former of whom has for a long time been the family medical attendant . Mr . Bryant was unfortunately from home at the time , and a neighbouring surgeon was sent for . Without waiting , however , Miss Haydon , throwing herself into a cab , directed tho man to drive to Brixton , intending to proceed to Mr . Coulton ' s , where her mother had previously gone . Mr . Coulton and Mrs . Haydon crossed the unhappy young lady on her way , and arrived together in Burwood Plaso shortly after one o ' clock .

      Mr . Coulton s visit merely arising from some matters of business he wished to transact with Mr . . Haydon . On entering the house they learned the dreadful tidings . Mr . Coulton , who was a most intimate friend of the unhappy artist , immediately proceeded up stairs , where he found the body of the deceased , in the state described , aud on the table several sealed packets . The first of these was addressed to "Mrs . Haydon , my dearest love . " It contained several letters , one to herself , imploring her forgiveness for the additional pang his last act would add to the many he had already given her , and expressing a hope that Sir Robert Peel would consider he ( the deceased ) had earned a pension for her . He also alluded to the receipt ef a cheque for £ 50 from the private purse of the right hon . baronet , on the previous Friday , £ 10 of which he directed should be

      i >! ven to his daughter , £ 10 to his son Frank , and the remainder to be appropriated to her own purposes . The packet also contained a letter to his children , enjoining them to lead a pious life , and live affectionately with each other . Another packet contained the deceased ' s will , in which he appointed as his executors , Mr . Serg . Talfourd , Mr . Coulton , and Dr . Doriing . Tin ' s document is of a most extraordinary and elaborate character , and gives a full detail of the unhappy man ' s life and difficulties . It also wills his various pictures to different individuals . A third packet contained three letter * , addressed respectively to the Right Hon . Sir R . Peel , Sir G . Cockburn , and Mr . Sergeant Talfourd . These Mr . Coulton teak possession of , and immediately delivered in person . No trace was discovered of any letter addressed to the Duke of Sutherland .

      Within two hours of the receipt of Mr . Haydon's letter Sir Robert Peel replied to Mr . Coulton , as the principal executor of the unhappy deceased . His letter , after expressing how painfully he Wi \ s skoeked at the intelligence Mr . Haydon ' s letter had communicated , went on to state that as he feared the family might be in need of some immediate assistance , he had thought it right to enclose a cheque for 2001 . from the Royal Bount y Fend , as a temporary relief . The Right Hon . Baronet further stated that he supposed a permanent provision forthe family would lie immediately suggested , and if so , he begged to add that so far as bis own private purse and personal influence were concerned , both might be commanded . There was another paper found , headed "The last thoughts of Haydon at half-past 10 o'clock , " one of the principal points iu which was a comparison of the characters of the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon Buonaparte .

      An examination of the body proves that the deceased must have first fired a pistol into his head , a perforated bullet-wound being visible in the pariefal bone . This appears not . to have had a fatal effect ; and there are traces of blood about the room where deceased appears to have subsequently walked to obtain possession ofa razor , with which he afterwards iniiieted two severe gashes in his throat , aud thus caused death . The Coroner ' s inquiry is appointed to take place this day .

      CORONER'S INQUEST . On Wednesday morning , at half-past nine o ' clock , Mr . Waklcy , M . P ., Coroner lor Hie westerndivisiouof Middlesex , and a jury of fifteen liu-hly n-apectttWc inli . 'iliHunts oftlie parish of P . uhlingtoii , assembled at the Norfolk Ar . uis Tavi'iB , hunvood-pliire , Edgeware-roud , for the purpose of iiivcsti . u'atin . i ; tiu : death of the late Benjamin Robert Iliiydui ! , Emi ., tin- well known artist , who committed ' suicide on the niorui i ; of Monday last . The jury on asse / floling . ypi-ouuxlud to view tho bodyofthc deceased . On entering the principal room on the first floor ( which was used tf-s u j ); , intiii ^ roam by tho unfortunate deceased ) a dreadful svdit presented itsolf . Strecthed on tho floor , immediately in front of a colossal picture ( Alfred the Great and the first British Jury ) , on which the unhappy

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      artist appears to have been engaged up to the peried of his death , lay the lifeless corpse of an aged man , his white hairs saturated with blood , in a pool of which the whole upper portion of the body was lying . The head partially rested upon his right arm , and near the latter were lying two razors , the one in a case , and the other smeared with blood half open by his side . There was also near the same spot a small pocket pistol , which appeared to have been recently discharged , though it was on half-cock when discovered . The unhappy man appeared to have fallen in the exact position in which he was seen by the Jury . He was dressed with great neatness , in the ordinary attire whichhewoi'fiwhileengagedinpainting . Histhroathad a frightful wound extending toncarly seven inches in length , and there was also a perforated bullet wound in the upper part of the scalp over the parietal bone . The most singular circumstance , however , in connection with the melancholy affair was , the extraordinary and careful ar-. ..... . .. j _>»

      rangement of the room and the articles therein . The unhappy man had placed a portrait of his wife , to whom he was most devotedly attached , on a small easel immediately facing his large picture . On an adjoining table he had placed his diary—a book of data which he seems to have kept with much carefor many years past . It was open at the concludingpage , and the last words he had entered , ' * God forgive me ! Amen ! " evidently alluded to the act he had in contemplation at tho time they were written . Packets of letters addressed to several persons , a statement ( miscalled a will in one account , ) and another document , headed ' The Last Thoughts of Haydon , at half-past ten o'clock , a . m ., June 22 , 1816 , " were also placed upon the same table . The only other articles similarly displayed , which occur to the recollection of the writer , were the deceased ' s watch and a prayer book , which had been secured open at that portion of the Gospel service appropriated to the 6 th Sunday after the Epiphany .

      Miss Haydon , and Mary Haskett , cook in the service of the deceased gentleman , were examined , but their evidence was merely a repetition of the account given above . Mr . Orlando Hyam , step son of the deceased , read several extracts from the diary mentioned above , which described most painfully the mental sufferings of the deceased , arising from pecuniary embarrassments . The jury returned the following verdict : — " We find that the deceased Benjamin Robert Haydon died from the effect of wounds inflicted by himself , and that the said Benjamin Robert Haydon was in an unsound state of mind wh inhe committed the act . "

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      The Chartist Co-Operative Land ¦ Society...

      THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND ¦ SOCIETY . Meetings for the purpose of enrolling members , and transacting other business connected therewith are held every week on the following days and places ;— SATURDAY EVElflKO . Shoreditch , at Chapman ' s Coffee House , Church Street , at eight o ' cIock .

      SUNBAT EVENING . South . London- Chartist Hall , 115 , Blaolcfriarg-road at half-past six o'clock . —City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane j at six o ' clock . — Westminster : at the Parthenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane- at half-past seven . —Somers Town : at Mr . Duddregc ' s , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbrldge-street , New-rOad , at half-past seven . —Tower Hamlets : at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , at six o'clock precisely . —Emmett's Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove , at eight o ' clock precisely . —Marylelona : at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , . at half , past seven . Gray ' s Inn Road , Mason ' s Arms , Britannia street . Hammersmith—at the District Office , 2 , Little Vale Place . —Shareholders enrolled every day from eight o ' clock in the morning . The weekly meetings of the Shareholders will be held at the above office every Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock precisely .

      MONDAY- EVENING . Rochester . —At the Victory Inn , at half-past seven . Cambenucll : at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , at eight o ' clock precisely . Kensington . —At eight o ' clock , at the Duke of Sussex . Limekouse : tit the Brunswick Hall , Ropemaker ' s Fields , at eight o'clock . Chelsea , at the Temperance Coffee House , Exeter Street , Sloane Street , at eight o ' clock .

      TUESDAY EVENING . Greenwich : at Mr . Paris ' s , Cold Bath , at eight o ' clock . Newcastle-upon-T yne : This branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet in the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , every Sunday evening , from seven until nine o'clock , for the purpose of receiving subscriptions and enrolling members . Leicester : The members and committee of the Cooperative Land Society meet at 87 , Church-gate , every Sunday night , at six o ' clock . Armley : The members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet at the house of Mr . William Gates , boot and shoemaker , Armley Town-gale , every Monday evening , at eight o ' clock . PBOYIHCIAt MEETINGS OP TUB CHABTIST CO-OPEBATIVE

      IiAND SOCIETY . Leicester , every Monday evening , at No . 17 , Archdeden Lane , at seven o ' clock . Chepstoiv , every Monday evening , at the Temperance , Hotel , Bank Avenue , at eight o ' clock . Aberdeen . The office-bearers meet every Wednesday evening at half-past seven , at No . 1 , Flour Mill Lane Hall .

      Manchester.,—A Camp Meeting Will Be Held...

      Manchester ., —A camp meeting will be held at Middleton in Middleton Wood , next Sunday , June 27 ; chair to be taken at 2 o ' clock . The delegates of each locality are . requested to assemble on the ground at 10 o ' clock in the morning , and bring with them their ( juotas towards the expences . IlvLb . —The council of the N . G . A . will meet as usual next Sunday , at the Ship Inn , Church-lane . The Land society at the same place on Tuesday evening , at 8 o ' clock precisely . Halifax Chartist Camp Meeting . —A Camp Meeting will be held on Skircaat Moor , on Sunday , ( to-morrow ) to commence at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Several distinguished advocates of the cause will address the meeting .

      The Gkneiul Delegate Meeting op Lancashire Miners will take place at the sign of the Commercial Inn . Over Darwen , on Monday next , June 29 th . Chair to be taken at eleven o'clock in tiie forenoon There will also be a Public Meeting , which will be addressed by W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and several other gentlemen ^ Chair to be taken at three o ' clock in the afternoon . Biteabout Miner ' s Trial —William Daniclls , begs to acknowledge the following sums sent for the purpose of assisting the above ill-used men : —Wingate Grange Collins , Gs . ; a Clergyman of the Church of England , 2 s . ; A Friend , Beddingfcou , Is . ; David Ellis , Mosley , near Leeds , Is . Oldham . —On Sunday , ( to-morrow ) Mr . W . Dixon , will lecture in the School-room of the Working Man ' s Hall , at six o ' clock in the evening .

      Salford . —A meeting oi the shareholders of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , will take place on Sunday next , June 28 th , in the National Charter Association room , Bank-street , Great George-street , at two o'clock in the afternoon , on business of importance . Leeds . —To-morrow ( Sunday ) evening , at halfpast six , the back room of the Bazaar ' will be opened for discussion on the following question , by Mr . Brook . —What course' ought the Democratic party to pursue in case ot a General Election ? Sheffield . —The committee of the Chartist Cooperative Land Society , respectfully request all members to pay up their levies , on Monday evening , June 20 th , as those who may not pay up by that time will not be efegibfe for the Ballot , A Tea Party will be held in the Democratic Temperance Rooms , 83 , Queen-street , on Monday evening . Tickets may be had of the Class Collectors , Tea on the table at five o ' clock .

      Cuv of London Locality . —The members of this branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society arc requested to meet at the City Chartist Half , Turnagain-lane , on Sunday evening , June 2 Sth , at six o ' clock precisely . N . B . —It is particularly requested , that all members will attend . And in order to insure their right to the Ballot , they are requested to pay up all levies . Elijah Nobijs , Sub-Secretary , _ Nottingham . —The next meeting of the Land Society in this district , will be held on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock , at the LumWey Castle , Hyson Green . All persons holding any money for the forthcoming conference , are requested to foiward the same immediately . Carlisle . —The quarterly meeting of the members of the Chartist Association will be held at No . 0 . John Street , Caldcwgate , on Monday evening , the 29 th insc , and all members are requested to attend as matters of importance will be laid before them .

      John Lowry , Sub . Sec . MAScnicsran . —The meeting of the shareholders of the People ' s Institute , is adjourned to Monday even ' , the 20 th inst ., in . consequence of the camp meeting at Middleton taking place on Sunday tho 2 Sth , the nicotine will take - place at S o ' clock . By order of the Directors , Richard J . Crabtree , Secretary . Bradford . —The members of the National Charter Association , having left Btitei'ivortli buildings , desires the other members to take notice that they will-meet tor the future at the house of Mr . George White , the sign of the "Wool Combers Arms , " Ilnpe-strcct , every Smulav , from one o ' clock till three . Persons desirous of joining the Land Society arc requested to attend and form a branch . Thomas Wilcock , Secretary .

      Inx Misbbs of BiLsio . v .-The members of the Law 1 < mid Committee are requested to meet on Monday next , June 20 . at seven o ' clock at the Mmpson and Lion , Greciicroft , Bilston . Clitheroe . —The members of the Land Society toiuuiuo to meet at thekouso of Mr . JoshuaStowell , bookseller , to receive subscriptions and enrol new members .

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      Liverpool . —Two lectures will be delivered in the North Haymarket , Great Home-street , on Monday and Tuesday evenings next , June 20 , and 30 , by Mr . Thomas Johcs , chair to be taken at half- past seven . * Manchester Carpenters' Strike . —Notice : all persons holding Subscription Lists in behalf of the above strike , are requested to foiward them , and money in hand , to John Bush , No . 1 , York-ftr et Lambeth , as soon as possible , in order that a bala ce sheet may be printed forthwith .

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      GUILDHALL . Violation of a Child . —On Monday , a man named George Simpson , aged 32 , but who looked much older , was charged before Alderman Sidney with having violated tbe person of Ann Davis , a child about ten years of a"e . It appeared from the statement of the child , whose father is a cork-cutter , residing in Bridgcwater gardens , that the prisoner called on Saturday evening , about seven o'clock , with a truck , containing two large bundles of rough cork and observing lier in the passage , he said , " Where's vour father and mother gone to ? " She replied , " I tliink ' they arc gone to Newgate-market . " He then entered th c shop , and she followed to sec him put away the cork he had brought He then shut the door and locked it , and after desiring her to place a piece of cork against a broken square of glass , he pushed her down on some covk

      shavings under the bench in the shop , placed his hand over her mouth to prevent her calling out , and eventually effected his object In about twenty minutes a knocking at the door was heard , when he jumped up , ami said , " Here's yourfather andmother , open the door , " which she did , and immediately told them , in the presence of the prisoner , what had taken place , which he denied . A policeman was sent for , and he was given into custody . The parents stated , that they came home and found the door locked , and on its being opened they saw the prisoner buttoning up his clothes , and their daughter black and dirty , and to all appearances as if she had been half chocked . Thomas Lloyd , of New Basinghall-strcet , surgeon , stated , that he had examined the child , and there were evident signs of force having been used , and that the prisoner had partially effected his object . Alderman Sid . ney committed the prisoner for trial .

      MANSION HOUSE . Freaks of an Aristocrat . —A rrnsoy of " high rank" charged with stealing an Omnibus . —On Tuesday a gentleman who was supposed to be a person of high rank , and whose name according to the stationhouse list was John Thomas , appeared bafore ^ Alderman Gibbs , to answer for the offence , as represented in the same list , of having stolen an omnibus and horses . Tiie defendant had been bailed out of the station house on the preceding night by two persons of unquestionable respectability . The driver of one of Clark's omnibuses stated that he appeared to charge the gentleman with having taken possession of his ( the driver's ) seat , and driving furiously from the Btackwall station to the end of Londonstreet , at ten o ' clock on Monday night without the com . plainant ' s or proprietor ' s consent . The defendant and some othergentleman had evidently come from the Blackwall Railroad . He moved from the extreme part of the front seat to the place appointed for the driver , whiped the horses , and dashed along at a tremendous pace , witness being on the ground at the time waiting for more

      passengers . There was danger to be apprehended from such conduct , and witness ran up and seized the horses , and succeeded after a struggle , in which the gentleman seized him by the throat , shook and struck him , in getting the omnibus into his possession , —Mr , Jehu Thomas : I deny the furious driving . I merely got upon the box as mv friend and I had waited for a considerable time for a driver in vain , and I drove a little way in order to get the place of coachman supplied as soon as possible . I deny that there was any furious driving . If there were , how coald the driver have come Up with US in an illStaut ?— - Alderman Gibbs : I shall not consider the part of this ease which charges the defendant with the assault ; but I shall convict him for having driven without a licence , aud for having furiously driven ; and I fine him forty shillings for each offence . * The defendant immediately paid the penalties . Upon being asked for his name and address , as the driver might think proper to proceed against him for the assault , —The defendant said he resided at the Burlington Hotel , and that his name was not John Thomas , but he would answer to that name if called

      upon . THAMES STREET . ¦ Assault on a Woman by a Prize Fighter . —On-Tuesday James Bailey , a tall and powerful man , . a pugilist , wasbrought before Mr . Bamvnvme charged with assaulting a woman named Jane Fernanda , in a very savage manner . The prosecutrix , a married woman , was at a public house called tbe Golden Eagle , yesterday morning , at six o ' clock , with , a pint of porter before her , when the prisoner came in , and was about to drink the woman'sbeer , when she took the pot awoy from him , and left the room . A few minutes afterwards she returned to the house , and met the prisoner in the passage . He seized

      her by the shoulders , applied the most opprobrious epithets to her , aud then kicked her violently . He also struck her on the chest , andknockedher backwards . He was proceeding to use -further violence , when the bystanders interfered and held him back . The police were called , and the fellow was taken into custody . The woman was attended by Mr . Ross , a surgeon , and it was pr j ved that she was much injured . The magistrate said , there was a wretched class of women who frequented the houses of public entertainment in the Highway , and they had no other place to 150 to , and were not to be knocked about by any r ; ftiiin who got out of humour with them . He fined the prisoner £ 3 , and , in defuvdt of payment , committed him for six weeks .

      WANDSIVORTII . Extraordinary Charge . —On Tuesday , TVilHam Elms and JR . Lanier , tivo labourers ; were charged with throwing into the river Waudle , Mr . Stimnel Knaggs . assistant to Mr . Chapman , surgeon , at Tooting ; Said Assaid , a Syrian , articled to Mr . Walter Chapman , of Tooting , surgeon ; aud John and Peter Cosc-iaro , who are brothers , foreigners , and at present pupils in the scholastic establishment of Dr . Lord , at Tooting . On Monday afternoon , the complainants Kntiggs and Assaid , who are young men , together with the brothers Cosciaro , who are youth ' s , went to bathe in the river Wandle , in a retired spot , near to tho copper-mills , at Wimbloton . They un dressed in a field , upon which the grass lay cut , but there were no persons turning it , nor could they sec anybody near to them at that time . After bathing , they had all come out of the water , with the exception of Said Assaid , and were preparing to dress , when the prisoners and

      another man , not in custody , followed at a distance by seveotlier men and women , rushed up to them , and after using great force , threw Mr . Knaggs into the water , and then fluns a heavy piece of wood at him . The prisoner , Elms , took the lad , l ' ctcr Corseiaro , round the waist , and threw him in , and his brother was shoved ill . Assaid being in the water , they could not get at him ; so threw liis clothes in , and also the garments belonging to the other complainant . The consequence of this conduct was that several articles of clothing were lost , as also some money , and one hoy lost his gold watch , but which was afterwards recovered from the bed of the river by a . hoy who dived after it , and was rewarded with half a . crown . —Said Assaid , who comes from the vicinity of Mount Lebanon , and is receiving a medical education at the expense of the English Government , gave a very graphic account of the whole proceedings , and in verygood English . He added that tbe prisoner Elms threatened if he could get at him to stick him with his hay-fork . —Dr . Lord observed , that he did not countenance his pupils going to bathe without his permission , aud it had not been given in this instance . The dofeilOO Sot up by the prisoners was that the complainants came to bathe to

      a place where they could not do otherwise than expose their persons in the presence of females who were assisting in the hay harvest ; that the women were bashful , and several men whom they did not know , went and threw the complainants and their clothes into the water . Lamer denied that he interfered at all ; and Elms , who first declared that he was not near the spot till ali was over , afterwards admitted that he only threw a shirt or towel . On the part of the defence a man named Francis swore that when the complainants got into the water it was not deep enough to coiu-eal the persons of the two eldest , and that at the time there were women within a few yards of them . —He did not see any of the prisoners throw anyone in the water . —Four women wwe after , w . irds called to prove the insult offered to them ; but they all swore that tliey were in a field move than a hundred yards off , and saw nothing that could seriously offend them . They did not sec the ' -prisoners throw the complainants in the water . —Mr . Give said he considered the conduct of Elms to have been the worst , and therefore should fine him 4 l ) s . or commit him for a month ; Lamer would pay i ! 0 s . or be committed for Uveuly-oU 6 days . The prisoners were both commited .

      SOUTHWARK . Charge of Man $ i . acgiiter . —On Tuesday , John Coster , was charged before Mr . Nottingham with " having caused the death of Richard Hutchinson , under the following circumstances . Mary Coster stated , that she is sister-inlaw of the / prisoner ; and that on Sunday night last she was walking with a young man named Hutchinson in Whitehart-stvcct , when the prisoner came up and used some offensive l-. iwgauge to him , and challenged him to fight . The challenge was accepted by Hutchinson , and they both pulled of their coats and bi-gan to tight when Hutchinson received : i blow which knocked him down , Witness and simc others picked him up ; and as he complained-of being very ill , she called a cab . and had him . driven to his mother ' s house . When he arrived he still complained of being ill ; said that lie was kicked when lie was down , and that he knew is would be the death of him . lie was then put to bed , and , as he grew worse , a medical

      man was scut for , who pronounced that it was a hopeless case , and the young man died about nine o ' clock on the following morning . In reply to Mr . Covtrngham , the witness said the deceased was not sober at the time , and that she did not observe any person kick him while he was lying on the ground , Shu iiuiku that the deceased had been paying his addresses to her before she was umn-ieii to tiie prisoner ' s brother , and that she occasionally met deceased alter her marriage . The deceased's mother was examined . , and she confirmed the witness ' s statement as to the words uttered by her son before his death , with respect to his having bec-n kicked while on the ground The prisoner sniil , that lie wished to make a statement . ' He then said , that on Christmas-day he met hissistor-iii . Jaw ( tiiefirst wit » css ) aiid Hutchinson tojjethoi drinking at a . public-house in the Xew-cut , ami that he upbraided her , i-aying , that she ought to be with her husband instead of with that man . Hutchinson was vexed at his having noticed the circumstance , and on that

      oecasion was going to strike him , and ever since had manifested much anger against him . On Sunday last , he ( prisoner ) happening to meet the deceased and his sistor-iu . law togeth . r , the former came up , and , challenged him to fight , struck him first . He returned the blow , and the deceased fell doiv ' u , and was afterwards picked up . lie only struck him oue blow , and could declare that lie never attem pted to kick him . The prisoner then called the magistrate ' s attention to the marks of punishment visible on tiie first witness ' s face , and said that it was done by her husband in a lit of jealous . ) -, fov associating with the deceased , whose acquaintance she cultivated alter hor marriage to her husband . The medical witness stated , that when he was called in the deceased was dying , and that his death arose from concussion of the bruin . There was a mark of injury on the back part of his head , which nuRht li-. ve ht-en produced bv a fall . Mr . UttinglMiu said he should remand the prisoner until th * result of the Coroner ' s iunuest .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 27, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_27061846/page/8/