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IjE _FUESEXT rilOSVECTS OF EUROPE _nsft _' c cave in our last an eloquent article from the _Mjt del Comcrcio , the Madiiil organ ot thc Spanish _Bfil _' _rotw-f'Si-stas . " For that article we were indebted iltac limes , which , however , did not permit it to w pcav in its _wAumns -witbonV certain comment * in ty , ! v to those of the Spanish journalist . The Timet , pVj - p-v , admitted that much advanced bythe . &¦_ _InU _xn _' dt-putable . " The Spanish journalist is tight tie one thing , " says the Times , _"Thtre is no peace . w _$ c war which was _prophesied long _« _£ _«—tlti war of ¦ _otiMOu has commenced , andilscndis votuet . " In the _scnira- _ofits commentary , thc Times insinuated that irie article iu the Eco del Coourdowas not of " home _nj _^ _nnfacturf , " bnt that it was written in Paris , or _, > _as , at least , thc result of French inspir ation . An _rcuswer to the limes _sulisequeiitly anpeared in the _dtyJJ Comcrcio , uuder thc title atthe head of this _riptide , which wc have much pleasure in transferring Uh _> ur columns .
j [ From tbe Eeo dd C-bictoo . ] iv Ye must express our nirpRse at tbe supposition that e article wns the result of French inspiration . Unforatnnate Eeo del Comtrcio ! They will insist that it goes . tjsidborrows foreign ideas to fill up its columns ! We , i _ jnmMe and unpretending writers , would not show » o _IStt'C favour towards our _feUow-countrjinen , amongst [¦ wliom we are acquainted with not a few in aU political _rlprfles , wbo want nothing from foreigners whatereri _. JFl . aterer good or had may he inserted in our jonrnal , in _14 e editorial _-olaniirf , is the fruit of our own labour .-, the l & _^ - i- tion of hearts which are moved hv a perusal of the _l- fcrl . rcticms of the latest periodical publications , or by the _rjjarrative- of oar _correspondent-, ll Thev are our own inspirations , — tbe offspring of a ilare f-idi , of au unlimited _rin-erity , and of an ardent ,
Mberal and humane soul . Anxious for good , for real ! _Sberty . for peace , and fov t _« - _supr-iB-cy ofthe law , we . advance towards that _giwd in tbe mi-st ofa thousand Araks and conflicts ; and even though we may have _apjScsrtd _i _« u more than one occasion ) dismantled , —as _iSippenedintbecaseof our unjust versecution , tbe _dea » ucti » n of our printing presses , aad the restrictions-f _jfreiy kind wbich onx adversaries prepare for us , —we al « ays keep our Etaudard hoisted , and w « shall only _& rike it on succumbing to the axe which may separate _glifrom the present world . g Foreigii politics occupy our attention , because in them K « discern tlie triutnpUs of our principles and the liberty ffcf nations ; aud in them we haves faiut gliennering of Kie solution of _tlutnniversil problem to which theun-{ _pilfal do not attain , bec-itt ? c they only direct their gate feowards the soil which thev Read .
Wc perceive the great Spauish problem interwoven _fcitli that of the rest of the world , because our present _sjulji-st rulers wet- ig n < jr __ - of tlie means of creating _inh _ lei _* _ ud _ _ut l > o * ilion which aught shelter them from ib . terrible hurricane- which are prcp-rin _? to burst over fcnr heads . For thirty , years have we studied the great - ¦ oo- of events , and if this study is unassisted by great Meats , we have at least the advantage of experience , : w _ ic _ , nine times out of ten , supplies the place of tbe frivolous instruction which does not usually suffice to _rnrori-e _against the occurrence of serious events . * » Ye are accustomed to ttarerse repeatedly the field ol foreign politics , in order to deduce _infert-ncea , and we r S ____ . _-Hn bo need of _auybody in such excursions : we are icnfiicicnt for ourselves , since we have faith in our hearts and experience in our heads ; the soul , as a scintiU-itiou Wdbriuitv , does tlie
rest-I W- do not keep _coirespondents at fordgn courts , bei cause onr poverty fe supreme , aad the humility of our \ _pqmlar doctrines only makes proseljtes , admirers , and _ifrieads _amongst the poorer classes . ! Tie poor are net w . nt to travel , tho poor are unacqaiinted with pomp and _pajesntrv , attd we do not deem _wstlves _d-giaded b s a _^ p-dviug as 6 _ ch , btcawse bv this we show our self-denial iu times when rapid fortunes nre _leafe-d ; bnt we _require nothing from abroad in order to _stu-iv the State «> f tilings there except the periodical
_puUicarions . The pre * s _discloses all , however closely governments may conceal their schemes . What do we csre for the _obteiniious attentions paid by _sovereigns to each other , _fortaeir royal tours , and their mutual festivities , if Cabinets act ia a different sense , and public _expediency sanctions everything ? _Tite great and costly ar __ u . _ e-. _ ts _ f England , iu tU- midst of this " profound _jfc-n _* -, " what do tliey manifest ! Thet , to preserve peace , it it necessary to prepare for war . This political axiom we io not deem sufficient to justify an . unproductive _exsanHture in eo -cooomical a nation .
These _expenses cause other fresh outlays to be made bj the great Powers of E _ r « p « , and , as they wiii be re-Killed , the nations of ___ urope must -soon witness the conssqaence * _. The _jocraey of the Emperor of Sussia iu Italy , the interview of so many _sovereigns , the war of tlie Caucasus , ths complicated slate of affaire in the northern regions , the French pretensions in the Pacific , and their war in _Siberia , coulinne to his sufficient _^ important to reqsure ___ val armaments ; aud these same armaments , _con-Stracted amidst tlie _ard-mr by which the national pride «" all the European Fo-. vers is inflamed , cause tliei _. Cabinets tortflrct and discuss tbe means of gaining _advantage in their cay .
At Waterloo was only decide *! the _ -te ofa roan wfco wis feared by aU the monarchs _oJEurope ; to decide , at present , tile fate of thc most powerful nations , and to see which will obtain the _suprunacy , theland is no losger ___ field on wbich the great problem must be solved ; neither armies , tbe rapidity of _evolutions , nor _they're and continual discharges of artillery , can achieve -be nan of the enemy . Tbe future fate of France andof England , the f _ _te of Xarope and-of theworld , must he throtenfor upon ___ e smface-f tbs sea . Ton are _alreadj aware , ye me _ of pilitics , tbat this die has not _yetdieen cast , because -be IKwtr of steam has not yet been applied to m _ rit __ t J-BacBuvres .
_Canpowdercansed a revolaticn . i _ marine warfare , _ ad _tsctict necessarily changed ou th _* discovery being made . "With tlic ancients , it was an ad vantage to _ket-p theecemy t-leeward , _acdto let the sun shine in their faces ; the _orfer of battle-depended on the lightness of their barks , Wtr . _th , to fight , wererowed by oarg _. _^ ndal ways presented _thuir sharp pro «; c . Tiie us . of gnus-varied the construc twa of vessels- the use of tkat deadly engine _teqeirvd orders , _tignals _, and new _maue-avres . Many years - _lif- _^ d bttore tlie science of naval _warfare was redscad tea general system of tactics , and-we might quote Iho S-my _anthors and the many niodi £ c * t _ ious that have been _witae-sed during tiie last two centuriss .
Tu gain tbe windward _sidi _* , in order to master the _reanaarres of tlie em- _ r ; to take a _< ii _ ntage of that _circuuis ___ _i--e to blind them with the smoke of tlieir own fires , and t- conceal their owi : _moveiaenis ; ts take advantage < at h _ ivt Eeag and obscurity , to _arraug- a fresh order of h-ttle for n case of c-ltu ; to make u- _* of . couvovs , to place * U ) -ships in a parallel liue with their _antagonist « , and to cat a p the tackle of a vessel in order thet it migli t , like a _rocki-i the midst of ths ocean , i-e _unable-tu move without wag towed , — _ . uch were tlie accidcals _neutrally pro . "id _ l for in naval tactics . Steam bas -changed _everyiiog ; it requites no advantage of wind ; it possesses in _telf power of immense rapidity . _Siesta has made a o-njiete revolution , asd , nererthelese , its effects have _-W-rMuritntssedtct a- - eri < ius _eagagetoeat—iu one of nose battles in which a cation , on losing £ great part of ts _asvy _, _Iqs _^ j _^ _^ ssme tim- its political _aaportance .
For this decisive encocnter the great powers are pre-*» ri --, iulhe midst ofall their _fertivitieci , notes , and n _tacbanges of Koyal vkiis . On UiU will depend the w "* ic-l cbange of tlie principles which are put forth , UK tie _exift-nce , p _____ _ji « f- !_ £ sonic _dynastiee-** tills _JltnlflUS ground h _« _ s not jet been _afproachwl , _'ehareinaay times touched _-ipon it . because we wish to htain for our priui-iples (« t ____ . do not depend an street _» aiiB : > Uoas ) the force ofa greater ind more £ S- __ -utial _Jripa . _"fte Spanish Proaressittas , like our English _Libc-** _••'* , are an undcfinable party . Including a « rcat _naay political adventurers and middle class _faction's , we have no doubt the pans * also includes mauv - _onest believer- in humnu nro _« st « _-s , and some
veri"aUe democrats , «& - ¦ work ' * wkh the people tor the _peofJe . " From the littie we know of the _E-. o del _sjtutrcio , we aw incliaed to regard that paper as he representative of tbe two latter sections of the l ' _ro-ressistas . " _StiH we mn-t lament Uiat its _pliiira , its aims , and aspirations are not more _ _ehw'fl . _JAleralism , may mean almost anything ; and _IrojrzssUtoism . is . we fear , not much better . Every _bdy _nndei-tands Chartisia . _R--pub 5 icanisiii , and _-oititnani-in . The firot of these names represents at immense party in England , compased almost _vholk ofthe working _ela-is , who have _talain for their _jtaoUo— "Political equality the means : social _^ iliiy tha end . " The second of these _uauies is the t _^ _i-of an _ever-increasing party tbioughout Europe , _^ tro u _^ cstperhap-i in Fi _ n e _ ( but inel _udloj alsu all , » r ueiny so , ofthe _English Chartists ) , wlio , b-Jieving i _^ _tat " " the hUtory of kings is the _martyrolojjy of pations , " have the will to get rid of the nuis inee ,
una are _nnly _waiting their _accoinal-sfiKK-nt of power | Coi-aann _ -ra is at present hut little understood in ip » - 5 -nd , hnt it wiil he better understood _hj-and-% Se . In France it advances beyond _thepos-ibility of | "rest or _retrogfes-ion . Ju Switeriiud it is dislitfc . _ngsnpjem _. _twwitb the old order of _things . Iu _CermuVy > t * prog-ess 1 ms been _ainszin _^ , and will form the _gr . _^ _n i _* ui 5 . _Uon for solution in the couiiug tcrolution . I These three er _^ F' _^ _l- _'es—the equal _wprc _? _cniatiouof ths « h « lt _?&> ¥ _& _> _&<> sovereignty or the J * , le ; and the _equa'kV •* _" •<* _J- _' _-PP-uws ofthe people _Jr _^ what all can unc _**&*• , « _at . ,, _IAe' _* al- _ ni , _' ' _pit-h-bit Ilumb _w'oi is _*' " '" 2 m , 1 , lons havetw _% _>& 'a , and wiU neither . * _^ _IB- * * _^^^ Y ? deplore that in Spain , if _W _anderstand _Spanwi political ,, artHS _^ _jj ,. - * e j > o distinct and de-| n cJ . l « irty _worthp of the , > eoi , h « _^ leacc - _? _*; Spa _^ _it people have hithertoW _&* _P" _? ° _?'; the lacuo _ns i luni # no rf h _uvm one jo-SS £ hl * _"y . _Ovation , and ha ( _W _* flf the _^ XotwirlKtandin _? rmr m : ; rast 0 r _««<; _, * _nflish _?« - InotBiii _, - t :. c _tuMtfih ,. editors of the Eco _^ i ' _t' _^
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_rently «» sincere , and their views sw _tnlavged , that tvearc disjiostd to hail them as brethren in the great we _: k of human emancipation . Like the Eco , this paper has suifercd persecution for "the truth ' s sake , " although not of the character which thc £ ro has tuffer-d ; for it is our good fortune to live iu a country which , though it has many faults , is still not prostrated under the rule of auy brutal butcher , like the infamous Nai . yai . i _ . This } paper , like the £ eo _, \ s also the paper ofthe poor—the " tribune ol the people . " __ And , like the editors of tlie £ co , we boolmeno * foreign" correspondents , save our excel lent German correspondent ; and we too have mainly to trust to our contemporaries , domestic and foreign , for information as to the state of other
countries , and the events transpiring theroiu . We must here warn tho Ea > , tbat it must not take its ide , s < f England and the Engl \ 4 i people wholly from the Timet and similar jourua's , which journals _xcpre _. ent only the interests and views of tlte aristocracy and middle-class . The proletarians arc _almost totally unrepresented in the press , except in the columns " of this journal . The ridiculous follies aud extravagancies of tlio court and aristocracy , the _gambling of money-jobbers and railway-speculators , the . n « itation of the middle against the aristocratic clas _* _-, the proceedings in PariixBientandtke accidents , ofienccs , and incidents
_. ofEnclishlifemay bc gathered from such papers as the Times . But , the social wrongs , the political grievances , the agitations aud the _hopesof the masses are unrecorded iu those journals , or . if noticed at all . onlv noticed to be _miswpreyeuted . The late Soiree in honour of Mr . Dcscomhe , which was m well reported ia the Timet , formed an exception to the general conduct of that journal . But it must bo borne m miud that , although the meeting was for the most part _composed of working men , Mr . Duncombe himself is an M . P . ; manv other M . 1 V- were _announwdto be present , and fc _' eir " caste" did much , —perlmj s did all . —in inducing the -t-K - « t « send its veportcrs
it the meeting . The Timet , in its replv tothe Eco del Comercw , speaking of England , says , ** Tiie war of opinion which rage- elsewhere is less general , and less formidable within the Britifch Isles . " llere the Times authority is anything but safe for our Spanish friends to ground their ideas upon . The B * peal agitation ia Ireland , exhibits millions arrayed , in bitter hostility toward ** the English government , and what is much more U be deplored , we fear we _tiimt add , towards England _itself . We think the present
state of that country exhibits the " war of opinion raging as formidable as it welt could do short of civil war . In Britain , the ancient aristocracy aro at this mor _. ient engaged in a deadly defensive struggle _against the encroachments of the middle-class , who buying _victoty with gnld , are rapidly acquiring supremacy over the once all-powerful oligarchs of the I-md . Beneath tliis _middlc-cUss is another partythe party of the masses , who , regarding aristocrats and manufacturers as being alike enemies to labour , care little which of the two classes above them are
the victors in tbe _struggle , themselves ( tho working men ) _Wiiuj resolved on acquiring a power wbicb will enable them to dUllhst both . Tlie war of opinion in ibis country is not carried on with sabre- and _mu-ikets . but it is not less intense on that account , nor is it thc less sure of producing a mighty revolution . Indeed that revolution i _. now going on ; its tinai triumph may be far distant , but that triumph is sure . Englishmen do not hastily accomplish great _clunges , but the reforms they do accomplish they retain . If this is not the land of hasty revolutions , neither is it the land of _counter-revoluttous . The freedom of thought is advancing , tlie masses are _bc-» _inline more and move enlightened . These aro the safe aids , towards _michtv national changes . An
enlightened people caunot be for long aa _enslavnd and miserable people . The speculations of the Eco del Comcrcio as to the futuie contests between this and oilier nations for supremacy , only concern us so far as when those contests shall arise , tiie masses of this country may then be in a posiiion to enforce their demands . The autimilitia agitation at present pervading the country is an _unmirtake-U- si __ _n of the times ; a warning voice as regard :, the future , which our statesmen cannot ref- _« - to listen to . War with America is apprehended ; war in India has commenced ; and with one war on hand , another in view , aud Ireland to keep quiet , the English Government finds itself hardpressed for soldiers . The militia , is to be _ealk-d out , ostensibly for the home defence of the country , but really asa means of adding to , and _strcn-itiieniug the regular army . The mere rumour of this intended enrolment of the militia has created the greatest ajritatioa . Meetings are held all over thc countiy ,
at whkh thc speakers denounce war as a national crime , and the compelling men to take up arms even iu defene- of the count . } -, in wliich countiy they have neither rights nor property , a tyranny to be resisted . Sow , if this is the state of things when there is no immediate danger , what will be the ferment excited when those contests arise which the Eco del Comcrcio predicts ? " Nationality" is well-nigh a by-gone _thiamin Endaud , and wh « _n henceforth tke massestiie _itaj . overished , unrepresented masses , are called upon I _ y their rulers to fight for " tlieir country , " '' the glory of England , " - &; _., they will answer , " the country is no country fer us ; the * glory aud _'greatne & i ' Tou s : > e-k of , we _participate not in . Make it veritably « nv fatherland ; let us have our rights as men and citizens , aud then the c- _> u : _* _"ii - - shall have the defence of our riglc arms . But if not , if you will monopolise al ' , % _lit f , irtnecau . ttryyoure-h .-s !" The ** war of opinion" is tending to that end , and tliat end will eome .
Seizure Of A>" Exglisii Brig By A Portug...
SEIZURE OF A > " EXGLISII BRIG BY A PORTUGUESE -MAN-OF-WAR . Considerable _seneati-fi , mingled with no little indignation , lias been created in this town amongst tlie _merchant , engaged in the African trade , by the illegal _seitsre , " by a Portuguese man-of-war , of tiie brig Lad-y Sale , of this port , whilst trading on the coast of Africa for palm < iil , ivory , & c . Before proceeding to offer any remarks on the subject of this -seizure , we copy the following important testimony as te the affair from a French paper , which is the first _public account we have read of the transaction-
" It seems certain t __ fci _ is _vewelbad nofcthe -lightest intention of tr-ding for-slaves . But this will not prevent it from being condemned bj the commission , for the double reaH > _ i _ that the _Vorwznese _judges will natnraUj follow in this _caso the ecample given them by the English judges . ia the case of Portuguese _veswJs-suspected of -slave trade , _# ad that ithe _English will be . _obliged to . give proof of tttejr impartiality and equity , by-showing " themselves infle _ i _! e with _regard to one of -. their own vessels , captured . undet tlw 6- __ onditions of guttiihey have ; _-fcem-elressorJjrorouslyJai _.-down ; aud tlie _vtssel will be sacrificed to the gi ___ ler glory of British _philanthroiiy .
It is _nsoa ! _fnr w _* sel « goin _? to the African . coast to obtain merchandise , -such as . f : i _ nj , oil , and ivory , to hr . ve on board certain utensil * which wonld be perfectly _useliss in other expeditious . Soch _uteanls were found . cn beard this io £ 5 el . ' _- ¦ i = e belonged to the hou ? e of . Charles _ilorsfaJl and Son , _liv-rpool / _badreni-inedtwc-or three months iu Rio Stains and Congo , to get oil ofpelm and ivory , but had not been _a- 'de to obtain either , and was _g-inj ; to Ainbrez . to take a cargo of copal . She wa * capturel /» a account -af having on board 26 c .-t & fcs of water , several bales of rice , _acojiper , and some b __ -3 ; and tiie _probaldlitv is that she will be condemned as a s __ a . --. ier . " _—Seoiaphoveof _MarscVJii .
We have made inquiry , ar . d find the _foregoing facts are sub . tiint . ai _? _osrrect _; and what is more , by later accounts-, we find the Lady Sale has actually beeu _eand ° uut-d by the L ' orLug _ e _ e authorities ! It appears that there is not tlie slightest imputatioc __ f the vc _ B <; l being engaged in _tise-lasrc trade . hut . _iiee-iuse _ he bad on _boanl certain articles which were necessaiy for the voyage , ar . d whkh are taken by every vessel-engaged ii « tbe estcn 6 ive trade in palm oil from this port , and wliich . by straining the letter of the treaty with Portugal for the suppression of the slave trade , has lreeii construed into an inlringement of the treaty , and ltd to the seizure and condemnation o f the rcs ? el .
There is something like 20 , 000 tons of shipping , liesid _. *; proper : ? to the value oi " nearly a million sterling _, _engaged in this trade ; the whole of which , if our iovcrnmciit allow this act of _virtual piracy to pass without re-ire * - , may , in like manner , fall a _stcrifice to the spirit of retaliation which seems to have actuated the _capt-irs ofthe Lady Sale . In the indiviiual case of this vessel , th-re is no doubt , even under i , * -: letter of thc treaty , the seizure has been illegal «& initio , the Portuguese man-ofwar having takea hor whilst the captrdn was on snore at Ambrez . The treaty requires that , under any _cifi-umstanccs . the credentials of the seizing officer _shoald be presented , before proceeding even to search tiie vessel . This was _dareg-irdcd .
Vi ' e understand that aetire _stepi hare already been taken by tbe merchant ., of this town to bring the _sahjecS under the notice of lier Majesty ' s government ; hut , unless the government are _equally active aud prompt in giving anti demanding redress , the eoii-equcnccs wiii _hs most serious to thc trade of the port . —iiwir & _oot Jfjtt .
Murder Of Captain Shepherd, Royal Artill...
MURDER OF CAPTAIN SHEPHERD , ROYAL ARTILLERY , AT THE CAl'E OF GOOD HOPE . Woolwich , Feb . 3 . —An ofncial letter was received tin ' s morning at _he-id-qunrten ., at Woolwich , _auuour-ciug , inthe _fuUo * -. uu uvms _, the deatli of Captain SLepherd , of the Koyal Artillery , by the hands of tin assassin ;— " Port Victoria , December 1 , 1845 . " Sir—It U with fei-lusgr . of _ih-cp _regret that I have to i-port , for the information of tlie _Li-uteuaut-Co . uii-l commanding , the _ile-th of _C-ptain Sb-phenl , at _i _' ort Vn .-t-. jii , at _abjut a < _iu- _ rler past two o ' clock ou tlie _-ifternuon of tli- _-3-ii of _-Tovi-uibcr . He came _bj bis _dtsitli Train a gun-shot wound through tbe body , when passing tUrou _^ li t _ , ec ___ ip , opp-iite tbe quart : _ ri > occupied by Wheeler William _L-aj , Royal AnilUry _. wbo is now a prisoner on * us : ie : on -f _lielnr the assassin .
" Wheeler Luu- w __ 6 marched _irj'ii this port yesterday , under a strum ; _cscurt . ' - ' . ¦ __ i :. _* . j '_ .-t « iv _.., thtic to awast his trial lor ibe _tsur-U-r . " - " - - Irtaiii _-Sjeplietd ' s r : ina : ns w ; _-re interred this' ! .. _}' , With military _bcuou-- -, : 4 : i ' gu . _kiiaf . _i-., --- v .-nnin , _&' - ' . " '
Tiie Late Explosion Al Lambeth. Death Of...
TIIE LATE EXPLOSION AL LAMBETH . DEATH OF TWO MORE OP TUB SUFFERERS . The late disastrous and awful explosion of tireworks in Lambeth-walk has proved fatal to two more of the _suifcrers . The young men Smith and Spier , who were conreyed to Guy ' s Hospital , have both ttucedied . Spier died on Saturday , between twelw and one o ' clock at night ; the othor unfortunate individual , Smith , died at six o ' clock iu the morning . They were of the respective ages of twenty-three aud nineteen years . So hopes from tlie moment of tlieir admission were entertained of their recovery , Tne child , Alfred Aingcr , is also at thc hospital , and on Sunday evening was going ou as favourabl y as could be expected , though not pronounced to b « cut of danger . The young woman , Sarah Hale , still remains at _l-ainhetk workhouse .
Isq-est . —On Monday evening an inquest was held at Guy ' s _Hospital , before Mr . _Fayne , on the bodies of John Smith and Robert Spiers . George Randall deposed that _thedeseased wero in tlie employ of Mr . Darby , firework-maker . About two o ' clock on Friday witness was in the cellar of the house , No . 15 . lvin {_ -strcet , Lambeth-walk . The deceased nnd two othci _ of the name of Kenyon were engaged in making stars , consisting of a composition of saltpetre , sulphur , and antinicny , which was wetted with gum , and ihe whole mixed together in an eaithenware ' pau . The stars were made from the composition by a mould . Witness liad left the house about eight minutes when the catastrophe took place . Bv the Coroner : I should judge there vas about a hundredweight of composition iii the cellar when the accident
happened ; there was a fire in the cellar , but no candle . 15 y the Jury : The men were sober at the time ; they werein the habitof smoking in the cellar , but none of them were doing so when I left . Mrs . Kenyon , the mother of . one of those who perished , deposed : —She was on thepremises when the explosion took place ; the flames came up from the cellar into the passage . Witness , thc femala Hales , and the child Aiiiger escaped through the flames : the two latter ave now in a hopeless condition . A few minutes before the explosion , her son William ( dead ) dime to her for a candle , which she gave hiin , but it was not Jitat the time . Wituess cannot account ft * the origin of tlie calamity .- —Mr . Darby and other _witnesses were examined , but none could state thc origin of the catastrophe . Verdict— "Accidental death . "
IXQOEST OS TWO MORE OP THE _SuFFEUEnS . — On Tuesday morning , at eleven o ' clock , Mr . W . Carter , the coroner tor Surrey , and a jury , assembled at the John Bull Tavern , Tycrsstreet , Lambeth , touching the respective deaths of William Kenyon , aged nineteen years , and William Holmes , aged sixteen years , who lost their lives at tiic late explosion in Kingstreet , Lambeth-walk-. The _juty having been sworn , proceeded , with the coroner , to the workhouse to view thc bodies , which presented a very shocking spcetacle . The features of both were quite charred by the action of the tire . Evidence similar to that taken before Mr . W . l * .-iyne , at Guy ' s _Ilo-pitnl , was heard , and the jury returned a vc-dicfc ' That the deceased individuals had lost their lives accidentally . "
Dkatu op _asotukk _SuFFKBtR . —On Wednesday morning death terminated the existence of another of the unfortunate sufferers at the late explosion at the tire-work manufactory , m King-street , Lambethwalk . The deceased is the poor child Alfred Ainger , aged two years , who , it appears , was nephew to Mr . lvenyon , the proprietor ol the house , and at thc time ofthe explosion wsis on a visit to the family , who had been for some time in the employ of Mr . Darby , the celebrated fire-work artist to _Vauxhall-gardens , and other places of public amu- _ emctit . The deceased w . -. s first taken to thcaccidcnt ward of Guy ' s Hospital on Friday afternoon , and expired on Wednesday .
Frightful Occurrence At Livertool. About...
FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE AT LIVERTOOL . About half-past eleven o'clock ou Saturday forenoon a frightful accident occurred in Moor-street . The north side of ttuu , street is entirely occupied by warehouses , chiefly for the storage of { -rain and flour . They are generally about six stories high . Midway on the right , irom Fenwicfc-strect , and nearly _opposite the back door of Mrs . _Maddrell , fishmonger . James-street , is a warehouse known as " Tipping ' s , " one of the oldest in Moor-street . Tliis warehouse , which was seven stories high , and was in the occupation of Mr . William Dean , was stored in most of the romis with cotton , flour , and grain . The warehouse extends from Moor-street into the Old Ropery , and , about die time we have named , the Moor-street frontage fell with a terrific crash , the report of which instantly brought a large concuuc _* sc of persons to the
scene . At this moment tliere were sixteen porters employed in No . 2 , amongst the grain and " flour ; _fortunately their operations were confined to the north-end cf the-building , in the direction of ilie Old _Rosery , wiiere tlie warehouse has another frontage . They rushed to tlte jigger . ope , down _ffhioh they > lkied , and _e-icapcd for the most part witk a few _broiaes , but none of them are , we are led to' -believe very . seriously injured . Fifteen out nf the -sixteen thu * . escape . One of the men , named Peter Lacy , is missing , . ud it is feared is buried in tke _rains . Vi ' e ought' _jstate that while the Moor-strcet frontage gave way , the Old Ropery'frontage remained intact , otherwise the poor fellows who w « _- _* re employed in that part of tlte building must inevitably have perished . There were _,- -at the time of the calamity , 13 jOOO sacks of flour , _hrgeianantities I )? the same material iu barrels , and much cotton aud grain in the building .
One incident connected with the subject is worth relating . There was a-raan delivering cum from a lorry into . the warehouse , in Moor-strast , directly opposite the building which fell , and , as is usual , the chain-horse - . had been unhooked , and < thc chains thrown over his hack . Upon hearing- £ crash , the horse erected his ears , and evinced alani _' .. ; instantly another noise was heard , when the animal galloped off with ali the speed his awkward harness-would permit , and instantly the shaft _hoi'jC followed his example , but tho . lorryihul scarcely . leased the distance of tkG- >_ uik ! _ing- { for indeed some of the bricks caught the kind-part of it ) when the warehouse fell into thc street . Had it not been for this jxipulse of the horses , both man , homes , aud lorry w . _-ould have been covered bv the falling pile .
- here is but one-opinion , thatthe casualty took place in _consequence _of-S'inw of the _floO-wbeiug overladen , but which : floor first gave way ue have not ascertained . The man Tracy has not yet appeared , and it is now almost beyond-doubt that th . poor fellow is buried beneath tlie ruins , as his coat , which hung in thc warehouse near to where he was working , lias been found , it is right to say , however , that we have heard that- Tracy was seen in the JU-ayniarket after the time of the accident .
Foiso.Vi.Vs I.V _R Iuxck.—Borne Of Our R...
foiso . vi . vs i . v _ r _iuxck . —borne of our readers may remember the account which we gave nearly two j ' _-ss-rsago , of the Krrestaiid imprisonment of a woman _liaised St . Leger ,-ona cliarge of attempt 4 b commit murder by means of some cakes containing arsenic . The prisoner was _ferought _.-to trial before thc , Court of Assize of the _TarueUGareune , on the 2 t _? rd ult . Mostof thecircuinttaiic-sof this case were detailed atthe time , butit k accessary now to give Abe summary *! ' the whole . In _tlic-jKontii of February . 1 S _11 , _Antoint ! _Veniines , thc conductor of a diligence between _Montauban and _Moissae , his wife , aad 4 «* o of his children , were attacked with illness alter . eating some cakes , '• which came to them iu the followinir maimer : —Onthe th _ljof _February , a box wan
leit at the diligence-oiEoe , _adenessed to " M . Chau bart , _ww-Uen-draper , at Molswic , to bo delivered to his _dn-gli-t-r . " M . Chan-art was aOscnt from horn - at the time of tits delivery of tbe box , but it Wits opened by bis wife and daughter , and was found to con tain some e & kes and an anonymous letter , as coming from a _scheoJfeiiow of Mile . Caaubart , full of expressions of _kindiie-ss . and inviting her to tat the e-ike . in _reracmbrasce of the days when she and tha . writer ate similar cakes together . it school . Madame Chaubart , who had same suspicions about the affair , sent the hox hack tit Montauhan hyVernieres , the conductor _, and , nobody churning it , he after a time opened it , and with liis family ate some of the cakes as above stated . As they were attacked with
symptoms which betrayed tlie existence ol poison , aucidoscs were _succcsnuillr administered , and thc remainder of the cakes being examined , the presence of arsenic in large quantities was detected . It _liec-un _. evident that the poison had been intended for Mile . Chauha _.-t , and thc police authorities immediately exerted themselves to discover the culprit . It was soon ascertained that there existed at Mont .-uib . tii a person who had motives for the commission of the intended murder , and that this person was Mile , de St . Leger , a young schoolmistress at I , * Francaise , near _Montiltlhan . In 1843 she hecnine _acquainted with M . La . _' itrgue , a music-master , and engaged him to give lessons of music at her school . _^ _h _< _J became
enamoured of M . _Lafargue , and did everything to induce him to marry her ; but Mr . Lafargue , being in love with and engaged to Mile . Chaubart , resisted all her seductions . She then had recourse to anonymous letters to M . and Madame Chaubart to _indace them to break off the intended marring ? , but , failiug in this scheme also , she resolved to destroy her rival . She procured some arsenic , ami mixing it up in the enkes forwarded it to the addressoi'M . Chaubart , inthematinerrclatcd . The trial of theprisoner occupied two days , during which time several witnesses were called to prove the case , and did so in a way to leave no doubt in thc minds of the
jury that Mile , de St . Le _; cr had iu her frenzied jealousy declared to several persona that she was resolved to destroy thc life of her rival , and her preparations for this purpose had been detected . Thc counsel , in the presence _<» __ " the overwhelming evidence as to her guilt , attempted to establish a plea ot temporarr _insanity under the influence of jealousy , and " the p _' ri-sner herself , during her coniincnienr , had attempted to make it bdieved that she was insane , but the medical witnesses declared that her . insanity was simulated . She was found guilty , but with ' extenuating _circuiiistiu-- _*^ . « nd sentenced to _t-. _vciit-v years' _iiiv _, _ii-. souiuii * . t with hard labour . —•?« . ' i ' > : w . _tt " s _Messiujcr .
The Ten Hours' Bill. [Although In The Fo...
THE TEN HOURS' BILL . [ Although in the following address from Lord Ashley to his constituents there is only ap ' assing allusion tothe Ten Hours Bill , still this , perhaps , is the most fitting place in which to announce the noblo lord ' s resignation of his seat in Parliament . ] TO THE CENTR-, CLEI _1 QV _, FUEBHOlDEfiB , AND OTHEIl E-ECTOhS Ol * TIIE _COONTY OF DORSET . Loudon , Jan . 31 . Gentlemen , —The First _Stinif . ter of tlie ' Crown has propounded to the Parliament a measure for the total abolition of all protcetive duties on thc importation of foreigii corn . TIjC bill seerns so well adapted to meet tho present nnd future exigencies of the country , that I shall tlmik It a point of duty to do all iu my power towards rendering it the law of the land .
I ventured , m the month of Octoberhtst , to direct yonr attention to the present necef-ity of an immediate settlement of-this long-agitated question—that necessity is now increased ten-fold by the act of the government j und a resistance to it , which eould not postpone ibe measure beyond tlie interval of a few month . * , would mitigate none of the apprehended evils , and would raise up others of a moro formidable kind . \ _itate these arguments for your set-ions reflection , hut tbey are not the « ole _ground , on which I rest my dttermination to support the measure . I Shall accept it , not only without alarm , bnt in the full and confident hope that it will prove conducive to the welfare of all _chisses of the community .
J { ut there i * a preliminary consideration : the appeal to the country in 1841 was , in fact , whatever lhe ostensible purpose , an appeal on the question of the Corn-Laws . 1 maintained , at that time , that protection was indispensable , though I reserved a discretion on all details , and obtained your support _iiceordiiigly . I am now of opinion that it is no longer expedient to maintain such protection . Although no pledges were a 6 ked or gircn , I should be acting in contravention of an honourable understunding ba * vecn myself aud the electors on this especial matter were I to retain my _eeat , and vote for the ministerial
measure . I have therefore requested the grant of the Chiltern Hundreds , that you may have the opportunity of proceeding to another election . You will readily believe that I contemplate such , cm event with exceeding pain . It would sever a connection _niiich I have enjoyed with honour and pleasure for fourteen years ; one that I greatly prefer to any that could be offered . It would shut me out , perhaps for ever , from public occupations , and stop tlte progress of various measures , to which I have devoted the best years of my political life , and surrendered many hopes of personal advantage . I mention these things to prove to you how deep and how sincere are my _convictUns .
lam indebted to your _khulncscand confidence fov the _opportunities I have enjoyed of public _tervice , and wbich , I trust , I have not misused , I shall ever retain towards you a lively sense of gratitude aud esteem , with an ardent ami _unce-eiug prayer for your general and individual welfare . I shall appear on the _hustings on the day of nomination , and call for a show of hands , to ascertain , beyond a doubt , the sentiments of the constituency . lam , gentlemen , with mueh respeci and esteem , your faithful friend and Hirvant , _Ashlet .
The Factories Bill. The Following Letter...
THE _FACTORIES BILL . The following letter has been addressed by Mr . Fielden to the Short Time Committees of Lancashire , Yorkshire , and Scotland , & c . : — 31 , Arundel-street , Strand , London , Feb . 2 . "Gentlemen , —As . Lord Ashley , through the medium of the newspapers , lias stated that he has applied for the grant ' of _tlni Chtltern Hundreds for the purpose of vacating his neat in the House of Commons , I have this night given notice to the house , that as my name is attached to the Factory Bill introduced by his lordship on Thursday last , read a first time , and ordered to be rend a second time on the 18 th inst ., I shall take charge of the bill , ami ask the house to read it a second time , if not on that day , on an early day after ; und I rely on you and all favourable to the Ten Hour Bill giving me their best support in my attempt to carry ihe bill through _Parliameti ' . " I am , gentlemen , your obedient servant , "JOHN FlELD-S . "To the Short-time Committees of Lanca . liiie , York , Ac . "
The Factories Bill. Tlie Following Is Th...
THE FACTORIES BILL . Tlie following is the text of the Factories Bill , brought in by Lord Ashley and Mr . Fielden , but now committed exclusively to the euro of Mr . Fielden : — A A BILL ft > AMEND TKE -AWS 3 lE ___ TINO TO _EABOUU . IN PACTOBI-8 . Whereas au act was passed in the fourth year of thc reign of his late . \ Iaj > -sty , entitled " An act to regulate _th- _ labour of children and young persons in the mills anil factories of the United Kingdom ; " and _anotlw net was passed \ k tho session of Parliament held inthe seventh and eighth yvars of the reign of her present Majesty , entitled " An act to amend the laws relating to labour in factories ;" and by the said _lirst-meiuiotted act it was
provided , that no _pers-m under the age of eighteen years should be employed m-any sueh mill or factory as in the said act is mentioned , in any such description of work as thereinbefore specified , more than twelve hours in any one -aj _.-nor more than s _ cty-niHe _llOUig in any one WOelc _. _iexce _{ _'t « s thereinafter 'is provided ; and by thu said _lastircntioned act it wa «{ n _* ovi >' ed , that uo _iemule above the age of eighteen year- should be employed in any factory , as _defined by * . ne said aet , save for the same time anil-in the -eame manner as _j-oung persons-. ( by the said aet'defined to be persons of the age of thirteen years , and under tli- « _geofeighteeuy-arsj might be employed in _factories : And whereas it is expedient to alter the said acts _tfor the purpose of furthar restricting tlu _ hours of _labour-of your . g per 60 n 6 and females in _factories :
Eeitenacted , _by-iaeQueens Most Excellent Majesty , hy and with thc aiUi _* Je and consent of the Lords Spiviluul ami-Temporal , aud Commons , in _tbisqireseut _Parluraeut assembled , and by . the authority ofthe same , that not . withstanding anything iu the said _acie contained , as from _theSst day of _August , 1816 , no pc-rseu under the age of eighteen years shall ta employed in any such mill or factory in such description cf work as in _the-eaid tirst-mentioned aet . is specified , for more than eleven hours in any one day , uor for more than sixty -four hours in any one week , _excqttt as in the said , act is provided : ; and that ns fro __ n _tlie-jaid 1 st day of August , 1846 , thc suid two acts _beforemeutioned shall in al ? respects he construed as if the psevisifiii in the said first-mentioned net continued , as to persoiw under the age of eighteen years working in mills and factories , had been confined to eleven hours instead ot twelve hours in any one day , and to sixty-four hours iu anv one week , _ineteodof sixty-nine hours ,
And be it enacted , that tis from the first day of Aug ., 18 tT , _. . v _ o per on under the age of eighteen years shall be | employed in any sueh mill or factory , in such description ! of work as in thn said _ ir « t-mentioned aai is specified , for inoi' _& than ten hours in any one day , nor more than fiftynine hours in any one week , except ns in the said aet is provided ; and _ihatas from the lstday of August , 1847 , the said two acts shall , in all respects , be construed as if the _provision in the said first-mentioned aet contained , ns to p _' _.-rsons-under thea _^ c _ofxighteen years working in mills and factories , had been confined to ten hours instead of twelve huurs in auy one day , and fifty-nine hours in any one week instead of sixty-nine hours , and tliat thc _restriftions . respectively by tliis act imposed a . regards the working of _persons under the age of eighteen yours shall extend to females above the Age of eig _-hteen years , in all respects as hy the _secotidly hereinbefore-mentioned net is ' provided .
Ami _beU-ancted , that tiie _ _aiutwo hereinbe _ bre . _niGntioned act * ,- / .. amended by tliis aet , nnd this _IlCt shall be construed together as one act . And be it enacted , that this act may be _amendad or _rel-ealed by any ast to hc j » assed in this _present session of _Parliament .
Tiik Mcn.Er-Causi.Se Game Laws.—We Have ...
Tiik Mcn . ER-CAUsi . se Game Laws . —We have few additional facts to communicate , beyond what lias been nlread v published , in reference to the sanguinary and fatal affray which took plave lust week between Uie gamekeepers of the Earl of Morley and a gang of poachers . Wc stated in Our last , that the inquest held upon the remains of Tottle , the murdered keeper , was adjourned until Tuesday , the 27 th Jan ., in the hope that some further evidence would he obtained with respect to certain suspected parties for whom the police had been in search , and who it was thought might perhaps , hy that time , be hroucht within tiie reach of j ustice . The indefatigable efforts of the police and others who are engaged in tracing
out the retreat of the parties to whom we have allude ! , have not however proved successful ; and _conseipietitly thejury , on re-assembling on Tuesday , Had nothing further to do than to proceed with tlio examination of the witnesses in attendance on the Thurst _' ay previous . The investigation , nevertheless , lasted until a late hour in the evening , when a verdict of wilful murder was agreed to against some person or _pcrsans unknown . Head being included m the verdict ns an accessory before the fact ; and immediately upon i ! ic jury coming to this decision , the coroner issued his warrant for the committal of the prisoner tothe county saol at Exeter , where he will take his trial accordingly . — Plymouth Herald .
Sudbbs Death op a Gextlkmas is the Street . —On Tuesday evening an inquest was held at the Green Alan Tavern , Old Kent-road , before Mr . P . _iync , on the boJy of Mr . Isaac Harvey , a gentleman of ' independence , who died suddenly in the street , under the following circumstances : —Mr . Hughes , a chemist , of Kurlitiaton-place , Old Kent-road , deposed that about two o ' clock on Saturday afternoon his attention was Killed to thc deceased , who was staggering on the fu' < t-pavemeiit opposite the door . The
deceased was assisted into tne shop , when witness observed that there was a quantity of blood flowing from liis mouth , lie waa placed upon a clinic , and witness endeavoured to administer restoratives but , he was unable to swallow , A surgeon was sent for , but before his arrival the deceased breathed his last : Mr . Odling , surgeon , of High-street , Tlnrou _^ 'li ,- said _hoa'tpnih'd thc deceased professiotiallv during Ul '/ -, and had no _doii-il iiis death was _ciuiseii by tiic _ntji- _isrc of lvbleud _v-j-v-xl upon ui . lungs . Verdict , " ' Uks from natural _causct _.. '
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House Of Lords—Mosdat, Fbb. 2. A Number ...
HOUSE OF LORDS—Mosdat , Fbb . 2 . A number of petitions were presented for and against a repeal of the Corn Laws . Lord Beaumont presented & petition from an individual named ilenry Graham . He _compla-i _/ iBd that he was kept in a state of detention bv the Sardinian , government for a period of ten days for no other reason than bacauae that government had n crcat detestation ofthe mime of Graham . ( Laughter . ) The petitioner prayed their lordships to take step ? to procure him redress for sucli detention , A veturn of the i ' ecs incurred br thc introduction of railway bills into tho house during the last session of Parliament was agreed to ou the motion ot Lord Kinaird . The Earl of Aberdeen agreed to the production of a report on the subject of the United States tariff , and their lordships adjourned .
HOUSE OF COMMONS-Motoat , Feb . 2 . FltOST , WILLIAMS , JONES , AND ELLIS . Mr . R . _Yorke presented a petition , signed by 3 , 600 freemen and non-freemen ofthe city of York , praying the'house to take into consideration the cases of Frost , Williams , Ellis , and Jones , with tho view of addressing the Crown for tlieir liberation . Mr . ' Barclay presented a similar petition from Sunderland . The petitioners urged en the liotiso , thatas the lloyal clemency had been extended to the parties ; who had been convicted of insurrection in Canada , the prisoners for whom thoy petitioned might obtain a free pardon .
THE MILITIA _.-THE TEN HOURS' BILL . Mr . UmoiiT presented a petition , signed by 1 , 775 inhabitants of Wakefield , and from another plaee ( tlio name of which did not roach us ) , against calling out the militia . The hon . member also presented __ a petition from a place in the county of Durham in favour ofthe Ten Hours' Labour Bill , Dr . Bowbikg presented a similar petition , as did also Mr . S . _Crawford . The hon . member likewise presented a petition from a place in Lancashire , against calling out the militia . Mr . T . Duncombf . presented four petitions from Hammersmith and other places against calling out the militia .
Mr . T . Diwcombe presented six petitions in favour of the Ten Hours'Bill . Mr . Fiei . d _ x presented a similar petition from a place in Lancashire . The hon . member said lie would take that opportunity of _stating tliat , ns hi * name was on the buck of the hill along with tlmt of Lovd Ashley , who was now no longer a member of that Iiouse ( having accepted the Chiltorn Hundreds ) , ii was his intention to bring on the second reading on thc 18 th iust . ; or , if ho could not do so on that day , he would on as early a day after as was practicable .
CALLING OUT AND TRAINING THE ¦ MILITIA . ¦ Mr . T . Dwf-OMB _** wished to put a question to the right hon . member , the _Secretary at War , simiiar to that which had beeu on a former evening put to the right hon baronet the Hume Secretary , and tho answer to which had not , ho believed , been correctly understood by tlie public . It was , indeed , _cort' _-ctly understood that the government had no intention of immediately calling out the militia for service , but it was not equally clear what was . meant as to culling out under the existing-law , or bringing ina hew measure for that purpose .
Mr . S . _Hkhb-RT said tlio hon . member was quite correct in supposing that considerable misapprehension did prevail in the public mind on the subject , which arose from the _ciieumstaucc of uot observing tlte distinction between " embodying" and "training . " The government had no power to embody the militia , but it had a power to call tlicm out for training , and beyond that itwas notititended to go . It was , however , tho intention of _government to bring in a measure for thc purpose of consolidating and amending the various Militia Acts , with the viaw to greater facilities of calling out for training the militia force ; and on this part of the subject he was anxious to say a word with respect to the
formation of militia clubs , which he understood was being carried on in many parts of tlic country , and which offered on certain pecuniary considerations to guarantee to persons drawn hy the ballot to provide them substitutes . He would recommend to per > o » s engaged in or joiuing such clubs , to suspend thoir proceedings until they were aware of the measures which would be introduced by the government , which , as related to the mode of raising the militia force , would bc found much loss onerous thaa the present system of the ballot , which the new act would put an end to . ( Hear , hear . ) Under these circumstances , he did _h-pc timt all parties interested in this subject would suspend tlieir proceedings until they saw what the government intended to do .
DRAINAGE , Ac . _^ IRELAND ) BILL . Sir T . _Frkm-xtl- proposed the second roading of the Di _* _siuai ; e , «_ j c . _( Irc ' isind ) , Will . Mr . F . _FuBsctt condemned the bill as an attempt *» f the Board of Work-, in Ireland to grasp a . t powers which they had neither the mcana ' nor the staff to carry into " execution . Instead of giving an impulse tothe employment of the people of Ireland , it would either remain a dead letter , or would _, 1 C . injuriously . Ho hoped that before tbis bill was pressed upon the house time would be given to collect tlio opinion of the landowners of Ireland respecting it _. Sir T . sFremant _ e _d-tended the Board of Works from thecharg - brought anainst it by t / _ae last speaker . That Board had no wish to grasp at any power save that whicli was necessary to tlie proper discharge of thc functions imposed upomit by the Legislature . Sic defended at some length the policy of site _,
measure . Sir It . Feuquson _s-lso objected to -the bill , on _accoiiKt of the great . preliminary expenses which it _imposed-on the laiide _« _-nei * s . before tkey could avail themselves of its provisions , and on account of the _iircat increase which it made to the powers , already too large , vested in thc Commissioners of Drainage . Mr . ( _FCoxNEij / deelared his intention to vote for the second reading of tlie bill , which contained many _uood enactments . 33 c had no complaint to make of the Beard of Works . The objections made to the details oi ' the bill . had better be reserved till it went into committee . The bill was then read a second time .
On the motion of Sir T . _Premastie , the report on the Public Works ' ( Ireland ) Bill wns brought up . After . a short discussion , iu which Mr . F . French , Sir R . F-rguson , _Ccilotiol Conolly , and Mr . Sliarman Crawford objected to the compulsory presentment * - ' which the 5 th clause of this bill forced the Grand Juries of Ireland 'to make without exercising any volition or control over Ihem , and in which Sir T . Fremantle , Mr . _O'Csitwell , attd the Chancellor of the . Exchequer defended the _necessity , as well as expediency , of such an enactment , Sir il . Ferguson moved the omission of the clause , and persisted in dividing the bouse upou it , notwithstanding the request of Mr . G . A , Hamilton ( who concurred in _souie ofhis objections ) that he would withdraw his opposition to it . The numbers were—for the omission of the clause , 3 ; against it , 97 . The clause was then permitted to _utaud as part of tho bill . The report was then agreed to .
THE GAME LAWS . On tlic motion of Mr . Bhioht , the select Com mittce on the Game Laws was re-appointed .
IRISH FISHERIES BILL . Sir T . _Fbi-. _j-ant- - moved for leave to bring ill a bill to afford _encoimtg-nien- to thc _constructi-ii o ! small piers and harbours calculated to extend tho fisheries in Ireland . He proposed , with the consent of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , to expend £ 50 , 000 in live yeara , at the rate of . £ 10 , 000 a-year , in the formation of piers on the coast of Iceland- —a measure which he conceived would be the best mode of encouraging the construction of suitable boats , which were now much wanted , for the deep sea fishery , anil also the river fishery of that country .
He likewise proposed that befotv . any grant was made for such a purpose there should bo si vo ' _innfcirv contribution to a quarter , and in some oases to half of the amount , eit . ier Iron : private individuals or from the adjoining localities . Applications for these grants must bo made to the Board of Works , which , on taking a survey of the coast , and on giving a certificate that thc proposed pier would bu advantageous , and that the security oilered i ' ov tho completion of itwas adequate , would be entitled io will upon the treasury to issue a warrant for payment of any proposed grant .
After the conversation , in which Mi * . F . French , Mi * . Ross , Sir II . Barron , and Mr . Gregory , all expressed their approbation of thp proposed .. _ll'UMll'U , and of its probable beneficial ctlects , leave was given to bring in the bill . The liotiso then adjourned .
f _) HOUSE OF LORDS-Tuesday , Feb . 3 . The House of Lords sat only for a shore time . The _Lono Cha _ . cni .-0 u introduced a bill for tht * repeal of certain penalties which are still attached to the profession of peculiar religious opinions , especially with relation to the oaths of allegiance , supremacy , and abjuration . The bill was read a first time , and the house adjourned til ! Thursday . IIOUSE OF _COMMONS—TuBsktT , Fra . 3 . . On the motion of Major _-Beuesford , a new writ was ordered for Chichester , in the room of Lord A . Lennox , who has _accepted tho Chiltern Hundreds ( Derisive cries of " Hear , " on tho Opposition side . ) _t A number of petitions were presented for the abolition of the Com Laws .
THE MILITIA .-THE TEN HOURS' BILL . Mr . _Denxistods presented a petition from a peace society against the enrolment of the militia . Lord J . _RussKt .- presented a petition from a ward in London in favour of a Ton Hours _'_ Labour Bill . Mr . Ti _ ei . awny presented five petitions from places in Cornwall against the enrolment of the militia , THE TI . YIUi _' _. R DUTIES . Sir R . Pbki . then rose and said , —Mr . Speaker , I d .- iii ' i . Know ivhetiier it wili bo exactly re _;; _ul ; ir , but on _ao-ouiil ui' i . h (! imp _irtaiic- * of the subject , ami the fact that the Ann-ricau mail is on the eve of _sailing from
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Liverpool , 1 may perhaps be allowed to lake _oins , the __ earliest _opportunity of announcing tlie _intensions of her _Mitje-ity ' s government with respect to _ch-jir proposal for tlio reduction ofthe duty on timber . We propose to make ultimately a reduction in Uw differential duty on foreign timber , so tliat the duty shall remain after the reduction at 18 s ., instead of the present amount . 1 think on hewn tiiolji . it' die duty is now 25 * . ' , we propose to redute it to _loa . But with thc view of en < uring to the consumer as great a benefit as possible , the Baltic timber trade partaking now very mueh of the nature of a monopoly , io consequence of the very great demand for it { th- supply _bciii ' _luu'dlv sufficient ta meet the demand ) , we do nyfc propoae " tliafc ttie rcduistion shall be immediate . Wc propose tlmt from the _ -i . li of April , - ¦' -d ., the period ofthe year we think most suitable tor making a reiliittion of duty—we propose that from tha oth of Anril 18-7 , the duty on hown timber shad be
reduced by 5 s . ; and on the otu ot April , uw _*> , oy another 5 s . _With respect to sawn . timber _nmmteining the same proportions , the reduction oi duty ought to be Gs . on tiie 5 th of April , 1-8-7 , and another Cs . on tho 5 th of April , 1848 . With respect to the smaller descriptions of timber , such as iat _ -wood , sp ; . rs , and ours , wc propose to make a p . w-. ' _-tionate reduction ; but whether that reduction , without injury to the interests of the eniisuiisfi ? , might or might not bc allowed to take effect from tbe 5 th ot April , 1847 , witiiout any more gradual m / uefion , I should wish to reserve my opinion . That is . _* ' point comparatively of minor importance . . 1 v , m not yet certain whether , for the purpose of protecting the consumer , tho reduction should not be spvoad over two years . In the course of the evening tiie detailed resolutions shall be laid ou tli- table , but I wished to avail myself of the earliest opportunity to state their nature to the house . ( Cheers . )
TARIFF PAPERS . Mr . _Wodeho . si * moved for a copy of ilie warrant appointing Mr . II . S . Chapman chief judge of tho supreme court at Wellington , in New _Zealand ; and also of documents relative to the tariff ofthe United States . _1-Ic had received lii _^ _it testimonials ofthe merit- ! of Mr . Chapman , and did not doubt that Lord Stanley had exercised a wise discretion in making the appointment ; but Mv , Chapman , as an assistant commissioner to inquire into the condition of the hand-loom wearers , had made deceptive * !> . __ - __ delusive statements , entrapping the government into that free-trade course which they had since unhappily pursued . The htm . member also descanted gene-rally on the impolicy of free-trade views . lie aJso ' _c-omraentefl . _lo-meu'iiatsma . tiyon the doings of Dr . flooring . Tin ? lion , member for Bolton had tried to prevail on the Pacha of Egypt to adopt a reduction of duties , and there , _bv-thc-byc _, cut such au extraordinary figure , that the interpreter could hardly
contain himself ior laughing . He ( Mr . Woden _. u « u ) hod that from a particular _pewon ( a laugh ) , a lady ( laughter ) , a married lady ( renewed laughter ) , who was not an actual eye-witness , but _something very near a witness (! . _* iu _ diiei _*) , a lady with whom ho ( Mr . Wotlchouse ) was in the habit cf _commaai-ating ( . * j laugh ) , who assured him tlmt she saw the hor ,. men ) ber shorn of his beams , and that we should see hi _^ as she saw him ( laughter ) , with a lar _^ e straw h a _j nearly as big as the table , a full flowing beard a _nfi _. _wMi-tu-chc , and Circassian trousers . ( Orent luu , _jj . lev . ) The hon . gentleman , after quoting a st _^ , ment of Dr . Harding , that the more intelli ; , ent handloom weavers were aware , that if a riper _fr _Qt tho Corn Laws had an injurious effeefc on til . a _^ rj . cultural interest they sliould also feel it ihi . ni- - , \ _yt 9 concluded with the motion already stated .
Dr . Bowmxe staled the result of sever : . 1 inte > .-views with Mehemet Ali , the Pacha of Egypt , on tl _, _ujj _jaet of protection and Corn Laws , in which jehad endeavoured to controvert the views of the P . _icha and to gain his adherence to a sounder pmic f m JJ _43 own experience as a commercial diplomat at , bat _j tanght him the value anil importance of S " . f Robert Peel's declaration , that he was weary of ne : , _oii-, vtions in favour of reciprocity , and that it w * is better we should tcacli by our example than wait for _£ ie effect of otu * precepts , Mr . woduimuse ' s motion was agreed te .
INCOMES OF THE _PRELAT _# :. On Mr . Buotuksto . _v's moving , in the , ; rove .: ce of Mr . Elphins . oue , an address to the Que . n foy various returns relative t < i the gross and net- ine _j ;;„>? > _;„ _igj 4 and 184-5 , of the archbishops and _bisho - _^ ? >_; , _jr ] an ( ] and Wales , Mr . J . Co __ int said that , ss bisho ps W ( ,.. j . efore the _Jiiitise , he should not be out of on' _, et * in expressing his regret thus the death of the bis fl 0 _,, l } [ _y _^ j _, an ( j Wells had prevented his ( Mr . C- _jiett ' s ) bringing forward his motion fur the _causo ' _iu' j 8 ti 0 n u { - j ; , al _j th another sec ou the . occurrence of ci _,-. { _, » _-,-,.., < \( tbe
two could not _b-eflic-ietilly serve J \} y „ _.,, > . >; . -4 .., _j > , the government vonU not , of cows e , have allowed one bishop to do the duty of both for the last swill years , —a bishop wiio appeared not _embarrass-d ' ov the weight of the double duty , but-able to ouiui * upon a third sec in thc _J-Unpc of a wii t » . Tiie preaeinw of the bishops in the House of Lor . _ts y , r , s highly objectionable ; they wen * , useless , - _< ud _thitlilesb 00 U 1 * to the laity and to _t-w crown ; ' . _legiectini ; their charge for politics ; and , like the monster in _Franhnfkln , no sooner _etxlatcd , _Uuui tliey - were ready to set at u _^ iiance the power thsi csUeu t _' aeni into existence . Tin . motion wns agreed 10 .
Mr . M 11 .-- _iisk-u it the rumour were _corroet- that Lord Ashley and another member had accepted ofliee under the _Crowi _. ? Sir Robert Peel , amid the laughter of the iiouse , said it _wa-i qu : tn correct , for they had _acceptt-. i—the Chiltern Hundreds . ' The Public Works ( Ireland Bill ) was wad , 1 third time , aiid tlie house rose at an earlv hour .
HOUSE OF _OOMMO-vS-Wsdxesday , Vim . 5 . Sevevaf _petiti-ms were presented in _tjtvour of the ibolition . of the Corn Laws .
THE MILITIA . Petitions against the enrolment or _reo-gaiiisaiion of the militia wore prescuted by Mr . Brothorton from the inhabitants of Enfield , and by Sir G . Strickland from die inhabitants of Fleetwood . _BONE-CRUSHIN _' G L \ T _WORKHORSES . Captain Pkciiei . 1 , brought forward his motion for "a copy of any Jetti-vs and general rules issued by the Poor Law Commissioners rtdative to the employment of-paupers in pour-ding , grinding , or otherwise kcaking bones , ov in preparing bone dust ; with copies of any answers from the several boards of guardians remonstrating- against such mlo . " The hon . member , in support of his ir _.-ition , staled thatitapp-ared from Parliamentary returns that there werc neatly 2 G 0 Poor Law Unions in which this _iiitoicrat . k * uuuiiice of . _bonc-crusiiiur was enforced . It had been stated that the _coiumi _ _siiineivs had forbidden the
_coiicinuatice ot this practice , but it w . \ s likewise _nnu _. iired , that several _boni-tis uf guardians , who had been most prominent and _sieilf . ist in keeping up this « e : iini < tlou 3 practice , had remonstrated _wiihlhe _couitnisfiwriors , aud by some menus or other obtained a _su-pou ' sioii of the rule or regulation that had been issued . ' Ihey state that it does no harm to tiie pauper , and sometimes they bring lawyers who will argue en any aide , or thoy bring doctors who will favour their viows , and they sav that these bones are ground at a crank , and the paupers do not even know what they are grinding * and cannot tell _rlmt it is not free trade corn . ( A laugh . ) _^ But to any person who has over been to see these mills in operation it is very clear thufc some of the paupers must be employed iu the manual part of tlio labour , ir . selecting and pounding bones , and regulating the ntiii ; it is not true , tlier-ibrc _, that tho paupers arc uot _liab e to the nukineo and stanch so much complained of .
Sir James Graham would not oppose the motion . It was true tbat the Poor Law Commissioners had issued an order f""hi ( liliiig the bone-crush ing . In nine unions only this order had been suspended on his ( Sir J . Graham ' s . ) responsibility . The stup-ii 3 ion was for the term of three months , from the kt of January last . On flic 1 st of April next , _thi-i _particular employment , in all union workhouses , would cease to be leirai . Mr . _EnvA-i . —1 wish to ask the right hon . baronet if the Andover Union is one of those " to which . __ ,- has granted a three _m- 'iUiis' extension ? Sir J . C .. UHAJ ,. —I really cannot toll afc thie moment . I rather think it is not , but I cannot , answer at this moment .
Mr . ETtv _ r . i . complained that thc inqu ' ry relative to the Amii'vei- o . _n-- had been conducted in a most _uirtial _manii-i * , and given great dissatisfaction to the inhabitants . In the Andover house th ' . 're w _,-ss no bone-mill ; tho hon-.--. ave . pounded by iron rams in small niortnrs , and consequently tho stench and effluvia are much more nauseous and dreadful than in the mills . - Mr , CiiBlsTltc slated that when the hon . member for Andover _hroinj ; lit forward his motion nidi reference to the Andover Union , it was his intention to move an _itiuendmnnt , i ' or the purpose of instituting an inquiry into the conduct of the Poor Law Commissioners , ami the whole _ciroujustaiicc _. connected with the late inquiry . The motion wa * . then agreed to . FRENCH FISHING VESSELS .
Captain _Pucuiai , moved for a copy of any _eommuiiisations from the Doaidof Trade " to the Commissioners of the Customs as to the interpretation ofthe 13 th article of tho uonveiition with _Fi'iin'e ., relative to the examination of French fishing vessels . The government had yielded the ri _^ ht of search to the reiiii . >' u .-t . ranccs of France , and ;» » only hoped that the _er-iiecssion would meet the -. _-ipectatiou-j of those v . no made it . Sir G . Clerk had no objection , to produce tlie document in question . The substance of it was correetly _stiited-in tho Times , lie trusted that Captain Peehell , on further reflection , would see that the relaxation ofthe liUu regulation must _eveut-ftl _' _iy be prcductive of beuf iii to both countries . _—Agreed to . In reply to a question from Mr . Kemble ,
., Sir J . Giuw . iM . Ht . -. _« efJ , that in the conrs _. of the present session he :. lmuld ask the house to consent to a suiiph _' _-moiit-i ! bill for regulating the priwc'tire _, and for _i-. v . vmfiii - f ! : « jurisdiction , of courts ot _reqiuwts in . _* iif ; !> _-i _:-H 'ft E _.-iglaml in eves of ti-bt not exceeding £ 20 , The house inijv _ r _* . " -d at two 0 elocK .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 7, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_07021846/page/7/
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