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      Movements Of The Week. Ai Anarriv-L Fr 0...

      MOVEMENTS OF THE WEEK . Ai _Anarriv-l fr 0111 _-hd _** asserts the . discovery of a _^ - _Bjonspir-cy on the part ofthe deceased Akhbar Khan na con connection with the Cand-hu chiefs , for the in-• _tado-asion of British India , via Shirkarpore . The Schah _ibfPbf Persia was to supply the needful cash , and Tar _ttMahtf ahommed 0 f Herant -was to have contributed 3 , 000 _mnenmen towards the enterprise . W < Westrongly doubt the truth of this statement , but iiiftrif true , there must be an end to the p lot now that tfheithere is an end of Akhbar . We observeareport that _Ohathat prince was poisoned by his own father . This iBOtiiotwithstandingthe crimes of Asiatic courts , wo itaktake leave to doubt _ .

      _. Since the news from Portugal , given below * ,- * , in typtype , we have received later intelligence , to the effect ibaibatthe terms proposed by Lord Palmerston had _ een accepted hy the Queen and the new Ministry . C o Colonel Wylde had set out for St Ubes to put a stop to fo _hosti-ties . A complete amnesty had been agreed *> . *} . If the terms were rejected by the insurgents , thf there was then to he an armed intervention by Br England in support of the Queent It was reported th that the Junta would not accept any terms of accommi modation-unless their troops were allowed te garrison Li Lisbon and Oporto as guarantees against any future to coup _di eted .

      The Pope is marching onward . His latest ac act has been tht summoning of a consultative ju junta composed of individuals selected from the difft ftrent provinces of fhe Roman states , for the purpose od of discussing with the government the affairs of the zi _admini-trat _A onf and of aiding it in the measures to b be adopted for the amelioration of the condition of il ihe people , This is a step towards " representative v hu-itutions . " A modification ofthe Greek ministry has taken f i f-ace . Coletti , however , still retains his place and I his supremacy ; the evil genius ofhis country . The 4 quarrel with Turkey remains unsettled .

      It would appear fiom a stray number of the New ; Yori Journal of Commerce , that the Castle of St J Juan d' TJlloa , notwithstanding its vaunted impreg i liability , has fallen into the hands of the American - ' _-javaders , and with it Vera Cruz . We expect the i confirmation of this intelligence before going to press .

      Since The Above Was In Type, Intelligenc...

      Since the above was in type , intelligence ha reached the metropolis of two arrivals at Lirerpoo iom New York , bringing the details of the bom _isrdment and capture of San Juan _d'Ulloa , with thi lie reported loss on the side of the Mexicans o , 000 , and 15 Americans killed aud 50 wounded .

      France. A Thus.'A Fa__«.—Saturday Being ...

      FRANCE . A Thus . ' a _Fa __« . —Saturday being the fete-day ef Louis Philippe , extraordinary precautions were taken to prevent auy equivieal demonstration of popular affection for the royal personage . On Saturday evening , extra patrols surrounded the Chateau . An order from head-quarters was despatched te all the barracks , enjoining tiie commander of corpse to donble the piquets , and to hold _aforca ready to march at a moment , warning . Boa Maza arrived at _Marseillea _' on the 26 th : The _-h- ofM _ rse _ . ese _ vs : "Tbis remarkable prisoner will be sent to the Chateau de Pomervi , in tbe Pyrenees , which is appointed for his residence . "

      A letter , addressed to the Mbmleur Judiciaire of Lyons , press fearful description of the destitution of the population ofBeaujblais . It can only be compared to _thomisery in Ireland . Whole families are starring and without hope of being able to procure bread . Thk Paris Fobttkcatioss . — The Union MonarcMque states , that for some time past a considerable number of gun carriages has bees transferred from the arsenal of Metz to Paris , to be used in the fort of St Denis . It _issaid _, that by September next all the materials for arming the forte round Paris will have arrived in the capital .

      SPAIN . On the 28 th nit . a deputation , composed of Messrs Mendizabal , Cortina , Oiozaga , Laseroa _, Afadoz , and Cordery . waited on the Queen to entreat her Majesty to extend the benefit of tiie amnesty to several generals , and , in particular , to the ex-Regent , Espartero . The Queen graciously replied to the demand , saying that she personally desired union , but that the ques- ' fion must be referred to her councilof Ministers . Carxists _Desibov-d . —A letter from Barcelona states that an engagement took place on the 23 rd , between a band of about 100 _Gariists and a detachment of the royal troops , at Basella , near Solsona Twelve ofthe insurgents were killed and drowned , twenty-three were taken prisoners , and the rest escaped . PORTUGAL .

      Tub Civil Wab . —Wehave Lisbon news to the __ th of April . The Royal Tar steamer , chartered by the Lisbon government , had been captured on tbe ' 21 st off the rock ofLaboH by the Mindello steamer , belonging to the insurgents , and carried into St Ube ' _s , which Sa da Bandeira had put into a state _ff defence , and which was invested by the Queen ' s ttoops nnder Vinhaes . The Royal Tar , besides her -68-po _ nder _., had on board 10 , 000 muskets and . 0 , 000 cartridges . A _sloop _. belonging to the Queen ' s party , was also taken by the insurgents , whilst on her way frem Gibraltar- Tbe King , as commander-in-chief , had joined the besieging army before St Ubes . Some accounts represent the Queen as having refused to

      accept Lord Palmerston _» terms , and that negotiations was suspended until the fate of St Ubes should he decided . Other reports represent the Queen as having agreed to accept the conditions imposed by the British government . A change of ministry has taken place . The new administration consists of M . Bayard , in the _depart-, ment of Foreign Affairs ; M . _Leitan , Justice ; M ., Proense , Interior ; M . Tojal , Finance and Marine ; and Baron da Poate da Barca , War . St Michael ., April 27- —This island has been in

      revolt some time . Independent of the garrison , 800 _cacadores of tbe line , there are 1 , 700 and odd armed volunteers . The governing junta are displaying great energy and activity ; they have recently remitted to tiie Oporto junta 15 _contos of reis , island currency-about 2 , 700- —a large sum for so small a place . Tbey are seeking for vessels to embark a ¦ considerable portion of their force for Portugal ; and _astheis - _andTS-re a fine , hardy , athletio race oi men , this addition to the popular cause in Portugal would be a valuable auxiliary .

      GERMANY . I _Pross-u—The King of Prussia had , on the 22 nd -It ., laid before the Diet at Berlin the proposition for a new law , to abolish tbe tax at present in force npon flour , or rather all kinds of _bread-stuS- and batcher ' s meat { Mahl und Schlachtalcver ) , into a kind of personal or head tax , for the poorer classes , and an income-tax , somewhat like Sir _RobertPeel _ , for the more wealthy ones . Inthe sitting of the _ 7 th , adopted two important resolution-. It voted first , that ths exportation of potatoes should not he allowed , and next that they should not be employed in the distillation of brandies and spirits .

      H-soteb . —The General Diet was prorogued by royal edict _onthe 2 L . t ult . The same Gazette in which tbii notification appears contains the king ' s answer to the request of tbe Estate ., tbat he would allow the debates to be published : The reply concludes with this emphatic declaration : — "After mature scrutiny and conscientious deliberation on our duties , we have irrevocably decided sever to allow the meetings of onr loyal Estates to bs open to the pubic . " The reason assigned for this determina tion is , that publicity can only be useful" in so-called constitutional states * " ( in togenarmUn conttiiuticn Ven ttaaten ); and would be positively prejudicial in his kingdom , where the deputies " are not allowed io -receive instructions from their constituents , and are not respensible to them . " The fabrication of brandy and vinegar from potatoes has been forbidden in Saxony and Bavaria .

      ITALY . Rout , April 22 . —As previously announced , the 2 , 590 th anniversary of the foundation of Rome was celebrated attbatcityon the 21 stult ., by agrandbanquet in the Grotto diTito , which was attended by about 800 citi-tns , of all elassesand ages . After the repast speeches , were made , "raise , recited , ana na . _tlonal _ yms sung . An immense concourse of people was assembled to witness the ceremony , at which the greatest order prevailed . . On the 19 th Cardinal Gad addressed a circular to ihe eov _ rn _ n » of the "Raman nrovinces . declaring that

      his Holiness desired to create an assembly of the notablepersonagesanddelegatesof the principal towns of the Roman states . A letter from _Civita-Vecchia -ays , __ iat this announcement was received there with demonstrations of the greatest joy , and was welcomed probably in a similar manner throughout all _thestates -ofthe church . Tbe circular was made _knownin Rome on the day after the anniversary of its foundation . One common sentiment pervaded Some on its becoming known . "Let us hasten to tiie Quirinal to express our gratitude , " was the universal shout . The _circnlar , printed in large characters , wa hoisted on

      France. A Thus.'A Fa__«.—Saturday Being ...

      a standard , and areudeivous was appointed for sunset , on the Pia _ za delTopolo ; every _IUj _ an was to come with * torch . At tho appointed hour tbe immense square was filled to overflowing , the crowd occupying the neighbouring streets . At eight in the evening the immense mass began to move by companies in the most perfect order , preceded by bands of music * The Corso was illuminated , the windows and balconies crowded with spectators , waving their handkerchiefs , and making the air resound with shouts ef " Hail to Rome !—to the provinces !—Long life to Pius IX . ! " The Pope appeared on the balcony of tha Quirlnal , the surrounding space being brilliantly lit up by the flare of the torohes . After the usual blessing , thousands of voices joined in one immense , _impasing viva , which died away in silence , after which the people separated in the greatest order .

      Letters from Bologna of the 35 th alt ., announce that the Pope had sanctioned the principle ofthe establishment of national guards throughout the pontifical dominions , and that a decree to that effect should to shortly published b y His Holiness . According to the Felsirm ( Bologna journal } of the 22 nd ult ., the Grad Duke of Tuscany , taking example by the Pope , was on the paint of adopting a liberal and progressive system of administration .

      RUSSIA . _; Letters in the Frankfort Post AmtZeitang , nnder date April 21 , saj , that the Emperor of Russia has adjourned his visit to Warsaw . The liver complaint from which he is suffering is of so serions a nature that his physicians have advised him not to quit St Petersburg before the middle ofthe summer . Letters from St Petersburg state that two general officers and twelve colonels have been committed for trial on the charge ot having embezzled monies destined for the service ofthe military hospitals .

      The Russias Ckssorship . —M . Lebedoff has published at St Petersburg , uader the authority of the censorship , a work relating to the _fiwfc six years of the reign ofthe Emperor Nicholas . Hardly , however , had the work appeared , than it was seized bj the police , although written in the most flattering style towards his Imperial Majesty , and the author himself was imprisoned as being guilty of having infringed the law , which ordains that all writings treating of the reigning Sovereign must , before publication , be submitted te the Minister of the Court .

      EGYPT . Letters from Alexandria of the 19 th nit ., announce that tbe foundation of the first lock of the barrage of tbe Nile was laid on the 9 th nit . bj his Highness Mehemet Ali with considerable pomp . A general salute of artillery concluded the ceremony ; 70 bulls were slaughtered and given to the workmen , and a large quantity of rice and 2 , 000 sheep were distributed amongst the poor .

      UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . _bepo-ied qapiueb op tera cruz asd si juas d _' ulloa . The lime , ef Thursday last contained the follow ing : —We have received a copy of the New York Journal of Commerce ot the 16 th ultimo , which was furnished to our _correspendent at Plymouth by a pilot , who obtained it from an American packet bound for Havre . The following extracts leave no doubt as to the capture of Vera _Crus and the Castle of St Juan _d'UUoa by the American force nnder General Scott , though In the absence of the intermediate papers between the 1 th , the latest previous date , and the 16 th ult ., we are unable to furnish our readers with anj details of the operation in question : —

      " a ** avalanche op victories . " On the lst daj of the present month we nnbliihed the first authentic intelligence of the battle of Buena Vista , in whieh General Taylor with 5 , 000 men defeated Santa Anna with 20 , 000 . Since that date , we have announced the recapture of Los _Angolos , wbich had risen against the new authorities in California , and the re-establishment of American role throughout that territory . Also the defeat and dispersion of the insurgents in New Mexico . Also the unconditional surrender of Vera Cruz and the Castle of San Juan d'UUoa , with four thonsond troops , to tha American forces nnder General Seotfc . And lastly , the capture of Chihuahm , capital of the _staU of the same name , by a force under Colonel Doniphan . Such a succession of victories { two of them most important ) is

      _semething new in our annals , and it is to be hoped may lead the Mexican government , if there should be such a government , to treat for peace . If , however , it should beget in the minds of our people a thirst for military glory , it will prove the greatest calamity which ever befel us . Peace is our element , and without it we cannot expect permanent or _}* - * _ngcontinued prosperity . If Mexico should now be inclined to negotiate , we- trust government will do itself the honour to offer liberal terms , such as will show to the world that as this war came npon ns unexpectedly , and contrary to our most ardent wishes , so it has been prosecuted , not for territorial aggrandisement , not to depress a weaker power , bnt because there was not been a moment siBce it broke out when " Mexico | wonld listen-to propositions for peace , although overtures tor that _' objectjiave been repeatedly tendered . "

      A CIVIL WAR IN CHINA . OSS HUNT-RED ASD _THIRIT THOUSAND SEC H-XDRED ASD THIRTI- _ IGB- _PE-80 XS KILLED OK WOUNDED . ( From the _Jfoniteur Beige of May 3 , } The Chinese Repository gives an account , which could hardly be ' credited had we not positive proofs of thedensity ofthe population of the Chinese empire . According to the above journal , published by the American missionaries , a civil war , or rather feud , took place between the two neighbouring departments of _Chang-Chao and Tseven-Chao , ia the province of Gokien , in which . 2 i , 515 booses and 6 . 0 huts were pillaged and burnt to the ground , and 130 _. 63 S persons killed or wounded .

      Backs V. Baewj. —The Learned Recorderof ...

      Backs v . _Baewj . —The Learned Recorderof Hull , Matthew Talbot Baines , Esq ., _Q-C , brother to Mr Edward Baines , took care in his address to the Grand Jury on Friday last , to remove any suspicion which might have existed ofhis participation in the editor ofthe Leeds Mercwy ' s abhorrence of the Government scheme of n ational education . In charging the grand jury the learned recorder said , " I , for one , rejoice greatly over the improved prospects of national education ; for it is quite impossible to conceive a subject of greater importance . So tar from wishing to limit education at all , if I had my own will , I would make it accessible to every human being ; because in proportion as jou disseminate the blessings of a sound , religions , and moral education ,

      in exact ly the tame proportion do you provide for the _ e _ reat . intere . t _ ofthe public at large . " Mr Thomas Baines , ' the editor of the Liverpool Times , is also at issue with MrE * Baines , jun ., on this important question , not __ having , like his brother , changed his opinion upon it . Mobphia versus E . bm _vobSuroic __ Opebations . —Excision of the mamma was performed here lately by DrCMsbolm , assisted by Dr Boss , Cambiwnore , Sutherland-hire , Dr Wilson , and Mr Manford , the patient being placed under the _influenceof morphia instead of ether , with the most satisfactory result . The patient underwent the operation with the greatest firmness and composure , stating afterwards that it was not nearly so severe as she anticipated . She has felt no pain whatever since tbe part was

      dressed after the operation , and sbe has been able to go home to the country within a fortnight from that period , quite well , the cure having taken place in the most favourable manner bj what surgeons term the first intention . Dr Chisholm is of opinion that morphia will be found salely to supersede ether in all the cases to whicli it is atpresent in _itsnaw character applied . —Inverness Journal . Obi-W of thb Pickwick _Patsbs . —It is not , we believe , generally known , that the " Pickwick Papers" originated with the artist , poor Seymour , who , having executed seven or eight etchings , sought a purchaser for them , and sent forth his wife for the purposeof finding one . She entered by chance the shop of Chapman and Hall , and submitted the

      designs , which were at once accepted ; subsequently application was made to Mr Charles Dickinsto accompany them with letter-press , and immortal Pickwick was the result . The first eight illustrations to this hook only are by Mr Seymour . Some two or three months after the first number appeared , and when the author was carrying all before him , the artist rose early one morning , walked into the gar * den , and hung himself . Such are the ups and downs of life . Fame and fortune to the one-suicide to the other , and penury to his wife and children ; He left a widow and two children to struggle with povertv—a terrible struggle it has been , although tho Artists' Benevolent Fund came liberally to their aid . A D _ 1 _ 15 a . 1 ____ lG ____ .-iKB—" - ThemostcurioM

      , incident , " says the UnionMonarehifue "thatoccurred at the meeting of the officers of the National Guard in the galleries of the Louvre , was that of beholding a chief of battalion , dressed in his grand uniform , and whose breast was covered with twelve decorations , five crosses , four crachats ; and three collars ! Pendingthe two hours during which the officers waited in the grand gallery , that officer was constantly _sarreunded by a crowd anxiously inquiring * in what kingdoms , in what battles , and for what exploits he had gained more orders than ever figured on the breasts of Turenne or Massena ? The enigma w _ 3 soon solved . The name of' M . Alexandre Dumas ' having been uttered , curiosity ceased , and made room for raillery . "

      Shocking _Accm-H-. —On Wednesday evening , between five and six o ' clock , a fine boy , aged six years , son of Mr Ayres , the coal merchant of Water-street , Arandel-. tr . et , Strand , in crossing the latter street , near St Mary ' s Church , was knocked down by a King-land omnibus , No . _ , _Tl _ , the off f . re wheel passing longitudinally over his body , which was frigh fully crushed . He was conveyed by the police to King ' s College Hospital , without any hopes Pu «_ t- * r * —On _TaesdayafighteameoffatWoki-Common , Surrey , between Langham , of LeiceBte * _. and WUUam S partes , the Australian ehampion . ' £ &? _Eaglis _ -n » Jlw _ 3-ieTict _ r »

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      DIVISION QK ..- HE ? _AptORlK _^ _BIMft , ; "' . ' . . /; HOUSE OP COMMONS , Mohdat , Mat 3 . Or __ M for Third Ke _ din j read ; motion made , and _queitionproposed . — " That ths bill be now read a third time : "—Amendment proposed , to leave eut the word " now , and at the end ofthe question to add the words ' " npon this dsy six month .: "—Question put , "Thatthe word ' now stand part ot tht question . " The honi * _divided—Ajm , 151 ; No «« , 88 .

      MAJORITY—AYES . Ackers , J Hudson , G Aclaad _. SirTD Humphrey , _Atderman Aclaad , _ D Ingestrie , Viscount Adderley _. CB Inglis , Sir » H _Ains worth , P Johnson , General Antrobus , B Kemble , H Armstrong , Sir A _Kerrieon , Sir E Arundel and Surrey , Barl lambton , H of law , Hon . CE Ashley , Hon H Lawless , Hon , C Austen , Colonel Lawson , A _Baillie , W Lennox , Lord GHu Banket , & Lopes , Sir S , _Satesoa , T Lowther , Hon . Colonel Sennet , P _Mackinnoa , W A

      Bernal , R _Macnamara , Major Blackburn , JI M'Carthy , A Boldero , H Cl Manners , Lord J Brisco , M March , larl of Broailey , S _Matterman _. J Broadwood , H _Monahan , J H _Buck , LW Morgan . O Bnlkeley , Sir R B * ff Morris , D Buller _. E _Mostyn _. Hon . EML Byng , Rt Hon Q S Mtmdy , E M Cabbell , BB Hunts ,-F Christopher , R A Napier , Sir C Clayton , BR Neeld , Joseph Clive , Viscount Newport , Viscount ColIett , J O'Brien , AS Colvile . CR O'Brien , C

      Conrten-y , Lord Packe , C W Cowper , Hon W P Paget . Colonel Crawford , WS Palmer , R Cart « is , HB - Palmer , G Davies , DAS Perfect , R Denis ' on , W 3 Plumptre , J P _De _ im _ , E B Plumridge , Captain _D-lyicourt , Right Hon Pothill _. F C T Prime , R Disraeli , B Posey , P Dodd , G _Rasbleigh , W Douglass , Sir H Rice , E R _Danoomhe , T Rich , H Duncombe , Hon O Richards , R Dundas , Admiral Rolleston , Colonel _DuPre . C G Round , J

      _Entwitle , W Russell , Lord J Evans , Sir D L Russell , J D W Ewart , W Rutherford , A Ferrand , Tf" B Seymer , H K Ploytr , J Shaw , Right Hon . I " French , F Sheil , Rt Hon . R L Fuller AE Shertdan , R B Gaskell , 3 M Shirley , E 3 Gladstone , Capt Sibthorp , Colonel Godson , R Smith , A Gore , WO Smith , Rt Hon . R V Gore , WBO Somerrille , Sir W M Granger , TC _Spooner , R Grey , RtHon Sir 6 Stanley , Hon . W O Grimsditcb , T Staunton , Sir G T

      Grogan , E Strickland , Sir G Halford , SirH Tollemache , J Hall , Colonel Tionbridge , Sir E T Halsey _. TP Tufnell _. H Harcourt , GG Turner , E Hardy , J Tumor , C Harris , Hon Cipt Vane , Lord H Hatton , CaptV Tys , H Heathcoat , G J V ? vyan , Sir R R Henley , 3 W Wakley , T Hill , LordB Walker , R Hildyara , TBT Williams , W Hindley , O Yorke , H R Hodgson , F Tellers . Howard , Hon C W G Fielden , J Howard , P H Br _. t __» rto _ , 3

      MINORITY--NOES . Aldam , W Hutt , W Baine , W Jones , Captain Barclay , D ' L _. bouchere , Rt . Hon . H Baring , HB Langston _. JH Baring , _Rv . Hon . F T Legb , G C Baring , Rt . Hen . W B Lincoln , Earl of _B-rriugtoD , "Viscount Loch , J Barron , SirHW Lockliart , AE Bell _. M _M'Taggart , Sir J Botfield , B Marshall , Bonrerie , Hen . E P _Marsland , H Bowles , Admiral Martin , J Brown , W Mildmay , H St John Bruce , CLC Mofi _ tt , G Bus-eld , W Morpetb , Viscount

      C-l-. g- __ , D ; . Terra-, RM Cavendish , Hon G H Ogle , Savile C H Clajr , Sir William Ord , W Clerk , Rt _. Hon . Sir G Parker , J Colebrookt , Sir T E Patten , J W Dalrymple , Captain Pattison , J Dawson , Hon . T T Peel , Rt . Hon . Sir R Deniion , J E Pendarves , E W W _""Mekenson , J H Philips , _M Douglas , Sir C B Price , Sir R Diigdale , W S Protheroe , E D Duncan , Viscount Seymour , Lord Dnncan , G Somerset , Lord G Egerton , W T Stan _. field , W C R Escott , B Stanton , WH

      Evans , W Strutt , Rt . Hon . E _Fieldea , Sir W Tancred _. H W Fit-roy , Hon . H Thesiger , Sir F Forster , M Thornley _. T Gill , T Yilliers , Hon . C Gisborne , T Wall , C B _Oe _. l . am , Rt . Hon . H Ward , H G Graham , Rt . Hon . Six J Winnington , Sir T E Greene , T Wood , Rt . Hon . Sir C Hamilton , Lord C Wood , Colonel T Hanmer , Sir J Wrigbtson , W B Hawes , B Young , J Hentage . G H W _tel _. bes . Heron , Sir H Leader , J . T _Houldswortb , T _Trelawny , JS Home , J

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      _, Fbigbi _** .:- _Oco-br-nc-s atH __ - __ . i __ o , —A long inquiry took place before Mr J . I . Mills , the deputy coroner , and a jury , at University College Hospital , on the body of Thomas Evett , aged forty-lour , a cab driver . Mr Joseph Charles Barkworth resided at Well-walk , Hampstead , was connected with tbe firm of Young , Valance , and Young , solicitors , St Mildred .-court . . On tbe morning of the 27 th ult , engaged deceased ' s cab , and ordered him to drive to Hampstead : at the commencement ef Well-walk there are several roads leading on to various parts of

      tbe heath , and they are so disgracefully arrayed that even in open day the pathway of Well-walk may be mistaken forthe road instead of a pathway . The ights of Hampstead are lit by contract for six months , and on tbe night before , the contracts being out , there were no lamps lighted . The defeased mistook this path , he was about to call to him , when suddenly the cab _feltfrom the pathway into the road , a depth of three feet . The screams of deceased were frightful ; witness having got through the uppermost window fonnd him _lyicg with his legs under the top of the cab . Innumerable accidents had resulted

      irom the dangerous nature of this spot , the poor cabman was perfectly sober . He considered the surveyor of the roads responsible . Mr Keith stated that he had frequently brought the subject of the disgraceful state of this and other parts of Hampstead before the vestries there , but was always put down by the gentry . Only recently a glass coach was turned over , one of the Parcel Delivery Company ' s horses had its legs broken , and _, in some . parts this path , which no one could distinguish from the road , was three feet nine inches in height . Mr Mills said no doubt that whose duty it was to look after the matter were responsible , and in case of death criminally responsible . The jury having expressed their opinion that the neglect ofthe authoritiesof Hampstead was highly reprehensible , in not affording proper protection to the public in such _dangerous places , returned a verdict of "Accidental death . "

      G _*_ u __ -B 27 Act of Parlia-b * _-.. —The police clauses bill , wliich bas just been printed , as well as many otber bills which have preceded it , contains the following rules of English grammar not to be found in any text book npon the subject : — Words importing tbe singular number shall include the plural number , and words importing the plural number aball include the singular number . Words importing the masculine gender shall include females . The word " person " shall include a corporation , whether aggregate or sole . The word "lands " shall include messuagesi lands , tenements , and hereditaments of any tenure . The word " street" shall extend to and include any rood , square , court , alley , and thoroughfare , or public passage , within the limits of the special act . The expression " two justices " shall be understood to mean two or mora justices met and acting together .

      _HSSRT HhIHB , _-BK CH .-BR _ .-D GERMAN _^ Vi . — The Universal German Gazette of Augsburg of the 2 _ th contains letters written Irom Paris by M Laube , the dramatic poet , who was engaged by the directorB of that journal to go to the French capital to procure information as to the state of health of Henry Heme . After giving a detailed account of the hopeless condition of the invalid poet , M . Laube concludes _asfol lows : — " It is not from the interminable conflicts in literature and polities that the vital power of this formidable _chaiopionhas been broken . A blow from hia ovm fam % haa stricken him , and brought upon him a specie , of apoplexy which has annihilated him , and wilt be an aternalreproach to that family . When the bags of gold and the muniiicent acts of Heine ahull long be forgotten , their names will be remembered and talked of , thanks to the poet , and history and literature will add that , like Byron , he died from the pin-like darts which he received from the hands of hia awn relations . "

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      Monday , -M___ 3. House Of Lords.—The Ma...

      MONDAY , -M ___ 3 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Margiiis of _Likibow-b , in answer to the Earl of St Germans , * intimated tbat the subject of rating of tithes under the Poor Relief ( Ireland ) Bill , sbould receive the fullest consideration before the measure passed . ' - *•' _. ¦ ¦ '' The Encumbered Estates ( Irelaii _. ) Bill was read ' a third time and passed . ''" ¦ ' ' ' ' ¦ '" _*';• The Army Service Bill went through Committee pro form * , in ordered to be printed with amendments . ' , L-WS Of L _ HD _. O _ D AUD TENANT IN _IBI-AND . —Tho Marquis of Westmbath moved— " That the existing law * of landlord and tenant in Ireland are not calculated to regulate equitably the duties , reciprocal obligations , and

      interest ' s ot the parties in those relations in that countrj , and under actual circumstances require immediate revision and amendment ; and that the imposition of increased burdens and new responsibilities on land renders such revision and amendment urgent and indispensable , ' The Marquis of Lansdowne having drawn the attention of the house to the abstract character of the motion , which pronounced general statements as to the law of landlord and tenant , without laying down those altera _, tions and amendment * that it was desirable to make , ooupled with the fact tbat a bill for regulating the relation between landlord and tenant was now before the other house , prevailed on the noble marquis to withdraw his motion , and the house then adjourned .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . _—Pobtooa _.. —In answer to a question of Mr P . _Bortdwick , Lord P _. lmebston said there was no foundation whatever for the rumour in existence , that England , Franco , and Spain intended , under the provisions ofthe quadruple alliance , to interfere with the affairs of Portugal . It was the wish of ber Majesty ' s Government to effect a reconciliation between the contending parties ; but no step would bo taken beyond that , except to protect the perBon of tho Queen . Factort Bil _., —On tha motion that this bill ba read a third time ,

      Mr Tre _. awn _. said that , in moving tbat the bill be read a third time tbat day six months , he would address tbe house oh the subject of a clause of wbich he hnd given notice . That clause was , that the bill should continue in operation for only three years . The measure was acknowledged by all to be au experiment , and the language even of the working classes , for whose benefit it was designed , in reference to it , was , that ' * they were willing to risk it . " It was a measure , accompanied by penalties , levelled at the _industry of the country . The various speeches which had been addressed to the house showed that they were guided by no fixed principies in legislating on tbis subj ; ot . There seemed to be

      great doubt how it would operate . If the house adoptoi the clause which he proposed , they would be able to continue the measure if it succeeded , and , if it failed , it would not be necessary to have the country agitated , in order to do away with it , He believed the lab luring classes themselves would be the first to ask the house to have it repealed . He proposed thnt it sbould continue in operation for three years , in order to give lit a fair trial . The differences of opinion which existed amongst the mem . bers of the government should of itself make them pause before they gave a permanent character to a measure wbich would affect sucb numbers of the working classes . Hear , hear . ) Mr Leadh seconded the motion .

      Mr Gbihsditch supported the bill . The hon . gentle _, man who had just spoken seemed to know but little of the effect of the factory system en tbe working classes in the north of England . He knew it to bave a most pernicious effect . The object of this measure was to place factory workers in the s * me position as masons and most other classes of workmen in this country , ns regarded th « hours of labour . They were injuring the raco by ever-work . Man ; of the manufacturers felt this . His own hon . colleague ( Mr Brocklehurst ) was one ofthe largest manufacturers in the world , and he had always voted for a ten hours' bill . For his own part he hoped they wonld discountenance the opposition which was offered to this measure .

      Mr L _. BotJC _. EEE having already spoken upon this question , should occupy the house but a short rime on the present occasion . His sense of the importance of the question , however , was such , that he felt bound to state that haviug reconsidered the question with attention , he remained of opinion that this perilous experiment could not but be attended with disappointment to the working class , whilst it would involve the manufacturing interests of the country in great _hanard and peril . It had been said that night " try the _measure as an experiment . " His belief was , that this was a measure wbich could sot be tried as an experiment . ( Hear , hear ) It was quite possible that its first effect would be to raise the price of manufactures , and give an artificial stimulus to our trade . But sooner or later prices must again find their level , and then we should discover , nnd too late , that we

      had thrown away the great advantage of employing British industry to its full extent in this country . ( Hear , hear . ) No one could controvert that amongst our rivals the cotton manufacture was carried on more than ten hours a day . Yet here we were to lay it down as an inflexible rule , to be adhered to under all circumttances , and in every stato of the markets , that the artisans of England should not work longer tban tbat period ! Why , he could not but _forsee that the effect of such a rule would be to place British industry under a great disadvantage . ( Cheers . ) An hon . friend ofhis had given notice that he sbould move a clause exempting Ireland from tho operation of this bill . That was an _amendment wliich , in justice to England , he could not support ; but he must say that he thought there was enough , at the present time , in the state of Ireland , to

      form good reason why no such measure should be passed at all . Ha had a communication from Ulster , stating that all the labour of the weavers in that province , during three nights and six days of the week , was scarcely sufficient to secure them a livelihood . Were they , then , by l egislative interference , to drive these men to relinquish the occupations in which tbey had been brought up , and enter upon other employments , to which they were unaccustomed ? If thoy did so , they would certainly do any . thing but a kindness to the labourer . ( Hear , hear . ) And this brought him to ask how far it was imtehded that the principle of this measure should be carried ? Did they contemplate carrying it out or not ! Was tbis to be & final measure , br were they to go further still 1 These were questions which were very material , and to which he should be glad of a reply before they went to a division .

      Mr _Stansfie . d had no doubt that , if this bill were carried , great injury would be done to the workpeople . But the small manufacturers would also be mostinjuri . ously affected ; indeed , unless machinery could be very greatly improved , this class must , for the most part , be ruined . He regretted that parliament was lUfely to be induced , by popular clamour , to add another tothe long list of useless restrictions upon time , ( Cries of " Question I' * — " Withdraw I ") Mr Hdhb ( who rose amid loud cries of " Oh , " and " Divide , " ) expressed his regret tbat the house should display such greit impatience to pass so dangerous a measure as that before them . He was astonished that a majority should be found in the present parliament to

      put a stop to free trade in labour . Let them reflect on what would be the consequences if this bill injured our manufactures to any large extent , Let labour be thrown loose , and who would have to support it f The land would be the victim ; and this was a point which the country gentlemen in that house ought _serieusly to consider ; 30 or 25 per cent , of additional taxation surely would bs no benefit in a country already over-taxed . They were bound to reflect also tbat there was nothing so dangerous to tamper with in this country as capital . Capital could move , though land could not ; and if capital and labour were withdrawn , land would he nearly valueless . For their own sakes , therefore , let them reject the bill . The liouse then divided , when the numbers

      were—For the amendment ... 83 Againstit .. ... 1 . 1 Majority against .. » —63 Mr _Trelawnv then withdrew the clause which he had intended to move , limiting the operation ef the bill to a period of three years . The bill was then read a third time , and , amid much cheering , was afterwards finally passed . Thb Gbk-K Lo _. n , —On the order of the day for going into committee oi supply , Lord J . Manners , in moving for a return of all moneys paid by Great Britain on account of the interest of the Greek loan up to the lst Jan ,, 1847 , expressed his deep regret at ths influence which France had exercised in the affairs of Grece _, and was desirous that the house sbould express , in firm and decided language , an opinion favourable to tbe independence of that country _.

      Lord Palmerston , after detailing the means by which the independence of Greece had been achieved , —tbe peculation which had been carried on by the Greek gorern . ment , in order to prevent the appearance of a surplus in the public accounts , lest any of the money should be taken out of tho country to repay the loan , said he did not see that _EDgland , France , or Russia could interfere with tho internal administration of Greece beyond the point of requiring thatthe treaty engagements by which she bound herself to pay the interest of the loan should be faithfully observed . He regretted to say that the treaty of 1832 had been sot at nought , and the retarn moved for by the noble lord would show that little short of £ 200 , 000 had been advanced by this country to Greece . If the poverty of Greece required this sacrifice at the hands of this country , it would be cheerfully made ; but the charge of the

      interest was unnecessaril y thrown on us , which made it the duty of the government of this country to insist upon the Greek government paying its own interest upon its own d » bt . Her Majesty ' s govemuunt _, however , had nn aesire to press hara upon Greece in her present condition , contenting itself for the present with calling upon it t _ . pay the last instalment of £ 23 , 000 , and to make provision for the payment of future instalments and arrears _alrMd- y accumulated . AU that this country wanted was ' to secure the h _. ppiness and prosperity tf Greece , Her V ia . _Jesty's government saw no advantage which could be 8 e . cured by raising up a British party in Greece , and w ould never lend itself to such a policy , nor _couldhe v i _&» r stand what possible object the French _government ; _ oui ( hold out to itself in pursuing the policy whieh so , me _hai attributed to it , of building up a French part ;' . in tha country .

      After some further observations from se * - erai hon members , the motion was withdrawn , and . the _hous went into committee of supply pn the nr _. _iscellaneou estimates ; the principal subjects of dlsr -ussion beini the new Howes of Parliament and harbor f refug .

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      Poo * Law Sir G , Gail moved for leave to bring iu a bill to amend the laws relating to the administration ol laws for the relief of the poor in England . He commenced by stating that it was not his Intention , in the bill which he was -bout to introduce , to eff » ct any alteration in the general provisions of the law which regulated the relief of the poor , as the object of the bill was to be ooafined to the administration of the law , and to the constitution of the body on whioh the duty * of the administering them should be devolved , rn 1812 , the poor law commission then existing waB continued for a further period of five years , which period would expire in the summer of 1818 Lord John _Resell had stated , atthe commencement of the session , that the government had determined not to propose to Parliament te continue the present poor-law

      commission .. But the reasons which in 1831 had led to the creation of a general authority for the administration of the law , still remained , to a great extent , in full nnd unimpaired force . Such general authority could not be safely , dispensed with . It was impossible , without a central general authority , to guard against , tue evils which had grown up under the former system . Under these _ciroumitances _, it would not be safe to recur to a system of local _administration , It would be impossible , on the otber hand , to lay down fixed and precise rules to be applied in all _caseB in an unvarying manner . It _wbsi necessary to take into consideration the varying circum . stances of the _different districts of the country , and the sometimes varying circumstances of a particular district . The principle , therefore , on wbich it was safeBt to rely was that ofa combination of local administration with a

      general central authority . The question then was , what should he the body to whom the administration of the law was in future to be entrusted 1 In 183 i it had beeu thought deslrablo tbat the poor-law . _commissioners should be disconnected with tho executive government , and that they should be _dirested of everything savouring of a political character . The experiment then tried had not been successful , and he thought that the lmr would have operated more satisfactorily had that experiment not been made . It had led , in the first place , to an imperfect responsibility to Parliament , and in tht- next place to providing the _commissioners with but imperfect means of defending and vindicating their acts whenever they were assailed . It was not his purpose on that occasion to go into any general defence ofthe conduct of the commissioners . But he

      thought tbat it would have heen better for all parties to have given them tho meams of directly vindicatin __ themselves . The principle of tho measure , then , which he now sought to introduce into thc house , wus that ofthe _muintenanzo of a general superintending authority , but subject to direct and immediate _responsibility to Purlin _, ment . The provisions ofthe bill , founded on this principle , were as follows : —It provided for tho cessation of the powers of the present commissioners . The crown would then be empowered to appoint a commission for tbo administration of the Poor Laws , on tho plan or the Board of Control , which superintended the administration of the affairs of India . The board was to consist of ono number who sbould be the President

      of the board and who should bo the responsible person charged with the _admiristratien of the law , but with whom would be associated persons holding high offices in the government who would be ex ofiicio members ot the board , and the parties proposed to be thus _associated with him where the President of the Council , the Lord Privy Seal , one of the Secretaries of Stato , und the Chan _, _tellor of the Exchequer . It was also proposed thnt there should be two secretaries to the board . The president and one of the secretaries should bo eligible to a seat in _Parliament , altheugh it would not necessarily follow that they should both sit in the sa . iie house . It wai proposed to introduce very material changes into the mode in which the new buard was to exercise its

      functions , as compared with tho presentmode . It was knotvn that , under the present system , such general rules as were framed had to be submitted to the Secretary of State for forty days before tbey came into operation . The acts of the present board are required to be done nnder the sea ] of the commissioner 8 , and they are authorized to be done by two members , or by the president , under his signature , and counter-signed by the secretary . But the new board was not to be authorized to frame general rules , except under the signature of three mem . bers o'the beard . It would be required tbat such general rule should be signed by the president of the board , and by two Cabiuet Ministers . These rules might afterwards be _disul ' owod by order in council , and then , if thought necessary , carried before the Court of Queen ' s Bench by certiorari . As the Secretary of State lor the

      Home Department would be a member of the board , it was no longer proposed to have annualreports addressed to that _funetionary , but to the Crown , and afterwards submitted to Parliament , The board wouid also be in . rested with tbs poirer to appoint a certain number of inspector's , to discharge the duties new performed by the assistant-commissioners . The existing number of assistant-commissioners was found to be too small . It wus proposed to extend thu number of inspectors to twelve . It was finally proposed that the commission thus to be created should last only for five years , so thut the whole subject would , at tho end of that period , come again , under' tbe consideration of Parliament . The right hon . gentleman concluded by moving for leave to bring in the bill , reserving all discussion upon it until the second reading , wbich he proposed to move on that day fortnight .

      Mr I ebrand wanted to know whether it was the intention of the government to appoint any of the present commissioners to the new board , because , if it was , it would be the duty of some member of that house to bring the subject forward with a view of deciding whether , after the exposure of tbe Andover union committee , any of those persons was competent to fulfil the arduous duties required of a Poor _Lsw commissioner . ( Hear , hear . ) He also . wished to know whether it was the intention ot the government to leave the unions of their present size . Some of them were so extensive that the poor bad to walk ten . and twelve , and in some cases thirty or forty , miles , to make application . ( Hear , hear . ) This was a great hardship , and ought to be remedied ,. He also wished to know whether the present district auditors were to remain in power . Thoy were more cruel and insulting than even the commissioners themselves , and ought to be speedily got rid of . He should also like to know whether

      tbe _hsw under the new bill would be put in operation with all the cruelty and oppression of the present law , because If that was the intention , it would rise an agitation in the country far greater than that which carried the 'fen Hours' Bill , lie rejoiced that the new general rules were not to be signed by ths Queen , the sovereign and mother of her people . The proposed alterationin the board was alto for the better ; but he strongly objected that three Cabinet Ministers should have the power of making regulations for the poor , which were to have the force of laws . With such a proposition in tbe bill , the right hon . gentleman was not going to rest on a bed of roses , even in carrying the measure through Parliament . Of all parties , none was so unpopular in the country as the Whigs , and for them to make laws for the poor was one of the most preposterous propositions ever pro * pounded to _Purliamcnt . ( Laughter . ) All be could say was that on this day fortnight he would bo ready to give the bill his mott strenuous opposition .

      A desultory conversation ensued in which several members . took part . Mr . Banks urged the same objections against the new board which were urged at an early period of the session by Mr Duncombe . It would create in tho government a new ' power of patronage , and in case the administration of the law should continue unpopular , would render it almost impossible for the members of it to obtain a seat in Parliament . Lord Joun li . SBEU denied tbat government had any wish to obtain additional patronage by tbis bill . He defended tbe existence of a central superintendence as an essential quality of any efficient Poor Law , and

      contended that the president of this new board of superintendence would be as directly responsible to Parliament as the President ef the Board of Control or of the Board of Trade . He refused to give any pledge to the house that he would exclude the Poor Law _Commlesionere from office uudttr tlKMiew board , on the ground that the government ought to reserve to itself full discretion toappoint to office all persons who were competent to perform its duties . All other questions , such as the size of unions , tbe powers of district auditors , __ .., could be best settled when this bill was passed ,, and a responsible functionary was appointed to watch over its administration _.

      Mr _F-BX-ND gave notice that as Lord J-hn Russell had refused to give thepledg _, e which he had asked for , he should movo _, on a future day , a distinct resolution _,, tbat the Poor Law Commissioners were ineligible to-hold ofiice under the new board , and should found that resolu * tion on thereport ofthe Andover Committee .. Leave was then given to . bring in the bill . It was read a first , and ordered to . be read a second time oa that dny fortnight _. The house adjourned soon after twe ' v-o'cloek , TUESDAY , Ma __ _ . IIOUSE OF LORDS . —Eactom _ _i _ l , —Lord __*_«_ - sua * -, in the absence of the Earl of Ellesmoxe ,. moved the first reading of t __ - __ actory - ill , and gave- notice of the second reading for . Friday , the I-th inst . After a few _worda-from Lord B _ o-oaA _ V who- trusted that the bill would , not be postponed beyond the l _. th inst ,, the bill wa _. read . a first time . At a » ubseque _ t part oftlie _eve-ingj Lord Feversham fixed Monday the 17 . th . inst .,. for the second reading .

      Squadron «» _Evonnion . —Ia "p ly to Lord _Habdwicsx , the Easlo- A- < : j __ . _ d said a squadron of evolutMHx ' would ptK * __ bly be assembled in July . The EarU £ E __ -ii _ 0 R 0 _ GB objected to British squad . TOJisbeing . smployed _ tAtl . e _ s and Lisbons , in assisting tb . e domestic intrigues of foreign countries . The Maxijuis of _iANs-owm said those squadrons were _bnly ei _}* _lo _ ed for the proleetio _. of British _Interests , aud in ( jiving aid which we are bound to give by specific treaties . Taj . Mom . am Pabssubs , —Lord WHAiMcum enquired whether Government hnd had any assistance . . ton . the Bank of England beyond _tuou-ual and customary advances . ]

      TheMarquis of Lansdowne said he could distinctly state that no unusual assistance had been obtained from tbo Ban-, lie added , that tho existing pressure on the money market had been very severely felt , but he hoped it would soon be overcome . Government was anxious to add nothing to the difficulties experienced by the Bank of England in managing its affairs in the best possible way lor the _inurest of its own proprietors . Lord B _. oi'gii _. h observed that the crisis had boen produced by thefailure of the harvest and the disordered state ofthe exchanges , and under existing circumstan . es could not have been avoided ,

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      _. _LAHBspfa . ' _rxHT . ( I & E _. AND ) Bin . —The _Maiqulg 0 f LANSDtWNi moved the order of the day for going into committee on this bill , and explained its object , which i was to advance £ 1 , 600 , 000 , at 6 } per cent , interest on all kinds of landed estates in Ireland , As this measure was Intended to apply generally throughout the country , it became desirable tbat it should be made applicable to the circumstances ofa vast variety of individuals ; the previsions ofthe bill had been , therefore , so framed that they fitted themselves to the case of almost every doicription of prop erty in Ireland , and it would be in thepower of ever y proprietor to avail himself of it .

      Th . Duke of _Weilinoton declared his conviction that this and the Encumbered Estates Bill were of all measures the most calculated to lead to the improvement of Ireland . There was , however , a most pernicion . practice how prevalent in Ireland ef making land the eirculating capital ofthe country , and pledging the land for the purpose of paying the _wsges of the labourer . It was necessary , therefore ; to enforce the payment of wages in the current coin ofthe realm , and he shonld propose a clause rendering such payments compulsory , notwithstanding any bargain with employers to the _contrary . Earl _FiT-wmiAJT declared his approbation of the bill , but regretted the _smollness of the _propoBed advance .-The Earl of Wic __ ow , on the contrary , thought it a very liberal grant .

      Lord Monteaq _. e thought that the bill would lead to great improvements , and saw no objection te tbe proposal of the Duke of Welling'on as to tbe payment of wages , which , if carried out , would have the most beneficial effects . It was his intention to move a clause providing for the erection of small grist mills in various parts of Ireland , to meet the change from the use of potatoes to that of corn , Afier some further discussion tbe clause respecting the erection of mills was agreed to . The bill then passed through committee , and it was settled that the amendment of the Buke of Wellington should be considered when the report was brought np . Their Lordships then adjourned . Dub-in iMMOYEMENr Bill . —On the motion that this bill be read ft second time , a lengthened and animated dissuasion Most , Mr SWtl and L » -B _ c ~ er » , amongst others , supporting the bill , and Mr Grogan , the Earl of Lincoln , und others opposing it . A division afterwards took place , when the numbers

      were—For the second reading ,. 108 Against tbe second reading 120 Majority against 12 _Parliamentaiii Rates and Taxes . — Lord J . R _. _sse __ gave notice that en Tuesday , the 18 th of May , he should move for leave to bring in a bill to regulate the days of payment of rates and taxes by Parliamentary electors . CoFFE _ . Ho . se Keembs Sir De LAcr Evans _wished to call tbe attention of the government to the hard _situv ation in which coffee-house keepers were placed ' by tho defective state of tbs Jaw . A man might go into a coffee-house and run up a bill without having a farthing in his pocket , and the injured party had no other remedy than a suit in Chancery . He hoped the government would endeavour to provide a summary remedy by an application to a police magistrate .

      Tbe _Atiosnkt-Ginebil said it appeared from returns furnished by the _police-magistrates that in oneyearthere were 600 cases of _eating-hou'e keepers being imposedupon , and 900 cases of unpaid _cib hire . A summary remedy like that proposed co'ild not be thought of , for the debt was but a mere contract debt , and could only bo enforced by civil process . The honourable and gallant officer would no doubt be happy to bear that such debts might now be recovered without a suit in Chancery , for a cheap remedy was afforded by the new Small Debts Courts . Metropolitan Buildings Act . — Mr T . Dcncohbk _said that as he believed it was the intention of tbe nobis lord the * Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests to introduce a bill to amend tbe Metropolitan Buildings Act , he would postpone bis motion for a select committee to inquire into its operation , or if it were more convenient , he would make his motion , and the noble lord could by way of amendment move for leave to bring in his bill .

      _Visceunt Morpeth intimated heshould prefer the Iat . ter alternative , and both motions being put from th « chair , the amendment was carried , and leave was given to bring in the bill . Fees iw Copbts of Law and E <* t * iT T . —Mr _Watsou then moved for a select committee to inquire into and report to the house on the taxation of suitors in tho courts of law and equity by tbe collection of fees , and tho amount thereof , and the mode of collection ; and the appropriation of fees in the courts of law and equity , and in all inferior courts , and in tbe courts of special and general sessions in [ England and Wales ; and as to ths salaries and fees received by officers of those courts ; and whether any and what means could be adopted , with a view of superintending and regulating tbe collection and appropriation thereof . The honourable and learned gentleman , in supporting this motion , alluded to many fees which had sprung up witbout having any legal origin whatsoever . Nor was there anycheck upon thehost

      of persons who were in the habit of collecting fees in tbs various courts of law and equity . In most instances tbe fees are paid over to tbe consolidated fund ; but it was most important that some control should be placed over them—that the parties paying them should know wherefore they paid them , and that those whose duty it was to receive the fees should have an effectual check over t _ oiwho collected them . One object of the inquiry which he sought was , that when they came to investigate into ths amount and legality of the fees , some mode might bo devised whereby fraud might be prevented in their col . lection . To show the necessity for inquiry , the hon . and learned gentleman stated to the house tbe amount of fees which bad been collected for specified periods in our different courts , the exaction of whicli had been most injurious to the suitors . It was an important question , is his opinion , whether tbe courts of law had any right toexact fees at all . He also wished that the investigation contemplated by his motion should extend to the salaries paid to officers of thecourts of justice .

      The Attorney _Genebai . wonld offer no opposition ta the motion , which was then agreed to . On tbe motion for the nomination of the Smithfield market committee adivision tookplaoe on an amendment for the insertion of Lord R . _Grosvenor ' s name into ths committee , when forty members not being present ths house stood adjourned . WEDNESDAY , 'May 5 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The Drainage of Land-Bill , after a short discuBsion , in which Colonel _Sibthorp urged the introduction of a clause giving security to copyhold tenants for improvements made by tbem ; and Lord Lincoln , in reply , expressing bis belief that such _, an object ougbt to be effected by a separate bill , went through oommittee .

      R . _KQ 18 T . ation or Voters- Bill , —Mr Wastole moved the second reading of the Registration of Voters Bill , which be said was founded on the report of a select com . mittee appointed last year to inquire into * tbe subject . The first object of this bill was to secure-the bona fide voter from a repetition of frivolous objections after Ji - had once substantiated his-vote ; his second object was to draw a distinction between technical errors and the want of qualification ; and his third was to leave tbe objector the largest poweiB to purify the register , but to restrain him from exercising those powers vexatiously . If a person once proved his vote he was ** entitled to ths privilege of having a " proved registered vote , " and his name would remain on the list so long as he retained tbs

      same qualification , ' If ; however , bis vote were a second time objected to , tbe objeotor , after the elector had substantiated it against the objection made , would have to pay 40 s . costs . In _cases-wbere a party claimed a vote for tbe first time , _anjt person livingjn _tbe-district might take steps to show that the claimant was not entitled ta vote , in order to prevent _oollusion between the objector and objected . He proposed ( that parties- who objected to a vote must specify generally the grounds of objection , _whei-et they objected- — the merits of- tbe qualification or c _ the ground of misdescription ; If they objected upon tbe merits , thoy would have no right to go into ether matters ; if upon a misdescription , inquiry must b _. _conSned to the columns in which the description occurred _^

      To prevent wholesale objections , be proposed that with _, every objection , 2 s 6 d , by way ol _ooste , should be deposited by the _ot-Jector with tbe ~ ovei _* 34 # r * ofthe parish in which the eleotor ' a franchise _wo » sitaate . If the ob . * e _. tor failed , the money would-be handed over to-the person objected to ; : ifbe succeededv it would be _retu-jwd to him . The revising barristenj _h-irever _, would have discretionary power to give casts to a larger amo ;« - in eases where the parties _objected-. t *>_ a _ been , _putto great trouble and expense , Attar , referring to some other abases in tho present mode _ofoscertaining and registering the franchises ofthe _eieotorat _, for which be bad not attempted to provide any rame .- _*} in his present , bill , he declared _his-readiness if the home wonld _allon-v it to go into committee to adopt- any suggestions whl « h might assist in _producing the bonafic-i-l results which & e sought to _accomalisb .

      Sir G _. 'Si . B ** expressed ! a hope that the _!* _o __ _sa would agree to the first rea "jn ; of the bill . -He thought that it contained many valuable provisions ; but je could not eonceal from the house thai it contained _others which wouldrequirematuve . . consideration be & _se they conld be adopted . The voter ought to be protected in the ex « _ercise of his franchise-, whilst , on the otb j ? band , needless obstacles ought not to be thrown io . the way of wall founded objections . Mr _BniattT , after stating that be would not obj .-f-. to the second reading of the bill , referred to the fact tbat ihe- committee had been appointed vxkh the view of exposing the system of registration viiAib had been carried out by the Anti Corn-Law Le » g . _ _e _, aud _contended that the evidence of Mv Wilson pvovetlttaat that body had been perfectly justified in tho cq \ m &» they had takst _" , while also other evidence taken by tbo committee satisfactorily cleared the character of _tb _ t body from tbo suspicion that they had improperly or injuriously _iunrfered with the county registration .

      Mr Niwdioate said that no _Issb than fifty persons had claimed n vote for the West Biding of Yorkshire out of one set of premises , culled » Bright _' _s-buildings , " in Barnsley , and in another instance several claims were made , under similar circumstances , out of & plaoe called " Cobdeu " -street _, tbe designation of which localities ex . cited the risibility of the liouse . After a few observations from Mr V , Smith , Mr Adderley , and Mr G . J * _Heathcote . The Chancello _. of tbe ExcnEQUEa said , as having * been a member of the committee in question , he felt bound to state , without intending to impute that the weight _ofovidence preponderated agaiust any party in particular , that great abases were proved to exist , aa ' . _x- ' _"rr _ T > 5 * **»

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 8, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_08051847/page/7/