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    • TO THE MEhtBERS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPEttATTVE LAND SOCIETY.
    • PROTEST AGAINST THE SECOND READING OF THE CUSTOMS* BILL.
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      To The Mehtbers Of The Chartist Co-Opettattve Land Society.

      TO THE MEhtBERS OF THE CHARTIST _CO-OPEttATTVE LAND SOCIETY .

      Wednesday Night, June 10th 1816. My B%1&...

      Wednesday night , June 10 th 1816 . My B % 1 & _FBhk ? as , —There ate many to whom this letter ( which stern _necessity , duty to yon and duty to myself , compels me id write ) vrill & ve much pain , but wheu the plain and _amp _lenarrative ia read none trill blame me for the _relation to which yon will _£ _nd I have been driven . _Psruapi no man in this _trorldhas ever been _ckcumstancsd as I have , and I am vain enough to think that amid a torrent of circumstances that would have weighed any othe aMrtalto the ground , 1 have preserved an _eveness of bearing and uprightness of character whieh challenges comparison and defies slander . It is very irksome to be compelled , sow and then , to recur to _^

      the past , but as it is the only safe foundation whereon to hase the future , I " have no alternative . To my narrative . —For thirteen years and a half , then , 1 have been ai the head of such a popular movement S 3 no coantry ever witnessed . I have seen characters , which I supposed above suspicion , yielding to _overpowering or irresistible influences . I have seen th e political world turned topsu turvy ; men changing principles for new fangled notions , and parties violating every guarantee that long and trying events had given of their faithfulness . I have remained steady is the midst of change , constant in a whirlwind of inconstancy , and if any one circumstance more than another has enabled me to preserve my equilibrium in the storm it has been the faithfulness with which I have ever administered the "National Funds

      committed to my care . I have been entrusted with a larger amount of pnblic money than any- other man living , and it is now my pride io say , that upon a balance of acconntathe "Nation is mtdebtor I have been foolishly lavish of my own funds , bat _acrupulously protective of yours . I found the one ingredient necessary to bind a great party together was INTEGRITY , asd all- ' tar . Battles with sections ofthe moving ; party have been for the improper uses to which public monies were applied . This 1 sought as much as possible to correct , by setting an example of punctuality in . my own dealings , and that I have succeeded generally 13 manifest from the fact

      that your confidence in me is not only unabated bnt increases . But , my friends , if integrity is indispensable to the preservation of public confidence , belief In that integrity is also indispensable to the fulfilment of a national project } and to preserve it is the sofe object of this to me most painful narrative . I arrived in London this morn * lug for the purpose of arranging ths purchase of 130 acres of ihe most "beautiful estate in England for our purpose . There are 100 acres of old meadow land with a high road frontage for cottages , within fifteen miles of London , and one aud a quarter ofa railway station . I was obliged to treat for it by private contract asitis to be soldin three lots , and Idare not

      venture npon buying land m lots as the price might be considerably raised . Tou might be sure that this fascinating prospect gave a relish to my next week ' s labour , and made me enjoy the thoughts of the past . Shertly after I arrived in London I had a visit from Mr . Clark , who put me in possession of the following faets , and in the following manner : 'Well , sir , I saw Cooper since I last saw you , and I don't know what he is about . He said that we were all deceived , that yon were not fit to be trusted with the funds or fhe management of the affairs . He asked in whose name the Estate was purchased ? and when I said in yours , till we were enrolled , he Said , ** Good GodI why the man is over head and ears in debt . Bo yon know his liabilities ! Do you know

      thathe isSUTPORTING THE STARTJPONTHE LAND FUND ? and as to settling his accounts at Manchester , did you COUNT THE POST-OFFICE -ORDERS he produced , or what security have you for the money—THE COUNTRY SHOULD "BE _UNDECEIVED . "'" Well , my friends , it is to _undei-eivethe country that I now write ; and , although sometimes snappish npon other questions , I can afford to write calmly npon money matters , as dates are stubborn facts , and figures are stern combatants . I shall now take those several charges seriatim .

      The Estate was purchased in my name much against my consent . Had tile society been enrolled it would have been purchased in the name of the trustees ; when it is enrolled , which it _wiU'be when the new act is passed , it will be conveyed to the trustees ; till the society is enrolled the trustees could not have conveyed the Estate to the shareholders ; aU was done by the adviee of Counsel . I purchased the Estate and paid the deposit , and when the title was completed I gave directions that fhe -conveyance should be to Mr . Roberts . On the day before the purchase was completed Mr . Roberts '

      elerk waited npon me , and saia , * Sir , I CAN T HATE THE PURCHASE MADE IN MR . ROBERTS' NAME , it will look very strange now , after the affair being carried so far in yonr name . " I said , " Never mind that , let the conveyance be to Mr . Roberts . " " "Well , sir , it will make me look Tery -awkward , and it whT seem odd . " I consulted the Directors , who said , " TO BE SURE , LET THE CONTEYANCE BE IN TOUR NAME . " I consented Tery reluctantly , not that I doubted myself , but because I had resolved that it should be otherwise . So much for the purchase . Now for my liabilities .

      Mv friends . I HAVE NO LIABILITIES . I owe no man a guinea that eould affect that purchase , and I owe no more of any sort than yon shall presently know of . " It is really heart-breaking to be _dragged into this exposure of pecuniary _matters , bnt every one who reads this letter will see that I have no alternative ; and that the success of a great national undertaking depends npon confidence . ' DO TOU KNOW THAT HE IS SUPPORTING THE STAR UPON THE LAND FUND ? " My fiiends , this ia a direct charge of fraud , and one whieh . _although painful to myself . I will answermost

      _clearlv , simply , and emphatically . I shall take dates and figures , and from them shall establish snch a case as will , if possible , increase pnblic confidence in me , and add to Mr . Cooper ' s gnilb . The Land plan _was _' _established in April , 1845 , and from that period to the _presentmomeut I will exhibit such a Star and Land account as Mr . Cooper ' s NEW FRIENDS -will perfectly understand . The payment for paper and stamps for the Star are made by bill at 3 months , and since the Land plan was established the following have been the amount and dates of payment ;—July 19 , Paid Bill for paper aad stamps G 57 0 0 July 19 , "Received from Ur . Ardill , as per cash _booTt , page , 180 ... 173 0 0 Do . per do . by cheque in part of Ml ... 150 0 0 17 , Received from Abel Heywood _^ ° ° _^ „ LAND FUND . July 18 , Paid Treasurer all in hand up to that time ... 150 o _Jfov , 19 , Paid bill for paper and stamps C 39 * 17 , Beceived from Abel Heywood SOS O 0 Borrowed from W . P . Roberts , ( SOTLASD _HONEYJ 3-59 0 0 Cheque from Mr . Aram * 36 9 2 70 G 9 2 Bill 659 9 2 Paid "Landlady ... 47 0 0 How humiliating all this is—but , thank God , I ci doit . LAND FUND . Sept . 4 . Paid bank , as per Treasurer ' s Bank "Book ... 748 12 "Nov . 1 . Do . ( nearly Bill time ) " 891 4 AprB 19 . Due by _BH 1 for paper and stamps _lilQ « IA . Received from Abel Heywood 900 0 0 Ditto from quarterly accounts of Star to end of March 385 5 9 — . 1 , 285 5 April 19 . Paid on Bill of £ 1470 6 d . 3 d 1200 0 O Utile wing by bill and pajinjr five per cent _, for it 279 7 10 LAND FUND . Jan . 31 . Paid Bank _* . cfi 9 *

      Wednesday Night, June 10th 1816. My B%1&...

      So much for the Star being supported by the Land land ; now for weekly expences . _Compositien and Printing 24 10 o Sub Editors 5 0 0 Office 3 4 0 Newspaper and cart men ... 15 0

      33 13 o London Sale _about 2 , 00 O weekly paid hi cash £ 33 6 8 Prom the above account it will be _f-tfen that , with t he exception of Mr . Heywood , and ihe London Agents , that from April , 1845 . to April lSi 6 , 1 have only pHt down _£ 385 , as received from all other agents of the Star . This brings the Star _accbttnt down to the 19 th of April , 1816 . . ' _i DID YOU COUNT THE MONIES ? April 9 . Paid into Bank ... 195 S 14 0 fBiU due 19 th inst )

      PAYMENTS SINCE . Deposit on Estate ... 372 0 0 Paid expences ... 77 8 2 Returned money ... 20 0 0 h 469 8 S i i i £ 2 , _39 G 2 2

      This account was exhibited at Carpenters Hall , OQ Sunday , April 12 th , and included all- monies received np to the end of March . I left London on Thursday night , April 9 th , and took with me all the post office orders which had been received the two previous weeks to have them signed , with the exception of some that I sent off the previous week for signature , to make sure of having a sufficient amount to cover what was wrongly sent in the previous two months . I wrote to tbe Treasurer and iold him of the quantity of irregular orders , and asked how 3 should state them in my general account ; his answer was , if you have not the money to cover them , I will send it to you , but I am very anxious for a full and _simplelaccount . The monies came in for the Star , and I advanced over £ 200 to make the account

      simple , and repaid myself to take np my bill , or part of it , aneonihel 9 th . Perhaps this REPAYING OP MYSELF , so contrary to my nsual practice , waa an

      error . Now , all -who know that the Land Fund is paid in _Post-office orders Vill see that what was received up to the 4 th and 11 th of April co uld not have been cashed on the 9 th , when I paid all monies into the treasurer ' s account np to tiie end of March . BUT DID YOU COUNT THE MONIES ? TES ; MR . JOHN MURRAY , AND FOUR OR FIVE OTHER PERSONS , WENT OVER THEM WITH ME , AT THE MOSELEY ARMS , ON SUNDAY ; and I told Mr . Murray to hand them for inspection to a reporter who was reporting the proceedings . But think of a man , a great philanthro .

      pist , too , asking , "Did you count the rost-oflice orders ? " Now , my friends , compare all the dates of my lodgments of the Land Fund with the dates when my own bills were due , and ask yourselveswhether ever so clear a refutation was given to malicious slander ? But 1 have not yet done with this charge . In July I was very anxious to try an experiment upon a model farm , and was in treaty for twenty-four acres at Pinner , -which I was promised I mentioned the fact to Mr . Roberts , and told him that I had no capital to take from the Star . He had a large number of shares in the Great "Western Railway , and sent me , by return of post , five , to sell ,

      and use the money . I sold the five for £ 5 oo , a large portion of which went to pay off Messrs . Yates and Turner ' s bill of costs for the Lancashire trials , White ' s trials , and all the legal proceedings in London connected with those trials , and other debts . I sold the copyright of my " Small Farms" work fer . £ 95 ; and I sold property that cost me over £ 1 , 200 for _£ 93 , within the same period , to pay off LIABILITIES . In July I was sadly pressed for money ; and a person who knew it said , " Can't you USE THE LAND MONEY ? " I replied , " NO , I WILL GO WITHOUT MY DINNER FIRST !" Ihave now heen accurate as to dates _. which I have

      exhibited in my book and the banker ' s book , to Messrs Wheeler and Cl ark ; and you will learn that I was "borrowing money at five per cent , rather than touch the fund ; that , while I had over £ 1 , 500 inmy possession , on the 19 lh of April , I renewed a bill , and in _jared my credit , and paid five per cent , for the money . In October last . I was very hard pressed for money—indeed , I have always been so ; and on my return from the Continent I was served with a writ for £ 22 4 s . 6 d „ the very first writ I was ever served

      with in my life . It was upoH a bill of * 20 , given under the following circumstances : —In February 1845 , two working men in Manchester were about entering into business ; they asked me to lend them £ 20 . I told them the fact , that I had it not . They then begged of me to lend them my bill at six months , which they could get cash for , assuring me that I should never hear more of it . I did hear no more of it till I was served with a writ ; I had not the money at the moment , and sooner than use the Land money I incurred more

      costs till I paid it . I have been appointed treasurer to the Expence Fund , which is now large , and I have invariably mixed that up with the General Land Fund _. _and was taunted for doing so at Manchester . Since my last lodgment , the weekly expence of building , for bricks , timber , labour , and expences of all sorts have b _2 en and will be so large that I have not settled , nor could I ; but EVERY FRACTION IS THERE , and at the end of the quarter shall all be placed to the account of the Treasurer up to the day of my RESIGNATION , which shall be the day of balancing my accounts , as I am resolved that the jealousies and ambition of artful men shall not injure a cause that I have deeply at heart . If 1 can preserve nothing else I will preserve my honour ; I will beg

      with it rather than fare sumptuously and fraudulently upon your confidence without it . I hope that no one will suppose me capable of being driven out of my course , however , by the ravings of a madman . No , my friends , w hen I say that I will resign , I merely mean that portion of my labours , that one single office , which enables ignorant , insolent , presumptuous people to attack me . I mean only to resign my office of Deputy Treasurer—I mean siill to retain my office of Director and Bailiff . I do not mean to abate a particle of my zeal and resolution , but I do meau tbat henceforth no man shall be able to charge mo with any other crime than that of laziness . I refused to be Treasurer , I now relinquish the deputyship , and will henceforth contentmyself with the title and labour of CHARTIST BAILIFF . Now FOR

      THAT MAN'S LIABILITIES . " W . _P . Roberts , Esq . . _f 350 ° ° _AbeWeywood 75 ° ° ° llichaTd Oastler — 75 0 0 Unpaid Shares on Star about ... 18 ° ° ° £ 1 , 535 0 0

      I am now merely giving the Star liabilities , which include all my liabilities . Due to me by Chartist agents which I ne _» er expect to see , about ... £ 3 , 400 0 0 Due to me by Chartists , money INTENDED to be repaid , about ... 700 0 0 Due to me on account of bringing out Mr . Cooper ' s "Purgatory of Suicides 30 0 0

      The above sum does not include monies paid to families of poor Chartists , nor am I now speaking of tbe thousands that I have expended . in travelling , getting up meetings and so forth ; no small item , when I tell you that tbe meeting to oppose tic Fox and Goose club at Leeds cost me over £ 80 , and one of Mr . Cooper ' s prompters _negotiated with a Leeds

      Wednesday Night, June 10th 1816. My B%1&...

      Tory , to have the expences paid , which I declined I have told you a tedious tale that has been dragged from me ; and now let me offer a word of comment on the hero of my narrative . You are all aware that Mr . C . and I had had some differences prior to his release from Stafford gaol ; shortly after his liberation he called upon mev and we had a very friendly explanation . It was NOT THEN hisinterest to fall out with me . In order to convince him that I had good grounds for suspicion before hia conviction , I read two very long communication * from two bodies of the Chartists of Leicester . The

      | one from poor Duffy and the veritable Chartists , and | signed by about forty-eight , and for which they DEMANDED publication ; the other from another body with whom Mr . Cooper had formerly acted , also DEMANDING publication as a means of saving the Chartist cause from Mr . Cooper . 1 shall not now even hint at the import of those _eommunicatioDS , suffice it to _aay _> that when I read them Mr . Cooper looked amazed , atod said , " Well , yon do indeed astonish me . I DON'T * WORDER NOW AT YOUR SUSPICION . " All the * past APPEARED to be forgotten . The nexlf time I saw Mr .

      Coeper he brought his manuscript poem with him , and he told me that he had been with Douglas Jerrold , with " Dickens , "Foster of the Sxcaminer , Lady Blessington , and a host of publishers : That all had given fair words and great praise , but that none wonld PLAY THE FOOL for him . He sat down and read seme portions ef his poem connected with the history ef his mother , which made bim' cry , and I wept with him . He said , " The rascals ! when li think how they usedto sell the *> ld soul np I past forrevenge . " I stopped him and said , " Well , Cooper , the oMfrienu _istuebustafter all , send Mr , M'Gowanup to me , and you shall have satisfaction : I'LL _B-RTNG

      OUT YOUR CHSLD . " At the moment his gratitude had no bounds . He brought Mr . M'Gowan to me ; and I gave hiux orders to print the poem , to get paper on my account , and to SEND ME IN THE BILL . I thonght Cooper would have gone mad with joy . My LIABILITIES would amount to nearly £ 70 . The publisher purchased the work and paid for the printing , but £ 30 ' is still due for paper for which I have paid , and for advertisement duty which I have paid . As those whom I have most served have most abused me , perhaps Mr . Cooper too may say that I printed his poem to DAMN HIM , but I can only observe that my mode of damning Chartist leaders is a very fascinating one .

      From the moment that I became Mr . Cooper's patron to the present moment , he has gone out of his way to vilify , abuse and misrepresent me . He even said that I had treated him shabbily , in not spending large sums of money . in advertising his poem in the daily newspapers ; he wished to inerease my LIABILITIES . Mr . Cooper believes himself capable of using the land plan as a wedge to split up the Chartist party , and , being wholly and helplessly gnorant of the subject , he affects to dislike it . In short , he must have a grievance , and he has fabricated one . Now , my friends , it will be for you to

      say whether or not Mr . Clark was justified in repeating to me what Mr . Cooper mentioned , uot in confidence but as a matter upon which he intended to open your eyes . Could , Mr . Clark have done otherwise as a director than mention the fact , and could I do otherwise than meet it as I have done ? It is a favorite scheme with my opponents , when they are beaten with their own weapons , to turn round and cry out MORE DENUNCIATION . I have been longer than any other mas in ihe present movement , and . I declare on my own knowledge , and on my own conscience , that Mr . Thomas Cooper has been by far

      the most extensive mischief-maker that ever was m the movement , from June 1842 to the present moment . Mr . Cooper must not use the pot-house , the _coffee-suop , and the news shops , as places to spout with my character , and then fly to the justiee of defending himself in the Star _SUPPORTED BY THE LAND FUND . If he stated what Clark repeated , of which there can be no doubt , he has a simple answer , and shall not make his own fabrication the cause of controversy in the Star . It is a portion of his plan , but for this time he will find himself frustrated . As to the mere spleen of Mr . Cooper , it is foolish ; as

      to his powers _. there is nothing to be dreaded lrom them beyond his own undoing . He speaks loudly npon natural infirmities , and professes much kindliness of nature , and then he will not be angry with me when I tell him that . nature never designed him for any more extensive movement than leader of three or four who would surrender all self-thought and self-respect . No man tbat ever I heard of has agreed for three months with Mr . Cooper ; no man ever will , no man ever can . Nature made him a poet , I made him an author , " and it is for you to say whether or no he has carried his christian principles , so _pompouuly boasted of , into practice . It is now time that I should

      be plain with those for whom I spend every hour of my life , and every . penny of my money . Some scamping vagabonds run about the country , and wherever they can find two or three gathered together , they begin to calculate the profits on the Northern Star , and speak of them as if they had a right to shai _* them amongst them . I think they have done so pretty extensively ; but , my friends , did yen ever before hear of the proprietor of a newspaper bein g called upon to account for his profits ; and as to Chartist newspapers and publications , is it not the invariable custom to make an appeal to the public to make good all the losses , and it there are profits they are pocketed .

      The way I now spend my time is this . I am up at i past 5 on Monday morning . I am at work for you till ten at night on Monday and Tuesday , On Wednesday at eight in the evening , I leave for London to do my own business . I sit up till two , and sometimes three on Thursday morning . It is not yet seven , and I am at work . I work witho » ta moment's cessation till eight on Thursday evening start again for the Farm , arrive at ten , up at halfpast five , and work till ten on Friday and

      Saturday . On Sunday post all th © books to the amount of afraction with yourforeraan , he keeps tho | accounts , I pay the money . The Sunday before last I travelled seventy miles , and walked from one till four o'clock with Mr . Doylo , over nearly 300 acres of ground , in the melting sun . Last Sunday , after my work , I walked over every field of 13 ft acres in a broiling sun , and now I tell you , once for all , that the return , the only return I expect , is , that while I work like a slave . YOU WILL MEET MY

      ASSAILANTS like men . No hope of reward , not any sum , would induce me to work for myself as I work for you . I mean to astonish the world with my suc - cess , and you with my constancy . You will now proceed to appoint my successor to the office entailing no trouble . TIIE LABOUR PART I WILL YIELD TO NONE , and dont be alarmed for your funds , whoever you appoint shall do his duty ; YOUR FUNDS ARE SAFE . If I had ten millions of money and was at a loss for safe custody , I most solemn )} declare that I would rather place them in the hands of W . P . Roberts , than in any Bank in the world

      and I would be more sure of them when I wanted them . Oi him I rejoice to think there is no doub t , of ME THERE SHALL BE NONE . It was m } intention tohave written you a very dhTcreni lettei tbis week , one that would have given you the greatest pleasure , as all goes on cheeringly . Visitors still continue to pour upon us , and now the higher , pay the highest order are looking at us . On Saturday last , when the men had left work , Lord Robert Grosvenor visited the farm . I escorted him through the "whole , and explained the plan to him he ap pearedmuch pleased , and promised me another visit when we had made more progress . "'

      Wednesday Night, June 10th 1816. My B%1&...

      I have read this letter all through for Messrs _Wheejer and Clark . I asked Clark if I had _misstatejn'Or overstated Cooper's communication ? His _answer-st-as "No , except that Cooper said much more and put it much more bitterly than you have ; besides , " said he , " we have all heard it from more than a dozen people that Caoper has told it to , but they only laugh at it . " It is all very well my friends to laugh , but some who do not believe it will attempt to make a handle of it . I have now done , _deterterrained that ho . _iricfc , _ischeme , or falsehood , shall drive me from my position , or allow others to fexuriate in the faifore of a plan to whieh 1 attach paramount importance . Whenever you are * tired of me , say so ; and if you desire it t will have great

      _pleaswe in handing over all my responsible _onlces to Mr ;; Cooper , while I will remain as" manager of the _workit ... . I have always shown you the necessity for preserving some fund in hand for emergencies , and _yOnwSl seethe propriety of it when it" was in the power of the Victim Fun ! Committee to- draw upon me at _sSght £ 13 for _Joha Frost . Now that my long letter '» written , I feel no slight paih' at Being compelled' to take up so mn * ch space in tlie reftitationof so _meanynnwarrantable _>* 3 nbelieved , and ungrateful a slandfer , but , if ever my integrity is _shalfen , your eause , _which is my causer perishes , and * this is-the only excuse-that I need offer ; _Your'feithfol friend and _' bViliff , Feabgus ©" - " Connor .

      Ar00110

      And National Teades' Journal.

      AND NATIONAL TEADES' JOURNAL .

      Tol. X . No. 448- London, Saturday, June...

      TOL . X . NO . 448- LONDON , SATURDAY , JUNE 13 , 1846 , ~~~ * _irlZr _™^^ ______ _^ _« _"j / ixx _) v _>^ - * . _U 7 _* v _^^ . _vx Fire Shilling * and _Sixpence per Quarter

      Watford, 9 O'Ctotw*, P.M, Thursdisg. Ano...

      Watford , 9 _o'Ctotw _* , p . m _, Thursdisg . _ANOTHER _P'ST . R CHASE . 130 ACRES OF PRIME BAND , 100 0 " _^ JT "MEADOW . Since writing' the above , and doing my dhy's work , I have beettto Watford and' to your _Estaste , within a mile and ; a quarter of that town , within J > 5

      i miles of London , and a mile and a quarter of Bushy i Station on the London and Birmingham Railway , _f within two miles _amx a half of the * London Canal , with three high road frontages for buildings ; _partrMjlars next wee ' s . It is now 9 o ' clock on Thursday night , _aucf Mr . Wheeler ,, who accompanied me , has but jusfc time to get baok in order to insert this cheering information in the first Edition . _You-r faithful friend , Feargus _O'Cojuior .

      Protest Against The Second Reading Of The Customs* Bill.

      PROTEST AGAINST THE SECOND READING OF THE CUSTOMS * BILL .

      Dissentient, 1. Because All Those Who- A...

      Dissentient , 1 . Because all those who- are engaged in any branch of native industry are justly entitled : to full and effeetual protection in the Home Market against the competition of foreigners , who , from working at lower wages , and from being much less burdened with _taxation , might be able to-undersell them , and thus to deprive them of their due remuneration . 2 . Beeause this country has very long _Hburished under a system ot protection which enabled it to

      establish several branches of industry that would not otherwise have existed , and to give profitable employment to an increasing population .. 3 . Because it cannot reasonably be expected that the proposed reduction of" duties would be followed by reciprocity on the part of any foreign state ; . but , even if such were to be the case , and that some branches ef native industry were encouraged while others were depressed , the measure couid 1 not be justified , as-no Government has a right to impoverish one portion of the community for the profit of another .

      4 . Because the proposed- measure would be most _injurious to many of the- industrious classes ,, by reducing their wages , or by depriving 4 hem of eniploymeuS , and would thus-produce great distress and discontent , whieh would be detrimental and dangerous to-all the other classes ofthe community . 5 . Because all the _industrial classes ought to he fully represented in the House of Coramons , whieh is uot at present the case , aud could not be deprived of protection without . _the most flagrant injustice , without destroying their respect for the exisiinj : institutions of the country , and without endangering the _seenrity of property of every description . Stanhope .

      - Imperial Parliament*

      - imperial _parliament *

      House Of Lords.—Mohday, Jim 8» The House...

      HOUSE OF LORDS . _—Mohday , Jim 8 » The house met at five o ' clock . The Earl of Rwon laid on the table , by command a copy of the minute of the Board of Trade oa the report of the Commissioners on Railway Gauges .

      BATHS AND "WASHHOUSES FOR THE . POOR . The Bishop of London " said , that he wished to call the attention of the house to several petitions he held in his hand , and which related to a subject deeply affecting both the physical and moral welfare of the public . These petitions referred to the establishment of baths and washhouses for the labouring classes , and the object of the petitioners was to pray that their Lordships to _passintoalawaaicasure which he believed would shortly be laid on the table of the house , enabling boroughs and parishes of a certain size to borrow money on the security of the rates for the purpose of establishing baths _and washhouses . for the poor . He believed that these institutions would be established without any risk of capital . But _. aven

      if there was any risk , he was sur * thatit wouid be amply compensated by the benefit these institutions would confer on the public . He need not remind their Lordships how much and- how intimately the moral and social condition of the labouring classes was connected with their physical condition . Until something were done to mitigate the _ewls whieh cramp the energies of that elass of the community which ought to form the basis and the strength of all the other classes , it would be in _vaia for the philanthropist , or politician to carry into > effect any of their theories for the improvement of the moral and social condition ofthe poor . This , however , * _-vas no new experiment , for it had been tried , and it had been tried on a scale sufficiently _lange to justify the

      most sanguine _exoectations of the greatest success , j * tried on astill _greato _* scale . These petitions stated in strong terms the evUs wliich resulted from the overcrowded state of the poor in the metropolis , and he mus be allowed to state that this over-crowding had been occasioned bycavrying into effect the recent alterations which had been made ia London . These alterations were no doubt apart benefit in themselves . * , yet , in the meantime , a _guaat hardship was inflicted on the poor , who were driven out of their wretched tenements and compelled to resort to worse . The consequence \ ias , that some portion of the metropoli * were now so overcrowded that two families were compelled to occupy one room . All this tended to an obvious disregard of the decencies and proprieties

      Ol * life , It was impossible that persons so crowded could be cleanly , © yen if they would . But if they had the wish they would soon lose it . Another consequence which h » should mention was , that this overcrowding occasioned a greataggravatioii of disease , ib changed the tvpe of disease . It so gradually _lowerau the whole condition ofthe labourer that medical _rs _» n were obliged to adept a different treatment , and _jw instead of having recourse to depletion they _administered tonics . ( Hear , hear . ) Some twenty years ago , when _, he was a parish clergyman , ho veco " siected an instance of one house containing sixteen families , comprising _sixts-four persona in all . Each family thero had a separate room ; but it was _ncA unusual now to find in the metropolis , two families , co _« j -isting of the fathers and mothers , and some five oi six children each , occupying tho same room . ( _ll . ear

      hear . ) He therefore said , that greatboneht would b conferred on those families if they could wapjn thei : linen away from home , in fact , at one of those insti tutlons , where they eould get plenty of w ater , _botl hot and cold , and a proper apparatus . In . houses thu thickly inhabited it would clearly be Seen the injur ; whicli must be felt by washing the _lin-en ofthe familj where the houses would be in a _constant state c humidity from tho steam , lt mvA be admitted tha baths are necessary to the _health of those to whoi ¦ dilution was not habitual . After alluding to th success which had _attended the washhouses an baths at Liverpool , and in Glasshouse Yard , _Londor the right vov . prelate said , he hoped steps would I taken to meet this state of things , and that tl ; recreation and innocent amusement of the labourin classes , which had been so little attended to for

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      ! long time , would be now considered . He could cite a _precedent in favour of the measure which had been proposed for last session ; an Act was passed authorisi . ng the different town councils to borrow money for tne establishment of museums and _parBfy for the instruction and _amusement ofthe public ; hit unless they provided baths and washhouses so as Vo- beget habits of cleanliness , it would be in vain to provide amusement and instruction for them by means of museums and parks . ( Hear , hear . ) The _rigblf rev . prelate concluded by presenting tbe petitions . The Marquis of _NoRStAnnr said , bethought i / he right rev . prelate owed no apology for _introducinjyso important a _aubject , - It was a most important _ques < tion ,-and in _connexion with a subject that had _beea-j before ihe other House _» f Parliament—the dwellings *!

      of the poor—entitled to theu * greatest consideration ( Hear , Ibear . ) Lord _^ _anrAiBD said , that'it was impossible to imagine ihe distress and ifflBery . _wMcn existed in this _metrtpslis—it required ocular proof _to-give any one an idew of its extent . The poor were crowded together in _soneequence of the _improvetaents taking , place in other parts of the metropolis . ' 'JPhere were I buildings now going on at Bothflal ' green , and there was not one _sewer provided for them , and ' this , he thought , showed'thenecessity , and , _indeed-iheoonsidsyed it high time-that a Board of _Heallh'sboidd be established . Tib Bishop _ofDiiaHAM _presented- _'i ' _petition'flrom Durham in _favour'of the Corn Bill , _atid'the Marquis of L _& _fiMWDERRr seized the opportmiHyi th defend himself ! from the impntolion of having bean a resent convert to the measure .

      _J 0 ORN _IMPORTATION BlSL . S The Bhhe of _BucsiftasUM gave notice , tbat in committeon the Corn'Importation Bill , ' he . should move that She words until the 1 st day _oS-Ffefciruary r l _\ Wi " be omitted . ( Hear * - hear , hear . ) lords bardings :-and 'gouge _^ annuit" _£ m"ll . On the mot & Hi of Earl S _? i _» om , The _presentsdion of the renorfc _, on these _Batfe _" was _postponed-until' Tuesday nezt ;

      TITHES ' ,. Earl _Cthei" them presented ' a- " petition fro" *' the churchwardens of the parish of Wokingham , a peculiar of the Dean of Salisbury / by whom tho _tiShes ,-eommuted at _-UliOSSper annuia ? are _leaseu oa * for lives , renewable on payment of a fine at an annual reht-of £ 2 _* 8 ' perannuBJ . The stipend of the _ptupe - " _tual curate _isSlSO' _perannum , of " whichonly _ij-ifl _^ _'is paid out of the tithes- - To make matters worse , the jchurch was out- ot repair , and in _eonsetnience of ths ( impossibility of arriving at a satisfactory arrange' _mentwithtbe'dean , and his lessee- the _cliurchwartjdens had been obliged'to expend between £ 700 andj ; £ 800 on an inadequate repair of theroliunrch . After ' detailing tlie spiritual 'destitution _oS ' fciie parish , th ? noble lord _hooed < tbe _Esciesiastical

      _Coisomissionenwould step in _v-hen the-Hires fell vacant , and secure some of the reversionary interest for the assistance ofthe parish , whioh was-labouring under grievances that called loudly for redress . The Bishop of SAUswjBif-admitted the hardship of the case , but saw-no assistance immediately _availabla ; except in the yearly . rentof £ 26 , which had just fatten in to the Ecclesiastical _Commissioners , under anaet of parliament ; . by _^ _a-wcancy in-the deanery . When the _existing-leases e * . ipired _, _howe-vsr , a large sum > would be applied ' to-the spiritual retiet' of the parish ,, as the _comawssiOD had resolved aoS to renew leases on lives . The right re * , prelate concluded by expressing a wish for the _abolition of alii peculiar iu 2 iiadictions .

      The Knendly Societies-Bill was read _a-ihird time _andipaasad ; and _theirdoidshijaadjournsdi-.. H _& U & E OF COMMONS-, _Monday-Jam-8 . The Speaker took fehe chair at the usual-hour .

      IftlSIiL _COERCION . BILL AND BGQ . ftlLAW _flEiWtfAL . 'BlLL . Upon the order of the day . for the _seconds reading of the Protection of fiife ( Ireland ) Bill , ; Mr . T . Buncombe objected to tiie progress of the Coercion > Bill until the-Poor Law Removal-Bill had [ been disposed , of . The- Right Hon .. Bayonet had ; promised to take that Bill before the Irish :. measure , ' and he called upon . him to fulfil his- _proznisp . The ] House had boen requested to read the Irish Bill a first timeout of compliment to the House of Lords , and that argument had weighed so tnueifc with many : Hon . GeHtlemen that they had voted for the hist _; reading though they n & w _intended to vote , against

      the second . The House had also been * surprised by i the support given by thet Government _toothe motion ' ( of the Hon .. Member for- Malton , and . he requested . _ithemtogoonwiththa-Boor Law _Removal Bill , in _i order again to take their opinion upon the _instruction agreed to on Friday night . He { fid not believe : that that instruction- contained the sense of the , Ilouse , and be _wishedito raise the question , as to the , discharge of that instruction . This-was absolutely necessary , to prevent , the trouble _anAiinconyenienqe of remodelling the Bill . He moved * , therefor * , that the ouder of the da > . for the Poor Law ., Removal - Bill be taken in preference to the order _» £ - the day . uppn , the-Protection of Life ( Ireland ) Bill _Unon the Question being put . "

      Sin-J . Grauam deolared that he would net object to the motion ot _MSr . T . _Duscomeu , if he would consent to have the OBdev ofthe day read for ahe _^ mere sake of postponing ;!* . After tha ,- decision ,, of r thB = House on Friday night , he had given- directions-on , Saturday for tha _preparation of certain clauses calculated to give _effeet to the instruction _approved : by . tho majority ef that House . He understood . , thak those clauses wera-now ready : ; but he , had ; not . yetbad time to _Qonaiiber them . 31- the House , _svouhb agreeto _postnone-the order _of-the-day , whieh : M * r . . 'IT ; . Duncombe had . moved , he should , he _readwy o » . We _$ _tnesday or Hhursday next to go-into CcHnmittee _.-iy ' e . forma on these aSauses .

      Mr . B _^ _MiES- concurred with Mr . . "" Buncombe-- : b thinking that the house had been taken ,, by , _surprise by the decision of _E-Wday _nigli ; . for , ¦ _thfiviostruction _,, which was then affirmed ,, was _. the same measure which Sir _James-, Qraham . I © dipubMc } - (/ declared on . qiformer _oecaoum that h & had givea ap , because- it was so distasteful to the ; . _agricultural _interest . He-was prepared 4 o say , tlu _^ _bbsfore th . _Qjilouse adopted ! tba 3 _instruction , there mu & ti be _anothav di-* vi 3 Wn ,, andi he hoped that Mr . _Duneoipbe wo _. _vsjfl take

      it on the present occasion . The Ijteor Law , _Removal Bill was uroaght in by the _Government . a _# _* . » nrt of their grand and comprehensive _scheme ,, an _^ i wa s to _accompai & y itparipp > ssu to the _si-tlier _. _honsft-eif Parliament . "With regard to the argument ihat the _consideration of i & i would _inSarpose de , l _& jf in the progress of the Irish Coercioa Bill" _hft . . had only to say , that the universal belief of _, the c , i _» ntry was , that the _Goversjaiont would not hayft . ihe power ,-even if it had ihe wish , to . carry . thafaJsll through Parliament .

      Sir R . _Pei-i ,. eould not admit that ,, he had _ere-i said that _theifaor Law _Rsmoval _Bijiishould _proceed panipassu with the Com _Importation Bill , and w & h the Customs _^ - Bill : for he had . bU _& _hI tliyoug _^ ut thathe would take the _ZirishBHI -vfc , the earliest opportunity . Ue had fulij ) lc , d _eveisjtassurance _vAich he had _ewv given respecting tha .. order of _public business * . A conversation of some _intexeshihen took place as to the time when tbe fin-then- d & bate on the Poor Removal Billshould take _placcv At last Mr . _S \ Buncombe , was induced to , withdraw , his amendment , on condition that an _opportunity should be allcided him of _ra-iatroducing this quesihm on Thursday , when Sir Jt Graham would move that the Poo _& Law Re * _nxmil Bill be committed vm _^ orma .

      ATTACK'S- ON _T'lE MAGISTI & ACY . Mr . Couleti , renewed , his former _inquiries as to the . coarse Intended to be adopted by the ' GDYernmen _"* * in respect to the alleged _niiisconduct of Sis C . Taylor . Sir J . GRWAM _, sai <" U that when thes _& charges _against Sir C . Taylor were-first brought _un-ier the notice of the house , the honourable _memben- for Athlene had not specified the name of the _-icauser on whose information he had relied , still the most minute inquiries , had been made . The > statement of tbe honourable gentleman was _referred to the _saagistraJ-es

      ot tbe country . An explanation had baen _receded from two Justices ol the Peace , who said the pa _* $ _4 y in this case , whose evidence had _bsen fu _% relied on , was no more than a _conviejied feloa . He therefore did not believe the accuracy of tha statement referred to . He had sent _dowa to Sir 9 . Taylor copies of the affidavits , and had received that gentleman's positive assurance as to their falsity . He would not hesitate to tell the _honourable member for Athlone ( Mr . J . Collett ) that Sir Charlea Taylor held her Majesty ' s commission at ibis present moment . ( Hear , hear . )

      A conversation followed in whieh much warmth was displayed . The conduct of Mr . Collett in preferring those charges was _condomned by Sir J . Graham , Mr . P . Scuope , the Solicitor Gekekal , Mr . Osborne , and Lord G . Bentinck , and was defended by Mr . Bright , Mr . Hume , and Mr . _Wauley . The subject was then dropped . _IHIOTECTION 01 ? LI ¥ _E ( 1 _KELAND *) BILL

      SECOND READING . The Earl of _Lincow * moved that the Protection of Life ( Ireland ) bill , be read a Becond time .

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      Upon _theSwEAKaSpttUmg thequestiotttfrom th chair , -.::..: _„ .,, .. ..- ¦ , - > ¦ .---..-la w _* .. Sir W . Sojebrvilkb ro _^ tomoye as ah ainendmenl thatIthe read a second Woe that day-sixtmonths He hadhoped that , after the time which had elapsei since the introduction o £ this m ' . *> asur « _itand 7 after th successful issue of the last de & ate in ' conrincinj the people of England that it was utterly in applicable to the state of crime in _"freland , Her Ma _jestrs Government would have _abaiwJonecf it . E < would not enter into the particular _demerits of th _< present bill , for those demerits had bees sufficient !] exposed already . It was the same bill which had been repeatedly passed during the last harfeentury i and yet the house was again called upon _Wapply it

      I as a panacea to tne disease incident to thehbdy corporate of Ireland . Could they hope that it wonld be more successful now than it had been formerly ? No ; they must go to the root ofthe evil . The body of the Irish people was full of wounds , and _coTCreo with putrid sores and ulcers , and tbe disease tsider ' which it was labouring was a dislike to the law oj the land . Until they made them love that law , By * rendering it impartial , there would be neither health ,-nor peace , nor contentment in that country . He theai calfed the at-tention ofthe house to the slow progreasr of thiybill through beth branches ofthe Legislature . He _contended that , in allowing this delay , if the bill were necessary , the conduct of the government was without excuse . Supposing that similar crimes had

      ' been prevalent w Yorkshire and Durham , would ! _Englishmsjnberslwjve-illowedabilllikethepresent to 'have been hong up for five months , as a subject for : the government to play fast and loose with at its ' pleasure ? Me _reminded Lord G . Bentinck that on tbe 22 d of March her had stated , OH behalf of his party , that if tiiere was not an urgent and immediate _tsesessity for passing this bill , that party would not _suppwt it , _beca-sse they admitted it to be most _unconstitutional . Now _, did tbis i-ielay of three months show an urgent and immediate _necessity for this bill ? Ifit did net ?; then he called upon Lo _? d G . Bentinck , without regard'toits merits ,-io call up »» his friends to reject this bill ;' © a account of the extraordinary cbridoet oi Minister * , who , if their _preteaSs were- true ; ought ¦

      not to ea _** 'e lost a _Eminent in conversing- it into law . .. Mr . Be 3 kfjiIi seconds-it _theauwsndment . —Daring the course of hisspeech ,- " 54 r' D . BMwne twke _' movea . ! that the house be counted ! , ' and each time the _* e wer _* found barely sufficient _members present to " _matie a ; house . _lyhc _^ Mr . BemsJ _^ had- done _speakinsptbiere ' were not forty ; members present ; Bat then Mfc D ; _,-jBrownehadleft the house ,.-otherwise there ' would * _jhave been a second count _onS " onthis * mi 3 s * t pres 3 iHg : ¦ an d vital neacsr _' s . " 5 Mr . B . 0 sB 03 _«* t-supported ' * the amendment , mil -charged the present Irish _Seujetary wM-befog _thy [ most ignorant matt that couiaihave been chosen'tc undertake the arduous duties he ought to fulfil .

      _Bord _Liscohs exonerated himself f roni tee _charge of having intended _< to treat either _Irelrad ' or _the--Irish members with disrespect , by the _sileSce which > he had hitherto observed on this- " subject . He _aa--aurerl the house , _thafcbowever _ighoVant Ol ' i _* _"J 0 apabte " heia % ht be on Irish'affairs , hh had _always " -intended * to speak upoa _* this bill , _atid'to _explain his- own views and thos _& blthe Goveimnient with respect _to-i * ; but when art attempt was twice _mfadewithisei-iten minutes _tfti count out' ' the house *; and" ' when there were only three or four Irish members in * attendance , _heflhought tba & he ' should "'be showing : _gittater respect" ttf the people of Ireland by endeavouring to postpone to a » later hour of the evening those observations * whieb he wished

      , to address ' to it as _Seswetary for " 5 feland , than _* : fey makiiagi _fciem at an hour when ' so ¦ thin an [ audience wns present . He- then proceeded to * defend- t 3 e ( Government from the inconsistent ' charges whieh had been _pasftrred _agaimt it . The " © overnmant'ha'iJ been _accusSt } by one party of having , - intiodaced _iMis-aseasurepreiBBturelj * , andiby another party of having- delayed it too long . Be thought , that the Charge- _preferred _agaanst _"Ministers for dc- laying the _m-egrass of the hil / j . after it came into the _^ _Hbeseof _ConsmoRu , proceedc _^ _'With a verv indifferent _gracefroni-tne'linf * of SirW _.-Sojnerville , who , ithe r 90 Q _* _nected'ri'gteyy _„ had move * the postponement oi tiie first reading e $ it to a _distant day , and -had _rande _himself a = _'pas ' iner in _tlis ' _-snasconduet , if such it , were , which he-haul attributed' to the _Govojirtnont . '

      E * _4 aen proceeded ; ti refute M « 0 'Conne !!& -assertion - that the outrage and murd _* _srs which _^ _his biil _wasiotended to'check were agrarian _disturbances , tK * eable to th & _prncSice of _depopulating estates , and to otfjcr _circutastances connected' yith the existing _relationsbetween-inmilord _and-. tenantin Ireiand , by _i-eadiBg a _masaKif ' _oaaminal _raSurns from the-five counties to be- _aifooteu by thisVbSl , which showed _thatyihough _irmueir origin many of the di _^ turbanc _9 a--might hsve : besn connected : with land _. _thatwa 3 Hu > _t'thecas 3 < atipresent ; ami that , _, in nointof fact / . there was fl _» social or domestic relation in life whioh was free froan ' ihe _syateci-f'ofi 'terror t . _ow- = enforced on individuals _^ Ireland . . life then proceeded

      toda & nd _thepy-aenti & Jllin its 7 a * iiiKas , details , and in tib course-ot his de & nce _called-su _^ _om Lord John _llusaeiil . ta explain-iiow- he reconciled' it - to himself _torejeci ) it altogether > . a £ Ser _voting . as * 2 ® ,- had done _lorjts fir * * _roadinfr 3 , _|) da _£ iBV « 1 »«« _' _<»«* _" _^» - _&» l- 1 " = lul / _omWA to amend _severaliot ' ' -ita-clauses i _* i > oomimittee , Re > _denisdthat . the-9 ove »* Dmenthad _; _ihtiii ® _ai'iced this bill withottt-accompanfing it with _corresponding , measures-for tbe _ameUoro _& m ofthe _soeiol - condition tot Ireland ,,. and rsferredi to the . _biilsVwb & _tTh had been . _-ilneady passed -this session ; _andAteth ose _-which-heshouJsl . hsve ths , _lit > nour of proposing ;; , on . Thursday next * , as a . prcw ' fthau the _Goveiwuenl ' was not . inattentive _to-thevwanta of thepeogh > oj _> t- Ireland" ia _theirpresent _essergenoy .

      ; lk % . M . . J . i _Oi'CoHwm , _obseiw _. _ouVfchjtl ,. if he . couldi : look npon . this , _* bi 4 r , a 3 a . measure ior- Ah _:-e protection , of _iitHf no _parSv / considerations _shoulktl-. prevent'liim from supporting '} t , but hithtrto » 3 ie : _h-.. » d _heai'd nothing which could . induce him . _tOiloek . u pon _ifein-that ligjt * . i _Refernieg , to the measure *!* by y _, _-hich _this-op prassive bilt . *** as , to . be . accompnniesvih , ; e expressed a * hope that _th-j _^ ndlori and Te . n : _mfc Bl' 1 ,. whieh _liud Lincoln _was-aboiit to- introduce-,- would _bowelldigssfced aiid . c 2 * _-efnlly prepared , tWa go . od billion tbafe _subject wqu . 14 tend more even than , a permanent ' coercion bilMo put dovn agrariaarui . _sturbances'andt b ** ery other 3 _isordei _* . of Ireland .

      • Lord G .. " _BterfiixcK -reminded , ih » h . ouse tjjatjhe and tlie friends-ihat , surrounded l > En > _Announced before Easter thai ? they would support the v _measure provided the governsnent _provad . their siheer ; , ty and' _earnesti & eSB by _pressing it . forward as _^ . _jnt asure demanded by an extraordinary _smergency . ; : buit that ,, should- ifc appear , _fwnn _thecooduct of _tlieyg overnment ; in ,-allowing otber _measunos-of less . ;?» tial . _character to haare _precedence of it , that they were no ; t _sinciir & or earnest in their belief of its necessity * , e . _JJrotectier * paety would :- _» fc .. feel _themselv _. e _? _^' ¦ s ' _u'f . ied in > _granting to the government the .. _unconstitutional powers that would be . _conferrad : by , this bill * . _Sinoj ' the _Ecster hoiiays , on one _? governme » o _^ nAght , no house- *»••» made * -. an _* d since lilie . bill , hadlreeeived a . _fiist reading

      _fourotfeer government nighi ; shadbeen ? occupi _^; with other _/» usiness , besides the tihim Bill and the _.-T . 'Mriff : and on . four other nights- the . hous » . _hajdibenn _adjnuraed . before _sSght o ' _elosjl " _^ It waiii evident _i _-ltherefure _* there _wasoieither _easnestness aor _sincerity on tlio _.-part . of _Ministers in aarrj'ing thjs . measure- into lav *; . and the rase bad £ » is 6 * i ' whom the F . r & i'GCt _' _iion _t-ai'ty ' could _nailongergiv * the goveirmnenttboiiivotcs o : > . ihis bill . After , _advening to . Lcoil . Lincoln 2 _S-statenientfor tl * . Q- purpose of , shewing their , _inaceiuracy , bis . Lordship made a . _slashins attack * , on the . 'Ministry _WiJtichi _. _creatJsl great _esse-itement _^ lie said , _;| k was a _lawkery ani" insult-tot both _pai-itii _a _* an _Ireland to brandish a . measure of tiiis . "kind bafoae their Ifcyes _whiali the _,. _* Muttsters _nevan . intendeds to carry

      auto law * . Fjor . these reasons . _oe , iw ona ; . should do liis _bt-st , fcii ) 1 _pi-e . veniith . : inopk * _s'i )! a . nd bisalt from being perpetrated , ( pheprs . ) The ho , use . _kadi " _beeniold that the- _Ministias were as siuehin _earaiest about this measure asfi _^ ey were s _" seut , the _GoratUSil ) . Bow differently they had deaib with t'ii _. e ,. u _= e . mensnres . _^ Louct , cheers -a * onj ., the Fr 0 te . cti 9 n . isjc *) ' All days were .-alike loathe _Oozn Bili- _^ " _or _4 _el _>" days , and " _nslice" _days _^ rfor tha t , bill , which . de » tr » yc < I what _the-Ministers . hadso oStei \ _, plcdged tJ \ C _{ mselveii . io _^ _uppoj * 4 . ( Che _*» s . ); Tli » repeal ofthe .-. _flfti-n laws -was . _thrast through the bouse _witlvthe . 2 _^ 1 * 1 of _oewcon-. varts . ( C 9 ntinued ahecring from tl > ft , { f ' rotec 85 _orlist-J , ) Nu , opportunity—r _, p time was to be _. ib & i in thrusting _. shat , measure through the house . Saurt h '> liiia . 7 S ,

      . and shositnotice of _holidays !; ( _Hftaf _* heaj _. _* ) They had been worked up ta Good _liriiini" _? eve . and they had _hsd but . a & w days iw recovc . i 3 ' i '* _jeni tdeir labour . ( Heai ? _-,. hear . ) . But how _w-as it , . _&**»* diflirent , _tsos it with . iiifi Coemoh Bill . !; They p *; Q < wndt ? u . to ti J _^ _thenv . _thej-iwere _eqiaally _eagqr-to _car- » y _hhis measu r _&; - brfr , bad . as he thought them , _wi-j & ed as he ; _tiioii-. 'ht th » m , he did not _beliavcd they were _quite . * a , bad or _Qfiite so wioked as really in th _# ir _hf-arts _i-j . be persuaded ' 'that the protection of life and ' jioperty ia _Iji'eland depended upon the _successful _pa isimg of this bill . ( Cheers . > Had they baen so . pei _psatled , they surely would never have consented to w aste so much valuable time in proceeding Avith it . piear , hear , ) , _"VYben the % uestion ceased to be th at of the Com Bill , and became that of the Coercior t « il ) tlieri they *« eve _indulged with long holidays r trulshor't sittings ( laughter , ) and could there , there !* - l be one man in the house , or one ! man in the coup . _*»* '_ ffml i _» noiii . h _tn .

      believe that Her Majesty ' s Minis _'^ _-s « ere in earnest with the Life and Property Protection Bill ? ( Cheers . ) If they were in earn _^ st , then , he said , tho sooner they kicked out the M' nisterson the measure tho better would it be for a' J pavties , ( cheers ) -, and , having these views he _should give bis vote against the second reading of thc 1 , m . He would have greatly preferred that , instead . 0 f . the amendment whioh had been moved there had been an amendment of ' * No confidence . " ( I jHla chr-m . ) Such an amendhe , for one , would _b-r , _, . „ , )„ , ) | alu * _) je trusteil tliat , when thc _nentkroi-,, n _, e _Trtnsury bench found they were no longer al , | c . t 0 cany a they would thi-j k . it _* . hj „ iv . ti , „ e 'Ihey used t ' j'be " to ! d ' by thc at the li . ead ot ' - the would _Yjv ' oi- _wmsent to . he suffera \ , rc" ( hour , hear ); and he * * ' ¦ ' . 1 Continued to ' the Eigh _eiiiiu

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      Government Measure,, To Retire. (Cheers....

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 13, 1846, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_13061846/page/1/