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authorities have power to embody special constables to keep _ths peace ? They are at fuH liberty to do so , and may swear in special constables to-morrow if they please , but it is after they have sworn them iu , and wish to support them , that they make application for the military in order to enable the special constables to do their duty . ( Cheers . ) In fact , the state of society has changed from the time when every man was ready to arm himself , and to . go out into the streets to keep the peace of the town . The great mas 3 of the people in towns arc now _accustomed to follow peaceable occupations , and look to other forces to enable the peace of the town to be kept , and if you refuse them all military assistance , and if thev were to be harassed week
after week , and night after night , by being called out to do the duty of special constables , it would give rise to great discontent , and to numerous complaints of the government of the country . ( Cheers . ) In effect , thereof , when we call in the troops under such circumstances , it is not to keep down the people , but to defend the majority from the mmority—( hear , hear ) , and to protect the great mass ot the well-aifected against the smaller number of the _turbulent—persons not well contented , and boys , and others very often hardly connected with the towns , hut who , if there was not some assistance given to preserve order , would not only be very mischievous , but commit serious injuries on private property . ( Hear , hear . ) I thoug ht it necessary to defend my Dut
right hon . fnend , and not only tms government the _general government of the country , from the statements of the hon . gentleman . ( Hear . ) _2 fothin <* - can be more unfounded than the statement that the military force of this country is maintained to keep down the people , and I am very sorry that the hon . gentleman , knowing as he must do the history of ids country , should liave lent his authority to assertions which , if generally believed could do nothing but mischief among the people . ( Cheers . ) The committee _having divided , the amendment of Mr . Hume was negatived by 182 to 40 . The votes were agreed to , and with the usual desultory discussion , after disposing of some other business , the House adjourned at one o ' clock .
TUESDAY , March 20 . HOUSE OF LORDS . _—Xo business of importance was done in this House . HOUSE OF _COMMONS . —After disposing of the private business questions and notices of motion , Mr . HonsMAx , after presenting two petitions upon the subject , moved for an address , praying her Majesty to issue acommissioa of inquiry into certain allegations by the parishioners of Bishop Wearmouth and Sunderland , and into an asserted agreemeut hetween the patron of tie living of Bishop Wearmouth and the incumbent , whereby the surplus above the reserved income of the living is to he paid over to trustees ; and to report the best .
mode of appropriating that surplus to spiritual purposes . . He stated facts showing that , owing to the ill distribution of the revenues of those benefices , the dense population had been neglected by the Church ; he entered into various details concerning the arrangement between the Bishop of Durham ( the patron ) and the incumbent of Bishop Wearmouth upon the subject of the temporalities of the living ; he contended that many of the evils and abuses connected with the existing distribution and administration of ecclesiastical revenues were congregated in the wealthy and populous parish of Bishop Wearmouth , aud he protested against the doctrine of episcopal irresponsibility , which had been _biwaehed bv Lord John Russell with relation
to this matter . Lord J . Russell denied that he had laid down any such doctrine as that of episcopal irresponsibility ; he considered that bishops were bound to regard their patronage as a public trust , and to exercise it for the public benefit . But it was a very long step from episcopal irresponsibility to say that in each particular case of the use of patronage the House of Commons might be called upon to give an opinion whether it had been properly exercised ; and hi this case the petitioners , and Mr . Horsman likewise , had expressly disclaimed any imputation agaiust the individuals nominated by the Bishop . Lord John Russell then examined the specific allegations of the petitioners , and of Mr . Horsman ,
respecting the spiritual wants of the population , the distribution of the revenues , and the arrangement in question , the object of which was to -increase the amount if spiritual instruction . With reference to the motion , declining to give a positive opinion ¦ vhe ther the arrangement was the best that could possibly be made , considering that it was confessed by the petitioners that the clergymen appointed to the benefice were " eminently fit , " and " of exemplary character , " that the arrangement was intended to diminish the income of the rector , and to apply the surplus to the spiritual instruction of the parish , he thought it better that Parliament should make some general arrangement than act in an individual case , tainted with a good deal of personal _fcelimr .
Mr . Alderman Tnosirsox supported the motion , expressing his regret that Lord Johu Russell had not been authorised by the Bishop of Durham to state that a . hill would _' be brought in to deal with the temporalities of Bishop Wearmouth . Lord H . Vane thought Mr . Horsman had been unfair and ungenerous towards the Bishop of Ihirham , whose distribution of patronage hid been as fan * as could be , and of whose liberality to incumbents of poor livings he had personal knowledge . Mr . DisisAr . Li wished to know what objection there could he to the introduction ofa bill . Lord John _fiuj-sell had admitted that a parliamentary measure would be the best course , and if he would give an assurance that a bill should be introduced , it would spare the House a painful duty .
The Chancellor of -me Exchequer said it was not- for the government to take the matter up . Where ri g hts were indisputable , to legislate against them without the consent of the parties interested would be an act of spoliation . Sir R . Peel would be very rcluetant to acquiesce in a motion implyhis * disrespect for a bishop whose _general conduct ia the discharge of his duties did not deserve any harsh judgment , and expressed his hope if the motion was negatived that the noble lord would make friendly recommendations to the Bishop of Durham , in accordance with the unanimous feeling of the House and of all parties concerned , to set the example of a new appropriation of these revenues by act of p arliament .
Lord _Ashlet said the great objection of Mr . _Dorsmna was that the Bishop had transferred the surp lus income of the incumbent to the hands of trustee _.- _* , to accumulate for an indefinite tune and an _indefinite purpose—funds which were given for spiritual purposes . He most heartily coucurred iu the principle of the movement initiated by Mr . _Horsniaii : but lie hoped that , after he had elicited so strong an expression Gf opinion , he would abstain from pressing his motion to a division , and leave the matter to the good sense of the Bishop of Durham . After some further discussion ,
Mr . HoasMAX said his position ia respect to this question was a very difficult one , as tins was not an isolated motion , hut one ot a series of motions ; and he referred to various propositions :- _<* gardiiig ecclesiastical revenues which he had in the last session withdrawn upon pledges from the government , which had not been fulfilled , Lord J . Russell denied that he had given any such pledges , stating that the press of other important public business " had prevented his bringing forward such _incisures as those alluded to by the hon . memher . Sjj- F . Barixc had waited until the last moment , in tlie hope that the lion gentleman would withdraw his motion ; hut , . is such w . _is not the case , ho would move the previous question .
Oa a division Mr . Horsman s motion was negatived by a majority of 13 ; the numbers , 39 to -52 . Mr , Slaxet was proceeding to submit a resolution relative to the adoption of means for improving the working classes , when tho House was counted oui , _shortly after eight o ' clock . _WEDNESDAY , March 21 . HOUSE OF _COMMONS . —Small Dedts ( _Ikelaxd ) Bill . —Mr . W . Fao . vs moved the second _readins of lhe Small Debts ( Ireland ) Bill , stating that it was 'framed on the principle of the English County Courts Act , and no doubt would prove , should the House agree to it , as advantageous in its operation for Ireland , as that act had done in this country .
Mr . _Xatoer felt htmself compelled to oppose tiie hill , on the ground of the legal difficulties that stood in the wav of applying the provisions of the English . measure to the machinery now existing in Ireland . It would he highly objectionable , also , to con vert the petty sessions courts of justices into a kind of civil tribunal , inasmuch as the effect would be to create a scene of turmoil from one end of Heland to the other . Sir W . SoMEttviLLT . considered that the adoption Ot the measure would be fraught with great danger . The subject Iiad been fully considered by the Solicitor-General for Ireland and himself , aud they had found the objections to appl y ing such a measure insuperable .
Sir D . _Nokrets retorted upon Mr . _Xapier that it was not to be expected that members of the legal profession would facilitate the amendment of the law , and _-ooiutsd out the iucousistcuey of that hon . and learned member who had a bill on the paper , _givia-r magistrates cognizance < if contracts , which would involve the decision of nice lc-r . il questions , while he objected to their deciding a _simple question o' debt . Mr . Hume thought justice to Ireland required the extension of an act which had worked well in this country , and with reference to the bill being _opposed by certain parties in Ireland , referred to the _alleged fact every attorney in England had opposed _xhiTCowity Courts AeL Mr . J . O'Coxxell wished tha hill robe referred to
_telfot committee _, i iiu _{ - _"•• _LieiioK- _' - _Ti-XEKAT . was of opink-n that tho County Courts A * 'l might , be ext _' . n'i l to Ireland with adv . _x _* -t . v . re , but it must first be determined bv
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what machinery it was to be worked out , which could only be done bv having the clauses drawn and settled bv competent p arties . The _pi- ° P ose _V" s diction to he given to the magistrates was _nigny objcctionablef and as the House appeal * dt o be agreed upon nothing but the title of the MI , he sug gested _its withdrawkL After some further convex _lationthe House divided when t _^ _^ _-jjwgg was negatived by a majority of 2 , the numoeis Dem 29 LJownn _Axn _tasr _Bux .-The Landlord and Tenant Bill was committed pro _fonna-, in order that itnii' -ht he reprinted with certain alterations , which Mr Posey said he had made in it since the second reading , in order to obviate tlie difficulties _suggested by Mr . Mullings and other _member The Sill was ordered to be re-committed next Wednesday * after a declaration of unabated hostility to it b y Co ' lonel SiBTiionr and Sir _GEonou _SimcKLAm
Tub Cl ergy Relief Bill . — Mr . BOUVEME , in moving to refer this bill to a select committee , said , a statement had appeared in one of the leading journals of London , in reference to the case of a gentleman which was the immediate occasion of this measure , and , as it impugned the accuracy of tlie statement he ( Mr . Bouverie ) had made , he thought it ri g ht to state to the House the facts of the case , without entering into any controversy on the question then before theni . It was stated in one of the morniug papers that "the object of the proceedings iuthe Arches Court was not to imprison or excommunicate Mr . Shore—but to depose him — in other words , to divest him by the only process which the law affords for that purpose of an office the duties of
which he felt himself conscientiously unable to discharge , " and that "Mr . Shore , a clergyman of the Church of England , persisted in officiating without the licence of the bishop . " Without insisting , as he might do , that the divcrsement so alleged to be prayed for of Mr . Shore from holy orders would not free him from the liability of proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Court , he would simply state that that allegation was not only not the fact , but directl y the reverse of it . He happened to have in his possession the whole formal proceedings that had taken place in the Arches Court , and which were subsequently laid before the Judicial Committee of the
Privy Council , and he found in the articles of accusation against Mi * . Shore that the final and concluding prayer was this , — " That you , the said Rev . Jame 3 Shore , clerk , be admonished to abstain for the future from publicly reading prayers , preaching , and administering the holy sacrament of the Lord s Supper , or performing ecclesiastical duties , or divine offices , in the said unconseerated chapel , withr out a licence , or other authority in that behalf , first had and obtained , aud that you be otherwise duly and canonically punished and corrected according to the nature of your offence and the exigency of the law , and that you be condemned in the costs made and to be made : ' * and in accordance with
that prayer he found m the judgment of Sir n . J . Fust the following passage , — " When the case came originally before the Court , the prayer at the _conclusion of the article was , that he should be admonished to abstain from performing . ecclesiastical duties , or divine offices , in the chapel in question , be canonically punished according to the exigency of the law , and be condemned in costs . As I understand , the prayer now made to the Court is to the same effect . " Mr . Henley was g lad the hon . gentleman had taken the course of referring this bill to a select committee , and hoped that some provision might be introduced that every clergyman wishing to divest himself of his office should be divested of it through the same authority by which he was invested with it . The mode now pointed out by the bill was a very summary proceedins _* , almost enabling a man to divest himself of the office of clergyman with as little trouble as to blow his nose . ( A laugh . ) It was too summarvfor so serious a business .
The bill was ultimately referred to a select committee . _Ixsolvext Members Bill . — On the motion for going into committee on this bill , Mr . Hen-let suggested delay . Mr . Moffatt saw no objection to proceeding with it at once . Sir n . _WiLLOuanpT asked whether a member who was called upon for the payment of costs in a' suit would be liable under the bill to he deprived of his seat ? The Solicitor-Geseral replied undoubtedly such would be the result ; precisely the same process would be gone through as wheii a judgment was obtained in the case of an ordinary debt .
Mr . 1 L Palmrr suggested that the members of both branches of the legislature ought to be placed on the same footing , and that a similar bill ouglit to be introduced in the House of Lords . Sir W . Clay thought it perfectly certain that theother House would not pass a similar measure to the present , and this alone constituted a fatal objection to the present measure . Giving every credit to the honourable member who introduced this bill ( Mr . Moffatt ) for liis good intentions , he thought the House was _procpedmij on a principle that was wholiy false . It was perfectly clear , from what the _Solicitor-Ceneral'had j ust stated , that for no moral fault , but simply in consequence of becoming
involved in a law suit , a member of that House might be deprived of his seat . ( Hear . ) Jfow , that was at variance with the princip les of a representative constitution , fora man was not elecreu because he was rich , but because of his probity , his talents , his knowledge of the local wants of his constituents , or a dozen other things . He would . almost s : iy that the House had no rig ht to limit the choice of the British empire except to say that they should not elect in that House a man who had been guilty of some disgraceful act . If such a bill as tho present had been in existence fifty years ago , Fox , Sheridan , and probably Pitt , would have been excluded troui the House .
The Solicitor-General , explained that the effect of the bill was , that if a man became insolvent and vacated his seat in consequence , there was nothing toprevent his constituents from electing him again , if they so thought fit . ( Hear . ) It might be said that in that case he would liave no qualification ; but if the- electors chose to- continue their confidence in him they might re-elect him . It was a very common tiling at present for a man to get a qualification who was insolvent , and there were many ways'in which a man after being declared insolvent might sit in Parliament if his constituents thought proper . If this bill had been in existence it would not have prevented Mr . Fox , Mr .. Sheridan , and Mr . Pitt from sitting in Parliament ,, but he thought it might have prevented them from getting into debt . ( Hear , hear . ) Where tho electors had elected a man thinking him to be not insolvent , the bill would give them an opportunity of deciding whether he
was a flu man to continue- to represent tiiein , tliey having elected him under different circumstances . The act did make the law more strict against insolvents than against bankrupts , and there was some reason for it . A trader _, might by accidental circumstances become a _banla-upt ; but in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred ; a man became insolvent by culpable misconduct . ( Hear . ) The bankrupt was . therefore , to sit and vote for twelve months after the date of his fiat ; the-court of law might exercise a discretion in the case of an insolvent memher ot . that House , and ,, unless iu cases of great raiscon- _^ duet , that would also ho about the time , in most eases ,, which would elipse hefore the seat of an iu * solvent member would be vacated . A similar inca * - sure , app licable to members of tlie other House ? , must come spontaneously from that House , and probably , if the present measure were found to wovai well , the other House might bo induced to _originate a similar bill as regarded their own members .
Mr . F . _O'CoxxoK : —Sir , if the question had baen complicated before , the hon . and learned Solieifew-Gcneral has succeeded in convincing me , and I think the House , that the proposition is " ' * a niocksry , a delusion , and a . snare . ( Hear , hear . ) Sow what does ho propose ? Why neither more noiv less than that the person who has been declared an insolvent , and in consequence may have lost his seat to day , may he elig ible to be re-elected to-morrow . [ Hear , hear . ) _Now that is the whole question , simplify it as he may in its details . What did the first minister of the Crown declare iu his place in parliament with reference to the oaths rcquirciS to be taken by members ? Why that it was tho duty of parliament , as far as possible , to simplafv those
oaths , while now it appears to be the intention of parliament , to puzzle the people as well as their representatives . The people were demanding payment of members , and no property qualification . ( A laugh . ) Well ho would discuss those questions another time , but what he would now ask was , whether parliament was prepared to . move backward , just when the people were preparing and determined to move onward ? He ( Mr . O'Connor ) would not be liable to the provisions of this bill , but he warned hon . members who wero not so circumstanced , that the result would be compulsion to pay debts which may be sued for that were not justl _j
due _. froman apprehension that some opposing party , I adverse to the member's principles , mi g ht ind « cc some clever attorney to hamper him under the provisions of this bill . Mr . Hume believed there was a strong feeling on the part of many peers that a similar measure should be introduced in the House of Lords ; but with that the House of Commons had nothing to do . Sir W . Cl ay moved that the chairman report pro-rcss and , after some observations from Mr . H . ItemuiLEY , Mr . Staffobd , Mr . Maciuktosii , ami Col . Thompsox _, the committee divided : ayes , oi ; noes 77 ; when the clauses were proceeded with .
, Mr . It . . Palmkr moved a clause , which was agreed to , plneing an insolvent , under the bill , in the same position with a bankrupt member under the existing act , which rendered him ineli g ible for re-election , until he should have obtained his discharge in due _coxirse of law . Mr . Heuxal expressed his belief that nothing which coull he done would remove the vice of the principle of the bill . On the motion of Mr : Sotheron , the Tenants at h-. cK-- . - eut llelief Hill was rend a second time , _nisd
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Mr . ' _MuLLixos having introduced a bill to extend the remedies of sequestration of ecclesiastical benefices , the House adjourned at five o ' clock .
THURSDAY , March 22 . HOUSE OF _LQRDS . —Tue Oui-door Pauper Bill passed through committee on the motion of the Earl of | Caulisle . Italt . —The Earl of Aberdeen * then brought forward his motion on the renewal of the war ° in the North of Ital y . So long a 3 any reasonable hope remained of preserving peace in Upper .. Italy , ho felt it his duty to abstain from any observations which might embarrass the government in its efforts to promote so desirable a result ; but now the armistice had been terminated by the King of Sardinia , and hostilities were on the eve of commencing , he thought it right to move that all such correspondence as had passed between the Court of Great Britain and the representatives of any foreign Tow ? _, ers should belaid on the . table of the" . House , in order that their lordships might have some information as to the steps taken by Her Majesty ' s government to prevent the renewal of war .
The Marquis of Laxsoowne said , the production of the papers for which he had moved would at the present moment he attended with the greatest inconvenience . It was not , in fact , until alt negotiation was at an end , and hostilities had actually recommenced , that the government would feel justified in making those explanations , which , if made at all , should be most ample and comprehensive , giving in the minutest detail all the negotiations which had been entered on . The noble . Marquis concluded by insisting on the warm desire of tho government to maintain our ancient friendship with Austria , but at the same time to preserve the closest relations with France , and sat down after assuring Lord Aberdeen that every paper connected with the affairs of Upper Italy should be laid before the House at no distant period . Lord Brougham expressed his delight at the declaration just made by the Marquis of Lansdowne , for he thought that Austria and France were our best allies .
The motion was then withdrawn , and their lordships adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — Various questions were put to the President of the India BoAnh , the answers to which were of much interest , Mr . Shaw—( A Chartist PRisoNER . ) _- ~ Ih . reply to questions from Mr . F . O'Connor , r Sir George Gret was understood to say ( for his voice was scarcely heard in the gallery ) , that the prisoner Shaw was subject to no special regulations with respect to his confinement in _Mwgitte . A regulation was made at the last court with ' respect toliim , but it would be reconsidered at the next meeting of the justices . Some of the books sent to Shaw by his friends wore deemed by the chaplain of the prison improper books for his perusal , and were therefore rejected by him . OccupationopMoldavia and Wallaciiia . —Lord
Dudley Stuaet , in moving for an address for copies or extracts of any correspondence between tho government and the governments of Turkey and Russia , relating to the occupation of Moldavia and Wallachia by Russian troops , pressed the question upon the attention of the House , as one of high national concern , and which affected the commercial interests of this country , and observed that he merely wished Lord Palmerston to put tho House in possession of information , showing whether he had interfered , and to what extent , ia relation to the occupation of those Turkish provinces . Colonel Thompson seconded the motion , and advocated the policy of assuming for this country a high moral position , " ' and of our _makingiKends ' who
should help us in the coming struggle between civilisation and liberty on the one hand , and barbarism _, and despotism on the other . . ' " ' ' _^ ' ' Lord Palmerston retained the _opinioni hc ' 'had before expressed , that it was desirable for She interests and honour of this country that the-House of _Commons should take a lively interest ia the foreign relations of this country ; . but he dill not think it consistent with his duty to agree to ' the motion , as the- papers were connected with discussions now going on . He assured Lord Dudley that her Majesty s government attached great importance to the- independence of the Turkish empire , both in a political and a commercial view ;
and other Powers of Europe were as sensible _. ts we were of the great importance of maintaining the _independence-and the integrity of Turkey , Mr . Axstey gave- a . long history of the _arbitrary oppressive , and insidious proceedings of the Russian _, government towards- Turkey since the treaties of Akermann and Adrianople , _asd contended that the plea for the occupation of the- two provinces ' wasgroundless , there being , no disorder there save the disorders produced by the presence of the Russian troops . A discussion took- place between Mr . Milxes , Mr . _Urquiiakt , Mr . Hume , Mr . Disraeli , and Sir II . Verxey , after which-Lord Dudlhy Stuart withdrew his motion .
Court-martials ix- India . —Mr . Axstey then moved for copies of proceedings in the Court of Inquiry aud Court-Martial at Arcot , in 1841 , in the case of the mutineers- of the Ctln Regiment of Madras Light Cavalry , and . of other papers relating to that subject . ' lie _explained the- circumstances of the case , which he _charaetcrisefras one of downright tyranny . Sir J . HoiiiiocsE , premising thais there had been but one instance in which a court -martial had been made a subject of inquiry in that House , proceeded to develope what he considered to 'be the origin of this attack upon the-Marquis of _ISvecddale , _which ha traced to a difference between , tiie Marquis and Mi-. M . Lewin , a provisional memlfer of council at
Jhidras , who was removed from th , _i * office , and who had presented a petition , to the House upon this _subject , which the committee of petitions had found to be so libellous that they refused to-place it on the table of the House . Sir ; John then justified the proceedings against the mutineers by ' detailing all the particulars of the mutiny , and objqeted to the production of the papers * . After some observations from $ fi \ . John O'Conecll , Mr . Hume , Mr . _JlLLioTi , and-. Mr . _Aolionuy ; Sir It . Peel thought that the -House of Commons should not b & -compromised * ; by the imprudence of an individual member , . and engage in such an unusual _in-iuiry as this . Great allowance must be made for persons charged . with the duty of
_enfe-relng military disci p line , and , . Sir all lie _kneiv of Lord Tweeddaky _. he believed him to fee the last man who _wouhJ-. be guilty of excess- in that'duty . The _ATTqaxEY-GrsEiiALSiiggested . various reasons ¦ shy the motion should be withdrawn . ' •' ;'' '"" Mr . Axstey made a . spirited reply ,, and refused to withdraw his motion ; ' upon which , the House _'divided , when it was negatived by _oiito-14 . ¦ '• _'"'" ' •' Protection of _Justices ( _Iuelam _;) : Bill . —On the motion that the Protection of Justiees ( Ireland ) Bill , as amended , be considered , a division , took place on mamendment moved by Mr . J . _O'Coxxell , that the third rcading ; be postponed . _for six months , jwhich was negatived by 3 S to 2 .
The other _ordess having been i disposed of , the House adjourned . at a few minutes after eleven © . ' clock _.
FMDAY , _MAiicE-iSa . nOTJSE OF _iiORDS . —Lord Monteagle moved for an estimate c £ the sum whiek- it was calculated would be raised ) under a rate-of 2 _J per cent , on rateable _property in Ireland ... The motion was agreed to and the House adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . ' _—Navigation Bill . — On the motion that the House should go into committee on the Navigation Bill ,, Mr . Laboucsikre said , he hud to state to the : House an important _akeratioEuwhioh had _booninadft in this bill . When introducing , the measure , lie had proposed to . admit foreign vessels , under certain modifications ) , into our coasting trade , in order to establish a perfect equality with maritime _nation ,, and to avoiolall cavil and dispute with _tkc-UnUud
States . The-Chairman of the ; Board ot Customs had been of opinion , in the first , instance , that the diffiV culties attending this relasatlon , and the danger , to . the _revenue , were not s . _^ pli . as should _obijti-uei _u . measure » jf great national policy , and upon that assurance he ( Mr . _Labouchese ) had made . _the-proposal ; "but he had since _seceircd a communication from Si * T . Froemantle ,, stating that , _ongoing further- into the necessary details , he had _cgjuo to the conclusion that , if not absolutely impossible , it would , be extremely difficult , to frame regulations that would not leave tho revenue _exposeit to the greatest danger , if w . e allowed foreign o _** - British ships to combine _fosroign with coasting _Yoyno-os ; andi he , therefore , did . not moan to ask % _& House to . relax the laws upon this point ; so , that the bill would revert very much to that ot hist session .
Mr . Gladstone , said , that having objoe . _' _ied to theso clauses on account of danger to the revenue , ho should say no wore than that Mr . _Labouchcrc had been more successful in justifying their omission than he had beenia finding reasons , for their introduction . The House , then resolved itself ; into committee , whore , upon the first clause , ' Mr . _Bokyisrik moved tho addition of a- proviso to the following effect : —That tho restrictions upon the ships ; of any foreign country as to our trade with the colonies , ou :- coasting trade , or 'the trade between our colonial possessions be not' removed until British shi ps were declared to be exempt from the like restrictions in _suoh foreign country . After a lengthy debate a division took place , whon tho amendment was negatived by 132 to 15 .
The 14 th and 15 th clauses , which gave to our colonies the power of regulating their ow « coastin " trade were discussed at considerable l _< 5 u ° _"tti and a division taking place , were carried . On arriving at clause 19 , Mr . Disraeli moved thnt the chairman report pro-gross , and in _doiii !" made a fierce attack on Mr . _Gladstone and Mi- Labouohcre , which having boon repelled by the lion , " members in _qupstion , _x _' w > l , h ? V . 1 G resumed , and . y ,- * . journed ,
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UR _F ACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE .-A ¦ BRfcA MAN SUING A FEMALE . Liverpool , March 20 .-KERSrtA ' w - v . Cass . In this case Mr . Watson , Q . C ., and Mr . F . Robinson , appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr . Sergeant Wilkins and Mr . Hugh Hill for the defendant . This was an action broug ht by tlie plaintiff , an elderly widower , aged sixty-seven , to recover compensation in damages from the _defcodant , an elderly Widow of fifty-s ven , for a breach of promise of mar-So ! The defendant pleaded that she did not promise in manner and form . -Mr . Watson opened the case . The p laintiff had at one time acquired considerable property , but in consequence ot railway S eBuiatioii 8 . it had been diminished ; the defendant owned the house in which she lesided , and afew _nnrOB _nflanil . : In . September , of last year .. Mr .
Kershaw made " advances to Mrs . Gass . lie ( Mr . . Watson ) could not prove what had . taken place en the first occasion , because the plaintiff and defendant onlv were present ; but there were several meetings _betwei'h the pnrties , at which , overtures of marriage were m ade to Mrs . Cass , which were well received , as would be seen bv a letter from Mrs . Cass to the plaintiff . This ha I . been written fur her by her _br-ither-in-law , a . Mr .. Rore , a local methodist preacher , residing in the _neighbourhood : — " Waterhead Mill , Oct . 12 , 18-18 I write you to say that I shall not beat home till Monday next ; and likewise , that I have considered the question you mentioned in _a'l its bearings and have come to the conclusion ( at least for the present ) not t't enter into the solemn
and important state of marriage . I hope you will direot your attention to another quarter . I think tha " ; you could possiblv find one who would suit you much better than I possibly might . Wishing you the true enjoyment of the things of this life ; but , above all , meetness to enjoy the things of an eternal state _^ I subscribe myself , your well-wisher , Mauia Gass . " On this encouragement Mr . Kershaw followed up liis suit , with what success the witn esses would proye . —Mr . Sergeant Wilkins , for defendant : I ask ytur lordship if it . is . not a shame to take « lp tlie time of the couvt with such nonsense ' I We don't cast aiiy aspersions upon the gentleman , _it all , but the idea that a jury would give damages in such a case is preposterous . —Mr . . Justice Coleridge :
What do vou propose , brother r—Mr . Sergeant Wilkins ; To withdraw a juryman . —Mr . Watson refused to consent . — -Joseph Andrew Kershaw , the son of the plaintiff , ' was called . His fnther , he said , was now retired from business . He had formerly been a fruit dealer in Rochdale . Witness went to see Mrs . Cass , the defendant , on the 17 th of November last , and took tea with her . They h _* d some _conversation _together . He ( witness ) told Mrs . Cass he was well pleased with his father ' s choice , and would like to sec them married , happy' and coinforfable . She thanked him , and said _s-he would make an affectionate mother-in-law . He _answered that he would try to prove a dutiful son . ( _Laughter . ) Witness again went to Mrs . Cass's on the 20 th
December , with a gig and brought Mrs . Rose and Mrs . Cass to his father ' s house . They dined there . It was _agreed that they should be married by ' licence on the first market Monday in January . The party stayed till night , and witness then drove them hoste . Witness went on the Friday to take an inventory of Mrs , Cass s goods , when she said , "I ' m sorry ] can ' t ht . you ; I must see your father first , as there is something between him aud me . " She told himto _te'l _& i 3 father to come , _whfeh he did , accompanied by witness His fa'her pulled out ' a ring , and called to her to-fulfil her promise ' . ' ( Laughter . ) Mrs . Cass _s-iid she had heard he had ha « I two wives before , and that he- had behaved with cruelty to _bo'h : two persons harJ told her . so . After some upbraiding , his father said , ** Well , Mrs . Cass , I have conductei myself as as gentleman since I approached you ; I
told yon my property was tnetM » bered , and have never deceived you . " She answered , " you have not . " _—Cross-sxamined by Mr . Sergeant Wilkins My father hasno house now : he has resided with me since May , I _84 S . The sheriff scld all his goods . I do not know _Shat whilst courting the defendant there was an execution out against him . My father has not been in- any business for the last twelve months . I deal' in fruit : . potatoes also . I do not know that my _ftither had courted ) another lady _sh'irtlv before the'defendant . The landlady of the White Bear Inn at Manchester is a widow , but I do not know that mj _pf-tther frequented the house . My father has leasehold property , but it is mortgaged _t-. the extent of £ l , SQ 0 . Beyond that , he-has no other possession in the world . - ltc-cxamined ! iyMr . Watson : My father ha . ? £ 00 a year coming' out of his properly ind _^ Dendent of lhe mortgage .
Mr . Serjeant "Wilkixs in a very / humorous speech , _a-ldressed the jury for the defendant . He said , after the doleful appeal which had been _mi-le ; to their sympathi- 's by his learned _friend'on the part of this youthful , broken-hearted ,-love-sick swain ' He- hardly knew how to address him .-e f to-the case ion the part of the defendant . So numerous and so htnnerous were the facts , that they _reminded him _ofi ' the once celebrated cat iu a tripe shop—he hardly k ew where to begin * ( Laught-r ) Barring the evidence of the plaintiff ' s s _> n . which came- from a ritos ' _' _suspicious Mild interested quarter , this was the most meagre case * ever presented _to-ai jury . Thhf was about the tWrd time in ths _l-. Jstory of cases- of this kind in which a man had been booby
enough to bring such- > a « action . They _hadi _.-ccasionafly heard of some young woman , after believing in the promises of some * swain , and devotihgito him tho- ftowcr of her life in the hope of _paas ' vn' ; in comfort with him the rest of her days , on being _heartlcss ' ydeceived , bringing such an action « a 6 this ; bah had they ever before , in the whulo aousfse of then * lives , heard of a man sixty-seven yeans of age —nearly three s' ore years and ten—bringing such an _oc'ion _aga nst a woman of fifty-seven , and ) asking for damages from her fr having changed her mind , yielding to a righteous fit ? , and determining to devote the short residue of Her life to holi » r _objects ? What _i- 'ijurv had the plaintiff _sustained ? _Hfow was _h-s _"dkm-an-ed ? It was clear that he was ell * but a
panpeir . Surely the _phiniiff di _' l not mean- 'o > come intacoa _^ t to comp lain that he cbuld not b » a . p nsionciv of an old woimui > for the rcmainc _& r • of his life " . ? ' fie complained , nofc of the loss of _hersoeiety , or otVany want of cointOBt _occasion ; . d thereby , but that in-railway matters-he had lost his 3 iibstance , and : like a mean paltry Mow , _SQUjht to derm Ms subsistence from the means-of this old wc _* aai > . He ( ths learned scrjeant ) _was . strongly reminded when the son came , into the witness box of what old Sam < Wellei said to his- sou in Pickwick . _*— ' Sam , " said ' _-ha-, " if . t ' nere be a _vseftkne ' _ss that I _haws-in . this would ' ,, it is my affect ' _ic-tut _' _iir widdies , _anc-iespecially ifth'ey happen to . have adittle blunt at tho _.-bottom . " _Tife-pfcuntiff had a great penchant for * ' _? . vicWies _, "
whether they kept , the White Bear at Manchester , or lived ' quiet at Bury , sc long as , " there was- a little blunt at the bottom . " ' Me could fancy the plaintiff preparing himself fo . * his first visit after'tho widdy " was recommended" todiim , pulling the : grey hairs ou _± o _& his nose and tyiig ; liis choker round ,, his neck , _tt > _i . p ' "ff the wrinkles " out of i is checks ; -and aft . _rwards going to visit bar in her garden . What persuasive topic he had used he ( the learned ; Serjeant ) could not tell whether be had asked about the weather ? or whether anybody thereabouts-kept pigs for _cnla- ? -hut he had boea most oxpedittoBs in his courtship . It was allj completed between , the end of _September and _Deeeraher . They readi of Romeo and Juliet , and of _yoathful passion _springing ; up in a
moment ; but in _tliiacosc _, an old man or 01 , to whom a-widow had been _reaesnmended by a _. doctor , just as 'he would recommend ; his medicine , hadiia sonic two _ntonths perfected his suit , and they , found his son talking to his _pros _^ _e-stive mother-itt-l & w , = nd promising t . _» be " a dutiful son" as early _.-as November . The plaintiff had evidently lost _r-o _tisje . H is learned friend had treated * the letter which had been put is , as a spark calculated to fan into a Urn the plaintiff ' s brilliant fa _* u _* v . He ( the learned _sanjeant ) did 11 * $ see it in that " _light * . It began " Waterhead Mill /' As hU brother & tu **]> uy observed _^ _tli-it was a cooler to begin with . fiLanghter . ) [ Ti _^ _e learned _cerjer _^ nt
then read tlie _ittter . ] Much as t & ey might _appjpvc of < he c _' osing . sentiment of the letter , he certainly never read a _Ifesa amorous _ons _.-j : nnd this wasjs the only written _dS'cument the p _' _aintiff could produce . Then cams the- evidence of the .- scene in _whifth the p laintiff ' s san- expressed bis _aasiety to be a dutiful son-in-law to . the defendant . Slis learned _friasid had introducetlthe plaintiff ' s son ; as a " fruit merehant , " but he ( the-learned serjeant ) i was fond of piliin language _, _^ _"he plaintiff ' s _souiwas what they , -called iii London * " _codterinonger / _'' He dealt "i ' n taiies , tarnips _, yapple-and _sparagBtiss . " ( Loud laughter . ) The _wlkite proceeding _haiiibeen of the meet businesslike _nntee . Tiieu eame : _4 he conclusion , * . —
"Love they say is gr wing _cW , " Arithmetically _r-old , " Sells his f & Yourite now fw gold . " Tha plaintiff began afc _& e final _meeth-g * the _defendant ncjfcwith '' I hope , ( _Rarest Marin . " ( Laughter . ) _Bte did not address her-. '" Light of my life 7 _chama of my soul , and _delight of my eye " -- ( continued _laiaghter ); but he s fid , ' ¦ I hope , Mss . Cass , you , bave changed your Blind ? ' . ' Oh no , I have : not . " " Very well , then , " he says , " 1 tender tha _rin-—( lau' _-hter ) _i—if you don ' tn _& arry me , 1 hive-a son to come into lhe witness bos , and I will _hiiing an ae t on for breieh oi * pr > _mise oi' marriage _asjaijnst yon . '
lie said that this was about the third- time in the legal h stary of this co '« ntrv that a aian had been such a booby as to present himself under such circumstances before a Jury of his countrymen , liis learned friend said aspersions had heen ' cast on the plaintiff , and he never aga ' n would be able to hold up his head in his neighbourhood unless he brought t'is action . Why ? Because lie had mads such a fool of _himijolf in his old age , playing the old ooquet . Did they suppose the plaintiff cared twopence about tb . ' . s widow ? IU 3 learned friend said , t ' _sis was no ! * 0 iio of those cases in which " affection could be said ' . o be like a rose , lv ' ppe I in iuhud . " A vasu nipped in Us bud _!^ _an old worn o _' -t stump ! ( Loud _, laughter . )
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"lam cold , I am worse , «* I want a nurse , " I want sweet wedlock ' s pleasure . The plaintiff wanted this old lady ' s society on purpose to keep his back wa"m- ( rears oi laughterand he wanted the old lady ' s purse to keep his stomach warm . Burns h ad said" Oh gie me the lass that has acres of charms , > f " Ohgi ** me the lass with the weel stocked farms . This history of the courtship of "Widdy Cass , would henceforth be memorable , lhe ilaintins name would iive in old song . ** Did vou hear of the Widdy Malone , " Oh-hone ! " She _liv'd in the town of _Athlone
'' Alnno . ¦* She bother'd the hearts . "Of the swains in them parts " So lovely was Widdy Malone , ¦ _« Till one Mr . O'Brien , of Clare . , , _"llowquare ! " Put his _arnts round her waist , "Gave ten kisses at Jastc , And says he , ' . _* _: You arc ' . my Molly Malone . " . ( Roars of laughter . ) . He would now ask them if it were not a waste oi * time'further to consider tin ' s matter ? What injury had the plaintiff sustained ? What dnmages could he recover ? It was clear that he was all but a _pauser , and that he had wished to pension himself for the rest of his life upon the old woman . —His lordship briefly summed up ; and the jury , after consulting for a minute or two , returned a verdict for the plaintiff . —Damages , One Farthing .
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LATEST NEWS . _LoNDON . _—ISQUBSTa . —SurPLYINO OXALIC ACID ikstead op _Epsoji Salts . —On Friday , before Mr : Mills , at the King ' s Head , New-road , on the Rev . "W . S . Chalk , Rector of "Welden , Beds . G , House , clerk to the Euston Hotel , _Euston-squarfy deposed that on Wednesday afternoon the housemaid informed him that she could not < jet into _deceased ' s room . He accordingly forced the door open , when he found him lying dead io bed , and at his side the basin full of matter that _Iwtd been ejected from 6 is stomach . On tlie dressing-table was a tumbler , _a » rd a paper labelled , "Purified Epsom Salts . " Theltev _.-\ V . Monkhouse , vicar of Goldlington , Beds ., knew deceased intimately for twelve - years . . 'He never knew a roan of a more composed or even temper . He had everything that _coii'd render life desirable
, and was the last man that would Attempt suicide . Mr . Thomas' Selding , surgeou , lly _Euston-square , was called to attend deceased whom ! he found dead . The basin at Iris bedside contained the contents of his stomach , which was impregnated ! with oxalic acid . In a _tuunblcr on his dressing-table were crystals formed by the acid , and close to it _was a paper labelled " Purified Epsom Salts . " It contained a portion of the powder . _Ivo druggist ' s name was attached to the _htbul . He was of opinion the deceased was _supplied in mistake with oxfeiie acid , and that he took it unintentionall y for Epscm- Salts . Ycrdict— " Deceased * was killed by oxalic acid ; but whether he took it designedly to destroy life - , or through ignorance there was no evidence to prove . " A Ge . vtlkmax found 1 _Dbowned ix St . James ' s
Park , —On Friday , at the Feathers , _Dean-sSroet , Westminster , before Mr , Bedford , on the body of 3 gentleman , name unknown , found in the ornamental water , St . James ' s Park . "William _Shearlocky piirk-keecpcr of St .. James ' s park , said that on Tuesday afternoon last he * saw the body of the deceased floating at the south ; side of the lake , opposite the Stationery-office . Witness took the body _aehorc , and on searching hie- dress found a _pocketbook , four keys , and a _brecsfc pin . The dress was very respectable , consisting _» f a black frock coat , _, trousers , waistcoat , and satini stock , with linen and boots of the usual kind , and white kid gloves . Dr . J . Wright , of Storey ' s-gate , said he saw the body on Wednesday , and' found it considerabl y decomposed . Death was no doubt _tbe-reault of drowning _. The height of the deceased _wss-ffive feet ten inches , and the age about fifty . For the want of conclusive ovidence , a verdict of " Found ; drowned" was
returned . So'JMi _DBnuvsiiiRE _Election . —On Friday , Mr . Mundy- was accompanied to the- huistitigs ' by a large number of Tory _gentlemcni . — E . S . C . Pole , Esq ., proposed , and the Hon . and : Rev . A . Curzon seconded . —No other candidate being nominated , tho High Sheriff declared Mr . Mundy elected . Es » i : i'i _= —SirRETiiALL _Bckglakv .. - — The suspected robbers ,- W .. Palmer and W . Goody ,, _wei-c _i-e-examined _' qn Monday , at Newport , , _on-a charge of being itvoompuny with the man ' - Little-Abv , " who was shofc . dead by Mr . Perry , when attempting to rob ; his house- at Strothall . The-proceedings occupied several hoars , and ended by tlie-committal of the prisoners for trial . Tho prisoner Palmer afterwards made a . fulk confession of _tlvo-whole transaction , _st-ttino- . _tlmt Goody had nothing-to-do vrith tlie affair , and . implicating other parties ; , who it is
believed aro still at large . ' , _GLovcsstERsm-Bs . —ilicnwAY Robbery . vst » Mun-DEitot / s Attack , _—^ ferocious attack by highwaymen occurred on Tuesday morning at Mickleton , The party attacked , was * Mr . S . lteeves , _a- 'farmeiv aged about 50 . years ,, whewas returning home-from * Badsey , ncai : 'Eycshani _v , in a gig drawn by n < pony . On arriving , at a . retired part of the raid ,- 'Mr .. JSbeves was met by a man ., who asked him fop ! a _. ride ,, and before he -could , make any reply he received- a most violent hlcw-on _thc-hcad from behind , ., which / laid open _his-skull just _sbovc the ear . He was-then seized oythe heels ,. dragged out of the gi g and-. _ulong the road ; .. beaten imn . brutal manner , . kicked with _violencs _^ his head cut , his face _msingled ,, and his nose so shockingly mutilated , that a . portion , of it hung down . uppn _his-face , The villains having / robbed hira-do . e : unp » d ,. aud the poor maiiis now : l ying iu a noseless-condition .
The JJrixanma . BjUdgk Murder . —At O . irnaiwon , on Wednesday , before Mr . Justice _Sressv . _-cll _, John _Pritchard , was charged with the wilful murder 9 f J . Itowlands _. at the Bfiitaunia-bridgo , en the ni » ht of the 29 ih , of .-Jul y , last . After , the-examinati'Mi of several-witnesses _the-learneil Jud ge ably summed up , and the jury returned a verdict of ' - '" Not Guiltvi " _MuRTtEB . T-At . _'Lov . 'ss , March 22 , _bofore Mr . P . aron Parke ,. J . . PearsoEy . groom , 23 , was indicted foir the wilful murder . of _Mairy Anne Newman , on the 12 th of November- hist ,, at tho parish _oSJSt , Loou & i'J ' s , Hastings , . by beating her on the head with a _s- *« de . The trial , lasted from nine in the ,. morning " until
twelvco clocn at night , lhe jury . returned ? . i verdict of " '• Not Guil & y _> "' The _prisonsr-was afterriards arraigned fiv _robb-iy , but no _evidence was ottored . Ciwta ... MuniJBB _^ -0 u Friday , .-. _juiewes , ILiimah Sandles _. aged 47 ,:. widow , was indbted for the wilful _murder-of hersoci , Thomas San ilea , by drowning him in . a well . 7 ! lio jury returned a verdlat . of " Guilty , " but rceeinniended the prisoner to mercv ou tab . ground ths * her conduct to . hor ehildrcsi had formerly been kmd and affectionate . _Judgment was . then passed i « i the usual _foiai . The _wratohed prisoner , who-had previously been almost , in a tainting state , was . then carried away by the _Miolers auhfi insensible . .
_Tnii KOBBRmv OF THE MiH . Traiss ox the G > _s « at Westek _^ Railway . —This trial commenced at . Exeter , on Etulay ( _yesterd-v . -. ;) The particulars _\ v \ _li ho given Kjjst week . Charge op Mjisdkkiko a W- . Se . — At _LLaerpool , cu : Friday , _Birnnrd Kaye , aged £ hirty-three ,. _was _in-Uipted for _havingr _, at Wigan , v _.-Jfully murdsred his -mile , ltobeccaJ & yo , by strangling her . The . prisoner •* as acquitted ' . _Dublix , Friday . —Mr . Dillon * tho political-fugitive , } ias been c : _\ _Ucii to tho American bar by a special order . —Mrs ; . Mltchel and her five chVulrcu arc going to , tho- © ape of Good Hope to _livu- near her husband . Mr . _Dus-vav-Several of the Dublin fjitv Wards aro meeting , in this city , a ad petitioning : tho Lord _Lieutenant to take no _furrier _prooeedliaxs against Mr . Gavaa _. lMfy .
_Assize _ISTELMCEXCE . - _— At Haas , an . Kildare , Samuel _Ifegay , a private in the 7 th Itissars , was tried foir having fired at * the _Hand-raastor of the _regiment The prison **; was found ! guilty , and . _sentenced ; to be _transported for life . . James Cum- _, mins , m » , C / 0 was found g iiilty of the _nuarder of _Majoij-Mahoni , was executed ; at _Itoscomni'Mi on Wedrios _* . day . lie signed a declaration admitting his _guUfe , and _caressing his sincere repentance . At the _sasfte timp ; Michael Scully _.-and his wife _wrc both hanged for _living strangiad Isabella I _& ennan in U _^ S . ThiJ-f also both admitted _theiij- guilt ; and it is _observable that a _] i three had _solemnly _decayed tlt fttthcy were as _iftnocent as _tha-child unborn alien th _© judge pronounced on them the sentence » f the . law . I France . —At _^ _JSourges on W _& mesdav and
Thursday a great _namber of witnesses were _examined . The trial was . still proceeding ; . Le Peuple _has been seized three _<& ys in suocesyjon , for articloa on the law againsi the clubs now before tho _Assembly . Two protests against the Saw for the _sujsiression of the clubs appear in the _Opposition _papers of yesterday . Thft- first ia from she " Democratic Association of the Frionds of tho _Constitution , " and is signed by MM . _Buclioe , _Dtigoussee ,. lebas , Grevy _, aud _several other _representatives _i tlie second is from , tho editors of t _& e Democratic newspapers , aad is signed by the editors of tho _liiforme , _Democrat * _IWiJique , _ItepidiUmte , Peuple , _devolution _Lhaioccatique et Social _* Populairc , _av-d Travail Apeniehe ¦ It was _rumoured that the c _^ bs intended raaklii " adenionstrat' < inonthc 2 Gth . B
Italy-The King of Naplos has _dissolved the _^ _eapo _! _ltan Chambers . Tw > Austrians l mvc cvacunted Modona , and the Duko has fled . _Ra-Hskv _h-is alsoevaouatcd _Piacenw , Ko battle has vet ' been sought between the _Adrians and Piodmontese . Tnwira New _Strambbb for Amuwoa . —The Lords of the Admiralty have received notice that three now steamers are building to _c-onvev the wails bcwecu Liverpool , Kew \' _ovk _. and liosu _* ,, and that they will bo called the 0 i % n . the _Ad-nhvl wd the CoiiiniQiloiv , ' • - .-.
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MR . WAKLEY , M . P . TO _TKK EDITOR OF THE _IfORTIIE't . Y Star Sib , —In the Northern Star , of Saturday l there appeared , at page 5 , an address with tlmf i lowing title : — "The National Registration _f _. Election Committee to the Electors and Non-Flo tors of the United Kingdom . " The address con " eluded thus : — " Signed on behnlf of the _committen —Thomas Duncombe , M . P ., President- _Tlmm _™ Wakley , M . P ., Vice-President ; James _GmIhL Secretary . " I shall feel obliged hy your all 'S me to state that the document in question w ° never seen by me until I read it in the column - ,, _^ the Northern Star . umns of I am , Sir , your very obedien t servant Thomas W \ ki _i-v Ilarefield-park , IlareScld , near Uxbridw ' March , 23 rd * - ' _^
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Dublin ' , Wbdxesday . —Coxvictio . _vs fo _** _ir » u « d « . k b to _,, « , sS « _t' ; , S been concerned in the _lnsurrcc _tion-iru- " , _« , "S the police-barracks at Olenbower Th on were each sentenced to be transported _fiTS _YCHTS * Exctmsiox to Paris is Eastkr Week —a _nhnfor an expedition , on a large scale , by way of return f _™ . the late visit of the French _Rational Guard s ia now in active organisation . The French government have offered every facility for the gratification and accommodation of the visitors . A number of indi viduais will constitute a committee of surveillance " and be allowcd . thc privilege of granting pass-cards to the visitors , free of all charge , and without trouble .
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_COllN . _MABK-iA . _^ , Slonduy , _Jf't _feh 19 . —Tlie supply of English _, wheat _to-df _- y . _waa again verj' short , but the demand limited , without any irfteration in _lasi week ' s prices . We h _.-c } a large _attendant' of country buyers , _luit their purchases were confined f _^ _refi'll quantities '? _# _foreign wheat , which sold fully as dear . The flour trade" Was dnll and rather lower for English . _Hfetrley and malt went off very slowly , unless very fine , and' barely _niaintaineji last week ' s prices . Fine beans were sca »» B aud quite as _dtfi' . Grey peas met less demand , and _whita-gobl rather _uhcap-j ' _iV In rye nothing doing . The demand fw _. _'tares was very _Iirs _&' cd . Good and fresh oats sold pretty _reaiflny , but interior s ? alc sorts were Very dull and rather cheatter , _Clovcrsced inetf a slow sale _osv rathor lower terms . Linseed cakes di * _$ sale . The ciiM'Cnt _jiriccs as under . ** E « KLV _AVEHABE TOR t _iGCrtECATE _AVEHA _^ - OF THE
3 IAr . CH 10 . ! j six _WiEEK _* _-,-- _iVhcito .. .. 45 s Id I ; Wheat .. .. _Ss 10 _d Barlev - .. ., 2 J _, 0 f _SilTlcy .. _., 39 3 0 ! Us .. .. 10 11 _C-to .. .. ti 2 RJ ' - .. i _!« 11 I 16 m- .. .. 2 V 4 n « ms ,. .. 30 1 inlaws .. .. 80 ' 1 p « ii _» •• * .. 33 1 I Peas- .. .. 33 1 _WEDXEsPiiv , March 21 . —Wehaviy ! o report a large arrival ot _Forir-jpi wheat since Monday , , but of English wheat , or other gnv . Vi _, the supply is scantv . With the iav _^ e supply of wheat , _imt _f declining country iii ; i <« teis , the trade hertf tins morning : » very quiet , so _flutf prices are almosB nominal .. Friday , Marsfi 23 . —The arrivals are-very good of foreign ' wheat , over 31 , 000 quarters ; and ot ' lutley and oats from abroad we _havs- also good supplies . 1 _' iic trade _isto-day slow for wheat and nil other grain , fdc demand beiii" _* limited to one _oU ' _smmediate cunsumptiom- °
BREAD . Tho prices of _wlieaten broad in the nierrepoliR are from id to 7 _£ d ; of _housdl ' _iold ditto , 5 d to Old _>/&¦&» . loaf .
CATTLE . _SifiTHFiEtn , _Mondiy , March 19 Our ni : _iri ? etr to-day was very moderately _supplkd with each kind of _ihb stock " ; bat from the various _Iioiitc-srnzing districts _thefr-iehrvueipts of beasts were seasonably far ; , ' ? , and in excess _oillioue on this day se ' nni _^ ht , both ks * to number and ( _jualit . -S The dead _lisu-kets being heavilj ? supplied with their " _TAst week ' s _Arrivals , and the _uttenifimee of both town _X : \ ii country ' buyers small , tlie beef ' trade here this _moi-niti ;" . \ v ; vs _apiin _osCBSsively heavy , at a decline in tlie _qiiotatknppaitl on Monday last of- - 'd per Sibs ; A few very prime _Hc-Hs pro . _cnccU 3 s 5 d , but the general ttjp figure for beef uM not ex . _ccoii 3 s Gd per _SIbs ., at _lTtiidi- a c l earance was not " oftecteu .
Ti > e numbers of sheep w- _*> . _rc-agtun on the increase ; ' rend at le . TKt two-thirds of _thcin-ivore- ulwve tlie average _"iiafity . 1 'lieve were nearl y 7 , 0 ( 10 _Elicep' more in the market-0 \ _-An at thR- 'oorrcspom'i » _-j' _perio-Pin-lSie-, I ' m- nil hrvviU tlie-de _inanft was lieavy in the eKtrome , and to ell ' ect _salc'Timces _rccutTed 2 d _jier Sibs . firm , those of Monday _Ias » . Tlie highest general figure _tbirtlio-best downs i ' n the * * . ** r > ol was 4 » id , out of tliu wool 3 s -10 * per SIbs . About r . ( third of _tlid-s-upply was shorn . The ¦ fe . w Limbs on _olfer _redliM _froiii-iGs- ( id to 7 s per _fiSbs . Calves-,, _tte supply of _whkhwua very _rrsjdei'ate , moved off ' slov _.-lyat drooping pi-ices . ia pigs _iitst to nothing was - doing ; . 3 n tlie _imotatiop . _3 ¦ nu materki _cUungu took ] , _laee-..
HEAD OF _CATTLB-AT- _'SMraiFlELD . Beasts-- . ' . .. S . " ± _* _.-l XJaltare .. .. ' . l . S Sheep - .. .. 22 , _* J _40-| Tigs- ' : tfr Price per stone of _S-fea . ( sh : isE > ij the olValj Beef .... 2 s-Id to 3 s Oil i A caV .. 3 s 8 d to 4 s '< 8 a Muttont _* 2 s lOd . . Is-Id _) Pork .. 3 2 .. 4 - Ji Per Slbs . by the _cai-caso . _Kewgxbs- a . vd Leadexiiall _,-Jliiiiri / _iv ; . Afar . 12 . —Inferiorliief , 2 s SH , to 2 s 4 d ; _middling - ditto ,-: !&• Sd to 2 s 8 d ; prime large , 23 > 10 d to 3 s 0 d ; _pvims _smallf . S _& _Hil to as 4 d ; largepork , 25-10 ( 1 to os ( id ; _infe-Kor . _- muttout _, 2 s 4 d to 2 s Sd » : _middling ditto . L _' _s Kid to 3 s 4 d ; prim * ditto , Ss ( id to 3 s 10 J \ -. veal , 3 s id'to is Stl ; small po ! _'k , ; 3 s 8 d ' _to-4 s 4 d . FitiDAr _.-Maveh 23 . —Tlie supply'of _beeffthis morning was * short birtJot ' mutton there was ; a more 'libf « _-al quantity than ? on tliis cay last week , tlie _sujijily :- comptfoing nearly 4 , 000 = ' head of _KViccj ) . Trade was very -dull , for - everything , ami ' veal declined 4 d per stone . Other- _'descriptions were the same in vribe as last week . _PROVISIONS ..
Losdos * , . Monday . —No eliar . ge ,- _cithei-.- _infcerestin _;* or ini-. portant , _l . _s . s- occurred in our markets s ' thec our last emunumicaticii ; . Of butter the transactions ihdrish have been to a fair extent , at prices , varying _according to kind am ! quality froms _"» Us to 7 _'is jier _OT--b UrtiW : Irish singed sides _sold ' _rloM'ly at 50 s to 5 iis - ; er cwt . Hams in moderate request s » :-. $ t » to 74 s jier cwt . _reiIs lard in Llhdders at 50 s to ( ids ; kegs ,-40 s to 4 {> s per cwt . American singed bacon moderatel y _sraitable at 4 ' . _' s to _4- _"i & . Short miO . aes rib in at 40 s to 43 s ; _Itiigrl ? oiicleP 3 , 41 s to 4 : * _s per cwt . Escmsi _:-BItteh Mauket , _iUWeh 1 !) . —Wc are now getting an icorcased _sujiply of new-butter to _mai-ket , and all sorts are da & Sning in price . As \ to our steak of old butter it seems t ; uite nrgluetud , but should a buvLnrappear he may make hi-. » own terms . Dorsf * t ,-Jiue now n . Qk , _lOtis to Hiss per cwt ; ditto , middling , ! i : Js _torllu ' s ; ditto , _uld , 3 ( is to 70 s Fresh _iKxkii-gliaiushuv , lis 'oc _. _lSs per do _' _.-en ; ditto , West country , I _' _s-to 12 s .
FRUIT _AND _TEGETABISS . Covest ( _Ukden- . Mauket . —The market _continues to lie well _supsiiM with Vegetables --and Fruit . _Vine-ajijiles _ai'e sufiicient _ft-rtho demand . A . 'few li « _itho' _* se }; _i-a _\ _'es liave made t ' _l-t ' rr _itppciintncc . t _' f - _. ts arc beam- Bg snuvc ' , _tlu-y cousist o _' _-Bfeari-e-Uance and _HastcrBcun-c _.-: Apples are getting dear * - !' . - . Nuts iu genera' are sufficient ! br the deninnd . Onmges _ajiti Lemons arc i ' . ontiful . Ainisigst vegetables Carrots •¦ ml Turnips arc Jilu * _wJant ; Cau'il ' _u-. viTS and i ' _l-nccoii , su _^ _Cftiimt fin * tlie dr .. rand . As ] iai '" i * ns is dearer ; French " jOtvns , Hbubarb , ar * i-Seakale . a ; -i plentiful . IV tatoes r- . wiuin stationary . X _. sttuces and c'fier salading are _suffiuiei-. trfi ' ti- the demand . Mushrooms _aiejilentiful . Cut Flowers _.-jcnsist of , IIcati . S | _Felai-goni . jiis , Christmas lloses , _ Caftiellias , _OardoniavTulips , _Ilyaeintlis , Ciuenuias , r _uelisij _' . _s _^ . aud Hoses .
POTATOES . _Sou-rrawuiK Waterside , _I-Ijarch 19 . _—Tiv-jcontincntnl arrivals co : ; tiiuie to be _iiber _.-i _, wiiich , wit ' _b our homo supply , _ai-Oriiuite equal to p a- wants , 'iile following an this _ilayvs .- quotations : —Y > _rksliii-e _Ke'getUs , 100 s to 180 s ; Scotch ditto , 'JOs to lids ; Ditto cups . H )! . _* s to 110 s : _tlitu wlnte ? _, , . IUs to SUs ; l- _" rev . jh whites , 80 _* . to 95 s ; helgiao , 80 s to ' . 'Oik
_COLONIAL PKODU 3 E . LoyqoK , Tuesday , M ( . _* jcll 20 .-T 11 C _mfix _niavltt't l . _Wopenc-wwnh a very dun _^ appearance , _aad altliough a reduct ; -.. u . ot ( Jd . was subr . _jtted to , but a > small amount n £ busu-fjEi- has boon done . . SO Iduls . onl * -. ef West India sold m tlia .---t-i . vato contract . market . Out of the fi . 000 l _« S _* _Mauvfliwis offered _abouis one-third _lviia-iboiFlit in _i hr > _-m sold vis to oOs ; yellow _b . 37 s to 3 _!( s lidt _ofUon- 'al , i . _» _bagsyiaiid more than c .. t ! half bought _iaj white Ueiiaves : \ _.-ld . 30 s ttt > 4 'Js (; d ; Mauritius kind , 8 ss GO . - ; to 40 s . _-Vbout aO !* _- ba _^ vMadvas sold / town , 31 s to 33 s _(«; yellow , ' 34 s to t'iis . _llcirjiicd mavhet dull , . _# d last wcek * Si ¥ « _-ices scarcely s « i > - _povtaiJ . _CotTEE . —The onlyv public sales ts-dav liave beat , of Mquha , one of 2 , 200 , ' ags , _importe-i : from Ilodeida . ; - til :-q _. _j * Uity was fair grew , but not so ojf . m garbled as * SbmbaiL A few lots soli ! " ill jl )« j the . _^ aaahuhd . bou ghi . iii be tla > importer at thc . _yi'ice . About -M bags verv _good-eleau , jf _^ cblcd regular invgort sold 03 s ( id _ig . o ' Us . Wc liave r _^ tany _iBS-. 'i . sactions _rcportui ) in _Cej-lon _to-diisv . . _Uice has _furthee'Seclincd 3 d , _invaihe prices mu 3 _* ... - » w I * _iocuisidurudon a _i _sa > with the _lowcjs . period . COAL ,. ; ' _Mon-dav , _Mar-iji 10 . —Market stUS heavy , and v _;/ _Wit a " ? k alteration in _piates from last drus _, ( Price of _cpals per ton at _t-ij . dose of the nw _.-jte * . ) Buddie ' s _Wcts-t Hartlev . 14 s _. ki ; _Cari- ' s _Iiartl . v . 14 s _tl « l ; East Anglian : _« ain , 12 s ; _New'Siimeld , 13 s lid ; _Siirth I _' crey Hartley , _13 s < 6 d _; _HavcnsMflrtii West HartliV . I ** _' i \\ _alker _' s _Prffflrose , 12 s ; V _. ' _yl-uja , 13 s ; West _Ua-.-sf .-y , Hs i ' . ; li Hall s-eiid _.- . _ai-on-ii ' s , 13 s ; _Friiawellgate . Ms ' _idij-Hednt" _''" _. 12 s ; Hilda ,. 13 s Gil ; Fercyl _' _uiisham , 13 s 3 d ; South Kill mgwurth 4 _jis 3 d ; Eden M !> . ; tt , 14 s !) d ; _L-nnbtos _I'rimw _*' , 15 s ; Bchi _ieot , 15 s 3 d ; Hilton . His 3 d ; _Hasaoll , His ; , a _- Jonassorifc . 13 s ; Lambtaa : 10 s ; Shorten , l _"> s ; I ' M ** 13 s 9 d ; . Soutb _Hsirtlepwl ; 14 s ( id ; Thqjratey . Us ' " ¦ _Irundo- H . 13 s 9 d ; Wr _^ _ftwoi -ili , 12 s Oil Adelaid _Tec-S l . > S ( Id '; t > C 5 u * on . Us fid ;& vmom _. Tees , _I _^ k 8 d ; _1 _V-rf . HI * " The J _fjjsliop _' s Tees , _Ufc- . West Hetton , Ws 3 d ; Hartl _- ' . _' ' _* ' Ifis flii _] _- ; Nixon ' s _Mertljo ; 2 » s ( id—Ships ' from las ' , day , _^ ' _^ ves _^ _-Avrivals , _ia . _—Tim _- i 132 .
WOOL . ¦ _J-m- , Monday , _jiftveh 10 th . —The imports of wool into _LjMHloii last week , were small , ine _^ ling l . W bak _* ' ' -win G « rmany , 14 B frea _^ _^ _-dney , and th- ; . rest fna » the Cai _« e _. _•* Good Hope . Th .- eitta . rket for _wocJi is quiet . The Ml "" '" * _ai-e the prices _giften by a broker : _^ Spaiii . * Ji . —K .. ls : _' }• , Is 4 d ; F . and _& v lid to ls . 2 d vox lb . _Foi-tugal . _—Lisb- _'n . R ., Sd to _SJil ;; _& V _, F , and S ., _C «\ to 7 d : do . A ., tid t o _(^; Oporto , 71 d to , TJd ; do . vellow nnd lories , Oil to _ty \ _}*¦ un washed , _Xtf to 3 id per lb . _Waited States . —Fleeces , j . * " ' ' I 0 d to Is _44 ; slips " and skiiv * . 8 d to ls per lb . Caii : i' _^> ' _-- _* r Lambs ' , Sd lo Kid per lb . Russian . —Merino . Is a _*\ , , ( id ; _brooftwasheil _, !) d to lid ; cuminun . 51 ( 1 _tA l '' iili hunbs _' _^ _Srt to 6 _\ _A ; do . a _, ntiimn , 3 d to 5 . UI pec _^ \'" K . wool , aja to Is . per lb . fvlsh w ' _(\ ol . _ Hog " « eci es » _{ tf nd weather do ., Vi to lod _yer lb . Scotch VaA ' " ¦ _Clif-viot , lis to Ms ; do . cross Ss ( id to !» s ; _(«' . IJ _' ,- " ! ' 5 _s _VUl to « _a a = l ; white ChcvWt , 15 & to ltU ; >» . _' . lligl" » n- _SafldtQ 0 aper 24 « , s .
1'Rintpd By William Wder. Of Xo. 5, Macrlcufl^^. M The Parish Of St. Anne, Westminster, At The I Citj , ¦ »
1 'rintPd by WILLIAM WDER . of Xo . 5 , Macrlcufl _^^ . m the parish of St . Anne , Westminster , at the i citJ , ¦ »
Ollice, Iu, ( Ji-Cat Winiinull-Streot, H...
ollice , IU , ( _Ji-cat Winiinull-streot , HayinaiM _^ , v _> llli ; nl \' i ' cst > uinstor , for the Uropviotov . I ' " EA 1 ' « h _s > u > - , - * _, ISsq . M . r „ and publislied by the said Wiw-ia _"* x _^ lay the . _OilU-e . in the mp . * vj _sWJt and _VW' ? _-. _!* "" _- _- _*** March 24 th . ; S 4 i ?
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 24, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24031849/page/8/
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