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      TTIHE . UNITED P ,. JK * qTS' BENEFIT AND PROVIDENT SOCIETV , Instituted February 7 rfr , X 1843 , Enrolled an dEmpoweredby Act of Parliament to extend over the Unfed Jtioffdom . Free to a portiorrof Benefits on ^ « n ff . Office . 59 , Tottenham-Court Road , London . Upwards of 300 Healthy Young Men joined this Institution m less than Twelve Months . It-affords an opportunity to healthy persons in Town or Count . "F , i to provide tbemselvrs against Old Age , Sickness , Death , and a Poor Law * S %$% ^ & 1 J $ K ^ fr ° 103 " l ° ^ Week ' •» - " ¦» Asylum in Oid Weekly Meetings , for fa V admission of Members , every Tuesday Evening , at Eight o'CIoek . Persona can enrol their names by paying the Entrance Money at the Society ' s Meeting House , anydayandS &n y tt ni 6 • , j . KINGDOn £ HES 8 r 9 be ' > Wned ' SUB-SECRETARIES appointed , in all partsof tb » UNITED Mfl 3 ffTh ftTit W ^ f j ^ 'V , ^^ tolive , knowing you can leave the World with the consoling fenSw-men . Widow and Orphans of your bosom are left to the Justice , nofc the CAa « Y ?« rfyoul preSen ^ STn 1 ^^ s £ Pt to dmia ! kn ° <*»*> M 8 mbere ' can ba obtained , by Letcer , P . W . RUJFFY , Genc-al Seoretary , 13 , Tottenham-Conrt Road , St . Pancras .

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      Bcbbebt . —A young man , was charged at Bow-Etreti "with harir-g committed a robbery to a large amount upon Mr . Henry Mason , a ¦ publisher , at Brighton . The prosecutor was staying at the Exeter Ooffee-honi * , Strand , and bad taken ont his purse , sjmtainicg & considerable ram in note ? , to pay his hill before going to bed- The money -was then all safe , bnt he missed it about six in the morning . 21 arag called c ^ the landlord he went for a policeman , and the prisoner was taken while endeavouring to leave the house with some of the notes on his persoa . He was remanded .

      TkKBTFIC FlSB AKD UtTHOTTEED LOSS OF LlTE . — On Friday morning a fire , which for terrific fury his not had its parallel in the metropolis for some Cine , broke ont in the extensive feather and bedding manufactory belonging to Messrs . Blakeley and Thomas , feather merchants and importers , Bishopsgate-street Wiihont . The flimes were only pariially snbdned iy half-past three o ' clock , and at that time it wa 3 stated that some one who slepj npon the premises was missing , and great fears are entertained that the poor fellow is burned to death .

      Two Bots Poisoxed bt Eatt 5 g -Hesocck , —On Monday afternoon , two little boys , tempted by the fineness of the day , went to play in a wood at a short distance from their residence , at Lamgum , in Pembrokeshire . They unfortunately met with a quantity of the roots of the hemlock , of which they both partook so freely , thai on their return home one of them fell down insensible j the other lad went to call assistance , which was procured , and the pocr little fellow , after being conveyed to a neighbouring cottage , died indolent convulsions BnriDg the lime , the otber lad had strayed off , and . being missed , was found on the bank of a neighbouring river quite dead . —Bristol Mercury .

      Mas potJKD Dbottxkd . —On Sandaj morning last , the body of a man , named David Ashworth , Dobroyd , was taken cut of the Boehdale Canal , near T&dniorden . The deceased , who was a man of weak intellect , had been missing some time . "When taken on ; of the water , the body was Tery mnch decomposed . Fatai . Accn > E 5 T . —On Saturday , a youth named Lewies , about twelve years of age , son of 2 dr J \ ewton , builder , of Brinnington , near Stockport , who was anrasing himself iy taking birds' nests in iredbury , climbed a tree in ihe field near the residence of Mr . H . Barlow , and whilst attempting to leach a nest he lost his hold and fell bead foremost . His feet , however , became entangled in the branches , and he "was in this raanser suspended for EOine tlmo till he fell to the ground , and hia head then coming in contact with some stones , he received such injuries as to cause his death the same night .

      Fatal Accident at Bbfdbubt . —On Tnesday last , * n inqaest wa 3 held before iir . Hudson , at the TThiie Hart , Bredbnry , on the body of Henry Sideboihain , aged 32 . Deceased woikod as a dresser , in a cotton mill , and was much addicted to drinking . On Saturday eight last , he was very much intoxicated , and was put to bed in ihst state abont ten o ' clock- Between one and two o'clock in the morning , nis father and the rest of the family were awoke by a noise as of some one falling : assistance was procured , and on a search being made , deceased was found at the bottom of ibe stairs , lying in a pool of blood . He had , on getting np , fallen down stairs , and , coming down on bis head , fractured bis skull . A verdics of "Accidental death ™ was returned .

      A W « 3 iA 5 killed bt BE 2 HrsBAXD . —Considerable excitement prevailed in Birck-street , Hillgate , Siockpori , on Sunday afternoon , from the cirenm-Etauee of a woman having been killed by her husband , about one o ' clock at noon of the same day . i Tie nsme of the unfortunate woman is Harriet \ Parrot , and the husband James Parrot , who has ; been the cause of herceath 3 waabyirade a brick- I Ee : wr . The deceased has for some time associated ' with ibe class-of wemea called unfortunate , and her ] husband , who bears but an indifferent character , it :

      is said , encouraged her m her infamous conduct . * P&rroi ana deceased frequently quarrelled , and on Sunday noon , whilst quarrelling , he knocked her dowD , and then gave her a severe kick on the right j sde of the neck , abont an inch and a half below the tar , which immediately caused her death . Parrot , ' on -. seting the deed he had perpetrated , immediately j decamped , bnt was apprehended in the course of the i afternoon . \ Tut . " Rttttvt "LAMKTTATfLK Accident at the i

      Dotes Bailwat Tesmtscs . —Dsath of asothee : C ? the Sctteeees . —At eleven o ' clock on Monday j sight another of the unfortunate £ ufferer 3 by ibe ' laie fatal accident at the Dover Hallway Terminus '• expired ai Guy ' s HospitaL His name is John Matthew ? , and aged 42 . The chief injuries he received i were s = Tere wounds on the head , which ultimately prciuced inflammation on the brain and caused j riesih . Tax ^ l Accivzst . —A most deplorable accident . occurred « n Friday afternoon last , a * the parish of Upton , by which a fine young man , JohnB-oberi . Fisher , com and flour dealer , is orthgate-sireet ,: Gloce « . t " , lost his life . Mr . Fisher occupies the j Ssth fiour mill at "Upton parishto which a small

      , feiin is attached , and his son , the onfortcaate deceased , was in * he habit of assisting in tie work . ] About three o ' clock he and the miller went to clean ] cut the boar's sty , and with thi 3 view the miller endeaT . -nred to drive the animal on ? of the sleeping- . house with a shovel , but did not succeed , the ho 2 . x I lefxsirg to stir . Mr . Pisher observing this , opened ' tee door of the sty still wider than it wss , aad j holding a stick in his hand , said to hi 3 oompar ^ Ki , ** Til very soon drive him out . " Bnt . no sorter had he advanced hi 3 ri ^ ht leg

      than the ferocious animal rushed out , and seized ; him by the thigh with his teeth and tusks . The ] miller " insiantly attacked the boar with the shovel ,: and Si-ceeededin driving him off , and when released , Mr . Fisher attempted to walk towards the hou ? e , ¦ which is about fifty yards from the sty , butfell ere he reached it , and died in a few minutes . A large quantity cf blood flowed from ihe wonnd , which had S jagged appearance , and was about four inches in length , idedicsl assistance was speedily procured , hutij -sras unavailing . An irquest was held on the . body en Sa t urday , when a verdict of "Accidental de&th ! ' was returned . The aidisal wa 3 destroyed in the eocrse of Saturday .

      SncxDE . —On Friday evening sn inquest was hdd on ice body of an American merchant , named Simiani , aged 26 years , who destroyed himself at Pagltnano ' s hotel , by cuttiDg his throat . The deceased bad exhibited great wildn . ess of manners for same time ; and he was also in great pecuniary distress . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . Dzx £ XHi 32 D STnciDE . —On Tuesday morning last , an inquest was held at the Leeds Court Bouse , before Henry Nelson , Esq ., deputy eorouer , on view of the body of James Thompson , who had destroyed himself on ihe preceding day , by firing a pistol through his h = ad . The deceased was a gardener , and resided in Byren-street , Leeds ; he was fiity-fiva years el age . He has been "for some time in a de- pressed stsie of mind , brought on by habits of intox-

      leation . During the Ia 5 t _ week his wife has been from roxne , and one of his sons , a young man of i tweniy-fhrec years of age , resided with him ; during this period , however , he had scarcely ever , been j Sober for a day together , but hi 3 spirits wnre de- j scribed as having been very good , and not at all i affected . On jlonday last he was sitting at the open window of the Chamber ,-about one o ' clockj when i tie report oj a pistol was heard , asd the head of the j deceased was seen to fall across the wiudow-Eill . It appared that he had opened the window , sat i down before i \ , and pointed the pistol , which was a I large holster one , under his chin , and ibe charge [ passed throngh his head . Death ensued insianjane- onsly . Ttrdlct— " temporary insanitv /'

      Sebjots Accidkst . —On Monday afternoon last , 3 Irs . Harrison , the wife of a sawder employed at Mr . Tarjili ' s Ebor "Works , and residing in 2 sorthareet , York , met with a- very serious accident . She had been in the bed-room , and was about to return in ; o the kitehen , when her foot slipped , and she fell down two or three stairB steps , her foot beiDgnnderneaih her , and her head coming in contact with the "wall . The poor woman , remained insensible for Some time . She was severely injured by the fall . Dbowsiss : —On Saturday last , an request was held at the Clarendon Hotel , Tictoria-road , Leeds , before Henry Xelson , Esq ., deputy coroneron view

      , of the body of a man thirty-fiTe years of age , named Joka Oockes , a waterman , from the neighbourhood of Blackburn , in Lancashire . The deceased had been missed since the 11 th insL , and a suspicion hayirg arisen that he was drowned , from its beins inowB that he had left the town to go on board about ten o'clock at night , the basin of ihe Leeds and Liverpool canal was dragged , and the body was taken ont on Saturday morning . There were no marks of violence on the body , nor any evidence , to Ehow how he had come into the water , and the jury ^ fter hearing the evidence , returned a verdict of ** Pound drowned . "

      Faxai Accibext . —On Saturday evening last , an inquest w * s held at the house of " Mrs . Lassey , the Lloyd ' s Arms Inn , Duke-street , Leed , before Henry Kelson , Esq ., depnty coroner , on the body of John Bramhsm , a child of seren years of age , who lived ¦ Rita his grandfather at Enostrop . The deceased , 02 Saturday afternoon , was walking along by the sde of a eart laden with lime ^ from th « gas-work 3 , when , the horse , which was driven by h 4 s uncle , toade a sadden plunge , which cansed the ehildto be cj some means Etruek and knocked down , and the » £ eel of the cart passed over his head andMlled

      him en the spot . Verdict—^ Accidental death . " . a Fatax Acctdeti . —An inqne&t . was held on Satnr- ' « J , at Si . Bartholomew ' s- Hospital , on thebedy of William Henry Triptee , » gfd thirteen years , the son " a ^ ik-weaverj who was kflled-by the cab of Mr . ; ^^ er ; - ^ No . 22 ^ Tree-court , Temple ^ passiDg-over t « 3 head . It . did not appear - that , Mr . Tomez-Wasi ^ BrfngTapadly as ike time '; and that gentleman . ; ^ <^ < was oo * a ^ sie of tie melancholy oecurrenee ^ p his cab was stopped- Tfie' accident Icccnrred l J ^ Bow Cinrch . ^ The jury returned a verdict of Accidental deith . " Mr ^ ^ TnxEer promised to do le ^^ for * ° faia 2 ^ ^* " * ie * circon ^ toces '

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      Fikb os Boaed Ship xsj > Loss of Life . —On Monday forenoon an inquiry was jjodo into before Mr . Baker , the coroner , at theKiDg ' s Arms , Narrow street , Limehouse , respecting the death of John Tnmmins , aged 22 , who lost his life in a fire that occurred early that morning on board the Perseverance sloop , of Goole , whilst lying in the Bpgent Canal Dock , Ratcliffe . Mr . William Brown , of Kuottingley in Yorkshire , deposed that he was the master of ihe Perseverance , and the deceased was one of his crew . On the previous day ( Sunday ) he accompanied him to visit his sisters , one of them being a domestic of the Duchess of Kent , s , and the other in the service of a nobleman in Belgrave-Hjuare . They returned to the ship about midnight ; and , after wishing hjm good night , he retired to his cabin , the deceased

      at the same time proceeding with the light forward in order to go to Test in the forecastle . He had not been long in bed before he was awoke by the watchman on the quay calling out "fire , " and he instantly jumped out of his berth , and ran upon deck , when he saw flames rushing from the forecastle hatchway , half-way up the rigging and mast . Assistance having been rendered from the shore and from the adjoining vessels , water was abundantly thrown on to ihe fire , and , after a short time , the flames were fuenched . He then proceeded to examine the rains , fearing that the deceased had perished amongst ihem , and , on knocking in tie bnlk headvand tearing away a slight boarding , he discovered the deceased lying on the forecastle Hoot , dreadfully bunt and quite dead . Verdict—Accidental Death .

      Fatal Gie Accident . —On Monday morniBg , a fer ? minntes before twelve o'clock , Mr . John Standon , livery-stable keeper , of William-street , New-oat , Lambeth , expired in Charing-cross Hospital . It appears that the unfortunate deceased was . on Friday last , driving a gig along Regent-street , in company with a friend , when the horse suddenly took fright , and started off at the top of his speed . His friend jumped from the vechicle and escaped with a few slight bruises only , bat Mr . Standon was thrown ont with considerable violence when opposite the Duke of York ' s colnmn , and , pitching spon his head , he sustained a fracture of the skull , of which he died this day as above . The gig was shattered to atoms by its coming in contact with the lamp-post . SriciDE . —An inquest was held on Saturday at the Carlisle Arm ? , Qneen-street , Soho , on the body of Gustave Boudry , aged forty-six , a native of Switzerland , and who f « rmerly carried on an extensive business as a watchmaker in Firth-street . The

      deceased for some time had been under pecuniary emb&irasment , which appeared to prey upon his mind , and which , no doubt , induced him to terminate his existence by hanging himself . Abont three years aeo the deceased attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat . A wife and four children are left destitute by the event . The jury returned a verdict of Insanity . Meli ^ cholt Accident . —FItb Me * Killed . — On the morning of Saturday last , while eight men were employed in widening and cutting a road on tha side of a brae betwixt Craig and Cotton of Craig , the projecting part of the earth , on the upper side of the road , which was of a- considerable height , suddenly gave way and crushed them to the ground .

      The person who had been working nearest the outer edge of the road , after considerable exertion , succeeded in extricating himself , and then assisted a second to escape from the mass of ear ; h . Although severely bruised , tfcey immediately set to work to rescue the others , but unfortunately , before they eoald sneceed in doing so , the quantity of earth ljing above them being so great ., life was extinct in five , and the sixth is so dangerously bruised and ^ rounded , thai bnt faint hopes are entertained of his recovery . Two of the persons killed were the contractors for the work , another belonged to Gleniala , and the other two were Irishmen resident in Dundee , who b&ve left widows and families to deplore their untimely fate . —Dundee Courier .

      SB 0 CKIJ . G Dxatb . —Elizabeth Honghton , a young woman aged twenty-one years , mot her death on Sunday morning ai Warrington , under the following tircumstEsces : —It appeared that she resided with her mother , who is a widow , in Fennell-street . The family are in distressed circumstances . The mother left the deceased and a boy in the souse lato on the previous night . The boy was asleep on & chair , aad the deceased on a narrow form opposife the fire . Between two and three o ' clock in the morning , several persons were passing the house , and hearing a great noise within , they looked through an aperture in the window shutter , when they saw the deceased enveloped in flame 3 . They immediately forced the door open , and found the boy endeavouring to pai out the fire , which , with their assistance , he succeed in accomplishing . Two surgeons were immedisieiy sent for , but their efforts were of no avail . Tne deceased expired in a few houre .

      | Ma > chbsteb . —Fibe . —About twelve o ' clock on Sunday morning a fire was discovered on some premises used a » stables by Mr . James Greaves , Commercial-street , Jxnott Mill . Fortunately tho flames were in a short time so far subdued a 3 to prevent any fear 3 of their spreading fuitber ; bnt there being several ton 3 of haj aDd straw in the stables , these materials smonldered for a long time , and the firemen did nos cease their labonr until about halfpast three o'clock . Atone time the fire had a very alarming appearance , and was visible at a considerable distance . The damage to the stock and buildings will probably not exceed £ 70 or £ 80 .

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      The Case of Lowthes . —On the authority of the York Courard , we -innounced in our last the intended I execution ef Lotrtber at Tori , on 33 tcrday , fie 20 tb I instant . After -we Lad gone to press , the information I Teacbeti us list another respite Bad been received at ; -the Cisile , which -will be in force ' nutil further orders . " j It is expected , therefore , the prisoner -will be trac £ - ' ported for life . > The Will Fobgees—The trial of Barber , Fletcher , ! Dorey , atd the Vt » o Seders , -which has excited so much \ of the pnblic attention , came to a final termination on * Monday last On being pie ted at the bar , Mr . Straight a ? ked them if they bad anything to Bay -why jndgment ! should not be pawed upon them according to law . i The prisoners a \ l remained silent for a icW momenta , , ' until "Mr . TVIJkins , turning to his client , said , " Now , ' Barber , is your time to « peak . " BaTber addressed the

      ' , ; ! i i ! j j i j j ] i ! Court at considerable length , explaining his connection -with Fletcher , and imputing to that individual the 1 guilt of the "whole transaction . lie isasted tb » t be i had beeii bnt the dnpe of Fletcher ; and , in proof of his assertion , lead a good deal of corrtspondenc * and j other documentary evidence . He concluded his ad-¦ dress as fviioWB : —It is in consequence of the decepj tion practiced upon me by F . etcher that I am now i standing before your Lordsbipa . I assure yon , my j Lords , js # st solemnly , tnat throughout this bnsiness J ! have acte ? l merely as a solicitor . At tha conclusion 1 of the trial on Friday , I solemnly declared what I < now solemnly repeat , that I am perfectly innocent of | tbo charge impmed to me , of a guilty knowledge of these transactions ; &rd I conjure Mr . Fletcccr . as te i -Boald have some peace in his de : l » niDg years , to

      declare to your Lordships -whether I Lave not teen made , the victim of a deception . I am quite aware that your Lordships meat act upon the verdict that was pronounced en Friday ; but I sicctrely hope that your Lordships in passing sentence npon me will take into consideration the tarcnmstsnceB I have now , very itcofeertntly , submitted to your consideration . I declare that I am innocent of the crime imputed to me . As I expect to answer lor the declaration in a future world , 1 solemmly declare ttat I have fcetn deceived by thia man , " Fletcher , who had obtained my confident * . The delivery of this address occupied upwards of an hour . The prisoner manifested extreme aelf-p&ssesaion

      tbxougbou ., and spoke with great fluency , firmness , snd cleftrasiB . Flttcber said if be had practised any deception upon Basber , as had been asserted , he had himself been previously deceived . He added—I solemnly assert , that mj coDdnct would have been viewed in a very different light . I may state that I have beta suffering for Borne time from a disease of Uw heart , scd I implore your Lordships to take that into consice * at : on in determining » y sentence . William Sanders said that bb had endeavoured to make all the amtufis in his poweT for bis conduct in thiB transaction , and he had only to implore the mercy cf the court for his wife and himself . Mrs . Dorey ( who appeared extremely ill and faint ) and Mrs . Sandoa declined to rasis any statement .

      Mr . Baron Gxtb . net then Bgaiessed - the prisoners bb follows : —Prisoners at the bar , yon now stand to receive tbe judgment of the Court . You , Josfiua Fletcher and Qeoiglana Dorey , have been found guilty on two several indictments ; and you , William Henry Baiber , William Sanders , and Lydia Saniexs , have severally been once convicted . With regard to you , Joshua Fletcher , it is quite clear that for a long period of time you have been carrying on a Beries of moat 'wicked frauds by meass of forgeries of tbe worst descriptien , and have sought out tools and instruments to assist yon in those refarkms practices . Tour station in life , to a certain extern , aggravates tbe offence , for which , only a few years ago , yenr life would in all probability have been sacrificed . The Court , looking at all the circumstances of your case , consider it impossible to remit any portion of the extreme jmnubment which tbe law still swords fox such crimes ; the sentence therefore is , that you be tiarsported beyond lh » seas for the term of

      yont natural life . You , William Henry Barber , have teen convicted as an accessory before theiact in uttering a certain forged will . After a long and impartial investigation , tbe Jury hrre felt theaseives constrained to £ ay yoa are gmlty of tbe serious effencs ; and I am instructed te * &y that the Learned Judge who presided oil your trial is perfectly satkfled of the propriety of that Teidictj and ,. , notwithstanding want has transjired this morning , there bsa bees no change whatever is . ik . sA opinion . } and / whether -your asso ciate fcad confirmed or denied jour assertions , H would have made no difference in bis convict ion of . the propriety of that verdict Your station in life is the highest possible aggravation of Hie tffenea , and the Court can see no reason "Bcateva to dislingoiBh jout case from that of the prisoner Joshua Fletcher . The sentence of tie Comt therefore is , that yon be trans ported beyond tbe seas f « r the term of you * natural lile .. 7 ? ttb re > p ^ i to joti , W » Ue » £ » & » , Ue CoMi

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      considers there is some difference in your tew from that of the two other prlsosers , although your offenoa is still of a rery heinous description ; your situation in life is a ? so somewhat different from that of the other prisoners . The Court , therefore , acting as mercifully as their duty to tbo public will allow , sentence you to b » transported beyond the seaa for the term of atven years . You , Lydia Sanders and Georgina Dorey , the Court are inclined to distinguish very materially from all the other prisoners , as they think yon nave been the tools and instruments of wicked persons ; yon , Georgina Dorey , have been a most cctive one indeed ; you have , however , made some slight atonement for your crime by the disclosures whloh yon have since made , and which have been partly instrumental in furthering the ends of public justice ; tho Court therefore , after a full consideration of yonr cases , now sentence you to be severally imprisoned for the space of ; two ye » rs . With this case the labours of the sessions terminated , and the Court adjourned until Monday , the 6 th of May .

      New Sisiem op Transpobta tion—Lord John Rusaell , when Colonial Secretary , commenced what Lord Stanley followed up , the reform o ! tbU system Ube old one of treating transported conTicts ) , for which the latter laid down a substitute , now in process of exeeutioB , of which the following in an outline . New South Wales ceases to be a penal colony ; Norfolk Island is detached frem that government , and attached to that of Jan Diemen ' s Land . All transported offenders whose sentenrss exceed fifteen years , and aggravated offenders sentenced for that period , are to be sent to Norfolk Island , in the first instance of their transportation , for a period sot exceeding four or falling short ot two years . Arrived there , the convict will be employed at hard labour ; and , while no authority but

      that of the Queen ' s can abridge the period of his remaining there , his bad conduct may indefinitely prolong it From Norfolk Island the prisoner is then to be brought to Tan Diemen ' s Land , and there to be placed in a probation gang , and employed at bard labour in the servics of the Government , in the unsettled aistricts of the celony , for © no or two years , liable to be extended as in the former case . At tho end of the period which the convict is to serve in tho prtbation gang he is eligible to receive a probation pass enabling him to enter into private service . The probation p » sses are of three degrees , first , second , third , and are to be granted according to the prisoner's deserts .

      Tee Govsrnment takes upon it to determine the amount of wages for probationers , aad in tbe case of the best class of probationers they are to receive the ¦ whole of , their wages ; the next are to receive twothirds ; and the last are to receive ont-kalf only : tha remainder in tbe second or third caves being to » a made payable to the Government on bshalf of prisoner , and to be accumulated for his benefit in a Savings ' Bank , or , in case of his conviction of any crime , to be forfeited . The next stage of a convict ' s sentence is to be a ticket of leave—a step which no prisoner is to be capable of receiving until half his original sentence has expired . — Morning Post .

      A Yousg Hpffian . —At the Brentford Petty Sessions on Saturday , a man named John Kingston , aged fifteen years , was brought up before the magistrates , charged with having made a most desperate attack with a stone on a boy named Botert Edwards , thirteen years of age , by which his life was in imminent danger . It appeared the prisoner Bnd Edwards were ensaged-witb other boys in loading grains at the brewery of Messrs . Coles and Co ., at Twickenham , and while at work they were paid by beer instead of

      monf-y , and jnsny of them were in the habit of getting tipsy upon their allowance . The prisoner and Edwards quarrelled on leaving work , and the fermer , in the height of hiB anger , ran to him , and best him on the head with a large : flint stone till he fainted from pain and loss of blood . He was taken to an hospital , and had only recovered sufficiently to appear then' in court . The prisoner acknowledged the assaul t , bnt said he -was provoked by Edwards hsTing thrown stones at him . The bench committed the prisoner for trial .

      JycENDiABisM in Essex . —The Police Gazeiie contains additional information touching the incendiary are upon the premises of Mr . R . Lacy , at Bralntree , Essex , on the 8 th instant . A reward of £ 109 is offered for the discovery of the incendiaries ; and it is stated farther , that in addition to the * rewards offered for the discovery and apprehension of the authors of either of the three fires at Roynelodge on t&e 10 th nit ., in the CoggBehall-Toad on the 18 : h , and at Braintree on the Stb instant , her Majesty ' s pardoa will be given to any accomplice ( except only the actual incendiary ) for such information as will lead to the apprehension of tbe principals .

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      HOUSE OF COMMOKS-Monda y , Apbil 22 . MR . FERRA . ND , SIR J . GRAHAM , AND THE BEVERLEY HOGG . " A very pretty quarrel as it stands . " After the business had been disposed of , which we have reported 5 n another place , Mr . Boebeck desired to know to whom Mr . Terrand had lately alluded when he stated at a public meeting that a Minister of the Crown had used his influence to induce a public officer to put forth a false statement for the purpose of crushing a Meinbvr of the House ?

      Mr . Febbamd— If the Hon . and Learned Member for Bath had shown me the usual etiquette exhibited by Hon . Members towards each other , I would have come down to the House properly prepared to give him a fall explanation . As he has not done so , but adopted that system to which he usually resorts—that of coming tiulv prepared to take an undue advantage of an unprepared member—i must answer as well as I can . Luckily , however , I am prepared , as far as my recollection goes , to state to the House the circumstances to which ho

      has alluded . During the period of the discussion of ihe New Poor Law Bill in this House , it hapheDed that 1 addressed tho House on that measure , and immediately after I sat down the Right Honourable Baronet at the head of the Home Department drew out of the box opposite to him a report , from which he made charges against mo as a ratepayer of the Keighley Union , and the other ratepayers of that union , which I knew were false . That report was obtained from an Assistant Poor Law Commisbioner of the name of Mott . At the

      time I dbnied the truth of that report , and at length a committee was appointed at my request to inquire into the allegations of that report , beveral magistrates were examined , many of the guardians of the poor , several of the servants of the union , all of whom declared that many of the charges they knew 10 be untme , and some of them went so far as to say that the report was scandalous and false . I am sorry to Fay that the committee on that occasion did not do full justice . They declared , indeed , that many parts of that report were overdrawn ; but I was not to be put down . I came down to the House after their report was presented , and asked for fresh retnrns , in order to procure justice to myself and the other ratepayers . The llighi Hon .

      Baronet , the First Lord of the Treasury , and the Right Hon . Baronet , the Home Secretary , opposed the production of those returns . I appealed iii vain to the House to grant them . There was a inclination to prevent them from being produced ; but at last , thanks to the interposition of the Noble Lord , the Member for the City of London , who said that ho thought it would be unjust to refuse those retnrns , and after noses were counted on this side of the House , and the Government found that they weuld be in a minority if they resisted , they were granted . Now , these returns proved that the report was false . They were laid on the table at the end of the session ; but before the next session commenced Mr . Mott was dismissed from

      office , and thereby prevented from being brought to the bar of the House . It was the duty of the Government to have stated the reasons of his dismissal , for 1 brought the question forward during a debate in the succeeding session , and appealed to the Jtight Hon . Baronet the First Lord of tho Treasury to do justice to the parish of Keigbley . There is not a ratepayer in that parish who will not stand by me and declare that that report was false . How did it get secretly into the box of the Right Hon . Bart . 1 Until the Right Hon . Baronet explains this circumstance , I wilLnot retraot one word of what I have said upon this question , Mr . Roebeck reminded Mr . Ferrand that ho had not explained tbe charge that a Minister of the Crown had used the powers of his office to induce a false report to be made .

      Mr . Febband . —1 have performed my duty to the House to tie best of my ability , and I tell the Hon . and Learned Member for Bath , that he is not going to school D-e . He has used language unbecoming him as amember of the House and , as agentlemen—( " Order , order , " Chair , chair . " ) The Speaiceb—The Hon . Member must retraot the last words he has used . Mr . F £ bbani>—Certainly , as such . Sir , is your decision . I shall say he haa acted in a manner unbecoming 1 mb position as a member of the House . The-words I uttered were these : —that | t \ ie Right Hon . Baronet had taken steps to procu \ e a false report for the purpose of using in this Hi \ , use to crush a member of it . Those words I used— ' those words I do not retraot .

      Sir James Gbaham eaid that tr , proper course would have been to move that tb e vrords be taken down . But Mr . - - Ferrand ' must , himself feel that the matter could ' not rest where jj did , and that he must take the proper steps to bring the matter to an investigation . ¦ - ' -. ¦•* > i ,. •„ . - -.. ^ . Mr . Humb said it was repr , rted * lso to hava been stated-byjtftf Eeirandytbat ' . airjj 4 Graham . had used his official influence with i > ie-chairman of the Kottiugham Eleotion Commi' ^ ee , io-warp his decision respecting that election . \ . ¦ - - , Mr . Ferrand -declare : 4 that he had made no * such charge . - < ,

      Mr . Wabd compla f aeathafc at all events Each a charge had beea > extensively circulated antl insisted npon . JStoe / e waa ^ 0 au assurance given that the RigbA # Wt Biaonat at the iead of the GoTetMaeiit fea ? , ^ os laying tho House mo

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      entenn * the lobby that it was the Christian feeling S- § ° whl < $ defeated the Govtfmment . Mr . ijauuND-r-I never alluded to anything that Government ! 8 Q * Baronrtat ^ e head of the Mr . EL G . WABD-Then it was Mr . Oastler . Mr . FEB ^ AND ^ perhapa so j bnt I am not Mr , Oastler ^ keeper ,. The Right Honv Baronet the Home ^ Secretary * aa his keeper some time since , when ne 1 was a prisoner , in tho Queen ' s Prison ; but now Mr . Oaatler is free . I never said anything about the whole of the House viewing with disgust the conduct of the Hon . Member foi Borerley . I only spoke of the feeling of my side of it , and I am prepared to stand by what I did say . Mr . Hogg , the chairman of the Nottingham Committee , called upon Mr . Ferrand to state what he did say . Mr . Fbbkand answered , that what he did say had been correctly represented ia a leading article of the Ttmes .

      l Mr- * JOGQ said he had been advised by hia friends to treat Mr . Ferrand ' s statements * s undeserving of notice bo long as they were uttered only at those meetings to which •» Jie had been intinerating ; " but now that they were repeated in tho face of the Hoase of Commons , he would call upon that Member to substantiate the charges against him , and cover him with the disgrace which would then be his due , or , failing in those charges , himself to retire from his seat as the utterer of oalomnies which must make that Member unworthy to communicate with gentlemen . Mr . FjEBBAND-The Hon . and Learned Gentleman is labouring ; under a mistake . I said nothing of the kind . If the Hon . and Learned Gentleman had given me notice of his intention to bring this

      question before th& House I should have brought down the newspaper with me , and gone through the report word for word , and I do not believe that there would bo any necessity for my disavowing any portion of the report ; on tho contrary , I say now , as I said before , that I believe the report of my speech in the Times to be Perfectly correct . But the Hon . and Learned Member for Bath , disregarding tho courtesy usual on such occasions , did not give me an opportunity of stating with the requisite explanations the words contained in my speech . When I used the language contained in that report , I alluded to feelings which prevailed in this house . I said that the haggling and higgling of the Hon . and Learned Member for

      Beverley excited disgust at thia side 01 the House , and amongst the ; Hon . Members by whom he was surrounded on that ocoasion he was not cheered by more than one ( and that one was the Secretary of State for the Home Department ); that is , as nearly as possible what I said . If I had the newspaper hero this evening , I should hare been prepared to staHd by every word I uttered . I have now stated , to the best of my knowledge , all that I said on that occasion ; but I will to-morrow attend here , bring with me the paper , go over the whole of the report , and be prepared to stand by any assertions I have made , which , as I believe , are correctly reported in the publication referred to . On the ocoasion to which 1 have been referring , there was a general condemnation on this side of the House of the manner iu which tho Honourable and Learned Member had discharged his duty , and I had no hesitation as to forming my own opinion

      respecting his conduct . Though that might be galling to him , yet such a circumstance forms no reason why an attempt should be made to intimidate me . ( Cries of" Oh 1 " from Opposition members . ) I repeat , that I will not suffer myself to be intimidated by attaoks which proceed from jealousy of feeling shown towards me , and which originate with parties opposite and the Government , jealous of the enthusiastic manner in which 1 have been received by tens of thousands of the working classes in the manufacturing districts during the last three weeks , whilst I have been asserting their rights —men who once , trusted you , but whom you now dare not face , because you have betrayed them The object , as I have stated , which yon have in view i 3 , to crush me , and I will not permit myself to be put down in this house , where I have as much right to state my opinions as any other hon . ( member within its walls .

      Sir James Graham asked of the House that Mr . Ferrand should come down to-morrow prepared to make his charges specifically . He himself would meet those cearges before any tribunal whatever , and would not challenge a single member of such tribunal , from whatever party selected . Mr . Fkbband ^ I hope when the Right Hon . Baronet the Secretary of State for tho Home Department next addresses the House he will be prepared to explain how be became possessed of tho document which he used against me—( cries of u Oh !" from Opposition members ) . Tho Right Hon . Baronet will then be on Ma trial quite as much as I shall be , and I hope he will explain the manner in which he became possessed of the report which he took out of his box , and used against me .

      Sir R . Peel , in reference to a report of his having said something about a conflict between Christianity and tho Government on tho Factory Bill , denied altogether that ho had ever Baid anything of the kind what he had said on the ocoasion when ho was supposed to have uttered this passage was , that be believed the further reflection of Members was likely to increase the numbers of those who would support the view of Govern meat .

      Tuesday , April 23 . Mr . Ferrand , who had for some minutes been endeavouring to catch the Speaker ' s eye , rose aad said—I . have , during this morning , minutely examined all the speeches which I made in the manufacturing districts during the Easter recess , and which have been published in the Times newspaper . I have paid particular attention to tbe leading article in the Times newspaper , in which certain extracts from a speoch of mine were used , bearing upon the conduct of the Right Honoureblo Baronet , the Seoret&ry of State for the Homo Department and upon that of the Honourable and Learned Member for Beverloy ( Mr . Hogg ) . It is not my intention to retract ono syllable I used in that

      speech , nor to extenuate nor explain away a single sentence . When I made use of that language I asserted my sacred prerogative as a free-born Englishman , to express my opinions upon the public conduct of two public officers . Sir , I defy this House to deprive me of that privilege . The opinion I formed of the conduct of those two public officers , is supported by the public press of this country , and is backed by public opinion . But if , in making uso of the expressions I used , I have in any way wounded tho personal honour of any Member of this House—( The Honourable Gentleman was here interrupted by a burst of laughter , principally from members on the Opposition benches . Mr . Ferrand proceeded)—The party-spirit and the unmanly bearing which were exhibited towards me last night , and which have burst forth now , convince me , and must convince Hon . Gentlemen—and I am sure ray opinion will be backed

      by that of Englishmen at large , —that this House ia thn last tribunal for them or mo to appeal to . [ Tho Hon . Gentleman , who had been sitting on the second bench on the Ministerial side , took up his hat , and , walking deliberately down the centre of the House , made his exit by the door under the strangers' gallery * A dead silence pervaded the House , which was unusually crowded , until the Hon . Member reached the door , when a peal of laughter burst forth . The laughter was subsiding , when it was again renewed in consequence of Sir J . Graham rising from his seat , taking " his stand by-the table , and looking very earnestly towards the door , Iu this position , he stood tor nearly a minute , expressing by dumb gestures his astonishment at what had just occurred . His look was full of the richest comedy . The merriment of the House was still further excited when Mr . P . Bprthwick walked up tho House , and took his Beat in tho place Mr . Ferrand had just quitted ]

      Mr . Ferrand having leu- the House , and order being in some measure restored , a contention arose between Mr . Borthwick , Mr . Roebuck , Mr . D'lsraeli , and others , as to who should address the House . At last , the general call being iu favour of Mr . Hogg , he rose and said , he claimed not the protection , but the justice of the House . In this respect he bad a stronger claim even than Sir Jas . Graham ; for though he , as & Minister of tho Crown , had a right to protection , still Mr . Hogg thought that , acting as he did , as the sworn servant of the House , and assailed in that capacity , it devolved on tho House to investigate the allegation mado against him , and either to visit him with merited punishment or to pass a resolution declaring

      the accusation false and calumnious . He then read that portion of ; Mr . Ferrand's reported speech which contains the charge , aud pointed out that it was no question of a difference of opinion , as to whether his law were right or wrong , but the distinct allegation that ho was actuated by impure motives . Those more conversant with tho usages of the House might suggest what course should be adopted for vindicating his honour , and stigmatising those who had cast upon him so foul an imputation . In a publio journal of that morning ( the Times J , there was contained a baBQ insinuation , as falee as tbe other . It was , that while he was acting as Chairmaa of the Nottingham Election Committee ,

      ho had asked for some official appointment . To thia he gave a reiterated and emphatic denial , and sat down ami 4 great cheering from all sides ot the House . Sir J . Gbaham said that it lay upon the House to vindicate the honour of its Members , and to expel any one of those who should make a false accusation against another . He had expected that Mr « Ferrand would-h © prepared to enter npojj the Bttbjeefc of last nrght ^ ' at ^ uS ^ tion ' j '¦ ¦ W t finding ; thai the Hon . Member had ^ uh away ; from' his . charges , he was perfectly content to leave the matter where it stood , asfttr as if ^ concerned himsolf ; i and it was foj the House to consider what couree they would take with respect to the accuser .

      Sir Robert Pekl said that it was a matter of choice lor the House ! either to treat the matter with ridicule , ot seriously . If the latter , thea he suggested that they should adjourn the debate , in order to afford ( 9 took into ptewtato j for

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      they might incautiously establish one which' might hereafter be abnsed By the pov ^ er of a majorityv For himself he thought the who . e affair had no parallel since the day when the conjuror advertised that he would compress himself into . i : quart bottle , an 4 at tho appointed time suddenly disappeared . Lord John Russell said , thafe as Mr . Ferrand L » d neither withdrawn nor retracted his accusations , aasd had fled from their proof , it was important to dstermiue what course should be adopted . As M ? . Hogg had claimed the protection of the House , he , for one , was quite prepared to vote for a resolution ^ declaring the charge against ; him to be false and ' calumnious . Tho case , as respected Sir J . Graham , would differ in point of form , as he had not claimed the protection of the House . If they left the matter where it now was , they would j be liable to the imputation of being indifferent toHbeir character in the eyes of the country . I

      Lord Slanley concurred in opinion that tho debate should be adjourned , for there ; was no precedent to such a case . There was not an individual Member who did not believe , not merely from tho utter groundlessness of the charges , but that Mr . Ferrand knew when he made them , that they were utterly incapable of proof . The matter was in the hands of the House , and did not depend on the fact that any one Member had claimed its protection . Time should be taken for reflection as to the course to be pursued , i The Speaker , who was appealed to , advised all discussion to be drepped , and that the course pursued in Mr . O'Connell ' s case should be adopted , which was to read the accusation , and Mr . Ferrand ' s admission of it , at the table ef the House , and then to proceed according to pleasure . After some remarks from Mr . Blackstone and other members , the debate was adjourned .

      Wednesday , April 24 . _ On the suggestion of Sir Jam $ 5 Graham , the offenfcive passages in Mr . Ferrand ' 3 speeches were read by the clerk at the table . < When the clerk had done reading , The Speaker said—Is the' Hon . Member for Knaresborough in his place 1 : No answer being returned , Sir Robert Peel suggested that the House should take the subject into consideration on Friday ; also that the Hon . Member foT KnaresboTongh should be summoned to attend the House on that day , for tho purpose of hearing bis speech read , in order that he might state whether or not he admitted the report to be a correct report of what he said .

      Mr . 1 rench objected . He thought it a dangerous precedent that a Minister of ; the Crown , backed by a majority of the House , should be able to put down any man who ventured to bring a charge against him . Mr . Dukcombe was not quite sure that they were going according to precedent . ! He thought that it was the proprietor or printer of the newspaper who should be called to the bar in this case . The Noble Lord opposite ( Lord : Stanley ) had gone rather too far when he said that tho Hon . Member must have known when he made tbe charge that it was false . ( Loud cries of hear , hear , hear . ) The Hon . Member for Beverley had said that he had been advised by his friends to treat the charge with silent contempt , ( Hear . ) In his opinion the advice so given was sound and i ^ ood . but then another Hon . Member , totally unconnected with the matter—whose name had never

      been brought forward in relation to it—got up and said to the Hon . Member forjKnaresborough ( Mr . Ferrand ) , " Pray , Sir , did you Fay to and so ?" ( Loud cheers and laughter . ); Now , in answer to that question , had he ( Mr . Duncombe ) been the person interrogated he should have said , " Pray , Sir , what business is that of yours ! ' !—( loud laughter and oheers ) . He phould , however , if interrogated by certain of the Hon . Gentlemen , certainly have given them the satisfaction they had : a right to ask , either iu that House or ous of it . But they not choosing to ask it , he ready had not been able to see what right any other Honourable Member had to ask it for them—( loud cheers ) . He suggested that the matter should be referred to a Committee , and if tho Hon Gentleman failed to substantiate his charges , he ( Mr . Duncombe ) hoped that the Hon . Member would withdraw them , and express his regret for making assertions destitute of foundation—( chrors ) .

      Mi ' . D'Israeli deprecated tho course pursued by the House on this question , he complained that ; the Member for Beverley had not taken up his own defence . The matter was brought forward by the Hon . Gentleman who assumed the office in that Houso of public prosecutor—( cheers ) . He brought it forward without tho least notice , without affording the object of it , that golden bridge which social usuages usually furnished to every one in similar circumstances—ho- brought it forward without giving the slightest opportunity for accommodation—( hear , hear , hoar , from Mr . Roebuck ) . The Honourable Member for Bath deemed to exult in the effect he had produced ; ho totally disapproved of tho conduct of the Member for Knarosborough ; he knewj the imputation he made to be false and frivolous , but nothing would exceed the indecorous conduct of the House if it

      assumed the judicial character , in what was anything but a judicial spirit . The charge was suddenly mado by the Hon . Member for Bath , attended with sarcasms—not very successful , but they showed his disposition . If tho hand pf tho master might not be very apparent , tho motive certainly was . He had heard graver charges than any which were made by the Hon . Member jfor Knaresborough . He had heard last session tho iLeader of tho HouEe of Commons charge an Hon . 'Gentleman opposite with making speeches that would lpad to assassination—( hear , hear ) . How was the Right Hon . Gentleman treated ? Was he howled at and hooted down ? No , Hon . Gentlemen opposite sunk before the accusation in a manner which told little for

      their spirit —( laughter , and " [ hear , hear , heat ") . But , in this instance , becauso the individual was obnoxious to them he was treated in a different manner . He did not agree with the Hon . Member for Knaresborough . He entirely disapproved of the course he shad taken . Ho objected to the spirit which animated his remarks . But btcause that Hon . Member was obnoxious , and because he was not backed by a great and powerful party he was baited—( hear , hear ) . Gentleman after Gentleman got up and asked him , " Why did yon Bay this J" if tho Hon . Member had had the common courtesy of society exercised towards him , he would bavo had an opportunity of extricating himself from the painful position in which ho was placed—( hear ,

      hear ) . It had been said that the Hon . Gentleman bad flown from the tribunal , j He ( Mr . D'IsraeJi ) was not at all surprised that he did not select that tribunal to decide , tho [ question . He had had no communication with him on the subject , except for one moment , when he' was passing out of the House , on which occasion ! he told him that he had a bad case and a worse tribunal—( laughter ) He was surprised , after the . j admirable example which the Right Hon . Gentleman at the head of the Government had set , to find him followed as he had been by tho Noble Lord the Member for North Lancashire . There was aWays something very chivalric about the Noble Lord ; bufc when , they wished to exhibit a perfect model for tho Hon Memto

      bor for Knaresborough—when they wished teach him what should be the spirit of . Parliamentary discussion , and how an Honourable Member of that House should , hesitate before ho made a statement that could not be proved , he was rather suprised to find the Noble Lord , the Member for Lancashire , get up , and ,, in bis zeal for hia Right Hon . Friend , denounce the statements made by the Hon . Member for Knaresborough as false and calum ? nious , and announce that the Hon . Member ,, for Knaresborough was conscious that they were False aud ealuminous when ho made ] them . That was an example which the Hon . Member for Knareborough would probably study as a ] model ; and when he returned to that Houso ; aad resumed bis

      place , they would probably | find his speeches distinguished by that amenity of manner , and choice selection of conciliatory expressions , which always characterised the speeches of the Noble Lord—( laughter ) . So it always was with the speeches of the Noble Lord , the Member for North Lancashire . He destroyed Mr . Ferrand first , and destroyed his own position afterwards . He was the Prince Rupert of Parliamentary discussion : his ] charge was resisted , but when he returaed hi ? camp was always in the possession of the enemy—( laughter . ) Theii , as if aU the great guns \ were not sufficient to Sink thiB unfortunate ? craft , the Bight

      Honourable Gentleman [ the Secretary of \ State / or the Home Department , keeping . np the sblemn , spmt of the farca , i 6 ? earid said ? , This tt . * H W&& House of Commons , ' and not the ^ htistiDge . A , gentleman eight tell lies upon the hustings ,, but Jie was not to tell lieB iri the HonBe . . This 1 was the political morality of the Right Hon . Gentleman the Secretary Qf Stlte for the . Home Department--( hear ); New ho entirely ( differed from the . Right Hon . Gentleman . He did ^ not think they ought to tell lies on the hustings —( hear , hear ) . He though a gentleman ought to be as measured in wh ' avhe said on ? the hustings as in wbAt he said ia " the Howe 9 ? <^ a » Y »§ --ftewl ftear ) . ArfVK . trW

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      11 M- " 8 eveh go further than that , and would say that a CrentJemM ought not to make pledges on the husjin » wluelrfce did net mean to redeem in that Honss . He did not thing that gentlemen on the hustings ong * t to denounce the New Poor Law and come intotheflouse of Commons and vote for it—( laughter and c&eers ) . He called that corrapt and unprincipled oondurt— ( cheer *>~ and if aav Hon . Gentleman in-that B » use felt that he was « niUy of this conduct * - let him * propose » vote of censure upou hia ( Mr . D'li ) , for uttering sudt a sentiment—daughter ) . Mr . D'lferaeli ceocluded by suggesting that the matter sbouid bo allowed to drop r with an intimation to Mr . Ferrand that be should for the future remember the ad ? ice of the Right Hon . Baronet the Secretary , of State , and always be as- cautious on the hustings-as ho is in the House of Commons—( cheers and laughter * .

      Captain Bbbkelev said & few words , ^ Lord Johw Manne 3 s rose to move the previous question . He contended that the speech of Mr . Ferrand did not convey the sort of imputation upon Mr . Hogg which it had been assumed to involve . The newspapers might have given it that construction } bitt it onsrht tb bo judged of by itself , and not by the construction of other people . As to tha ch&rge against Sir J . Graham , that Right Hon . Baronet , who must be the best judge ia Ms owa affair , had declared himself content that the matter should be passed over .

      Mr . Smyths seconded the amendment of Jjord J . Manners . He had no adverse feeling to Sir J Graham , whose straightforward conduct he highly eulogised ; , and he considered Mr-Ferrand to labour under as extraordinary hallucinations respecting the character and conduct of tbe Righfc Hon . JBaroiiet as he did respecting the employment of Machinery . As to Mr . Hogg , he ( Mr . Smythe } believed that the ¦ n ferenco drawn by the Hon . Member forKhart * borough that the Bon . and Learned Member fos Beverley was iL&uenced by corrupt motives is perfectly absurd ; on the contrary > said Mr . Smyth , I believe that the motive whieh influenced tho Hon . and Learned Member for Beverley was an

      outrageous sense of public virtue—( hear , hear , aad a laugh)—and for us who have affirmed the division of the Committee of which the Hon . Menaber for Beverley was Chairman—for us who have affirmed the resolution of the Nottingham Committee , that any gentleman who pays £ 10 for his seat shall cease to sit in Parliament—I must say , that if the Hon . and Learned Member for Beverley has exhibited more than Roman virtue , wo exhibit more than Roman effrontery , becauso , unlike tba Roman augurs , We can look - each other in tha face without laughing . ( Hear , and cheers . ) Bat

      what is the fact in respect to the Hon . Member for Knaresborough , whom , I cannot help thinking , we have been bullyiDg a little when we called upon him to prove his belief iu the matter 1 What Hon . Member will take upon himself to prove any one o € his beliefs ?—( laughter ) . There is in this House a prevalent belief in the Right Hon . Baronet tho Member for Tamworth . Will any gentleman prove his belief ? The Hon . Member for Finsbury , I have heard , believes in the Six Points of the Charter ; will ho come forward , and undertake to prove h ' * a belief J

      Mr . T . Duncombe— Yes , I will —( cries of "hear , hear , " and loud laughter ) . Mr . Smyxhe—It will , indeed , be a curious exposition . For myself , I must say , that if I were asked for proofs as to matters of my belief , I should have very great difficulty in finding them . Now , for instance , I cannot helo thinking , that we owe tha whole of the mischief which at present surrounds us to the Hen . and Learned Member for Bath ; I be « lieve that there has been something a little like an understanding between purity and power . If , howevw , I am called upon to ju 3 tify this belief , I can only say I believe it from an intimate observation and study of

      the Hon . and Learned Gentleman ' s political career , I am not to be deceived by the mock severities of spurious patriotism ; that assentation which masks itself beneath the guise of cynicism , assailing all men , but sparing one man ; aspersing all men , but fawning upon one man ; continually inferring that , were one not the DiogeneB of Ba'rh , one weuld wish to be the Alexander of Tamworth—( great cheering and laughter ) : that , Sir , is the surest of flatteries .. The whole of these asperities and heats are owing to the Honourable and Learned Member for Bath ; he took the Honourable Member for Knaresborough by surprise—he took the

      House by surprise—he took tho country by enrprise ; for I doubt not the country will feel . great surprise at finding that this House has postponed 6 uch a measure as the Poor Law Bill * and at tho instance and instigation of the Hon . and Learned Member for Bath has entertained these paltry personalities—( Hear ) . Nor will that surprise be lessened when the country remembers that the Hon . and Learned Member for Bath presents a remarkable antithesis in his own person , being at once the rebel ' s agent and the Queen ' s counsel—the champion of Mr . Papineau , and the defender of a Secretary of State—( loud and long repeated cheers ) .

      After a-few words from Sir R . Ikslis , Mr . Roebuck rose . Mr . Ferrand , he said ,, hai admitted having used the words ascribed to him ; and as to the complaint that there had been no notice , surely , if a member Were charged with a robbery , he wanted no notice in order to be prepared for a denial . Was this a matter to bo got rid of by . the somewhat cowardly expsdient of the previous question ! That meant , that the House- desired to'express , no opinion whatever But ought the House to express no opinion upon a question whether a Minister of the Crown had used his power to crush . ope of its members ! It was the duty of the House to see that no Minister did so use his power ; . ifc was his own duty , as one of the members of that House , to look to this . The House was bound to follow up the matter .

      Mr . Smythe rose , and accused Mr . Roebuok of imputing to Air . D'Israeli , that he was actuated by feelings of political disappointment , but loud cries of "Chair , " and the interposition of the Speaker , stoppe ' d the farther progrces of this freak ground of quarrel . LordHowtcK was inclined to adopt that view of the ease , which would contemptuously allow the matter , to drop , thereby showing their utter disbelief of the accusations . If the opinion of the public went with them , a vote of censure wag unnecessarxjL if it did not , it was useless , while the precedent would be established of noticing every case in which . a member of the House might think his honour im > peached by groundless charges . Were they still furthor to waste their time , on Friday next , when grave matters were set down for deliberation , by fresh discussion on this most trempery case I

      Mr . Hums gave his reasons for considering that all who voted for the " previous question" would lend sanction to tbe accusations . . Sir James Graham pointed out how the matter actually stood . The accusations had been broughtunder the notice of the Housa , and both he and Mr .. Hogg bad then felt it theirnduty to bring them forward in a formal manner . At the 6 ama time ( said . Sir J . Grahem ) I am bound in candour to acknowledge that in the course , of & political life , now of some duration , I hare Eaid aod done so many things , which , upon calm reflection , I should rather had not beea said or done , that I do think that some opportunity ought to be given to gentlemen to explain anything whichmay have fallen

      from them inconsiderately , and which they may be willing to retract without doing anything inconsistent with their hono-ai . To the Member for Knaresborough that opportunity remains with perfect honor . If ho says that he regrets what haspaesed , and that on the whole the charges were so pat by him as that he could not sustain , them—if be expresses regret for having woundecLoor feelings without intending to . do so , and if he says that -he is sorry fox what haa occurred , then 1 do hope that the House wilrjjas the matter ovez ; and I am sure I shall banish it altogether from my recollection for ever . Now , with the permission , of the House , I shalibeg leave to retire . d ? he Right Hoa . Baronet then withdrew , amid considerable cheerisg , ) ' . -

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 27, 1844, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1261/page/5/