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      . , - »— - - » c r ^ fcg ^» :: » ... - . leatii = r « thongs ., orer ; which is a blanket with a hole in the rcmra large enough to allow the head to be thursi ont . aud which falls not ungratefully over their shouldtrB . leaving ample room for the play of their arms . Add to this a broad str ^ w sombrero , and the Ibsso hanging ready for use in his ' girdle , - and you hare the IttUichero as he appears in the time of peace . Join to this a long lance with a sharp spear head , and his belt plentifully supplied with pistols and knives , and you have the Ranehero as a member of a troop of banditti , or as a soldier in a body Of cavalry . Their power of ensuring farigae is-almost inexhaustible , and a scanty meal per uiem of jerked beef and plautain suffices them during months . These are the men who comprise die great body of the Mexican cavalry , and they are to the armies of that nation what the Clacks are to the Hussians—ever oa the alert , never to Ue surprised , ana untiring in tlie pnrsnit of the foe w * sen plunder , no matter how trifling , to be odtained .

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      LATEST NEWS FROM rOB . TUG . 4 L . Irao * Jbse l .-The panic lias ljxomc universal . The funds hare fallen a fnrtlier 1 « . » jjerccnt ., lo per cent ., within a fortnight . Tho Hift-iota has pnhlislicd a supplement anjioct' - ? 'i" f ! wt the Algarves had at last risen mid io ' n-i the -cneral movement of tbe nation , and that tlie Governor of the ProTinceliad retucl m Albufera , whort ? ilso troops were concentrate ! . 'Plus completes tlie ri-c ! t > £ of the entire nation witli scarcely tlic exceptUu nt one isolated town .

      The // Ta / rfo ( Madrid paper ) , of the 6 tU of Jane . connY : ns a rep rt which was previously current , that a rev ' siunnarr junta has been established at Coimbra , which lias issued a circular , declaring that the revolmionisfs will accept of nothing short : of perfect liberty for the people , a rtduciton of the array , and a eor . sfifc ' . ent Cortes . It would appear that thisjunta , is / all v organised in every department .

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      ( Continued from our 1 st page . ) Gannins , or hunted him to death ; and retorted upon L « rd George by asking him if he believed him Jj& he the traitor he had proclaimed him to be , why lie h ? A followed him as a Iea < Fer u » to the present yenr ? The Premier , in conclusion , exclaimed : ib : it k « 3 > iul calculated the enmities and loss of friendship these measures would cost him , and he was prepared to bear them ; but if any one asserted that he was actii . ited by impure and dishonest motives—that he wished to rob others of the credit of these measures—s-. ! ch imputation was as foul a ealumuy as ever was dictated by a vindictive spirit . The debate was again adjourned to Monday . The r . ther orders were disposed of , and the . House adjourned .

      HOUSE OF LORDS , Mosdat , Jtjxe 15 . The house met at five o ' clock . Several personal " explanations" preceded the loninutttl of tlie Corn Bill . Lord Dklamerb tried to clear himself from the charge of having been a memoer of the Cheshire Protection Society , and several of ihe Bishops warmly defended themselves and their " order" against the attacks of Lord Stanley on Friday night last . " Lord Stanley presented a petition , signed by the chairman of Lloyd's , the chairmen of the London and Ea 9 t India Dock Companies , six Bank

      directors , a large number of bankers , merchants , ship owners , and traders "of the ^ city jof London , including all engaged in the Canada and Australian trades , expressing doubts whether the petition which bud been presented by Lord Dalhousie representec the general opinion of those classes in the city , and dedarioff that they did not believe the bill before the losse was necessary or called for ; and that , in their opinion , it wa 3 an experiment aff cting vital branches of our national interests , and involving the mo ?! , serious consequences , which called for the anxious consideration of their Lordship 3 .

      Tbe Earl of Dalhoubie observed , that the petition he had presented did not profess to express more than the opinions of the petitioners , "' certain " merchants , bankers , and traders of the city of London , including , however , 21 or 26 Bank directors , Mother bankingfirms , and 267 other signatures . These preliminaries over , the house proceeded to the debate on the order of the day that the bill be committed , wh « ch was commenced by Lord Coltillb , who opposed it . The house then went into committee . Oa the 1 st clause ,

      TheDnkeof Buckikgham moved the omission of the words providing for the cessation of all duties , except ^ he-nominal one of Is . , after the 1 st of F < 'broarr , 1 S 4 S ) . His Grace desired it to be distinctly understood that he was no party whatever to the bill ; chat he opposed it altogether ; but that h « - moved his amendment with the hope of reserving a small portion of protection , and of rendering ihe measure less injurious to agriculturists than it would be if passed as it then stood . The Noble Duke called on their Lordships not to think about backing up an Administration , but to regard the interests of the country , and to do as he did , and throw aside all personal feelings and friendships when they came to give their votes . The Ear ] of Rifon shortly opposed the amendment , a 3 involving an entire alteration of the principle of the bill .

      The Earl of Clakcartt , Earl Stanhope , Lore Beaumgst . and Earl Hardwicke spoke in support of the aaiottduient . It was opposed by ttie Marquis of Bnis and Lord Kinsaird . The latter said , he had not the slightest doubt that our farmers could compete with foreigners , who grew only 10 bushels to an acre , nji-d tlie effect of that competition would be still fm-iher io improve our system of cultivation , and to au' : tnft : ' . t the rate of produce . As a member of the Anti-Corn Law League , hs thought it just to that body to say , that although urged from all quarters to agitate , " they had thought it wiser and more respecifcl to ' remain quiescent , and to refrain from anj protecdin / that might intimidate their Lordships . The committee then divided upon the clause as it stood , when the numbers were—Contents ... 136 Non-content . . 103

      Majority . 33 against fee amendment , which was therefore lost . The remaining clauses were not proceeded with . Upon the motion of the Duke of Richmond , the Clminnnr . Ifft the chair , the house resumed , and immediately adjourned , at a quarter past eleven o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS , Mosdat , Juse 15 . The 'Speaker took the chair at the usual hour . An immense quantity of railway and private business . having been disposed of , the house proceeded at hah-sasiss ^ en to the adjourned , debate on the

      IRISH COERCION BILL . Mr . 2 ) . Q ' Connellpresentedapctition , with 250 , 000 signatures , from the manufacturing districts in England , against the Coercion Bill . Ordered lo lie on the table . Lord Wcrskey briefly stated his determination to oppose the Bill . Sir It . H . I . nglis was not prepared to alter the course lie . had already taken with respect to this measure . In thus stating his own intentions , he be . L-tj ed to le understood that he spoke for himself alone , ami did not wish to convey the opinions of any other persons , but as he felt there undoubtedly existed a necessity for some measure of a similar nature to the present , and as he had previously sjiyen his aupvarl io Ihe measure , he could not permit any co ' iiarerai matters to disturb the vote he was about to give . ( Hear , hear . ) lie could not , however , but

      say , more hi sorrow than jn anger , that he regretted ier Ajyjtsiv ' s ministers had delayed the progress of ihe lit ' - ' urAli the present time . Li proposing measurzs l * f !>« i »> te the tranquillity of Ireland , the Go-Terniueb ! v . tc responsible for the consequences resulting from their measures , and he ( Sir R . H . Inglfs ) ~ uu !< I be slow to take upon himself tbe re-Bpo . tisibiiiiy of saying that such measures as those now sought io be made the law of the land were not required f .= r- the preservation of life and property in Itt'laiui . As the Noble L « rd the Chief Secretary for Irt' ] . -ir : ii il .-jr-l Lincoln ) had within the last few days expya ^ eu iii » intention to propose for the consideration of i ) ii- i-.-i'ise a ssries of measures new in their charades ; : «• : ? of a remedial nature , he ( Fir R . II . Ineiis ) . •' - . K ^ k-iid ih . it he was upon that account still more jusvs'ic " ' in recording his vote in favour of her Majcftiv ' s n ? u ;'! sters .

      Col . Vkus .-..-: » -xpres 3 ed his intention 0 ! voting for the Bill . Mr . I 2 oiiiii . » s opposed it , because lie looked upon it not < i \ i ! y as «« -. onstitutional , bat because , inste s ^ l of adof . tsns remedial measures to benefit Ireland , there ¦ wert * cpdiinisa ! references made n , measures of this descrijiJur ,: - . i ' iIs being the sevenfei-nih or eighteenth all « i -h- ^ sT . ni ; " t-haracter . There lievcr was , perhajis , a time *\ v \\ the social condit Hi n ( Ireland was in so u . 'i suvfa « : t- ' iry a state . It wa- admitted by hntli side-s « f ;!<<; hoii . se that the social cuiiditiiin of that country ¦ » : i .-r , nfy'f . hing but pleasing ; but that state of thini ? 1 ; : ii"a ? - ir ^ iii the struggle which prevailed between V , e u- ' - 'ir ^ ity of existence ami the rights of property ¦; l ] : ; . r , bear . ) Were tiu'y , whoii Ireland

      was In i-ach . i ; -ate , to be called on , instead ot batterii-j : !" hi ! r c * -- ! iUiti--a , to take prou-eiiuii under what was avI ! j . . >? . f «< tted hyan hon . itit-mbvr . the vulgar exp * uiv £ . i f _ cjtvKinu . ( Hear , hear . ) It luiirlit be true . «;¦ *] ! . _• -r-iu'd admit it to iu > I'llkM . cxti nt , that outr . j : e > . fna ri' ! i « > . « were great in Invalid . Hut the ' quci > t' » r . « a ? . v » i-j e ( hey only to luak '« the crimes of the jit'i' ;; . * Ti < hjHr at all sympathising with Jhem in their b : .- « T S 2 ul distress ? ( Hear , hvav . ) Even the inroK'Tfa ! B"ri ; p ^ e- « ribed tue ¦ wiio ' i- jM > licy towards Irel . nisi t « ? x ; .-lien as to make them as poor and as ignoianr , , i £ possible—that to that people was never grauied the ri-ihtf of citizenship ; . tnd the Devon Commissi .-a oes « ribfed the condition oi the Irish j . ea-Hnfrr to t « as b ; idlj fed , badly Loused , badly clothed .

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      but that under . aU ^ hese . priya tionsrth ey-man ifested ulnlfX ? hI ^ ^ Sr ^ eSufi necessity of their landlords so aggravated their SJ that 150 , 000 poor watches , by the rlflnrance % iem , were swept out of their habitations and left io P ^ e away in ditches . ( Hear , hear . ) Bern" firmly persuaded that no temporary measure couhl " meet a permament disease he would vote ^ Uvl CoLQnHon ! f said , that if at the close of the debate he should vote for the second reading of this Bill , he should not do so upon the grounds urged by Sir Ft . Inglis . lie could not throw off his own shoulders the responsibility for thi * 3 measure . ^ and repose it entirely on those of tbe ministry ; neither couid he , like Lord 6 . Bentiuck , refuse to grant unconstitutional powers to it , because he did not place

      the most unreserved confidence in its members , li LordJ . Russell had asked for the powers of this Bill , he should say , " first prove your case , and then press your bill as quickly as possible through Parliament ; " and he should 'ise the same language to Sir R . Peel . Now he frankly admitted that ministers had made out an impregnable case , and that the proofs which'had convinced the House of Lords were sufficient to convince the House of Commons . He thought , however , that there had been too much delay in passing the measure' and lie feared from somf passages in Sir R . Peel ' s speech of Friday nigat that he was making loopholes to escape from the most stringent and most necessary clauses in committee . If these weie abandoned , the Bill would not be worth the paper it was written ui ' on . He called on Sir J . Graham to syeak out on this head . If he declared that the Government would maintain these clauses ,

      he ( Mr . Gulquhoun ) would give it his strenuous support , lie then discussed at considerable length the omstion , whether the Conservative party would be in a better situation by supporting Sir R . Peelas minister , or by expelling him from power and placing Lord J . Russell in his place- He said that he and thoBe with whom he acted considered it advisable to withhold their support from her Majesty's Government , but that it was not because they possessed any greater confidence in the Noble Lord ( Lord John Russell ) opposite / and his party , as he believed that when they got into power again they would act in a similar manner to what they had done on former occasions ; and was confirmed in that opinion from the report he had read in the newspapers of a recent meetiug held at the Noble Lord ' s residence in Ghesham-pla « e , wherein te saw it mentioned that the hon . members for Cork ( Mr . O'Connell ) , Fmsbuiy

      ( Mr Duncoinbe ) Montrose ( Mr . Hume ) , Coventry ( Mr . Williams ) , and Sheffield ( Mr . Ward ) were the Noblo Lord ' s councillors on the occasion , all of which hon . gentlemen boasted of belongin g to what was termed the radical party ; and if the Noble Lord had intended to drive that team , however skilful he might be , he would have to cut dovrn many slices oi the Constitution to satisfy that party . The question then lie had to consider was , whether they were better off in having the right hon . baronet ( Sir R . Peel ) or the noblo lord ( Lord J . Russell ) at the head of the Government . He ultimately decided the question by declaring that it would be better for the Conservative party io ' nave Lord J . Russell in office , whose projects they could defeat by meeting them with their forces . undivided , than Sir R . Peel , who by creating division in their ranks , was enabled to carry out all the schemes of their opponents .

      Colonel Sibtuorpe said , that even if he were to receive such a pledge as Mr . Colquhoun required from the government , jie should place no confidence in it , and therefore his vote would not depend on the answer of Sir J . Graham . He / should , vote against this Bill because it was a truckling measure , emenatinp from a truckling Government , and because he hoped by defeating it to get rid of a perfidious and detestable administration . Lord J . Rdssull declared that he could not concur in the doctrine of Sir R . Inglis , that the house ought to pass an act of restriction without examination , merely because it was introduced on the responsibility of the executive Government . In commencing an examination of tin ' s Bill , he was almost tempted to take the same course which a Minister of the

      Crown sometimes took in proposing a measure of importance , and to propose that that paragraph of the Quocn ' s . speech should be read on which the present measure wa- founded . Now , giving ministers every creJii far their wish to secure property and lift , he ninst sa ? that the delay of five months after such an announcement could not have been of any advantage to them in securing confidence to the measure which they had brought forward , either on the grounds on which they proposed it , or on the details which tlioy bad included within it . In reply to the argument that ministers had been prevented from bringing tbis measure forward soouer by the state of public- business , he observed that two courses had been open to them . One would have been , ' seeing life was in danger and thai 'amine was impending

      over tne conn try , to introduce a temporary measure for the preservation of life and a temporary measuiv for the supply « f food , and to have left the great permanent measure for the adj ustment of the corn laws for subsequent consideration ; but it was clear tha ' , as soon as they attempted to unite a temporary measure of restriction with a perman nt system of corn laws , they must excite a formidable opposition . Another couiv-e would have been to advise her Majesty not to have alluded to the subject of Irish outrages and murders in her speech ; to have passed the I'DrnLiws aud the custuin lavra , and then to have considered whether they would introduce such a measure as that which was then before the bouse . Referring to the question Lord Lincoln had asked him , namely , wliv lie . who li : id voted in favour of a similar

      measure ! n 1835 , refused lo vote in favour oi thismeaiure in 1846 ? he replied , that each case must be judged by its own circumstances , and that it was no justification to s : iy that because a peculiar course had been pursued at one time it ouyht therefore to be pursued nt iiKOihcr . In the year 1810 several new and unconstitutional acts were brought in by the Government of tiiut day for the purpose of putting down demoeniticiil outrages . These outrages were repeated during tiic period of his administration . lie did not , however , renew those unconstitutional measures , but called upon Parliament for & larger military and constabulary ioree , and succeeded in repressing them without applying for any extraordinary powers . The same course was subsequently pursued by Sir R . Peel under still iow ..- trying circumstances , and was

      pursued , he was happy to say , with the same success . Again , in die year 1833 , an Irish Coercion Bill was introduce' . ' into Parliament more harsh and oppressive even ibau the present . In 1834 , it was mitigated , and a ^ ain in 1835 , it was still further mitigated , uimi it . met with the support of nearly every party in the house . He must , however , remind those who theu heard him . that in 1833 , when Lord Althorpe introduced his measure of severity , he proposed several measures for the improvement and conciliatiuu i > i'Ireland , and that in 1885 , when it was renewed , full confidence was placed by the people of Ireland in the AYkig Administration that it weuld not abuse tlie power so entrusted to it . From 1835 to 1810 the net was in existence , but not in operation ; and in 1840 the Whig Government determined

      to let it expire . He theu proceeded to show that all the moral vifcet cf this bill in repressing disorder hud been lost by the delay which had occurred in forwarding it through Parliament ; and to oppose it , on the ground that there were not in the state of crime in Ireland sulHcient reasons lor a measure so severe that its provisions , whilst they were harsh towards the inn < icc : it , were ineffective in pointing out the criminal , anil that they were not accompanied by such mei ^ iirt- ^ vf remedy and conciliation as ouglit to accompany . ; ny measure of restriction . He had mentioned un a former occasion that he intended to otter to the clause shutting up men in their cottages from suhtti io stini'iie the strongest opposition , and that he should propose its nmissio * in committee . He should nut hare refused his consent to this bill , if

      lie had dcenicd it necessary , on the ground stated by Lord G . hw . thick , that he had no confidence in the Govtriinx-iji . Politically sjieakiw ^ , he had mo confidence in the . Government ; and he was justified in having no itoniiik'nco in it , by the measures which Ministers had introduced even during the present year . Those measures were a practical testimony that the Government now in power had been mistaken , and i hat tlie Government which it had supplanted was in tin * right , lie called the attention of the house to tin : fact , that , slandered as the late Minister * ]; ud lieeii , not by Sir R . Peel , but by some of his collcupes , for their scheme of religion !) education , for their wish to unite the Protestant and Roman Catholic population in the bonds of love and amilv . and for their relaxation of the protection laws ,

      they had been followed , on all those measures—nay more , Ministers boasted that on education and on the corn Jaws ttiev had gone further even than their Whig waiters . Giving them every creditfor having acted on h'tuom-ililc motives , thinking that their present course was a wise and proper course , he did expect that souk ; expression of' regret would have fallen from t ! : em , that the late Ministers should have been so ]« n » the m .-irkof slander and calumny . Sir J . Graham S ^ 'd .--censed them of being pirates who set fire to the ship as they left it . It now appeared that having j ! oi possession of the ship , the present Ministers had tivwl on the stores which their prede . cessors had left lu .-hind , had guided themselves by the charts which- they had left in the cabin , and had steered bv the compass which they had left on the

      deck ; and hsivinj ; done all this , it would not have been too inncU to have expressed some regret' that the "Whig Ministers had been so slandered . He had felt tho . se slandtrsdeeply , and-if he had received sati . sf ;> etk . ii from peeinsj measures founded on such principles ? ueee cd in Parliament , still he should have Mviwd iix-re , had his opponents had the justice to contV-ss tlwt t » o and bis colleagues had not deserved those invtrctives by which they had b ? en assailed , because they bad been earlier than the Goverun'cnt v , h »< t was best for the country . The noble Lr . nl , then adverted to some of thfc arguments « f Mr . Colquhoun , he said the honourable number for -Newcastle , in alluding to me to-night , spoke of moiisiires—1 forget what his phrase was , not dangerous innovation , but some equivalent of that

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      sort ; which ,-he said , I-whs very apt to-promote ; Now ,. I . will tell that hon . gentleman 1 think he i ? ; otally mistaken with respect to tlio characterjof the measures which tend to preserve all the institution ? of this country .-I answer him in the memorable words of Mr . Burke , that the ; best reform is that which is most timely ; that the denia ][ of all reform k . not the most effectual mode by which to preserve ancient institutions . I l ' avo always thought that if theclaimsto representation which Manchester , Leeds , and Birmingham possessed , had been in due time fairly considered we should not in the year 1830 have had so much difficulty to contend against—we should not then have exposed Bristol to plunder ; or have seen Nottingham Castle in flames . Would it not have been—to use the modern phrase—more .

      conservative to have made early and wise concessions to the just demands of the people ? and will it not be more conservative , instead of carrying further this Bill , to place before the attention of the House the real grievances of Ireland . And let me tell you that those grievances are more social than otherwise , i say that in the list of Irish grievances we should give to secial grievances the most prominent place . » e should , I think , direct our attention to the ifieans of increasing the quantity of land cultivated—we should cultivate wastes , and enable the poor to reside on them . You will not prevent outrage by resorting to remedial and conciliatory measures , such measures at such a time will lose . half their practical and all their moral force . It is not always the most conservative course to resort only to coercion , and to put bv reform . His Lordship proceeded to address himsell to those gentlemen , who from the regard which they felt for the Government , owing to its liberal

      commercial feeling , were goimrto vote for a measure which in their consciences they disapproved . If the house passed this bill under the notion that a case was made out fcr it , and that it would tent ! to the security of life and property , they would be acquitted by their consciences ; but he implored those who had uo . confidenee in the bill itself , and thought it a bad and unconstitutional measure , and only to be supported because it was accompanied by other measures for the benefit of England , to consider what an argument they would be giving by their conduct , not onl ) to those who sought repeal , but to those who went much further . He therefore called on the members , if they thought this measure right , to pass the second reading of it and to go into committee ; but if they thought it wrong , to reject it . altogether ; for any trifling wish it would produce a . loss of confidence , which ' would not be reproduced in one or cveu'in five vears , but would be an ' irrecoverable loss now and

      forever . , ; : Mr . D'Isbaem said , that at any time he should bo loth to pass a coercion Bill for Ireland ; but there were now circumstances which rendered him more loth than ever to pass such a measure . Alter going ihroiigh a series , of memoranda , which he called the statistics of shuffling , for the purpose of proving that there was nothing to justify the fact , that at the end of June Ministers were proposing the second reading of a- measure which they had announced on the 22 nd . of January , he declined to enter into the merits ol the bill itself . That was a task wholly unnecessary , especially as the remedy provided in this bill hail . no application to the long and authentic list of outrages with which Ministers had favoured the hou 3 e . / ihe naternal Government had also laid claim to an

      amazing growing gratitude in Ireland for the intvoduction of Indian meal ; but strange to say , the newspapers of the day contained accounts of wars against this much-boasted Indian food . He then replied to the imputations and allegations made by the Premier in answer to Lord G . Bentirick ' s charges . The right hon . gentleman had aeensed the noble member for Lynn with inconsistency in voting on the Factory Bill and this Bill . The noble lord had , however , violated no confidence , betrayed no trust . It ; could not be said of him that he got into Parliament by pretending to have a different opinion on the Factory or any other question than those which had been recorded in his votes , lie had practised no duplicity by opposing candidates at the hustings , by promising . to support

      a man that he . was determined to oppose . But the charge against the right hon . baronet was that ho had got into power by profes 3 ing opinions the verj reverse of those which he now proposed . The charge against him was that he struck at the root of tlie Parliamentary constitution of England . It was not a quarrel between individual Members of Parliament , but a great national contest for the principle that tbe position of public men should be intelligible and that there should be a distinct Opposition as well a » a powerful government . The right hon . baronet had finished his speech on Friday night last by exclaiming , in high flown language , that it was the grossest calumny ever dictated by a vm . lietive imagination to insinuate that he had desired to settle this question without the interference of Lord John

      ttussell . But how , asked Mr . D'lsraeli , happened it that the right honourable baronet had , by his own confession , endeavoured to induce his government to carry this measure several weeks before he thought of resigning in favour of the noble member for London ? That question had been asked before , and it had been answered by the charge of " bandying personalities . " The right hon . baronet had accused Lord . G . Bentinck of using language t <; o licentious for legitimate debate . Mr . D'Jsraeli preceeded to quote , from the speeches of Mr . Fox and other celebrated statesmen , expresssions even stronger than those used by Lord George . But these , exclaimed < the honourable member , ; re mealy-mouthed times , and cannot endure the words spoken in the days of the great

      Parliamentary giants ; nevertheless , the Secretary-at-War might study Mr . Fox ' s speeches without any injury to Mr . S . Herbert ' s masculine style of eloquence . Lnrd George Bentinck , however , spoke from his heart , and that sort of speech was in general preferable to the pompous plausibility , the damnable iteration , the cold common-place of modern oratory . Mr . D'lsraeli next referred to Sir Robert Peel ' s denial of the charge brought against dim of having changed his opinion in 1825 on the question of Catholic Emancipation . The hon . member pronounced the speech made by the Premier in 1839 , as reported in I / ansardnnd also as reported in the Mirror of Parliament , and proved that the former had been corrected by Sir R . Peel himself—the admission in question being carefully left out , while the

      Jatter contained the words actually spoken , viz ., '' I said to Lord Liverpool , in 1825 , that the time hnd come when something . with respect to the Roman Catholics ought , in my opinion , to be done . " This report of the Mirror of Parliament Mr . D'lsraeli corroborated by the report of the daily journals , and by other testimony , and then the hon . member exclaimed , " You see , there were two different speeches , one for the" hour and th p other for posterity . ' [ The Posit pays Mr . D'Israeli's elucidation of this ' no longer mysterious transaction was complete , and as he unfolded proof after proof of the Premier ' s duplicity , and wound up by showing that three days after he had obtained his oft-vaunted character for candour from Mr . Canning , he commenced hunting him to death , the cheers of the house testified to the triumph

      of theorator , and the utter overthrow of the Minister . ] He then disposed of the accusation that Lord George Bentinck had called Sir Robert Feel his " Right Hon . Friend , " by remarking that but a little while ago nearly three hundred honourable members in the house addressed him in the same Parliamentary phrase ; and Lord George had , in fact , as little , perhaps less , personal intimacy with the Premier as any man in the house . The hon . member thus coneluded , what was really one of the mo 3 t effective speeches he has ever delivered : —Sir , I think I have answered the elaborate attack of the right , lion , gentleman on the noble lord —( cheers)—his attack on my noble friend ' s consistency , his attack on hi > Parliamentary language , his attack upon the imputation my noble friend made upon him as to the conduct . of

      the right hon . gentleman to Mr . Canning . But I trust L have done more than vindicate my noble friend . I trust I have put in its true and intelligible light that mysterious passage which has so long perplexed the politicians of Europe , and which the right hon . gentleman on Friday night so elaborately explained for the benefit of the rising generation . I am not surprised , that , closely connected with Mr . Canning as he was , my noble friend should have expressed himself as he did . The feeling to which he gave utterance is shaved by all who have had any in tercourse with Mr . Canning . I never saw Mr-Canning but once , when I had no expectation of bein a member of this house , but I can recollect it but ag yesterday when I listened to the last accents—I mas say the dying words of that illustrious statesman , y I can recollect the flash—the lightning flash—of thai eye , and the power of that imperial brow ? But , Sirt when shall we see another Mr . Canning—a man who , ruled this house as a man rules a high bred steed a :-Alexander ruled

      Bucephalus ( a laugh ) , of whom it was said that horse and man were alike proud . I tlianlc that hon . gentleman for his laugh . The pulse of the national heart does not beat as high as once it did . 1 know the temper of this house is not as spirited anil brave as it was , nor am I surprised when tlie vulture rules where once the c . igle reigned . ( Loud cheers . ) The right hon . gentleman once said that Ireland was his great difficulty . I ask the right hon . gentleman why Ireland was bis great difficulty , and whether , if he had acted with frankness to Mr . Canning in reference to his communication with Lord Liverpool in 1825 , Ireland would have been his great difficulty ? ( Cheers . ) This the right hon . gentleman must fee ! at the present moment , when we are about again to divide on an Irish question—a division which may be fatal to the endurance of his power—he must feel that it is a Nemesis tliat dictates this vote and regulates this decision , and that is ' about to stamp with i ' ta zeal the catastrophe of a sinister career . ( Loud and continued cheering . )

      Sir R . Pebi- askew the house to suspend its judgment till he had a legitimate opportunity , to reply to the bitter personal attack which had just been made upon him . Ho declared upon his honour that ho hnd never stated to Lord Liverpool in 1 S 25 , that he had changed his opinion on the Catholic question . If he had done so , tlwt change of op inion would soon have been made known to Mr . Canning , from the intimate terms oa which he and Lord Liverpoul lived together .

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      —On the motion of Mr . C . 'Powell , the debate was iigiiinadjourned . - .- - - .- " . ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ -: ' ' " :- ' - > ' - : -f '¦'¦'¦ ' - :: \ ' [ . The otker orders of the day were then disposed of , and the House adjourned at a quarter to 2 o'clock . ' HOUSE OF LORDS . —Tuebday , Juan-16 . The House met at Five o ' clock . On the motion of Lord Ltctklton , a Bill for the Suppression of the Office of Superintendent of Convicts was read a second time .

      VISCOUNT HARDINtMi AND LORD GOUGE'S ANNUITIES BILL . The Earl of Ripon said , that he would postpone the committee on these Bills , which stood lor to-day . He would , on another gecasion , mention the day next week which he would fix for tlie committee . The Duke of Rich . vo . vd said , that he hoicdthe noble Eail would state the course which the Government intended to pursue . He wished to know whether it was the intei-tion of the Government to rescind the decision of the committee . ( Hear , hear . ) The Earl of Ripon would give no information , further than that the Government did not consider themselves precluded from taking any steps which the forms of the House would permit to have that decision reversed .

      THE CORN IMPORTATION BILL . Earl Stanhope presented a petition from the working classes of Birmingham , agreed to at a public meeting in that town , in which they stated that they objected most solemnly to the passing of any measures affecting the labonr of the country , without first consulting the judgment of the people upon them . ( Hear , hear . ) -He wished to put a question to his Noble Friend the President of the Board of Control . He was anxious to loarn from his Noble Friend whether he expected that the effect of their Corn Bill would be to raise the pricc 3 of corn , to leave them where they were , or to depress them ? The Earl of Riroif declined to prophesy . The Earl Stanhope then desired to be informed what the intention of the Government was in framing this measure—whether to lower , to enhance , or to leave unaffected the prices of grain . The Earl of Ripon refused to answer .

      The Earl Staniiopb remarked that it was apparent the Government had brought forward the measure without any knowledge of its operation ; and that the country . would understand tho suspieious silence of the Noble President of the Board of Control . ;' The Earl of RiroN ( with some warmth ) observed , that he -objected ' to the F . oMe Earl using such words as " suspicious silence . " ( Hear . ) What right had the Noble Earl to term their silence - " suspicious ?" lie ( Lord Ripon ) acted h-om a sense of hi 9 duty , and he would not jsubmit to imputations of this kind . ( Hear . ) A disorderly and somtwhat warm , discussion followed , which was at length teraiiriated by their Lordships going into Committee . On the 1 st clause ,

      The Earl of Wicklow moved an amendment , to the effect that after the 1 st" of February , 1849 , there should be a fixed duty of 5 s . on ail foreign wheat not the produce of our colonies , instead of Is . duty proposed by the Bill . The Nolile Earl said that should this proposition regarding wheat be adopted , he would then move proportionate duties applicable to other descriptions of grain . He could not see how Noble Lords opposite could avoid voting for this fixed duty , unless they had the ambition to imitate the Government by changing their former opinions . As to himself , he knew the effect of his amendment , if carried , would be to defeat the Bill lor the present , which he desired to do , in order to get a better one . He did not want any sliding-scale—he ( . 'id not think

      asliding-scale applicable to the circumstances of this country—but lie was anxious to set this vexatious question at rest ,. and he was convinced that it was impossible to do so by this present bill . Those who expected that , were , in his opinion , as ignorant of the state of feeling in the agricultural population as they were ignorant of what was passing in another hemisphere —( Hear , hear , and cheers)—and he believed , that if they succumbed to the i . ower of the Anti-Corn Law League , the agitation which that body had excited would be but a slight whisper , in comparison with the roaring tempest which they were raising about their ears , ( "Hear , " and laughter . ) The aaricultural population of this country were far too proud and independent to suffer themselves to be read

      trodden upon in this manner ; they would be y enough to sacrifice their own interests , if others were culled upon to make the same sacrifice ; but when they saw anew principle applied to them , and to them a ' one , they would never be satined-with it . The Marquis of Olankicarde said , that he wished to say a few words , as on this particular question , an appeal had been directly made to Nobie Lords on that Bide of the House ; and as he was old-fashioned enough to desire to be consistent , he would show to their lordships , that in supporting this measure he was acting in perfect consistency with his former conduct . In 18-11 , he had seconded the address to the Throne , moved by Lord Spencer , and or that occasion they had both stated it to be desirable iu

      their opinion , that protection to agriculture should be reduced as speedily , though as safely as possible . His opinions had undergone no change , for the Nob ' e Earl who had moved this Bill , and also the amendment to the Address , on the occasion to which he had referred , drew particular attention to their remarks , and had said that their object clearly was free trade . The Noble Lord concluded by stating , that however much Noble Lords should accuse Sir Robert Peel of inconsistency in regard to tho manner in which he had acted in reference to this matter of the Corn Laws , no one could deny that the alterations proposed would be for the benefit of the country . There might be Bumf ground for a charge of inconsistency in regard to the manner in which the right lion , gentleman ( Sir Robert Peel ) had acted , but so far as the measure he had introduced to the House was concerned , there could be no doubt but

      that they were tor the benefit of the country . ¦• Lord Carnarvon supported the amendment . In doing so he endeavoured to get over the idea that the rate of wages was dependant on the price of food . The subject had been so much investigated and discussed , that be thought it unnecessary to go into it at any length . He denied that the repeal of the corn laws jwould benefit the labouring classes and argued that it would have the effect of throwing land out of employment , and rendering the condition of the poor man worse than it was at present . Such an alteration as tbat proposed by the Bill now before the IIouse , " would therefore be fraught with great disadvantage to the country . The labourer would suffer by it , for as he held that it would affect his wages , of course his income would be less , and he would be tbe less able to maintain his family . LordDfi Mauley supported the amendment .

      Lord Cloncurry said it was stated that the corn laws were an advantage to Ireland , aud that they should therefore maintain them . Ireland was apart of the empire , and enjoyed ho advantage but in common with Yorkshire or uny other part of England . Tho Irish were in favotiF of this measure , because they thought they would derive benefit from free The Earl of Winchilsea said he would vote for the amendment , in the hope of getting a better Bill than that now proposed , through an appeal to the country . It was an unconstitutional course to

      pledge a Parliament of three years hence upon a measure of pubjic principle . If the country should change their opinions upon this subject , in what position would they be placed ? .., He did not blame the Government for a change of opinion , for if he saw reason to alter his views from conviction , "he would throw consistency to the winds . Although they had a right to change their opinions , they were bound not to act upon that change without an appeal to the people . They might depend upon it the question would not remain where it was , but would be contcs ed still further in the country .

      Earl Fiizwilliam and Lord Polwart ' u rose at the same time , but the former gave way . Lord Polwarlh said it was true that farms in the Roxburgh districts were let at an i . crease of rent , but that was in the year 1844 . aud not in 1846 . This increase of vent did not arise from any confidence in the proposed alteration in the law ; but- from etiier causes altojether irrespective of the question . He c- 'id not think there would be any j-reat diminution in t ! e value of land ; but that the Bill would cause a great displacement of labour . He would ask them « i S it desirable tliat the . a (; riculturallabpurersshould be driven into the manufacturing towns , especially when the town population was known to be in great dietress . ¦ . .

      1 a-1 FmwnxiAM said these protection hiws ^ had been injurious t ' - > the agricultural interest by exittHK expectations < f advantage , which it wa¬inthe power of Parliament to realise for them . This had been ' proved not only by the experience of their cfffcfcs , but by the admission of noble Jor « b opposite It was said that they out ; lit to appeal to the sense o £ the people , but such an appeal would be in this case an appeal to their passions . He considered it an advantage to discuss the measure when an , immediate dissolution of Parliament was not contemplated , lie did not , however , approve of the conduct , of the government in driving them into a corner and not : ifF"i'diiig that house an opportunity oil " expressing an opinion upon it . They might have done so , iuul it was peculiarly their duty to have done so , considering the manner in whieh they had tome into Bower .

      ( Hear , bear . ) But through the eourse they had adopted-they had deceived every , one who . had reposed nay confidence in them . ( Protectionist cheers . ) If it we ' re riyht to do what they proposed tadoat this lime , it must have been right in 1 S 30 atiti in 183 ft , when he mivde an analogous motion , aud when be was not supported by any one of their lordships . Now that he saw the measure witi . in reaeh , however , and that within another week it would become the law of the land , he would freely admit his btiii-f that it would do more good to the workim : classes of this country than any other measure which had been brcught forward of lute yeurs . In mtur contradictions to tlio opinions expressed by hia uoUle friend at the table ( Earl Stanhope ) it would product ; them more cointoris , and imwaso the demand for manufactures beyond the utmost extent of their conception . Such being bis conscientious conviction aa

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      to its possible effect , he should give ¦ # !? ., W 1 1 Ms sup . port at this ' stage ' of its "' progress : V' ( Heap" ) ' ; ; Lord BnoooiTAM said it appeared , to him" from the speech ^ dr'tlia noble ear ] who spolce last , and froi ? i the speeches ' of the noble lords wlio had addressed theiv lordships to the same effect ,, that the Ministry had offered a ' most serious insult to Parliament , by introducing the measure by way of bill , and not by way of resolution , to which their lordships should have been a party . The effect of that eourse was alleged to be their lordships being driven into a corner . Driven into a corner they might indeed be said to be in point of fact , but politically speaking , he was at a loss to '' understand how the expression could apply . As to the effect of this measure on the value of land ,

      he had received two letters , one of them stating that a sale by auction took place yesterday , at Garra way ' s , at which an estate in Essex was sold . It was a farm o > 200 acres , in a wretchedly 6 ad state of cultivation , situated at a distance of five miles from the place at wheh the letter wa 8 wri ten . It was sold , at 36 years purchase for £ 0 , 500 , notwitlistamling thr great alarm which was said to prevail throughout the country at the passing of the bill . The purchaser also took the bargain at 2- | per cent , against him . Tlie other letter said an' estate had been sold on the evenin g when it was written , at a price so

      extraordinary that the auctioneer confessed he was almost a convert to Free Trade . The amount , of purchase money so far exceeded his expectations , that it was double that which it would have fetched two or three years ago . To make the resultstill more prominent , the estate was situated in the neighbourhood of the Bentinck estates , and though it consisted of marsh andlowland . it fetched from' £ 50 to £ 90 an acre . Hoar , hear . ) The noble and learned lord occupied their Lordships' time for a lull hour with a variety of extraneous topics , and particularly impressed on their Lordships his assurance that the government would not be changed after all .

      Lord Stanlky said that the mode in which this measure had been brought before ' the house was a most unusual one ; and he declared , the sending up of a bill involving such vast political considerations , which their Lordships could not alter , on the plea of its' being a Money Bill , to be ; tn infringement of tlie rights of Parliament , and of the Constitution itself . Such a measure should have been proposed by resolution , according to precedent and to the forms * of the Constitution . . With respect to a coalition between opposite parties ; hinted at by Lord Brougham , Lord Stanley repudiated and denied the existence of any such , so far as he or his friends were concerned ..:-Bui he agreed with two remarks made by Lord . Fitzwilliam , that it would be to a most

      extra-Ordinary anil fortuitous combination of parties that this bill owed it « chance of passing into law ; and that the Government dared hoc go to the country upon it . A taunt had been thrown out that if the Protectionists really anticipated a change of-Ministry , they would have obtructcd and delayed the progress of this bill ; his ( Lord Stanley ' s ) answer to that taunt was , that he and his friends were above such tactics . They would submit to their Lordships decision , without being influenced by any consideration whether ur not a twenty-four hours' delay might embarrass the Government on the Sugar Duties or the Irish Coercion Bill , or whether it might give a better chance to Noble Lords now sitting on the opposite benches . An appeal to the

      country , whenever it could be made , would be the only tactics tlie Protectionists could use . Lord Stanley conuluded ; by stating that had he but chosen between a sliding scale aud a fixed duty , lie would unhesitatingly vote for a slitling-scale as a measure of Protection , but he preferred a fixed duty to no protection at all ; and for tlie sake of Canada and of Ire / and , to which it would be a real-protection ' as far as-it went , he would support the aniundmunt . The Marquis of Lansdowne opposed the amendment , thou « h favourable to a small fixed duty for revenue . He entered into some explanations relative to the late meeting at Lord John Russell ' s house , to arrange about the , opposition to be given to the Irish Coercion Bill .

      Lord Brougham in a second speech , which he insisted , in opposition to the wish of the house , on making , made the curious announcement , which he called on Cabinet Ministers present to vouch , viz ., that shortly after the present Government came into power , he ( Lord Brougham ) had been offered "high and brilliant office , " and that he had refused it . Their Lordships divided on Lord Wicittow's amendment . Contents 107 Non-contents 140 Majority for the Government ——33 Progress was reported , and the Committee adjourned to Friday . . The Lordships adjourned .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . The Speaker took the chair at Four o ' clock . GLASGOW , DUMFRIES , AND CARLISLE RAILWAY . On the motion for the further considerafion of the report on the Glasgow , Dumfries , and Carlisle Rail way Bill . A discussion ensued which occupied several hours , two of which were passed with closed doors , in order , we believe , that the public should not be informed of the charges bandied to and fro of " personal pecuniary interest . " The bill was thrown out by a majority of two , but Mr . Hume objected that Mr * . P . M . Stuart had a pecuniary interest in the opposing line , and moved that his vote be disallowed in tliedivision . There were , for Mr . Hume's motion . 114 , and against it 118 ; it was lost by a majority of 1 . Hereupon a long squabble ensued , the termination of which was an adjournment .

      THE GAUGE QUESTION . Sir George Clerk next moved the adoption of a recommendation contained in the minute of the Board of Trade of the Cth of June , 184 . 6 . on report ot Commissioners for inquiring into the Gauge of Railways : — " 1 . That no line shall hereafter beformed on any other than the four feet eight and a half inch gauge excepting lines to the south of the existing line from Londoti to Bristol , and excepting small branches of a few miles in length , in immediate connexion with the Great Western Railway ; but that no such line as above excepted shall be sanctioned by Parliament , unless a special report shall have been made by the Committee on the Bill , setting forth the reasons which have led the Committee t » advise that such line should be formed on any other than the four feet eight and a half inch gauge .

      " 2 . That , unlessby the oonse / it of the Legislature , it shall , not be permitted to tlie . 'Directors of any Railway Company to alter the gauge of such railway . " 3 . That , in order to complete the general chain of narrow gauge communication from ihe north of England to the southern coasts , and to the port of Bristol , any suitable measures should be promoted to form a narrow gauge link from Gloucester to Bristol , and also from Oxford to Basingstoke , or by any shorter route connecting the proposed Rugby and Oxford line with the South-western Railway . " 4 . That the South Wales , line , and its branches to Monmouth and Hereford , should be permitted to be furmed on the broad gauge , as sanctioned by their Act .

      ' 5 That the Rugby and Oxford line , and the Oxford , Worcester , and Wolverhampton line , should be permitted to be formed en the broad gauge , as sanctioned by the Acts ; that the Lords of" the Committee of Privy Council iur Trade shall exercise the powers conferred upon them by the several Acts , and shall require that additional narrow gauge rails shall forthwith be laid down from Rugby to Oxford , and from Wolverhampton to the junction with the Birmingham and Gloucester line ; aud that if it-should hereafter appear tliat there is a traffic requiring accommodation on the narrow gauge from the Staffordshire districts to the southern coast , any suitable measure shall be promoted by Parliament to form a narrow gauge link from Oxford to the line of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway . "

      Atier a discussion in which Mr . Labouchere , Mr Hume , Sir G . Grey , Mr . Ellice , Mr . C . Russell , Mr . Cholmondeley , Mr . M . Gibson , Sir T . Wilde ; Mr . E . Denison . Sir li . Price , Mr . Beckett Denison , Mr . W . Cnlk'tt , Mr . linyter , Mr . F . Scott , Dn Bowring , Mr . llrtwes , Colenel Anson , Sir T . Aeland , Lord Palmerr ston , and Lord Seymour joined , the first resolution , with a slight verbal amendment , was agreed to . The second resolution was withdrawn ; and , oh the suggestion of Sir It . Peel , another resolution , stating that " it is the opinion of this house that provision shtiuld be made by law to prevent the Directors of any railway company to alter the gauge of any railway unless by the consent of the Legislature ,. " * was substituted and agreed to . The debau on the three resolutions was adjourned at a quarter past one o ' clock to . twelve o ' ciock on Tuesday . '

      ...... . ¦ Tl » e other orders cf the day ware then disposed of and the house ailjowmctl . HO ¥ Sti OF COMMONS—Wednesday ^ June IT . Tlie house mes at twelve o ' clock .

      BROAJU AND NARROW GAUSSES . ton the suggestion of Sir G . Cleuk tlie adjourned debate on the resolutions respecting the broad aatl Bfljrow gauges was put off till Thursday . Sir G . Orbi gave notice , for Thursday , to raove for leave to Wing in a Bill to provide for tho volun tary establishment of baths and wttshhonses ,

      NAVAL CIVIL DEPARTMENT BILL . Sir C . Napier moved the second reading of the Naval Civil Department Bill . The object of the bill I was to remodel the Board of Admiralty , by abolish- ! injj theotlices of three of the Lords of iUu Ailuiiralty , and by otherwise reconstituting tlie Navy Board , hi support nt' tlio bill the gallant , Ctnumudorc entered at great length upon the present deimive stave of the Board , and the consequent mismanagement of our navy . Lord Inokstue seconded the motion , although bo did not approve of all the pr . vis . iuns of the bill . u Mr . Corky moved as au araeadiuent , that the bill be read a second time that day six months . The

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      measure proposed would lesser *; the * responsibility ;„ crease the expense , and ihtrotfuce ' greater com pK tion than ever into the navy department . * Captain Pjbciiem , supported the blif , ; aa he wouirf any measure designed to improve the preseqtmanaEe ment of the navy . ¦ •;¦ ¦ - 6 After a short discussion , in which Sir G . CocKnoRx Captain Plumridoe . and Captain Berkeley tool part , the house divided— .. , For the second reading ll Against it 10 ? Majority against the Bill 9 ( j

      RATING OF TENEMENTS BILL . On the motion that ' this-Bill '' be read a second tinv . : „ :, ¦ Mr . R . Palmer said that he had several objections to some of the details of the Bill , but that as he " thought it susceptible of considerable amendment iu Committee , he should not resist its progress at this stage . ¦ Mr . P . ScmvB said ho thought the Bill would

      injuriously affect tbat class of the poor who were raised only a few degrees above pauperism , and who were gradually sinking into it . The Bill did not give them the exemption which their poverty , entitied them to , and which was frequently bestowed more improperly on wealthy proprietors and prog , perous tradesmen .--.- It also interfered with the erec tion of houses for the poor , ami he should therefore move that the Bill be read a second time tbat dav six months . " . '

      Mr . Hawks then moved the adjournment of the debate , which beinic seconded by Mr . Spooxbr , and agreed to , it was adjourned to Wednesday next . The second reading of the Smoke Prohibition Bill was postponed by Mr . Mackixnos till Wednesday , the 8 th of July . ¦ ¦< " The adjourned debate on the Place of Worship ( Scotland Bill ) was postponed till Thursday . , The consideration of the Poor Removal Bill in Committee was postponed to this day week ... The Earl of Li . vcoln moved that thellouse go into Committee on ihe Coroners ( Ireland ) Bill . Sir W . SosiERViiiLE objected to so important a measure being gone into at such an advanced , hour of the day . The Administration of Criminal Justice Bill was read a third time and passed . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the House adjourned at six o ' clock .

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      Three Persons Drowned off Battkrsea . —On Thursday evening , between the hours of five and six o ' clock , " a most distressing occurrence , by which three persons , a gentleman and two females , were drowned , took plaee on the river , alongside the Citizens' steam-hoat pier , Battersea . " The following are the particulars : —A young gentle-man , apparently not more than twenty-six years of age , was * pro . ceeding down the river , in what appeared to . be a private boat , when about midway between the iron steam-boat pier and the next landing place , he took into the boat with him two females . They were all three conversing together as the gentleman was rowing , but , whether owing to the strength of the the tide , or from ignorance in steering a boat , it is unknown , but the craft was seen to pass under the chains of the iron steamboat pier , Upon getting clear of that place the party were told to get farther off from the shore in order that the n 6 xt pier might

      be passed in safety . No heed , however , was taken of the instructions , and on gaining the pier ,, the boat was passing over the iron chain that secures the dumb lighters , when it was overturned , and th e three parties were precipitated into the river . At the very moment the accident occurred , one of the steam-boats was making towards t / ie pier , and the swell caused by the paddle tvlieels carried the two females away . The drags having been got , after about eight or ten minutes the gentleman was taken out , and instantly conveyed to the Red House , where everything was done that the nature of his case would permit of , but without avail . Although search was made for the two females , they were nst found . Who the parties were cannot at present be ascertained . The male was very respectably dressed , ¦ and he wore a gold watch and chain . On the collar of a spaniel dog he had with him in the boat was engraved "Cfeo . Clark , No . 1 , Priory . "

      Bursting of a Water Pipe . —Yesterday afternoon , shortly after three o ' clock , considerable excitement was occasioned on the Greenwich side of Deptfordbridge , by the bursting of the main pipe which conveys the water from the recently-constructed reservoir in Greenwich-park to the dock and victualling yards at Deptford . At first the fissure in the road was small , but the force of the great body of water soon enlarged the cavity , and an immense volume of water was projected against and over the opposite houses , breaking several windows , and causing other damage . If . was more than an hour ere steps could be taken to stop the flow , and it was not u"til mebsengers had been sent to the resident manager of the Kent Water Works Company and to the dock and victualling yards , tn have the sluices opened that an abatement took place . The roadway , to the extent of several square feet , has been broken up . It is not more than twelve months since a similar accident occurred , when the damages amounted to little short of

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      GUILDHALL , Extensive Robber y bt a Bot . —On Monday a respectably-divssecl lad , about 15 years of age , nauitd George Curton , was brought before Alderman Hughes Hushes , charged with robbing his employer of Bank notes to the value of £ 30 . It appeared from tlie evidence of the various witnesses that tlie prisoner left the employment of his master , Mr . Arthur Floiver , auctioneer , of New Bridge-street , Ulaekfriars , on the Cth of June , having first abstracted £ 90 outof the safe , the key of which was iu one of tlie desks in the offiee . On tlie following day he proceeded to the station of the South Western Railway , Vauxhall , and took a double or return ticket to Kingston . Instead of getting out there , he proceeded to Southampton , and on being asked the difference of fare from Kingston ( 8 s . Gd . ) he refused to pay , and said he had no money . Thinking he had coino the whole way bv mistake , they sent him t > ai ; lv by the next mail train to London , giving the guard instructions to let him be allowed to pass at Vau . xlmll . Tbis he forgot to do , and the man who

      received the tickets demanded again the 8 s . Gd . difference , aud the prisoner again refused , saying tbat he had no money , but if he was taken to Kingston , a Mr . Smith , residing there , would j > : iy it . He was taken there , but the prisoner ' s story was found to be false . He was then ivmoved to the station at Kingston , and told he must submit to be searched , upon which he ran away , but was captured . There were then found upon his person six £ 10 notes , five £ o notes , four sovereigns , and 17 s . 4 d . in silver . He was then taken before Jlr . Clive , at Wandsworth , and remanded for one week , and afterwards was sent to this Court . In answer to several questions from the Alderman , Mr . Flower identified tho notes , and stated that the boy had been ih his employ for upward of three years , and that , up to the present unfortunate occurrence , he had always behaved himself extremely well , and was scrupulously honest . At various times he had been entrusted with money to a much larger amount . He was committed to take his trial .

      WORSHIP STREET . Extraordinary Charge . —On Monday , Thomas Crau ' - ford , a sullen-looking young man , about nineteen years of age , was placed at the bar before Mr . Brouglitwif charged-with having been found concealed on the premises of Mr . Unthank , a tradesman in Old . street-i'oud , with a quantity of poison in his possession , for thu supposed purpose of destroying some member of the family . It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor , that about two months ago the prisoner , who was then apprenticed to liim , was detected in the commission ot several petty acts of robbery , and having been ~ niven into custody , was conveyed to the police-station , and locked up in one of the cells , but contrived adroitly to effect this escape over some adjoining roofs , while a fellow prisoner of his who had been taken ill was being attended to , and was not found ai'tevwavds until about four o ' clock one morning , when his master ' s son , u boy fourteen years ot tvoin

      age , was awoke by a nioveiii « iit beneath his bed , which'the prisoner suddenly emenietl with a hatchet in his hand , and this so greatly terrified the boy tiiut 1 " - ' rushed down stairs / or assistance , and the prismier , > ' had taken advantage of the confusion to drop froui ^ the window into the street , was secured by the police . Upon being brought to this euurt upon the charge , his indentures wove at once cancelled , and the urisoaer eoiniiutteil for trial , but , from some defect in the chain of evidence , the indictment was not proceeded with , and , thoug h the prisonerVus consequently discharged , the prosesator was in hopes he had at length entirely got rid of him . About one o ' clock ou Sunday morning " last , however * Sir . Unthank was suddenly aroused , by a strange sort of lioistf at the back of his premises , and on looking oui to ascertain t ? Ae cause , was much chagvined at discovering tlie prisoner coiled up upon the iwof of a shed immediately over 4 he water-butt , : md he thereupon instantly sought a policeman , wh » took the prisoner into custody and removed him to the statioii-kouse ; but upon proceeding t » search him the prisoner resisted , and attempted to do

      stisay a largo packet ' containing a white potvder ; this was eventually sciturcd , and . upon being submitted to the inspection of a ehvniist ^ ix \ va . s jironounetitl to be sugjir *> t kail , sind sutMcntin ijuuutity to puisoivttie whole fnauly » The prisoner was tlieu . ulosely questioned as to his object in entering the proseisiitor ' s premises ia such a susjieious manner , and as to . liss possession of such a large quantity of poison , but he jieusisted iu uuiin&uning an obstiiuito sileoee Uj > ou both interrogatories .. Upon bi-iug called upon ton his answos tc . Ihe chni'gSy thu pi'isMioi merely said tlsat he had { ticked up the jk » eket in tliiv street , aiut had ns > knowledge-whatever of tlie nature o £ Us contents . ; but ' gni'c no reason for being foaad where lu > had been . — Jlr .. Broughtou said that the conduct pursued by the prisoner in this instance , taken iu connexion with the charge tbat had formerly been preferred against Mm , was replete with . suspicion of the gruvost diameter , and he shouUt therefore order him to bo committed till that day week ! and the police must , in tfw meantime , endeavour to procure any such fresh evidence as uiight teurt to elucidate the matter .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 20, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1371/page/8/