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      tinir his country to the agonies of a frightful rerofution . Behold why the isrnorant creatures at Oxford cheered Guizot ! This conduct of the priviieired mobnf " nob . ^' and " snobs ' ' is another proof -of the impassibility of reconciling the aristocratic classes with the people . Those classes are the unchangeable and relentless enemies of progress , and their political existence is incompatible with the freedom and happiness of the millions . A few days ago the London University was the scene of a frightful exhibition of ignorance on the part of the too well known Brougham . At the annual distribution of prizes , (< his Lordship" made a speech ,

      in the course of which he puffed off himself as " the oldest mathematician alive , " and congratulated the students on being altogether unlike those of other countries who had assisted the people in their struggles £ gainst oppression ! He exulted in the defeat of the working men of Paris in the late insurrection , and warned the students in Greek and Latin , to be careful that they did not allow their minds to be converted to Republicanism by the study of Greek and Roman literature . . At the very time Broueham was mouthing his diatribes against Democracr , and insisting on the impossibility

      of a Republic , Emmerson , the celebrated American , sat immediately beneath him ; What an effective though silent rebuke to " his lordship ' s'' iguorauce ! In praising England ' s " constitutional monarchy , " and " the singular happiness" it afforded to the people of this country , the ex-Chancellor was of course thinking of his own " singular happiness , " in being privileged to sack a pension of 5 , 000 / . yearly from the labour of the people . If " his lordship" imagines that the people are happy because they are permitted the honour of paying his pension , he must be frightfully ignorant of the real sentiments of his .

      countrymen . We trust that the people will set about the good srork of enlightening the " higher orders . '' The ignorance we have unveiled is a disgrace to the nineteenth century ! If there is any kind of ignorance more deplorable , it is that of the multitude in tolerating the sway of such rulers , to whom , in conclusion , we will address a few words from Peter Pindar" Tjrsnts , with all your power end wide dominion , Ye at ' ns & Khit likB God in ray opinion .

      Though yen think otherwise . I de prtsnme . Hot te the marrow with the rating lust , Fancjinjyonr crouching surjtcs 6 .. mnch £ n £ t , Toar loftj Eelves the mufetj 6 *« piDg brrcm . Open the warehouses of all jour brains ; Come , sirs , turn out—let ' s s ^ e wba t each ceateics . Heavens , how ridiculous ! What motley stuff ! Shut , qu ekly shut seain tbe br = z ? n d- > orf , Too vr . ' Mh of haUerdciTi the eye explores ; Yes . sbat tatm , thut them ; « % ¦ fcsTc seen cscragh . Arc tfete the beings to bestride a worid ? To such lad beasts , fijj Gcd his crcaiwd Jiv . rl ' d ?" . im .

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      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The annual " slaughter" of Bills which distinguishes the close of every Session , has formall y commenced . The Premier hopes to be able to carry the Public Hedth Bill , and tbe Irish Encumbered Estates Bill , this session . He propo = es also to persevere with a batch of Bills affecting the operation of the Poor Laws , brought forward by Mr Buller . the new President of the Corr . mission ; and mean ? , if possible , to have the Royal Assent given to the- measure brought forward for

      establishing formal Diplomatic Relations . with the Pope . So much for what his Lordship expects to do . Now for what he will not attempt to do . In ' the first place , the measure on the . Navigation Laws , which has occupied so Inrge a portion of the session , is to be thrown overboard , together with all the measures dependent upon i t . The measures relative to the Elective Franchise in Ireland , and this country , either before the House , or promised , are to be abandoned ; and as to the

      small fry of Bills affecting minor , and , comparatively-speaking ; , private interests , they are to sink or swim , as the fates will permit . Such a lame and impotent conclusion to a session of Parliament which met in November , and threatens to ' sit till September , of- course provoked not a little natural indignation on all sides of the House , and , for two hours or so the Minister was subjected to a continued storm of reproaches and querulous interrogations , which he bore with the air of a most ill-used and persecuted martyr , for the good of his country- ' .

      The abandonment of tbe Navigation Laws is broadly asserted , by all parties , to have teen theresult of deep , " political calculations The only tenure by which Lord John can hope to retain office is , to maintain the existing split between the two sections of the former powerful Conservative party . Should a junction take place between them , the ejection of the Whigs from office would immediately follow . Lord John sees this , asd , therefore , thinks it well to keep a bone of contention in hand , bv means of which he may keep these sections ' by the ears . The Peel party are in

      favour of the measure ; the BentiRck and Disraeli section oppose it , not because they set any extraordinary value upon the prelection afforded to our Shipping interest by the present laws , but because they hold fast by the principle of protection in all its shapes . If this last vestige of our old protective system was swept away there would no longer remain any serious question to divide the Conservative party . The old feeling of exasperation at what was considered the treasonable abandonment of the policy of protec ' tion by Sir R . Peel and his followers is dying out . The Chronicle , on the one hand , is writing up the policy of Peel , showing the landlords that he was right and they were wrong ; and

      that the best thing they can now do is to rally round him again : the Herald , on the other side , has no objection te a union with Peel ' s followers , but objects to being led by Peel himself . If such a junction as that plainly intimated , by the Herald as desirable , takes place , it will in reality only pave the way te the resumption of office by Peel . It would be the first step in advance by the alienated country party towards the deserters of that party in * l 846—for deserters they were quite as m ' ucb as Sir Robert Peel , —and when the followers in that desertion vrere forgiven it would be difficult long to exclude the leader from the benefit of the amnesty and reconciliation .

      That such an event will take place at no distant period we fully believe . The feeling of disgust and hopelessness , with which we have ali along regarded the present most ignorant , incompetent , and imbecile Ministry , is becoming universal among all classes and in ail parties . Everybody begins to see the imperative necessity of a change , if the vessel of the State is to be prevented from drifting among breakers and rocks , and becoming a wreck . A sense of common interest is inducing all parties to lay aside their usual

      differences for the time being , m order to avert , if possible , the evils which are certain to follow the retention of power by a set of men wbo have proved , by every official act , that they have neither the brains to comprehend the actual position and wants of the country—the business habits necessary to transact its ordi-Earv affairs—nor the political ^ honesty which would induce servants , so notoriously defective of all the requisite qualities , to resign situa * lions thev are incapable of filling , either with credit to themselves or benefit to the nation .

      Mr V . Smith was the onl y member of the many whj spoke , that attempted to defend these unfortunate and blundering administrators of public affairs . He said that during the whole of his experience he had never known bo few measures abandoned ai , in the present session . A reply to this statement was wittily supplied by a gentleman , who said , " that was because there were eo few to abandon . ' ' The necessity for having clear-headed , vigorons men of business to adminster the national

      affairs , was never more signally manifested than during the two years of mismanagement which has characterised the resumption of office by the Whigs . It cannot with truth be

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      alleged , that their failure as a Ministry is , in any degree , owilg to a want of will on the part of " Parliament to work- On the contrary , there never was a "House more willing to sit and dispose of business , than the present , The mischief- is , -that those- who should cut out that work for them , and give a practical direction to their labours , are altogether incapable of doing so . Scarcely a single measure has been introduced by them , which has not been immediately shown to be full : of blunders ,

      which rendered it necessary to withdraw it , and patch it up again ; in some shape or other , to meet the palpable objections to which it was liable . In general , the tinkering process to which they were subjected only , . made the faults of their original construction more obvious , and the result has been , that the whole of a Session , unparalleled in duration , has been spent in doing and undoing , and , for all * practical p urposes , with , perhaps , one or iwo exceptions , our legislators ; may write " nil , " as the result of their protracted sittings .

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      department which is under the " chivalrous Grey and the candid H , awes , • frill , in'future , place but little reliance In 'anything tTiey inky ' Siiy . If once ^ partles get a character- of . aT ' cei ^ tain sort , scepticism attaches to that whiohris real , in their communications , as weHa 9 to that which is invented . : :

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      The Poets . —Wallace , James Quin P-aradiaa Island , A Constant Reader , and I . A . N . —No room : A Love * of Justice , and n WoBKlHG Man . - We are sorry we have no room . The Bame BentilDBBtS appear in every number of the Northern Stab . J . S . Hasunqdek —You cannot compel the guSrdiftns to grant outdoor relief , bin may apply for a dmittance to the ba&tile . Tour demand , when-vou should have bepged , no doubt is t&e reason of rtfusal . It is ioUy to talk of tne ri ^ nt qf the poor against migh'y oppressors . A F > bker at Goadhurst , Kent , writes— ' tha t he has been a Chartist since tbo 10 th of April the excellent oon . duct of tne Chartists on that < Ja ' y having ' con « rted Mm . ' Dsbbt , Themas Agar . —No * oonu . We do not know when Mr O'Connor will be at Nottingham . A Cohkbhi&t suggests thatit is the duty of all govern , merits to provide againstthe failure of harvest . G . D . Millee—We have no room , owing to press of matter . - jo ^

      derst . —\ Vehave no room for local addresses . If the callBmnde b y . the Executive wera properly responded to there would be no need of local appeals . " Mr Isaac Ccttbiss Benton , of 6 , Park-row , Greenwich , wishes to know the address of John Wrigbt , stone m » - . son , latel y living in the Borough , London . Any ezpefe incurred will be paid . .-. 7 .- ¦ .. Samdel Hitcbix , jun ., jeweller , late of Wednesbury , . Is requested to call nt Mr . Adams ' s , tobacconiBt ,- apposite the Adam and Eve public hjouse . near Batterseabridge . ' Hbxkt Shith had better consult his iawjer- « ecnnn ot advise him , Abraham Stseet . —Apply to th « directors , 144 , High Holborn . . . Gaosg TyRANNT .-Ricnard Smith , of Button Bridge , Lincolnshire , wr ites us that he has been expelled from thesociety of Primitive Methodists through his advocacy of the Charter .

      Tub Libektt Fond . —T . & . ( Leeds ) is informed ,. thnt we have made every inquiry on the subject , and find that ' the active and ' energetic Chartists of SomerR Town have submitted a . proposition ! made by mr Robert Robinson , f 6 r the raising a sum of £ 200 f 6 r this purpose . Mr Robinson \ s the proprietor "•'• of a ireeliold estate , in the marbet . town of . Hplt , Ndrfalfe , consisting ' of four iour-roomed cottages , . whiyh ^ be intends \ u dispose of in 10 . 008 shares , at Js . per " share , by 'ballot , in the same manner as the allotments of the National Land Company . We are-also informed , " that the sub . secretaries of the National' Charter Association are authorised to receive names of shareholders , and that every information may be had by applying to Mr John Arnott , Secretary , Bricklayers' Armsi , Ton bridgestreet , Kew-road , London . Mr W . HiooiKB .- ' ReceiTea ; ana will appear in our next * - ¦

      J . B . Smixh . —Received . . < - \ f . Aitki . v , Asb . ton-uncler . Lyne—We are Teryeorry that Mr Aitbin'B communication arrived too lata for publi . cation this week . . .

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      RECEIPTS OF T 9 E NATIONAL J . AND COMPANY , - FOR THE WEEK ENDING THURSDAY , JULY , 2 )

      1818 . '' - PER Mil O'CONNOR . ¦ BABES . ¦ £ S . d Horninghold ,. 3 2 6 LeptbR- n 0 9 o Newport Fag . .. Manchester ., » . 1 IK ¦ 0 nell ., g 18 § Rothdala . ' . .. ill 0 Gloucester .. 0 15 0 Bath . » 119 . 0 Has well " .. " 8 90 ' leTcester , Astvll 4 0 o Wakcfield .. ' 3 8 O ' Mdls , 'Smith ., 13 0 Mansfield , Walke * 9 0 0 Iletfora . . 1 ia t Belper . „ . ~ 6 5 - 0 Birmingham , ' City ... 8 4 9 Goodwin „ . 1 1 0 Thfapsione .. 0 18 0 Bridge-water ,. . Saiford „ 3 0 ' 0 Spurwe ' y . .. 3 10 0 Kettering „ 3 7 0 . Rtchard < jrif-Eomford ,. 0 6 0 ' ' fiths "! - " .. 0 10 0 Nottingham , : ¦ ( VMowl' . - . 0 1 o Sweet ., . ¦ 1 16 -6 i H Lore • ¦« 6 10 ; o KewRadford „ 2 1 C W-Sturgeon ,. . « I 18 0 Leeds ,, 5 0 0 . JASjnitft . - .. . 016 ¦ ¦ - • • ¦¦ ¦• • £ 57 8 6 ¦ ¦ r- ¦ •¦ ¦¦ : ¦ ¦ : . ¦ ..

      BXPiSNSB FUND . - Newport Pagnell 0 1 6 Rochdale .. 0 3 0 Gloucester .. 0 5 0 Bath ¦ .. 110 Belper , ' Lee ... 0 8 6 Leicester , Astill . 10 0 . Aberdeen K 0 4 0 Mells , Smith „ 0 1 : 0 Nottingham , , Retford' 0 & 0 Sweet .. 0 7 0 -Bridgewater , New Radford .. 0 1 0 Spurway .. 0 H 6 . ¦ Wm Stnrgeoa .. 0 4 0 ' " ' £ * ¦ . * ---Land Fund ... ... ... 57 , 8 . 6 Expense Fund . ... ... .... 4 12 6 Rale ' s ... ... ... ... 0 14 , . . 62 2 4 Bank ... ... ... ... . 69 16 % £ 131 18 6

      I ^ H ^^^^ UHQWU ^ Wb . Dixok . ' Chbmtopbk * Dolts , Thos . Clabe , ' (< Jbrres , Bed . ) " Phiiip M' 6 BATH , ( Fin . Seo . ) RECEIVED AT BANKJ Manchester .. .. .. 23 4 ' 0 NOTICE . The manager has received a . remittance ' of j £ 15 from Edmund Stallwood on accountpf *; TheNational Co-opera .: tira Benefit Society'in the Deposit Department ot ' the National Land and Labour Bank . . ...... . ' T , Paiop , Manager . RECEIPTS OP LIBERTY FtJND . SCarjlelone Lo- ¦ Whiuingionand calrty , . - .. 0 15 0 Cat Locality M 0 6 3 Blackfriars Lo- Cheltenham Ascality , per Mr . sedation .. o 10 0 Bryson „ 0 9 3 Edinbuigb , per Rotherham Char . ' A Walker . .. .. 2 0 0 terAssociation 0 10 0 Waterhead Mill , Washington Bri . per- R Beau . gade , per Mr mont ' ., o 10 0 Daniels .. 0 15 0 Colne , per Josh Western District Watson .. 0 lo 0 for London De- Lincoln , per T . monsttation ,. 0 3 6 " Sbaip „ o 10 0 Lim&houae Lo . Mr Eicnardson , cality .. 8 0 0 City .. 0 3 0 W . B . .. 0 1 o Bamsgate , per J Mr Pearco .. 0 0 6 Hayman- ., ' 0 2 0 A Priend .. 0 0 8 Leice&Uv , j ?«? Peterborongh , 2 nd Butkby ... l 5 o Subscription . 0 9 4 £ 11 19 8

      John M'Cbab , Secretary . DZTENCZ OF US O ' OOHHOX ' S BEAT IH PABU 1 HERT . Ipswich ., u . ... .. 236 FOB HBS JONES . Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. .. 013 Mr M'Crae ' s route has been nnfertuJiattly mislaid . All places desirous of Mr M'Crae ' s services will correspond with him immediately and direct to Mr M'Crae , at the office of the North Bsitish Exfbsss , High-street , Ediu . burgh ,

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      CREM 0 RNE GARDENS . The 'Aquatic TonrBament' continues to attract crowds of spectators . This sievel apeciea . of divereion is exhibited on the riffr at Chelsea , in front of Cremorne-houfe . The Bpsrt 3 commence by the display of wrestling upon a platform moored on tbe water ; on which seme of the best proficients of Somerfietshire and Cornwall exhibit their fekill ; ' the falls beiDg iato the river , from which the combatants are rescued by swimming . A number of Life Gnardamen contend with lanceB and swords in boats , from which they are precipitated into the water in their turns . There is eome admirable swimming by about twenty of the moat celebrated prtfeBsora of the art , and a variety of aquatic mar eauvres . The whole acijompanied by the music of a military band , the discharge of pieces of ordnance , and the sboatsofthe company , who appear highly delighted with the amusement . The new ballet , ' Le Diable de Bois / is well got up , a&d elicits the moat rapturous applause .

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      Dbwsbbrt . —Mr John Weat of Macolesfield , will delirer two lectorea on Suoday , July 30 fcb , weather permitting . in the Croft , in the afternoon at half-past two o ' clock precisely . Subject : — ' On the comiag Revolution . ' In the eyeaing at six o ' clook . 'On the present state of Ireland , and Repeal . fesi- ^ Gawy Well , or Gold Eb « s hkab , Halifax — A . camp meeting will be held at thiaplaoa , to-morrow a . fcernooD , commencing at two o ' clock , when Messrs Snowden , Olissec , and Rushton of Halifax , and other friends , are expected to address the meeting . A district delegate meetiag will bo held at the Catty Well publio houBe , commencing at twelve tfoloeh at noon , when the last quarter ' s balance sheet mil be bronght forward . A secretary will also have to be appointed and it is hoped that the following looalities will sBEid delegates : —viz ., Halifax , Midgjey ,

      Mixend ^ n Stones , Ofenden , Queenabead , Warley , Wa'ley Edge . Sowerby Helm , Elland , Bradshaw-! an « , Noa . 1 and 2 , Lordship , Baliffe Bridge , Whealley , Nwthowiasn , Stainland , IlUnsworfch Moor , Cold Harb 3 ur , Ovenden Moor . Any other lceality wishing to join the distriol muafc send a . dele * gate to the place above named . Camp meetings will ba held on Sunday , July 30 , at Hiley Green , near Hebden Bridge , and oa Sunday , August 6 th at Northowram rear Halifax . MjiaTHTB Ttdvil . —The members ofbraBCQ No . 1 , of the Land Company , are requested to attend at the new room in Barclay and Perkins ,- Pontmoilais , on Sunday evening next , the 24 Ji inst ., and members in arrears witb , their local and general levies , are requested to pay the sam . e without farther notice .

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      DEFENCE FUND . '" ~ ¦> : • " l R « oei ? edsby . Wii , RiDBB .... . £ * . d . Amoant-nlrfladspublished . ^•• -.-.-. •« .-. 248 ' % . & Do . 'ino . by Stirling . ; . V . "¦' . ; . ... 6 , 3 0 BtrryEdgo'ChariistAwootation . .: ; ... p l 4 - 'o ¦ "¦ ' ' , - J . - atdttottom .,, - ' - ¦« .- ¦ 0 ' l ' 6 Islington and Pentonville ( seeonil aabscrfp- ' ' ' lion ) , pevF . Thorne ; . ... 0 7 t ) T . L . D ,, Liverpool ... -. - - . . ; ... 0 13 Holme , upon Spacing Moor , per H , Whito 0 4 6 P S , Bith # it o 10 0 A friend , Eccleefleld . per G . Civill ... 0 10

      M-ryKnapton ... ... ... 0 10 W . Trtull , sen ; , ... ... o 1 0 0 . Foltrup ... .... ... ... 0 0 C A few poor Chartists , Boston , per J . Morlt-y 6 G 0 Farrlntften Chartists , per J . Berry ... 0 12 0 BJeup , per J , M ! d ? ley ,,, ... 10 0 Newport , Islo of Wijht , per T . SdW .. 0 IS 0 TetucB , per W . Tanner ... ... 0 15 0 Northampton , per J . Johastone ... 0 15 0 Wfttjdsworth , per G . Btck - ,-, ... 1 : 00 John Heaton , Giggleawick .. .. 0 0 fl LclthChnrtl » t 8 . ¦ . .. 0 10 fl

      8 f . A . ndrew « , peT H . ! iu » tar 3 e .. ... 0 4 0 ChuTwell , near Leeds , per B . Soarth .. 0 14 0 Great Western Steain . nhip Works , Brfotol , per , t . Reader , 0 5 C M . A , Blanehard and Prlenda , London .. 0 3 0 J . Cantello ,. Newport , Isle ofWjght ... 0 2 6 Wiulaton , per E . SummorBido „ . .. \ 0 5 0 AKroton por W . Williamson , ... . .. 0 14 1 Brorosgrovo , per J . Hall , . „ ... 0 10 6 Allia , per W . Simtn .... ... ... o 15 0

      Bwerley , a ( ew thilnrB , pw A , J , ( JoOTSI ,,, 0 5 0 Blairgowrie , per J , Donaldson ,, .,, 0 8 0 P ^ rth , pfr J . Cree ... ... ... 0 5 4 Bory StEdmunda . per G . En ' gllah ... 0 6 6 Hoiinfinh , per J , Ramsden ,, , „ 010 0 Ditto , per dltte ... . „ ... 2 17 0 Murpeth , per T , Franco ,, ' ,.,. 0 4 8 Cliiheroe , per R . Entwistlo .. ... 0 8 0 Wiml ,. ton , per O . M'O . ... ... 0 3 0 Eye . ne&f Petorborouih , per E . Seholey ... 0 12 0 Western Division , London , part proceeds of Bsffla for two Representations-of the

      Battle of Waterloo , per J . Milno ... 1 11 0 Be » per , ' per T . ' Rainbow ... ... 0 4 2 J , Taylor and friends , London ... ... 0 19 D . RoMit 8 O " n , Cumbcrnould m \ t ... 0 10 Warwick , per O . French : ... ,,, 0 3 0 Hswlofe , per J . Ogllrie ,.. .,, ... 1 12 0 NottlnRbam , pir J . Sweet ,, ( fourth oabocrip . tlbn ) , omitted-J> ' week" . '• .. . ... l ' . B 2 i i > o per do ( fifth BUhBorip ' tlon ) . ... ' 1 11 0 Hanky and Sheltoa , ( ihird BubBeriptloh ) per ' ¦ MfDeakin .. ' . ' ' ,.. ... ... 18 7 Worsbro'Common , per GT Booth ... 0 12 0

      A lrtcnrt , Hoylagd , per do ... ' ... 0 2 6 Gr » nthnm , pM A Williams ... " ... 0 12 C CoioheBtsr Chftrtiota ... ¦ ... „„ o 15 ' 0 Cbelm « ford , por J . Mason ... ... 0 3-7 Sohetn , JJsmocraiiG tailors , per 6 . West ... 0 13 6 Calton Glasgow , por A . M'Donald ... 0 3 Q Jonnttcn , por J , Oaldwell ... ... o 5 . 0 W . Ho « ier , Coventry ... ... ¦ ... 0 0 3 Kidderminster per G . Hollow ay ... ... 0 5 0 A few friends , Chelsea , per J , Jennings ... 0 5 6 Bedworlb , per W . Bedder , ... „ . 0 5 , 11 Frllinvi uad Windy Nook WardB , per-3 . Hen-,

      derenn >¦¦ . ... ... ... © 18 . 3 J , SmUb , jKennoway Burns , „ , , „ . 0 2 2 Ctieater , p rR . H . . ... ... ... 0 2 6 W . Poole , Dubo-Btreet , Stamford-street ... 0 2 G Bury 8 t Edmunds , per T . Leggett .... 0 4 6 A , Brown , Newm'lna „ , ,, , „ 0 5 0 Selby , p « r W , Ultcbell . ... ... 0 4 6 Stoke . Bub-namden , per T Taylor ... 0 3 C RoflseDdale , per J . Taylor -. . y . . . ^ , 0 4 8 Bramp'en , Cumberland , per J , English . 0 3 0 TaviHtoclt . per B . Bole ' ..,.-. ... 0 7 3 Barton on-Trentiper C . DooJey ... ... 0 7 0 LeptpB , per L . Lodge ... ... ... 0 4 6 NottlBgbam , ( siith aubactlptlon ) per J , < Sweet ... ... ... , „ 0 10 7 J . Muytnan , RjmBgate ... . ... 0 2 0 King ' d Cross ... ... ... ... 0 16 0 Stcaui portion of proceeds of rnffla for two representations of the Buttlo of Waterloo ,

      from Wistern division , ptr J . llilno ... , 110 3 Glbeit Burton , Huntloy , „ ... , 010 Norwood , per T . Keates ... ... 0 12 ft J . Gain , Ea 6 lngton Line ... ... 0 0 6 Cbeitenham , p < . r J . Olenister .. .. 0 6 0 D 9 lBton , per A . Leeoh . „ , „ .... 05 0 Linltth ^ ow , perW , Grandlson . „ „ , 0 2 8 Retford * „ , ... , „ ... 0 7 % Market Rasin ,,, ,,, ... ,, 0 C 0 Coaonly ... . .. ... ... O 10 3 Gain her well locality for Victim and Defence Fund ^ ,,. ' .,, .,, .,, 0 10 0 Westminster locality , Mr Barnos ,., 0 17 6 ThrooFriendB . Betifordbury ... ... . 0 3 0 Mr Bucbley , „ ... ... 0 2 0 ' ' 288 1 4 Centrai . Defbkok Commiiibb , Windsor Castle , High Holborn : — G . B . ... ... ... „ . 0 2 11 J . Patlson .. ... ... ... ' 0 10 E . Stlllway .. ... 0 10 Ten Specials ... ... ... ... 0 6 0 Newton Abbott ... ... ... 0 10 0 C&rtwrlght ' a Coffee Honso ... ... 0 16 0 Wigton 0 4 0 Woolwich , two artillery men , and three

      sappers .. - .. . ; . ... 0 9 8 Ipswich ... ... .. .. 170 Brandy Car , Wakefield . . . - . ' ... 6 16 T . Sannders , Blandford : , „ , ; ' 0 10 0 Pt . rk Gate Cbartw AssQolaHon , Rotherasm 0 VI 3 KewRadford ,.. ... t ,. . „ . . 0 16 . 0 Por Jenkins . i ' .. . , ... 0 2 0 Limehoueo .. . ... ¦ ... ) ... 0 2 9 Mr Side ' s Book . .. ..... ,. I 10 8 J Middleton per Esmond „• , ,, 0 10 O Thomas Paine . ' * Brigade , per Hummett ... 0 6 , 9 Green Gate , per Hancock . ; ... 6 4 3 A few friends , near Greon © ate ,,, . „; 0 . 4- . 2 J . Sweet begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums , for the Defence Fund , via .:

      —From Arneld ... ... .,, 0 j 3 0 Mins Ellen Hoaghton .,. ... .... O 1 0 From Gotham . ^ .... ... ... 0 16 Prom CsrltoD , per Mr WJbewell ... ft 1 3 Pram the Klog oi the French ... . ... 0 8 loi Bjron \ fard locality ... „ . ... 0 16 Per Messrs Skeritt and Pringle , „ ' ¦ ... 6 1-6 Gotham , per Mr Robert * ... ... 0 g 0 ,, por Mr Bowley ... , „ © 1 6 Langley Mill . ... ... ... 0 5 6 Calverton , por Mr Anthony , „ „ , 0 16 6 Catltdn , per Mr Whawell ... . „ 0 1 6

      _ £ 2 _ 1 _ 7 J Received at Land office , Mr Nurse ... . ... . ... ... 0 10 Mr Mont ... . ... ,,. ... 0 3 6 Mr Lodge . to * •¦• ... 0 10 Mr Ward ... ... ... ... 0 10 J . Grellier ... ... . „ ... 0 10 Mr Bray . „ ... ... ... 0 2 6 Ashford , by a few Chsrtiflti , „ ... 0 5 0 Wm . Sadler ... ... ... ... 0 2 0 Rochdals . Female Chartists ,,. ,, „ ,,, 0 5 0 A Female Friend . ... ,,, ,,, 0 10 Jobs Arnoit , Somers Town , bsga to soknnw ^ ledge the receipt of the following Bums for the Defence and Victim Fund , which he hna paid over to the Somers Town Defence and Viotim Committee : —

      Mr Mack ... ... ' ... ... 0 0 6 Mr Jos . DJxen ... ... .... 0 10 Mr James Rogers ,,, ,,, ... 0 0 6 JHrWiiito „ . ... ... ... 0 0 6 MrUttlng . ; . »•• ' •¦• ••• 0 0 6 Mr P . Reddiog ... ... ... 0 10 Mr Btlloo , per Ot Austin .,, ... 0 2 6 MrMcDodd , „ ... . „ ... 0 4 0 Mr Park , , 0 2 6 Mr Wilson , , v „ . „ . „ . „ 0 16 Mr Gradonell ^ ;; „ . ,, , 0 16 Mr Norse , „ Mi 0 0 6 Mr Arnotfc jma alaff received 2 i . from Mr John Bodill , ofKqtyngham , for MrsJonea , thelaw-mnde widow of the Welsh natriot ; and also ii 2 d . collected by Mr Henry Freeman , for MraFussell . The following sum was inserted in last week ' s Stab minna 6 d . ; but the partie&desire \ t ia the following form . Please to gratify them ,

      Newcastle . ' M . Jude . Washington CoUlery 0 5 0 Riokley OollUry 0 4 . „ Wideopea Colliery ... , „ i §> 0 5- 0 Received per Tboma * Cowper , „ .. 0 8 10 Beoelved per Martin Jade ' s Book ^ o 7 0 Deduct for Post-Offioo OrJerand Poatago 0 0 4 Olbham . —W . Earner aoknowledRes the receipt of the following Bums for the Defence Fund : — ^ ihto l . „ i . " 0 10 0 Waterhead Mill ... ... n in 8 wateroeaa mil . 0 10 B

      „ A few Friends , Hey Chapel , „ , „ 0 6 9 Bury ... ... ,. ... o 10 0 Lel L ,., 0 10 « Stockport , 0 8 6 Wftrdngton „ , , 8 5 0 In oonsequenoe of & typographical error in the amount of monies received by me for Mrs Jones , published in last week ^ a SiAu . it maybe proper to apprise our Stafford friends that I reeoiTOd 6 i . from them , though announced as only 61 . i which with the 3 * . 3 d . reoeired from Wallingford , I paid into the hands cf the treasurer , Mr J . Simpson , Waterloo-street , Gamberwell . An alteration having taken placa in the Defence Committeej I beg taaay & » & My w , Uoy i * aot tho ¦ . I • -II IV . 1 ¦ ¦

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      AtthIiptbd Murder it RoinEHHisna . —On Tuesday evening a young man , named James Scott , aged nineteen years , went into the Red Lion for the purpose of taking eome refreshment , and whilst Bitting in the tap-room he got into conversation with a labouring man named Oresnhill . Shortly after wards high words ensued and subsequently a desperate fight was the result . A few roundg only teok placo , when the landlord interfered , and tboy' were separated . However , a few minutes hadsoarcely elapsed ,-when Scott had occasion to leave the room , and while ho was atandi » gontaide the house Greehill made a rush at him with a large cUup knife , inflictinc a moat eerions wound in the abdomen . A stream

      of b ' oed immediately followed tbe injury , and the poor man fell to the ground apparently lifeless . In the meantime , Greenhill had effected his escape , bat an alarm being made the police were soon on the spot , and in a short space of time , succeeded in arresting him . The injured man was at once carried to tbe ne&rest surgeon ' s , where tbe wound was dreesed , and he partially recovered hisaensea ; but the medical gentleman , on examination , finding that the injury was great , a cab was procured , and he was carried to the accident ward of Guy ' s Hospital ; where ho was placed under the care of Mr Hodgson , the atftistant-trargeon , who on Wednesday gave but very faint hopes of hi&vecovdry .

      At the time the ohuroh of the Vatican was built , nioheswere loft for statues of the Popes . All these have been filled except one , and eome superstitions persona argue , from the signs of the time , that this one cioho wUl be ( tUthabwU be required ,

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      Secretary , "l atated last week ; Mr Charlei iiay map . is now the secro ' a-y ; and Mr William AiJnut ' , n ^ mifT ' ^ ' ^""' ' cations to be addr&wd Jo the OOmmittee . attho Wiadaor OaBtle Irn H ^ h llolurfl < Wm . Rider .

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      mairjuiiimn nwirirjm-fVu . 'rTtll ^ ^^ ToiS jy ^^ CtAT W' \ V in WINCIIEST 8 R A 8 S 1 Z 58 . . William AHerwaa indicted ( or the wilful tnurdor w ZV ? o ' e ShtdS Blving himdw - ^ It append from the evidenoe that the prisoner was a convict nt Portsmouth under theauperinten dence of the deceaHed . On the 11 th of June last , at about naif-past eleven in the morning , prisoner was in a passage adjoining the filling loft . O'Connor wad also there , and a man of the name of Smith a ri ^ er , wsb in the loft . Smith suddenly heard a noi 8 o as of a very heavy blow , which seemed to come from the passage , aud . upon looking up he saw O'Connor in the act of falling upon his back . The prisoner who was also by O ' Connor , had an immense mallet in his hand With which Smith saw him strike O'Connor a

      most violent blow in the face as he was falling . Some of the oonviota who were by , but who had been unable to prevent this murderous attack , immediately pioked him up . The prisoner thereupon said , 'I told him I wouldcook his gooso , and I have done it . ' The poor follow , wbo was most serioudy injured about tho head and face , was bleeding most profusely . He waa taken in & atate ' of insensibility to the Star inn , and there attended by the surgeons . On the following day he became delirious , and so violent that it took six men to hold ^ hira j down . He ^ oon afterwards , however , sunk into a state 61 stupor , and died about ten o ' clock on that Right , The prisoner waa ot ' cov . rae immediately taken into custody , and placed in a solitary cell on board the York

      conviot-Bhip . Whiht there ho had some conversation with a woman named King , who was oonfined in an OPPOSlte Cell . IlOBflidtoher . 'I have done one . » lung aBkedhimwhoh ' e meant . He replied , 'O'Connor . I gave ; the a blow on the head , and Knocked him down . The — turned up his eyeB > and I gave him another blow on the faoQ and knocked his nose flat on his faoe , and I saw the old devil stand by the as I killed him . I Baid I would do it . I looked for an opportunity all the morning , before I could get one . I was a ' n hour before I could get anything to do it with . At last I found tbo Eallet , and that I killed the with . ' He ihen asked where he should be topped . King said , ' At Winchester . ' The prisoner replied , ' I Bhali make a fine speech at the scaffold . '

      Mr Mi 8 BiBg declined to address the jury , saying that he had watohed the case , and done all that he CDuld do . A written statement waa then read , in whioh he oomplained that O'Connor had got him into trouble , by reporting him for using threatening language , and worked him into such a state of madneas tbat he did not hnow what he did . He was very Borry for what he had done , aud hoped the court would have mercy on him . Mr Justice Williams having summed up , the jury in the course of a ew minutes returned & verdict of ' guilty , ' and the prisoner waa sentenced to be hanged .

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      INDECENT ASSAULT . ; , At the Stratford-upon-Avon borough petty sessions , July 8 th , 1848 , before William Sheldon , Esq ., Mayor , Dr Thompson , and Mr Charles Lnoy , Charles IrnjB , a painter and slaeier , of this town , between forty and fifty years of age , was brought up in cust 8 d y , under a warrant issued oh the previous Tuesday , and charged with having , on the 26 th of Jnne ,-committed an assault with intent to commit a felony on the person of Eliza Taylor , a young girl not fourteen years , old , and who had lived aa servant in the prisoner's faraily .

      From the evidence of the girl , it appeared that , about eight o ' clock oh the evening in question , the prisoner entered a shop up the yard at the back of his house , where Bhe was engaged chopping sticks . That he immediately shut the door , caught hold of her round the wai 6 t , forced her up against some sacks , and , notwithstanding her outorie 3 and resistance , was proceeding to effect his object , when Miss Sarab Inns ( the proaeoutrix ' s mistrsBS , and Biater of prisoner ) , opened the door of the shop , and caused him to deBist . That the girl was about to tell her mistress how the prisoner had used her , but she would not hear her , and immediately pent her home , when she told hor mother ( whose evidence was corroborated ) , all tbat had been done to her .

      By the testimony of Mist Inna , it appeared that , although the witness had found the prisoner and the girl together in the back ' shop , with the door shut , she had not heard any outcry , and had accidentally gone to look after the girl , when she discovered them together . Tbat the girl had told her some trifling iahehoods that eveaing , and for these , and her insolent condaet when found , she had disoharged her , and not because she had found her in the shop with the prisoner . Mr Grkves , aolicitov for the prosecutieu , urged that the evidence of of Miss Inns was strongly corroborative of the poor girl ' s evidence , but aa far as the witness spoke in favour of her brother , the prisoner ) it was fall of discrepancies , and upon that poin . t ought to be viewed with much suspicion . Her feelingB were naturally much biassed . No attempt had been made to show what the prisoner was doiBg with the girl in tbe ' shop , other than as appeared from the proseoutrix's evidence . He called on the magistrates to commit .

      . -Ms lAVBt solicitor , appeared for the defence , and fruitlessly endeavoured to cast improper Stigmas on the gill and her friends , and that the case was got up to . extort money from the prisoner . ; The magistrates dismissed the case considering the evidence not sufficient to commit upon . [ We have received a letter from the father of the girl , ( John Taylor ) who states that the clerk to tbe magistrates i&the father of the prisoner ' s attorney ; he . also animadverts strongly on the conduct of the magistrates fo ? their partiality in dismissing the case . We do not publish his letter , fearing it may ba libeliQua , hut leave our readers to draw their conclusions from the above report . —Ed . N . S . ]

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      REVOLT IN NEWGATE . On Wednesday morning an extraordinary degree of exoitement prevailed in her Majesty gaol of Newgate fcora a discovery that the convicts in one of the wards were not only in a state of mutiny , but that they had barricaded the only entrance into the ward , and had threatened tho life of any one of the officials Chat Bhould make an attempt to effect an entrance . A body of pelice was immediately sent for , and on entering the gaol , tbe men having been armed with cutlasses , they proceeded to the ward in question , and upon the door being unlocked , the barricade ( hat lad been f > rmed was forced in ; and the turnkeys , with twelve men of the police and the inspector , entered . The first thing that presented iuelf to the eyea of the policemen was twelve persons ,

      principally youths or young men , from about eighteen to twenty-five yeara of age , standing in a line against the wall , with their hands behind , apparently handcuffed , but which wan found not to be the case . Without saying a word , the police went and collared eaoh his man , who , preceded by eome of the turnkeys or wardens , were taken down ataira into a room , and p . a soon as one was handcuffed , he was conveyed to the press-room , where they were ironed . This ex > raordinary outbreak , aa might be expected , created an unusual ddgree of curiosity amongst the police , and which was in no degree allayed by ne answer beiag given to their inquiries , The only communication made v ? as in a sort of undertone .

      and that was that the twelve who had all been tried , were « entenoed to be transported ; and that they formed a portion of the 105 convicts at present in Newgate . To a question to one of the conviots by Inapeoto ? Howard , the reply was , 'WhatwiH not evil men do when drove . ' After the whole had been removed the ward was . examined , when it appeared tbat their original determination was to resist to the utmost , for the whole ' of the bedsteads and the other articles of furniture were destroyed , the mattresses and counterpanes rolled up and so rlended together in the barricade as to show that a determined resistance was originally intended , while the whole of the glass in the' window-frames waa broken .

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      1 Knowledge is Power—Union is Strength . ' The Central Committee , have received several com . muniuatiotis expressive of the great satisfaction felt in Rippomlen . at their spirited exposure of the Tnick and Document Conspiracy recrntly brought to light in that town , and a vote of thanks to the Central Committee for the prompt manner in which they took up the case . These expressions of satisfaction , are very gratifying , as they prove that . notwithstand . ing their abject poverty , the great bulk of the

      working raen still retain that hearty old English abhorrence of all that is mean and slavish , which from time immemorial is said to feave been the distinguishing feature in the national character . It proves that there still exists a leaven , at least , of that sturd y independence whioh contrasts 50 ^ strongly and so advantageousl y witb the conduct of the wretched serfs who have for ever disgraced themselves by appending their names to a paper , under which they voluntarily surrender to the arbitrary mandate of their employer the last vestige of their independence , the only distinctive feature which separates them from the abject condition of the veriest slave .

      Amongst the very few privileges which class-made law has left to the working man , is the rigVit , under certain sufficiently stringent guarantees , of association ; and if the priceless value of that acknowledged right was properly understood and appreciated by the working man , he would spurn with indignant scorn any and every attempt , from whatever quarter it might , emanate , which had for its object to deprive him of that inestimable privilege . If evtr the condition of the wretched working slaves of England is to be improved , it must lie by and through

      themselves ; and by whatever means it is to be accomplished , by whatever machinery this much desired object is ; o be attained , it must be a superstructure based upon the Legal Right of Association . Let then this most valuable right be jealously guarded , let any attempt 10 rob us of it—even under semblance of law—be resisted even at the risk of life . And as to individual attempts by unprincipled employers , treat them with the ineffable contempt which such disreputable conduct alone merits from honest men .

      Let us suppose tbat some whig , Ton-, or , what perhaps is more probable , some future Fit : Trade Ministry , was to signify its intention to repeal the Act , 60 Gco . 4 , cap , 129 . and thus to ma'ife all trades unions illegal , and punishable by imprisonment and bard labour . VVhat an . outcry would be raised tbrtmgh the length and breadth of the landwhat hearty and patriotic denunciations of governmental tyranny ¦ would be sent forth through the presi and by orators at public meetingB- ^ what lamentations over tUe degraded position to wbirh the tyrant government sought to reduce tho working men of England—and yet that position , however degraded . however disgraceful , would not differ , fro a the

      position to which the man Parson and his wretched co-males have voluntarily sunk themselves ; or to which such men as Messrs Whitley and Sons ar . 8 attempting to reduce those v ; ho are stupidly so bise as to place themselves within their power . ' V < e ire satisfied that any such attempt by any government however strong , and under whatever name ,, weu ! ibs indignantly and successfully resisted ; and suroly individual despots are not to be permitted to do that with impunity , which would be indignantly denied to the strongest government . Let the ¦ working classes , and such of them as are members of the

      National Association in particular , well consider this matter . The remedy for this great wrong rests with themselves . Every attempt ol this sort should , in all cases , by individuals or bymasses . be promptly and vf ithout reservation resisted . Far more honourable would it \ e to beg our daily food from door to deor—to accept the starveling dietary of the Poor Law . Commission—than submit to eat the bread of degradation , and drag abeut a wretched existence , abhorred by your fellow men , and deservedly despised by the tyrants whose abject slave you had signed yourself .

      Each man has a duty to perform individuallya duty he owes jointly to himself , to his family , and to society—and he ought to perform that duty under all circumstances , and at whatever risks , without calling upon any other party to aid him . It is his duty to take care that those acknowledged rights which appertain to him as a member of society , are not violated in his person . It ) is , 1 ' or instanc :, an acknowledged right , vested in each individual , to choose that form of worship most congenial to his prejudices or his convictions ; every man , again , has a right to walk unmolested , on what is termed the

      Queen ' s hig hway ; and any man-would undoubtedly indignantly resent any attempt which mi ght be made to interfere with his exercise of such ri g hts , but neither of these rights are more clear and undoubted than the right of associating for the protection of the poor man ' s only property— 'Kis wages—and any violation of this undoubted and truly valuable right , ough . t to be re&ented with equal promptitude and decision . A few instances of determination and firmness , coupled with that wholesome exposure which is one ' of tbe invaluable' benefits which a free press is calculated to afford , would soon put a stop to this growing evil . .

      The Central Committee . will always be found ready to second the endeavours of any honest man who may seek to protect himself from such an abuse of that power-appertaining to capital . The sordid thirst for gain , acting upon minds naturally base , will , unfortunately , furnish occasional instances of this abuse of such power ; but we are bound to say , the British employers , generally , are quite incapable of reverting to such unworthy means of enriching themselves . They have their clubs and associations , and are too well cognisant of their utility to seek illegally to deprive the working men of the free exercise of Bimiliar privileges . It is only , a small minority who disgrace themselves and their class by

      such dishonourable actions ; and if the working men meet their offers with a determined resistance , all attempts at such dishonourable dictation will cease . But it would be well to ask ourselves this question : Is there anything in the constitution of our local societies , anything which ought reasonably to awaken the jealousy of our employers ? Is there ought in our laws or practices calculated to engender and produce a feeling of antagonism ? Because , 'if there i 3 , it were well at once to apply a remedy . The princip le of the National Association may bn expressed in one word—Conciliation . We seek to

      promote between employer and workman a reciprocal feeling of confidence . We wish to place them and ourselves in a position to demand and secure good prices , and , as a consequence , good wages . We believe it is t ' ae reckless competition of workmen against workmen , and employer against employer , which is gradually reducing one c ! a < s to the Gazette , and the other to the Union work , house . If it is possible , then , to reraave , or even lessen , this acknowledged evilf surely it were wise for both of these parties to lay aside , the one their pride , the other their prejudices , and to work together for their mutual benefit .

      There is one error of some of our local bodies which has had a considerable , tendency to create a hostility on the part of the employers in some districts to our movement ; we allude to canvassing in the mills , pits , and workshops for members , and in collecting the weekly contributions under similar circumstances . Now , we emphatically call upon our members , wherever such practices exist , to atop them immediately ; for vre contend , that employers have equal cause to , complain of such violation of their rules , and interruption to their business , as the hands have to the arbitrary fines and abatements which are frequently so loudly and so justly complained of . Thus , by removing all just grounds for complaint , we believe that the present dislike evinced by some employers to our union ^ rould quickly subside . ' '

      We offer these remarks to show , that , whue on the one band we shall always consider it a duty which we shall not need prompting to induce us to fulfil , to expose the arrogant assumptions of undue power , by what we believe to be a very small and contemptible section of the emp loying class , we will never , on tbe other hand , connive at , nor sanction , any practices fom our members which can be shown to be injurious to the interests , or obstructive to the business of the masters . We look forward with great confidence that this conciliatory policy , if it does not eventually . procure for us the active support , will at least we&kea the prejudices , and gradually smooth away the rough asperity , with which some of them view our progress .

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      Tbe Attorney-General . —This eminent legal functionary has boen aftveu witb a writ in anBotion for penalties incurred by alleged bribery at tno Homham election , to the amount of ten ^ thousand pounds . Three eminent counsel are retained , and the cause , it is Baid , will be tried at the next BOHmer assizes for Sbbssk . ¦ -

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      Lord G . Bentinck , to the dismay of Ministers , and , indeed , of the whole House , pointed out on Wednesday that all tbe long debatesj and . sittings till two and three in the morning , on the Suuar Duties , had led to nothing , in consequence of one of the usual blunders of the Chancellor of tne Exchequer . The object of the Government was to allow thi West Indian Colonies to import their Muscovado Sugar at a duty of thirteen shillings , in the year 1818-9 . But tne- first' resolution states ^ " that the schedule of duties , of which' 13 s .

      forms a part , shall be levied " sugar ' and molasses , the , growth and pro . duceof any British possession into which the importation of foreign sugar is prohibited . " . . The importation of foreign sugar is not prohibited in any of the West Indian Colonies , and consequently this resolution does not apply to them ; they , therefore , rail under the head of . " other British possessions / ' the Muscovado sugar of which is liable to a duty of 15 s . 9 d ., and thus the great object of the Government is entirely frustrated by their own blunder , and the time o 7 the House ' of Commons mercilessly thrown

      away , by several weeks sittings in . Midsummer for nothing . Of course , as . the resolutions of the Committee have received the final sanction of the House , and a bill in accordance with them has been brought in , there is nothing left but to go into Committee again . and begin the question de note . Whether the Protectionists who fought the battle so toughly for the West Indians , will allow the Ministers to carry any measures whatever , at this advanced period of the Session , remains to be seen . The Chancellor of tbe Exchequer was dumb foundered by this exposure of his incapacity , and of the commission of a blunder for which a copying clerk in any Government office would have been dismissed . The effect in the citv has been to create the

      arpntest confusion and excitement—and the highest indignation exists among the merchants at the losses which the negligent and ignorant management of the Government entails upon the mercantile community . It is the price they must expect to pay for putting in office a set of men whom they would riot employ as subordinate clerks in their own Counting-houseSj much le > s intrust with the management of their own business . Men -. who . could not manage the hv . siuess of a single sugar broker in Mincinglane , are entrusted with the regulation and control of the affairs of an empire , the largest and mnst varied in its interests , of any either in ancient or modern times . Is it any wonder that things should-be as they are >

      It is-not merely incapacity which unfits the present occupants of the Treasury Benches for office . In addition to " that grave reason for dismissal , they add a deeper fault—that of deliberate and wilful tampering with the truth . The exposure of the Colonial-office with respect to the suppression of important Colonial Despatches , was still in all men ' s mouths , when another took place of a more unequivocal and damaging c h aracter .. The same parties occupied the same bad eminence in this case as before : Earl Grey and his underling , Mr Hawes , bid fair to establish a reputation for-themselves in political history , the reverse of enviable .

      On the 1 st of June , last year , Lord Lincoln moved an address to the Queen , praying that colonization miglt be made subsidiary to other . plans for promoting the welfare of Ireland . Mr Hawes opposed the motion , but Lord 3 . Russell seeing the government were likely to be beaten upon the question , if they persisted in their opposition , finally agreed to the motion , upon the understanding that he was to be allowed time to consult the

      executive legislative bodies of our North American provinces , and to lay the results before the house in another session . XDther members pressed , subsequently , forjnore specific statements , knowing the slippery character of the men they had to deal with . They were assured that ' . ' special inquiries" should be made , and , on the I 4 th of the month , the Queen ( that is the Ministers ) made the following " reply to the address of the House : —

      I am deeply eentible of the adraatege wh ' ch Buy bo derived { rom / arthtr measures tor the promotion el colonizitloD , aal Ivs ' dl direct tuch inquiries to be made as may enable Parliament to adopt a course frte from those evih which precipitate legislation on this subject might decision . Here , then , were the facts : The House had voted an address for special inquiry , the Prime Minister promised tbat the inquiry should be made and the results stated this session , and , lastly , the assurance was confirmed by the Queen . Having wasted thirteen months , and seeing the end of the session

      approaching , Lord Lincoln thought it was time to make some inquiry on the subject . He , therefore , a few day 3 ago , asked what had heen done on his motion . The reply was characteristic . Knowing that nothing had been done—that nothing was intended to be done , and that the whole affair had been merely a " dodge'' to avert a defeat , which proving successful for the moment ' was forgotten as much as the farce played at the Victoria Theatre , last year , at the same time . Knowing all this , Mr Hawes got up to reply to Lord Lincoln with one of his blandest , most candid , and most ingenuous faces . He " was greatly indebted to the noble lord for having given notice of this question , '' and then having

      produced the impression that there was -nothing the Government more desired than an opportunity of stating what they had done in consequence of the vote of Parliament , he launched into a statement which had nothing whatever to do with the matter . Lord Lincolu , however , was not to be fobbed off in this style . Politely acknowledging "the valuable informa tion" given gratuitously by Nfe Hawes , he observed that it was no answer to a vary simple question which he begged to repeat . "Had there been a special inquiry , and , if so , what were the results ? " Seeing that the last "dodge"had not thrown his lordship off the scent Mr Hawes grew desperate , gat up again , and briefly , at random , furnished an answer . ' 'The Lords' Committee constituted the

      inquiry promised . " ' It was a reply evidently got up on the spur of the moment , and Lord Lincoin demolished it in an instant , by remarking , that the Lords' Committee was appointed on the 4 th of June and that the Queen ' s answer was given on the Kth j so that the former could be no answer to the inquiry promised in the latter . " Dates are awktvard things . Mr Hawes , clever as he is at the suppressio veri as well as the suggestio falsi , had not another word to sav to this settler , upon which Lord

      John Russell valiantly rushed to the support of his silenced colleague , whom lie extricated from his predicament after a peculiar fashion , that is bv landing him deeper in the dirt . " The inquiry , " said his lordship , ( which Mr Ha « es had averred had taken place ) " coy . ldnot be made with any advantage , because there had been great sichiess and mortaiity among the emigrants last year ; " with this impromptu excuse the matter ended . We imagine that people , with these frequent exposures of the veracity of our precious ministry and especially of that

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 22, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1480/page/5/