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THE NORTHERN STAIL SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1838; ¦
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( Cmtinsed from our seventh }> & £ ?¦) . " Chief Magistrate for extraordinary- cimses and "Wider circumstances of extraordinary dimcnlty and trouble for the Colony . Here are six gentlemen , at least who have cause to roe the day -when they "became subordinates of Lord CHenelg- * -Sir Richard Bourk ' e , Sir Benjamin D'Urban , Major Henry Campbell , Captain Hindmarsh , Lord Gosford , and Sir F . B . Head , Here are six Colonies , at least , in a state of het wafer . " Sorely , sir , my proposition as to the critical state of the Colonies tind the incompetency of Lord . Glenelg cannot but be true . But let us proceed to _ further proofs and illustrationa . Qur * lave Colonies—no , our apprentice Colonies—in the "West Indies , great and small , insular and
continental , Crown and -chartered , present a wide and Tv-ry productive firid of trouble , embarrassment , and danger . Sir ,-in alkiding to them I shall confine myself to snbjects which come strictly within the terms ofmypresentmotion , being of peculiar urgency at the present time ; nor shall 1 dwell on all of those subjects . The subject of the gross violation of "the Emancipation Act has been exhausted in the other Honse of Parliament , and Lord Glenelg , though rather late in the day , to be sate , has promised to submit to Parliament a measure for giving "ns that ¦* &ich we thought we had purchased by £ 20 , 000 , 000 of redemption money . I wouldask what the colonial minister has done , or proposed , or thought of , in respect to two other matters
belonging to Westlndian affairs , which , if he possessed the iacolty of- attention , would urgentl y require its exercise . I aUnde to precautions against the time , now very near athand , when there will be an end to all compulsory labour in the West Indies , and "when the negro inhabitants of our chartered colonies \ riB claim the right and the power to elect negro members to the local Parliaments . ( Hear . ) So long ago as in January , 1836 , Lord Gleneig ,-or some other person writing in his name , seems to have been struck with the great importance of the former of these subjects , and even to have devised a sufficient means of preventing the apprehended evil . A great danger is plainly indicated , and the -means of Tirevention asclearrv
pomtedout . The danger Is that the whole of the population of the AYest Indies should , as soon as xheyl > ecome entirely free , refuse to work for wages —shonld set np , each one by and forbimsrlf , onlii . own piece of land , and that thus capitalists sLonld be lerr without labourers , to the certain ruin of the industry of those colonies . ( Hear , hear , aud loud cheer . ) Sir , I for one have no doubt that in all of those colonies , where land is excessivel y cheap , the apprehensions of the Noble Lord will Tae fully realized ; but along with the expression of Us fears the colonial minister suggested a measure of prevention . "It will be necessary , " he savs , " to : fix such a pr ice npon crown lands as will place them out of the reach of persons without capital : "
and thisolan . preserving labour for hire , by means of rendering the acquisition of waste land more di £ - rficult , "was strongly recommended to Parliament bv the committee to which 1 have referred . As the . plan conld be" of no use whatever , unless adopted some time before the total emancipation of th ^ ap-I rentiers , it will be supposed that the Noble Lord as followed up his important dispatch by proposing some genpral and efficient measures founded on his own news and of those of the committee in u uesiion . By no means ; the subject reineins just where his dispatchleft it in January , 1 S 3 G ; as if , notwithstanding its great importance ! it had fairly slipped from the memory of the Noble Lord . Is " this a case of culpable neglect ? But to this case of culpable
neglect I have now to add one , in reference to" the * ame subject , of culpable activity ; if the term acridity may be applied to any proceeding of the Noble Lord . The planters are impressed . a < was the Noble Lord in January , 1 S 36 , with the necessity of taking t ome precautions against the year 1640 , ' as resprctu the supply of labouring hands . They have devised a new kind of slavery , andiS * new " kind of sLi-. e trade ; and this invention the Noble Lord has , bv an order in council , dated March 1 , lSo 7 , rally -sanctioned . This ord ^ r in council authorises--tie planters of Demerara to import into that colony , to serve as " indenturedlabourers" I believe is the term employed—what class of people does the House imn * sine ? Englishmen or other Enrooeans who miulir
assert their rights as ^ indentured labouretvrs ? " No ; iived negroes from the United States , who , belli ? ol the sume lace , and speaking the same language ss the present colonial population of British Gnfana , might be * indentured labourers'" without becoming slaves ? No ; but a class of people the most ianoranu the most strange , the most helpless , in all " respects the most fit to become slaves under the name of ^ indentured labourers . " They are called " Hill Coolies . " The country from which they are to be imported , after being kidnapped , is the £ a < t Indies . In New South "Wales the same apprehension' of a ¦ want of labourers ( which , as I have already said , the Noble Lord might have prevented by expending " the exaisration fond , instead of keepine ' it locked urt
an the public chest at Sydney ) has led to a sirnilur project for the importauon of Hill CooHe * . This attempt to establish a new kind of slavery was condemned by the late Governor , Sir R . Biuirfee . in a dispatch now before the House . Should we not condemn the Noble Lord for havin ? sanctioned a similar attempt in British Guiana ? ~ That new law of slavery—that piece of Colonial legislation , will surely be repealed , now that it has ~ come to the inowled ge of the British public . But will this > et B the 2 s obie Lord as a statesman qualified to save the industry , the whole productive power of the " est Indies from total overthrow in the year l £ 4 b : The political prospects of the West Indies are not less gloomy than those which relate to productive
and commercial industry . In the chartered Colonies * - above alL which possess ' loral representation , is it to t > e believed that the two races , the masters and the * . . ° f yesterday—to-day perfectly equal as to political rights—will sit down peaceably together in the same legislature ? Will not the blacks ^ as they may easily do , seek to obtain a maiorityin the local Parliament ? And will the whites-Ahe " haughty masters of yesterday—quietly submit to what they Trill consider to be " so deep a degradation as being ruled by their recently emancipated slaves ? Le ; the question be answered ' by referring to the actual state of political opinion amongst the whites of Jamaica If ever a Colony was rebellious at heart—if ever a Colony was in a state of dangerous excitement—this
one is ! The whole of the West Indies , indeed , economically and politically , are in a most critical state . The state of th ' e West Indies , having reference to 1840 , calls especially for forethought —for precautionary measures . " ( Hear , hear . )—Are we to trust to the Noble Lord for such measures of forethought—of precaution ? Or , are we , so surely as-we place any reliance on the INoble Lord ' s ergefic sagacity , to ' wait quiatly , nothing done—nothing proposed—nothing thought of , till 1840 is upon vir sir , may I not say that the 2 * toble Lord has neglected to take , and seems incapable of taking any precautions to render harmless the great revolution , economical , social , and political , which must happen in the West Indies two jears hence ? Considering the near approach of 1840 , is it fair , is it just , is it commonly humane , towards our fellow subjects in the West ' indieswhobe it
, , always remembered , have no representation in this Bouse , to let the Noble Lord continue , fa . « t asleep , at the head of Colonial affairs ? The question which I have submitted to the House are questions of mere feet . I inquire not into the causes of the present critical state of Colonial amirs ; I have no concern on this occasion with the opinions of the Noble Lord or Ms colleagues , or of , any other person , on the subject of Colonial policy , still less should I be willing to obtrude on the House any opinions of mv own ¦ with respect to subjects between which and the question at issue there is no kind of relation whatever . In proceeding , therefore , to say a few w ords on the condition of our North American provinces , I put aside altogether the difference between the Assembl y of Lower Canada and the Colonial-office . I stop not to ask which has right or justice on ats side , the office or the Assembly . ' With a
"new to the motion before the House , 1 have not a "word to say about the resolutions of last year , or the act of this year . ( Hear , hear . ) Against both of those measures I spoke and voted at the tune , and should be ready to do so again on ? T ^ occasion . But , if both of these measures iiad had my strenuous support , instead of my most determined opposition , such a course would ' notin the least nave precluded me from submitting my presentmotion to the House . 1 have the hoHour of addressing the House on a totally different question . And first , ar , as to the Noble Lord ' s manner of carrying into effect the policy of the Government towards Lower Canada . Need I recur , sir , to those -wearisome despatches which have imnressed noon
the country at large a conviction of the Noble Lord ' s pre-eminent nnfitness for the conduct of difficult affairs ? N : eed _ I , following a Noble Earl in the other Honse of Parliament { Aberdeen ) , count over again the long list of promises forgotten—of assurances never fulfilled—of instructions which never arrived until it was too late—of excuses for leaving Lord Cosford without instructions— -of postponement withont reason—of apologies and pretexts fordelay when promptitude was most requisite—of self-contradictions , hesitatioas , meaningless changes of purpose , and other proofs of an inveterate habit of doing nothing ? In feet , said the Noble Earl , " the system which the
- Neble Lord went upon was that of " doing nothing . " Doing nothing reduced to a svstem ! * ^^ the Koble Lorffhas much to answer for . Who will deny that it was the main cause of the revolt and bloodshed in which it ended ? If the xecent accounts from Lower Canada make it appear , aslthini theydo , thatthepoh- cyof the Government towards that country has fewer or less determined CTemies there than -was lately supposed , yet those ' feronrable accounts cast still heavier blame on the J » oble . Lords extraordinary system—tending ,- at least , to draw that the most ordinary degree of decision , and promptitude would have prevemeJ the
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revolt altogether . The easy suppression of thefevolt however , by no means establishes that the edfetty is in so little a crit ical state as to be fit for the Koble Lord ' s peculiar system . So , again , of Upper Canada : does not that colony require , particularly just now , from the head of our Colonial Government , a system very different from that of the Noble Lord ? Is it provable—is it possible—is it in the nature of things , that the Noble Lord should so far change his second nature as to conquer the habit of doing nothing ? But it may be said that the government of our North American provinces has been taken out of the hands of the Noble Lord , and confided to a Noble Earl who possesses in an eminent degree the personal qualities of which the Noble Lord is revolt altoffe ther . e asy sudd resaon of theTeVolt
most cons oicuously deficient . I have heard this said , sir , bnt 1 cannot understand it ; I readily acknowledge the statesmanlike quantities of the Noble Earl , whose personal character seems to qnalify him , above most men , for the performance of difficult and arduous pubhc functions . Let me acknowledge the very striking contrast between the system of the Noble Earl and the habits of the Noble Lord . But what then ? From whom is the Noble Earl to receive , from whom has he already received instructions ? To whom is he to make reports ? Who is to bring before Parliament the legislative measures the Noble Earl may propose ? Answer to alL the Noble Lord wedded to his system of doing nothing ? Doesit not , therefore , oppearnot
only foolish , but almost ridiculous , to . make such a person as the Noble Earl subordinate to the Noble Lord ? They had far better change places , for the system of the Noble Lord is one in "which subordinates cannot well indulge , least of all under _ such a chief as the Noble Earl ; and it is in the chief , ~ the head of our colonial department , that the qualities of diligence , forethought , judgment , activity , and firmness are most required . Sir , I have detained the Honse too long , and will trouble them " with but a few words more . "Honourable Members , far better acquainted than I can pretend to be with the history of Parliament , -will confirm me in saying that this motion is folly justified by precedent ; but I will not rely at all on this justification . I rely
wholly on the truth of my proposition , and the expediency of affirming it . This appears to me to be a case for wliich we ought to make a precedent , if there be none to direct us in providing a remedy for the evil . Whatever may be thought of the motion , the case , I will venture to say , is without precedent . ( Hear . ) Were our colonies , ever since we e =-tablished a central government for them , in so cr itical a state before ? When did so many and such grave questions press npon a colonial Minister ? Is th »> re a single Member of the House who will say upon his conscience that the present colonial minister noisesses any one , or is not deficient in all , of the qualities mentioned in the proposed address to the Crown ? Sir , my
proposition is true , and upon that 1 alone rely , xoru such a proposition be true , who will deny the obligation upon us to provide an adequate remedy for the evil ? Sir , instead of searching after precedents , 1 point to the millions of our fellow-snbjec : s who are unrepresented in this Houses to the great brunches of domestic industry which depend upon the well-being of our colonial empire—to New South Wales sinking into a state of depravity , with its free emigrat ion fund locked up in tne government chest , and its oft-promised constitution withheld year after year—to the Mauritius , with its 2 u , U 00 * freemen , held in bondage by the insolvent aud would-be rebel planters—to South Africa , almost denuded rf its native inhabitants , distracted by factions who agree in nothing but their curses of the Colonial-office and its horde of rebels , gone f <> nh into the wilderness to conquer an inheritance of oppression over the helpless natives—to the " Wliite-inan ' s-grave , " that
job of jobs , which is rejoicing in the recall of a refonnui j r eoveruor—to the We < t Indies , bordering on the ruin of their industry , inventing a new slave-trade with the sanction of the . Noble Lord , in order to counteract the Noble Lord ' s total neglect of the njeans which he himself has pointed out as neee » 5 : iry to preserve the use of capital in these ferule hinds , grossly evading the Emancipation Act , after pocketing its enormous pi ice ; and fast approaching the time when , without a single precaution with a view to that strange event , ;> 00 , 00 \ J negro slaves will , in one day , acquire the same political rights as their niiisters of another T ^ ce ; and with the most important of these possessions in a state little short of open revolt—and , lantly , to the North American provinces , where open revolt has just been suppressed , where ' civil bloodshed has excited the passions of hatred and revenge , where a constitution is suspended and martial law is still in force , and where there is no
prospect of peace , of contented allegiance , but . in the prompt settlement of a great variety of questions of surpassing complexity and difficulty . ( Hear . ) I point to ail these colonies in a state " of disorinniizniion iind danger ; and then to the interests at home which depen . l , more or less , on the proliucliveiiess of colonial industry—to Birmingham and Sheffield , to Ltvds , Liverpool , and Glasgow—; md lo vhe great colonial shipping port of London . This done , instead of searching alter precedents , 1 would remind the House of the Noble Lord ' s system , as described by his immediate predecessor in office—the fital system of doing nothing at all ( Hear . ) If truth and the public interest are to prevail , the Ho ' .-se will sure ; y accede to my motum , whether or not it be according to precedent . One word more , and 1 shall no . longer trespass upon the patience < f the House . It has been suggested to me that mv motion would have been jnore hltelv to he
earned if it had apphe-J , i : ot to a particular Member of the Government . but to the whole administration . Forthp following reasons I have not listened toth :-. t suggestion . The > Tihjpct relates strictly to the Colonial Department , and I wish to confine myself to the subject . ( Hear . ) It may be true that the whole cabinet should be held responsible for the errors of the Colonial office . That may be a good constitutional princi p le , but 1 am not aware of it . Not being aware ot it . 1 have pursued the plain and simple coutso of attributing to the colonial minister alone his own errors and deficiencies . The other conrse—that of proposing a vote of want of confidence in the Ministry on account of the state of a single department—would have been far more
agreeable to me in one respect , inasmuch as it would have relieved me fr >> m the suspicion—which , however , 1 trust that none who know me will entertain —of being actuated by- personal hostility to Lord Glenelg . On that account alone I should " have preferred moving for a vote as respects the cabinet ; but I feel that iny first duty is to place the subject before ihe House in the light best calculated to obtain ibeir at : ^ ution . and therefore have 1 confined to the Colonial minister the proposal of a vote of censure for matters which are exclusively of a colonial nature . The Hononrable Baronet concluded by moving that an humble address should be presented to her Maiestv . respectfully stating that it is
the opinion of this House that in the present critical stale of many of her . Majesty ' s foreign possessions in various parts of ihe world , it is essential to the well being ol her Majesty ' s colonial empire and of the many and important domestic interests which depend on _ the prosperity of the colonies , that the colonial minister should be a person in whose diligence , forethought , judgment , activity ,- and firmness , thisHonsa and the public may be " able to place reliance ; and declaring , with all deSerence to the constitutional prerogatives of the Crown ,, that her Majesty ' s present " Secretary of State for the colonies does-not enjoy the confidence of this House or of the country .
Mr . LEADER seconded tie motion . Lord PAL 1 IERSTON i . bseryed tliat it -would bs necessary for £ him to trespass a short time upon the patience of the Honse- tie r \ ,-sc to ¦ vindicate an absent friend from an unjust and ungenerous attack ^ cheers , ) andbe rose also to defend the Government of vrh . ch he was a Member from an unfounded i . nd unmtrited cuinpluiut . In this country the Government was not an Administration of separate and distinct departments , but , as was well known , the measures of every department were submitted to tbe consideration of the Cabinet and tie Cabinet was retponsfljle for all the ontlines of the policy of each department , thoceh the execution of the measures niight res : * ith tbe aei-arUnentfi themselves . He said , taere-J _ , re , Om it -was as an -act of the Cabinet he wished to meet and-dispcse of this question . He did not at all complain of this attack , or of the course which the Hon . Baronet -pursued
as being ineon = iai ..-nt with the principle * of the constitution dt with Parliamentary practice . It wag , undoubtedly , quite competent to any yer-son who might feel no confidence in the existing Government to call the House to affirm and support his opinions , ( hear , UeaT ); but in one . respect , at leastVthe Honourable Baronet had certainly produced a novelty in ParlEunentary practice . Jt was perlectlv natural that , when parties-rrere nearly balanced , the leaaer of a creat political partyin this conn try being some man who hv hk former conduct had obtained the confidence of a large portion of the community , and being surrounded by friends who wouH be induced by his talents and experience to assist him in fonaine that Administration which was to be the substitute for the one they intended to displace—it was perfectly natural that , under snch circumstances , motions should he made by the leader of the to the mode in which
party objecting the / carried en the public service , and having for their object the dismissal of the Government it was desired to supplant If therefore , this motion had been submitted by the Right Hon-Earonet opposite , he should have been prepared to ^ g ive bis reasons why he thought it ought not to be adopted , but he could mtlce no objection to the quarter from whence it came . ( Hear . ) He would leave the House to determine wiether the motion they were now considering-was one of that description . Hecr , hear . ) He would not suggest the points of difference , bnt be begged to sav that motion * of this kind did . not in his judgment come with , peculiar fltnes 3 from the quarter from which the present motion had emanated- ( Hear , hear . ) The Hon . Baronet bad gone through a long catalogue of Colcnies , on the administration of which he Sad made his wmarks ; but the charges he had brought forward were founded en
circumstances -vrhich oricinated in a period long antecedent to that in which his Noble Kriend undertook the Colonial-department ; and the Hon . Baronet , almost in so many words , said he iii not mean this as an attack on the Goverawmt . He must say , however , that he judged tb * motion -by the effect it would necessaril y produce , rather ?> " ¦» by the disclaimer by which it was accompanied . ( Heas ,. near . ) Jf the Honourable Baronet asserted that bis object was not the dismissal of the . government , he wonld ask hiia whether in his hoart he believed that his motion , if carried , could . have any other result ? Did they suppose that the Gorauunent could or would continue * o administer the affairs of tie tonhtryif one of its members were declared to be unfit to l » old that high trust ? Why , if they could be so base and dirivonourable this House would noi permit them to take sucha course . . No House of Commons would allow a Government
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to itand if it could consent to one of theV numberteeoming ' a scape-goat lo carry off the cenrore oTtnia House . ( Cheers . ) He would say that tne Honourable Batonet b . ad ' acted unfairly by Lord Glenelg in making a motion agauut him which ought to bare been made against the Government as a body . There wbs nothing in either the public or personal ' ch&Tactei of Lord Glenelg that could afford the slightest excuse for so ungenerous and unhandsome an attack . ( Hear , hear !) Hawaaa manj whoee talent * were admitted by all , the tendency of whose principle * was well known , and whoBe' -public aervices were entitled to . much gratitude . ( Heary hear . ) He had beeea die supporter of liberal p rinciples in whatever department of the Government it had been his lot to tiU . W hen in Ireland be was , as he had ever shown himself in this house the steady advocate of the -claims of the then oppressed Roman Catholics ( cheers ) , and that was in ft time when tbe advocacy of the Roman Catholic claims was not the load to polttiealadrsntaces . / Cheers . ) 'When at the Board of Trade * to itand if it could consent ' to one of their humber ' beeomine
fin * as vice-president , and subsequently as president , he was a steady snpporter of thoae liberal principles of political economy which were advocated by hia eminent predecessor , Mr . Htttkisgon , who thereb y brought down on himself the unmerited Obloquy and malignant attacks of bigoted prejudice . ( Renewed cheers ^) Lord Glenelg , during -the ' - , period he was President of the Board of Trade , was the framer and canwr through Parliament of that great measure which remodelled the government of our mighty empjre in the East , and opened to theindustry of the peopleof this country , the commerce of that vast diatrict , peopled by 100 , 000 , 000 o human beinga . And if that measure should , * as he trusted it would , lead mTuture times to the establishment of an exteusire commerce , when history should record the fact ; and the light of truth should be spread wide over those distant regions ' , it would be a matter of marvel that in the life-time of the Noble Lord who _ was the framer aud passer of that measure there was found in . this House , and in the ultra-liberal section
of this House , a man Vrho could propose to Parliament the adoption of a motion declaring the Noble Lord incompetent to conduct the administration of the colonial empire of this kingdom . ^ ( Much cheering . ) He had said that there was nothing in the public conduct of Lore Glenelg but what redounded to his honour—that there was nothing in bia administration of the various important duties entrusted to him but what proved him to be eminetly qualified for the sen-ice of the public . He . thought , therelore , that the Hon . Baronet , in his anxiety to find a topit en which to found an attack against Government , had not been fortunate in his selection of the colonial policy of the Goveroment ; he thought that whether he acted on his own judgment , or whether he had been advised by pnrsons whemignt have other view * , ( hear ,- hear ) , he had acted very unfortunately and erroneously . The very " head and front" of hw charge now against Lord Glenelg was what ? Why , tho demoralized state of the penal colony of New Sauth
Wales . _ So , _ forsooth , Lord Glenelg was nnfit to conduct the Administration of the Colonies , because the settlers of New South Wales had not yet attained to the perfection of attgnls ! If the Hon . Baronet would get rid of the evils existittg in that Colony , he should propose an improvement in the law , for if was the law of this country , and not the administration of the Colony under the law , that added to the demoralisation of which he complained , ( Hear , hear . ) Really lie could not go through all those topics of a personal and desultory character in which the Hon . Baronet had indulged , and with respeat to many of which he was most completely mistaken . He represented that persons had been allowed to re ' main , by Lord Glenelg . who liad been actually removed ; he represented measures to have been taken bv the Noble Lord which he had prevented-, he repTesentfid tne Noble Lord as idle aud inactive , when he was busy and fully <> ccupiod ( cries of hear , and laughter from the opposition benches ); he represented him as indifferent to the interests of the aboriginal inhabitants "
, though at the very moment that he made the charge he had in nis hand the Teport of a committee which declared that the " policy of the Government had been everything that w . is humane and deserving of approbation on thrir part' ( Hear , hoar . ) He refenvd to New Zealand , and said that no steps had been taken by the Government for - -affording to the settlers of New Zealand that protection lo which they were entitled . Did not the Hon . Baronet know -that that subject had occupied the . attention , if the Gokrumont for some time past ; that there had been communications relative to it almost withont end ; and that it-was not . owing to .-any inattention on the part of the'Government ,-but to the inherent difficulties of the case that arrangements luid nut bi-en made for the attainment of the obj .-ct di'siieQ ' . ' Tin ; Hull . Baronet then went to theMauritius , ; tnd rtMuiinied thi' Houso that in lblO theMauritius was in a-d ' uturWd stutt-. ( A laugh . ) He said tliat when slavery existfd , the slave trade was carried on in the Mauritius . Why , the fact * lie adduced ' . is u uruviud
of imputation on the Colonial policy of Lord GU-nelg carr ^ d in themselves the most complete refutation , bi > c ; iuse that of which he complained took plate before Lurd GL-uelg w : is entrusted , with the Administration of the Colonitil jilT . iirs . He would say further that were formerly theTe w ;»« dissatisfaction there no . v prevafled content . ( Hear , ' hear . ) ¦ Th > Honourable Baronet complained also of the state of affairs at the Cape . If there wasa colony which he ( LordPulme . retoii ) would mention as particularly enabling him to tefute the Him . Baronet ' s charge , he would name thnt very-ciilony . The Hon . ' Bart , could not but be aware that th ' e disturbances at the C ; ipe resulted from the encroachments of the settlers , which led them into constant ci > H sion with the natives ' , amlthoge ei . croachmcnts had been put an end to by the ' -the enactnitints of the government , When , too , th « i Hon . Bart . ' . told them of the emigration of those people who' h : ul gone eastward , he beagtd to reply that the re-. isyu they took their departure was because they were-preveht . al from contmuinir that svstem of
peHeontion against tho abo-ieines who , the H « n . Baft , said , ought to be protected . Why , he bep'n by dotcribiiiir ; th « - conduct of tbe Dutch , as if tiieir having pursued a . system of encroachment upon the natives wiis t-nough to . prove Lord Gleneljr ' s unritn-.-ss to remain the Colonial " Senv ' tary Then he stated that -.-. ffairs at > i " erra Leonp did not pi ' un toliis liking . He , however , himsell admitted that iiii ' hlain ' e w ; is on that acronnt imputaLle to Lord Gleile ! ^ , The Hun . Bart , next complained ol" the recal of certain governors . Did ho suppose that they were to remain in the colunies all t' . ieir lives ' . LHdhe not know that they were only cxi ^ cted to tstav a certain i « riud ? In some of the case * Tn which there had been u recal the governors had iierii . nnoil tb-ir periinl of seTvitv ; in otlifrs thev were recalled before th ; i expiration of tW * fuU time ; but did the Hun . Bart , suppose that in so extensive a system as that of our colonial establwlinionts diffi-rmire .- ! would not occur without , verhaps , involving niiy ]> i-rsona'l blame to either party , in which the Rovcrnment . ! o .. kimr to
the mterestsof thp colony , would liml it necessarv to ili .-peii »(> with the sen-ices of the governor ? ( Hour , hc ; u . ') The Hon . Bart , had s-. iid that no arrangement had beeu made by the Government to provide for the state of Jamaica at 'thir ' timu when tbe jx-riod of appronlicesuip uuuld expire : he . \ v ; is • ntin-ly mistaken as t » that fact . ( Hear . ) He h : ul hero spi . ken emu subject on which he \ ai no adequate infonnalinnhe ought to know that the Government hail been collecting the information that was necessary , tu the linal -procwdin (? i !; ; ind , so far from the subject havins . ' escaped their attention it had in fact verv mucii occupied their thoughts . The Honourable Barwint then ]< n ceeded to Cujiada . If lie were to name any one p"int uii which lie wonld rest the vindication of the colonial policy of the Uuvenunent , lie would mention the case of Canada . " . ( Lautrhter from the oiip-is'ition benches and cheers from the ministerial . ) What hud hapi * ned ? Wlmt was the state of til ' - ' Canadas V Why , did any iu ;; n suppose—wa 3 any uii-n so iirhorant—vrere even the ii ble
.. nour ,. genllemen opposite , wim had attended to what liad { rassed uu this subject ui the debates in this House , were they so iiinorant as nut t . i know that 'the dissatisfaction in Canada Jid m > t date its origin from the period when Lord Gleuel ^ touk « flice : ( t'heers . i How . mvist his Noble Friend the Member for North Lancashire ( Lord stanlev ) liave blushed at that laugh . ( Hear , h ^ r . ) l | . » w must he ' have , felt the derj ., the srrvss iunorauce of his friends on this subject . ( Renewed cheering , ) whrn they supposed that the complaints of the Canadians orijiina , u » il at thf time < . f the appuiutnii'iit to cllice of Li .-rd Gltmehi . He mi-ht unhesitatingly iledare that the dissatisfaction had been in one province entirelv " removed , aud in the other-it had b ^ -cn greatly diminished * . The events of the last few months in Canada proveil ,- in the riiewt coutestible manner , the wi > , k < m iif thi : ' adminiitfatiun of her Majesty " * Government there . , ' ( L : iughte , -. nid cries of " oh , oh ! ' from the opposition side of the House . ) Why , there had been a revolt , and how was that revolt put down
. Some of the French in Lower Canada took up arms , aud thev were supported " ui their insurrection bv the invut > "a . ss t-fthe trench in that country ? On the contrary , did they not remain firm and loyal to their suvi-reisrn , and was : not Uia . t a proof that they felt that their connection with this country waBihore desirable than separation ? Bnt what had happened in Upper Canada was a stronger proof that there had been a properadminu-trarionoftbe affairs of that eolenr . Only a a short time ago the province in question was in " state ol extreme discontent—it was bordering on revolution ; the supplies were refused ; the machine of Government , was almost interrupted ; and if only a sjiark had fallen on the inflammable materials which abounded in th * colony the r . wult must have beun most deplorable . [ Hear ,. ] What had ' happeiied ? - A few desperate men had at tempted , in the tirst place , to take th « capital . of-the province ; tiiey were repelled by . the inhabitants without tbe aid of a single soldier of the line . [ Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ] A band of foreign invaders was repelled on the Eastern confines uf the wrbviuua . by the Canadians themselves . A similar attempt had been
made in the West , and was attended with similar resulta . He would say , then , thata province that had acted so nobly as the province of Upper Canada , there -having existed tlier ' e extreme discontent , did-give proof tlia _ t the' Administration of the Colony must have been deservina ; the approbation of Parliament . ( Hear , hear . ) In his judgment the Hon . Bzronet had utterly failed in adducing any ground on which he could propose to the House v . resolution of censure iigainst the Government . Speaking -of the' state of our Colohi-s generally , he would say that so far from their condition afford : ing any proof that the system of Administration had been faulty , it afforded ample evidence that it had been , wise and proper . The Colonies , taken as a whokf , were prosperous and tranquil , with the simple exception of that which had lately occurred in the provinces of Canada , and there no ground existed for the attack of the Hon . Baronet . How had affairs stood in New . Brunsiwick andNova Scotia ? They were in a state of discontent little short of that which had existed in
Canada . What was their state now ? They were perfectly satisfied and perfectly loyal . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) He , therefore , contended thut the very statements" of the Hon . Baronet—the very instances he had quoted—so far from justifying the motion be had made , ought to be taken as evidence against it . If the Hon . Baronet ' s motion -were broucht furward for the direct purpose of accomplishing the removal of her Majesty ' s Government , it was htting "" that the House should understand the question on which they were going to vote , and that they should see what were the consequences to which that vote was tu lead .. Didtho Hon . Baronet propose , as it was almost to be tinferred he did from something that dropped 'from him in the course of his speech , wherein he saia it did j not follow that because the present j Government was removed the Hon . Gentlemen opposite were to coiue into office . Did the Hon . Baronet mean—he presumed he did not —that it was possible he might be required to steer the vessel of the state ( hear , hear , and & lauah ?} Whv . thutimsht
be thrown out as asort of jeer , no doubt , but then the tfon . Baronet had followers . He ( Lord Palmerston ) did not know ther nomber , ( Hear , hear , and a laugh , ) and he had yet a point or two to settle with them , ( hear , hear . ) for some ot his doctrines of colonial policy were not quite such as were entertained by some of the . Hpn ; Gentlemen who would vote with him to-night . He wan , however j sure the Hon . Bart , did not wish the House to suppese that if his motion were carried he was ready to take enhunsdf the conduct of the affairs of the country . The Hon . Gent , opposite , then , would be , they must be , the parties who were to succeed the existing Government , and that being so he would ask the House whether , in the present" state of the country , whether , with " reference to the affairs of Canada or Ireland , they would have a chance of conducting the public business withadvantage to the country or with credit to themselves . As regarded Canada , he was sure it would be admiUed that things mieht be done bv tbe nrese ' nt -Government wliich
would not be accepted equally well by some of the Hon . Gents , opposite . It was true that the revolt was put down , but much remained for them to do to establish tranquility andcontent in the provinces ; and he did nnt think that persons who were dispesed to take the views which the Hon . Genta . before him were in tlie habit of taking , would be as able as he and his honourable colleagues were to bring me affairs of these colonies to a satisfactory arrangement . Bnt did ; they imagine that they could govern Ireland ( Cheers , ) Must that House believe that these Bon . Gents , could carry on the affairs of this country with lrelandin a stata of discontent , and which was now in peace bnd tranquility . ( Cheers , and cries of "Oh , oh !' from opposition Members . ) Were they to pacify Ireland by a system of administratioa which marked its course and carried on its Government by the . * Kentish fires . "' ( The conclusion of the sentence wa « lost iu loud cheers . ) Perhaps the Hon . Baronet looked to amixed administration ( heaT ) - , to that which was called on the Continent a government effusion . ( Lautfhter . ) Perhaps the Hononrable Baronet mi ght think that , when he
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had triumphed , lie and-the Bight Horiourabie Baronet the Member for . Tsmwortb . Jiiight meet upon the field . of ' -victory ' and then divide the spoil ( cheers and laughter } -r <> r possibly his Noble Kriend th > Member for North Lancashire might be associated with , them to u \ uke tip the triumvirate .: ' ( Cheers and laughter , ) . But what , curious sacrifices must not the membera of this triumvirate be called upon to make , for on no principle could they act together ! The Honourable Baronet would be obliged ; taiurrenderIreland .-to Orange domination . ( ChecrsOi The' T \ ight Honouraliie Baronet and his Noble Friend the Member for North Lancashire woidd have to give up theirepposition to theballot-box , and to abandon CanaSa to the tender mercies of Mr . : Papineau and his all ? Mt . Mackenzie . ( Cheers . ) How then were those patties to act ? Canada and Ireland were alike to be abandoned for the sake of fsllowing in Westminster the example of llarvhad tfiumi > hed ; lieand the ¦' Rioht Hononrahio Barhnot fh »
lebone . .-,- ( , Lonu cheers . ) For the sake of securing union of the two iextreuies thev , were to declare themselves against the only question upon which men could act with fairness : and justice to the two countries . He said that the motion of the Honourable Baronet * if well founded , was misplaced on the question of panada , and he must add that it waa iipt only unfounded , but also unseasonable . Wh y did not the Honourable . Biironet purpose the removal of the present Government before the Canada Bill was paired -Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) Why , if the HonourableBaTonetthoughtthat the government was unfit to administer colonial affairs in ordinary timps ^ -why did he invest the same Government with the dictatorial powers that had been conferred by that bill ( Hear . ) The Hon . Baronet the Member for Leeds might say that he had opposed the bill--he knew that th « Honourable Baronet had done so ; but then let them see in what '
contradiction he had involved himself . The'Honourable Baronet chose to oppose the bill when he knew that he had not a hope of preventing its passing . Did he n 6 t see Honourable Gentlemen opposite support the bill ? Did he not iiiid them to state that the bill had their support ? if the Honourable Baronet wanted to prevent the bill from passing , Why . ' riot propose the removal of the . Government before the vote had passed ? He did no such thing - , but while the vote was pending he opposed | the bill arid left the Government unassuiled and , now that ! the bill had passed , he left the bill alone arid attacked the Government . [ Hear , hear , hear . ] He allowed the workmen to ? finish the work , and , when it was coriluded , then he would reriioye the workmen without venturing to touch the work . [ Hear , hear . ] But then he said he wou ^ d place , them in better hands . In whose hanus was he about to plac /> the executive powers ? Why , he was about
to place his executive powers in the hands of nien of whom heTiad stilted , not four months ago ,- that the prospect of their accession to office was a Hack arid dark prospect indeed . [ Loud and continued cheering . ] He could not but say that siicli a course its thut " pursued by the Hon . Baronet was one that was perfectly ^ inconsistent ( hear , ) and he must tell theHon . Member ( or Leeds , that if he were ambitious of becoming the leader of a party , he must at least improve-himself in a knowledge and practice of ^ Parliamentary stratagems . ( Laughter . ) He said , then , that it would be a task ot a supererogation : in him to attempt to refute charges which had , in fact , refuted themselves . . " ( Hear , hear . ) He said that they ( the Government ) considered-this as a motion plainly and avowedly for the removal of the Govennen t ( hear , ) and they would not accept it as a iriotion only as against Lord ( ilsiii-lg singly . ( Hear , hear . ) He would not meet the
motion by any indirect cpurse- ^ such as by moving " the previoua question" ( c hewy , which' were- responded to bv Member-a ' aa the opposition benches . ) He left that to others . ( Cheers from opposition Members ... ) Ho should iiumt it with a olain and simp \ ft negative . ( Loud cheers . ) He should nieet it with a plain and siiiijita . negative , as a motion simplys plainly , and uuequivocally calling upon that House to declare that it liad no ¦ confidence in her Majesty ' s present Government . ( Hear . ) He begged uf the House thus to treat the motion and- thus to -view- , it in- 'its- ' true ' and . proper- ' light . ( Hear , hear . ) Whatever the decision of the ¦ "House iiiiirbt be , let it be niade upon its real grounds , and jet it not be carried awav by-anv . fal . so . impressions which the Honburablf
Baronet had enOeuvouTed to ereate . That motion w ; isdirected against tlus body .. . though it-initfiit . be said it-was only meant as against the individual ; that individual had been " selected as a victim for an unjust ami unfounded attack , arid the body to which he belonged could . " . hot be allowed "tn remain after their colleague had fallen under till' unmerited and undeserved censure of that house . ( Cheers . ) He begged to conclude by statin ' s that it wivs his intention to vote ' against the motion . The Hon . Baronet wished the- house to come to a direct vote . He to avoid that shmild not have recourse " to ' any of those l'arlhimentarv means which the Hon . Baromt seemed to expect he wuulu resort , to- ^ he shpnlil siinply and plainly » ay " no" to tbellon . Member ' s address . ( Cheers . ) After a few words from !\ Ir : Hall .
Lor . li > ANDON stated that . h «' thought-. Lord PalmpTstoji had put this question on its rii , 'ht footing . He had heard nnthuig airainst Lord Glenelg that did n . ot " apply enually to theGovernment a a whole . Ho inoved : iii aincnAnipiit" That _ an humble address be p' -esented to her . Majf . stv , expressing to her Majesty our deep regret that the tranquillity uf her Majesty's provinces of L ' pper . and Lower Canudik ' . should have ' been -disturbed uy this wicked and treasunable designs of ilisitffected parties in those provinces , by which niany ( jf the inhabitants---huvir'been eeiluced into opposition atrainst the auttioritrof Iht Majesty . To assure her Majenty that we have . observedyvjtli the utmost satisfaction the . zeal and tWelity which have animated the lo . val ' inhabitanUol" her Majesty « North American ; provinces , and that we cordiallyrejoice in the succis ^ vvhich husatteridf'd her Majesty V regular . troopscombined-with the services of
, the liiyfll inhabit ; ints . To a " Miiri ! "lii'r Majesty of our coiitiinied deteninrjitiiiii to aid her Majfsty in every effort which ulie maV be calli ' tl uj'ou to make , for the suppression of revolt , and the .-co-. n ' v Wte ¦ TeRtoTattoh of ' . 'tintn . qmUity in those lirovince : ; , and priifessb ' ig . at tho same time our desire to afford nulriws' t <> every real grievance , and to take surli measures as shall promote the Constitutional Government of those provinces , and shall best wcure order ami tranquillity , -anti p'Oinott ! the real interests of -. ill her Majesty ' s subjects . Humbly to represent to ^ - he r Majesty that it iippuurai uti considerinir the .. diicum ' enU iind th «^ correspondence relating to her Majesty ' s North Aiuerititn . provinces which her Majesty has been graciously uleased to lair before
tins Ht . use , that it is the opijiion of this House that the defiance of her Majesty ' s authority , which has led to a violent . rebellion , and tlie . suspending of the Constitutional Hoverntnertt in l-ower Canailii , are in a ^ reat degree to be attributed lv the want of foresight and energy cm thepart of her Majesty ' s ciintidt'iitiiil-advisfru , iuid to tho ambii ; uotut , irresolute , and dilatory coursp which h : ia been pursued with respect to thennVirs ol" Canada / since their appointmmt to oflicce . " Mr . L . \ i ; oi . thkhk replied to Lord Sandon ; - 'Lord STVNI . KV ainl Sir CllAlU . F-S GREY rejoined ; after which on thu motiun of Mr . BroTIIKHTOX , the debate was then adjourned till to'ii'uirrow ; and the house adjmirned at a quarter to one oV'loclc . .
HOUSE OF LORDS . TUESDAY , March C . In a Tons :,. , powerful , and elonucnt speech , Lord BROUGHAM moved '¦; tlie Order in Gouncil of July , J . 837 , [ authorizing the iiiiportation of " Hill Coplk ' . # " into the West India Slave Colonies , ] was ¦ im proper j'inexpedient , and ou ght not to have been issued . Lord GLENELG and MELBOURNE set up a hobbling . .-defence ; and the Duke of "W'ELLIIS ' Gr-TON pulled them out of the scrape , by moving ; the previous question ; which was carried by a majority of two .
HOUSE "OF-COMMON'S . " M'EDXESDAY MAKcn 7 . After the presentation of various petitions the adjourned debate on Sir-Win , -Mqlesw-qrth ' s motion being resumed Mr . Leader in a very long , eloquent , and argumentative speech replied to Lord Palmerston , following the Noble Lord through every single point of his speech , exposing all his sophistry , and placing the question again on its right footing before the House from which it had been cunningly diverted by the preceding speeches . After another debate extending through 17 columns of the Tunes , Sir W . withdrew his motion and allowed the House to be divided on the Amendment of Lord San don , when the numbers were—For Lord Sandon's proposition ... . 287 Against it .... .. ................ . 316 Majority in favour of Ministers .. —^ 29 The House then adjourned at a quarter-past three o ' clock .
The following analysis of the absent and quiescent Members , taken from the Times , added to the divi ^ sion above gives the feeling of the whole House . The pairs on Sir W . Molesworth ' smotion were as follows : — ' » ¦ : .- ¦ : . '¦
Conservatives . Whig ^ Radicals . Archibald , M . Chapman , M . L . Bailey , J , Pbtter , R . Clive , Tiscouht Jervis , J . Cresswell , C , Erie , W . Cartwright , T . Hector , C . Cooper , E . Martin , P . Kelly , F . Talfourd , T . N . -Ray . Sir . W .. Edwards , Colonel Ramsey , Lord Hallyburton , Lord D . Tyrell , SirJ . Heron , Sir R . Polloct , Sir F . _ Phillpotts , J . Conservative Members absent from illness and unavoidable engagements :- * - Barnes , Sir E . ( ill ) Lowther , Hon . H . Blatemore , R . ( ill ) Owen , Sir J . Burdett , Sir F . ( ill ) Stormont , Lord ( ill ) Dugdale . V ? . S . ( ill ) Verrion , C . H . ( ill )
Fox ^ G . L . ( ill ) Wall , C . B . Ker , D . Wilm 6 t , SirE . Lowther , Lord County of Rutland vacant . . W-hig-rRaidicalsi absent from illness and other causes : — Conyngham , Lord A . ( ill ) Moreton . A . Johnson , General Wilkins , W . Members who did not vote . Molesworth , " Grote , Leader ;
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YORKSHIRE tENT ASSIZES . ¦ v * ] ** ¦¦ : ' ,: . . ' . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ( Continued from our seventh page . ) HIGHWAY IIOBBERIES . DENNIS HIGGINS , 20 , wa ^ charged along with 1 ) AVIS , who p ) eaded guilty , with navine on the 28 th of July , at CalverTey , feloniously stolen from the person of Thomas Johnsoh , £ 212 s , 10 d ., two hanakerchiefs , nnd other article ? . ¦ Mr . Bainjs ( with . whom was . Mr . Read . ) stated the case for the prosecution . Mr , Johnson was an innkeeper at Bradford 1 Moor : arid on the 28 th of
July , he wa § returning Iromrudsey at night . When betweeii Calverley Road Bar arid his own home , he wtfe knocked down by a person VFhom he icientified as pavis , who came from the hedgb bottom , together with the other four men . They rifled his pockets , and took away the money arid handkerchiefs mentioned in the indictment . In Septeiribeir last , the prisoner " -yias searched , arid Mr . M'Wrie . the constable (| for Rothshire , found a silk handkerchief about his neck , ; which -was Jsent to Mr . Briggs , the constable of Bradford , and identified as one of the handkerchiefs stolen from the prosecutor , bv himself
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and Ellen Johnson , whci heminedjthe handkerehief About the time of this robbery , the prisoners , who had been previously forking together at Varley's factory , at Stanningley , left their service ^ For the defence ^ the prisoner called witnesses to show that the handkerchief had been in his pbsession some months before the robbery , but they failed in doing so .: : The Jriry found the prisoner Guilty , on which HigginH . exclajbied , > 'By the living God , I ' m not . '' Judgment of death recorded , \ : n « J rn .- r . i . _ - _ i . " _ - " -- - --- - - - - -
MATTHEW DAVIS . Was then indicted with havin g * on the 2 nd of August last , feloniously assaultod JamesMeredith , of Headingley-cum-Bierley , 5 ihd [ stolen from his person a watch , tobacco-box , ink-botfle , and other articles . Mr . Baines and Mr . Wasney conducted the prosecution , arid called the following witnesses--- " Ja ? iiesMeredith \ t ) xQ prosecutor , stated that on Wednesday , the 2 nd of August , he was at Leeds ; apd on returning home ,: about eleven o ' clock z night , two men came behind him , struck him a violent blow on the temples , and ¦ knocked him down , by which he was rendered useless . When he came to himself , two persons were kneeling upon his breast , and be said if they would let him alone , he would
give them his money . They threatened thnt if he resisted they would blow his brains put ; one of them snapping his pistol , presenting ity and telling him to look to himseltV After taking the articles mentioned in the indictment , a cart was heard ^ and the men ran away , lie then got up , and went to Leeds ,: where he gave information to the police . Michael Harrows said that on the night of the 3 rd August , he was returning fromBradtbrd , together with Mr . Wheater , Mr . Kettle well , and some other gentlemen . When on Calverley Moor , they ' observed two riieh on the field side of the hedge . Witness asked what they were doing , but receiving no reply , he got over the gate , and one of them said it lie went nearer they would blow his brains out . He took up a stone , and the men ran away . They were then pursued , and the prisoner was taken .
Tins evidence was corroborated by the rest of the party ^ who stated that the prisoner had something short in his hand , but they could not sweiir it was a pistol , and that a watch and inkstand were found in his possession , which . were clearly identified by the prosecutor . The prisoner made no defence , when the Learned Judge _ summed up , and the Jury returned a verdict of ( ruilty . On judgment of death being recorded against him , the-Judge said he would be compeUeil to work in the chain-gang in a distant country , to expiate his many crimes . JOHN PAJIKEH , -I " ,. ' was charged with having , on the 3 rd of-September ,, stolen sixteen . sheen , belonging to John Preston , Esq . of Giggles worth . . ^ Mr . I ) . DuxpAS and Mr . Stansfilld conducted the case for tin ; ' prosecution . '
It appeared from the evidence of Joseph Parker , the servant of the prosecutor , that on the 2 nd of September , nineteen sheep were left , in afield near Settle , having the near ear cut , and marked with the letter O ; they were horned ,, and some of them had the loot rot . They were -afterwards seen between Sawley and Gisljrow , on the Skipton Road , with several others ,, which a man named Hitcliin was driving . The sheep were purchased by him of Mr . Jolin Waddilove , a butcher , at Boltoii-le-Moors , who that h
swore « bought them at Skipton Fair , on tlh ' 4 th _ of Sepf « mbt « r , of the prisoner . In his . defence , tlie . prisoner called Geo . Thompson , a turnkey at York Ca . stle , who stated that the witness could not identify tlie prisoner when amongst several others , but said that theperson of whom he bought , the sheep wns like the prisoner . The Learned Judge having dimmed up , the Jury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty . To be transporled for life . The Court then rose at five o'clock .
THURSDAY , March 8 . Before Mr . Justice Colkkidge . ROBBERY OF THE Hini ) EnsiII-LD B . VXK . 00 ^^ E ATIvINSON , 22 , JOHN IIAYLEV , nhi '^ i ? THORNTON , 30 ,. and JOSEPH Vi r t "'•! ' ^' l're c"argt- 'f 1 with having , oii tne i vi ° r ' " roke " antl entered ; the dwelling-house ot Air . George Hall , : ind stolen an . iron safe , conta b A ^ V 1 not 6 ii ' g ° W » - and silver , the large sum of £ 18-i () , belonging to the Iluddersrield Baukihjj Company . ; Mr . Sergeant Atchkrlev , Mr . BaixCs , and Mr . Anoti'HL- s conducted the prosecution ; Mr . D . V As an ( i ^ - ISH defended the prisoners .
n * ^^ u aa € U . K e H " stated that he was clerk to the Huddersfield Banking Gonmanv , and on the 21 st of April _ carried on a Branch Bank at Brighouse . On the night of the robbery , he placed the money in question in a tin box , which he locked with a small padlock , and ' -put it in the iron safe , which was kept under the Bank counter . There was , £ 395 in Bank of- England notes , £ 2 li 7 iii gold , £ 28 ' in silver , and £ 94 o m Iludde ' rsfield JBank notes , and drafts and bins to the amount of upwards of £ 250 . Prerious tu going to bed , he locked and bolted the first floor , l __ - _^ 1 0 j , l-l . » . . « - ' ' - ' 7 but left the
door into the pass ; ige ' qucn , that-he might hear the better if-any person came . Early in the mornuvg , lie received some information which- induced him to go down stairs . He then found the passage door closed , but the Bank door was open . ll « went , according to the direction of soiije boys , and found the safe about 1 aO yards up the laue leading towards Hipperholme . Me . found it broken , ( fee . sledge-lmmnier and wheelbarrow left near it , with which it had been broken and taken away . —Crossexamined : The whole amount they found was £ 70 . ¦ ¦ :
Mr . John Lamb , a clerk in the Stamp Office , London * produced a copy of the partnership deed ot the HuddersKeld Banking Company , which was read by the Clerk of the Court . . _ -. George Luncuslcr resides at Brigliousp , iind at the time , of the robbery slept about iOO yards from the Bank . About half-past four o ' clock in the morning , he wont into the Lane , and then saw an iron sjife broken open , with a hummer laying beside it ; and a wheelbarrow thrown over a wallinto afield occupied by John King ; and there were the marks leading from the Bank to that field . He then went to the Bank , where he found that . a p . annel had been cut out of thy door , which was not quite closed . then called of
He Mr . Hall . —Cro = s-examined : It was rather a dark night . iVilliam Broadley , alabouring man at Brighotise , stated thut on the morning in question , he found a mistal at the top of Brighouse Lane . lie saw a billon the ground , and James Day , who was with him , picked another up . They also found a tin box , which they took to Mr . Hall , iit thoBank . Mrs . Surah Hall corroborated this fact , - . JumesSMt , keeper of the Gaily toll-bur , which is near the Bank , stated that between two and three o clock iu the morning , hehearl some person knocking ag-aiust a cart , which was near the . place . James Lister knew Thornton , anil remembered seeing him shortly after Christmas , 183 ( 5 , at his ( Continued in our eighth page .
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A Water Drinker , must excuse us , we have not room . T . E . A . ' is as contemptible as his doggerel is , or he would not have cheated us by sending it unpaid ; to say nothing of the robbery of time in reading kis rubbish . John M'llquham ' s verses are so " beautiful" that we could not think of expos ing them to the vulgar gaze . J . H . — The " Lines to a Snowdrop" will not do . J . S . of Wigan is right . We shall treat his cojtir ¦ niunication with as much contempt as he can desire .
Robert Dibb ' s verses next week , John Beaumont's explanatory letter has been received and is quite satisfactory . He thinks himself entitled to reasonable indulgence : we are of the sanie opinion , but we receive letters from so- many correspondents that the most reasonable arrangements we can make may probably appear unreasonable to some . Mr . Bedument ' s letters shall both appear at the earliest possible opportunity . We have a long arrear of Correspondence which we hope to bring up shortly . Delta has our thanks for his good wisJies . but we
cannot insert his letter . We think the Society of Friends commendable for their consistency in the matter to which he alludes . We hope the Town Mission , he so highly lauds , may be productive of good , but we greatly doubt it , ] f toe had considered its merits a proper subject for Newspaper discussion , we should have inserted a communicatioti thereon , which was sent to us some weeks ago , bearing the real signatures of several respectable , itidividuqls ; Having rejected that , tie shall certainly not insei £ t / ie anonymous comviunication of Delta , - ,
Charles , Don caster . The paper containing Laivson ' s letter is forwarded , together with one of the present date . If any of Lawspn ' s statements can be contradicted we shall gladly open our cotuinns for « refutation . Fqir play is our motto- $ . and heartily as we detest tJie New Poor Law , ive will never combed it by subterftige cfr falsehood . Sealing Wax . Jewish our correspondents would be less sparing of this necessary article . We have this week received two lettersj one from Edinburgh a « cio « e / ro » iBRp scarcely a vestige 6 f ; ivoa ^[ on . thjaa . '' -. ' H . oip- is it ? The address of pur Edinburgh friends and their ¦ excellent petition shall appear next week ; We aresorry ' to be'obligedto postpone it .
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John Rather . We pabnot insert the petition . If S ^ IS ?"* * ! S ° insert fon were put in , w % should Jill the paper with nothing else . ; .. r J Our Correspondent ; puzzledfus- all with the Leeds Leather Fmr . We hope he will , i # future write niore intelligibl y . J J ™™\ for want of room . They shall appear ne * We ' can give no information to Thomasi Dickinson about Jhe monies collected'MV * Canadians We have no doubt that the parties who got tin the subscription will readily account for their aimli cation of it .. We cannot insert Mr . D V letter Thk Northern Star is no vehicle for persona ] attacks . We have no doubt that ifMaLli ^ Mr . Bussey ^ he will at : once get thti information he seeks . ¦¦ ¦ . ¦¦¦¦ ' v ¦
Our several Agenhvwill greatly oblige tut by sending their orders so as to reach our Office on Thursday evening at latest ; our increased circulattonrenders this arrangement necessary . The Bradford Beersellers are desirous of enquirins whether it is equally laudable anxiety on Me part of the magistrates to improve the morals of the people which causes them to permit the Licensed Victuallers to keep open their houses through the whole night , and to he tenaciously exact 5 n tht closing of the Beer-shops . We are not aware when the Leeds BeeneUers hold their meetings . Mr . O'Connor is ready td seethe Bradford Delegates of Beersellers whenever theu please . "
About fifteen minutes before we tvent to press , the Huddersfield news parcel arrived . The conse-. quence of tchich is , that not a word of it can appear . ; : y ¦ '
Mr . O'Connor and the Working Men's Association / Mr . O'Cpiinor begs to return his best thanks to the Associations ofBarnsley , Worsbro ' , / and other places which have so kikdly addressed him . with reference to the attack of the London Wo ' rking Men s Association ; and Mr . O'Cotinor begs to say , that had he been at Leeds ; those addresses shuidd have been his reply . They shall appear next week . ¦ r - Mr . O'Connor has the honour to acknowledge his card of admission to the Leeds Working Men ' s Association , conferring alt ihe privileges of membershi p ; Mr . O'Connor feels honoured ' ki thecompliment , and begs , in return , to assure his brother members , that no exertion upon his
part shall be wanting to make the Association a rallying point for the industrious , a terror to tyrants , and a credit tathe town of Leeds . Mr . O'Connor will -be ready to attend the meeting at Sheffield for Universa l Suffrage whenever required . Be never did receive any of those communications referred ' to in the letter of his excellent agent , Mr . Lingard , ^ he hal hc should , have been proud to insert them . Mr O'Connor trusts the Sheffield meeting will be a triumphant one ^ ind that the Whigs will be called upon to meet us by argument , and that all ' parties will preseve for themselveii that nobleness of character which their conduct at the meeting of the lith Dec . earned for them . .. ' . " ¦
The Glasgow Delegates . —We have learned that these able and patriotic men , Messrs . Campbell Mc'Nish , and Cuthbertson , will be at Huddersneld ' on Monday next , when it is expected that a very large meeting will be assembled to hear their / statementis . They have also signified their intention of visiting Leeds / , during the following week , when the best energies and sympathies of all the good and patriotic men of Leeds , will , we are quite ' sure he engaged in their assistance .
vN e have received a communication from Heckuiondwike , informing us ; . a novel process of extracting teeth , in vented and practised by Mr . Factory hispecfor Suunderson , We suppose that Eminent Functionary will doubtless take out a patent for this new mode of torturing and mutilating little children . We wish the person who wrote to us would be a little more exact in decribing the process , ' and also furnish us with the ages and residences of the children . As we shallprobably think it worth while to enquire by what authority—Jfr . Factory Inspector Saunderson ioeth these things .
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' LUGAIm QUESTION'S . T . . Z . must summon his friend and make hint account fur thexvatch . P . TV should send us some information as to the mode by which rates are laid on and . levied . G C—First question- ^ Answer . Yes . Answer to second , No . The . Grantor could have left the * property to whom he pleased . Anstcer to third question , Yes : by a transfer of the property front the . great Uncle . Answer to fourth question , we cannot calculate the expense of a law suit . Y . stop it out of the rent . F . J . A . — Indeed it is an imposition and a gross one , but not an unusual one . B . C . b $ ' Action for defamation . We must take time to read the Flax Dressersrules . :. ' '" ¦ ¦'¦' ¦ ¦ - ¦¦ ¦ ., ' . ¦ : ¦ '¦' ¦ ¦ ; ' '¦ ¦ ' . ' . ¦ ' ¦ " - ' " . ' . '
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sir w . moles worth a ^ d lord glenelg ; The future effect which the debate upon Sir W . Molesworth's motion : may produce upon' our -Colonial policy is one thing , and . the immediateeffect upon the present Cabinet is one- other thing . In every word uttered by the Honourable Baronet ,: in ¦ his very searching , able , and statesman-like speech , we fully concur ; JDUt from the terms or rather narrowness of his motion , we wholly dissent . It has been an invariable practice , with liberal members of
Parliament , to draw largely upon foreign and colonial misrule , while the greatest aggressions against liberty at home are allowed , to pass ¦ unnoticed ; and while Sir William was dealing in rather personal invective against Lord Gleijelg , the whole tendency of his speech went to show that the evils complained of , were of long standing , and that they had been allowed by other ministers , with the tacit consent of other Cabinets , to increase to that enormity complainedVaf by the Honourable Baronet ; and there fore , instead of arrainging the policy of ah
individual , who , if not responsible to the country , is responsible to his colleagues , he should have at once boldly and manfully brought his charges against the Administration generally , for ' their toleration of the system , and not for their appointment of Lord Glenelg . Moreover , was there not in the selection of one member of the Cabinet for rebuke , arimplied avowal that all others -were exempt frott censure ? . The result of thus bringing a charge : against an absent individual , gave to friend and ' .
Swan ; opportunity of testing their love of chivalrj ' , ani afforded Lord Palmerston and Lord Sandon , ppl > ticalopponentSjthe means of replying to ieHpn . Bart r of which he would have deprived both Noble Lord ; , had his motion included the whole batch of "Whg poltroons . Then , indeed , we should like to hear tk defence Which the Minister at War , or the Nolle Member for Liverpool , would have made agaiflt the substantial domestic' complaints which Vini f ht . justly be brought against the whole Cabinet . I ? not Sir William Molesworth aware that those
grievances of which the Canadians and other colowsts pomplain have been matter of discussion iii seysral Parliaments ?• Why not then at Once have fakea a vote upon a mqtjon similar to that of the airendm ' ent . rhoved by Lord Sando ^ t ? It ever has ken , and always ivill be , the character of the House of Commons to deal lightly with members of either Iwancb of the legislature who -cannot defend themselves in
person . The declarationbyy Lord Sandon of ^^ personal regard for Lord Glenelg fully proves this . Why , then , " did Sir William throw- away . a chance , if & had ' an object in yiewr ? , The result of this dehat ^ which has taken up so much taluable ' time of- the country , leads us to a belief , that Sir William las saved the Whigs for yet a little time , inasmucli as we are of opinion , that a similar motion , but rf a more general nature , would have been brought for-
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 10, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct996/page/4/
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