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National Provincial of England 35 .... 36% ••..•• • • • • Provincial of Ireland .. • . 25 ••• • • MINES. . . 43% xd 114 1% Real del bloats, Unregistered .. • • • CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron PARKE and Mr. Justice MAutn.) THE DRURY-LANE MURDER. Thomas William Wicks, aged 20, was placed at the bar charged with the wilful murder of James Bostock. Mr. Bodkin4with Mr. Baldwin, attended to prosecute ; and Mr. Ballantine, with Mr. Crouch, were engaged for the pri soner. Mr. BODKIN having stated the case, called Samuel Parsons, who lived at No. 4, Pitt-place. Last saw the deceased alive on Monday morning, the 10th February. The deceased lived in the same house with him, and on that morning, as he was rising, he heard a voice call " Mas ter," which was a very usual occurrence, as Bostock's ap prentices were in the habit of doing so when they wanted admittance. Soon after he heard a shot, and coming down stairs as soon as possible, he obtained assistance and a light, and Mrs. Bostock, who was then coming down stairs with a lighted candle, and himself, discovered the body. It was lying directly in the passage of his own shop. He was not then dead. One half of his head, and his shoulder and left side, was in a pool of blood. Witness called a policeman, and the wounded man was taken to the hospital. Witness spoke to him two or three times, but Bostock could return no answer. He knew of no quarrel between the prisoner and deceased. Frederick Walter, living at the corner of Princes-street, Drury-lane, examined—He was in a public-house on the morning of the 16th of February, when he saw the prisoner come in for a pennyworth of gin. Witness asked him if " Jem," meaning his master, Bostock, was yet up. He said, " No," he would not rise till seven or eight o'clock. The pri soner then drank his gin and left. Martha Haslitt— Knew the prisoner. Met him at the corner of Chiswell-street, Finsbury-square ; she asl him if he was:going to work, and he said no. She asked him the reason, and he said merely because he was not going. She told him she was going, and was in a hurry. He asked her to have something to drink, but at first she refused; he was then sober, but flurried and pale. There was nothing very peculiar, however, about him. She saw him before that time on Thursday fortnight. She never had anything to say to him about his master. When leaving him at the corner of Primrose-street, Shureditch, he asked her what time she would leave off work. She told him at eight ; and he said, perhaps I may come and meet you • and he then bade her good-bye. On that day week (Monday, the 23d) she promised to take a half-holiday to go to the play. She said she would stop work earlier to go with him, but he only poured out some gin and made her no answer. Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE — She did not meet him that morning by appointment, but he was aware that she usually came by Finsbury-square. Walcott, gunmaker, Walworth—The prisoner called on him about the 9th or 10th of the month with a small pistol, which he desired.witness to unscrew and put a flint in. Wit ness oiled the screw and rectified the barrel. He told him that he wanted the pistol to shoot a dog which had bitten hint under the left jaw. He asked witness if he could give him a bullet to fit it, and he got two slugs for it. Pri soner came on the following day, and he asked witness to look at the pistol as it often missed fire. He then said that he had shot the dog. Witness returned the pistol finding it all right. On the Friday follow ing he called again and showed a percussion pistol which he said he bad got instead of the other, giving 2s. 6d. extra to the seller. He then asked for two balls to fit it, for which he paid. Witness asked what he wanted the pistol fur, as he had shot the dog? He said that he intended to go bird shooting on Primrose-hid. Witness cautioned him to be careful lest he should hurt any one. He said that he would take care that no accident occurred. James Stone, oil and colourman, Great Wild-street—Knew the prisoner. He came to him to purchase some gunpowder on the 7th of this month, to shoot birds with. He came again on the Monday following. He, on the latter occasion, told witness thlit he had shot some birds, but did not know the names of them. From the description, the witness thought they might be snipes, and he asked him what he had shot them with. He produced a pistol, and showed him some un finished bullets.gave to tWheitpnoelsiseekmepatm Cross-examined one of them, which he after peared quite ca l m rosB-exe mined by Mr. BALLANTINE — The prisoner ap when he called upon him. Edward SI Matint sold unredeemed pledges in Drury-lane. On the 11th of ti an e s imonth prisoner called on him and asked if he had a percussion one, which he at first pistolo for sale. Witness showed him returned agai en in about suilaalned of, and he went away. He a hour, but it was not till he came the third time that he • - said h e w for it. He held the pisto,,lTvearyeecautiously, and when witness limed to exchange a flint one percussion r i e n a a i went to take it he said is loaded ;" and on !ion pistol. unscrewing the barrel he found aarl7.'llt additional 2s. 6d., and took away the u He gave an Margaret Connell, living at No. 5, lane.—She kept lodgings. The prisonerntgae-courts Drury the 14th and 15th of the month. when he g ea ed with her on day he gave her half a sovereign, which he saiNell Satur day of his mother. He said also that he had met Wiltlirr accident ; he had lost lls. of his master's property. The prisoner said he would stop 2s. or 2s. 6d. a week t ill the money w as made up. Witn ess said perhaps he would stop it all. e a ft erwards told her that his master had stop p ed it all. H He sat down on a chair and showed her a pistol, which he pointed at her, at the sa me time saving it was loaded. She was going to goi asked him why it was loaded, and he said he Primrose-hill to shoot birds. He went to bed Bern Sunday night at about eleven o'clock. He was quites John Cannel!, 44 F.—On Saturday the 14th duty he was on in Drury-lane, and was called into Mr. Bostock's. He found the prisoner there, and Mr. Bostock said that he had sent the prisoner fur sonic money; that he had returned, saying that he had lost I ls. He wished to give him in charge for sppro printing the money to his own use. lie was about to take him into custody, when the prisoner offered 2s. 6d. a week till the money was paid. Mr. Bostock refused, as the prisoner's former conduct had displeased him. The prisoner asked how he was to live, to which his master made no reply. The prisoner then paid the I Is. out of 14s. due to him fur the week. He only received 6d., as 2s. 6d. had been advanced him that week already. The prisoner.hsre said that half of the policeman's state ment was false. James Porter, living at 5, Orauge-court, knew the pri soner, who slept in the same room with him. The prisoner asked, On the 14th Februar y, if he ( witness) knew any per son who had a pistol fu r prisoner he sho uld sa On Sunday night witness about six. On the morning of get up to work. He said up by the prisoner, who want out Monday witness was called o'clock. about a quarter before six Joseph Thompson, 62 F, went to a coffee-h ouse Queen-street, on the evening of February 16 e in Great found prisoner there ; he was in the public room, taking the coffee. Witness took him into custody for murder. some He said on his way to the station-house, "Is it true that Martha has made a statement of this?", Witness said, VA P 2 p 2 1 ,4 148% - " I don't know ; she was at the station - hous e." He said, fe, " So help me God she is innocent ; I keep company with the girl; she knows nothing about it." Witness told him that what he said might be used in evidence against him. He said " It's all right." He was then putting his hand in his pocket, when witness prevented him. He said " There's nothing there, I bunged that at Gravesend," He again said, Is he dead ?" Witness said " Yes." He said, "He was a rogue to me ; I have had satisfaction ; this has been brew ing for him for a twelvemonth. He had me for my money, and not fer my work." He again said, "Is he really dead?" Witness said, " Yes." He then said, " I shall die happy, I dare say I'll suffer." He was searched at the station-house, and 7s. 2d. was found on him. William D. Burnaby, chief clerk of the police-court, had taken down the deposition of the witnesses, and the deposition enclosed was that of Thompson. The prisoner's observation on that evidence when it was read aloud to him was " That it was true enough." William Pocock, 14 F, was with Thompson when the pri soner was taken into custody. At the time when the pri soner was going into the station-house door some person spoke to him, and the prisoner said, " It is revenge," or " I've had my revenge." During the time the prisoner was in the charge-room he held out his hand to the witness, and said, " Well, Pocock, I don't blame you for finding me. He was a b— bad master ; I wonder he did not get it twelve months ago. He was then removed to the cell, and soon after he was there Superintendant Pearce came in, Prisoner asked him whether Rostock was dead, and when he answere,. " Yes," he rejoined, "Then I'll die happily my self." In the morning, prisoner said, " I suppose its getting near six o'clock ?" Witness said, " Yes ;" and he replied, " I was busy enough yesterday morning about this time, but I was sorry for him after I had done it." He afterwards added, " Oh ! Pocock, what a thing it is to have a guilty conscience." He asked whether his mother could have his clothes, because she might have them as well as Jack Katch. Mr. Barnaby re-called—The prisoner said the statement given by Pocock is strictly true, and my conscience will not allow me to contradict it. I own lam guilty. He was a bad master to me, and I wonder I did not do it before. Dir. Dowton, house-surgeon, King's Gollege Hospita l, said, that the cause of Bostock's death was a gun• shot wound in the head. A bullet taken from the brain of deceased was produced in Court. Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTLNE—He believed that the rupture of vessels in the head or concussioitcausing con gestion would injure a person's mind. Such an injury might canse insanity in the case of an elderly person but a younger might regain the full power of his faculties. The prisoner's statement before the magistrate was then read. It added nothing to the evidence already produced. Mr BALLANTI>TE then rose to address the jury. He would not attempt to deal with the facts of the case. He would rather confine himself to the state of the pri soner's mind at the time this act was committed. The Learned Counsel then entered into an analysis of the different degrees of insanity, and contended that from an in jury received some seven or eight years ago the prisoner's brain was affected to such a degree that he (although ap parently sane enongh on ordinary matters) had this singu lar morbid delusion, that every action of his late master's, however kind that might be, was distorted into an act of tyranny, and to be revenged accordingly. The Learned Counsel reviewed the whole facts adduced in evidence, and endeavoured from them to carry out the particular line of defence he had laid down. Mrs. Wicks (mother of the prisoner) was then called, and stated that her son had received a severe injury by a fall, which had for a short time the effect of unsettling his under standing. He attempted to commit suicide about two years ago. Mr. Harvey, surgeon, proved that the prisoner had met with an accident, which had considerably injured his head, at the period referred to by the mother. Mr. Baron PARKE then summed up, and The jury retired, but had not returned their verdict when our report left. THE STUN, LONDON SATURDA The LORD ADVOCATE presented a petition from Lanarkshire to the same effect. FROST, WILLIAMS, AND JONES. Mr. FERRAND presented two petitions from Keathley and Knaresborough, praying for the liberation of Frost, Williams, and Jones. Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBEivioved that the petition of William Scott, chairman of a public meeting of the inhabitants of Dundee, complaining of the illegal treatment and imprison ment of six factory girls (presented last night), be printed with the votes.—Agreed to. • THE CASE OF BRIAN SEERY. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL said he had been accused by a morning paper of having given notice of a motion end then withdrawn it, because he was ashamed to persist in it. Now the truth was, that he had never done anything in that House of which he had reason to be ashamed. He did net withdraw his motion for any such reason as had been imputed to him by the paper in question. The fasts of the case were these : He had given notice of a motion to obtain the names of the people who had composed that deputation. In the course of that notice he had made use of a very strong expression, to which his attention had been recently drawn, and he believed that in the use of that term he had, to a certain extent, com mitted a breach of the rules of the House. He deeply regrettel the use of the expression on that account, and he thought that it was his duty to apologise to the House for this breach of the respect to which the House was entitled. Bet yet at the same time he was bound o assert that he had been wrongfully accused by the morning papers in question. Sir R. H. INGLIS could not help thinking that the orders of the House had been violated, and that this statement of the Hon. Gentleman was anything but satisfactory, and that something more was required of h:m than a mere apology to the House—( Hear, and cheers)=when he limited his regi et to the House for the use of such an expression as that of the "blood hound deputation," he committed a violence on the intelligence of society at large. The Hon. Gen tleman had expressed regret for the use of this expres sion of the "blood-hound deputation ;" and he felt it was only consistent that some larger apology should be made. He found with some surprise the expression contained in the votes with n hieh he had been furnished; that the words were clearly out of order was shown by the circumstance of the sheet having been cancelled ; and he thought, therefore, that there was something due to society at large, and he wished that the Hon. Gentleman would only express his regret with the same frankness to society at large as he had done for this breach of :he orders of the House. Mr. J. O'CONNELL—Sir, I have expressed my regret for the use of that expression to the House; but I beg to inform the Honourable Baronet that I used that expression in the discharge 01 my duty to society at large, and therefore I feel it unnecessary to suppress it.—(Hear, hear.) Sir R. H. INGLIS--I think, Sir— The SPEAKER—The Hon. Baronet is clearly out of order. Sir R. H. INGLIS—Then there is no help for it.— ( Laughter. ) And thus the subject dropped. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill passed through Committee, and was reported. THE MILITIA. On the question that the House at its rising do adjourn to Monday next, Mr. R. YORKE wished to ask the Right Hon. the Secretary at War when it was the intention of the Government to bring forward any measure respecting the enrollment of the militia? Mr. S. HERBERT said it was impossible for him to give an answer at present. He would, however, do so at as early a period as possible. THE VACANT SEATS ON THE TREASURY BENCH. Colonel SIBTHORP said that, seeing the First Lord of the Treasury in his place, he would put a question to him. He would not complain of any want of courtesy, for to that he was perfectly indifferent. He, however, represented a constituency who had sent him to discharge a duty, and on that account he rose to put the question with which he should conclude. He took the liberty last night, seeing the Treasury benches in a situation which he had not seen for twenty years before, and which he hoped he might never see again—(Laughter) — that very important offices remained without their repre sentatives in that House, particularly the offices of the Secretary for the Colonies (Mr. Gladstone), and the Secreary for Ireland (the Earl of Lincoln), a most im portant office, when the present condition of Ireland was considered. Not seeing those gentlemen filling any situation in the present session of Parliament—(Great laughter)—he thought it his duty to ask the Right Honourable Baronet (Sir Reheat Peel), whether there was a fair and early opportunity of seeing any of those Hon. Gentlemen, or all of them in their respective situations, to which, how ever, (as we understood) he had received no reply. He now wished to repeat the question—Was there a probability of an Opportunity being afforded to Members of that House of wit nessing an early appearance of these gentlemen or any of them in their place in that House—(Continued laughter.) — in order that Honourable Members might be enabled to put important questions to them which came within the province of their department ? (Laughter.) But if the Right Hon. Baronet refund to answer these questions he (Colonel Sibthorp) could not help it ; at any rate he would have the satisfaction of having dis charged his duty to his constituency.—( The Gallant Member sat down amidst roars of laughter from both sides of the House.) Sir ROBERT PEEL hoped that neither the Gallant Offieor or any other Member of the House had any just ground for blaming him for want of courteiy.—(Loud cheers from both sides of the House.) Certainly in replying to any question connected with the public service, he could not charge himself with that want of courtesy which the Gal lant Member seemed to attribute to him.—( Hear. ) But he (Sir Robert Peel) appealed to the House whether the Gallant Officer concluded his speech last night with putting the question which he had just addressed to him—(Cheers and laughter)—or by saying he should put it this evening? He (Sir Robert Peel) protested against Hon. Members making long speeches on the question of the adjourn ment of the debate.—(Cries of '6 Hear, hear.") In this he agreed with the Hon. Member for Northamptonshire (Mr. S. O'Brien) who deprecated, as he did, the practice of occu pying the time of the House by irrelevent remarks in putting questions to the Government ; however, it appeared to him (Sir R. Peel) that it was natural to the Gallant Officer to use vituperative language in addressing the House, possibly, perhaps, because he believed his independence was in danger.— (" Hear, hear," from Colonel Sibthorp, and loud laughter.) The Honourable Gentleman said he would ask a question of the Right Honourable Baronet (Sir R. Peel) —When he ex pected that the vacancies which had taken place in public offices would be filled up? and he was prepared to say that the only office vacant was that of Com missioners of Woods and Forests. There were two other gentlemen, Members of the Treasury, who had signified to him their intention of tendering their resignations ; but thole offices were not actually vacant, because these Gentle men in question consented to hold them until some opportunity offered of filling them up,—(Loud laughter.) He confessed it was a very inconvenient thiug to have public officers, requiring seats in that House, withent them.—(Laughter.) But he was sure the public service would not sustain any injury in consequence. The Honourable Gentleman asked him a very unusual question, to say when the Secretary of the Lord-Lieutenant in Ireland would be in his place. Now he (Sir Robert Peel) with great respect begged to say that he was not responsible for his absence, and that he thought the Secretary could best answer that question himself. The Gallant Officer complained that the Secretary for the Cole nies was not in the House, and he( Sir R. Peel) should give him the same answer as he did respecting the other vacancies, that that Gentleman could best answer why he was net there.— (Renewed laughter.) But this he would say, that one of the main reasons that they were not there was, that he had such a wh e i f eh th in atHouse ordinary , thatt times e hse the was Crown coieten possessed. to ses f s e e r d er that confidence in the wisdom an d policy of the measures submitted by her Majesty's Gov ernment, and such a confidence in the calm advantage deliberation Mr. FERRAND begged that the kind indulgence of the House would be afforded to him whilst he defended himself from the personal attacks of no less than four Members upon he opposite side of the House, made upon the last night of debate. Had he received any intimation of their intention, he should certainly have been in his place, but unfortunately a particular engagement had prevented him. He had to thank the Hon. Baronet sitting under him for his kindness in de defending him against those unmanly attacks. And he con sidered that the Hon. Member for Bath should have been the it r last person in that House who ought to have made use of the following expression :—" I am quite respect,s T u h r a e t , i in the . t is MemberH n o o u t s e bhyrpermittingew intends the in r anye s, vulgar vituperation." newspaper to u y pa c ei r oa nt m i command e floor, and recommended Hon. Members to horsewhip a gentle man who was his superior in every respect. The Hon. Mem ber also asked whether that gentleman was worthy of regard, when he expressed an opinion? He should measure that re mark by the ordinary test applied to the Hon. Member's own profession. Would any person give a guinea, a half guinea, half a crown, or even half a farthing for the Hon. Member's opinion on a gentleman's conduct ? The public had that value for the opinion of the Hon. and Learned Member, that they would not give the half of a half-farthin g for his opinion, and that was one of the sore points that rankled in his breast. He (Mr. Ferrand) would not continue to allude any further to the Member, but would pass on to an attack made upon him by the Hen. Member for Durham, who had spoken to the effect that " he would take the liberty of saying that almost every portion of the speech of the Hon. Member for Knaresbcreugh, with respect to the meeting of starch menu facturers,wae incorrect, as Mr. Wilson never called a meeting of the starch manufacturers. Mr. Wilson never presided at such a meeting, and such a deputation as he described never waited on Sir Robert Peel." The Hon. Member had put words into his (Mr. Ferrand's) mouth which he never used. He never said that a part of the meeting was formed into a deputation to wait upon the Government. What he said was, that the chairman of the Anti-Corn-law League called a meeting of all the starch manu facturers at Manchester, and a resolution was passed at that meeting that a deputation should wait upon the Right Hon. Baronet on the subject of the duty on starch. The deputation did go, and now lobsters and starch were the only two things that had the slightest mercy in the tariff. He never said that Mr. Wilson was one of the deputation that waited on the Right Honourable Baronet, and he would now proceed to justify the statement he made to the House. On the 9th of February, 1843, he received a letter to the following effect :—" I take the liberty of troubling you with a few particulars which will show the sort of disinterested reformers some of the members of the Anti-Corn-law League are. You will, perhaps, take the trouble of satisfying yourself of the correctness of the statement before you make any public use of it." Be (Mr. Ferrand) did satisfy himself as to the correctness of the statements, and the first public use he made of the letter was on Tuesday last. The writer went on to say that when Sir R. Peel in his new tariff put . starch at 51. per cwt. after it had been at 91. per cwt., Mr. Wilson took the chair at a meeting of the starch naanufacturers, for the purpose of taking eff the duty on native starch and putting a prohibi tory duty of 25 per cent. on foreign starch. They succeeded in doubling the duty, as a deputation from the meeting waited on the Board of Trade. The writer concluded by stating that it might be inferred from his letter that he was not a free trader, but the inference would be erroneous—he was a free trader, but he did not wish in obtaining his object to associate himself with such free-traders as those he had mentioned. The writer subscribed himself " Samuel Burlington," and dated his letter from Manchester, Feb. • 19, 1845. In the month of December lie (Mr. Ferrand) was in the town of Man chester, and he saw several gentlemen, whom he asked if that statement was correct. They informed him that it was entirely so, and added that they believed Mr. Wilson formed part of the deputation. On the day fol lowing he attended a large meeting in the borough of Stock port, where he read this communication, and stated that he had understood Mr. George Wilson formed part of the depu tation which went to the Government. The Manchester Guardian (the paper of the Anti-Corn. law League) attacked him in a leading article for having made this statement, and denied positively that Mr. G. Wilson had formed 'art of the deputation. It, however, admitted that the deputation had s waited upon the Government, and did not deny in t he sli g ht est degree that Mr. G. Wilson convened the meeting, or that the resolution for sending up the deputation was passed while he presided over it. He had that day seen three gentlemen, all of wham were perfectly well acquainted with the circum stances of this matter • they had seen the statement tie made on Tuesday night, and they assured him it was perfectly cor rect. To that statement, therefore, he was prepared to ad here, and he should not retract one particle of it until the Hon. Member for Durham could convince that House that Mr. G. Wilson did not convene and preside at the meeting which passed the resolution appointing the deputation. GREAT NORTH AND SOUTH WALES AND WORCESTER RAILWAY. GENERAL MEETING.—(THIS DAY.) A special general meeting of the scripholders in the Great North and South Wales and Woroestester Railway, convened by a committee of their own body, appointed at a former meeting, was held this afternoon, at the London Tavern, in Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of furthering the disolu tion of the Company.—Mr. Frederick Lawrance, Chairman of the Committee, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the meeting, reminded the scripholders that at their former meeting they passed resolutions authorising the immediate dissolution of the company, and it was then thought that the directors were favourable to such a step. Accordingly, the committee sought an interview with the directors, to see if the aflairs of the Company could not be wound up and settled amica bly; but a third party interposed his authority, and the negociations for this purpose proved futile, and ended in nothing positively being arranged. The directors and shareholders were unanimous in thinking that it would be bete er for all parties that the Company should be broken up ; but the solicitor of the Company, Mr. Bush, ap peared to be decidedly opposed to the adoption of any such a course, and in defiance of the wishes of both the shareholders and the directors he had gore to the expense of bringing up to town a large number of witnesses, getting the Bill tbrough the Standing Orders Committee, and then hav ing it read a first time in the House of Commons. He was now taking the usual steps to have the Bill read a second time and committed ; and unless the shareholders invested their Committee with stringent powers, to enable them to close the affairs of the Company, every farthing of their money would be squandered away; while, in the end, the Bill would be lost. The directors passed a resolution, authorising the solicitors to supply the com mittee of shareholders with a copy of the subscription and contract deeds, but he regretted to say that that resolu tion had been dishonourably suppressed by some one or other, and the solicitors refused now to give them copies of the deeds. Under these circumstances, and feeling that the measure could never pass upon its merits, the committee had called the scripholders together to invest them with stringent powers to stop any further waste of remainder of the funds of the Company.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. METCALFE HOPGOOD proposed the first resolution. He stated that it would be in the recollection of the share holders present, that a resolution was passed at their last meeting, that a petition eigaed by the shareholders should be presented to the House of Commons against the Bill. He believed that if the shareholders allowed the Bill to pass the second reading they would then be called upon to pay up the further call on their shares, and in default of so doing their shares would be forfeited. He therefore proposed that the petition prepared by the Committee should be imme diately signed by the shareholders, for presentaiion to the House of Commons. Mr. SAMUEL seconded the resolution. . Mr. MULLENSZII;i t;;;;;Ti;;ords before the Chair man put the resolution. He was allowed to move, as an amendment, that the petition should be read to the Company before the shareholders were called upon to sign the petition. Mr. DAVIS -gild that the petition would lie for signature at the London Tavern, and every person who signed the petition would have an opportunity of reading it. Mr. Muller-Ns said that the Committee were afraid to have the petition publicly read. The SHAREHOLDERS complained of the loss of time that would be occasioned by reading of the petition. It was ultimately agreed to put the question to the meet ing whether the petition should be read, when only five hands were held up in favour of the petition being read. The CHAIRMAN then put the original resolution, which was carried by a great majority. Mr. DAY'S stated that the committee had already been at great expense, and it could not be expected that they would continue to do so unless reimbursed by the shareholders. He therefore proposed "That a subscription be at once en tered into and placed at the disposal of your committee, to enable them to stop this ruinous scheme in Parliament, or by such other means that they may deem advisable, and to reimburse them such expenses as are already incurred." Mr. B ATES seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. A SHAREI!OLDER suggested that the money should be paid out of the funds or Company. Mr. IlAcosr (Chairman of the Company) said that the directors were placed in a very peculi-r situation, and he doubted whether the shareholders would bear the directors harmless if they did so. Mr. DA vis rose to order. Major IlicilAnnsoN considered that Mr. Bacon should be fore this have di,rnis- , ed the solicitors from the service of the Company, and that the only means of testing his sin cerity would be to move a resolution to that effect this after noon.—( Loud cheers.) He did not consider it tight that money of the shareholders should be wasied because the directors were so prudent.—(Loud cheers.) He proposed " That the directors give a cheque for 500/. to the Com mittee of the shareholders, in order to carry out the objects of tqe resolutions carried this day." Mr. MURCHISON seconded the resolution. The CHAIRMAN said that it was 'useless to pass a res , lution to that effect, unless the directors present would consent to honour the check. Mr. BACON said that he could not promise, as there were only two of his colleagues present, the payment of so large a sum. The CHAIRMAN stated that be would meet them half way —they would takc the sum of 250/. Major RICAARDSON having acceeded to this reduction the resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. COURTENAY then rose for the purpose of moving the third resolution. IN stated that the present company wasentirely the solicitors company.—(" No," from Mr. Bush). after considerable confusion Mr. Courtenay went on to say that the solicitors had laughed at them in their sleeves, and had set the shareholders at defiance.—(Cheers.) He then proceeded to inquire into the conduct of the solicitors, and havidg made a number of charges against them, whch produced considerable confusion in conse quence of the denials of the solicitors on the one hand, and the repetition of the charges on the other, he moved that the soliciteors Messrs. Bush and Mullens, having by their conduct completely lost the confidence of the shareholders, the directors be requested immediately to dis miss them from the services of the company. Mr..MußcHissox seconded the resolution. Mr B usx said he could not sit'quiet and hear charges brought against his personal character, and that of his respected partner He publicly denied the truth of the charges which had been brought - against him, He had given his advice to the best of his ability in the affairs of the Companp. Mr. Bush was p l r o o l e .h ee e d e in it g x , n a zi m A id N st much confusion, to explain -his conduct oppifrtuniry pvitting•th relative , to.the Company, when propose, as a matter of delicacy, previous afforded stt him of- resigning. .hins to resign e resolution, that Mr. Bush should have an :Solicitor-General and a in ed til that no earthly power should induce rr. Bxisu After most tremendous had received • the opinions of the Mr. Turner, of the Court of Chancery. ofc4 the be heard. He also denied truth w Mr. M trct.rzis sv as :it uPrear ' the •Irutli• of the tiro4lat Against hilbself• 'and :charges which had been t wh:ch ga.ve ;Tie to a ' 'most' his partner (Mr. Bush), discussion as the question of desultorysluu and stormy that both he and his partner were in the "al. He stated t0r., , , but they had never made any complaintpoe of the din-c • to them, and were perfectly satisfied with their conduct. The CHAtitalAN stated that, before putting the resolution, he thougt it would be necessary in order that this resolution should be effectually carried out, that the directors should be held personally liable for all money paid to the solicitors by the:n from the time of passing this resolution. He then put the resolution, which was carried unanimously, and the solicitors were vacordingly dismissed from the services of the Company. • RICHARDSON wished to know whether it was the N ajor this resolution. intention of the directors to carry out Mr. RArsoN, tion i one of the dirctothers, said absence he could not of his his brother take to answer the ques e n directors. Major RICHARDSON was then requested by the shareholders to join the committee, to which he consented. - A. vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman and the committee, the meeting broke up, which was one of the most stormy that we' had ever attended, even of the North and South Wales Railway. The petition will lie for signature at the Hall of Com , meree, in Threadneedle-street. 10% 262 210% 96% CLOSING PRICES. 89% 31 , 4 31% 174 58 1 ,4 2% 314 y dis 2p 3814 12% 3% DA INDIAN DISPATCHES The following is a continuation of the Papers respecting the late Hostilities on the North-western Frontier of India, for wit!ch we had no room in our Afternoon Edition. Enclosure 1 to No. 11. Extracts from Lahore letters of the evening of the 6th instant, re ceived during the night of the Bth instaat at Rajpoora. A letter arrived from General Lal Singh M urariy a , at Jenota, saying, " SindarJowahir Singh used to speak to me about attacking the English; my heart's desire is now accomplished; therefore I hope to be sent against Ferozepore, and will bring over the whole army of the Eng lish to the Seikh Government, and Ferozepore will be taken without fighting. The Ranee said, " Everybody talks of conquering Ferozepore, but nobody advances." Extract of another Letter of the same date. On Monday, Tej Singh will join the army, but if in the meantime any disturbnnce occurs, he will not. He to-day asked the Ranee and Surdars, as they were sending him to make war on the English Go vernment, to give him a written order ; the Ranee said, " Why do yon constantly ask for written orders? The army regular and irre gular marched by the Maharaja's order, and now you are going by the same order. The Ranee asked what the army was plotting as to her? Tej Singh said that this time the army would, undoubtedly treat her ill ; that she had sent them against the English to get them ruined, but that the army had found out the device, and now said they would " comb " 4, her, along with Raja Lal Singh, and imprison the Surdars, and deliver them to Raja Gorlah Singh, who would settle their accounts. The heart's desire of Raja Lal Singh is in any way to commit the troops with the English, by getting any portion of them across the Sutlej, and creating disturbance under the English Goverumei•t, and if he cannot do this, to seek an opportunity of flight across the Sutlej. Rely on this being correct. Extract from a letter received 9th December, dated sth December, 1845, morning, from Lahore : The Ranee said, that in spite of orders continued for twenty days, the troops did not march. Tej Singh said, they had none of their old leaders left ; they knew certain death was before them, and therefore would not march; that the Seikh troops were abundantly wise, and would not go on to cer tain death ; they would go t* Coss ; lacs of rupees would be uselessly spent in military stores, carriage, and grain, and nothing be done, while the established friendship between the two great powers was broken up atter lasting forty years ; Fukier Ayeeyoodan, he said, was a wise and fortunate man to have withdrawn from public business two years ago, and devoted himself to meditating on God, and to have now found an honourable death, leaving an unspeakable reputation here, and obtaining besides a place in heaven. The Ranee then ordered the Fukeer's Jageer to be resumed, but Deena bath begged it might be left with the family till the present crop was reaped which was granted. Enclosure 2, in No. 11. Proclamation by the Governer-General of India. Camp, Luhkuree Khan Ks Serai, December 13th, 1845. The British Government has ever been on terms of friendship with that of the Punjaub. In the year 1809 a treaty of amity and concord was concluded between the British Government and the late Maharaja Runjeet Singh, the conditions of which have always been faithfully observed by the British Government, and were scrnpulously fulfilled by the late Maharaja. The same friendly relation have been maintained with the succes sors of Maharaja Runjeet Singh by the British Government up to the present time. Since the death of the late Maharaja Share Singh, the disorganised state of the Lahore Government has made it incumbent on the Gover ner-General in Council to adopt precautionary measures for the pro tection of the British frontier ; the nature of these measures, and the cause of their adoption, were, at the time fully explained to the Lahore Durbar. Notwithstanding the disorganised state of the Lahore Government during the last two years, and many most unfriendly proceedings on the part of the Durbar, the Governor-General in Council has con tinued to evince his desire to maintain the relations of amity and concord which had so long existed between the two States for the mutual interests and happiness of both. lie has shown, on every occasion, the utmost forbearance, from consideration to the helpless state of the infant Maharaja Dhuleep Singh, whom the British Go vernment has recognised as the successor to the late Maharaja Shere Singh. The Governor-General in Council sincerely desired to see a strong Seikh Government re-established in the Punjaub, able to control its army and to protect its subjects ; he had not, up to the present mo ment, abandoned the hope of seeing that important object effected by the patriotic efforts of the chiefs and people of that country. The Seikh army recently marched from Lahore towards the British frontier, as was alleged, by the orders of the Durbar, for the pur pose of invading the British territory. The Governor-General's agent, by direction of the Governor-Gene ral, demanded an explanation of this movement, and no reply being returned within a reasonable time, the demand was repeated. The Governor-General, unwilling to believe in the hostile intention of the Seikh Government, to which no provocation had been given, re frained from taking any measures which might have a tendency to embarrass the Government of the Maharaja, or to induce collision between the two States. When no reply was given to the repeated demand for explanation, while active military preparations were continued at Lahore, the Go vernor-General considered it necessary to order the advance of troops towards the frontier, to reinforce the frontier posts. The Seikh army has now, without a shadow of provocation, in vaded the British territories. The Governor-General must, therefore, take measures for effec• tually protecting the British provinces, for vindicating the authority of the British Government, and for punishing the violators of treaties and the disturbers of the public peace. The Governor-General hereby declares the possessions of Maharaja Dulleep Singh on the left, or British, bank of the Sutlej, confiscated and annexed to the British territories. The Governor-General will respect the existing rights of all Jagheerdars, Zemindars, and tenants in the said possessions, who, by the course they now pursue, evince their fidelity to the British Government. The Governor-General hereby calls upon all the chiefs and sirdars in the protected territories to co-operate cordially with the British Government for the punishment of the common enemy, and for the maintenance of order in these states. Those of the chiefs who show alacritya nd fidelity in the discharge of this duty, which they owe to the protecting power, will find their interests promoted thereby ; and those who take a contrary course will be treated as enemies to the British Government, and will be punished accordingly. The inhabitants of all the territories on the left bank of the Sutlej are hereby directed to abide peaceably in their respective villages, where they will receive efficient protection by the British Government. All parties of men found in armed bands, who can give no satisfactory account of their proceedings, will be treated as disturbers of the public peace. All subjects of the British Government, and those who possess estates on both sides of the river Sutlej, who, by their faithful ad herence to the British Government, may be liable to sustain loss, shall be indemnified and secured in all their just rights and privi- leges. On the other hand, all subjects of the British Government who shall continue in the service of the Lahore state, and who disobey the Proclamation by not immediately returning to their allegiance, wil be liable to have their property on this side of the Sutlej confis cated, and themselves declared to be aliens and enemies of the British Government. By order of the Right Honourable the Governor-General of India, F. CURRIE, Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor-General. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year: NAME OF RAILWAY. Week ending Feb. 21 Arbroath and Forfar •••••••• • • • •• • •. Bristol and Birmingham . • • • • • • • • • • • Chester and Birkenhead . • • • • • • • • • • • • Dublin and Drogheda. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Dundee and Arbroath . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Durham and Sunderland .• • • • • • •• • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • •••• • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern . • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • . • • • • Glasgow and Greenock• • •••• • • • • • • • Grand Junction • • • • • • • • •• Gravesend and Rochester•. • ..... Great North of England • • •• •• •• • • •• Great Western . •• • • • • • • • • •• • ...... • Hartlepool .• •• . .• • London and Birmingham, &e...• •• • . London and Blackwall— • . •• • • •• • • •• London and Brighton ... • . •• •• •• London and Croydon . London and Greenwich... •... London and South Western......•.. Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... Manchester and Birmingham........ Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoe.. Midland Counties. •• •• • .. • •• •• •• Newcastle and Darlington •• .• •• •••• Newcastle and Carlisle• • •• •• •• •• •• •• Newcastle and liorth 5hie1d5........ Norfolk •• . North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans Paris and Rouen . • • • • • • • • • • • . •. Preston and Wyre •• ••• • •• • . • Sheffield and M anchester •• •••• •••• • South Eastern. . . • Tall Vale • • Last week. 506 629 892 263 572 2,746 6,376 1,841 764 127 14,977 'WM 32,20 689 3,283 1,058 4,896 '930 3,815 5,347 4,859 2,565 419 1,170 5,373 5,643 az , ; aO.l 234 646 2,046 3,454 575 1,496 5,274 1,100 646 Ulster. • • • • • • • • 12,725 25,897 4,405 666 6,245 i,204 10,689 1,028 Yarmouth and Norwich York and North Midland ........... 4,6% 1,287 3,694 3,683 €53 3,20 949 [ADVERTISEMENT.] RINGWORMS AND OTHER SKIN DISEASES EFFECTUALLY CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT.—Mrs. Grace More, No. 6, Hem lock-court, Carey-street, London, has a little girl, who for four years was dreadfully disfigured with ringworm ; almost every surgeon of celebrity had been consulted as well as every remedy for such cases tried in vain, when the father of the child, who is a law-writer, was recommended to try Hollo way's celebrated medicines, which effectually cured the chiid in three weeks. No scrofulous, sores, blotches, pimples, or scorbutic humours can resist the power of these far-famed remedies. Sold by all medicine vendors, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. "Peers and Parvenus " possesses a charm not always to be found in the lively but sarcastic pages of Mrs. Gore. The characters are as interesting as the story is amusing. The attentio:i of the reader is insensibly led on to a startling, though not unnatural surprise, which is one of the most potent arts of novel writing. London and the country, Brighton, Baden, Naples, afford a succession of lively sketches of fashionable society. But the great merit of the book lies in its moral, and on that account it deserves high recom mendation. # IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 27. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a few minutes before Four. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time, and were ordered to be committed. London and South Essex Railway. Waveney Valley and Great Yarmouth Railway. I Boston Waterworks. Liverpool Docks. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway Extensior (No. 1.) Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway Extensor, (No. 3). Bristol Waterworks. London and Blackwall Railway (Widening). Harwich and Eastern Counties. onction Railway and Pier. London and Birmingham Railway (Camden and Euston Sta. tions Enlargement). _ Rugby and Stamford Railway. Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Newtown to Crewe). Tenby, Sanndersfoot, and South Wales Railway. Lord CLIVE having moved the second reading of th, Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Chester and Wolvey hampton Line) Bill, }Jr. THORNELY opposed the second reading, and pro• posed as an amendment that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. The object of the proposed railway was it shut up the canal from.the.ironmasters in the neighbourhood of Wolverhempton, so that the trade would be greatly inconve nienced if the railway were allowed to be constructed. Mr. LOCll,brieflyopposed the amendment, on the grour. that the trade-of kbe ironmasters would be benefited rather than injured by the proposed railway. After a few words in reply from Lord CLIVE, Mr. THORNELY consented te withdraw his amendment. The amendment was accordingly withdrawn, and the IVA was read I. second tine, and ordered to be committed. Mr. ESTCOURT moved that it be an instruction to‘,': Committee of Selection to refer the Direct London and Ports m nkto o at u il twha Rai lway being a z i l i w ltih, a o y as ne ß dw i l ht l ,ho the London e h L e n oa nm S d h eo a sn ffi a r e ae l n d do n a y n t d ohrek L b i l l i i i ta C ci O kl I w n ea r f hy the rhßeen.ll,unt Billsoc t tr i l u e, r : Chairman of Way s an d M eans, and to two other Members C c P e r le e s s fi e el ted d, in a spectiv i e nci l h y ß . a — blimt Agre e d i tI f p a e v t o i n ti r o o n f s a ig l n o ed ho b u y n lr CORN LAWS. of I th f e r. Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from Dundee, in favou of the measure then before the House. An HON. Mrstuua, whose name we cou ld no t l earn, pre suited a petition signed by a numerous body of the land occt. piers in Herefordshire against the withdrawal of protection. Mr. BENETT presented a petition aga i nst any alteratio& in the corn-laws without an appeal to the country. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Stonehenge in favor'of the Government measure. 2,993 112 EVENING, FEBR UA R 28, 1346 He thought the Honourable Member for Durham was the last man to stand up in that House and attack Hon. Members for making statements which were un founded. Was the Hon. Member aware that within the last few days meetings had been held in Lancashire to rebut state ments he had lately made in that House ?—and not only to rebut them, but to assert to the world that they were entirely without foundation ? He should defend himseif in the man ner he had done before, and he hoped he should justify himself before the House, and after imparting to the House certain in formation, he should leave it for the House to say whether they could ever afterwards place any confidence in the statements of the Hon. Member for Durham. He held in his hand an ex • tract from the Bolton Chronicle, which was published by the Hon. and Learned Member opposite. The extract was headed " Mr. John Bright's Veracity Meeting." He must state to the House that the Hon. Member f,,r Durham, on the intro duction of Lord Ashley's Factory Bill, made certain state ments which reflected on the people of Preston and Rochdale, and these meetings were convened by the people themselves to consider the statements which the Hon. Member had made. The people of Preston had done their duty, and so had the Itown of Rochdale.—(Protectionist cheers.) The Hon. Mem ber was proceeding to read extracts from the Bolton Chronicle, when The SPEAKER said that the Hon. Number could not read any extract which referred to the debates in the fiou.e. Mr. FERRAND—This is an account of proceedings which took place in Lancashire, and which I may, perhaps, read to the House ? The SPEAKER—No. Mr. FERRAND—Very well; then he would do hie utmost to leave out every thing which referred to the debates.— (Laughter.) He would merely allude to what took place at those two meetings. The paper went on to say that Rochdale had also raised its voice, arid, on the Monday evening previous, one of the most crowded meetings that had ever been held there tick place in the People's Institution, chiefly to disprove the statements made by Mr. Bright. That Hon. Gentleman had said that the people of Rochdale were unfavourable to the Ten Hours' Bill. The meeting was called for eight o'clock, but long before that time the spacious hall, which was the largestroom in the town, was crowded to suffocation, and hun dreds were compelled to go away, as they were not able to ob tain admission. Mr. John Whittaker, the High Constable of Rochdale, presided, and it was a remarkable fact that the pro ceeding* were conducted by factory workers. There were present a large number of factory girls, who appeared to take great interest in the proceedings.—(Laughter. ) The Chair man briefly opened the proceedings, and said that the requisi tion which had been presented to him was of sufficient import ance to justify him in calling that meeting. The whole meet ine declared by their cheers and their resolutions that they were in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill. —( Hear, hear.) Mr. Bright had been invited to attend that meeting to make good his statements, but he did not make his appearance. The meeting pronounced the state ments of Mr. Bright to be (he dare not make use of the word in that House)—lies.—( Laughter.) Now, then, that *as the result of the meeting of the operatives of the town of Rochdale —a town at which the Hon. Member resided when he was at home.—(Laughter.) He (Mr Ferrand thought it would be well for the Hon Member for Durham if in future he took care how he attacked either himself or any other Hon. Member of that House.—( Hear, hear.) The Hon. and Learned Member for Bolton (Dr. Bowring) was pte sent in the House last even ing, and in his (Mr. Ferrand's) absence he stated that he (Mr. Ferrand) had said that the factory workers were naked, and that their dwellings were of the most wretched description. He would ask the Hon. and Learned Member whether he had made that statement ? Did the Hon. and Learned Member mean to say that he used those words ? Dr. BO WRING—Go on. Mr. FEHR AND —Then he begged to state that he never uttered one word of the kind. The Hon. and Learned Mem ber had therefore stood up in that House in his (Mr. Fer rand's) absence, and had put words intohia mouth which he had never used—(Loud cheers)—for the purpose of injuring him in the opinion of that House and of the country.—(Cheers.) Now, he asked if this was fair, manly, or honourable conduct? —(Hear, hear.) He was prepared to fight the battle of poli tics, which he espoused, but he would not make a single charge which he did not solemnly believed to be true, and he was not prepared to stand by. Would the House listen to the words he did make use of ? He said that Mr. Ashworth complained in a letter to the Poor-law Commissioners that wages had risen 10 per cent., and he asked the Poor-law Com missioners to send some agricultural labourers to his mill. A Committee was inquiring at the time into their conditi in. He called upon the Hon. Member for Bolton (Dr. Bow ring) to deny the statement—to set aside all consideration of their former friendship—that it was proved on this Commit tee that the labourers surrounding the mill were living upon 24d. a day; and, more than this, it was proved that many of them had not worn a shirt for five years ; that they had no fur niture, no clothes, no chairs, no tables—a single tea-chest served for a table and drawers.—(" Hear" from the protec • tionists. ) He made these statements upon the evidence of a Mr. Macgill, a large manufacturer at Manchester, who stated on the Bth of June, in the year 1844, before a Committee ap pointed by this House, in answer to a question put to him on the nature of the food of the labourers, that the chief portion of their food was oatmeal porridge, potatoes, and a small quantity of butcher meat, which they might perhaps obtain once a week. With reference to the amount of earnings, he stated that they could not earn more than 2 s td. a day; and as to their clothing, he could not recollect a single case where any weaver ever bought a new jacket for years. He had known some of them who had no blankets, and whose only covering was a coarse covering which originally cost 2s. 6d. With reference to furniture, he stated that he observed many of their houses without a chair, without a stool, the only article of furniture being a tea-chest, which served for the purposes of a table and drawers. Having made this statement, he would now call upon the Honourable Member to repeat the statements he had made, or, if he had the feeling of a gentleman, to retract them.—(Hear.) As to the Noble Lord, the Member for Yorkshire, he (Mr. Ferranti ) felt assured that the Noble Lord would shrink with horror from making any statement to this House that he did not be lieve to be true ; but, at the same time, he was aware that the Noble Lord had made statements which he (Mr. Ferrand) could satisfy him were not founded in fact. He could tell the House that he was aware that there were many men who, to his knowledge, were employed in factories, and had been com pelled to sign petitions in favour of the corn-laws.—( Hear, hear.) And be would say it was now high time for this House to take cognisance of the manner in which petitions to the House were manufactured and were paid for by the League.— ( Hear, hear.) And this he was prepared to prove before a a Committee of this House.—( Hear, hear.) He had heard of some cases in which men were actually paid for procuring names, and one man had been paid lor procuring 1,400 names —( Hear, hear)—and if any man said ":No" to his statement, he should challenge him to demand a Committee, and he would prove this statement. He now held in his hand a letter from a man employed in a mill near Leeds, who was ready to prove the manner in which names were procured for these petitions. He would hand the letter to the Hon. Member opposite, but he should request of him not to disclose his name, as it might iujure him. He (Mr. Ferrand) thought he had now satis fied the House of the injustice of the charges that had been made against him ; and if any others should be made, he would be able to meet them also. Mr. C. BERKELEY said he roseimerely for the purpose of saying a few words on the subject of the manufacturing pe titions to which the Honourable Member had alluded.—( Hear. ) He had himself received a petition for presentation to that House on Wednesday last, containing 954 signatures. The petition purported to be that of the inhabitants of Cheltenham, praying for a repeal of the corn-laws. After perusing the petition, his attention was drawn to the fact that it bore the Manchester post-mark instead of the Cheltenham.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear," from the protectionist side of the House.) This made him suspect that all was not as it should be, and he accordingly wrote to his agent at Cheltenham, stat ing his suspicions, and requesting him to make an inquiry. He also wrote to the four gentlemen whose names appeared on the top of the petition, one of whom was a Mr. Stephen Ree. Now he (the Hon. Member) had received a commu nication from that gentleman to the effect that there was only one of that name in Cheltenham, and he begged to assure him that he had never signed such a petition, nor had he autho rised any one to sign it for him.—( Loud cheers from the pro tectionists.) The next letter which he had to submit to the House was from his agent. That gentleman informed him that several of the names to the petition were genuine, so far as the persona residing in Cheltemham were concerned, but that not one of them, upon whom he had called, had authorised their names to be attached to the petition.—(Hear.) One of the gentlemen, whose name appeared to the petition informed him that he had never signed it, nor had he been consulted about it, although, if he had been asked to sign a petition for a repeal of the corn-laws, he would have had no objection to sign such a petition.—( Loud and protracted cries of •' Hear, hear," from the protectionists.) This he (Mr. Craven Berkeley) thought a most improper proceeding, for it would appear that the pe tition had never been seen at Cheltenham at all, but had been• got up at Manchester, and sent direct to London.—(Cries of " Hear, hear," from the pro-corn-law party.) During the whole time he had had the honour of a seat in that House he had been in the habit of voting for free-trade measures but he is ould scorn to support any measure, cr any system, by such means as the present.—( Loud cheers from the protectionists. ) If free trade could not stand upon its own merits, then, indeed, did it not deserve the support of Hon. Members.—( Loud cheers and protracted cries of " Hear ; hear.") Now, looking at the case he had just brought before the House, he begged to give notice that, on Monday, he would call the attention of the House to the conduct of the parties who had imposed on the Legislature by lorging a petition, and so de ceiving the House, which was a gross breach of privilege. He claimed the support of the members of the Anti-Corn • law League in endeavouring to trace out the author of this r forgery, for if be did not receive assistance at their hands he maintained that the obloquy which would naturally attach itself to the author 'of this petition would also fall upon them. The Hon. Gentleman then sat down, but rose again upon cries of " Read the prayer of the petition." He read the prayer, which was for a repeal of the corn-laws. Mr. BRIGHT—The Hon. Member for Cheltenham has done what he could to corroborate the statement of the Hon. Member for Knaresborough. I believe there is no Member of this House who will not believe that this case ought to receive the fullest. investigation. I should recommend the • Hon. Gentleman to move for a Committee to inquiie into it, and I should be glad to second it. I would assist him or any other Member in making the fullest investigation into the case he had now laid before the House. The Hon. Member for Knaresborough, in endeavouring to answer the attack which he says I made upon him last night, has merely restated what he said the night before, giving up a letter which he had had some two years since in his pocket, as a proof that hie state ment was correct. Now, lam prepared to say still that I be lieve every portion of his statement is utterly - unfounded. I have here a letter from Mr. Rawson, whose name the Hon. Gentleman mentioned as having formed one of the deputa tion of the Board of Trade, respecting the duty on starch. He says—" Mr. Wilson did not issue the circular requesting the starch-makers to assemble in Manchester. Mr. Wilson did not act as chairman." Now this replies to the two statements made by the Hon. Member. "Nor did any meeting of the sort take place, and no deputation proceeded from such a meet ing, either of the individual members of the council of the League, or any other gentleman. It is true that two other gentlemen and myself—Mr. Wilson was not of the number— proceeded to London, our object being, however, not to seek protection." They stated to the Board of Trade, "if we are allowed to use the raw material, wheat, free of duty, we do not desire any protective duty on the article of starch ; or, if this is declined, we then ask for an equivalent duty to be levied on wheat or flour." The next extract which I shall read is from a memorial to the Board of Trade, which states, " That our ob ject in seeking a remission of these protective duties is this— that with the free trade in wheat we should not be afraid of foreign competition—( Hear, hear)—except when the raw ma terial is kept up in price by the operation of the core-laws." The proposed small duty of 5/. per cent. on foreign-made starch threatened to destroy their trade, and gave them no hope with the foreign manufacturer.--(Hear, hear.) From the speeches which we have heard from the Hon. Member and others, I dare say it is possible it will not be understood.— (Cheers and laughter.) The Hon. Member is not able to see that I wish a duty on the foreign article to eouoterbalance the duty on the raw material of which that article is rnadoin this country ; its manufacturers derive much hardship, inasmuch as the protective duty materially injures their trade.—(Hear, hear.) But the Hon. ..Memher's statement—and he has repeated it—was this : that Mr. Wilson convened 'a meeting of starch manufacturers, in order to memorialise the Govern ment. I say' distinctly and positively that that statement is wholly without foundation,' and that it is no more true than the other statements which the Hon. Member persists in.— (Cheers.) The Hon. Member has made a very extraordinary statement with respect to Mr. Wilson—a statement which he lias been afraid to make in a court of justice. Mr. !, ER RAND—No, no. passed last night and the present fully showed it. This sort of melo dramatic malignity—this sort of Sadler's Wells sarcas.' which was so easily put ao—this waving of the hand sad tree with the finger—this looking darsgers but using nontet e r w. s, to say the least of it, exceedingly improper.--4 au g e be and cheers.) He should say the pruner remedy for su matter as that now complained of—the best cours e for H°D Members to pursue on any question was—not to say atifilling be that waa contrary to gentlemanly courtesy, or that could fairly looked up (on as offensive— Cheers). Mr. O'CONNELL would not have said one word had, r e memory of the Hon. Gentleman not been inaccurate, 204, public might possibly supply with imagination the deficiescfie of his memory. He hud not been accused of calumny. " said that the system of election committees was one ot corrorf Lion and perj He had been censured in consequence° these observations, and the Speaker read him a lecture emir subject. As soon as the Speaker had concluded , he ( r o f O'C'onnell) repeated the very words which he had made us!be ---(Great laughter)—and the House had since con firm truth of his remarks, for they abolished that CoMmitteestin gcther. lie w a s ver y muc h obliged to the Hon. Gentleaw for again giving him a n o pportunity of reiterating those eimer. vations. • :Major 13ERESFO RD denied that he was guilty tion. It was the general haling of the Committee that h unjustly, unfairly, and acrimoniously attacked. fief! in Mr. B. ESCOTT said that he wasperfectly justi , goo the obseivations he had made in the Pabsence of the Member for Koareshorough. the Lord JOHN MANNERS said that, so far as he kne wt or ta observations which had been made respecting Mr. Asvhtgo the were by no means correct. He could bear testimota • e d admirable manner in which that gentleman had dischatg a As obligations which his position imposed upon him. N"blttf more fully impressed than he was with the great respensinfos which attached to him as one ot the greatest cotton ms n ,..tare of coerr7o turers in the empire, and no one was more fully aline t° fulfilment of the duties of his situation. a lletl Mr. FIELDEN (who was totally inaudible in the for some time said (as we understood), that the manufseiwata had applied to the Poor-law Commissioners to send dem" d` the manufacturing, from the agricultural districts , a neeed labourers for the purpose of equalising the price of 10'1 gat that they (the Poor-law Commissioners) had done se, °pato down 10,000 to the manufacturing districts. If they '°°t° the Commission of Inquiry into these districts, th e k,srer find that the statement made by the Hon. Member for borough had not been incorrect. ion Sir ROBERT PEEL said he would net have r- 010 take part in this discussion had it not been for what I mci Ge ptie from the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury. That lion . a tell man recalled to the recollection of the House what had o f a place, he believed, about three years since, in the cel e el) debate that took place at that time, when he (Sir ft; b ,slis put an erroneous construction upon an expression u se ", fleet , Hon. Gentleman opposite, the Member for Stockpet t •Thare hear.) That Hon. Gentleman having explained hi " e iittb" sions, it was his (Sir R. Peel's) intention at that time t o dd explanation which he made to the Hon. Member in reply „ aiela relieve him from the imputation which he then put 0 0 )- ,,esP —( Hear, hear.) If any one was present at that time 115_00, recollect that he made a complete disavowal of his 011"otidS and he would also recollect that he said that if that esPaselieo was not considered to be sufficient, he would take the ',roe opportunity of giving an ample apolegy.—( Hear, hear.) i ifse lot were his (Sir R. Peel's) intentions, and he thoug ht fereace to the record of the day would show that simmlost ilat have been his intentions, and he thought that th e oeol° Member for Shrewsbury, after the lapse of three Ye'l ti etil not have revived that subject. His (Sir R. Peers) L ( l 4 was entirely to withdraw the expressions-which he "- under an erroneous view. Mr. R. COBDEN—I feel happy, Sir, at having ' ll m ° M' „„ a t r k , tunity of remarking upon what has fallen from theaoie b i e ll Baronet. lam sorry to say, that at the time to % t at?, alluded I thought, and I believe the country also theog i a t al". the Right Hon. Gentleman did not make that disavow,' otjs; WAS due to me. Still, Sir, the matter is altogether 'Yoe' ordinary, and as the words which were uttered by m e , s "p f o rra t t l in the opinion of the greater part of te Hon. a t that side of the House to bear the ihnterp reta tion P them by the Right Hon. Baronet, I think I mai betels thi a for occupying the attention of the House. I wi n ". h il t 01 present disavowal as an ample disavowal by the n i g, aldi,j Gentleman, and as entirely satisfactory.—(Cheers/ saute am very glad that he has made that complete disavowiloiatio think it will be as pleasant to his feelings as it is t ? a t Wk. have had this opportunity of expressing my r egret , t D the remembrance of what has passed in this House iffaae ling in my own mind, I have alluded in publ ia to loagnaaa., lion. Gentleman in terms which I regret aft er thi'tc7e 170 tion.—( Cheers.) I sincerely hope elm' both w ha o tedi said and what I have said may be eosrpletely ob lite that no one may be justified in hereafter alluding t°l :, 01° 14 0 Mr. BUTT said that, on Tuesday next, he , coming under the consideration of the House, and i s b :pte a , will to retard in the smallest degree the progress of to to be' most important and protracted debate, he wished 61; formed by the Right Hen. Baronet at the head of 01 bee merit whether it was his wish that the motion shoo,' poned? Pr'.4 e Sir R. PEEL was unde r stood to ask the Ho n ,' ih e l'at postpone his motion for the p res ent. If the lion'ifereai would do so it would be a c on v e n ience to the G °. and expedite the dispatch of public business. t f th e P e dlf Mr. HUTT would readily consent to the requo - ° f o lleft. - lion. Baronet, and trusted his example would be other Hon. Gentlemen who had motions on the Parr; taela Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN said that, as i t l ' a rbaiids and understanding on both sides of the House thati,i,?lo should close that evening, he wished to ask the Baronet the First Lord of the Treasury how he i l i f; arrange the public business for next week ? The 'flate.-0 Baronet had a motion on the paper for Monday re, oceaff Indian army, and he presumed that subject woo l ot i o id o House the whole of Monday night. one of Sir ROBERT PEEL (who spoke in so low a t- j e sd as to be perfect y inaudible in the gallery), mai g ,toit ief e a ,i s impress upon the House that he could not have tit liTair than take the earliest opportunity of asking award its thanks to the commanders and men °' ;pet soil' Indian army, who had lately so distinguished thera''',o6ol fending the rights of this country. He did not, hi i tas ciliate that this subject would occupy the ~11 °1 House very long, and so soon as it was disposed an " - o r proceed to move his resolutions in Committee, • - a 0 1 following day he should propose to bring form'roatelosi branch of his measure. He was sure the House vi(lepecu,'ir necessity of their getting through the measure 5 1,„ e vsl , possible, as delays only proved detrimental to near') AO' terest in the country. , ; „a It was then agreed that the House at its rising journ till Monda. L. ro i PU/SLI y C WORKS (IRELAND) - '0 On the motion of Sir J. GRAHAM, this Bill third time and passed. riff l ed' A Ore' a eS a t Sir R. PEEL, in pursuance of a notice he ho"aa. be r a ar moved that all petitions relating to the timber duti:6oo' After a few words from Mr. LIDDELL, the my and carried. Mr. BRIGHT—Does V,e Hen. Member recollect that he once charged Mr. Wilson and Mr. Rawson, at a meeting held at Liverpool, which he himself addressed, as being present at. a meeting at which a proposition was made for committing the frightful crime of assassination? Does he recolect that Mr. Rawson wrote to the solicitors of the Hon. Member to ascer tain if he (Mr. Ferranti) was prepared to stand by the state ments he had made. The Hon. Member stated that he was prepared to stand by them, as reported in the Morning Past newspaper. Mr. Rawson's solicitor, Mr. Tolson, of Bradford, wrote to the Hon. Member's solicitor, stating that it was Mr. Rawson's intention to bring an action for defamation, and asking whether the Hon. Member would give, in addition that the statement of the Morning Post was the one which he was pre pared to stand by, in order to obviate the inconvenience of pro secuting the newspaper, and the Hon. Member intimated that he would egree to give a guarantee to the proprietor of the Morning Post to save him harmless from the effect of an action. When Mr. Wilson and Mr. Rawson wrote to the Morning Post, the proprietors of that newspaper stated that they ought not to be prweeuted because they had merely reported in their columns the speech of the. Hon. Member for Knaresborough (Mr. Ferrand), and that he had not given them the guarantee that he had stated.—( Cheers.) Every particle of that statement was as untrue as anything ever ut tered by any Hon. Member, or by any one on the face of the earth. It would have been proved untrue in a court of jus tice, but the Hon. Member durst not go into it. With respect to the charges which the Hon. Member has brought against me -- Mr. FERRAND interrupted the Hon. Member by inquir ing why Mr. Wilson and Mr. Rawson did not proceed with their action? Mr. BRIGHT—I will state why the prosecution was not. followed. The Anti-Corn-law League appealed to the public through the means of general discussion.—(Cheers, and cries of " Oh, oh.") They would scorn, every man of them, to go into a court of justice against an editor who, in the fulfilment of a great and meritorious duty to the public in general, publishes in his columns good and, I must say, bad speeches also—(Hear, hear)—for he had inserted the speech of the Honouratee Member in which these unfounded statements were made. The Hon. Member had referred to the condition of the people of the towns of Rochdale and Bolton, and had intimated his opinion that they were in a sad and miserable condition. Now, he did not want any certificate from the Hon. Member for the feeling of the people of those towns, for the people of Rochdale were well acquainted with any small merits which he might possess ; they knew him intimately, arid with regard to the Hon. Mem ber for Knaresborough, he would venture to assert that Roch dale was the last place in the county where the Hon. Gentle man would be received with cordiality. The Hon. Gentleman must have some recollection of the reception which he met with the last time he made his appearance there, and lie thought that the present statement was quite as unfounded as those which had appeared in the newspaper to which he had refer red; and he would go further, and assert, if he might be allowed to use language which was found upon the journals of the House, and would say that the statement of the Hon. Member was calumnious, and absurd, and unfounded altogether. —( Loud cheers from the League benches.) Dr. BOWRING thought that he was called upon to say a few worth respecting the statement made the other night by the Hon. Member for Knaresborough, and they should be a very few words. The Hon. Gentleman complained that he had not risen to answer him the moment he had sat down ; the fact was that he was unable to reply at that time, for he was not present at the termination of the lion. Member's speech. The lion. Member had, in the course of his observations, used expressions which intimated that the labouring portion of the community of Bolton and its immediate neighbourhood were badly clad, badly fed, and badly housed, aid were con tent with any accommodation. In connexion with these assertions he had used the name of Mr. Henry Ashworth, and had stated that that gentleman had been the instrument of introductng a large portion of the inhabitants from the agricultural population ; he had further, in connexion with this transaction, employed a term in the highest degree offensive—he had called this a cold-blooded act. Now he wished to disconnect the name of Mr. Ashworth from any such term ; and he would take the liberty of referring to the Noble Lord the Member for Newark (Lord John Manners), who was intimately acquainted with the condition of the whole population of the town, and was perfectly compe tent to form a correct judgment upon it. He knew the condition of the people who were all dependent upon him. And he was quite willing to leave the whale case in the hands of the Noble Lord, and to let the truth of his statement be tested with teat of the Hon. Member. Mr. ROEBUCK, who Vas extremely inaudible in the commencement of his remark;eend was understood to observe, that he considered he was justified by all the rules of that House in presuming that an lion. Member, who had Well • pied the last two hours and a half of the debate, in a very fierce attack on Hen. Members at that side of the House, and on persons out of it, would in mere fairness have been in his place to hear the answer to be made to his vituperation.— ( Hear, hear.) He would not say one word of the attack the Hon. Gentleman had made upon him for his failure in life. But he would say in all his misfortunes, it had never been his fate to have a body of gentlemen assembled in England to declare that which he had stated to have been a false hood and a calumny. There was a resolution now remaining on the books of the House which would descend to posterity— that a Member of that House had been guilty of an infamous calumny on two other Members. —( Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member said that he founded his belief on a resolution passed by certain persons in the town of Rochdale. But he (Mr. Roebuck) believed the resolution of the House of Commons, which was just to the same effect.— (Cheers.) The Hon. Member never denied—he had never answered it ; and as long as it remained on the books of that House the Hon. Gentleman was welcome to make whatever statement he wished. He (Mr. Roebuck) was perfectly satisfied so that such statement was afterwards weighed in the balance of the good sense of the House. That was his (Mr. Roebuck's) answer.—( Hear, hear.) One word as• regarded what had been said by tho Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Inglis) op posite. lie stated that he heard him (Mr. Roebuck) employ personalities in that House. Why, if he did use them, or if he made charges against Hon. Gentlemen, he succeeded in proving them—( Hear, hear)—and if such could be termed a personality, why so could an indictment.—( Hear, hear.) ts e charged Hon. Members with corrupt practices, and hg proved his charge.—(" No, no," from a Gentleman opposite. 1 He appealed to the resolution of the Committee, who, without a division, fully convicted Hon. Gentlemen, and, amongst the rest, the Hon. Member who cried " No."—( Hear.) Mr. DISRAELI should say he was one of those who very much regretted that his Hon. Friend the Member for Knares borough should think it his duty to make an attack on mem bers of the agricultural bedy ; and he should say that he (Mr. Disraeli) differed with the Honour able Gentleman in his views on that subject.—( Hear.) He had often remonstrated with him on the subject ' • but he should say this, that his Hon. Friend the Member for Knares borough was prepared to say the same outside the walls of that THE ADJOURNED DEBAT E. esecens t e' House that he said within them.—(Hear, hear.) Such was On the order of the day for going into his Hon. Friend's conviction, and he believed that he was Customs' and Corn Importation Acts being reasoarelifici.,4ol' merely fulfilling his duty in acting as he did.—( Dear, hear.) Mr. G. BANKES rose and said, that he i n ar aiellooP ee Now, that being the case, he (Mr. Disraeli) could not see, gretted the delay that had, taken place in r es ee slif t e erol from the way in' which the Hon. Member for Knaresborough journed debate, because he concurred in the ge n oe to!' 00 0 0 . acted, how he had done anything to call for the marked ea- had teen expressed that this d e bate should c° e_ he " - ,ts e i pression of disapprobation at the hands o f th a t House.—.( Hear, sion that evening, and, as far as he was concerne'io'ikerion,.!o, hear.) Now, with regard to the name of another gentleman, occasion much delay. He would endeavour te er esel d e t et Mr. George Wilson, chairman of the Ant i-Corn-law League, tance the speech of the Hon. Member for W° l f l t est . of, he (Mr. Disraeli) had a few words to say. He believed Mr. he would not imitate him in poin t o t ier Jl OO O , Wilson to be a very good sort of person—(Hear)—and, no which occupied se large a portion of t 8 00 . '00 el doubt, when better known was better liked.—( Hear, and a House last night. He did not regret that ollestiogoeu, laugh). He believed that for a series of years, he was an measure had been forwarded previously to l e , p roc, t ee et9 agitator, and had expressed his opinions on public men and bate, he meant the measure which made tbs b e towi e e measures with little reserve ; and he was surprised that that Ireland, to meet an emergency that had arise n : , 0 0 0 0 0 E el gentleman, or his representative , should think fit to show their It was to such measures that they might look t wo 0 v e to thin skin on the present occasion. —( Hear, hear, and a the emergency. He was glad to find that it a gieli o ' r el a es laugh). Now, as to the resolutions of committees, and stood that they were not discussing an Irish ‘l, - re ed q. si t i r e such stories, he (Mr. D'lsraeli) did not want to listen to them, great measure, which has been so strangelY,',"e a t th' s J O because he was as prejudiced on one side as his H on . Friend attention of the House. He now understooe t" o f fooe s ettr o s was on the other.—( Hear, hear.) As regarded Mr. Ash- was not mixed up with the supposed deficie ncl t eef worth, he should say that he knew sufficient of his family to land, and he was happy to perceive that if tit 0, to bear testimony that it was one which was not alone a credit but calmly and fully consider the question ; and an honour to the country.—( Loud cries of " Hear, hear," from should receive the sanction of this House, it - . s arill,eersir both sides of the House. ) Was it desirable that everybody any cf those disadvantages which would ne ee : t $ 0. - tbe b , in that House should be of the ` opinion, or that Hon. Members the passing a permanent measure to ° le " 1t 3 ' 2 "01 ts t having different prejudices should not express them. He emergency. He recollected that in the y ea r h lid tAv to really however thought that his Hon. F r i en d th e M em b er f or tress was th en grea t er t h an any thing co lleel o sOl t or Knaresborough had the best of tee argumen t.—(Ch eers. ) st a t e d t o ex i s t a t thi s p er i o d ; an d w hen he re ,eve r He (Mr. Disraeli) deprecated atta c k s on a b sen t i n di v id ua l s, th a t ti me th ere was t h e greates t g l u t of et ir ie e tha' o re t o o te who were, perhaps, as worthy men as any in the country.— this country, how could it possibly be 0 1 1 7; the e rf e lit /0 1 3, (Cheers from the Liberals)—but still he thought that his Hon. duction of corn could by any means rat"' ' t ee Preet r v s ta Friend had substantiated his position in the view he had tress in Ireland? lie did not wish to detain town' taken.—( Cheers.) The Hon. Member for Durham, for the Baronet, who he saw was about to leave the 00 be l i n gb i e s ie l city of Durham, had made a confused st a t emen t w ith res p ec t therefore, postpone the further obeservatiotoaddrestione o s] to an accusation which had been urged against his Hon. Friend upon the state of Ireland for the purpose °L a d eati t. s ot e je o lif because he had accused certe:r. Members of the Anti-Corn law mar ks to that part of the transaction whic h I " tee rs, !i n i the League of being assassins. He would not take it on himself te upon his own mind, and upon the minds of f r e ts pet decide whether the Members of the Anti-Corn-law League out of this House, and which materiallY a do cen , 11 , 0 1/ I ', should have prosecuted his Hon- Friend or the news' apers, crisis into which we have been brought by une'te ' ro ot: but this he did know, that he had heard the members Right Hon. Baronet, and which had been ' t iteti et c l ; o .l 3l 4 tb o of the Anti-Corn-law League accused of being cedented, and, he had almost said, ueee n n s ieht ' - fee li ee 4 ; assassins by a most distinguished individual in that House— opinion it appeared rather strange that the f or he e or , (Tremendous sheering)—wwere ho they very ready to support should have adopted such a cou rse as tk i° ' et bed fop f 1 o ft!' on that occasion.—( Continued cheering.) Why not pro,ecute • upon this occasion the Right Hon. Bar tni th i s co ° e ritY the Right Hon. Baronet?—( Laughter and reiterated cheerine.) power and privilege, as Prime Minister of a nlai t i g ht it io o ! Why not at once strike at the monarch of the wood, instead of it was most untt , ual to do, in order to Aste r relie t ift r t eef • preying upon the smaller deer ?—( Cheers.) if they w i s h e d Cabinet to vote with him on this measure.the arlt ° ,ol, rio e .A to vindicate their charecters from the stigma of being assassins, Barmiet Was not then a member of mi „ister a ' • $ r epl v .• they could always have ample opportunity, by referring to the for he had 1 czignctl hi., place as Pritu . e at ul dea pages of Hansard; and as he had no doubt that the Right Hon. fore, he acted only as a private individuaten he h a *_), OP, Gentleman would give a guarantee to his solicitor to defend the individual, and not as a Minister of the Cro fo ' rala tios af sec action, they might prosecute him immediately.—( Shouts of his influence with her Majesty in the no t 0 06 0 a°, te I' t he °P laughter.) He thought that too much had ueen made by the Cabinet. Now he (Mr. Bankes) was n tbe Cr° o ot " Hon. and Learned Member for Bath of a resolution come to by example being set by any Minister °f he he date es a duo we ° , the House some two years ago, with regard to his Hon Friend. former occasion ; and, therefore, though first de —(Hear, hear.) He (Arr. Disraeli) had thought that the such was an unconstitutional course , it m ade 1 ' b e O t s es roost ridiculous resolution the House had ever arrived at.— dent, When the Right Hon. Baron s ' o bjec eT t• tll' es di t ) ( Hear, hear.) He believed that the Right Hon. Baronet was in this House this session tieelt tlii!oty. et e d t a r ise' to Very averse to bringing it before the House. The Right Hon. allusion to this interview with ber a.) pp ortun P" o rt Gentleman had himself a natural sense for humour, and he sion the Noble Lord must have had e t h f . s o vereti oaf %re did all he could to prevent these proceedingar, hear.) the letter placed in his hands bY ",.: e t th`olt r i; He stated that he lead no desire to go on, but the whole had that the Right Heil. Baronet had 1",._ ca rry h e ve e p originated in the quarter of the House in which everything whatever Ministry should take offic n e_ e /ono et: tich l i s ' gr e; disagreeable always originated, namely, with the Hon. and changes which he had contetnplated l e , t r roa sed eeee s e ,o , • Learned Member for Bath.—( Cheers and laughter.) And Now, when the Right Hon. Baron: Y ee ri n de oe '0 bane ~ Hoe. „ e o re when the Honourable and Learned Member described, it must be looked upon as a g reat t . a vipija •JO r, o i with that dramatic effect which was so worthy of sacrifice of public principle. Had l i be Ween a ue oe of: ; ° o e a minor theatre— ( Roars of laughter )—the horrible allowed the sense of the country to e were i„ f / 03 ° ea su ( e. °s) consequences of that resolution (Loud laughter) question, then, indeed, if the people o se the theTeeell°lp and declared that his Hon. Friend had uttered a calumnious posed change, no one could opr a fford! f i e srs , t statement, he ought to have looked to the Hon. and Learned this opportunity had not _ee rie, of f ' to Member for Cork (Mr. O'Connell) who had been placed in a they had a right to complaio• — t k he pa rt 0 44 a yer: t pl op somewhat similar predicament. He (Mr. Disraeli) was in Indeed the change of principles on c ount rY ' l 'l O OlEOl - tbs j fe the House at the time, and he understood that some statements Baronet was looked upon by the a, _ ou id or e int° h o ot of the Hon. and Learned Member were supposed to calum- eye ; it was not inch a conditioonni ce ` o : wni e d en nof i t ' ofts , :e la tabo r ieedio s , of ate certain Members of the House, and he (Mr. Disraeli) other light. When the coalitcia, b tb4:P c ° o ii :r o sc e P s ti o r r e l w ar b g ic h e - t tr e r l believed that he was reproved by the predecessor of the Right Fox, and Mr. Burke, took Oa Hon. Gentleman, who tilled the Speaker's chair. He would been for the purpose of seeking not make a point of that resolution ; he would leave his Hon. were above such a suspicion. en represents" i e elgesoich e etS Friend and the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath to deal Alinisters entitled them, as h with it as they liked.—( Laughter. ) But if his Hon. Friend stituencies, to call on them not to the constiturieod t ° , o it; would only follow his (Mr. Disraeli's) example, never to abuse had given to the people, h o e were determ in ne a on to e 00) I i l l any one—( Roars of laughter, which continued for several lived. At any late, if t y to violate till un der cce el Minded, h e c l e ari C I PP re d tq, 0 seconds)—if he did so, he (11Ir. Ferrand) would never be put the measure they had in the position in which he had been repeatedly and unjustly solve the Parliament a P ri rn cl th l measurer. eeotoe s or s_ et Q Ob s l placed.—( Hear, hear.) The Hon. and Learned Member for sitting in judgment en Russell to the t eat rat:4oleme're, Bath, who talked so much of gentlemanly proceedings, and letter of Lord John br in )tieffirord the Peel' 0 , refef, h , which he st,a l ‘ „ tbe t eer eto ele referred to the resolution formerly passed, should apply those London in December, s observations and that resolution to his own case. He said that questions H ear , hear.)why ! sc iatef fe ei he never spoke with unnecessary acerbity, or acted in a per- expressions of thep " to understatid had e on _ (tr ..4 1:1 sonal and unbecoming manner. This was not the fact. It at a . loss now nt princ i p l es the " peop ie.rroe otr t r ; ought aiwnabyin._to( be decided tulle 17/iii,t On a former oc t ea r .i froin h sew" n`lowm were.. the i‘sio..- was not the first time that he had violated the rules of the Lord did not carry the House and offended gentlemanly manners. He (Mr. Disraeli) call on the Government o n nf o to ,., apj le ea L l Lor d stated titat!tin'ajreitosttilo:de knew not of one case, but of repeated instances, in which be being pre... o that e v er ; 100 ; (the Hon. and Learned Gentleman) had accused himself (Mr. opinionswhereehaad altered his ()Orl in "' ; e rierai l l e t. fr o e lt:c e ; Disraeli) of the most .improper and corrupt motives. Various Re stated theY esse e in vestr7, o ol have been the occasions on which the Hon. and Learned that free-traite - principles were Member would immediately get pp and iinpute motives and at- But he Ba,nfktese) c o u n t try as el P o r f the la te el hoit ° sbe f x tribute corrupt intentions to Hon, Members - who differed with to the opinions h Lord of the we _ toe „ el ( him in opinion. Some Hon. Members , thus referred to have tions. Let them lock to the result 4dm i r altY; e rete sr,, noticed these attacks, but he (Ikli. Disraeli) never-had done se. election. Where was t e Perhaps he oeght to have vindieated himself against tie Hon. represented that city ? Member , ho b ola oo (Sir Rober!_err: tea de : 11 ' 1 0 14 ( l as ed! and .Learned Member. 'but he 'never any wish to do so. distance . h the gallery• ) 1 , ens ....- se" c oed 00 14, 0 He . knew that as-the teed se - muithie the fruit. —(: Hear hear.) .which di controverts °P . "' ne t he 00 ,e vie oe As a'crali tree. remit ?ring forth crab • apples e so malt a man between those did not reach the e , the to veen those con d ide. the Tel he ti iet with an acid'nature : Wh toes Ithia - acid 'pamphlet tat - evince ad- them? The country would deeeal as t dity and bilterness ithisPeeehea- - .(Laughter and Cheers.) vernment to undergo that or H ` tue mber , e oth 0 034. 1 0 But the Hon' aperLeareed-Gentlemao says . that heel: never unequivie,ernalhlyeraaloafinstthtahtenitiou,-I, offeaded the-rules -Of the Flouse r or imputedirapi . eitier otivet. "man and were told thirty' t e This was totally ioaccurete. It wont's]. !be - sin:the reedlation :ale; eria-setserits , pocket instead' of 'Rem . ecereyeo_twreitateeefitrt teopeu. Hon. Members:dna the colitrary. was:theastithevitd hat had their bee