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aid, that after what had fallen fl o tif il )er for Tipperary (Mr. Shiel) On , round, in justice to himself, and t 0)1 ) address a few observations to the 0 ) 1 1 I asked him (Lord D u n can non) and also whether he could state t h O' e county of Carlow had been s'l c , ssary there? Now, he was reaut 4 '' to give his support—his re lucw e , gill; and also that he could st 3 `;el l • in the county of Carlow bad to r from the official return wade winted Lord-Lieutenant of that ' 01 )1 0 ider absolutely necessary the a Jto' re there. It would afford timed 1 under which the publi c s uffere ed w be redressed by every gec e f d a seat in that house. Many, ° ,, t 0 girt before the house by his rig", e was an abolition of the tithe • hoped to see tranquillity inde n t - y might be great, he was confio its attention to some provision 0 v (I that the merits of the q uesti °l3 o heir proper grounds, and that 64 st whom he reck one d hi m self) P o in involving in obscurity a subJ ec gi i ecretary for Ireland had shed a' • Tressed his belief .that miserY ir el the crime which prevailed in 4 11; ut an end to politi c al ag it a tion, a lb dial measures, by whi c h they o' s t) tion ? The present measure 03 10 0 1 and he begged to remind the Il i ;hatham made use of under nea r 1 . 4 t is true that violence prevailso,o hat there is not liberty on the, i d her." (Hear.) The hon. nou a dv asked " what liberties Ir e land h right hon. Secretary had salVbel, feared before it was loved." be' I from them, he could hardll 100 persons who used to declaim s ° l l, n the Reform Bill was under c ° ,,, the right hon. member for 1 : 3 1 : 5 dvocated upon this occasion t, 5 pursued whilst in office, but tr i could not lay claim to an erj , i' e trt which he was acting. 3d to the house an extract fron'A ord on the subject of the BritA d expressed his deliberate and t el e , fiber read the extract, which s°,o as were too prone to pass ol e p of a ministry." He objecteoi measure, and therefore ho ,t ins with respect to its detaiFih ise to justify the passing of sti t be because it was opposed tq pee justice, and utterly at varla hat he heard so many inai c Togi when any hon. member felt almost inclined to DO' ) . He would, if the house V ° t tit c ,, s it to demonstrate to the rig t` tl ,,," 'amworth, that the amend iibe right hon. member for I ,ol :"ct"pi,_P; imagined it to be. The ova le j l e t4, o he house an . opportunity' it e sere now gornbr on in lrelan t l e lo',V o 1 been made by ministers e a ntry were or were not foun d .t house should know that., " w et ie, every allegation made I ) er y tived. The charge of cent ° .ci e eived stated that enforcereie Pscl t to meet the exigency of f e sir e the liberty of stating 3 , rO O O e hon. members, who "ere the ion which proceeded froli attend to. Ihe hon. gent Mr. Justice Jebb, at the Mr. Justice Mo ore , a nd v ud was in a comparative s, long letter, addressed to 1 ' Ireland, and Concluded b., bite the present nieasorf s lignation, feelings esc ite —the love he bore the c 9 the further adjournme nt of nd " Adjourn.") the question on the further observed, that .he was quitt who still had to address the as not likely the debate wolli apprehension, however, tyat .nd he should rather theinel r (Mr. Lefroy) address hc were come to that the bay 1 e proposition of th e noble ience was likely to theoceu--1 ling, and by t h a t means self, be ver, as regarded him hope that some little attenti, ish members. reed till to-morrow. his motion on the distress oi e o'clock. :'UESDAY. ed till five o'clock, the ho.- m 3eting till that hour in hallo Ifer t f o it tt'S to try the merits of the Carnarvon borough and k loroci.borough petitions. Plese44,.g co nversation took place respecting the difficulty of tl4l,4n e fl petitions, notwithstanding the morning meetings of l eltted h ' It tiiteirred that but 61 petitions have been pre- Skti es t idet the new arrangements, and that there are 320 l e s te , tr e Vi ll , o l' . e skers list, Which, at the present rate 0 .. f pro i'4 * er `. 4 ,zu nt be disposed of for 6 weeks to come, it even a, h, fa ,,f no other petitions in the meantime to be presented. Tied, fart that but 6 or 7 petitions per diem were pre .l4 dbi a 'le 'oltae 40 new ones were daily entered on the list. I t! whi ch i i 'vas universally ascribed to the habit of long . speeches k ltetl y Ab t !l• tnernbers iidulged on presenting petitions; the . i .kr. o';,•, l lensly was brevity. '!! N I , t#olThittl. said the delay would operate very preju- Vli l l h Ei gai.nst the people of Ireland, Who were daily forward -0 petitiohs against the coertive measures of ministers. th e Pt°6l:l,,ell4°lgs, Mr. R. WASON, and Mr. LITTLETON urged : 0 Nirb l i e let j g hon' .xnembers confining themselves as much eat ,to i i - e carting facts oi tne petitios irrelevant to theui, oti, ec uPY the least possible time in speechif i,llt, 6 (4,,11ear hear.) rtitlb h °B'-'ll. thought the best remedy would be to have each ::::::::vmati:kianlgoud distinctly and unhurriedly, without any I'lle ',Z 3 , 1 ' 1 , al , ent oh the part of the presenter. 1 , ,,"et of "LR trusted that the discussion would have the hon. members to a sense of the necessity, to w k ir di:' 4 ," : tile Public business_, of their exercising a whole -!,th , - .°.!• , 011 in respect to the harangues and speeches with thLor,Nitions were at present usually introduced to the house. Lis obtained leave to bring in a bill to regulate r e ' l ltda th. 43„fehildren in the mills and factories of the united tiLoille thdiscussion to take place on the first and second ' ll lll7' "" e bill having been in the meantime printed and It , ed. the I% Hu to t , .mt obtained leave to bring in a bill for incorporating t o the glee of management of the Seamen's Hospital. tvi 'lloth," motion of Mr. O'CoNNELL the order of the day for -4 t 4 tll' e l l i c names of the members who were absent from the N. sup plt t 'llse was discharged. 14 & : 4 th e °SION OF DISTURBANCES (IRELAND) BILL. '''al th te ntion of Mr. LEFROY, the order of the day for re th4t. LE debat e debate on the above bill was read. L, e 'e, ry :„ I teY said that he felt it his duty to allude shortly to 4, Ole Cnng observations which had last night been made perittetint,ebtl°nrable member for Drogheda (Mr. O'Dwyer) 14 . to sa°,",areo Smith. The hon. member had thought pro cilttlre4,`"et the learned baron, in the discharge of his duty, LA' to ; 411, 1 a grand jury, did not hesitate to sacrifice a prin kiita fo r antithesis. He had been acquainted with the learned ,itil ll Poa - t eJ Year; and could honestly declare that they did not dl g'e; and e l en cli a more constitutional, humane, and upright 4,..tte as 'e was utterly . at a loss to imagine how such a wegi ied.s that made against him by the . bon. member for (Z1e a ,. 1 7 e° made proceed from Iny person in the profession._ .. (4it 1_ s ense 4 baron was remarkable for his fastidious and deli ,4Q ifLef honour.The hon member for Drogheda had 1 a kt :st e - !, (4 , 1 3' of the learned baron's . knowledge of law : to (I ,,ltilati, e4 " an imputation it was, perhaps, only necessary to 4, 1 'e%, 0 was the first judge who had been called upon to t y t hi% 1 1 . IC whether passive resistance was illegal, and stibiltileilie,n in favour of its illegality had been confirmed Ititi4et. ,fudges who had since turned their attention to the 4 4 1 ha c il ) a t °pinion probably was the cause of the censure fro t ire 1 ) , 0 e ela passed upon him. Now, with respect to the try th e e the house, he admitted that it was a departure iy;,tli that cn stitution, which could only be defended on the 1,j , ,, ,fthe ordinary law was insufficient to suppress the li e 4 s4d:' filltra ge , terror, and intimidation, which prevailed in l 'it t ,i lt ert,lPPeared to him that no reasonable doubt could hal t ott en i" . " that crime prevailed in Ireland to an . unparal kkq alld defend that a conspiracy existed, whose object was to oe 4 0 ' 4 are at the law. The real object,of those who called fd k tb e ~i sms'f grievances before measures were taken to li`s-ay,,ry to tranquillity,—who declared that Irelend 'th tw - ue en wise- verned by England, was the separation 1 4 64 '0 ' () while the spirit of h a d „ ap, h , oms ; and 1 '4l l , 4 eVer °‘ Otliy by political but by spiritual agitators, Ire tioCtlcb„,_ecettlel b e peaceful or prosperous. Let not the I.lg 'Nt tith - " e deceive themselves by the idea that the extiuct- IN 4 !4it at s es' the abolition of the vestry cess would satisfy 4 tiZetion el l* NOthing could content them but the entire i llaprztit e - h q the established church and the repeal of the 4'.pots,steb;tliien• (Hear.) c He concluded by stating that if Isgo br t ig convince of the necessity of this measure, ) 5 11.z d i . 4 ,, ty Z ia gh i t it forward, they would have been deficient in i' ,l lii'N it , I ca they owed to their sovereign; and if, after $1, 4 ,0 1 t , torward they allowed it to be frittered away by \. 4 1 - ` h qty?'„,corlin ht.; they would be wanting in the duty "ob r a . 4 1 - , - „Zed to e the state. ~Oirc ih ldl ; ;; ' ,l 4- N declared his determined hostility to this bill.. ‘ 0 4 1 1 . t ., -. !ati e e tt -eq . the existence of Whitefeet outrages; but'th o e .. 1 tto — %art• °I the British constitution and the infliction . r •., 1 P t °11 1 441 was not, in his opinion, a proper mode of putting , I ,lrti ern. 4 t ti l l lali c l it tsoN said, that as an Irishman, he could not but 1 4, 11 4 t b m ont the necessity which existed for such a measure is l 'rio„N t i? the house; for he admitted that stern necessity le C II eot h l, e slify it. It was not, 'he assured the house, without- etilo she,-71.,eration that he had Itrade upthis mind as to the 1I I)t e l s I ti• t ":" 4i've on 'this occasion. He had done -all 'that ; t 1ee,,,, 4 °`rk e e,.., , 1f he could conseientiously oppose it, but the? /kl.: l' 3 ' , Dri e f . '.q on it the more convinced was he that it was , zret te pt ,„_,-'' biereV to restore traquillity,hut for the secant) , ruched so bs't . “ 1 4e Property .in Ireland. (Hear, hear.) !He re-! eit i t a a k cesslty he was under of supporting it, and !the , ( Tit,. :t for.A4twas aware that an htin. friend of his, the hon. R 4 rd an•Z u lagli,latl yesterday presented a petition from 4 1 8 , - 4 Aeh e 7in , st it. The petition was signed by many of his l 4;tlit. re the°, ll 9 warmest frieads. This he lamented - , 'for he • I• it iie...uad been misled do the subject by the want of 0 , t,i"i;ltt,Toation as to its nature and ()Weft. BLit, be that i m t!sid . kilo N ., i ,' question was one of too great Importance for' L'sit,eratir„"lniself to be influenced do it by -any interested \‘ ` t kt‘jy., / 11 - , 44 . This had been condemned as a coercive and ' (I ‘4;`,'t tit : s um ; but did not an arbitrary and coercive sys 11,4itic,Lera z r ,esent in Ireland, which called for this enactment, \ 4 , l l ,` l 'kt ia;nseh' dictated to men what laws they should obey, I , A Nt t ita s theY should not obey? Was it not necessary ti., th,reasure should be adopted for the security of those /I tl itt th et ed, were perhaps inclined to obey the existing ),• tOt h e present laws are insufficient for that purpose, 1 ,,? Ip f „ Proper that a stronger safeguard should be found. ti l l 4v Me e r , .h o . approve :f every part of this bill; there 1( 4 tVkiltut details which he thought might be altered 4 4 +Yit, age- (Hear bear.) He alluded particularly to o r ;stNt ''ltttire to cotirts-martials (hear, hear), because he f , ,'lk; il te, \ strong. prejudice existed against such tribunals I ti, rl t, ) hat end he did not wish to make the measure unne eNAdtitesh or severe. (Hear, hear.) If any provision bet% , stituted in lieu of those military courts-martial he Z. ly adopt it ; but if no such alteration could be 0 " 1 r e ould feel himself bound to give his support to the a (ji b . *4), 1 tztla r , ger e t c ,,,-4e t 1 )t•R said the magistrates of Queen's County-had, thP, rd' i Skeasions, been attacked in inch an unwarrantable !t t - ' d 1-,ei deli, '° would not be doing his duty if he did not stand ( Ita l. ; defendli, them, to show the real state of that county, la -;,` and Lk, cis opinion with respect to this bilL It had been fledKb, elolination was practised' towards grand jurors in o h dle ~e ' i l laties. He could give very many instances k,; , t , dt ii l a j u ie y verse. He knew d a geli v tl o eig o an s. wt o in mo l w B29 mowers ikl:a ll ,,, n _ il eth t a illl t ,_, w pr h e i p ell an 9 n . e g e lo ie cut him his grass, but when IiAT, a„,, Ue Was acting on a jury, they refused to work - !0i1,,,--‘1 he- the gn game- indivi dual fell eunc utinto unta drain, a n d heil October. A 1 g to tWavm y labourers to help him out; th e coe-, t he . anitrial perished. The report on their ta- . ~,,,t e special commission had done much good.— r,., 11 ,e ovar ro -Ireland ' three weeks after the corn-' - tS 4 ng Onra titie to his brother, he learned that 'a ;'''' Atiderson, had 'been - waylaid in the neigh theae'statements) Ile tshhot throagti the lungs. When down he was cut late --7 ; Bw e'hts. g' Whilst lie lay on the ground dying, ,I lan' called on' the•aseassins to say how he hail `'ace . "any' hinnimheirtg•whatever ? (Hear.) - - re his need not - say , how happy he e lk ( u t)ii orttu this bill. •If the recommendation ;fi e .„,„"" r s iFe_ogthenine- the law had-been acted en ,-r e haea beneficial effect; 'but the *-6 " el ltlYchaued for the worse, and he- feared much'Ateers unless the system was put down, would be mischief (Hear, hear.) Wishing to live in In tfi g e to enjoy .peaee'irad ' tranquillity there, and l D c aT ir tultrite 0 the connection between the • e en-- "•nst lfiap u - -jug 'of this bill,' ho certainly , best assislance. expreshatihitattelf.d 'd di hostile to 'this most , : , h laga a n d g i de n t dr t t o tt ro d n : tg r vte t r " 1 1t E t et i k s r t e et : e o u el n a : t ‘i er ' a t h h Y c:a a s o r e u ' i t u t a s g t l e t p s. p u m t h i cohf thisd di the atrocities which it of high colouring Los t - and Invested hem with a that was calculated to mislead., me strong tone 'of col Calendar,— an if they had t . presented, . d t. invested' suspendiq lad e , ti sore for secretary the other night, arsi g ul h u t c h it .i us ti 7 e rm :ou w n h d le o h n dsluscihngauicsohceud , rtie___,,,,l,tht°, of i h t e h the 'lefties of England, as b .) v' eed in aiming this low at the liberties of Ireland. \ .P‘ 44 .11• '‘; t ) , cs aced that those opinions were no t - o t avince him of that by their acts, a ge ne of their strongest supporters. t o ,rsonally. He had been bred 1 1 4 F earut his politics in the school of if lit his conscience he believed thane;, ould lead to a separation between disgust the people of Ireland, wb°' es of this Parliament would be coo' had in his possession petitions on t ill classes and all parties, who del ) led for. „e9'; ,d that he, and many other ind e ,ri; tnattached to any party, were 't o g nful situation. In his opinion it r aWn licious address, and was introduce .gl o tunate manner. He felt the grest e ' rf , ipose this bill, but he should be s° r (J/ ies in Ireland, guilty as they were entertain the shadow of a shade ef,' 00' laugh) that they were unjustly and fined of the attack made by the rig ) , :or Tamworth on the Irish landloru) pressed the peasantry. The rig 4t o ol: the circumstance of land prodev i irtion to the produce in Ireland t o ir that the fact proved the exactions 1 4 were entitled to receive more rel c i , seeing that farmers in Ireland e soil, and that the wages of labos, :ountry. In conclusion, the hon. gle case of intimidation of a jur° r ;o r Ad not object to the bill for chaug' htF A c ;retted that the speech of the rig - 0, 1 d, able as it undoubtedly was ?. much on personal invective for more statesmanlike tiews of the O te e, speech contained a triumphant staA matted, but regretted that the egolcr by any promise of redress of grie f Y a. secretary held out noprospect 0 ation for centuries of misrule. be g upported the measure, and descr!_ to t, ad as being unexampled in the bl,i00; irderers and marauders prowled ' v. and by day, unrivalled in boldli aps, by the brigands of Calabria he Nothing could exceed the apar,,, c Y : property was insecure,- 11 tneli :s that bound society tog e ther is', , was annihilated, and society i a „ o tP; a was neither remedy for injury •,—the authority of the governine b ject a ; r superior to the law. What an lent when a single individual cool overnment, the law, and the coos " " eS` F ivil and military force, had failed t°o .4 iberty, but it was of that liberty e' t ab sly co• existent with good order, be 0 1 11 1 1 .ut it. He voted for the principl e ag l elf the privilege of discussing 1 1 5 ; 0' 1 .; thought that a measure of the w a r to restore peace, tranquillity, ell 'T v the -mat fi ;tte, a ta r uek: and ILLV 4 4 et Pr eva 3h ie ' of '1( 0 0 ht, ,1 4 '% . . sta te if , f it 1, 4 h .l t hat , ti 38,, , t h a , ,11 y s , io ,oo o l 41 0. 1c1 N )110tr) Yer/1444(1 the t 4 Riv t ,.tttra te i f t 414 , 10Nr r foli °°ll3l t , , tl 4, 4 , ll q lt ri t ig tl . Ica rt o t t . e bo 'e e ° th,t44 ON,r.ttt t il l/11 4 g° ' it it vili fo 4 4 4 gs cline d t (Au nt h ouse aoli j ate f 4 i ' l4 Ip lshiti lord qu it sY 'eo °414 44 t t . ► a t t : i i di dne t i ,: a r t r e of oe v i t ; tik4(t l t le h s fullY 'I44 III, I 'NT e tiOn P ' 1 1 1 1 1. . il it1 811re • ers op' ih 4,1,11.1r1 of the c° .1t e Y icektee Oiled 44 dr; ' t h all . 4 tat e Sal a , hous e .oi t:, 3t er ant hallo a THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Mr. O'CosyEst was bound to say, that he thought the amendment was extremely well calculated to elicit the real na ' ture of this proceeding, (the attempt to destroy the constitution in Ireland,) by holding out to the . public the certainty of this fact,—that one fortnight's delay, it was felt, would be fatal to this measure, which was as unnecessary as it was unjustifiable. He begged to call the serious attention of the house to ques tions which they had to decide—to two questions which that le gislature had to decide. The measure then before them was one of vital importance to every part of the British empire; it was one that was intimately connected with the nature of the future government of Ireland: He would ask, then, were they to fol low the precedents of former British governments with respect to their conduct towards Ireland ? Were they to continue the old and oppressive system? Or were they at length to allow Ireland to be a part of the British empire ? He would respect fully implore gentlemen to consider well the next question. Had Ireland, he demanded, ever benefited by her connexion with England ? Let gentlemen ask themselves, and say, what benefit she had derived from the connection ? (Hear, hear!) If she had been totally separated from England, could s he have, by possibility, been thrown into a worse situation than that in which (as was admitted on all hands) she was placed at present? What had been the result of that connexion ? Poverty, dis tress, misery, and crime were constantly foremost in the de scription given of Ireland. How, then, by possibility, could. Ireland be made worse than she was, according to the state ments which came from both sides of the house? What had England done for her? What benefits had she conferred on Ireland ? If, ou the other hand, he were asked, what crimes had been perpetrated against , her, he could at once say that the black catalogue was most abundantly supplied. He would take different parts of the history or the two countries,—he could show that the most horrible atrocities, that the deepest treache ries that ever stained the annals of one country in reference to its dealings with another, had been perpetrated by . England towards Ireland. He had on former occasions pointed out some of the leading characteristics of oppression, as regarded Ireland, which had distinguished each century during a long and calamitous period. His answer was—a sneer. He was asked, why revive in the present day the story of the oppres sions of the Henries and Edwards and Elizabeths? He would tell the house why he did so—because the same system of oppression as England displayed towards Ireland in those times was still continued ; because, though the name might he different, the thing was the same, and Ireland now, as then, groaned under the iron yoke of English oppression. The hon.. and learned gentleman then went into a long histori cal sketch of the grievances of Ireland, from the conquest of that country to the present hour, and denied " with indignant scorn" that political was in the slightest degree connected with prmdial agitation, and concluded by saving, that if they wished the connection of this country with Ireland to he beneficial to the latter, let them conciliate the people. They had g ran t e d emancipation he knew, but not until twenty-nine years after it was promised, and twenty-five after an Irish parliament must necessarily have granted it. And after all the suffering and the wrongs of the Irish people, that house was now kind enough to give them that bill, by which trial by jury was abolished, courts martial substituted for the ordinary legal tribunals, individua l liberty annihilated, the Habeas Corpus act suspended, and ac cused persons put on the necessity of proving their innocence. That was the act they gave the Irish people, and at the same time talked of putting down the agitation of the repeal of the union. That never could be put down until justice was done to Ireland. The present generation might be destroyed; their Robespierean measures might sweep away the existing popula tion; but the indignant soul of Ireland they could not annihi late. There was a time when a ray of hope dawned upon Ire land. It was when the present reformed Parliament first as sembled. The Irish people knew that every man in that house had now his constituents, and was influenced by public feeling. They hoped that their grievances would be redressed, and he still trusted that that hope would not prove delusive. (Cheers.) Mr. Cobbett and Lord Althorp rose together. There were loud cries for the latter, but the noble lord gave way. Mr. CORBETT then said that as the house appeared deter mined to murder the constitution, he thought they had better commit the murder by daylight. He should therefore move the adjournment of the house. (Tremendous cries of "No.") After a few words from an hon. MEMBER under the gallery, which were not heard, Lord ALTHORP said he was surprised at the motion made by the hon. member for Oldham, as the house came yesterday to a clear understanding that the debate was to close to-night. (Hear, hoar.) The hon. member had not had a great deal of trouble sin attending these debates, for he had not been present at the close of the discussion on any one day. (Hear, hear.) But he asked how it was possible foithe business of the house to be conducted, if, after the conversation •last evening , which he was sure must have been u n d ers t oo d by ever y gen tl e man, (cheers,) they should not endeavour to bring the discussion to a close now ? (Cheers.) The noble lord concluded by apolo gising to an hon.-member, who, he understood, wished to ex press his opinion on the question before the house, for having risen immediately at the conclusion of the speech of the hon. and learned member. -He bad done so because he imagined that after the length to which the debate had extended, the house was extremely anxious that it should be brought to a cldse. (Cheers.) 'Mr. ConaErr said he was not unwilling to withdraw his mo tion of adjournment, if he obtained the consent of the two gen tlemen who seconded it. (This consent having been signified to the hon. member, the noition of adjournment was with drawn.) Lord. ALTHORP then rose 'to reply. He said he should not detain -the house longer than a few minutes. All he (Lord Althrdp) would say was, that, 'Whether opposed to the popular feeling i n general, or whether supported by it, their the minis ters' yconduct would ever be regulated by what they considered 'right and proper, uninfluenced, on the one hand, by apprehen sions °Nile danger of disregarding unpopular clamour, and, on the other, determined not to be urged forward 'precipitately by its delusive breath. (Hear, hear.) He (Lord Althorp) was ready to admit that a ministry were placed in a different posi tion "in the reformed Parliament from. that which they before occupied. He thought it did not follow that because they might beileft in a minority oh seine questions, on which it was for the house to decide, they ought therefore to resign ; but he did think that if they were opposed on any important and vital question by amajority of that house, and reduced to such a situation that they could , not carry on the government on principles approved of by'themselves, he did think that then they ought to tender their resignations, ataremain in office no longer. If this were called dictation, what would be said to the dictation which was attempted to be used on the other side. (Hear, hear.) Was it not implied that ministers were .to carry on 'the government on the principles of the opposition, and be responsible for them too ? (Hear, hear.), Let whatever be urged against them, they (the ministers) could not at least be charged with any dereliction from their own principles. The present measure had been argued against as if its framers had intended it as a remedy for all the evils of Ireland. That was not the truth. They tied intended it as a remedy only for one, and that was, the insecurity of life and,property. Many of the evils which • dfilieted Ireland, he must confess, were beyond legislative power; but he thought that the present measure might assist 'any future attempts at amelioration. (Hear, hear.) He would only add, that they had endeavoured to remedy those evils as far as they were able. The noble lord concluded by observing that though he had many things yet to say on the subject in answer to the objections which had been urged from the other - side, he would not at that late hour detain the house any longer. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the house divided:--Xor the original question 466 For Mr. Tennyson's amendment, 89 The bill was then read'a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday next.—The house adjourned at-2 o'clock. DR. JolixsoN.—Johnson was, on the Whole, a rigid moralist; r but he could be ductile, I may say, servile; and I will give you au instance. We • had a large dinner-party at out house ,• Johnson sat on one side of me, and Burke on the other; and in the company there was a young female (Mrs. Mimi named her), to whom I, in my peevishness, thought Mr. Thrale,super fluonsly attentive, to the neglect of me and others; especially of myself, then near my confinement, and dismally low-spirited notwithcanditig which, Mr. 'l'. very unceremoniously begged of the to change place with Sophy —, who was threatened 'with a sore-throat, and might be injured by sitting near the door. I had scarcely swallowed a spoonful of soup when this 'occurred, and was so overset by the coarseness of the proposal,. that I burst into tears, said something petulant—that, perhyps ere long, the lady might be at the head of Mr. 'l'.'s table, with out- tiisplacinc , the mistress of the house, &c., and so left the 'apartment. I retired to the drawing-room, and for an hour or two contended with my vexation, as I best could, when Johnson and Burke came up. On seeing them, I resolved to give a joticiGait to both, but' fixed on Johnson for my charge, and asked -him if he had noticed what, passed,, what Y had suffered, and whether, allowing for the state of my nerves, I was much to blame ? He answered, "Why, possibly not ; your feelings were .outraged," I said, "Yes, greatly so; and I cannot help re 'narking with what blandness and composure you whitened the outrage. Had this transaction been told of others, your anger ' Would have 'known no bounds; but, towards a man who gives ,;geod dinners, &c., you were meekness itself ! " Johnson co loured,,and Burke, I thought, looked foolish; but I had not a -word of answer from either.—Pozziani. FOREIGN IN UNITED STATES. By the Packet Ship South America, we have received files of the A merican prints to the 16th ult. The intelligence con tained in them is very important. Mr. Clay, considering that the Tariff would be in danger if it were postponed till the suc ceeding session, which seemed very probable, has proposed a bill, making a gradual reduction on p ro t ec t e d articles for eight or ten years, and then fixing the duty at 20 per cent. Thus there is every prospect of a speedy settlement of the great questions which at . present agitate the Union. It is the gene rally expressed opinion, that every thing w i ll b e amica bl y settled iu a very short time. Mr. Clay introduced his bill, on Tuesday, Feb. 12th. He entered into an ani ma t e d ex pl ana ti on of it ; which was listened to with great interest, and appeared. to give general satisfaction. After giving a general view of the bill, Mr. Clay took up fairly and in succession, all the objections which were likely to be urged against this measure of compromise and conciliation, by the two parties, Tariff; and Anti-Tariff, and c l ose d b y an eloquent appeal to the patriotism of the Senate and of the country, for aid in restoring harmony to the Union. Mr. Webster, who thought the bill presented great difficul ties, said he had still no wish to anticipate the judgment of those who had to vote upon it. He should, however, ask leave to lay upon the table certain resolutions expressive of his opinions upon it. The following are Mr. Webster's Resolutions. Introduced in the Senate on Wednesday. Resolved, that the Annual Revenue of the country ought not to be allowed to exceed .a just estimate of the wants of the government : and that as soon as it shall be ascertained with reasonable certainty that the rates of duties on imports, as established by the act of July 14, 1832, will yield an execs over these wants, provision ought to be made for their reduction, and that in making this reduction, just regard should be had to the various interests and opinions of different parts of the country, so as most effectually to provide for the common defence, and promote the general welfare of the wh o l e . But whereas it is certain that the diminution of the rates of duties on some articles would increase, instead of reducing the aggregate amount of revenue collected on such articles ; and whereas in regard to such articles as it has been the policy of the country . to protect, a slight reduction on one might produce essential injury and even distress to large classess of the com munity, while another might bear a larger reduction, without any . such consequences; and whereas also, there are many articles, the duties on which might be reduced, or altogether abolished without producing any other effect than the reduction of revenue : Therefore Resolved, That in reducing the rates of duties imposed on imports by the Act of the 14th July, aforesaid, it is not wise or judicious to proceed byway of an equal reduction per centum on all articles, but that as well the amount as the time of reduc tion ought to be fixed, in respect to the several articles, 'dis tinctly, having due regard, in each case, to the question, whe ther the proposed reduction will affect revenue alone, or how far it wilt operate injuriously on those domestic manufactures hitherto protected; especially, such as are essential in time of war, and such also as have been established on the faith of ex isting laws; and above all, how far such proposed reduction will affect the rates of wages, and the earnings of American manual labour. Resolved, That it is unwise and injudicious, in regulating imports, to adopt a plan hitherto equally unknown in the his tory of this Government, and the practice of all enlightened nations, which shall either immediately or prospectively, reject all discrimination in articles to be taxed, whether they be arti cles ofmecessity or of luxury, of general consumption or of li mited consumption, and whether they be or be not such as are manufactured and produced at home; and which shall confine itself to one equal rate of ceutum on all articles. Resolved, That since the people of the United States have deprived the States governments of all power of fostering ma nufactures, however indispensable in peace or in war, or how ever important to national independence. by commercial regu lations, or by laying duties on imports ; and have transferred the whole authority to make such regulations and to lay such duties to the Congress of the United States, Congress can not surrender or abandon such power compatibly with its constitu tional duty : and therefore Resolved, That no law ought to be passed on the subject of imposts, containing any stipulation, express or implied, or giv • ing any pledge or assurance, direct or indirect, which shall tend to restrain Congress from •the full exercise at all times hereafter, of all its constitutional powers, in .giving reasonable protection to American industry, countervailing the policy Of foreign nations, and maintaining the substantial independence of the United States. We have been favored with the following extracts from letters received by the South America. "The perplexing discussions upon the Tariff and the enforcing Bill have continued until Tuesday, when Mr. Clay introduced into the senate in union with Mr. Calhoun of South Carolina, a bill, which taking the tariff of 1832, now about to operate as the basis, stipulates for a reduction in ten years of all the duties to the rate of 20s. the reduction to be biennial, but chiefly to come off the two last years ' say in 1841-42. We must refer you to the papers by this ship for particulars. His' .plan is that all articles then paying duty shall be not over 20s. in any case. This bill is opposed by Mr. Webster and others. But it is clear that the 'tariff principle for an excessive_protec tion is abandoned by all parties, and must go down. We pre surae.the and.will be, that by common.consent, theseperplexmg matters will lay over to another session, and South. Carolina, although mortified as she deserves, will be quite& A .bill brought forw and on Tuesday to authorize the treasury to dispose of the seven millions of stock, held by the govern ment in the bank, U. S. was•thrown out, promptly in,the lower house, by a division of 101 to 91, so that we will bank stock will rise to-day. We believe the bank will be rechartered next session." " Of our political troubles, we feel the fullest confidence that a satisfactory settlement will take place, that there will be no resort to }force, and that we shall continue United States for some timelo come. We also are confident that this will be effected, in the only feasible way, by an abandonment, to a great extent, of the protective pokey; if this is not done, a separation is eventually inevitable." SOUTH AMERICA. Private accounts from 'Vera Cruz, by the way of New Or leans, furnish us with dates from the capital to the 12th of Ja nuary, at which time everything wore a favourable aspect. Generals-Pedraza, Santa Anna, and Bustomente, entered the city of Mexico on the 4th, and were received -with every de monstration of joy. THE MINISTRY.—The following persons now compose the ministry :—General Parres, Secretary of War ; Gouzalee An gulo, of State; Francisco Garcia, of the Treasury; Ramos. Arispe, of Ecclesiastical Affairs. The question of the cxpul sion Of the Spaniards:from the Republic is seriously agitated. Santa Anna was to leave the capital for Vera Cruz about the 2041 or 24th with a convoy or conduct; which was supposed to have in charge a' large amount of specie. Santa Anna, it will be recollected, has been elected governor of the state of Vera Cruz. The condition of the country was tranquil, and promising for the future. Accounts from Lima announce the arrival of advices from Quito, that the troops had revolted, having first assassinated their officers, and that they had marched upon - Guayaquil, with the intention of pillaging that place ; and it was thought a new republic was to be established in that quarter. The greatest alarm prevailed at Guayaquil on the arrival of this force in that vicinity. All the fareign ships had been placed under embargo, and all' the foreigners there were embarking their families and effects-on board. lidpes were entertained, however, that the city would be able to defend itself. The Congress, 'by a special decree, admitted the cargo of the American ship Alexander, consisting of tobacco, on conditions tantamount t o a re d uc ti on of upwards of 20,0ddellars in the duties, in order to secure a certain sum in cash to meet the, present emergencies of the go vernment. This decree directly opposes itself to the tariff laws n force in that republic. UNWHOLESOME FOOD.—M. Chevalier, of Paris, lately met with an instance in which six persons, in two different' families, after having partaken of sausages, were seized with alarming symptoms, such as long-continued vomiting, acute, pain in the bowels, and severe purging. Suspicion of poisoning. having arisen, the' food was subjected to a chemical analysis, but with cut loading to the detection of any deleterious agent. The mischief, therefore, is supposed to Have arisen front the spon taneous changes which such articles undergo if badly prepared, or kept too long. M. Labarracque saw the same ellects result last summer from eating a pate, which had been purchased at a cook-shop, and:kept only four days after. Minute examina tion led to the - detection of no copper or. other mine), al poison. A still more remarkable illustration of the bad effects of certain kinds of food, which have undergone certain changes not. yet well explained, is related by Dr. Paulus, of Sulz. Seven per sons who ate some Italian cheese were taken ill with violent dis order of the stomach and bowels; three of them died.---Aledical Gazette. DOMESTIC. One of the largest steam-engines (and probably the most powerful one) in the world, commenced working on Tuesday week, at Colonel Braddyll's new colliery at South Hetton, near Durham. This stupendous machine has been erected for the purpose of pumping water from a depth of 876 feet. The diameter of its cylinder is 84 inches, length of stroke in cylin der near 101 feet, ditto in pumps nearly 8 feet, diameter of pumps 182 inches, and when worked at o r d inar y spee d i t w ill throw up from 55,000 to 60,00 gallons of water per hour. Its power is rated at that of 240 horses, but it is capable of exeyl:- mg the power of 300 horses in action together.—Times. Last week the commissioners for assessed taxes in Oxford made a decision which, to be useful, should be enerally known. Mr. Griffith, the proprietor of th e Angel Hotel, was surcharged for using armorial bearings, and was puzzled beyond measure to conjecture the reason. Great was his surprise when informed that four ancient chairs which stood in the hall, and had descended with the hotel to five of his predecessors, and had probably been originally the propery of some noble man, had on their backs a crest of an eagle, but nearly effaced still it was adjudg e d t o b e us i ng armorial bearings, and he was condemned to pay for a license. Probably the same decision would be made in the case of second-hand plate or furniture.— Oxford Journal. THE TOWER HAMLETS.—A number of influential persons resident in this extensive district, which comprehends a popu lation of 300,000, have determined on applying to the govern ment to create it into a borough, wholly indepepdent of the other parts of the county, and to grant them a separate commis sion.of the peace and court of sessions, and to empower them to levy a rate within the borough to defray the necessary ex penses of maintaining the same. The proposition is ,said to have been favourably received by ministers, and sanguine hopes are entertained by many that a measure to this effect will be introduced into the proposed bill for incorporating the boroughs created by the reform act.—Atlas. Friday, at Winfarthing, Sarah Jessop, widow, died in the 102 d year of her age, known as the Winfarthing and Piss post, having walked between these towns with letters &c., to and from th e post-office at Diss for 28 years, an d which habit she did not relinquish till 18 months before her death; and she has often been known to make five, and sometimes-six, journies in the course of the week, besides considerable distances to the habitations of some of hor remoter customers. She was mar ried in the reign of George 11. By her husband, Idiom she _ survived about 30 years, she had 114 children, grand-children, and great-grand-children, the greater number of whom are now living, her eldest son being now more than 80 years of '• age.—Bury Herald. A whimsical story is related of a party of sailors who.paid a visit to the Temple of Minerva Sumas. When H. M. S. the Garland was cruising off Cape Colonna, some of the crew ob tained leave to land. For fan they had provided themselves with a tub of tar, or black paint, which they carried up to the temple, where some of th em ac t ua lly- succee d e d in climbuig to the architrave, and painting upon its whole length, in enormous letters, the name of their ship. Some set to work below, and painted black bases to the columns; and others amused them selves by daubing devices on the fallen masses. It - would seem, however, that Jupiter Flavius came in aid of -- Minerva, to avenge her violated fane, for one of the records of th e i r v i s i t , left by the tars, was—" It rains like h-11 !"—Finder's Mastro tions of Byron. ASSESSED TAxEs.—lt has been stated that in the event of the repeal of the house and window taxes, the rest of the assessed taxes should be given up also, the extensive machinery em e ployed for their collection being wholly inapplicabl e , in point of expense, to the very small comparativ e re t urn which these latter alone, would produce. Considering, however,-that the taxeson - horses, carriages, dogs, servants, armorial bearings, &e., are ail levied upon luxuries, it is not at all desirable that they should be abandoned; and it is conceived that they Might be collected at a very small expense, and even with more general certainty than they are now, were the slow and vexatious system of assessment converted into one of license for each article, procurable through _ the Stamp Office and its local distributors.—Herald. MANCHESTER.—A meeting was held at Camp-field, on Mon day, for the purpose of petitioning against the measures now - in progress for tranquilizing . Ireland, on which "the Manchester Herald," makes the following commentary :—As may be sup posed, the meeting was altogether a Radical affair; but even as a Radical meeting, considering the pains that were taken to get a crowd together, it was a complete failure. Ainong the orators'on this occasion, were two Irish'Agitators, who, it would . appear, have visited this country for the purpose of atte n di ng meetings of this kind, and of giving such a colouring -to the :measures of government as may impose upon the ignorant .part of the English people. One of these men (Mr. Law4kai) intimated that if the Agitators were not permitted to make speeches in Ireland, they would hire rooms in England, an d teach the English people to agitate! But it is not worth while to notice all the trash that was spouted by these professed Agita-. tors and their Radical allies. Notwithstanding their vehement outcry against the projected invasion of th e i r -l i b ert i es, we haver no doubt that Mr. Lawler and his countrymen will submit with becoming resignation to the painful but necessary disci pline which the legislature is preparing for them. THE FREE BLACK COLONY OF LIBERIA IN AFRICA.—We . formerly gave an account of this interesting colony, and wish it every success. At the same time we do not see much occa sion for the extensive machinery . which has been put in mo tion in this city to procure money in this city for au American colony which, according to its own account, is _getting on wondCrfully without foreign assistance, and which would very probably spurn the notion of being considered as a mendicant society, more especially if the news of such a en , cumstance arrived when those freemen are in the midst of their jollification, electing or cashiering their rulers. If the purpose of the subscription be to assist additional emigrants from Ame rica, there is plenty of room for the exercise of such charity in our own country; or if it be only on blacks that our humanity is to be expended, let an attempt be made to form another set tlement on the coast of Africa from the negro population of our own West India colonies.—Were there less speaking in our public meetings, and shorter reports of the speeches in the newspapers, there would be fewer demands on the purses of the benevolent and liberal.—Oratory no doubt is greatly in creasing among us;but it appears we are to pay for our whistle. —Glasgow Herald. CHOLERA.—(From an article by Dr. J. A. Easton, in the- Glasgow Medical Journal for January.)—" The report for. this quarter (ending November) still presents a very great number of cases of Asiatic Cholera, (142) and we arc sorry to add, that our experience of the disease has not enabled us to announce any diminution of its mortality. In the combat this indomitable disease, no fresh laurels have been added to the brow of science —no new trophies have been placed in the temple of fame—t the grim spectre which came on us like " an armed man"— remorselessly thinned our population—has departed trium phant; a striking instance of the inferiority of man's boasted powers, and the feebleness of his highly lauded genius ! As much has been said of cases of cholera having lately oc curred, it may tend to compose the anxi ous , as well as gratify the curious, that the public be informed, that no case of has occurred in the practice of the district surgeons since the 16th November, consequently, if cases have occurred in Glas gow since that period, they must have been .among a class of people different from those among whom formerly Cholera delighted to dwell." PATENT RIGHTS 81LL..--The new bill of enactments on pa tent lights empowers the King to grant patents for seven and fourteen years. Patents may be granted to any person who may have received information of a new manufacture from an individual abroad, or from another person resident within the united kingdom. A patentee may sell his right. Patents not to become void in , consequence of the same having been pre viously used in an imperfect state, unless the manufacture, &e., may have beert practically and-publicly used for ten years prior to the date otp the patent. :Patentees may deposit models of their inventions in some public building, to be named by the Attorney-General. Patentees may put in secondary specifica tions to remedy defects, or for improvements. Second-or third specification to bear astamp duty, if made before any suit of law or equity be depending. Judge or Court may amend mat ters of - form. Persons petitioning- for patents not bound-- to make oath that he is the first inventor of - the article for :which he is desirous of obtaining the patent. A preparatory descrip tion of the invention to be made; specifications to be referred to the Attorney-General,. who is to report thereon. The Lord Chancellor to affix the great seal to letters patent. Greet abufes having arisen-detrimental -to-inventors, by the manner in which caveats have been - hitherto entered at the Court of Chancery and the offices of the. Attorney or' Solicitor General, they are, according to the new bill, only , to be entered (except at' the Attorney-General's office) during the , fifteen- days, from the dal of the trite to .a rebut- appearing in the Gazette. A reduction in the prices. of. patents'is also enacted. Patents may be ob tained for Scotland or. Ireland,.after having been obtained for England ; also for Scotland or Ireland, before having been :a tained for' England. • Persons in Ireland obtaining patents it, Ireland may obtain a certificate, and- vice versa. :Unlimited transfer of patents may take place. The extension of the term of a patent may be •obtained by petition. With regard to -law proceedings in reference to patents, if the patentee obtain a ver dict, the Court is to graht a certificate. This act to apply an4ex tend to• Scotland and Ireland, and- the protecting enactments - to-be retrospective.—Globe. No) et ie 1- H d Is e •, • • 1 ) - g [ • •