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AMES CORNISH'S D SECOND-HAND BOOKS lISTOR 31EDICINE, CLASS! N VARIOUS I ORD- STREET, LT ERPOOI kliD FLOOR-CLOTH WAREHOUSE Friel a; OPENED Mr. BORLAND CHURCH- Parker-E ING of uality, and of the newest tate of the trade in to select nable him 'to unknow already supplied at the old list of Stock of DAMASK, MOREENS M.a..1. suna tarry Vane Sir Rober cof the d quack tut. a Marybor otis Saturda: —Dr. Candish and Mr . inburgh are now in London on busines relativ f the Church of Scotland. It is understoo with Mr. Fox Manle on th .tood for Friday last, but whic , biect was to ar of the house, Dr. C in at the Comm An accident CHAND occurred in t lar dral, on Saturda ing las is, and lof of the 11 e careles 'rorn a ceili ger.—Belfast Times so thick as a man's RIOUS DEFALCATIONS.—`‘ We are sorry to announce, the Dublin World, " that the Messrs. —, extensiv factors on Ormond-quay, have disappeared since F. week, leaving, it is said, little or nothir ry ex tensiv sailed for Li;terpool o _ . passage in the Great Western, which day for New York. Among the suf heard the Bank of Ireland to the exte R. Woodroffe, bill-discounter, Abbe? rt on Satu of 14000 ; and M to the office of the defaulters lay of their depar e Bank of Ireland has since the docket of ikruptcy against t ouses in London milling ak down trades is said tc e led to this br, COMICAL CHARGE Major James mplainant, rd wi tk respondent, nt to woUnc maim, and k major hay osed that Major and THEO Daniel Keane the complainant came for . .. naginable, gravity ~ at Cullinagb, present a blunderbuss at b - , gger of the said blunde uss, with omplainant, but which throug power did miss fire, whereo culously preserved,_and th the road repeating the bravery of the be would treat those repealers and a 3mpanied by his servant eteran actually armed with the idea ghten re was nonsuited to the tune of a Chronicle. IMPORTANT TO THE IRISH Li t the Fo f the Irish butter and pri coroptainant , t Major Sullivan The complainant, amidst the laug stepped forward in all.the,gallan Dlunat war tur Jdition of (a spr. d for the all other c er of the coui —On T geant Murphy, Sir Robert Ferguson, W. Ormsby Gore, jun. Hon. Captain Gore, Colonel Acton, A. Lefroy, D. H. Far rell, D. Ross, W. S. O'Brien, Thomas Martin, Fitzstephen French, and V. Maher. It appears that previously to the lowering the duties on French wines, the merchants of Cork alone exported to Portugal 50,000 firkins of butter annually. muck duty was so low as 15 per cent. c lowever, the Portuguese government ii cent.—ln consequence of whit ort of Cork fell off from fif For some time bac h and Portuguese I had in vi( overnm as to impress ..,, deputa for Fore a Affairs the necessity of at Irish provisior ,ou the rl of Aberdeen ieDutat' utter from eared it would Lord Jol Lord E ►or-Genera ly DEAR SIR,—Yot John Russell's speec s fami o manhood and re sed wit gh in the autun i that he was extreme' e me, my ATM- Acct 1H w it to ut mar and he f u wil exec T.-On Satu i to Cb wind being nded a s, which s command of the hot off at full speed. V was taken up in a state of hie here he e Infir‘mar o'clock, not having spoken from L.,. The mail was overturned against a bank c -.tiding to Portfields ; and the pole being brt -re set at liberty, and proceeded toward There was one outside passen guard, nor two inside passengers, Two donkey carts, one accompanied arious rat i njury• , Taylor, of Bartestree, who is about fin Dther by Mrs. Davidson. of Tqr attendin who has A the mara, the former was thrown down and r wounds on the scalp She, too, was conveyed to 'e she remains in a very dange xctually leaped on the cart of Mr erely cut and bruised - every probability of happy to lear It appears _thg firmary, crn horse .-r recover en at the time the mail can n for an hour. There tvas no hook on lib wk.—Worcester Journal. rate was S AND TEXANS. ch arrived from Halifax (N. MExlc ht by tL ce of a battle to% ; Houston Morning Star gi " Genera Somervil d to Bexar, General Son ,k the town Mexicans with a portion :lected Colonel Wni:S. , and captured the tow _Apture( rifles to advanta g e, and kbou i lyjdur I [our t exans were It killed. This story s mns were and that Alcalde cant ant and Mexican troops had fled, and that current rumour doth prevai The " Tail " is bound for— Whigs so much in want o ,ken. the I )r. Bo spensar, ier weig ad not escap, ncinded, he restored the wine clusion atisfactor Id a sto of Commons. or a story to aring be and this trnved in India, the lye Council a I that Lord E withdraw, and or prurient fancy of a evidence Aas at leas wife of Mr. Amos thus disposes on Thu ned his b. 1843 that h at in Cal s statement, st Mr. Amos at out to India fi n 1843, and I ar. a father's care anc lieve t Mr. A le of u 13 Mr. t. 31: 'a word c When ht Jed to 1.1 p just a at two hundred oi• two pieces of at t 400 Mexicans ery, which were reta were killed in as were killed. It is not know surrendered. Only two Texar s by our 4rr NO men that Mr f these two men are C ted themselves in E 0 L,ina ins wer r the f would I rFrom the r litn than the 11 Ministers Pden and sonal violer orrence due to a Talk of Ri Corn-Law ag of men of exec except a' we may see tilt trade banquet )n, be MONARCHY ITS Anti-corn-law L thrown." Well s of the c round of 3 criminal. The trade al 2 the 1: f the threat c Amphitheatr r arislocra Mr. C. P. Vi. rds of and was ISil`Naughten man—owner mself affe better defence • IR ROBERT PEEL AND M usual de 11 concluded as follows f phin, and it w th - row on him ti Derisive c Tory cv sent lair I had do Sir R: Pi olence, said word of ( I yet pi the Dublin Stateam Mr. Dr ,casgow Constitut ble and c Lord I y memo `\o, no st loud cries Ts. In cor I not say I held tl 1 to sui out fr Holy OF LORD WELLINGTON q 's and army Like ffare a } oe given or the energy of alt the parties on whose addressed their lordships was the fact, that the firs ued by the Governor-General of India disasters at Cabool, were on the 16th of March, ie objects sought to be attained were accomplished 3 order to ntered into a short defence of the course • the disaster at Cabool. H e t in his resignation, and his three months previously sen r beir►e already on the seas ~, he could - only exert him r to place affairs in the best position he could, in order to - -ow Governor-General to grapple with the diffi • ^ He cordially concurred in the vote duke. The Marquis of LA NSDO NE nable the r f thanks proposed by the no; Aution of t. aid that worded as the re ; should not offer to it any mfined entirely to military services, and noble duke was, h :sit did not pledge them to way approval of the political pro :eedings of the Governor-General, he was content to sup )ort it, more particularly as it would be unjust not to ac snowledge the brilliant efforts of the military chiefs who con lucted the war to a successful close. Lord FITZGERALD made some observations in defence of ()rough, and warmly eulogised the conduct of all gaged in the recent transactions in India. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE did not mean to oppose ,ord Elk vote, but felt it necessary to read some extracts from the ipers in order to show that he could not approve of the purse pursued by Lord Ellenborough. He complained that rs were meagre as tOthe occurrences on the retreat my, some of which seemed to-him to merit strong animadversion. Lord BROUGHAM defended the conduct of Lord Ellen- _ and said that no man ever undertook the averment of India under circumstances of greater diffi culty ; and if he had displayed great caution, extreme cau tio.s, even caution amounting to hesitation, was it not too much to charge him with being vacillating and irresolute? For three months Lord Ellenboroug h had been exposed to ibuse, the gentlest terms of which. were " base, ' " un- English," " recreant," " cowardly," but the parties resorting its species of vituperation were like superannuated vipers —they had the bag of poison, but thoy wanted the perforated teeth through which to spurt it forth. All the grounds of If abuse against the noble lord were, inwever, at once removed Ard by a perusal of these papers. The Bishop of SAL ISB UY, in refere nce t o th e p roc l ama ti on ker, of Lord Ellenborough, described it as a most unhappy °e lven/ of one of his usual tart currence. lorougt Picture ate,—and r produce smelling villainously of ihop of CHICHESTER gave a similar opinion as to aid if the proclamation were to be consideration of their lordships, be would aake it clear that it was entirely and purely t, having no reference to giving any one heathen mythology a preference over another. Minto acquiesced in the vote of thanks expressed as • .nard himself against being supposed pled gehim self litical documen allow, oil, and other appurtenances of midnight study. One which is going of Cor Friday last, whe Cobden, presente and address There w ut Cot ntary phras r and r on. In such a state was it about 11 o'clock on the night of chard oracle of the League Mr. R us countenance to the speaker, ae face of the redoubtable Le [len Cobden." There h ministerial and ly filled, it was evident that deep in- nts abcut to be uttered for Stoc succeeded in obtainir termed " the ear of the 3. He possesses ordi- ses an acerbity of tone little of what he utters to er, arid nee his bitternes s rite of his rr and the more than ordinarily marked tinguishecl by a ferocity of n a case where no personal could be conceived to exist. At length, however, he ais invecti s to Sir Robert Peel, his eyes, glaring, , upon the object of his fierce de deliberate tc ausing upon each [man as sponuble for the present stale of the ge, and of tL s repeat ode and apparent The house— ie paltry attempt of Lord John L way the meaning of the speaker, I am as perfectly understood on both sides of '—was in a moment hushed Intil a low, buzzing urmur broke the silence, as member tar to member to or to look the sentiments of his zed at ler vonent gth with a look of dig ad when Mr. Cobden resut sed by a few mem berg for Mr. s, too, of the whole house were fixed upon of the Premier, who, startled and ified to the Premier that the house turned ich followed the first few sentences of his For the first. er—and I have seen ,rm and other OF COMMONS The we , a ro, the Ha To a st a of pc ion quiver s a feeling orn in son t be it sr of Comr ter constitute a scene v ad neve e of Friday nigh ,t must ,n to be wiped from memory of a dull c ;ets up to let off set speeches, ti parliamentary interregnum 3t degr at is, in parliame st the contendir such is not the is of itself a remarkable I e s whom you House, from I e fierce •nelee—t on each countenance—the quick defianc .scribable noises —to the reformed par- indescribable—perfectly diffe- iything to be witnessed in any other assemb' before been present on such have been one in whic —Mono :pair tt •ed that the thank ng that the stron taintittarp Vtorttbings 3overnor-General of Indi ;ed in the war with Affghar win Af individual cher Bailey ion with the r. Cobden's rem- pus faction and it )n publi e light o , ugh a cry was r, iankes, it was .Isation wt ye reply, it is impossible to describ experience of his char mber fo kport absolutely cowere ath the storm down at leng and looking .t to th , stion under discussion st the most unqualified k upon Sir Robert Peel, that disgust iich smote him on every side; more'than all, abashed at the cold looks which sling eye from his own side of the house. He but the contempt which pursued him was ,eious, whilst the feelings of the entire )flowed the progress of the impressive and able reply was the reward of his in degree by the exposure of A by Mr. Roebuck elmed by the cuttir s dictatorial The league advOcate was absolutely ,omewhat eccentric ad- dress—in manner at least—of t he honourable 'and 1 .earned N. shout of indig nation from all parts of the house, tempted explanation, v must ring, for ever in his ears, rewarded him for t " the I dent attempt to deft ad his dear friends, S impu- dissenting ,sible for a man so ins'ufferabl vain to form, at any portion of his turbulent career, a cor, rect appreciation of his own character, I should say that he .t that moment. It was painful even to a political opponent to gaze upon the writhing agony of his features ; and, for myself, I trust never again to be com pelled to look upon a spectacle so humiliating and utterly revolting to the feelings. HER MAJESTY'S ACCOUCHMENT.—It is rumoured that e wet-nurse engaged to be in readiness to foster the forth.. coming scion of royalty will probably be selected from the rural neighbourhood of Banbury. The person named as likely to succeed to the appointment is Mrs. Willifer, a farmer's daughter, one of a large and numerous family. Mrs. W. is a fine healthy young woman, the mother of two children ; and having always lived in a retired country village has been strongly recommended to Sir James Clark and her Majesty's medical advisers by Dr. S. Wise, of Banbury, as remarkably eligible for the office. The husband of Mrs. W. is a small farmer, and son to the bailiff of R. Cartwright, Esq. M.P., Aynhoe Park.—Evening Paper. MORE MATRIMONY.—We shall astonish and amuse our readers at the same time by apprising them of an alliance in high life about to take place, the preliminaries of which have been adjusted. Who does not know the ex-Private Secre tary to Ireland's ex-Public Secretary--the political Pplades, Mr. Norman Macdonald, to the oratorical Orestes, Lord lorpeth ! Who does not know that he is a plea igent, and as good a fellow es ever sailed between and Howth, and who will deny that he is entitled lect a wife in every way worthy of him ? So much for ridegroom. Now then, for the bride—Who does not the, the, the Dowager Countess of Essex? And who not know that she was the charming Kitty Stephens, first vocalist of her day—a lady of unsullied virtue, fascina ting manners, and of great personal attainments. Well Mr. Norman Macdonald and the Countess Dowager of Essex are forthwith to be united in the bonds of Wedlock. We wish them, as all the world must wish them, every imaginable Viscount] sant, intel. ) MURDEROUS ATTACK ON THE REV. MR. I entertained of the ultimate recovery omewhat shaken, his mind having, , exhibited symptoms of wavering. irther particulars connected with ad evidently arisen in the family ,2ntlernan. What had hitherto ough the safety valve of a brawl had begun Ate itself for something more decided. On Friday jay previous to the unhappy occurrence, Mrs. ' her son, "Young Clarke," as he was called by rs, applied to a neighbouring magistrate for pro 'on of Mr. Rennett ; A. crisis I he alleged violent disposi lined to swear that their lives were in danger nce of the complaint. A as directed to keep an eye upon the .f should arise. On Saturday, Miss back to corr o, the Corn-le t. hon. bar In what c As a pri, Mr. Cobc R. COBDEN n the Hous, be duty of ever vents to vote as spOnsibility of ti from E be bad THE ALLE •entleman within the last fe of this The following ar, the occurrent ffairs of the uufortuna xhausted itself as they household, le Clarke. the d main ion ever will I If! ha t him explain what a of " Chair siderable a —You did, yc Dle baron Lond'criesW . ,ed that t. vi. 3) to give the I ug h ter servants caused a wilt to upon her master in the course of the day for a ages, and she and her fellow-servant declined to er in the family. The horses had been parted before, and not a single domestic animal re __ jut five o'clock in the evening Mr. Rennett called at the public-house, and had a conversation with Mr. Gramshaw, the landlord. He asked for a biscuit, and then for another, and was of course supplied'. He complained of being cold, and the landlord recommended him to take a glass of brandy and water, to which he agreed. Mr. Rennett then complained of having in vain asked for dinner at home. He ordered something, he said, to be prepared for him at two o'clock, as he intended to go to Gloucester on business, but his wishes had met with no attention. He re mained talking over his domestic grievances till betwixt eight and nine o'clock, when a respectable parishioner came in and entered into conversation with Mr. Rennett. Some ad ditional refreshment was called in, and the party broke up, with some tic must have reach .y ed bheifso housere eleven b y t o' ha c t l o h c o lc u , r . a n C , l rh M e . a n ie o n r n d e o t t f the public-house went instantly to bed, and was just about to fall asleep when his daughter called to him in great alarm, and asked him if he did not hear a fearful noise ? He said that he did not, and, believing that the girl had been dream ing, he endeavoured to quiet her, and went again to bed. Shortly afterwards, however, he was called up by a police who told him that Mr. Rennett had been shot. The othcer, accompanied by the landlord, instantly repaired to the house, and, on the way, the policeman told him that, in compliance with his instructions, he had kept watch upon the house ; that the quarrel began the moment the reverend gentleman entered the house ; and that, on hearing a shot fired, he had forced his way into the house. When they en tered the room they found Mr. Rennett lying on the floor, but quite collected, and he pointed out the positions in which his wife and son stood when the shot was fired. Medical 'ssistance was forthwith procured from Tewkesbury, and was removed to the station-house. On Sunday as committed to the county gaol at Gloucester, and on .onday his mother followed him. Her committal is said to have arisen from something having come to light tending to that the assault had been premeditated by the mother The young man bears a wound on his head, which Inflicted by his step-father with a life-preserver, and that the blow was the cause of his firing. Mr. ftennett on the other hand, that the blow was not •he had been wounded by the shot. Clark, - _:-i.hrwira. his disposition bein given till ith the n s to the mother, she seems to have ng like fear. Mr. Rennett, on the con and pitied by all. He officiated ever, at Norton Church, and disc Neither his wif le maniac ithiu the walls of e church in wiaa; it was, to approve of anything - beyond the ability displaye'd by Ellenborough in the application of the resources of India to the purposes of the war in Affghanistan. The votes of thanks were then put and agreed to seriatim, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—McrNDAT Sir ROBERT PEEL proceeded, in pursuance of his notice, to move the thanks of the house to the Governor-General of India, and to the officers and men, both British and na tive, for their services in the late military operations of Aff gbanistan. He began by disclaiming all intention of casting any political reflection, even in the remotest or most oblique way, upon the course previously pursued by Lord Auckland's government; and, after alluding to the general character of wild and romantic interest attaching to those distant services and scenes, he explained the position of affairs at the acces sion of Lord Ellenborough. He related the outbreak of the rebellion, the movement of Sir Robert Sale from Cabul to Jellalabad, and the attack then made upon the British, in cluding the murder of Sir A. Burnes; the preparation of a military force by Lord Auckland, the news which reached him of further disasters, and his subsequent orders to Gene rals Pollock and Nott for the withdrawal of the forces. It was but just to say, that with the discretion thus exercised by Lord Auckland, Sir Jasper Nicholls's opinion had coin cided. It was easy to criticise that discretion, at this dis tance, and after the event ; but in the judgment of Sir R. Peel, the resolution taken by Lord Auckland was justified by the circumstances under which it had been adopted. The state of affairs, however, at the arrival of Lord Ellenbo rough, being undoubtedly very discouraging, he adopted a new policy, of which the objects had been all accomplished. True, he had, on the 19th of April, directed General Nott to retire from Candahar ; but Lord Ellenborough had then re ceived nexs of the surrender of Gbuznee, and of the failure of General England in the attempt to relieve General Nott; and, meanwhile, General Pollock and General Nott had been writing to the Governor-General to represent'the difficulties of their respective positions. The loss of beasts of burden, indispensable for securing a supply of food, had amounted in months to the number of 30,000 animals. These cir ances were an ample justification of Lord Ellenbo rough's first order of withdrawal. The Governor-General had been charged by Lord John Russell with offering such an insult to Mr. Amos, an eminent lawyer, as compelled that gentleman to resign his situation. But Mr. Amos's wife bad written a letter, in consequence of the report of Lord John's speech, stating that there was not a word - of truth in the report 7- that he bad always intended to resign at that time; and that Lord Ellenborough had treated him with the utmost politeness and courtesy. Sir Robert Peel then proceeded to specify the services of Generals Pollock, Nott, and Sale. General Pollock, on arriving at the scene of his duty, had visited the hospitals—had provided for the care of the sick, as well as for the comfort of the effective troops—and had brought them back from a state of unplea sant feeling to a zealous and loyal spirit, as it appeared from Quintus Curtius that Alexander had done, in those very regions, more than two thousand years ago, when discontent had crept in among the Macedonian forces. Sir It. Peel recapitulated the successive military achievements of General Pollock, terminating with the capture of Cabul. He then traced the victorious progiess of General Nott; and after paying a tribute to the services also of the captains and lieu tenants, did justice to the high English spirit which breathed in General Nott's letters. Lastly, he eulogized the many and great services of Sir Robert Sale, his fortification of Jellalabad, interrupted as it had been by the shocks of an earthquake, his gallant defence of that city, and his success ful attack on Akhbar Khan, checkered only by the loss of the brave and lamented Colonel Dennie • and he, in passing, alluded to the heroism of Lad y Sale, and of the late Lieut. Sturt, whose valour she has touchingly commemorated. It was impussible to describe al. these services without feeling ,pride in the British name ; those services had proved that it was a name which the long interval of peace had not im paired; and they were an earnest that further efforts, when occasion should require, would continue to be made with glory and with triumph that J. RUSSELL said that, considering all the circum the order of withdrawal be' had issued on the 19th of April, stances, he was not disposed to blame Lord Ellenborough for though he was of opinion that his share of the direction of the military operations displayed neither steady nor sound judgment, and that he Was not, therefore, specifically entitled to a vote of thanks. He would not, however, take upon himself the invidious task of opposing it. Mr. litmus vindicated the conduct of Lord Ellenborough. Mr. How regretted the excesses committed by our troops on their retreat from Affghanistan and expressed a fear that their conduct on that occasion would defeat any expectations which might otherwise have been anticipated of an extension of our commerce to that country, by the destruction of every mart beyond the Indus. Sir H. HARDINGE said he did not credit the reports which had gone abroad of those excesses, and believed they would turn out to be incorrect, and that on the contrary it would appear that after the storming of Istalif the soldiers bad dis played the greatest humanity to the women and children. He regretted the burning of the bazzar, but it had adjoined the mosque, at the door of which Sir W. Macnagliten had been that an example was necessary. generally considered sir E. c barbarously oLEß a murdered , ooK d ici n o a t n dit b e lie w ve as the rumours of those excesses. Sir R. INGLIS approved of the Governor-General as well as to the officers and army. Mr. HUME was much gratified by the explanatons given by Sir H. Hardinge, though he exceedingly regretted the destruction of the bazaar. He censured the whole policy of Lord Ell en b or ough, which was altogether for withdrawal, there being no less than nineteen orders to that effect. The hon. member concluded by moving as an amendment that the vote to Lord Ellenborough should be deferred until fuller information was before the house. Mr. B. BARING read from the papers directions by Lord Ellenborough for the troops to advance. Lord EBRINGTON said that as the vote of thanks was con fined to military operations he would not support the amend ment. Mr. HOGG expressed a hope that Mr. Hume would with draw his motion. He then entered upon a lengthened defence of Lord Ellenborough's cond uc t, and observed that Mr. Hume must have some correspondence with India, for he had stated matters not to be found in the blue book, and his credulity appeared to be equal to his discretion, for he believed everything he heard. The forts destroyed in the retreat were, he said, garrisoned by land pirates, and there was no hope of keeping then, in check except by razing them to the ground. Mr. MANGLES sought to impress upon the house the fact that from March to July Lord Ellenborough was continually writing to General Nott, advising him to withdraw, and this before a single step had been taken to retrieve the national honour. Even the order he had sent to advance was only permissive, allowing General Nott to advance if he thought proper to do so, thus shifting the responsibility from his own shoulders, where it ought to remain, to those of General Nott. Colonel T. WOOD denied that Lord Ellenborough had shifted the resuonsibilitv from his own shoulders by giving an indispensable discretion to General Nott. Captain BERNAL, requested Mr. Hume to withdraw his amendment, as every word uttered on that motion was so much detracted from the value of the vote itself. He was of opinion that Lord Ellenborough was entitled to this vote of thanks, and he was not disposed to give it to him in a niggardly spirit. He hoped the officers who conducted the war would get something more substantial than this vote of thanks. Sir H. DOUGLAS expressed an earnest hope that the vote of thanks then b e f ore them wou ld be agreed t o unan i mous l y , and in expressin g his full assent to the proposition of the right hon. baron e t h e d i d h ope that the vote of that h ouse should not be less acceptable to his gallant-comrades in arms from thi,circurnstance of its being supported in the bouse by an old officer who had served many years, and who pt least had acquired sufficient experience to appreciate the merits of those distinguished services which it was the object of the present motion to mark with a strong expression of grati tude. The circumstances in which Lord Ellenborotigh found India were so fully explained and so clearly laid down by the right hon. baron et who broug h t f or ward the pres en t mo ti on , that it became unnecessary for any one else to enter into fur ther detail; but thus much he might, at least, be permitted to observe—that the intention of Lord Auckland was, that the British army should retire within the Indus with As little discredit as possible, while the determination of Lord Ellen borough was that our forces should retire with the utmost possible credit. If Lord Ellenborough had been so: rash as to have directed armies to advance at one and the same time from Jellalabad an d from Can d a h ar —if the noble Governor- General had g i ven such an or d er , then most assuredly the House of C ommons would never b e f o und g i v i n g its thanks for anything so rash an d ill-considered. But Lord Ellen borough did no thi ng of the sort. H e took a course infinitely wiser—he acted upon the prudent maxim of receding in order that he mi g ht more efficiently a d va nce. By holding these two positions he was enabled to issue clear and precise direc tions for the combined movements which subsequently took place, and which were attended with such signal success. It both those p osts were occup i e d by was deal., fro rn 'th e d espatc h of General Nott, and from the other papers which h a d b een laid before parliament,' that as British troops, the atten tion of the insurgents would be diverted, and our ultimate success rendered safe from the assaults of our enemy. The India, appeared t o hi m (Si r policy pursued b y L or d Ellenborough and the manner in which he had supported the m ilitary operations carried on in H. Douglas) to merit the highest enconiums, and it afforded him the greatest possible Eatisfac don to bear testimony to the merits of his governinpnt and ,re Le b his p 1 iat the house woo preat 1 .cur unanimously in . (Hear, hear.) the vote of thanks thus proposed to them. Captain PAYA RD warmly supported the motion. Mr. C. Wool) said he had read, with the greatest satis faction, the orders given by General Nott, General Pollock, and Lord Elienborough, respecting the conduct of the troops, and, if irregularities had taken place, they could not be at tributed to those orders, which were everything that could be wished. After a few observations from Mr. STAFFOE.D O'BRIEN, the resolutions were severally put, and agreed to. The Forged Exchequer Bills Bill went through committee. The Sudbury Disfranchisement Bill was read a second time. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and th house adjourned HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY In reply to a question from the Marquis of CLANRICARDE, Lord WARNCLIFFE said that it was not the intention of the architect of the new Houses of Parliament to finish any one of them before the other. He was proceeding with both houses pari passze. Several noble lords complained that the house intended for their accommodation should not be expedited. They had given up their house to the House of Commons, and having very bad accommodation at present, while that which the House of Commons enjoyed was very good, they felt that active steps should be taken to finish off their new house as speedily as possible. Under this feeling The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved the appointment of a committee to inquire into the progress made in the erection of the new Houses of Parliament. The motion was agreed to, and the committee appointed. The Bishop of CHESTER presented a vast number of pe titions from various places i❑ Wales against the union of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph. Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved "That petitions having been presented to this house complaining of the conduct of Lord Chief Baron Abinger when presiding as judge upon the ex cution of the late special commission executed in the counties of Chester and Lancaster, this house do summon witnesses to the bar for the purpose of ascertaining the language used by the said Lord Chief Baron Abinger in charging the grand juries, and in summing up the cases to the petty juries, who were impanelled under such special commission, and also in passing sentences upon prisoners convicted under the same commission." He charged the nobly lord with having acted in an unconstitutional, malignant, and oppressive manner towards the prisoners whom he tried, and quoted the opinions of the Morning Herald and other papers upon the course pursued by the noble lord on those trials. Some of the jurymen at Liverpool had, he said, expressed themselves dis gusted at the language used by Lord Abinger, for that language would imply by inference that it was treason to ad vocate the ballot, annual parliaments, or universal suffrage, a doctrine repudiated by the Attorney-General at the chartist trials at Newport. The conduct and language of Lord Abinger in trying and sentencing the prisoners were to the last degree indecorous, and the subsequent treatment of the prisoners was equally oppressive and unjust. If the govern ment intended to crush any inquiry, lie hoped they would at all events let the public know that amongst the members of the government there was not one who felt any sympathy with the language made use of by the Lord Chief Baron. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he should ask the house to meet the motion of the hon. member by a direct negative. The language of Lord Abinger was not directed against the right of discussing the charter, but against that system of intimidation and insurrection which, directed as its move ments were by a committee of public safety, which, in the exercise of its power, gave licences for the execution of any work that might be deemed of absolute necessity, was calcu lated to destroy all the relations of society. Lord Abinger had not gone the unconstitutional length of denouncing every attempt to effect by argument an alteration in the existing state of things; he had only pointed out the illegality and criminality of such tumultuous assemblages as had taken place, got up, as they were, not for the purpose of delibera tion, but for the disturbance of t!ie public peace, and com mented properly on the dangerous language resorted to at these meetings. The sentences passed by Lord Abinger, and which were said to be severe, were the result ot ° the united deliberations of the three judges in the commission. The hon. and learned gentleman concluded by eulogising the character of Lord Abinger, whom he was anxious to shiel:l3 in his old age, after a life of honourable service, from the mortification which such an enquiry could not fail to brizi with it. Mr. Ross, in supporting the motion, said he did not thiiiir the defence of the Attorney-General, concluding as it did with the argumentunt ad misericordiarn, at all satisfactorT.. Mr. THESIGER condemned the motion as an interference with the independence of the judges. He entered into a lengthened defence of Lord Abinger, who had beer, also misrepresented in the case of Nicholas Suisse, as well as in the present instance, for he had never said in charging the jury that that person was "an invaluable servant." He had only said that he must have been so considered and described by his master. Mr. Sergeant MURPHY said it should have been the care of Lord Abinger to have calmed the minds of the grand jury, and to have soothed the excitement natural for them to be influenced by, and which must have interfered with the jus tice of their decisions. This be had not done. On the con trary, his speech was calculated to increase that excitement. If such a speech were proper under the circumstances, how was it that the charge delivered by Chief Justice Tindal was of a totally opposite character ? In this country we had al ways a horror of political judges, and therefore it was that he deprecated the conduct of Lord Abinger in bringing his high talents to bear for the purpose of stimulating grand juries already too much excited. Mr. J. S. WORTLEY said that if the whole of the charge had been read by his hon. and learned friend he would never have called it a stimulating charge. The whole of the outcry against Lord Abinger arose from a misconception which a careful perusal by a candid mind of that charge would re move. The charges of Chief Justice Tindal were certainly admirable—they were excellent ; but that learned judge did not always strictly confine himself to the case before him, for in one instance he had stated the constitutional law to the grand jury, and laid it down as to how far a soldier still re tained his character as a civilian, that they might judge of the legality of what had been done in the suppression of a riot.' WALLACE said he had not trusted to the newspaper reports, for he had purchased the noble lord's own shilling's worth, and from that he would say that Lord Abinger had travelled far and wide from his duty. Mr. SCARLETT said he believed Lord Abinger's fault was really that he differed in opinion from the Chartists and their friends. It would not become him to trespass on the time of the House, but he must say that he did not think his noble relative had been fairly treated by hon. members on the op position side of the house. To whatever party in the country Lord Abinger had given his confidence at any period of his life, he had always been firmly attached to the constitution of the country. The hon. and learned gentleman concluded his speech by a reference to the daily press, to which might be applied the words of a celebrated historian in reference to the a. e in which he lived—that it was iniquitous without punishment and without remedy. Lord JOHN RUSSELL did not think that the independence of the judges could be compromised by a motion like the pre sent, but he was nevertheless of opinion that nothing but the most important considerations ought to induce the house to give its acquiescence to such a motion. The fault of the charges of Lord Abinger was that they entered into political matter in conjunction with legal explanations, which were thus calculated to confuse the grand jury. Indeed the uni versal satisfaction expressed at the charges of Chief Justice Tindal was in itself a proof that there must have been some thing objectionable in the charges of Lord Abinger, or they would not have excited such general animadversion. He had introduced his political knowledge where his legal know ledge only was wanting ; and perhaps from over zeal for the vindication of the law, he had introduced politics into his charges unwisely and intemperately. He should, however, vote against the motion of the hon. member for Finsbury. Sir J. GRAHAM concurred both in the practical conclusion of the noble lord, and also in the general principles he laid down. In his opinion such a motion as the present should not be agreed to unless they were convinced that badness of heart had led to the perversion of judgment. The right hon. gentleman then proceeded to define the duties of a judge, and said he had no doubt but that Lord Abinger had honestly performed his duties, and had done nothing which could call t'cr the reprehension of the house. Mr. S. CRAWFORD supported the motion, and expressed his opinion that the sentences passed by Lord Abinger were unnecessarily severe. Mr. WATSON said he felt it his duty to vote for the in quiry, on the simple ground that a grave charge was made against Lord Abinger, and the house was therefore bound to hear the evidence. There were many things contained in the noble lord's own pamphlet which were deserving of re probation. Mr. CARDwELL believed he was the only member of that house who happened to be present when Lord Abinger de livered his charge, and he therefore was entitled to make an observation. (Hear, hear.) The present was a motion for inquiry, and he would venture to prophecy that it would not be granted ; and he hoped neither the hon. member for Finsbury nor the hon. and learned member who had last addressed the house would imagine for a moment that any supposed identification with that noble lord in political opinion would tempt him (Mr. Cardwell) to rise up and bear false testimony. He hoped he should not give either biassed or exaggerated testimony of what he had witnessed on that occasion, and he hoped and trusted he had sufficient regard for the honour of that profession, of which he was an un worthy member, not to be peculiarly sensitive regarding the honour and character of one of the ornaments of that pro fession. (Hear, hear.) He recollected one expression which had made the great gravamen of the charge against Lord Abinger—he meant the occasion on which th noble lord had told the prisoners at the bar, that in his opinion the govern ment had exhibited too much leniency, and that he should have passed, had he been there, a much more severe sentence. If the house divested the case of its political and party bear ings, and tried Lord Abinger's caution and observations to the prisoners and to the jury by the test which might be fairly applied—namely, that of any other crime against so ciety, it would at once be seen that his language was ,exactly that which best befitted the circumstances under which the persons upon whom he was passing sentence were situated. He had heard the noble lord's manner on that occasion described as superinhuman ; and would observe, that it was a difficult task to describe correctly, or with any propriety, the manner in which any particular charge or other discourse might have been delivered, and which might have excited admiration in those who heard it. But he would say that the acumen. the judgment, and the correctness of legal knowledge which distinguished the noble lord's conduct to the prisoners, whilst it was his duty to give them every facility for proving their innocence, and the just and forcible manner in which, when they had been pronounced guilty of the crimes laid to their charge, Lord Abinger expressed his abhorrence of their conduct, and pointed out its dangerous tendency, were such as to command his highest respect; and lie was convinced, that had his honourable and learned friend heard the noble lord utter those sentiments, he would have thought as he did, and have voted as he would do on the present occasion. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE replied, and said lie had heard nothing to induce him not to take the sense of the house upon the question he had brought before them. The hon. gentleman amused himself and the house at the expense of Sir James Graham, whose former attacks on Sir James Scarlett, when he called him a recreant whig, he contrasted with the praise he had lavished on him that night. The house then divided, and the motion was negatived by a majority of 228 to 73. On the motion of Lord ELIOT leave was given to bring in a bill to empower justices of the peace in Ireland to act in certain cases relating to places to the rates of which they were chargeable. Leave was also riven to bri ng i n a bill t o amen d t h e bi ll relating to pawnbroling in Ireland. --.(15a..-••- HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY Mr. S. CRAWFORD gave notice that, on the first night of supply, he should move that the voting of the supplies should be postponed until th e est i mates o f expenditure should be considered with a view to their reduction. .0n the motion of Mr. LIDDELL, the house went into com euttee on the Personation of Voters Bill. After some conversation, Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, he did not think the offence of personating vot ers prevailed in England to such an extent as to call for an alteration of the law, and if the bill passed at all, it ought to be made applicable to the whole United Kingdom. It was the i n t ent i on of the Government to bring in a Regis tration Bill for England and Ireland, but he could not FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1843 On Monday evening a question was put to the Home Secretary, by Mr. Ferrand, the reply to which is, we rather think, significant of something more than the mere words outwardly imply. • The enquiry of Mr. Ferrand was, " whether the government had made any investigation into the causes of the late out breaks in the manufacturing districts, or whether they intended to make such investigation." The reply was as follows :—" On a former occasion a gentleman had been sent down by government for the purpose of col lecting and marshalling the evidence upon the subject to which the hon. gentleman's question referred. That evidence had, in part, been brought before a compe tent tribunal; parties had been convicted upon it, and some were undergoing the punishment of the law. Another portion of that evidence was still to be investi gated. But true bills had been found upon it, and the parties would be tried upon it on the 4th of April. • He was of opinion that all the facts of the case would be brought before that tribunal; and that the question would then be really brought out who were the parties responsible for the dangerous disturbances which had taken place." Of course, Sir James Graham referred to the trials of Sotitham, O'Connor, and others, which, it may be remembered, were traversed, and are to come on at the en suing Spring Assizes at Lancaster. If such be the ca se, we firmly believe, with him, that all the facts, as to the origin and the causes of those " dangerous distw •bances" will come out—that much mare tyill' be disclosed than will be convenient and pleasing to,tiome peopi e who are at this moment hugging themselves in fand ed security, and sufficient to convince the world, if it .even do not convince the legislature, of the dan geron s character and incendiary working of a certain body which it is quite unnecessary for us to mention. Up to ) this hour, the recent disturbances in the mann factu ring districts are boldly set down to the account of elle Chartists alone. It will be in tke memory of mot , t of our readers, that the only case in which there war.; any probability of a complete investigation into the whole question—the case of Hutchinson--was quashed by that party being prevailed upon to plead guilty. The evidence, therefore, in the hands of go vernment has only in part been brought before a legal tribunal. There is " another portion" still to be in vestigated—the connection of Chartism with the dis turbances in question; and we are much misinformed if that investigation does not " bring out" the con nexion with them of another kind of agitation, and a somewhat different kind of agitators, to those to be placed at the bar of justice. Perhaps we may be treated with a little information as to the movements and deliberations, during the turnout, of those parti cular friends of the Anti-Corn-law League—the " dis- senting ministers" ! The Manchester Guardian, we observe, has stepped forward as the apologist of Mr. Richard Cobden, and treated the world with a laboured essay upon the pro per interpretation to be put upon the language recently directed by that personage towards Sir Robert Peel. Mr. Cobden, he informs us, only meant by the "indi vidual responsibility" of Sir Robert Peel, his respon sibility as premier. Why, so the man told i ns himself. But why, we ask, at such a time especially, whilst one misguided man is already waiting his doom for a murderous attack levelled at Sir Robert—at the man, and not the mere abstract idea of the Prime Minister— labour to impress upon the national mind that it was his hand which alone kept immersed in poverty and wretchedness an entire people ? Of course it was "as a minister" that Sir Robert was to be held "individu ally responsible ;" and it would be as a minister only that an assassin would dream of directing his weapon against him. Unfortunately, you cannot shoot the minister without depriving of life at the same time the man himself. Really, we must suggest to the Guardian, that this kind of shuffle is very paltry. It matters not at all whether the "individual responsibility" spoken of by the Stockport M.P. was intended to imply personal responsibility or not, except so far as regards the ques tion whether the man who used the expression is a deliberate inciter to bloodshed, or only a madman or a fool. In themselves, there is nothing very startling in the terms used. All the world knew, long before they were uttered, that Sir Robert Peel and every other prime minister of this country is individually respon sible for the consequences of their policy. But when viewed as an adjunct to a fierce agitation, in which the passions of a suffering people are studiously sought to be wrought upon to frenzy,—when we have already before our eyes the dreadful calamity by which the doctrine of personal responsibility was so nearly exem plified,—then, indeed, there is more than folly —more than mere senseless repetition of an admitted truth ; there is crime in the lightest sign made to point such passions to an object upon which to wreak themselves. Such, we maintain, was the tendency of Mr. Cobden's speech ; and as such we believe that it is viewed by every impartial mind in the community. _ _ The Guardian thinks differently, however, and so, it seems, think the leaguers of Liverpool, Stockport, and Manchester ; for we see that addresses are to be sent up from these towns, in which Mr. Richard Cobden is condoled with as something very like a martyr! Yes, this furious itinerant is to be complimented upon this new proof of his zeal for free trade; and we are assured by the Guardian, that the disgust which the proof in question has drawn down upon him from other quarters has attracted towards him amongst the League party only "increased sympathy and encourage ment "! ! The Liverpool Times of Tuesday last commences% report of a case of appeal, against an order for the pay ment of parish rates, with the following quasi -apolo getic reason for its insertion. "On these occasions," promise that they would d, so with regard to Scotland during the present session., The right hon, baronet, after some further conversation, suggested to Mr. Liddell the propriety of postponing the further progress of his bill in commiti:ee until after the second reading of the English Re g ist ra tion Bill on Mo n d a y. Mr.LIDDLLL at once assented, and the house resumed. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the Exchequer Bills Bill was read a third time, and passed. Some other business was then disposed of, and the house adjourned. ROYAL LIVER THEATRE FAREWELL BENEFIT OF MR. BUCKSTONE. THIS EVENING, (Friday,) the 24th instant, the Per formances will commence with Mr. Buckstone's Comedy SINGLE LIFE! OR, BACHELORS AND SPINSTERS After which, an entirely new Comic Drama, written expressly for Mrs. Fitzwilliam, called FINE FEATHERS MAKE FINE BIRDS ; OE OUT OF PLACE. The whole to conclude with (positively for the last time) the late Thomas Dibdin's Extravaganza of HARLEQUIN HOAX; OIL, GETTING UP A PANTOMINE. TO MERCHANTS, BROKERS, &c, The largely increased and most respectable circulation which the Tuesday's Edition of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD has now obtained amongst the mercantile body in Manchester affords its proprietors the gratify ing power of urging this, amongst the other undeniable claims which it possesses, upon the favor of that portion of the mercantile community of Liverpool who desire to bring their advertisements before the notice of buyers in the neighbouring manufacturing districts. In most of the surrounding towns of Lancashire the circulation of the STANDARD is steadily increasing. In Manchester, however, the centre of the manufacturing district, our publication of Tuesday—occurring upon the most im portant market day of the Cotton Trade, when its Exchange and Hotels are thronged with country manu facturers, spinners, and calico printers—is firmly es tablished in circulation, and is perused with increased and increasing interest. Under these encouraging circumstances, we trust to receive an increased measure of support from the mer chants and brokers of the town generally ; and it affords us great pleasure to assure those of our friends amongst those classes, who have hitherto bestowed their adver tising favours liberally upon us, of our increased ability to do justice to the interests committed to their care. TO CORRESPONDENTS The . Courier-office was closed when we received the note f rom " 12, Bedford-street South," or the request (although a very unusual one) would have been attended to. The whole of our Tuesday's impression is sold off. Eiberpsot otanDarb. remarks our naive dontemporary, " it is not usual to admit reporters ; but as one of the cases was expected to be publicly interesting, our own and another re porter applied for admission, and the appellant (Mr. Cowgill) being anxious that they should be present, the magistrates and churchwardens at once consented. We, therefore, subjoin a report of the case." Well, what does the reader imagine was the "pub licly interesting" character of the case in question ? This Mr. Cowgill—a busy personage at vestry meet ings —was summoned for non-payment of his rates, in respect to four different properties. Anything "pub. licly interesting" upon the face of so ordinary a pro ceeding as that ? A keen customer must be the re porter for the Liverpool Times, to scent the fact that the case of Mr. Cowgill was different from that of the hundreds of Jones's and Smiths who are made to un dergo the same ordeal, and which cases " it i s not usual" for the keen individual in question to bother his note-book about. Mr. Cowgill, however, we see, " was anxious" that the public should look at his case through the spectacles of our contemporary. Was he? No. But he was anxious that his paltry defence, and the paltry personal attack in which it consisted, should be made as " publicly interesting" as " liberal" jour nalism could make it—that the grounds of a con temptible sneer of a contemptible paper (the Mercury) should be placed before the world ; and hence the pa triotic ardour with which the reporter of the Times, " and another reporter" hurried, pen and inkhorn in hand, to the Sessions House, out' of the proceedings there " to point a moral and adorn a tale" for all future parish-rate defaulters ! And what was this defence—this " publicly-inte resting" defence—of Mr. Cowgill ? We pass over the pretended plea with respect to the item of £350 Os. lod. That was a mere stuffed man set up for the occasion — a " dummy," such as we see in some cigar shops, in the shape of empty boxes, duly labelled with the seductive brands " Habana," "Silviaros," "Principes," and other mystic words, but not intended to be sold. That defence was not the commodity to be vended by our contemporary, or his client Mr. Cowgill. There was nothing " publicly interesting" in it. The inte resting matter for that portion of the public which reads the paper in question was the paltry personal attack sought to be made against an efficient and re spected servant of the parish—Mr. W. Birkett. Mr. Cowgill, it appears, had made the amazing dis covery, that at the time the summons against him was issued—at which time Mr. Birkett was sick, and had as much to do with the issuing in question as the Lord Mayor of Timbuctoo, with whom, as with all great men, our contemporary is no doubt acquainted, and in habits of correspondence—that gentleman was himself owing to the parish a portion of his rates. To those who know anything of the ordinary business of a warehouse owner, and when it is' known that Mr. W. Birkett and his partners .pay annually no less a 550 than three thousand pounds in parish rates, such a cir cumstance will not appear surprising. In many cases, as was explained by Mr. Birkett's partner (Mr. D o ver), " they let parts of warehouses, and the tenants paY the rates ;" and thus, although Messrs. Birkett appear on the parish books as the parties owing money, the tenants are the real defaulters. Moreover, we have their course of business explained by Mr. W. Birkea himself : " they regularly commence paying three months after the rate is laid, and pay up to the end of the year." There is surely nothing, therefore, Yell startling in the fact that such a firm were, at the time of the issuing of the summons against Mr. Cowgill , less than one third part of their heavy rate in arrear--- if indeed it could under the circumstances be called in arrear; and we can only put down the zeal of our contemporary to proclaim the fact, to the wish of the party, of whom he is the tool, to make a set at the cha racter of the gentleman in question. Our wise bro ther, however, we venture to hint to him, has no power to effect the object in view. The public can see . through the manceuvres of himself and of his party and an army of old apple-women might just as wel l ` attempt to take the Tower of London by escalade, s ° the Times, with his popgun, to force an entry for mob of predatory whiglings into the confidence of the ratepayers of Liverpool. Thank Heaven, we W l° the gentlemen ! The debate in the Town Council, at their spec meeting on Wednesday week, in consequence, probably' of its being short, does not seem to have hitherto at tracted so much attention as the importance of th e subject under consideration deserves. This town ha g suffered so much from fires, even in the remembranc e of the present generation, that almost any project f or the prevention of future visitations, speculative 13r practical, drands investigation ; and it i s on this ground that we accord our sanction to the proposition of the Council for asking any requisite powers froal Parliament. There was in the debate the appearance without t he reality of a diff erence o f op i n i on upon the propr i et y 49, going to P ar li ament t hi s sess i on. One gent l e man . urged delay on t h e somew h at or i g i nal ground that Oe.r people of L on d on were t i re d of hearing so muc h of Liverpool affairs; just as if because Liverpool had ob' tamed her Improvement and Health of Town Acts the last session she therefore needs nothing more. this novel principle we might as well consent at 00 ' to place the borough in schedule A, and part comPa u f with Lord Sandon and Si r H owar d Douglas, for t here would be very little use i n sen di ng representatives to an assembly unwilling to be moved with our cause' The dehate, however, as i t progressed, gradually wor ked a change in the senti ments of the gentleman re f er ee , , to, and the practi ca l d eta il s furnished by Mr. Sam; Holme effected his entire conversion. O ne or I s other member s o bj ecte d to proceeding on grou nd equally unte na bl e, b ut as in the case of Mr. G . o Lawrence, they proved themselves open to convieti° o ; and, eventu a ll y , t h e motion that a bill be appl i e d was agreed to unanimously. LIP The report o f t h e S pec i al Committee was drawl' in gener a l terms ; and, consequently, it laid bare veri is little beyond the principle on which the measite e , proposed t o b e f ounded. Under existing cire°,oo6 stances it app ears to b e requ i s i te t h at two distinct bill should b e app li e d for, one by the Council and the otil iv by the Commissioners for Paving and Sewering• ifi , general bill on the part of either would involve an re, terference with eac h others power s, which, in t h e P a sent case, it i s extremely desirable to avoid, not °iv on account o f t h e expense, but for the sake of the P re lic welfar e . W e assume then that the groun d s a of valid and su ffi c i ent which have led to the prosPec t r two bills to accomp li sh a common object ; and we e too sume, too, that th e execut i on of the two acts—if ..00 acts there should be—will be co-operative and ho c ' nious. In his speech the Town-Clerk furnished some tails of the bill to be solicited on the part of the Cl o g cil ; from which it is evident that all the preca ut ci s e which hu man i ngenu i ty and forethought can de i. o r to prevent devastations by fire, are to be adopted' prto instance, i ron i s to b e used where wood has hitll-010 prevailed ; protective walls are to be built on the lett between w are h ouse an d warehouse ; a space o f six re. yards is to b e preserved in the front of any new Wthe house; certain restrictions are to be placed e ll e r warehousin g o f goo d s o f a d angerous nature ; e d ous trades are to be prohibited from being i bil° rgo irl within a given di s t ance f rom ware h ouses, under eeor exceptions; all warehouses are to be registered; srol ters therein are to be licensed, who, it is proposed'opl be deemed guilty of misdemeanour, if any oat ful act" or "negligent omission" is proved 4 05 10 them. These, we understa n d, are th e c hi e f feat° l at e the bill to be recommended by the Council. Cod' will certainly be part of the bill suggested by th e e be missioners ; it will b e o f trifling amount, (1d- vi be de' lieve,) h u t we f or b ear di scuss i ng any part o f t tiler tails of their measure until they have been, es soon must he, submitted to public consideration. st• In a general point of view we have no objeeti°lbthe• present, to any of the foregoing details, excep t t° ari as registration of warehouses, the licensing of port er r s n ' r e the power to brin g men o f t h at occupat i o n b e T l esit ; criminal tribunal for any "wilf u l act " o r " ° e g g 0 , 1 Or: omission." We disapprove of th e reg i s tration ("' orildJ houses because in the event of any casualitY I t 'oool' throw some degree of responsibility upon the " appir A certificate of the security of th e b u ilding, w e ' uc erti: hend, would follow from th e reg i stra ti o n, svil ic ' o ,io o , ficate would not be given u n til it h a d been e l 2 by the surveyor, or some other competent offic e " tile s his opinion would, to s ome ex t en t a t least, Pledge C. Prei