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THEOLOG} with the C Lord Worse' en on t Candish SCOTLAND• --Dr sire now in Lon& that their object was to advise subject of his motion, which stood Po ri gh r Fridhon last, gen b was postponed by the death of the t 2-.l....Aniatv. Lord Aber' Die. I latth kn accid FALL .... {Non• A CHANDEL I 'plena: rs that wer for Li R. Woodroff of their trades is saic COMICAL CHAR day, Daniel Kear iil - Wroa - 4! , tioas at a London in the I to this breakdown _pt Newcastle pett, 3 those Cow, .r.blv from t would be Pis du nt of £4' 7-street, )f the defaulters forilard with all the se and deposed that Major --- Lim, and tent to wound <mine ins isibh he drove s, when, of (a spring )f the court —LimericA —On Thurs. Mr. Ser- ugAti. in Russ ards of 4 c Belfast Tim rt on S Ind Mr Tw 1 th t. the comniainant cam imaginabl mess and gray..., van did, at Cullinagb , p rese.._ • --- of the said blunderbuss, w. e trigg, . rnplamant:_bt and kite did miss tire, where. 1 Y preserved, and tht ":^ , r the bravery of tt called upon, here s'.} veteran actually armed te real shillela D ne of tt brass to CLICK turber ,i'a. blunderbuss throng cmcao, mplaintint's lift livan pa The personal fasten npu_ ..vvert Pee to M`Naughten the idea of 1 3 Sir R the person of the Premiei held Sir Robert Peel pers, Mr. Cobd and down the count there is such a 9m the DI respnsibilily connected by the public, as th 'rom the Edinburgh Courant 1 - M 1 7 . Cobden's language, t wishes to I major having engine of war tar Ditative of reality, and to frighten repealer.. The complainant, amidst the laugl uited to the tune of a lightened p cuposed of, day last, a deputau..., —.;red on the Earl of Aberdeen, at and' provision_tradF -- - suoJ gean t Murphy, Si r Robert r erK Hon. Captain Gore, Colonel Acton, A. Lefroy, L. rell, D. Ross, W. S. O'Brien, Thomas Ma r in, rtin, Fitzs sly tephen the French, and V. M aher. It appears that iou to on French wines, the merchants of Cork 50,000 firkins of butter annually. as so low as 15 ,oit duty au however, the rorLugurbe —ln cousequer ipon tt asion may roan, was Dona Chronicit IMPORT ried-to Por n: Latte I the duty . _c from au had iu a Affairs I y being e butter House of Comr. Pin India, necessity of attending to the WI provision trade. The Earl of Aberdeen .1.... ler.. h ad l,* not escaped his that he almos pa satisfactory conclusion, _ in a short time, to declare moil appearing before ad ordered lothing low that all into manhood and r Pis to Lord Ellenborong tt• - --.. anyd when ~.na_ pleased with each oth... , Ellenborough in the autumn, when aying it was his intentic to resig plied that he was extremely I hope you )te, but I could not feel easy u ye me, my dear Sir, yours yer this long —Be FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Satnrda rom Hereford to Cheltenham lef mull. the wind St Ow :urnpikf ass. 0 to pin , The gi James 1 up in a st set at liberty, and proceeded to There was one outside 13; arious rate guard, nor two maid injury. Two donkey Ca Taylor, of Bartestree, who is Mrs. Davidson, of Tupsie )out 60 other who had been attending t Le market, h'ad the former was thrown down and r ivd tt wounds on the scalp. She, too, was convey_fi rmar y, where she remains in a very dangerous state. horses actually leaped on the cart of Mrs. Davidson, who .owerely cut and bruised ; but we are haonv to lel,r was st there is every probability of the gate was open at the time the mail came up, and er recove There was no hook on either side to so for an hou L—Worcester Journal, THE MEXICANS AND TEXANS . • —The steam-sl nce of a battle ght by thes which the Houston Morning Star g , caters :—" General c—_ that remained under his cc turned to Bezar. Another mend of General Somervill commander, and went dow: mer of so that the] Mexican ar took the t, I. who wet ND S vRAPOOT OPENED RHOUSI f DAMASK, MOREENS of a V e of water, zral Post-office, an s Sarah S re you w .nd who on Lord ry Vane, Lord H ar Galv;a . Ballick named 1 by Dr. Bolton, ti ch of t leyaded guilty to the offence —:.,,nment in Mary_boro revious Saturda rislative his was This " story," it ap atton of the prurient fancy of the noble - t -resignation an eviden Amos thus disposes of woe En was read to the boos Feb. 1843 St. Iby:s, i that he lenborougb. tatement, I amongst Mr : Amos's be went out to India t res i g n in 1843, and I am su • _. r.li-utta another yea DIS cum.." fathers care and exampi it has been one of un they were mutually eimos wrote to Lord I believ countr r - vou with 11 bad done so truly, A Auriza AMOS d-.. reen Drago and Icb co an 'violen a bank c with a portion ( About 400 iVlexic Texans stirrer at Gonz ese two portion of 300 r !, elected Colone to Mier, and captured t t Mr. N Wm. S. Fisher or two la ound f IR ROB on Frida raceal (From the Glas cannot fail to bring Cobden and h by hi ional violence upo abhorrence due to his quondam fre miserable r a upon that danger( prenen ,ccordir Haled, u their.ser MONARCHY IT Anti-corn-law thrown." W phveus of the cau round t irregular, IA such a d, and . How unre simply becai le, that c ton ; w ht Mr. C. R Do not have an ' vlional, light of 11 evil mansions of t not mix yourself up League will yo down to Bdth ar Roebuck ought to think himself ex t ; for if you do s in no worse dange orcester J He attempted to explain that he turn you out Robert a will scout sponsible by virtue M`Naughten atten man—owner of Dr served a himself al Peel into Co` sat I not with hi round—a attack in virtue of his a mad shows that Mr. Cobd better defence st a short account of the s, Rvoi know tt Mr. Roebuck to complait Stockport had said to hin Corn-lc ude to scouted SIR ROBERT PEEL AND MR. COBDEN .ntlemenon Friday night, in the House of Corn t we stthjo Mr. Cobdi We gave in our these two was indulging in some of his usual denunciation landlords, and concluded as follows: Every of '3e right hon. baronet mus adopt some change of plan, and it was the duty of every inde pendent member to throw on him the individual and persc nal responsibility of the present state of affairs—a responsi bility of course arising from his position. He w.. nnt party man in that I terial side of the ha or Tory was in office, he would no _ he had the cordial consent of his constituents tr considered best for the welfare of the countr tell the right hon. baronet that the whole rr present lamentable and dat _ upon his shoulders. (" Hear, he There never had been vio when there was an exces rocs state once told the noble lord the late Secret Lire (Lord Palmerston,) he had the privil her th Mr. Cobden) had fait 'he righ. under ver The right hon. baron( or. i for Foreign Affa • resigning otnee )wer of doing as lieved to be for the good of the ( right hon. baronet did so or not, of the at istocr, re lotig to responsi " Ordt amidst ( Sir R. Pee lot overs om the Liver; r will I be c t varia dst loud cries of " Chair, e h energy)—you leveral mor Loud cries of `-`-No a the inc word " Dean In depti ries of the a their ear rrespon, platform neffectu ,st!le par tense e "Yes, believe, arily occt [l, on the occasion o all the .ery incorrect ht in the House s in that House, I n nisplayed and the ordinarily I proceedir s of itsel the be Nbom you see in amongst them the I is a feeling strikingly impressed he rapid filling of the House, from if it were the muster- I is in some fierce meMe—the it countenance—' ingled with those indescribable noises t spoken —to the reformed par- gether constitute a scene which may aid to be perfectly indescribable—perfectly difft rom anythi or in any other countri) To a stranger Edell is likely not reader, to yot tallow, oi be witnessed in any other assembly yen present on such of Friday night must have been one 11 from memory. Picture f, the fifth night of a dull debate,— pnceived duller than a det in which mem- I speeches, the produce moiling villainously of udv. One id nt'ner appurtenances of midnight st farce which is goi on. In such a state was of Commons at about 11 o'clock on the night of lard when a cited h orpcle of thi League and addressed himself to the delivery of one of his There w peaker; ival tart more than ordinary tart- of the redoubtable I this occasion I am about to out Cobden Cobden rapidly that the member for mentary pt bitter and At length, however, he pplied I meaning, upon the object of I 1, in a del tone, pausing upon each the right ho 'ntleman as "personally , onsible for the present state of the shortly aftcrw it in a different form of word , and of th which i electrical. The house— ry attempt of Lord John both tide Lord he had the vot Russell to caul convinced tha :Urn at his oppon au ay the meanli of the speaker, I am understood on both sides of hed, until a low, buzzing silence, as member turned to member to , or to look the senti 00, of the whole house arcs of the Premier, who, startled and nd when Mr. Cobden resumed his t, although a cry was raised by a few members for Mr. orge Bankes, it was to the Premier that the. house turned fixes; reply to ssive repl tack so disgraceful. hick followed the first fe ientences of his ,it is impossible to describe. For the liamEntatv ~~'Ot '''~`~lZz~ Y ~ N ELLINGTON moved that the thanks giien to the Governor-General of Ind d army engaged in the war with Affgha eve a history of the transactions in A trghan ded.by observing that the strongest proof y of all the parties on whose as the fact, that the first d be given of the ener by the Governor-General of India the objects sought to be attained were accomplished acv D entered into a short defence of months previou ursucd inirneo tety after the disaster at Cahoot. He q previt. sent in his resignation, and his Iv= the seas, he could only exert him- Govern to grapple with the diffi- .oidially concurred in t posed by the noble dot the re- o it any s of LANsnowNE said that worded ion of the noble duke was, he should not offe opposition. It was confined entirely to military services, and as it did not pledge them to any approval of the political pro ceedings of the Governor-General , he was content to sup port it, more particularly, as it would be unjust not to ac knowledge the brilliant efforts of the military chiefs who con he quick f ducted the war to a successful close. Lord FITZGERALD made some observations in defence of Lord Ellenborough, and warmly eulogised the conduct of all who were engaged in the recent transactions in India. irquis of CLANRICARDE did not mean t o oppose , but felt it necessary to read some extracts froii; the papers in order to_sbovv .., tAat . he could not approve of the course pursueC aborougb He complained that the papers were meagre as to the occurrences on the retreat of the army, some of which seemed to him to merit strong animadversion. Lord iiuouCHAII defended the conduct of Lord Ellen borough, and said that no man ever undertook the government of India under circumstances of greater diffi culty ; and if he had displayed great caution, extreme cau tioa, even caution amounting to hesitation, was it not too " ninth to ch arg e him with being va c ill a ti ng an d i rreso l ute? For th ree mont h s Lord Elle n b oroug h h ad been exposed to abuse, th e gent l es t terms of w hi c h were "base ' " un- English," r e creant," " cowardly," but the parties resorting to this species of vituperation were like superannuated vipers —they had the bag of poison, Out they wanted the perforated teeth through which to spurt it forth. All the grounds of abuse against the noble lord were, however, at once removed bye perusal of these papers. The Bishop of S ALI SBURY, in reference to the proclamation of Lord Ellenborough, described it as a most unhappy oc currence. The Bishop of Culcii my experience of his character—and I have seen time w 'ten confr ted during his various platform and other displ neath the storm of disgust which smote 1 he member for Stockport absolutely cowered be- him on every sid shed at the cold looks which met his appealing eye from his own side of the ho to explair contempt which pursued him was to down at length, sulky most ferocious, whilst the feelings of the entire [owed the progress of the imt ssive and able repl tobert to the main question under discussion most unqualified was the reward of his K upon Sir Robert Peel, that disgust was in- atrocious atta^, threat by Mr. Roebuc led by the cut by the exposure of his dictatorial The league advocate was absolutely —of the honourable and learned . shout of indignation from all parts of the house, mingled with laughter at his attempted explanation, which must ring for ever in his ears, rewarded him for this impu dent attempt to defend his dear friends, ministers s—in manner at le " the dissenting and if it is possible for a man so insufferably vain to form, at any portion of his turbulent career, a cor rect appreciation of his own character, I should say that he must have formed it at 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. HEE. MAJESTY'S ACCOUCIIMENT.--It is rumoured that the 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 o f a l arge an d 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 Pylades, Mr. Norman Macdonald, to the oratorical Orestes, Lord Viscount IVlorpeth ! Who does not know that he is a plea sant, intelligent, and as good a fellow as ever sailed between Holyhead and Howth, and who will deny that he is entitled to select a wife in every way worthy of him ? So much for the bridegroom. Now then, for the bride—Who does not know the, the, the Dowager Countess of Essex? And who does 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 wi s h - all the world must wish them, every imaginable -Aye. ROT'S ATTACK ON THE REV. Ma. opcs entertained of the ultimate recovery gentleman are somewhat shaken, his mind ha v i ng , ithin the last few d a y s , exhibited symPtoms of wavering. be following are some further particulars connected with le occurrence :—A crisis had evidently arisen iu the family fairs of the unfortunate gentleman. What had hitherto xhausted itself through the safety valve of a brawl had begun ) concentrate itself for something more decided. On Friday reek, the day previous to the unhappy occurrence, M rs . Renuett and her son, " You ng Clarke," as he was called by the neighbours, applied to a neighbouring magistrate for pro. tection against the alleged violent disposition of Mr. Rennett ; but, as they declined to swear that their lives were in danger, the justice could not take cognisance of the complaint. A THE ALLEGED Mt REN VETT policeman, however, was directed to keep an eye upon the household, lest mischief should arise. On Saturday, Miss Clarke, the daughter, left the house, and proceeded to the residence of a friend. One of the servants caused a writ to be served upon her master in the course of the day for a balance of wages, and she and her fellow-servant declined to remain longer in the family. The horses had been parted with some time before, and not a single domestic animal re mained. About fiva 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, all sober, shortly before eleven o'clock, and Mr. Rennett must have reached his house by that hour. The landlord of 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- [e endeavourec her, and w t again 'as called up by a police sett bad been shot. Tb Dment the reverenc he house ; that the quarrel began th ;eutl2man entered the house ; and that, on lyrepaired tc had forced I ered the room they found Mir. ly mit quite collected, and he pointed out the p they en s in which Medical young Clarke was removed to the station-boust.. he was committed to the county gaol at Glcucester, and on Monday his mother followed him. Her committal is said to have arisen from something having come to light tending to show that the assault had been premeditated by the mother and son. The young man bears a wound on his head, which he says was inflicted by his step-father with a life-preserver, and that the blow was the cause of his firing. Mr. Rennett says, on the other hand, that the blow was not given till be felt that he had been wounded by the shot. Clarke was no favourite with the neighbours, his disposition being mis chievous ; and, as to the mother, she seems to have been re garded with something like fear. Mr. Rennett, on the con trary, was beloved and pitied by all. He officiated every Sunday at Norton Church, and discharged his duty in a most acceptable manner. Neither his wife nor any of her family were ever seen within the walls of tile church in which he officiated. Tewkesbury, and On Sunday It at all he dead astigator de may Mr _ R s evident that deep in= at to be uttered for himself termed " the ear of the d uses an acerbity of tone STER gave a similar opinion as to felit under the consideration of their ,oration were to be lordships, be would y and purely a political document, hai7ing no reference to giving any one heathen mythology a preference over another. Earl Minto acquiesced in the vote of thanks expressed as it was, but wished to guard himself against hpinr, to approve of anything - beyond the ability displayed by Lord 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 - id their lordships adjourned. • SE OF COMMONS.- iONDAI? air HOBERT PEEL proceeded, in pursuance of his notice, o move the thanks of the house to the Governor-General 1 India, and to the officers and men, both British and na- oy utsciatming an 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 N ott 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 news of the surrender of Ghuznee, 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 a few months to the number of 30,000 animals. These cir cumstances 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 had 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 ; that he had 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 R. Peel recapitulated the successive military achievements of General Pollock, terminating with the capture of Cabul. He then traced the victorious progress 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 sh oc k s o f an earthquake, his ga llant defence of that city, an d hi s '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 Lady Sale, and of the late Lieut. Sturt, whose valour she has touchingly commemorated. It was impossible 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. Lord J. RUSSELL said that, considering all the circum stances, be was not disposed to blame Lord Ellenborough for the order of withdrawal he had issued on the 19th of April,' 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. M r. BANKES vindicated the conduct of Lord Ellenborough. Mr. H UTT regretted the excesses committed by our troops on their retreat from Affghanistan and exPtessed 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 appea r that after the storming of Istalif the soldiers had 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. Macnaghten had been barbarously murdered, and it was generally considered that an example was necessary, Sir E. COLEBROOK did not believe the rumours of those excesses. Sir R. INoLts 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 Ellenborough, 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 ErsurNGToN said that as the vote of thanks was con fined to military operations he would not support the amend- Mr. HOGG expressed a hope that Mr. Hume would with draw his motion. He then entered upon a lengthened defence of Lord Ellenborough's conduct, and observed that Mr. flume 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 everythi n g he beard. The forts destroyed in the retreat were, he said, garrisoned by land pirates, and there was no hope of keeping them in check except by razing them to the grouud. 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 responsibilit y from his own s h ou ld ers b y g i ving 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 som et hi ng more substantial than this vote of thanks. hope assent that t o the the voterar ene l sd ) soootiswfohbi jtnehtiehoolocnantafet to o r h fi f lt o est t a:osis t he Sir H. DOUGLAS expressed an earnest hope that the vote rightand in hon.ex expressing his of thanks then before them would be agreed to unaniinonslv h h is e did present those eods o s ee l old distinguishedt acquired m ffi octeirosnwuhffitooc marklei would not . be less acceptable to his gallant-comrades in arms from the circumstance of its being supported in the house by ; lc i vee e srt i d bewn m ahc e a cs n htt ryoiotyn appreciate was the pt dte resvxe grati tude. The circumstances in which Lord Ellenborough found India were so fully exp l a i ne d and so clearly laid d own b y the right hon. baronet w h o b roug ht forward the pres en t mot i 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 bad been so rash as to have directed armies to advance at one and the same time from Jellalabad and from Candahar—if the noble Governor- General had given such an order, then most assuredly the House of Commons would never be found giving its thanks for anything so rash and ill-considered. But Lord Ellen borough did nothing of the sort. He took a course infinitely wiser—be acted upon the prudent maxim of receding in order that be might more efficiently advance. 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 w ith such signal success. It was clear, from the despatch of . General Not!, and from the other papers which had been laid before parliament, that as both those posts were occupied by British troops, the atten tion of the insurgents would be diverted, and our ultimate success rendered safe from the assaults of our enemy. The policy pursued by Lord Ellenborough and the manner in which he had supp or t e d t h e military operations carried on in India, appeared to hi m (Si r H. Douglas) to merit the highest enconiums, and it afforded him the greatest possible satisfac tion to bear testim on y to t he merits of his government and of his plans. Once more he begged to express Uric that the house would concur unalitatousYy in c of tilanks thus proposed to the Woo D anoly supported th e MOt:011. id he had read, with the greatest satis ,,,u, ,ue uruers given by General Nott, General Pollock, ~.tod Lord Elle borough , respecting the conduct of the troops, and, if irregularities had taken place, they could not be at tributed to those eiders, which were everything that could be wished. T a few observations from Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN, solutions were severally put, and agreed to. .... Disfranchisement Bill was read a second rues of the day were then disposed of, and th horse adjourned HOUSE OF LORD .-TUESDAY luvly Lu a question trom the Marquis of CLANRICARDE, Lord WARN CLIFFE 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 pani passe. Several noble lords complained that the house intended for their accommodation should not he 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 in 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 cutron 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 arid 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, he 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 the 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 of 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 shield in his old age, after a life of honourable service, from the mortification which such an enquiry could not fail to bring with it Mr. Ross, in supporting the motion, said he did not think the defence of the Attorney-General, concluding as it did with the argumentum ad misPricordiam, at all satisfactory. 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 been 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 lie influenced by, and which must have interfered with the jus tice of their decisions. This he 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 cf 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 Abieger 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. Mr. 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 ti,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. GRAIIAM 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 for the reprehension of the house. Mr. S. CRAWFORD supported the motion, and expressed his opinion that the senteuces 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 riot 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 Lim (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 the 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 he 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 be 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 haul been pronounced guilty of the crimes laid to their charge, Lord Abinger expressed his abhorrence of their conduct, and pointed out its dangerous , 1 tendency, were suc h as to command his highest respect; and he 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. 'l'. D UNCOMBE replied, and said he 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 whin, 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 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 given to bring in a bill to amend the bill relating to pa wnbroking in Ireland. HOUSE OF COMAIONS.—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 t h e estimates of expenditure should be considered with a view to their reduction. On the 'notion of M r . L IDDELL, the house went into com mittee on the Personation of Voters Bill. After some conversation, Sir JAMES GRAIIAM said, be did not think the offence of personating voters 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 ntent i on of the Government to bring in a Regis tration Bill for England and Ireland, but he could not promise that they would do 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 committee until after the second reading of the English Registration Bill on Monday. Mr. LIDDELL 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. 11.2.11•1.1111,41011114M,ROTIOI N SI OUNIOMMOOM.M.VMMIIIMMP, ems remarks our naive contemporary, " it is not usual t 0 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 'limes, 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 .4" defence--of Mr. Cowgill ?We pass over the pretended plea with respect to the item of £350 Os. 10d. 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," "Prinetpes," 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 wa s issued—at which time Mr. Birkett was sick, and had cs 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 Mt' W. Birkett and his partners pay annually no less a 5 11771 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. Dover) , " they let parts of warehouses, and the tenants Pay the rates ;" and thus, although Messrs. Birkett appea r on the parish books as the parties owing money, th e tenants are the real defaulters. Moreover, we hav e their course of business explained by Mr. W. Birkett himself : " they regularly commence paying three e months after the rate is laid, and pay up to the end e l the year." There is surely nothing, therefore, very startling in the fact that such a firm were, at the ti v 5 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 c alled in arrear; and we can only put down the zeal o f out contemporary to proclaim the fact, to the wish o f 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 powe r to effect the object in view. The public can se e through the manoeuvres of himself and of hi s party; and an army of old apple-women might just as we ll attempt to take the Tower of London by escalade, e s the Times, with his popgun, to force an entry for a mob of pra3datory whiglings into the confidence of th e ratepayers of Liverpool. Thank Heaven, we kW* the gentlemen ! The debate in the Town Council, at their spec ial meeting on 'Wednesday we e k, i n consequence, probably' of its being short, does not seem to have hitherto at tracted so muc h attention as the importance of th e subject und er cons i deration deserves. This town has suffered so much from fires, even in the rernembratte of the p resent generation, that almost any project fcrc, the prevention of future visitations, speculative ° .s practical, d emands investigation ; and it is on this ground th at we accord our sanction to the proposition of the Council for asking any requisite powers frolit Parliament. There was in the debate the appearance without t he reality of a diffe rence of opinion upon the propriety ( going to Parliament this session. One gentlana . ; urged d e l ay on the somewhat original ground that the people of L on d on were tired of hearing so much o f Liverpool affairs; just as if because Liverpool had 01) tamed her I mprovement and Health of Town Acts i 0 the last sess i on she therefore needs nothing more. 011 this no ve l pr i nciple we might as well consent at on ce to place the borough in schedule A, and part eornPall e with Lord S an d on an d S i r Howard Douglas, for t here would he ve r y li tt l e use i n sending representatives an assembl y unw illi ng to be moved with our caus e, The dehate, however, as it progressed, gradually w orke d a change i n t h e sentiments of the gentleman referre d to, a n d t h e practical details furnished by Mr. Sairtj; Hohne effected his entire conversion. O ne or t s cie other mem b ers objected to proceeding on grounds equally untenabl e , b ut as i n the case of Mr. G. Lawrence, they proved themselves open to convictio n ' and, eventually, the motion that a bill he applied I° was agreed to unanimously. The report of the Special Committee was drawn U i; in g enera l terms ; and, consequently, it laid bare irer little bey on d the principle on which the measure i 9 proposed t o b e founded. Under existing eir ctlo, .0 6 stances it app ears to b e requisite that two distinct bier b Should be appli e d f or, one by the Council and the otitA y C ommissioners for Paving and Sewering• general bill on the part of either would involve an re , terference with each others power s, which, in the pre sent case, it is extremely desirable to avoid, not °li b, on account o f t h e expense, but for the sake of the Pyre lie welf are. We assume then that the grounds °of valid and su ffi cient which have led to the prospect 0 , two bills t o accomplish a common object; and We o sumo, too, th at t h e execution of the two acts—if t o acts there s h ou ld b e —will be co-operative and har° 0, In his speech the Town-Clerk furnished sortie d o e : tails of the bill to be solicited on the part of the G cti li s cil ; from which it is evident that all the preca ut l s e which human ingenuity and forethought can d esr f ' ' a r to prevent devastations by fire, are to be adopted. rt o instance, iron is to be used where wood has hi the o p prevailed ; protective walls are to be built on the / f e el between warehouse and warehouse ; a space of sil l ' yards i s to b e preserved in the front of any new ware house ; certa i n restrictions are to be placed 00 the warehousi ng o f goods of a dangerous nature ; dung ea ous trades are to b e prohibited from being f°lleta n iti within a g i ven di stance from warehouses, under cer o r exceptions ; all ware h ouses are to be registered; iOll ters ther e i n are to be licensed, who, it is propose a 'sol be deemed guilty of misdemeanour, if any agar ful a ct " or " negligent omission " is proved 4 0 them. These, w e un d erstan d , are the chief fea tures to ra the bill to b e recommended by the Council. . 8 i se will certai n l y b e part of the bill suggested by the C be' mission ers ; i t will be of trifling amount, (Id. we or lieve,) but we forbear discussing any part of the y tails of t h e i r measure until they have been, as the soon must be, submitted s4o public consideration: o, 0 In a general point of view we have no object t l o t he present, to any of the foregoing details, except atie registrati on o f warehouses, the licensing of porters' the p ower to bring men of that occupation be ligeut criminal tr ib unal for any " wilful act " or "flef. woe' omission." We disapprov e o f th e reg i strat i o n ° C on re' o uld houses b ecause in the event of any casuality it s c throw some degree of responsibility upon the 00' A certific a t e o f the security of the building, w e ll 0 0 1 ' hend, w ou ld follow from the registration, whie ficate would not be given until it had been e xa an d by the surveyor, or some other competent officer; t he de his opinion wou ld , to some extent at least, pie ROYAL LIVER THEATRE. FAREWELL BENEFIT OF MR. BUCKSTONE. rigHIS EVENING, (Friday,) the 24th instant, the Per formances will commence with Al r. Buckstone's Comedy SINGLE LIFE ! OR, BACHELORS AND SPINSTERS. After which, an entirely new Comic Drama, written expresbly for Mrs. Fitzwilli am, called FINE FEATHERS MAKE FINE BIRDS ; OR, OUT OF PLACE. The whole to conclude with (positively for the last time) the late Thomas Dibdin's Extravaganza of HARLEQUIN HOAX; OR, GETTING UP A PANTOMIME. M=11.1.261r1M1V , 1 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 a f fords its proprietors the graqy 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 from "12, Bedford -street South," or the request (although a very unusual one) would have been attended to. The whole of our Tuesday's l impression is sold off. t Riberusol Otanbart. 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 govtrnment 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 he 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 Southam, O'Connor, and others, which, it may be remembered, were, traversed, and are to come on at the ensuing Spring Assizes at Lancaster. If such be the case, we firmly believe, with him, that all the facts, as to the origin and the causes of those " dangerous disturbances" will come out—that much more will be disclosed than will be convenient and pleasing to some people who are at this moment hugging themselves in fancied security, and sufficient to convince the world, if it even do not convince the legislature, of the dan gerous 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 manu facturing districts are boldly set down to the account of the Chartists alone. It will be in tke memory of most of our readers, that the only case in which there was 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 " die- 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 us 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 e Of course it was a minister" th at Si r R o b ert was to be held " i "us ndiv ally resp ons ibl e ;" 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 bef ore t h ey were uttered, th at Si r Robert Peel and every other prime minister o f t hi s country is individually respon sible for the consequences of their policy. But when viewed as an a dj unct to a fierce agitatio n , in which the passions of a suffering people are studiousl ysought be wrought upon to frenzy,—when we have already before our eyes the dreadful calamity by which the doctrine of personal responsibility was so nar. ely exem plified,—then, i n d eed, 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. Cobdens ' speech ; and as suc h we believe that it is viewed b every imparti a l m i n d i n the community. y The Guardian thinks differently, however, and so, it seems, think th e l eaguers of Liverpool, Stock and Manchest er; f or we see that addresses are sport, b up from th ese towns, i n which Mr. Richard Cobden i s e sent condoled with as somet hi ng very like a marty es r ! Y, this furious iti nerant i s to b e complimented upon this new proof of hi s zea l f or f ree trade; and we assured by the G uar di an , t h at the disgust which are the proof in que s ti on h as d rawn down upon him fro other qu ar t ers h as attracte d towards him a mongst the League p ar ty on l y "i ncrease d sympathy and encourage- The Liverpool Times of Tuesday last comens report of a c ase o f a pp ea l, aga i nst an order for m the p a y s - ment of parish rates, with the following quasi -apolo getic reason for its insertion. "On these occasions,"