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PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS•

EVENING,

(From the Votes and Proceengs of the House of commons )
TUESDAY, FED. 17.
CARRIAGES.
Motion made, and Question put, That leave be given to
bring in a Bill for the of reduction
The House divided the Duty on Carriages."

INIINORITY.....AYES,
Bell, Jacob Ileadlain, T. E. Rushont, Captain
William
Bennet, Philip Rindley, C.
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Clay, James IluraltherY, Ald. Stuart, Lord Collins, Thomas Johnstone, James WakleY, Thomas
Cowan, Charles Newport, Viscount Williams, B'•
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Berkeley, Admiral Una, William stanstia, W. B.
Boyle, Colonel InStanton, W H.
Brocklehurst, John Lewis, George Cl:c Strickland, sir G.
Brockman, E. D. Littleton, E. R. Stewart, Admiral
Brown, W.
John
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Child, Smith Matile, Fox n George
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Brotherton, Joseph Loveden,
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Craig, Sir W. a• Moncreifr
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Dandas, Sir D. Peel, Sir Robert Wood, Sir Charles
Rice, E. it.
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Fordyce, A. D. Scrope, G. r.
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Thicknesse, R. A.
Grey, Sir G. • Smith, Vernon Hayter, W.
Hatchell, John Smith, John
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Brocklehurst, John Loveden, Pryse '4lllvan, Michael
Brockman, EA). 7 3311aaulhoen,,FVoixscount Thompson, Colonel
Thompson, George
Brotherton, T.
Cockburn, Sir A. 31illigan, Robert
Cowper, W. F. Mitchell, T. A.
Craig, Sir W. G. Moncreiff, James Townsh d
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Dawes, Edward , Parker, John TreawnY, J. S.
Deedes, W. Peel, Sir Robert
Denison, Edmund Pigott, Francis 'Sir C.
Duncuft, John Pilkingten. James Wyviii ..-
Dundas, Sir David Pinney, William -Lnarmaduke
Ellis, John Power, Dr.
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Fordyce, A. D. Rushout, Captain
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George Thomas Dunn, Esq., of Bath House.
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choly event happened on Thursday evening last, at D 1 el!i_nr-
Dunn's residence in Newcastle. Mr. Dunn was in his 6i
year, and during the last twenty years was one of the most
active active and conspicuous public men in the north of En land
his services being chiefly connected with the cor_o
Newcastle and the medical charities of the town, poration of
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Word, of the Ist European and Bengal Fusileers, Lahore, had
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blood to the chest, to such a degree that he vomited consider..
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baffled the skill of several eminent medical men, wbo gave him
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DETERMINED SUICIDE.—On Saturday morning,
at a quarter before one o'clock, when Mr. Hintox, land-
lord of the Windmill, corner of Bennett-street and Upper
Ground-street, Blackfriars, went into his skittle ground to
see that all was safe there, he found his potman, William
Shrimpton, aged 31, suspended by the neck, and life quite
extinct. Twice before the unfortunate man had made an
attempt on his life. He had been drinking a great deal,
and at eleven o'clock he took off his neck .tie and threw it
on the tap-room fire, saying he wanted it no more.

I am, Sir, yours very sincerely,
AN OLD REFORMER.

Blackheath, 18 Feb. 1852.

REPRESENTATION OF EAST KENT.
On Monday the nomination of candidates for the re-
presentation of the eastern division of Kent took place
on Barham Downs. The rival c.mdidates were Sir
Brook W. Bridges, Bart., and Sir Edward C. Dering,
Bart,, each professing Conservative principles; the for-
mer, however, having put forward his claim to the suf-
frages of the people upon the avowed determination to
advocate the repeal of the Act for the endowment of
Maynooth, the latter having expressed himelf in less
decided terms on that subject.
Mr. LUSIIINGTON (formerly M.P. for Canterbury) pro-
posed Sir E. Dering as a fitting person.
Mr. J. ABBOT, a tenant-farmer, seconded the nomina-
tion.

Sir N. KNATCIIBULL, Bart., proposed Sir Brook
Bridges.

Viscount MAIDSTONE seconded the nomination of Sir
Brook Bridges. _

The candidates addressed the electors, and on a show
of hands Sir Brook Bridges was declared to have the
majority. A poll was then demanded on the part of Sir
E. Daring. The polling will take place on Thursday and
Friday, and the official declaration of the result will be
made on Monday.

FEBR U AR, [8

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TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD LITERATUR.
IMFOIOI ASSOCIATION. RUTH GAR NETT. 3 Vols. Colburn.
(PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY.)
Sir,—On Moedey the 16th, the most important sub- This is an historical tale of the time of Clearles the
Second, a le, rind So frequently selected for romances
jest was the Militia Bill. Its principal value ia that it it that is semets hat difficult te preserve the originalit
is move. Whether the derails are geod or bed, is a
question subordinate to this. In the panic dread necessary to interest the reader. The present worli,
to giving offence to the French tuurpation which has ! however, is not deficient in novelty and variety 01
taken possession of all minds, the Government must not l events, and though the often evoked shades of the
be. pressed by inconvenient questions. It must be al- I King, the Cavaliers, and the Puritans appear on its
lowed the benefit of Ye assumption, that like the parrot pages, yet they are mingled wile new incidents and
in the sable, it " thinks the more. A subaltern on characters. It is strictly historical. The murder of
picquet woufa be broken, if in corresponding eircura- Sir Edmondbury Godfrey, and the plots of Titus
stances relating to his charge, he had net his mem ready Oatesand
his tee..o p
in Hoes are introduced. There is
to mount, and his divisions told off to meet all possible
- en allusion in one page to the authoress, else it would
contingencies of the enemy's appearing in front or flank,
or as I remember being laughed at gin my pic uetin
precautions to g not be easy to believe that a lady would select
"such
days for taking particular g secure, individuals for description as the denizens of Pug
in rear. It would be of small avail to him to plead, that and Punch-bowl Alley." The hero, Hubert Garnett,
nobody told him which way- the enemy wits cominee— although a Puritan by • education, is not distin-
that it was impossible for him to know twelve no. urs guished by the usual sternness and self-conceit
beforehand what the enemy would do twelve hours of his sect, but he is shown to much advantage by
atterweads,—that ho was ready to encounter any enemy the side of his hard-hearted and unforgiving uncle
that gave him fair notice and time to bridle up, but for and the idle and dissipated courtiers. The title of
anything else he could not be responsible. A court- the work is somewhat incorrect, as Ruth Garnett
martial would make "no bones" of such a man, but -h prominent in the tale as
does not occupy sue. place
double him up as the Emperor of Russia was to be done
un-
at the Peace Society. And so it will be with the exist- her friend Ellen Godfrey, the daughter
ing Government or any Government. They must be fortunate Sir Edeciondbury. The character of Ellen
men entirely unfit for their places, and only waiting the is far superior to that of Ruth, while she is not less
enemy's next move to prove it, if they have not cut and attractive than her companion. The authoress is
dried the orders to be issued and courses to be taken, in evidently well acquainted with the scenes and event
any and all of the events likely or unlikely, which may of the time she describes.
by possibility turn up next week and the week after that.
on the great chess-board of the world.
Distinct allusion was made in the course of the de-
bate, to the report from the correspondent of an omi-
neni Daily Newspaper,that the French army is ordered to
hold itself in readiness for a movement on the 22J; and
intimation uttered, that the most probable object was a
point on Belgium. A report is only a report; but, as
before, as officer is broken who receives a report and is
not in reasonable readiness for its proving true. There
will be no good till a sergeant of dragoons is a member
of the Government.
The speech of Lord Palmerston, was sech as only
England can produce. No touch of unfriendliness to
ancient colleagues, but simply a desire to aid the general
object. When the effects of a sad mistake have been
obliterated by change of circumstances, as may happen
in a fortnight, a powerful Desdemona may set things
right again. Which everybody would be glad to see.
A Government is not to be embarrassed with imper-
tinent questions; and there are certain questions which it
is impertinent to expect to be answered, before the neces-
sity arrives. But Governaent and the community are not
identical; and the public may ask questions and discuss
among themselves. The Government is not a free agent;
it is, in hunting phrase, " mobbed" by men whose advice,
if followed, would have brought the Chasseurs de Vin-
cennes by this time to Charing-cross. Is the system to
be acted on, of having no allies and abandoning all out-
works, trusting to the defence which is to be made by
somebody or other in the citadel? This ia the distinct
theory, of the most dangerous set of counsellors,
and the least capable of taking care of themselves or
anybody else, that have appeared in any country.
Belgium, is a Yorkshire speaking French, and was esta-
blished into an independent kingdom with the direct
interference of the English Government and people. Is
there a treaty or is there not? The Government dare
not say. It would bring a torrent upon them, they are
not prepared to face. And if there is a treaty, is it to
be scraped out by the point of the sword of the first suc-
cessful insurgent in France? The position of the B,1.•
gians is this. They are much divided among themselves;
for a large numerical portion are Catholics, who must do
as the Pope tells them, and the Pope is a card in the
hands of the ruler of France. It is the same game which,
if let alone, will be played a few months hence in Ireland.
But for all this, they are disposed to resist, if they
resisted with any chance of ultimate support. Their
strength, on a wide estimate, may be reckoned at a
hundred thousand men; who of course are not going to
expose themselves to be destroyed by the superior forces
of France, without the prospect of somebody coming to
their assistance. They count something on Prussia, but
more on England. They want to know whether Eng-
land will assist them or not. That is to say, whether
England will assist before they have given way to the
French force, or after. They want to know, for in-
stance, whether England will move three battalions of
the Foot Guards as a first instalment by rail to Dover,
as an intimation of a readiness to help in oc-
cupying Antwerp, 'or anything else that might
be agreed upon, which may be in time this week, but
not next. They do not want to know whether Eng-
land will bluster, and talk of the cowardice of the Bel-
gians, in a Council called the day after the mischief is
done. On all this, the Government may be uttering
secretly; but they dare not in public. The party who
are bent on bringing a foreign force to London, would
go into fits. They have intimated in the House in ex-
press words, that an occupation of Brussells shall not be
a cause of war. They are working in their vocation,
which is to help the French to Brussells. Tories mean-
time are silent; biding their time to raise the cry of
"Incapables." It is as well that somebody should show,
that at all events they went to the bottom with their
eyes open.
On Tuesday, the longest debate was on a proposal
tending to relax the laws of partnership, conveyed in a
motion by Mr. Slaney. Mr. Cobden's speech carried all
before it; and the probability is that something will
finally be done. In which expectation the motion was
withdrawn.

A TY O.IIAN'S JO UR.NEY ROUND THE
WORLD. Office of the .National Illustrated
Library.
This is an unabridged translation from the German
of Ida Pfeiffel. No one can fail to be interested by
the accounts of the remarkable person before us. It
must have been an irresistible determination to be-
come acquainted with the world that could have
induced her to brave so much danger and privation.
Not only did she visit the renowned city or the
crowdad capital, hut her footsteps have been through
the deserts of Asia and the wastes of Russia. She
penetrated to Tahiti and China. It is impossible to
convey an idea of the amount of information that
may be obtained by a steady perusal of this Work.
It is written in a simple and forcible manner, with no
attempt at display and no intention of vain-glorying

THE LIFE OF IAOU-KWANG, LATE
EMPEROR OF CHINA. By the late Mr.
Charles Gutzlaff. Smith and Elder.
There is a melancholy interest attached to this
book, inasmuch as its author and subject have both
passed from the world. The former, already distin-
guished for works on China, died while this last pro-
duction was passing through the press. We here
meet with instruction of an agreeable, and also an
important nature, for the new world so lately brought
under our notice in the far east is certainly one of the
most peculiar in its customs and remarkable in its
transactions. The Emperor, whose life is here
epitomised, appears to have been a very good and up-
right man ; at the same time we are distinctly in-
formed, that he gave no evidence of talents or ,supe-
riority of any kind to render him worthy, in a mental
point of view, for his exalted station. His career was
a miserable struggle to fulfil the simple dictates of a
straightforward mind, and at the same time to keep
to the rules of the absurd etiquette which prevailed in
his court. The extraordinary style of the nation is
demonstrated in the following proclamation of the son
of the departed :
" We have received from our late imperial father, his
Majesty, who has just gone on his journey, our being
and support; enjoying a great nourishing anxious care,
as high and boundless as Heaven. He called to-day the
council and ordained that we should be regarded as the
heir-apparent. We received this decree in anguish and
tears, for we still hoped that, by the utmost and eon-
stunt care of his person, and a temporary cessation of
his burdensome care, his vigour and health might be
preserved. We had barely received his last commands
and regards when his malady increased in force and
violence to the utmost, and he mounted the dragon, and
became a guest on high."

THE LIFE OF GENERAL WASHINGTON,
Written by .Himself. Edited by the Rev. C.
Upham. Office of the National Illustrated Library.
The principal thing to remark in this work is the
fact of its being something different from usual in
its construction. It is by Washington himself ; not
his autobiography but his memoirs and correspond-
ence, as prepared by him for publication, are here
given to the public, together with several original
letters. In thus bringing forward a remarkable
character of the past to speak for himself to posterity,
the editor of this work has better accomplished the
purpose in hand, and thereby has better claims on
our approval, than if, by throwing in his own
opinions and endeavouring to parade his own ideas,
he had proved himself ever so accomplished an author.
All admirers of the American hero must rejoice at
such an opportunity of personal history.

THE SONG OF THE SHOPKEEPERS.
They tell us a war-cloud is gathering yonder,
Whose shadow now lowers o'er liberty's sun—
In its sulphury shroud there are lightning and thunder—
'The tread of the troop, and the flash of the gun.
Above it the vulture—like eagles are screaming,
And threaten to rend us with beak and with claw:
For the banquet of blood are their guilty eyes gleaming,
While hirelings echo the robber-hurrah.

Then let them come on!
Come every elle—
o-headee, and Russian,
Imperial, and Prus3ian—
Though long have our swords peaceful slept in the sheath,
And we've scorned the black laurels of war and of death;
We're the sons of those heroes in scarlet and blue
Who fought at Trafalgar, who won Waterloo.

We are told to be silent—bare sons of the shop—
What to us if the nations be trodden like gra3s?
What to us if the despots wring every drop
From the hearts of their poor tortured helots? Alas!
Be selfish and silent—be sympathy dumb—
Beware how you tempt them—beware to provoke;
Or those tyrants in league and in vengeance may come
And bend every bold Briton's neck to the yoke.
Ha! let them come on!
Come every one—
Two-headed, and Russian,
Imperial, and Prussian—
Though long have our swords peaceful slept in the sheath,
And we've scorned the black laurels of war and of death;
We're the sons of those heroes in scarlet and blue
Who fought at Trafalgar, who won Waterloo.

From our ploughs, and our pastimes, our loves, and our
labours,
If they force us but forth to the red field—ha! ha!
Tho roll of our drums and the ring of our sabres
Shall be loud as their own in the charging huzza.
We fear not the issue—we fear not the strife;
The bayonet's cross, and the death-dealing gun—
Far dearer to us than our peace or than life
Is the proud holy freedom our fathers have won.
Then let them come on!
Come every one—
Two-headed, and Russian,
Imperial, and Prussian—
Thoughe long have our swords peaceful slept in the sheath,
And we've scorned the black laurels of war and of death ;
We're the sons of those heroes in scarlet and blue
ath
Who fought at Trafalgar, who won Waterloo.
Feb. 17, 1852. MAYNE REID.