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the latter words, to vote that. an -humble address be pre-
sented to her Majesty, " praying that her Majesty will be
, graciously pleased to cause an inquiry to be made whether
' the amount of Sunday labour may not be reduced, without
completely putting an end to the collection and delivery of
letters."— (Hear, bear.) •
Sir T. D. ACLA ND would be happy to concur in'the reso-
' lotion as proposed to be amended by his Noble Friend, be-
lieving it to represent justly the feelings of the House.
Mr: HUME was sorry to see such excitement manifested
on a question which ought to be gravely debated. -The pr.-
vious vote, in a House of 140 Members was agreed to hastily
and in consequence of Members being taken by surprise. Be
ticught the opinion of the House ought now to be expressed_
on the triginal motion, as it would always be in the:power of
the Government to institute an inquiry.
Mr. CARDWELL, after baying given a painiul attention
to the-debate, rose to express his opinion ou this subject, as
he represented a cmistituency which, more than any other
perhaps,.had taken an interest in it. He thought the course
proposed by the Noble Lord was one which, in such a junc-
ture, would be approved of by the great majority of the peo-
ple.. It,was one which would tend on the one baud to miti-
gate the inconvenience which would flow from a continuance
of the testrictions, and on the other, to pay a homage to
those religions feelings which had been so strongly expressed
on the subject.
Mr. SCHOLEFIELD dissented from the views which had
been expressed by his colleague (Hr. Muntz), and expremed
his belief that a majority of his constituents were is favour
of the removal of the newly-imposed restrictions.
Lord D. STUART considered that the House was bound
to exprt s,s an opinion at once upon the motion of the Hon.
Member fur Honi on

Mr. DISRAELI did not think the wording of the amend-

merit bad been sufficiently considered.. It ieferred to Sun-
day labour in the Post-office, when in fact there was no
.Sunday labour. They therefore could not address her Ma-
jesty to.mitigate a thing which had no existence, Believing
that tle amendment proposed would stultify the object. in
view, ITh 'suggested that the best step would be to adjourn
the deb/sta. •

Sir GE.ORGE GREY said that if the Honourable Member
had read the whole of the athendment, the inconsistency lie
would indicate would not be found to have any existence.
Of course the amendment had in view the past Sunday labour
in the Yost-office.

Lord J. MANN FRS denied that the motion securing the
present.restrictiou had been carried by surprise.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the original motion
Against it ...
• •". • Majority ...
Oa our
.return to the gallery,
Mr. ROEBUCK asked whether, as it was not likely that
the House would sit many seeks longer, it was proposed to
institute inquiry without further application to the Howe?
Lard JOHN RUSSELL thought the best course to adopt

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under present circumstances would be to leave the matter
to the discretion of the Crown. Lie thought it was com-
petent to her Majesty's advisers to advise the Crown to
make regulations permitting the transmission and delivery
of letters.
Lord ASHLEY wished to know whether he was to under-
stand from his Noble Friend, that supposing the inquiry was
to take six weeks or two months—(Oh, oh, and cries of" One
week")—was he to umierstand that her Majesty's Ministers
intended to act upon-the report without previously communi-
cating their intentions to Parliament?
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that if Parliament was sitting,
be would certainly state to the House the result of the in-

quirt', and the directions given by the Crown in consequenCe.
If Parliament should not be sitting, he certainly thought it
was competent in the advisers of the Crown to issue direc-
tions respecting the delivery of letters.
An HON MEMBER asked what sort of inquiry was in-
tended to be instituted?

LOW JOHN RUSSELL said he could not at present
state the exact mode in which the icquiry would be con-
cluded; but all the means at the disposal of• the Treasury
Ad the Post-office would be employed for the purpose.
"" -The amendment of Lord John Russell was then put from
the chair, when
Lord ASHLEY said, after the explanation the Noble Lord
had given of his intention to take the matter altogether
out of the hano,s of Parliament, he must say, and he said it
with great regret, that it was impossible for him to agree
with the motion of the Noble Lord.—(" Oh, oh," and cheers.)
Lord JOHN RUSSELL reminded the Noble Lord that
his own original motion proposed an inquiry which was
in every respect as vague and undefined as the present.
Lord ASHLEY rose, but was received with loud cries of

" Spoke."
Lord JOHN MANNERS said the Noble Lord opposite
bad reminded him that the motion of his Noble Friend,
which was carried, did propose an inquiry upon this subject.
He would now ask whether it was not the duty of the Go-
vernment, before this time, to have instituted that inquiry,
and to abide by the advice he had given to the Crown till
that inquiry was made?
Lard ROBERT GROSVENOR could not consent to leave
this matter in the hands of the Government, recollecting that
the Chancellor of the Exchequer had on a previous occasion
avowed that Ministers advised the Crown to consent to the
motion of .his Noble Friend, in the hope that thereby the
people, would be tou,ed to petition against it.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said his Noble
Friend had unconsciously misrepresented hhn ; he never usad
any phrase that could bear that meaning.
Mr. PHILIP HOWARD rose to denounce the closing of
the Post-office as a tyrannical measure amidst loud and
continued shoutings, which rendered neatly every sentence
ioaudi'ol _ _

Mr. FORBEb MACKENZIE moved the adjournment of
the debate, but subsequently, at the instigation of some of
his friends, withdrew the motion.
In answer to Mr. PLUMPTHE,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that if Parliament should be
sitting at the time the report was made, he would have no
objection to lay that report on the table of the House, and at
the same time state the advice he meant to tender to the
Crown upon it, so that any Member would then be at liberty
to move an address to the Crown upon the subject..

The House then divided, when there appeared—

... 195
Majority ... ... ... —B3
Several Bills were passed through Committee pro forma.
The other orders of the day were then disposed ot, and the
House adjourned at a Quarter to Three o'clock.

For Lord John Russell's amendment-
Against it

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION.
Sir,—On Monday the Bth, the Mercantile Marine Bi'l
was proceeded with t a certain extent in Commit re.
The rest of the night was expended on the E:xi.lesias-
tical Committee Bill. An obscure subject, on which very
little light can be got by an ordinary intell-ct, from study
of the Bill. The glimmering to be obtained is, tLat
something is t ) be done by the Bill, which the Eccles:as-
tiers] E itablishment would not do of itself; from which
Vie conclusion with many will be, to incline: them to its
support. There seems so little danger of the present
Gorerument doing anything infuriate or rash in that
direction, that average minds will lean ton ards giving it
assi.tance.
On Tuesday was an important debate on Mr. Locke
King's motion for extension of the Suffrage. The
language of the Opposition was remarkable for its osten-
tatious boast, that " not one-tenth of the Liberal side of
the House would be returned on a new election." fhis
is the simple consequence of the nullity of defence made
by the Free Trade party in the 110115. Everything has
been allowed to go there by default; so that the boldness
of the adversary hat been encouraged to a state of
blown recklessness.
The division nevertheless showed a substantial in-
crease of the Suffrage party. 100 voters, msking with
the tellers and six pairs 103, is a strength considerably
greater than has been before exhibited. The Prime
Minister as good as recommended, that a motion to the
effect in hand should be made at the commencement of
the session, when there would be a prospect of its being
attended with success. And it was a biclies in the
Liberal party, that none of them Stood up and closed
with the tempting recommendation of the Premier.
The arguments of the Opposition were peculiarly
feeble. That there were traditions in the English mind
favourable to the preservation of abuse; that England
was a monarchy, and a monarchy was incompatible
with justice; that it was essential to the preservation of
public peace that ono vote of the Protectionist party
should count for ten cf the other's, or which is the same
thing, that one thousand of their voters should send as
many. Members to Parliament as ten thousand of the
others; were the grounds on which they maintained the
indispensableness ci wrong.
The House afcerwards proceeded to Mr. Locke's mo-
tion for an Address to tLe CrOwn, praying for irquiry
whether the amount of Sunday labour in the Post-otliee
might not be tedubeil without completely putting an Auld
to the collection and delivery of letters Ste. on Sundays,
and that pending such inquiry the collection and deli.
very of letters should be continued as heretofore. The
mover and the seconder (Mr. Roebuck) maintained their
case with great ability. Lord John Russell with great
tact moved an amendment, consisting nearly in the
same terms as the other, with the omission of the final
clause relating to returning to the old practice pending
the inquiry; which was finally carried by 195 against
112: " The talent of the Premier in this manner relieved
the country from a dilemma, which was every day grow-
ing more serious, and tending to consequences which
everybody must have finally deplored.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
AN OLD REFORMER.
London, July 10, 1850.

A LADY CUT TO PIECES.—bin accident of a truly
appalling character occurred on the Ycrk and Scarborough
Railway on Thursday last, by which a lady of independence,
named Martin, met with a terrible death. It appeared she
bad been staying at Holdgate, near York, and left her resi-
dence between three and four o'clock, with the intention of
taking a walk along the banks of the River Ouse. Soon
afterwards she was observed by a gentleman walking on the
railway near the viaduct which crosses the stream in ques-
tion, and at the same time a train was approaching at a
rapid rate towards York. She remained evidently uncon-
scious of its coming up, having her parasol before her, and
was walking lei4urely along the permament way between
the line of rails until the engine-driver gave the whistle
alarm, which attracted her attention, when seeing her dan-
ger she turned round and ran back with the intention of es-
caping. Unfortunately, however, the train was too close
upon her, for in the next moment or so the engine struck the
unhappy lady to the ground, and the whole of the carriages,
17 in number, passed over her body. She was dreadfully
mangled ; her body,• in fact, was literally cut to pieces. It
was with much difficulty her person could be identified. Not
the least blame el44ldbe,imputed to the engine driver, who
did Alin his powkr t grevent the occurrence. An inquest
w held on the 'yesterday, and a verdict of Accidental
Death {vas record,
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The most agreeable reunions mvsicales et dansantes
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