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to her. The fact no doubt was, Rush himself ha,dinl7p
cepted these letters both ways, and thus caus.,!'_'behil
trangement between her and her friends, to faciliewdoce
own purposes and her ruin. She now felt her doP °of bet
upon Rush, and in the simplicity and confidencesnar6
nature, and her ignorance of the world and its
Eta
soon became first his victim and then his instruroent•, oct
subsequently compelled her to write to her friener_liereill
a way as to repel any attempt on their part to int.°
her welfare. So late as ten days before the raureerdsugh,
again called upon Mrs.. Sandford, and told her her 000
ter was married, and had been in France for six ?AO
with her husband, Mr. James. The inference of
is evident. It would have accounted for her disaTibi
ance, had such taken place, of %Lich there is littlebeeuo
in the minds of-those intimately acquainted with t
of attendant circumstances.
sincem in g_ isuiefmravm;
served.
. yr
nioT,f
uht the
They,
esrctoitlnhl convict
eicnto
remainthi eaevaeot
fb
pecocitcna.
eseth, jrne cebtnuetdt
seeofrn tuts ri;
sufferance. There is same talk of pulling down to
t°
farm, and building another house upon its site,
called, of course, by another name. °le
Mrs._ Jermy and Eliza Chestney, both of whe„deitli
still at Stanfield hall, are going on favourably; 1"
the latter has almost completely recovered• or
During Rush's trial, a tradesman in Norwich
to have placarded the streets with the words Joe
" Rush," and " Verdict," in large type, which. 11(3'70
closer inspection, were found to relate to the Oa/ soli°Oh
for his goods, the rush made to his shop, and the ce4—
ot verdict being returned in his favour.

POLITICAL

MISCELLANY

then e°
The members of Parliament for Glasgow met theibe
stituents privately on Monday, and authenticated. ton
port that a defeat on the Navigation-laws Vest' s
ensure the resignation of the Russell Cabinet. .geoll'
On Tuesday last Mr. Bromley was returned at 1.;
far South Nottinghamshire, in tde room of Colonteo'roagi
leston, without opposition. Mr. Bromley is at a
Protectionist; looking, however, to relief froPesoil"
adjustment of local taxation rather than to a re' a
protection at present. 'nbl7o
NAVIGATION LAWS.—A public meeting of ..-re
tants of Hull (convened by his Worship the .:N!8,1) e
compliance with a numerously. signed requistto-Ilt'
held on Monday, at noon, in the Town Hall, for tillo tie
pose of petitioning Parliament against the rePeBe,osll
Navigation Laws. The meeting was very nnillekb,l

ana respectawy attended, and the bench was c'" noes'`"
merchants. shipowners, and other gentlemen co
with the mercantile interest.
THREATENED RENEWAL OT CHARTIST AGI*,-,Tfir, u'o
Mr. Feargus O'Connor, in his last Northern
dares he will, after Easter, in spite of the " gaggtl
revive. in nersnn_ an nail-Ed-in., 4• Inn -

reviled animal." Mr. O'Connor made a pretY ,
fish of his animal before, as all who remember Oseci)ief.
ster petition exposure must admit. What he will

. -
this year remainst
the amendments made by ther-sbor°,
in Mr. Bouverie's bill have given umbrage to Mr•;,htlis
friends. We always thought that they did not sv;',llor,
registered clergy to be what Sir C. Eardley calls d Do;
above-board" dissenters, and nothing more: an. oR
our suspicions are confirmed. The object of 3fr. 10,
party is to combine the two characters of dissen.„.s 'ft

void the consequences of doing 50

t
out not to be permitted. We observe f
C. Eardley persists, on the authority of a letter °to
Shore's of the 22nd of March, 1849,rr
Mr. Shore ho.iestly avowed himself a dissenter, gnni
nounced all claim to the character of a clergYirn:e
Church, before celebrating the service for which
lob
prosecuted. The reply to this is, that Mr. Shore' it)
after this, in ' in the statemerid

is written pleas to the proceeding
against him, grounded his defence on the express'i'd7rl
tion that he was still a clergyman. So far from abanted
his character of clergyman of the Church, be of° uri_ jar
that he was entitled to that character. With this h Or'
niable fact subsisting, it cannot be said with wit,"
Mr. Shore was persecuted for renouncing his C
chTHE Naracter,
AVIGATION and calling
LAWS.— himself T
On a dissenter
a.hursda .
y Ap,r a-
nj
influential meeting of the delegates from Lis-ETVoI IA
ok r other sea-nrirt frizono ~c*tipti)

alo ac vuil.t."ll --
10,1$
at Fendall's Hotel, Oldni
Palace-yard, for the Puaroollg,„
opposing the repeal of the Navigation Laws. .o.l•ritsv
the meeting partook more of the character of aPi tha
than a public one, the different deputations sent frp'ls,,e.
respective towns came to the unanimous reolution °rid
ing the members of Parliament connected with thesilbeeo
cities, boroughs, and towns from which they I.o„.atio!
sent, previously to the house meeting, and demons"oo
to their representatives the irreparable I/jury whicare
several localities would suffer if the present laws west,
p .aled ; as well as of urging upon them that as the Kit'
ment of Mr. Labouchere in reference to Mr. /381'-enl
the American minister, that America was ready to°dre:ll.l
into a reciprocal treaty as regarded the coasting tr 3 f
been repudiated Mr. Webster, and as none
maritime powers of Europe had either a coasting !r ,e tio
colonies, the advantage would be all on one

therefore, if they had been pledged to suPP;;,,eto.
measure, the repudiation of a reciprocal treaty by 11, to Or
had released them from any pledge so given. ana„
quest them to give their strenuous opposition ''o t°
measure. At four o'clock, a deputation went d° f ii"
the lobby of the house to carry out the object ° .

above resolution_
LP;
THE IRISH MEMBERS AND LORD JOHN RRs-QE
Compliance Willi i.znpd , „
sell, a deputation of Irish members of parlianien'etir!'
interview with the noble lord, at his officio: re-i
No. 10, Downing-street, on Wednesday nnorning; sver°
George Grey and the Chancellor of the Excliegrolitet
also present during the interview. A short-hand,
the
being present, some reference was made by severs `
members to the allegations published that Irish rePr tfire
tatives had given incorrect accounts of what passed °ere!l
interview with Lord Clarendon. These remarks It 05,
elicited from Lord John Russell a reply that WV,
no intentioa to convey any imputation to any one.
objet:
John briefly explained to the deputation, that his,,,ther,
in rPnnwatino their attpndnnra was WV. .;di

at. a ,tiuLoutts tut.. okuLcuutxxatic vraa LU ascerustu •
as a body, the Irish members preferred the rate-Ines to
or an extension of the income and some assessed taslbe
Ireland, as a means of raising the funds necesearY!'n
present crisis. He reminded them that the niotifotiO,
Mr. Herbert, in favour of the latter expedient, " $OO
romp tinder iiisenacinn nn tri,,,,..daY)9,.;,)

requested to know early in the day what course tn. fork
members would generally take respecting it. -01 soriie
ship then retired, but the Irish members remained ptiri
time longer in consultation, and held a second r4e,-,teo'
on Thursday morning, at which a resolution was aOfefie
to the effect that the Irish members would not IP or
themselves to the support of any particular tax to liittf
posed on Ireland, until they were satisfied of her $llOB
to bear increased burdens, and that they were unTeopr
to discuss any such proposal, except in the house (o,d
mons. This resolution was accordingly communicate

the premier by Sir Lucius O'Brien. . 4
f
MR. COBDEN'S ATTACK UPON THE
AnisTocoe'of
Mr. Cobden is quite angry that the House of Con?cesd
won't allow him to declare that the defensive serin O
f
the country ate maintained solely for the sunport°Ao

aristocracy, and is quite delighted that his West
hearers applaud this declaration to the echo. 3
nat. Mr (W.-inn natrara thnt thin nnoriantLs.. th

',lto
if not in the whole, untrue?- Did he ever it:J 3
..,(14
Army List, into the Navy List, into the list of
rift
and decorations ? If he has not done so, he has n°
to speak on a subject which he has not looked inrritil
he has, he must plead guilty to a far heavier chargese
that of ignorance. Does he not know that nine-tentsefAi
the infantry officers, and at least three-fourths of auto °
valry officers, are men of the middle classes ; the s,c)gerf'
merchants, lawyers, doctors, bankers, manufactoe;
clergymen, or old military officers ; that for page' fer
ther in the Army or Navy List the eye wanders °lporr
long and recurring array of every good old Saxon con' ter
place name associated with trade, commerce, and fAr
prise ? Doos he not know that the enormous P.aYst(lfeel
ensign is £9O a-year, and that in the majority of in a
£4OO hard cash has been expended for the llaa°;001
working out this stipend in every vicissitude of ,d, or
and danger? Does he not know that what he lare;
as the magnificent perquisites of a lieutenant-coloofn tb
after all, reducible to some £360 a-year, which,
fromm a majority r t
£l2ooof to
no sxt a2nocoeos hasßu
Butt cases boughtw h
eforre scuornmsroToti
bet
are not purchased, does not Mr. Cobden know that ~,
are given as the prizes of a scientific education, or r op?
ward of long and tried fidelity to the sons of offirios`',l
have bled or died in defending the honour of rinrd,,s 0
It is but a few weeks since many a bosom thrille
sma amney consigned
ga ot
ya wastrsweop
ug l droppedaclhlarzt officersl f over h
Mr.
atcnodeb
tdhetheir untimely
rhhaed d r
ohi ici ss as
sost ,nae sons
to
of men like Pennyeuick and Cureton would aa', zd
trusted with the standards which their fathers cent
conquest and elory.—The Times. ortfot
Parliament having sat for two months, the rebrutv,

current that the pre-sent session will be ;short, );/,
ministers, by no means a merry one. To berm
D'lsraeli's tender phraseology of Thursday nigbt?s
are unwilling to use any expression of harsherieif
respect to the present government. They are all
men of great power ; they are all personally re6,Peptso
men whose characters we esteem and whose ticP:j
acknowledge. They are, moreover, a body of ge.",s
whose existence as a ministry, whatever their failt%
be, is absolutely and indispensably necessary to tlioyil
empire." But it does so happen, that notwiths,o"4oi
the consummate ability of these gentlemen, they '''s„itz;
to prove themselves lamentably incapable, and i" rre,e,
the urgent necessity for their continued existence,!cAl
are offering up on all sides for their speedy a br.oo
cease. Mr. Macaulay did much when he created ‘o)ig
liant halo around the representatives of a principle peOPO,
no longer exists, and eloquently bamboozled there or,
into the belief that the liberties of the subject ' 51141
roughly safe only when guarded by watchmen Wiitg,
in their boxes, and do about as much on their bea of17
last sleepy move of the premier is surely decisi,ve,gio7o
fate of himself and his government. " I can ltre,redgef,
continued Mr. Disraeli, on the occasion above re`ti.a,l,,,
" nothing more ludicrous than a prime ministefor 1.700
tising in the napers, before parliament meets, ortilefer
sixth of the house to come to his residence one ft, 01,
and see what God will send them ; his being reiludere,',,e
with two high members of the cabinet, a private secroPoi
and a reporter—and then sending, through this, ,e Ociet
an accurate bulletin of all that had taken
evening paper, as the latest intelligence." In oust ofa` nli
of,
the notion of, the ludicrous is superseded by ttbpavl /1,41111
ghastly. It is sad and melancholy to see the '1" he"'
den of the state resting upon shoulders that groan ce
the load i
oilte
da" o'l
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moving appeals fo

dr,
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liven.