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      The Tekaxt Conference. A Long Discussion...

      ~~ , - —to she aoneared to he snfftring from jejeBtrjeut _*?— S » e . _waseu * _r ;* . _„/„__ „_ _j _wa 8 at work _^ _edamed _divisum _*^^ _KSv Ihe S inst ., in tbibont tout one o ' clock p . on _Fritoy , the w _^ _SSfatafa * health , « U " _^ Jg * back _ShS _iliir caiir came over her and _** _g _££ _g fefett afelt as if a _< l « _ft- _^ _ff _& Tfew mmites , aud h ( her nfcer nostrils . Sj _* erei _* J _*^ orched _m manner Rfcuudfound her _tonds , a _° d _^ tSthat the stalks of the adescrdeseribed . Sllt ! _!( 180 . ; . j _work were burned to a v notatpotatoes were _shemjw goft and black % t is ccindecinder _, and the woe WOman ' s body which _.. tit it * 1 ia nnrtS _011 " * r . . the = " . j * - i _,. mffi » _wnff fwm _.

      _..- „ _ „ t _thouithongnt _^/* " ~ , " b „ st will mortny . " _-swerewere _affi-cfei _^^ _has following : ~ "A small ri The c _& _rV _^ _Vr ellow colour , and about the size i inset insect , of a ° "f _j / _fLposed by farmers to generate i ofa _« ofa « _kf" _?*» l" nnd it has been ascertained that _i the i the P _» tato d , _Sand bites the stalks immediately _i whei wherever it _; lodges au 1 Wacl _hbcken _-md shrivel up-T FS S _£ _vcfto say the least of them , no ¦ potapotato _duea _^ e _gwg > _^ _^ _i S S _^«^»^ «* ,, »« ta _* and amply suf' _SfcS'S euablc _~ the country to bear a . partial

      dm damage of the crop , however the injury might affect in _ individuals . The Cork Reporter of Saturday has the foil , _following on the subject :- " This morning , a most nil ntelligcnt and trustworthy gentleman told us that in 1 jn the neighbourhood of Blarney , several fields in whi which the symptoms of disease had appeared , have , sini since the rain of ihe last couple of days set in , bes begun to look healthy once more , and the _diseasea sta stalks to acquire new verdure . " ' J Afire , verv destructive in its consequences , broke oui out in Dublin on Monday morning . It was first dis discovered in the shop of Mr . Donnelly , the extensiv sive hosier , in "Westmoreland-street ; and , as it hu "burned with great violence , the inmates were rescu cued with great difficulty , and the flames harm " ex extended to the adjoining P _*^ _^ % J _ . - Exchange Insurance Company , of Lonuon _, they w < were not effectually snbdued untrt the two large oi _ine

      he houses were completely consumed , and some at _adioining ones slightly iniured . The papers of the „ Srance Company were saved , and Mr . Donnelly ' s c _< concerns were , it is said , ampVinsured-A destructive fire broke out in the _tvanturk _*? -Workhouse on Friday evening week , by which ma fi few hours the entire building of the main house , the d dining hall , kitchen , bake-house , " f _* " _^ art 0 of thi southern wing was burned . to . the ground , _1 nothing left of this Sue building but the _walls-a r _partofthebeddwz _^ _ssaxed ;; no lives lost The I fire was accidental , and the budding is insured . The funeral ofthe Earl of Dunravcn took place t on Saturday , the remains of the deceased nobleman 1 _ > _in ° deposited in the mausoleum erected by himcelfmAdarechurchvard . Over 4 , 000 persons are _« _iid to have assembled to pay the last tribute to his

      memory . Lord Adarc , now Earl of Danraven _, has arrived _' at Adare Castle . A great storm aad hig h tide took p lace last week in tbe Lower Shannon . The tide overflowed some embankments and committed extensive ravages in the district near the new road in course of construction to _"Mungret . Eleven eonvicts coder sentence of transportation effected tbeiv escape from the gaol of Maryborough lost week , and none of them have yet been arrested . Tue Habtest . —The accounts of the potato aic sencrallv Jess unfavourable ; but some , from Tip-Serarvand Wexford especially , are qatie < * „ heart-& aa ° ' A letter from Xcnagh _says-p" The potato ( Wis more than half gone in this neighbourhood . On the other Laud , a letter from _Macroom mentions that the potatofieldsin thatquarter , since the heavy « _in are airain wearing a healthy appearance . Tbe

      Cork _Reporter has an account to the same eBeet ftX Bbrney , _^ here , * _i- _stated , " several fielos in which the symptoms of disease had appeared have since the rain of the last few days begun to look healthy once more , and the diseased stalks to acquire new verdure . " Altogether the reports are more favourable than might have been expected , as _regards the cereal as « vell as the potato crops . "Wheat is deficient in most parts of the southern and midland counties ; but appears to be a pretty fair crop in Down aad other northern couuties . Oats are everywhere a very fine crop .

      Suicide of " a Miutart Officer . —Col . Beauchamp , an officer of long and distinguished service in the Peninsula , fcut for some years retired trom the army , committed suicide at an hotel in "Gawsonstreet , on Sunday last , in a fit of temporary insanitv , prodaced bv a severe attack of erratic gout . "Beat Head Estate . —The mansion-house of Mr . _Putland , at Bray Head , with forty-seven acres of land bas been purchased for £ 7 , 500 by Miss Ball , aster to Judge Ball , who is at the head of the Loretto Convent , at Kathfarnham , near Dublin . is

      The Tacasi Ihish Peerage . —Lord Dunsany a candidate for the vacancy in the representative _peerage , caused by the death of Lord Dunraven . Repeal Association . —This body met on Monday at Conciliation Hall , Alderman "Moran ( lord mayor locum tenens ) presiding . —Mr . John O'Connell , in addressing the meeting , said the attention of the country was taken up by the Tenant League . It was likely to wield a fearful power ; and , without _nieaaiu '' to insinuate that it would use tbat _influeneefor evil , a great responsibility would attach to it . _ e _*** natdedtt * u _ elf from saying that , from

      anything that had as yet occurred in the proceedings ofthe Tenant League there was danger ; but , _recollecting the consequences of the past , he was anxious to impress upon the gentlemen connected with tbat body that tbey ought rather to err on the side of caution than otherwise . He then alluded to the recent meeting ofthe League , the tone of whicb he praised highly . It should receive every possible aid from that Association in getting up petitions , in the circulation of tracts , and in the details of constitutional agitation . —The rent for the week was £ 9 14 * . 7 < L _ _ .

      Attack ox a _Ckbgtmas . —On Sunday , during ihe performance of Divine worship in the Mariners ' Church , Engstowa , a woman , whose name was subsequently , ascertained to he Sarah Adams , entered the church mentioned , and took her seat near the reading desk . In a short time after she stood up and _« sclaimed , while the Rev . John Massy was reading , " Silence , sir' . "Why do you lead the people astrav , having no sacrifice 1 " and rnshing ou suddenly , she made a blow at h „ head with a stick , which he avoided by a sudden movement She made three other blows at him before she could be seiied _Tinon . when she was removed from the church in the constableThe

      custody of a . congregation was greatly alarmed , and the worship was interrupted for a considerable time . She was brought up in custody on Monday before Mr . Wyse , at the policeoffice , Kingstown , when npon the examination of witnesses itwas ascertained that she was labouring under the effects of insanity . She pleaded guiltyuttered some _insoherent sentences evincing disappointment at not accomplishing the act she intended to perpetrate , and on the information of the Rev . Mr . Massy , who only desired to have her placed under protection , she was committed , with the view to her removal to a lunatic asylum . She declared she was a Roman Catholic , and had a mission to

      Toot out error . ExEctmox . —The , execution of Christopher , for the murder ofthe bailiff ( Hogan ) at Eagle-hill , took place at Ballyhrickeh . The culprit ascended the place of execution ( accompanied by the Rev . Messrs . Tracyand Kent , the sub-sheriff and governor ofthe gaol , « fec . ) with a firm step , and addressed the people in front of the platform . He spoke in tbe Irish tongue , and stated in effect that he was ao niors " guilty of the crime , for which he was then about to suffer , than the reverend gentleman who attended him ! lie then knelt and prayed , stood up again ; asked if his brother and other relatives were there , and told them to haye ho malice or ill-will to his prosecutors . ' The hangman then

      adjusted the rope , put a white cap over _lus features , _ptmeAthe fatal bolt , and in a moment . Christopher was launched into eternity . A soldier fainted daring the time . _; - Rescue of Cattk seize © "fob _Rest ' - _^ _Oh _JVidsylast , Mr . Thomas Scully , J . P ., with a party of _baili _ y _ sde a distress for rent oa _hisjtenants at Gnrtnagap , _nearTuIIaroane . He was proceeding to drive a number of cows to pound , when the tenants made a dash npon them , and carried : off the cattle , in spife . ofthe _bailiffe . —fflixhny Moderator . Moee ExTEBiiisAiiox . —The _iimenci Reporter contanis _^ the following :-On Saturday last . : the rH _^ L ? X * .- Ir _! ncI * ' Est _l- ' of _Hh _® _Gascoigne , vi ) _vii

      v « uwc _. w , accompanied by his levellers , demohshed the house of Michael Hickey _, of Tiermore , parish" of Ballmderna , and turned himself and chldren out upon the world . They next visited the dwelling of James Riordan , near the red bog , wliich they were also about to throw down ; but the &_ iff had the _humanity to desist when-if was fcaown'that Riordan _s wife was lying _fr _fcer _^ medical man was sent for from Kilfinan , who declared her unfit to be removed ; and consequently she has been suffered to have the shelter ofher own house for the present at least . Riordan has" eight or nine helpless _ebUdren , ; and bis famil y h _& % been living for over _acentury oh those lands .

      Shaoneared To He Snfftring From Tremendo...

      i August 17 , 1850 . the NORTHERN STAR 7 1 ' 1 / Ant ¦ ¦¦ : ¦ " ¦ _--. _' ¦ . — : " - _¦ - '' . ' " ¦ ' > _¦»' ' _" — ' ¦ _" - »

      Tebmisatios Of Ihe Gohhaji ^ Casbv—The C...

      Tebmisatios of ihe _Gohhaji _^ Casbv—The costs of both parties in this case " would have been sufficient to huild and endow twenty churches of the - size of Brampford Speke _^ Sir _Etzroy Kellyi ~ M ; P . ' , alone , r hasi had three , separate retainers of 500 hundred ' gaiheaa each , besides' cdnsnltation _^ ee 3 _,-wfaich will bring up bis share to nearly £ 2 , 000 . _^ _^ _HfJ _^ _^ 'J _^ _^ whole eosfsare upwards _olMM-. Jt _« , however , _prettydearithat the B _^ op . of _& eter and the Rev Mr . Gorham are _hdttheactaialpiirtifes who are . to bear the brnnt of _^ _the batt _} e . _^ _ixmmeynt may be presumed , _b-w _^ _eeenproYided by the . Wgh . and low church parties .

      Tremendous Conflagration At • Gravesend....

      TREMENDOUS CONFLAGRATION AT GRAVESEND . The most destructive fire that has ewr occurred at Gravesend took place on Sunday mornin * . The particulars , as far as tbey could be ascertained from the most authentic sources , are as follows *—At _atoutfivemmutes past 2 o ' clock a man , who stated _^ _"SfS S . R k _» _^ led at tbe station-house , and said that he had just seen smoke issuing from the window of a houseclose by , in High-street . Penman went to the spot indicated , and saw a flame ourstiBg from beneath the weather boarding above the kitchen window of the house of Mr . Adlin ton , grocer , High-street . He immediately gave the aJarm , and in a very short space of time the town engines , together with those of the _Cnstnm-hnnse _^ TREMENDOUS CONFLAGRATION ' _T'P

      « _T _» . _^* ane ' ( the mayor ) brewery , were on the spot , and a supply of waterfrom the mains of the water-works having been promptly got , every effort was made to subdue the fire , which by this time had extended itself to Ihe house adjoining Mr . Adlington s . The wind blew rather fresh from tbe southwest , sweeping the flames over the houses down the High-street towards the Town-pier . The engines , though well worked and abundantly supplied with water , gained no influence over the fire , which had at about three o'clock extended to seven houses on that ( the western ) side ef the street . The engine from Tilbury fort , accompanied by a body of troops , having now arrived , more vigorous , but equally unavailing , efforts were made to stay the further progress of

      the fire , which had at soon after three o ' clock crossed the street , seizing first upon the extensive premises of Mr . toong , butcher . From there the flames spread to the houses all down the eastern side oi the street , including the County Bank , the Savings Bank , the Kent Tavern , Brinchley ' s Distillery , & c . The nig h-street on both sides from the Town-hall downwards to within a short distance of the Town-pier was at four o ' clock completely enveloped in games , which , when they involved the premises of Mr . Iroughton , tsllow-ehandlcr , and an oilshop and chemist ' s shop contiguous to it , farmed an awful conflagration . At this time all hope of preservinga single house between the Town-hall and the pier was abandoned by all parties , notwithstanding that the

      Dartford and Rochester engines arrived , and a prodigious volume of water was discharged on the whole line of burning houses on both sides ofthe street . There was fortunately sufficient time to ssre the cash-boxes and the securities and other documents of the County and Savings Banks , which were taken to the Custom-house , all the officers of which were actively _engaged with the military , police , and townspeople in working the engines . Comparatively little property was saved from the fire , whieh , between five and sis o ' clock , had completel y destroyed twenty-four bouses ( as tbe annexed Jist wiJl show ) on both sides of High-street , independently of several houses in Princess-street , and the _bourts leading oat of High-street , between the Town-hall and the

      Pier . A telegraphic communication from the , railway-station , at the instance of the Mayor _( Mr-Piane , ) having been made to the London-bridge station , a body of Fire-brigade and two engines were as soon as possible despatched from London , and arrived in Gravesend at about twenty minutes to seven o clock . The work of destruction was then done , thefire having been providentially stayed in its progress down the High-street , and extending backwards to Princess-street , by a change of wind to the north and westward at six o _' cloek . The assistance of the brigade , with tlviir powerful engines and _practi-ed skill , was , however , effectual in suppressing the fire still bursting forth from the mighty mass of ruins—a ! l that remained of the property

      destroyed , and whicb is calcalated to amount in value to £ 60 , 000 . The houses were insured , with the exception of those of Mr . _AdJington ( where the fire originated , ) and of Mr . Bay , chemist . , They were almost all shops , aud well stocked , and , in fact , were the principal houses of business inthe town . Those tolallv destroyed are , on the eastern side of High-street—Mr . Spencer , chemist and druggist , the principal establishment of tbe kind in the town ; the Kent Tavern , recently purchased bv a Mr . Temple , from London * , the shop of Mr . Barber , hairdresser ; of Mr . Butcher , pastrycook and confectioner ; the County Bank ; the Savings Bank ; the shop of Mr . Hay , bootmaker ; ditto of Mr . Cramp , butcher ; ditto of Mr . y oungbutcher *

      , , gutted the Commercial Coffee and Dining-rooms , ami extensively damaged Brinchley ' s Distillery , and the shop of Mr . Crofts , grocer . Oa the west side of High-street , the shops of Mr . Adlington , grocer ; Mr . Gregory , Hnendraper ; Mr . Penwick , draper and tailor * . Mr . Kemp , hatter ; Mr . Pitman , grocer ; Mr . Barber , leather : cutfer ; Mr . Read , tobacconist ; Mr . _Troughton , tallow-chandler ; Mr . Huttoh , linen-draper ; Mr . Newman , bookseller and stationer ; Mr . Jerry , eating-house keeper ; Mr . Day , chemist , were totaly destroyed . The honse of Mr . Saunders , surgeon , was considerably damaged . In Princess-street , at the back of the western side of High-street , and in the courts off High-street ,

      within , the range of the fire , there were destroyed fourteen residences , several workshops , coachhouses , stables , and other out offices . Inthe early part of the day it was rumoured that Mr . May , bootmaker , was missing , and thata man who sells crockeryware about the town as a hawker was killed in endeavouring to escape from a house in Princessstreet , in which he lodged . The first statement proved to be unfounded ; and it appears in reference to the hawker , that the poor man had suffered severe bodily injury , having fallen down a burning staircase . He was removed to the workhouse in a dangerous state . The insurance offices which will be the principal sufferers are , as we learn , the Kent , the Sun , and the Phenix .

      The loss by this terrible fire , as estimated by the surveyors of the various London insurance companies , who were engaged the whole ofthe day inquiring into the amount of property destroyed is i £ SO , 000 . The principal offices that will suffer are the following : — Kent Fire-office , £ 10 , 000 ; Globe , £ S , 000 : Royal Exchange , £ 3 . 000 ; Alliance , £ 8 . 000 ; Norwich , Union , £ 7 , 000 ; Phoenix , £ fQQQ % Mutual ,- = £ 0 , 000 } West of England , £ 5 , 000 ; Star , £ 3 , 000 ; Commercial , £ 2 , 000 ; making £ 65 , 000 . The general body of tradespeople and inhabitants of the town are loud in . their complaints against the _corparatioa in not having an efficient corps of firemen and engines established after the warning they received by . the two previous fires which , it will be recollected ,

      consumed the' greater part off' the lower portion of Gravesend . It is the general opinion ef the inhabitants of tbe town , that had the corporation telegraphed for the London engines when the fire was crossing High-street , instead of waiting three hours , which was actually the case , a very large portion of the property wonld have been preserved . The largest building amongst the premises burned down was used as the London and County Bank . It occupied much ground on the east side of High-street , close to the Town-hall , and with its contents was insured for £ 10 , 000 . The clerks succeeded in saving the whole ofthe books , cash , and papers belonging to the bank . On Wednesday a protracted inquiry took place before Mr . J . Plane , the mayor , Mr . R . 'Oaks , and

      a full bench of magistrates , at the Town-hall , Gravesend , ' regarding the recent loss of property by fire . A vast amoant of evidence was taken , and all the statements went to show that thefire broke out at a mueh earlier period than has been represented in the accounts that have appeared in the public journals of the accident , ' and establishing a most important fact—that the conflagration could have been easily checked , had the . police and local firemen been enabled to engage auxiliaries to assist them ; instead of which , the labouring portion of the inhabitants refused to Work , at the engines oh the grounds that they were not remunerated for tbe work _^ they had done on the b _ccasioqs of . the two previous fires in the _towhi fit was a matter

      of . much difficulty to decide from : the * statements where and on whose premises tho fire originated . Mr . Adlington , thegrocer , stated he was positive the fire did not originate in his premises , but in the shop of Mr . Read , a tobacconist , whichi adjoined . The premises were a kind of double house , a mere lath and plaster partition separting . the two dwellings . He added that when alarmed he went ! into his shop and distinctly saw' the flames issuing through the partition from Mr . Read ' s shop , Mr . Headj the tobacconist , refuted the allegation made by Mr . _Adlinstbn . " and called his wife and

      a young man ; who slept"in tho house on the night in qnestionV -Both asserted'that Mri Read's ' shop was perfectly free from fire . at _| the ' time Mr ,. Adlington _' s shop was in a complete hlazo . A number of persons who were on the spot [ it , the time ' the alarm was raised , spoke for each party .. It was difficult , however , ' to form an opinion where , the fire , actually ' commenced . ' At'the " ctbsef of the evidence , the chairman , said that , after what had transpired it would be useless . for the coroner to proceed _withal _inquiry as it would answer no end , but . impose a serious expense upon the borough ' The court then broke up . ' . ; , ';

      Afweaksess Of.The Cs_1 Axd Asthma Cubed ...

      AfWEAKSESS OF . THE _CS _ 1 _AXD ASTHMA CUBED BT Rot rowAx _' fl Puis— -Copy of a declaration of Mr . Zeitsen , of " _Symegen , in Holland , dated 20 th January , 1850 : — ' I , the imdersignedV declare that I have been perfectly " cored ofa weakness of the chest and difficulty of breathiDg , by fiie use of Holloway ' s Fills . I had heen asufferer for yearv and Was unable to get the least relief from the various _remedies Itried , ' until I tookf these , inestimable Pills ; and I invite all who may be similarlyafflicted to uge ' _thesame Kmedy without delay . ' Signed , _CZerisEf . - They hay be taken in all cases of old coughs' colds , - and astinnaticaV

      S _ s DisEASESr _^ -The numerous diseases termed 'Skin inseases . ' to wliich the _lmmaufirame is liable—creating annoyances andf compelling privations , of the most palnfal ana harassing description _^ -have ever , beea held by the acuity to be the most difficult to cure . ' Indeed , various a » ve „ m _ ere _ ediesresorted to in'thepnbHc and pnw _^ _"'**** ' *' - *?• _^ -Profcsssion _^ without any onehaving _S _, _? f _fT *? _« t » « 5 * r < " <* re in its mode of operation or ceriSLi o _^ . _ten _^ effects .. _ or eruption of the skin the _SLT- _^^ t' _*^ 83 _'Frahmton _' sPfll offHealth , ' Sn _^ Ml - * 1 * r _^^ t _^ _ataat for - effecting a _oSi _^ _c « re , but so exceedinglymMdinits _SSSS * ?*• * m delicate'female ' .-an / _chaarenof ttemost tender age , may take _this . ajedicine ffjth perfect

      Bo P°Sn^^Wj H - -Mr: Charles Pearson's F...

      BO ° _Sn _^^ _WJ _- -MR : CHARLES PEARSON'S _FAREWEIiL ADDRESS . On Monday evening a large number of persons assembled _^ the Horns Tavern , Kennington , to hear the address of Mr . Charles _Tearson ou his retirement from tho representation of the borough of Lambeth . Mr . John Doulton in the chair , supported by Mr Pbarsos , Mr . AlOBBSUH _SlDNBI , M . P ., Mr . D . Winn , and many other of Mr . Pearson ' s friends and supporters . -pnpmmr _... _^— .. _ . _-- . :

      Tbe Cilukjun _, m opening the proceedings , stated that during the time Mr . Pearson ' had occupied a seat in the House of Commons , his mind had been more especially directed towards a reform of the prison discipline , and his opinions not only npon this subject , but also upon others to which he had devoted his attention , had always been upon the right sido . Ho had promised , when he was returned as the member for this _boroughyto come before his constituents at the end of each session , to give an account of his stewardship , and to answer any questions that might be put to him . There had heen no occasion , however , for him to adopt this course , and he now appeared before them , in consequence of ill health , to resign the trust which the electors had reposed in him , and to bid them farewell . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . _Peabso _** then came for ward , and was received with enthusiastic cheering . He stated that the few preliminary observations which the chairman had thought it necessary to address to them , would relieve him ( Mr . Pearson ) from one portion of his duty on this occasion—viz ., to assert that during the period that he had the honour of holding a scat as their representative he had directed his energies in the right channel , and that he had not swerved in the sli ghtest degree from the professions he had made when he solicited their suffrages . ( Hear , bear . ) He now earnestly courted any question that any gentleman might think proper to put to him . He felt that it was a very important relation which had subsisted _between him and the electors of

      Lambeth , for a period of three years . That relation had now terminated ; but he might , perhaps , at some future period again present himself to this or some other constituency ; nnd how could any servant expect to get a new place unless he obtained a good character from his last master ? ( Hear , and laughter . ) He confessed that although nothing had occurred to compel him to appear beforo them , he courted investigation precisely in tho same way as if he were again soliciting their favours . "When he came into this house a letter had been placed in his bands from a gentleman , stating that he ( Mr . Pear son ) had obtained a situation under government , aud that although the fact had been concealed , it would by and bye peep out . Now , ho bemred to s ' av

      that if any gentleman had heard this report , or any other report respecting tho cause of his retirement from the representation of this borough , he should be obliged by his putting to him any question whieh might suggest itself to his mind . ( Hear , hear . ) The real motives which had influenced him were stated in the farewell address which he had published , and if there was any person present who entertained any ill feeling towards him , he should be thankful if he would express it , in order that ho . might have an opportunity of giving a reply ; as ho was anxious that his valedictory address should be delivered to those whom he might look upon as his friends . ( Hear , hear . )—Mr . Pearson then resumed his seat to await any questions which the electors might feel

      disposed to put to him , and , after a pause of a few minutes , he continued his _address .- _^ They appeared to be all on one side , and he was happy to find that they were on his side . He would , therefore make his observations as brief as possible , and , at tho same time , as much to the purpose as possible . His resignation had excited some surprise , and ho was much afraid that this indicated that the state of morals in Parliament was at a very low cbfe . Laughter . ) When he presented himself before this constituency ho gave tbem a particular pledge , which ho bad since fulfilled , and this had excited surprisel His friend in the chair had stated that he promised to appear before ' the electors at the close of each session , and he implied that he had

      not . done so , as it was hot necessary that he should . Kow he must remind them , that his friend had not done him justice onthatpoint , for he ( Mr . Pearson ) had appeared before them according to promise , and had on _severaloccasibns received the approbation of his constituents . He had since found , however , that his health had failed him , and he felt he could not hold the position of solicitor to the corporation / and at the same time continue to ho the representative of Lambeth . ( Hear , hear . ) He had movcd , _ in tbe House of Commons , for a committee to inquire into the prison discipline of this country , and the hotise promised that a committee should be appointed . He , therefore , determined not to resign his seat last session , but to remain in Parliament

      another year , in order that he might appear before them at a time when he should be enabled to state tbat he had fulfilled the promise he had made to them when they chose him as their representative . ( Hear , hear . ) Ina speech which his delivered on the 15 th May , 1819 , he publicly declared his f intention to resignhis seat when the' committee , for which he had moved , should make their report . That report having been made , he had tendered his resignation . But he did not stand upon this circumstance alone . It might ; be recollected , that ; when he stood npdn the platform at the dav of his election , in the presence of Mr . Hawes and W . _D'Eyncourt , he stated , in allusion to the subject of triennial parliaments , that he thought it would bo much

      better if , instead of wasting all their energies in the endeavour to get what they could never obtain , they would put the principles in practice by resigning once in three years . ( Hear , hear ; and laughter . ) He now stood before them probably the only man living who had practically carried but the principles of triennial parliaments . ( Hear , hear . ) On tbe 29 th of July , 1847 , he became the representative of this borough , and on the 25 th of July , 1 S 50 , he had issued an address ; tendering his resignation ; so that ho had occupied . his seat in the House of Oommons exactl y three years ; and he had fulfilled those duties which he had promised tbf discharge when he solicited the honour of being returned . If , under these circumstances , any surprise had been

      expressed at hts having resigned , it must he because it was unusual for persons in , a similar position to carry oat the pledges they made to their constituents . Huring the time he had been in Parliament he had always acted up' to the principles . he professed , and he would ask any man if they could find a single vote recorded in his name which was inconsistent ' with those principles ' . He had always advocated the extension of the suffrage ; and the shortening ofthe duration of parliaments' ; He had been a warm supporter of the principles ; of civil ahd religious liberty to the utmost extent wliiobf any individual could desire —( hear , hear ) -and he had also advocated'the most perfect freedom in the exercise ofthe elective franchise ; 'He had voted on every ion in

      occas a manner ; fayburablo , to thoso objects , but he had voted upon still more , important questions—viz . ; " for every ' hhprOvement . in ; our social condition . Hehad sided with those who had striven to check extrava ' gantexpenditure , andtp promote by all means a just economy in all departments ofthe state . His great object was to get a reform in the criminal code by means of the application '' of a sound system of prison discipline , and ( as hehad observed in the _address which he had published ) although his exertions had not been crowned with the immediate success " which * his enthusiasm ' had pictured , he verily believed that in the character of their representative he had been enabled , in co-operation with other honourable members , to lay the foundation' of

      a rational system of prison discipline ; which would prove at once deterring and reformatory , penal avid humane , -and . which , while-it'was calculated to improve the'mental and- physical condition of our fellow-creatures , would -save the ratepayers' some hundreds of thousand _^ pounds . - ( Hear ;) He was quite satisfied that a system of prison discipline might-be established , by which useful i ; ahd productive labour would ; be at ; i once the"iiistrunient of punishment 'and reform ; and which woiild' compel the idle ; the _vicidusf-and the- profligate of this country to mamtain themselves without tbeebst of a single shilling to the ratepayers , and enable' them to take their station- 'in society _^ -instead of oscillating between plunder " and prisonl 'This ' was the end

      he had _' beett _? endeavouring to accomplish ;' , and he would continue to do sofor the' remainder of his life . ( Cheers , ) - Infhis address to the . electors , - he spoke ofthe expenditure ofthe public money in the prison at'Peritonville ; and between the year 131 G and _the'preseht * time he' had done' a' great' deal _| towards reducing that expenditure ; *' ¦ Tha last report of the condition of that prison showed a great reduction in the * expehditure , ' ahd at the same time air improvement in _thedisciplihei It appeared that at the present- time' _£ 6 , 000 less ' was spent' upon . the _prisonertfftaking'the average at 600 ) at _Pentoriyille than in the _je ' ar 1847 . ; ( Hear ; - hear . ) The / experience he hangained'during that period he had been engaged 'in'folldwin _" " * out 'this subject had convinced him that there wasno use . 'ih opposing "institutions in the aggregate , but that each man' should ' lay hold of one ,-and exert ' _allhisfenergies to _caray out such

      reiorms as he raight _. taittK desirable . ( Hear ; hear . ) This had _^ be ' eri his feeling with ' regard'to the question ; of prison '• _disciplined : Novr it might be asked why he _hadTesign ed his seat , f seeing that no complaint had _hMn ' made ; _Sgains { him ; whi / sfc ' - cdhv plamtsihad heeu made ' ' _^ not resign :- ( Laughter . ) His clients of the ' eorporation of London did ' not complain * of him ; ' ( Noi ) His constituents had not complained of hiin . ( So . ) Then' why should' he '' go ? ;; * '_ is 'answer was very p lain . ) Ho ' had ' stated that if he found the -two offices incompatible-ho would resign ;' and h 6 'had therefore determined to do so as soon as the 'Repbrt of . the Committee on Prison ' 'Dis 6 ipline should be published .. Some people complained-. that he-had not given , notice of Jus intention to _. _retira- ; ' bufc'he would assnre those persons that he had Adoptedthab course which he considered most consistent witbihis dul y * Hehad not _whisperednwbrd-of lijaTdetermi _* nation to resign until bis address was published

      Bo P°Sn^^Wj H - -Mr: Charles Pearson's F...

      irSpai , 8 r _? , * in ( i in the form ofa placard , _™ . _Sv t e able aU _elates of people to become acquainted with the fact at one and the _Xt & ? _' ) He ho P they would now dE _? _he ° _w " _*> yto _* » fi t « eir good . wishes . _Sinhtv J _^ - cIeQ - he h _& d _stained from £ lvL r _Vim the Proceedings , and the same im _, ld J _notn feehD _^ _y hioh had _t _*™ actuated him _Zl _?? _£ meat , him fl ' om expressing . any _opi-SK 8 _S ? _T ' He had beetl _«« Wyears _Std _^ an un P offlcei _' . _™& _' f after a certain _Ssi , « •?¦ , °° P « w * K « should think fit to honour , iri « _tS « S it _* pmion > or t 0 _S h [ mih 0 assistance ofa deputy , he might again endeavour Ho wonld ° r _? rK hament * ( _•*« . _»»«* . and laughter . ) awarded to him and hold a seat in _nariirmon * hut . ..

      to oe _canum , he had not been sufficiently careful in Ins early days , and therefore ho must remain in harness some time „ Qgw . He did not hesitate to say _^ _iTflfl" ! J i _* rHamcn , his expenses increased and hsrecepts decreased , so that at the end ofa year ho found ho had gained £ 300 less than he had S ? , miSu ° _-m 0 f _Miwaenf " He left the borough of Lambeth with great regret , but he had tendered his resignation because he felt himself impelled to uo SO oy an Overwhelming necessity . They had conferred upon him a great honour in electing him their representative , and ho should retire froin the trust because he felt he was no longer able to discharge its duties efficiently . As Byron had observed , lt w _, ? , veVT , difficult to pronounce tho word " Parewelland

      ; before he Mr . ( Pearson ) attempted to do SO ho would sit down , in order that an opportunity might be offered to those gentlemen who had entered the room since tho commencement of his speech lo make any observation which they might think necessary . ( Cries of "No , no , " and cheers , amid which Mr . Pearson resumed his seat . ) Mr . E . Boulton then proposed a resolution to tbo following effect : _—'* That tbis mooting highly appreciates the honourable conduct of their late reprcsentat _. ve , Charles Pearson , Esq ., who , while enjoying tho full confidence of hia constituents , has resigned into their hands the trust they have reposed in him , when he felt himself unable from ill . health to discharge its duties satisfactorily to himself . "

      Mr . J . Baiwudm seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Alderman Sidney , M . P . _; and Mr . D . W . Wire , respectively addvessou tbe meeting , eulogising Mr . Pearson ' s conduct as tho representative of the borough . A resolution was thon passed , to the effect that Mr . Pearson bo respectfully requested to have his address printed , and circulated amongst the electors . Mr . _Pbahson said he should havo much pleasuro

      m acceding to the request which had been made in this resolution , although it would not bo a light task , considering thafc ho was an extemporaneous speaker , and only spoke according to the dictates of his heart . Tho hon . gentloman then addressed a few concluding words to the electors , and having bid them " farewell , " retired . A resolution ' was afterwards passed to- the effect that the meeting pledged itself to support Mr , Pearson in any endeavours he might make to carry out a reform in prison discipline ; and thanks having been voted to the chairman , the proceedings terminated .

      '• ' _ Emigration To Australia. Mr. Joun...

      '• ' _ _EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA . Mr . JoUnLunn , a printer , who emigrated from Lincolnshire in September last , and arrived at Adelaide , South Australia , on the 12 th January _^ gives a loss prosperous account of the prospects for emigrants who are not mechanics or'form ' , labourers , than previous writers . In a letter , dated ' a month after his arrival , he says , speaking of the voyage ( ih the ship - Douglas ) , ' " . yearly all the passengers were attacked with cholera and diarrhoea , and twenty-six died , ono of whom . ' was brother to-Hr . Adcock , printer , of Melton Mowbray ; bis son also was near dying , but has just recovered . After landing , I called upon Mr . Edw . Woodroffe and Miss

      Bigg , formerly " of Stamford , and at Mr . "W . _'shouse I saw the Stamford Mercury , " Speaking , of the state of Adelaide , he says : — The place is inundated -with emigrants . Some of them are persous who held respectable situations in England , such as head clerks in lawyors' offices : here they only get 30 s . a week , and _under-olerks-Us' to IBs . a week , and ' find' themselves . There are gentlemen ' s sons hero who ave . actually driven to . become _bullock-drivers ; there are men in the Bush working on farms for 6 s . and 8 s . per week with mi ions : one of my fellow voyagers- bad a' situation offered Wm to take the management of a large farm ' , and he staved when the mas ' tei' told him that he would give him £ 26 and his rations ,: The only parties wanted here are carpenters ; bricklayers , masons , and joiners , but these will all be pulled down in their wages _. fov the place swarms

      with Germans , who work for 2 s . Gd . a day , amU'hnd ' themselves . Shipsfare still'arriving frbni England / and Germany ; and when I tell you that the _plnde ( meaning the cit _< of Adelaide _) _isvevy much like Market Deeping , you may guess its extent .. There is only one street at present , with straggling little wooden houses at the ends of the proposed new streets : they are as yet only staked , out . The city will he ono square mile , or four miles round ; ahd a bill has just passed the Government Ilouse here to make a railroad from the city to the port—the cost is estimated to be £ 3 Q , 0 QQ _/ Hats made of cabbage trees and Straw are principally worn here , and clothes arc . worth little or _uothmg , I have seen geod black dress coats and _surtouts sold for Cs . and 7 s . each at the auction marts : there ave three or four of these auctions overy night . White blouses ave Is . 6 d . each , cotton socks 3 d . per pair : blue and' pink

      figured shirts 2 s . to 3 s . 3 d . " each ; a dozen black hats sold for Is . 9 s . each ; therefore it is a folly for any one to lay out his capital 5 n clothes , noots and shoes are about tha _samo price as in England . Peaches for pies are 3 d , and Id . per dozen , grapes 4 d . per lb . ( beautiful ) , apples and pears lid . each ; tobaccoo is . " per lb . ; eggs Id . each ; beef and mutton 3 d . per lb ., prime joints-sheep ' s ' pluck 3 d ; ; _calves'pluckGd . ; onions 3 d . per lb . ; and potatoes 6 s . per cwt . ; but they are double that price in November . A little wood cottage with only two rooms on the ground ; floor and no fire-grate , Ss . per week . There are no bedsteads here ; all uso sofas with straw _mattrasses . The sofas cost 20 s . each : they are made of cedar wood . ' I am hoarded and lodged for _l'is . ner week ; _swwl was lucky enough to get work tho first week I got here , and at the first placo I inquired

      at ; , but thero are upwards of a score printers iu . the bush at bullock-driving , and hard work it is to manage sometimes six ;' . eight , ten , or sixteen bullocks in one day , loaded with copper ore from the Buvra Buvra Mines . I could show ' you drapers " assistants , ' clerks , and others whb have not-heen brought-up . to a mechanical trade , brealdng stones on the road , hut they get 24 s . to 80 s . ' per . week at it ; it is , however , no jolto under a South Australian heat , particularly when we haye a north wind : it is just like _standing before the month ofan oven . Farm labourers are run down by the Germans , for both men and womch reap ' the corn . _OurbusiBoss ( printing ) is pretty good : we get 9 d . per . 1 _, _000 for _. _all the smaller types up' to pica , foi * reprint copy as well as manuscript ; but as we work only eight hours a day , we cannot get more than 42 s . awcek ; sometimes we have five or six over hours , at 9 d , per hour . \

      . Mr . Lunn describes the natives of Port Adelaide as the ugliest ; specimen , of humanity he , has _pver seeh i their heads resembling the monster heads through which "the water spouts are carried to run the water from the leads of our churches . ; -Stamford Mercury . _,... '¦ : ¦ . ' ' •• ¦' : _¦(¦ .. '¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' _-.:-.. " _.-: _' ' ii )

      • An Aii^Mcas Abnociion Ca3e.--Rebeeoa. ...

      • An Aii _^ _mcAs _ABnociioN CA _3 E .--Rebeeoa . Bernstein , who was compelled . on Friday last . to obey tho order of the-court and return to her relatives , from the companionship of Joubert ,-has ,, it seems , been fully , satisfied of tho falsehoods by which this man gained hci \ , 0 n Saturday last , wrought . up to frenzy by , the disgrace , which he had entailed upon her , she undertook , with the aid of relatives , and friends , to wreak , a summary reyonge ., Sho ; , _visited _. Joubert at

      his store , corner of Julia and _Tuhoupitoulasstreets , and invited . him . to walk with her , ¦> stating at the _Same time that she had escaped from the custody of her family . ! . The father of Joubert ,. suspecting dangerj insisted that he should not leave _thoihousey but the fellow declared that ; he would faeo _, the world if Rebecca were with him , donned his best attire , and accompanied her . ; - iThey . proceeded to the oorner of Annunciation and-Race streets ;; followed at ' a short distanee ' by three ; Qf her , friends ,,. who were . there to aid _lierjri case " of emergency .,. During . "the . walk , Joubert . communicated tlie , / aot that . _Jia bad-offered ; 1 , 000 dqls , to . an . acquaintance ,, _if-he would , assist him in again : . taking , hei * from ' ., the guardianship of her family ; Wile _; thus conversing , , Kebecca suddenly threw off her . bonnet , upbra'dea him in violent

      terms for , ina infamous course " , told . him that she was _salisfied > of ihe , falseh o od of , his solemn oath that he was not of ' . ' anegro'blob ' _dj nor . a 3 married man , ; and then , _^ ith _^^ a . motio _£ topf _quiokjto alioWihis retreat , sliedrew _^ apistolfrpm Her * dress , _^ . presented it ; and fired ; ihe . _balljjenetratingbiacheek _^ and shattering th _^ teeth of . his left jaw . . ; . Joubert staggered , ; but thb ; de ' sperato _girLfiadingVher wprk ' _.-but . partially ' done , ; in . stantly . rfrew another pistol ; and . _nlantiugit directly ; in . his . face ,: pulled , . the trigger . ; The weapon failed to ' second her intention , j It snapped , and her friendsI fearing viblence froni . Joubert , 'immediately ' camWup . _toilier ; aid . . _.. Onp [ ot them ,, ni 8 t 0 lrin . hand ' i advanced .. to . the , wounded -map and ; offered a fair combat . ' _.. _butV-Rebecca , ; . declaring . that she , would vindicate her . ' own ca * Ase , snatohed thei third weappn and ' again _ossftyed , _tft , shoot . _thei late _. _companionibf

      _'berjflight-... Joubertre treated _, as tbeinfuriated girl advanced , and . he owes , hisvlife _, to , the _fact'that sho could not , _withiher ignorance of the . weaponi discharge the , load ., Aparley here ensued , _intbis ' sih _^ gular affair , a ' nd'Jqubert _,. b ' efore _. the crowd of per- sons assembled , declared that after Rebooca"had left her home he had hut two _interviews with her , both- in the presence of others . ' ' He expressed himself most penitent for his'intended ' crimo and'pasi ; deceptions , and avowed that bo had received but his deserts . , . These statements appearing ' satisfabtra * y to tno partie 3 , they drove off in ft ' _carrJage , leaving ' Joiiberfrto seek relibf _for-luV-wbund . Ohef'bf , _the poticocameunonfthe spot at tbe " ol 6 se of the affair , ' and attempted _ito ' arreat thegirJi but we-understand that Joubert said that he -had ' no oi \ W _ i W make , ' and _had _^ _merited _. _all _* _that _^ _^ he 'had ireceive ' d , ' upori wUich ' no * further ' 'efforfcwas mado to :, detairi ' lier _^ Neu ) Orleans _? Btei _''^^* ' _i-w _^ _-i - -, « _wjui- _" ' : _a-ii _ _ti- *' - —

      nt _AraraiHAtf _^ WireAr _^ _Atf'i _^ 'b'ags . of _^ _iwBfc'lias _^ _'takeh place '* by a ve ssel " _arrivedifroni mtUdehide : m ' _prbme of that far distant colony .

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      Saturday, August 10. % House Of Lords.—T...

      SATURDAY , August 10 . % HOUSE OF LORDS . —The house sat at one o clock , for the purpose of advancing bills a stage . _, On the motion of Earl _Granviile , the Customs Bill was road a second time , and ordered to be committed . On the motion ol the Earl of Misio _, tho Marlborough House Bill , and the Duke of Cambridge ' s Annuity Bill , went through committee . The Decrees of the Court of Chanceay as to the Real Estate vested in Married Women , tho National Gallery ( Edinburgh ! Bill , the Consolidated

      Fund _Appropriation Bill , the Police Superannuation BUI , and tho Portland Harbonr and Breakwater Bill , also went through committee . Tho Summary Jurisdiction ( Ireland ) Bill was reported . The following bills were severally read a third time and passed -. —The Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill ; tho Assessed Taxes Composition Bill ; the Fisheries ( Ireland ) Bill ; the Mercantile Marine ( No , 2 ) Bill ; the Grand Jury Cess ( Ireland ) Bill ; the Registrar of Judgments ( Ireland ) Bill ; and the Municipal Corporations ( Ireland ) Bill . The house then adjourned until _fiyo o ' clock on Monday .

      HOUSE OF 00 „ MOSS .-Tho Smack took tbo chair in the new chamber at a few minutes past twelve o ' clock _. The Crime and Outrage Act ( Ireland ) Continuance ( "So . 2 ) Bill was amended , and ordered to be reail a third time on Monday . The following public bills wero read a third time and passed : —Tho Transfer of Improvement Loans ( Ireland ) Bill : the General Board of Health ( No . 3 ) Bill , the Law Fund Duties ( Ireland ) Bill , and tho Friendly Societies Bill . Inspection ov Coaz , Mixes Bat . —Upon the motion that this bill be read a third timo , Alderman _Copelaxd opposed tho bill , and declared that it would cost £ 20 , 000 a year to carry it properly into effect .

      • Sir'J . WAuiaure . expressed his approval of the measure , as a precautionary one , likely to be very beneficial in preserving the lives of poor working men and not bo in anywise oppressive towards tho coal owners . Ho did not know ; how tho public money could he better employed than in effecting the objects which tho bill contemplated . SirG . _Gijey denied that the bill would involvo so large an expenditure as £ 20 , 000 a year . It would remove many of thoso causes which had hitherto given rise to accidents in mines , and in declaring his strong approval of the measure , he must be allowed to thank thoso coal owners who had assisted in framing its provisions _.

      Mr . IIuub also bore his testimony to the valuo of the measure , and told ; the house that so . far from its being opposed by thecoal owners , ho knew as a fact that many of them wero ready to contribute towards the expenso of carrying it into effect . After a few words from Sir H . _WiiLoooiiBr , Mr , _FoBsraB said . this bill had been hurried through the houso at a . period of the session , and at hours of tlio night , which precluded all _. dis ' _cussion . " Ho knew how useless discussion was at this period of the session when bills were passed through ' the house , of which members present hardly knew the contents , much less . the public ; He did-not mean to oner auy . opposition to the passing of the bill , whioh was as harmless , perhaps , as any bill of

      the kind ' could be ; nevertheless , it was very important-to caution tho coal owners , and more especially tbo workmen , against relying upon it to prevent accidents in coal mines . . iii the case ofthe large collieries , it could bo . of no use , because it could add nothing to the precautions already taken to- preveat accidents . Take the colliery with which he was connected , ono of ths . largest in the kingdom . They employed men of fivst-rato talent to watch over the safety of the workings ofthe pits , and employed , about 1 , 500 men and . boys .: Out of that number of men and boys tho loss by accidents had not exceeded one in fifteen hundred per annum on an average of many years ; The same might be said of Lord Londonderry ' s , Lord Durham ' s , the

      Hetton , and tho other . large concerns , where no expenso or caution was spared in watching over tho security of tho pits . Then , with respect , to the inferior collieries , would the bill , prevent accidents'in them ? lie very much doubted whether it would not do more harm than-good in their case byremoving aportion of that responsibility which now rested entirely on the owners'to the shoulders of the inspector . ' This sort of legislation was becoming very fashionable hi . the house , but he doubted the policy of legislative interference'in such' matters , more particularly in this case where it was impossible to supply , individual prudence by act of parliament . But he was anxious above all that . the coal owners and workmen should understand distinctly that this bill can afford them ho ' guarantee against accidents arising , as most of tbem , do , from

      the ¦; want of cave and " rashness of tho workmen . IIo should be : thankful if accidents were not increased by tho bill . Mr . _"Wtclu considered , thatthe . great number of accidents which had ., happened was a , sufficient reason for this bill ; which he thought would he a very groat benefit not only to the workmen , ' but to tho mine owner . . It did not force the owners to adopt ariy particular > measures of protection , but oniy offered to them suggestions , for the preservation of life , and he thoughtfew would tako the responsibility of neglecting , those suggestions , seeing that they wouW ' come'from ' scientific men of great knowledge and experience , whoso duty it would be to inspect mines . He should give tho ¦ bill his most cordial support . ¦ The bill was read a third time and " passed . : The _Exhibiiiox or 1851 . — -On the motion for going into committee on the Copyright of Designs lets Amendment Bill , : * ...

      Colonel SiBinorir complained of the unsatisfactory ' replies he had received , both from' the Chancellor of the . Exchequer and tho First Minister of the Crown , to the questions' he had put to ' tHem re specting the oxpehqiture of public -money for tho exhibition of 1851 , and fenowed his appeal to them togivbthe house a pledge that they would not sanction , either directly or indirectly , the issue of any Eu blic money fov the purpose of assisting the . exhir ition of 1851 without the sanction of Parliament .. The : Chasoeuob of the Exchequer declined on principle , as he had before declined , to give any pledge on the subject ; but he had hot the remotest idea that aiiy public money would bo required for the purpose of th ' o exhibition . ' ' ' , . The Holyhead Harbour Bill passed through _com-, mittee . •''• " ;; ' - ' ' ' . . . . .......

      The Savings _ ahk Act . ( Ireland ) _Continuance Bill . was successively read a second ; time , committed , _road'a / third time , and . passed , the . standing orders havmg'been suspended fer that purpose . ' ¦ ' : Lord J . Eu ' _sseWi ' obtained leave to bring in ' _. abill to amend tho Church Building _ ct .. The purpose of _thenieasure he stated to bo to carry ; out certain recommendations of the Subdivision of Parishes Commission' The bill . wasnpw proposed to he in .-troducedtbat it might be considered by members and the public during the recess ; ' .. "' . ' ; The bill was subsequently brought in , read a first time , ordered to be printed ,, and to » oread " a second lime oh Friday . { A laugh . ) ' ; The Engines'for Taking'Fish . ( Ireland ); Bill and several other bills were brought down .. 'from the _HouseofLords with amendments . ' \ " . ' , ' ¦ . . . .... ' ¦ The house adjourned at half-past two o ' clock . ' . ' : _' _[ _'' [ _., _MOJJDAY , August 12 . , ¦ . ' .. ; . _*«„ ' . ' -

      . .. : HOUSE > _OF : LOR"DS . ~ -Tho Earl of _CARUStE moved the committal : of the Portland Harbour and Breakwater . _BiU . _vj- . _;¦;;¦>• . _> . ¦ ¦ : ¦¦ . ¦ . '< _; _.:.-i » ' ¦ . _•^¦ _j--- ; f . _iLord Rbkesdaie opposed tho motion , _:. The House dirided ,-and the numbers were—Contents , 18 ; "Son-Contents , 6 ; . majority .-for ,, tho BU 1 V 12 . _' <"• - ' ¦ •* --- "' ¦ - - -- ' ¦ ¦¦ 1 The Medical Charities ( Ireland ) Bill was read a second' _-timei _' with . the understanding that ' it would _hot-. _befurtlierproce ' eded'with this session . ' , Z ¦ ' ¦ ¦ , The Duke , bf . Cambridge ' s Annuity Bill ¦ and the Marlborough . _HousoBill woreireada third time and passed , _/;• ¦ . ,. _( . _.....,.- _,,, ; < .. . : _-- _- ! _.. " _.-, :. ¦¦ _... ... ,. i-The Marquis ' -of _CtApioABpi " 'moved , the third reading _' _-df the fSummary ' Jurisdiction ( Ireland ) Bin . ; i »¦ ¦ . ¦ . : ¦ • . - _!^ . ¦ - ; .: ¦ - . " _- ;" .: _- _"' , ' _- ' : ;; : _'; _"* - ¦ '*

      _.. A clause , , proposed . by tbeiEari of Lvoah , giving two _justioes ; a .. power .-. of summary . conviction , on complaint made against atenant of fraudulently _revtnovfe _^ his goods' was negatived ori , a division , the numbers being—Contents , 6 ; _Noh-Contents _, ' 22 ; majority against the clauso , 16 . i • _; - . _I'he ; bill was readia third time ; - — ••" ¦¦ • •' » _-, : ! The ; MarquiS _; of i _Lansdownb _; re-introduced , the Crimes and _. Outrages ( _IrelandJjBill , which had been tbrownout by [ the Commons on a , point ., of form . The bill w as read a first , time ; , and was to ; proceed through ' its other stages on Tuesday , the ' standing ¦ brders . beihg suspended ! _forthatpurpose :- ';'¦ ' j ' _iTjie ,, ' _Eritodly ,: Societies ; Bill ; was : read ' a , seoond time , ) Lord , _Redesuale declaring , himself strongly opposedtb ' _spmeofitsprovisions . ., "/ , ., ; ,.: ' _, ; . . . . ; _, ; vThe report on' Lord Glengall's Securities ( Ireinhd ); Act' 'Amendment Bill \ was ' received ; the amendments to bo considered oh the ' third readihgl i _TheirLordships then adjourned . ' '• • ¦ ¦ ¦ _y-f' _. y

      u-BOHSE OF . C _. OMMOKS . _—Tiib _Ibish Cobrciom Bui , —Oh the motion that tho Crime and Outrage ( _IrelandJ _. _^ ll _. boread _^ athifd . tirae , ' _* . __ „••• _,.. ¦ Vj _^ MrJ 'Gionos _^ Thompson ' rose . ' to . move that , the ( bill- be read '' a : ' third time ; tha ( t _, day three months . He did " M because fnof . case _; had beonjnade put for the continuance of . thi 8 _; und 6 hstitutional , not , and . bebaus _^^ 'belietpd _thati far from trahquillising Ireland ; it ; wpuld , _farni the ; peoplo with a sti _' ohg _^ argumeht tb ; be ; use , d . against the _. _gbverhment , espeoiaJly as ' 'there , was ; no ' , measure , either , now before " the housbtor already , passed , whioh ' _. we nVtb the root of _j the ' gr'oVances' thatthis _, bill . ' was ! prbp 6 sod , tb * deal f _^ _-r 1 S _» fe » S «* S : _»<* _WeM ; _waOmi ed ifor . _^ _^ _V _ _M V _W _^ _' _^ _i _^^ _? _< _^ iijil _^ _ffiepabers _f _preseht m _; tho house , _^ 18 voted for tHh hill , arid only 15 against it , If Irish _memte would only ioinwith

      Saturday, August 10. % House Of Lords.—T...

      his party in voting for their , common country suoh measures as circumstances required , more English memberswould vote with the members for Ireland on ameliorative measures for tbat country . But at no time when his hon . friend the member for Montrose brought forward his measure for improving the representation , did more than 17 Irish members rote with him . Ho thought , however , it wouk be better if both sides would now bury in oblivion their mutual neglect , and unite forthe future in supporting measures that would he for the benefit of both islands . IIo then referred to the circumstances connected with Ireland when the present Ministry came into office . When the late lamented statesman , Sir Robert Peel ,

      determined to remove the Corn-laws , he , with a highsense of honour resigned his seat as Prime Minister , and advised her Majesty to call to her counsels tho noblo lord now at tho head ofthe government . But from somo reasons tha noble lord was unable to form a government , and he could assure tho noble lord it was a most fortunate circumstance ho ' could not ; for he ( Mr . Thompson ) had never heard the two individuals compared together without its being admitted on all hands thafc , in point of sagacity and decision , of wisdom to conceive , of firmness to carry out , and of parliamentary eloquence to expound his plans , publio confidence was reposed , not in the noble lord , but in tho lamented statesman , whom the

      noble lord , by an unnatural combination with his political enemies , drove from power , and , to the misfortune of tho country , had ever since continued to hold office on sufferance . At that time there could bo no doubt that in many parts of Ireland tho peoplo wore in a disorganised state , and crime and outrage were alavmingly frequent ., A bill to repress such a state of things was brought in by Sir Robert Peel's Government , and passed the House of Lords without any objection . But whea it was brought into this house , -what was tho conduct of noblo lords and right hon . gentlemon now on tho Treasury Bench ? If they were right then , thoy were clearly wrong now . If they were right now , then the annals of political strife in this country presented no parallel to tho conduct pursued by the present government with a view to unseat their politicalopponents . and obtain power for themselves .

      When the bill was brought forward for a first reading , tho noble lord and Ms friends stayed away , hoping that the then government would bo delivered into the hands of the Philistines—the Protection party , headed by Lord G . Bentinck . On tlie second reading , the compact between the Whigs and the Protection party was completed , and tho bill was opposed by every member of tho Cabinet and holder of office in the present house , and tho then existing government was overthrown . Now , if thero was any member on the Treasury bencli who valued his character for consistency and integrity , he was bound to get up and explain how it was that he thought a coercive measure unnecessary in 1 S 40 , and that a more severe measure was necessary in 1850 . Tho reason why tho bill was opposed at that time was that remedial measures ought to precede measures of coercion . When tho noble lord came into office he

      struggled on for sixteen months without attempting measures of coercion , but things got worse , and remedial measures the noblo lord had none . Indeed he ( Mr . G-. Thompson ) would maintain that so long as tho church of Ireland existed as an exclusive and dominant church in the midst of seven millions oi people who dissented from its doctrines , all other measures would be in vain . In 1 S 17 the noble lord was reduced to the abject and humiliating condition of proposing to the house substantially the same measure ' which be had rejected when brought in by the preceding government . He admitted that the government made out a strong ease , and with overwhelming majorities they obtained , their measure , having distinctly promised that remedial measures

      should bo almost immediately brought in . Thafc measure was now about to expire , and the present bill had been brought in to continue it . Had they made put , a case for its continuanco ? He found by the returns that 618 outrages had been reported to bare-been committed during the last six months of 18 i 9 , and 726 during tho first six months of 1850 . But thoy wero informed by the right hon . baronet the member for Itipon that tho increase of outrages in 1 S 45 over 1844 , was 1 , 975 ; that is to say , the whole number of outrages in 1849 .-50 was 630 less than tbe mere increase of outrage in 1845 over the preceding year 1844 . Now , be asked whether , if this had been the state of things in 1847 , would the noble lord have then proposed a coercive measure ? in

      or if there had been no coercive , measure now existence , whether he would now propose it ? In either case he thought tbe noblo lord _tjonld frankly answer no ; and if he would not do it under such circumstances ,. why did he propose it now ? Ho did not mean to say that this measure if passed would be one of great practical oppression . He believed that the noble lord . who had charge of the interests ofthe , country in Dublin weuldnot call the act into operation ' without tho clearest evidence that it was necessary ; but he . maintained that its existence would do no ' , good , that it would tend to irritate the popular _irijnd , and in that way to injure the cause of good government . While , therefore , ho hadno sympathy with those who were driven by poverty to commit crime ; yet feeling tbe measure

      was unnecessary and exasperating , he would move that it be read a third time that day three months . Mr . Moore said the honourable gentleman had passed a strong inveotive on Irish members and a warm eulogium on himself ; nnd had contrasted the indifference and apathy of Irish members with the activity and zeal and diligence of himself and hia friends . But if Irish members were indifferent to the reforms contemplated by the honourable member for Montrose , he would remind the house thafc only three English members had voted against the renewal of the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act . Ho received the support ofthe honourable member with gratitude , though it would be more welcome if accompanied with less of self-laudation . ( Hear , hear . ) . He bad great pleasure in seconding 1

      the motion . ' Mr . M . J . 0 ' _Cosneil said that twenty Irish members Lad voted for tho motion of the honourable member for Montrose—not seventeen , as the hon . member for the Tower Hamlets had stated ; but if as many English members in proportion had voted for the motion it would have had a much strongor chance of being _cavried .. He would oppose the bill now before the house ; but ho must in common fairness say that this bill was not the same as was proposed in 1846—it was the mildest coercive measure that had ever been proposed , and for that reason he believed it had been' the most effective in its results .

      Mr . W . Williams said tho measure introduced by the lato Sir Robert Peel in 1846 ' was , in his opinion , a much milder measure than , the present ; but ai any rate both were obnoxious , ; and ho thought , as the noble lord at the head of the government thought in 1846 , that Ireland required remedial rather than coeicive measures . But now he found that , after four years , Ireland was left entirely as she was ; nothing had been done to . remedy her grievances , and she was still governed by standing armies and coercive acts . StiJJ , it ha thought a single murder would be pi-evented by tha passing of this act he would be the last man to oppose it , degrading as it was to Ireland . But what aid these crimes proceed from ?¦ It was tho hand

      of . ; tho oppressed against the oppressor . They heard much of these crimes , but there were other crimes as atrocious ,, of which they had heard nothing . ' look at tho evictions which were so frequently taking place , by which hundreds of families * wore exposed to starvation—was that a condition of things that ought to exist ? Tho noble lord had tho power , by making a proper relation between landlord- and tenant ; to stay the hand of thia assassin , and stop the effusion . of blood in Ireland , He had . seen the condition of the serfs in the worst parts of Russia ; he hadseenthe several tribes of the _Kortb American Indians _;; and he declared that the condition of the Irish' and the state of their dwellings were : worse _thanhehadseen in either of these , places .: - . Aud . yet ; in tho United States of America , where all men were equal , and where parties flocked from all the nations of the earth to

      improve thou * condition , he found the Irish success * fully competing with tbe English , the Scotch , the Germans , the French , and tho Dutch . The only reason then , why they were so . wretched at home was misgoyernnient ; and the noble lord would be muoh hotter employed in removing that misgovernment , thanin passing additional : coercion laws , of which they had had too many already . ' . .,. ¦ ,. : .: f After _Wfevf words fvouv Sir A .. Armstrokg , in whieh wo understood him to advocate the introduction of commerco . and manufactures into Ireland , with the , abolition of the Irish church , as of more value than coercive measures , the house divided'' ¦ ¦ ' _; For the third reading ,,.....,..,. „ _..,, 75 . Against . it . . ; .. .. _* .... _* ...... „ . 21 , . . . . - j Majority :.. _; _.........,, —si , The bill was then ., rea . d , a , third time and paBtjed . - . The Copyright _^ Designs Acts Amendment Bill was considered , asam . en . ded , ' _^ TheLords ' _. aniendments to the .-Ecclesiastical Commission Bill were agreed to .: , -1

      _-.-Business . of . the Session . —Sir ' Besjamin HAI _& f then called attention to the mode of transacting ; publio business in that . house .- He . conceived that , in a future ; session , timo might be better econoi _= ¦ : _mised than it had- been during the Bession now e **> pinng ., He . did not desire to censure government :,. . ' and : still , less did he think that the members of this house were to . bkme _. foiy since the Reform : Aotfhad passed , ho Parliament had shown _itsolt more desirous to forward the business of the coun- ¦ trv ; . _RiWmfl .. ) . fld hflfln briefer than heretofore ,,:

      and _* tber , e , hadwbeen but two adjourned . debates , while ther _^ had . always . _beenasuffic . enfc _^ mb _^ s _^ members to make a house _,-and there * _% M _?& M $ _^ remarkable _paucity : of _^ counte oufc . s _Sn _^ p _^ A _return showed _thatothe house fhad _^ at _* jg _^ s _^^ J comprising . l _^ _Lto days , gavla sitting of four days a week W MW l' _& _% § _« five week , of ten hours andahalf per » tfe _» H _^^^ _•*? * " trr _~* . " i'v . V - J iff _Z _fP & mMM

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 17, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_17081850/page/7/