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    emir / rants- _iminst \ vh \ ch the Cabinets of _Pied' mont FranceTnd _Fnlnd " _areremonstratinff " _mont lrance and _Lnifland art . _remonstrating . The _Picdinontese Cabinet also remonstrates with Switzerland for harbouring the _Italian refugees , — and especially Mazzini , —since the _^ jedmontesg agents failed in their attempt upon ma liberty , Executions and sentences to life-long imprisonment maintain the Bourbon prestige at Naples , while the police endeavour to obtain petitions against the constitution . Force alone rules the entire peninsula ; the antagonist of force is force Germany also is put down . Bakounine ( Russian ) n _^ f R _^ _oli , 1 ( _i ' Zl £ a _^ , ™ cpnt * . nrprl to deith for and Roeckel ( German ) are sentenced to deathior their share in the insurrection of Saxony . 1 russia still plays in Schleswig-Holstein , still seeks to amuse the Germans with a Berlin-made unity . "Wurtemberg , Bavaria , Hanover , and Saxony make a show of quarrelling with Prussia , Victorious Austria turns clement f or the nonce , after * ' only" _r eighty judicial murders in the Crown lands of Austria and Hungary . The Hungarian National Guard is to be unmolested : certain of the re- ¦ liPllimm _TTrim-rris miv he _evrimod from militarv bellious ilomcds may be excuseel liom inintaiy service . Meanwhile _Kossuth and his companions are kept close prisoners in 1 urkcy . Russia claims the prc-stipulated price of her he !]) to tlie falling house of Hapsburg , —a port on the Adriatic , the bay and shore of Cattaro , whence the Czar may more readily annoy and out-manoeuvre Lord Palrnerston in Greece and Turkey , or elsewhere , Russian influence upholds King Ofcbo in his refusal to negotiate till the English admiral has withdrawn and given up the vessels seized in the _witP _.- _* nf _fippwp AlrUrlv _Tipfnrp _fSttirn _is wateis or _urcece . Already , Detoie _cattaro is openly ce _' led , Russian agents have urged the Montenegrins on forays across the lurkish border , But even Russia cannot escape the insurrectionary spirit , though tidings of its continual manifestation are kept back , as much as possible , from western sympathy . Russian troops are concentrating on the frontiers , and in the Danubian Principalities ; and rumour is rife among them of an intention to occupy Prussia should such a measure be deemed necessary for the maintenance of itVinternal tran- niiiHitv AH thimrs tend to nrnve that the Powers quHMy . All things tend to prove _tiiat tlie 1 owers are alive to the dangers of their situation , to the ] imminence of a collision between the two camps— that of the decrepid royal " families' and the nationalities of Europe . _^ Spain and Portugal alone are quiet , content in pride to be Spain and Portugal , however ruled . _t Spanish blood consents to sell the once most-prized * v dependency of Cuba to the United States . Portu- ) ff ul _jj es _at the feet of a corrupt Minister whose _; _nHvpnt ' iirps _rprnl flip _rTninmiii _npnltUn _* _infrimiP ' tfl \ _IVCIltUILo I CtCll I'll C Hid I _IIWIIVJ _^ _Illsl _^ _AVlCllsW _XlAul J Lu _tlO jLMtfVi- _-. * _u _~* , _^ an _* A _* A ( iia _« .. _„« . _^ ,,, _j , 4 . _;^« : _„ I ? .. „ _,. _„„ _dJP" : that l ) receded the fil st revolution in France .

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    _Hk _^ _, _' ' _^^^ tr P HIT _IA . MFNT _^ _Kr * _J _ I _ 1 _ _JA ' _I p _^ 1 _'ROGltKSS OF WOTtK _DON'K ' _KoVAT . _AssRNr _.-Party rrocc « sio .. H ( Ireland / _iJili-Consolidatcd Kiiuil Hill . HiU . 9 1 _' ast . — Lt _. _'poal of the Brick Duties—Pirates ( Head Money ) Kepcal . Diu . s in _Committkk ( Oommon «) .- _~ Australian Colonies (» o- ; u . n , Hu , _' _^^ Tiaiiiii " -Kccicsiasticai commission—Hours of Labour in Factories-I _' ublic i . ihnuifs anri Musuiuijg . Bills i \ kid a skconi ) Timi ? ( Commons ) . _—Management of _lleodMVreh _. _S' ! _"' _^ bala »« s - _« _* S _« t « ation oi _Imjohtant Dkiutis ( Com mons ) . —Aniendmrnt to the A < 1- ( in- ** ntfiiitiv . _ti by ; m to 1 U 2—c «> Ion inquiry : vote of cciisun- by Mr . _oUranli iti'irnthed by 1 is to 1 M ; an _nrS _^ J 7 _M totf . _vj- Mr . _iinmcV motion for rarli . iinentnry lioibiin iic _^ itivcii by M 4 £ to «)()—Mr . Cobden _' _s _Kesoiution _* for : _I ' m _' k _' o _-s \ r l _Vb l ! | l r _^' U w l \ _ViS x | _r _7 ! ditU i _? i lll _^ a | _. v . _»' iy _? i 7 S • ' ** I I _»/ llllll _( N »> IX > l 1 JJ I lll | L !|( 'llll _^ 1 Jilt , " _lljt * 111 . " ~~ _. llf , _niunimoiurs u . otiuM for iu . < i . i < _-tiou of _Kxpi'iiditure n . _'g'ii- tivtMi i > v I'M ) to i . ' ig—Mr . iiutt ' s motion on the African n „ , 1 _* J " tTU v i . _' » .. _^ i ! . _" _. * 1 1 * _!'" . "V _? 1 * 1 _^"* _! _' * ! _** y a : ** J ' € _^ - 1 r > ' i * . ko , , _« ., ( 1 . ohi , _n ) .-a ... c . » ii . h ... _i « ... ti . « A , i , _iro « ,, « B Bt . ved by 159 to ion . „ ,..., « ii _V ( _j I ( n r " _nr o _, _l _UJ-. _^ _h _^ MON () l < 18 , 50 . 1 no first part ot tho _psuliiimputury session of 1 S _50 h _« H _terimimu-d . Om > thud oi the peri . ul annually dcvottMl _io _legislation H : is _passed uway _, and , us iiMi . l . the _ainounr oi woik done is not very large , < jonsi ( liTmir tin- Mum which has bom _oeeupied jm its piMlnrmanci .. 1 ho session eoiumeneed on the .. 1 st . ot January , _ whi . iith ( . « royal speech was delivered by _i-. _mummssiou . As this _douuimnit held out no Impe to the J roteet . onists that there would be ih _^ sb ght _. _'st rev . val oi the _eovn-lau-, the " country party in both n «> "ses _indulged in v _. mv au « ry Ian- _-tfuu : . . e _ii _.-ainst _JNlunste . s and he _l-ree-trmle party , KrnmiUy ; but th < y were evidently not prepar _. d to take s ,,, y , _U-.-,, j ,, m , t , m _vnij _.,,. _; , _! _,.,,, ( 1 | , h .., r pn _,,- < _muI . s _-n . < _Muj . i ,. \ _. i . _urus vh ,, hml I ,, _rn on this point , whatever they mi _. ht be on _othei-s _,

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    made an excellent speech , in which he showed how much the coun _* _T nad a _| rea _^ _gained by free trade , deavoured 7 to persuade the agriculturists that the a dist _4 s V s ° fr _^ wh _? ch th were s g uffering was but t OT The amen ( iment to the address , in both j _^ ords and Commons , was very mild . The extreme Protectionists felt that they would have very little 6 Upport if they proposed a return to protection , and _therefore , in order to get up a show of strength , they followed Lord Stanley ' s advice , and confined them- selves to talking against free trade , without proposing any formal amendment in favour of their own prin- ciples : they only called for a distinct recognition of the agricultural _digress . The division on the amend- _« of Lords wag . _ _^ _^ add 152 For the amendment 103 . Ministerial majority 49 in the Commons the defeat of the Country Party was still more signal , the numbers being : — For the address 311 For the amendment 192 ... .... — Ministerial majority 119 division , at the close of the very _^^^ * f \ J _£ _* e a ssio n ghowed lainl that > not i withstand 5 n _? all their outdoor agitation during the winter , the Protectionists had gained no real strength in Parliament , It taught Ministers , also , that , what- ever adverse conjuncture of events might occur to throw them out of office , they had , at least , no cause to be alarmed at any mere Protectionist movement to turn them out of Downing-street . But , large as the Ministerial majority was at the opening of Parliament , it has more than once dwindled down to a very small number since that The first rcinarkable occasion was on Mr . _^ Israeli ' s motion for a committee to consider such readjustment of local rates , —by transferring certain charges to the consolidated fund , — as might mitigate the agricultural distress . In support of this motion he made a very plausible speech , in which he declared that it was hopeless to iook for any return to protection from the present Parliament . "Speaking with perfect frankness , and speaking not only for himself , he could not shut his eyes to the practical conclusion th . a _* a lar _S e majority _™ both _Houses of Parliament Wlsh not to _dlsturb , at present , the settlement re- , arrived at ; and his party were convinced that noremedial measures , to the extent of an abrogation of recent iegisiation > couid be expected from the pre- sent Parliament . " But , if the landlords could not obtain the restoration of the corn-law , they might at least obtain special exemptions from taxation . Those wha . irnagined that the landed proprietors of England were a luxurious , indolent , and aristocratic class , might not deem them entHled to so much considera- tion , but he denied that this was their character . In his opinion they _were'Uhe most thrifty , industrious , t 11 * _> 1 11 _* _1 * * * _j 1 _TT 1 hard-living class , as a whole , that exists in the United Kingdom . '' With a view , then , to relieve this highly meritorious class from bearing more than a fair share of the national burdens , Mr . _Diskaeli moved the following amendment : — " That this House \ _viU resolve itself into a committee of the whole House , to take into consideration such revision of the laws providing for the relief of the poor of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as may mitigate the distress of the labouring classes . " _>^ he dcbate , whicli lasted two nights , was the most interesting which has taken place this session . The host speeches were those of Sir James _Guaiiam and _Sjr KoiiEUT Peel , against the motion . The former insisted that the real question was , not the minor QnQ bcforc thc houso _, but the expediency of com- _"poncing an entire review of the whole of our iiscal system , lie ilatly contradicted the assertion that the pressure of the poor-rates was heavier upon the land now than it was thirty or forty years ago In 1813 the annual amount levied for the relief of the poor was equal to 12 s . 8 d . per head on the whole population ; in IKoO it is only about Gs . < 3 _d . por head , it _t . . » 111 _^* Again , the proportion ot poor-rates paid b y land has greatly diminished during the last twenty-four years , 1 " 1826 , land paid sixty-nine per cent , of the rates , whilo olhor pr » , 1 Jcrty p : ; id only thirty-one per cent . \ in _181 < J _« land r ai < 1 only forty-five _]> er cent ., while other property paid fifty-five per cent . Sir KonuitT ¥ v . y . \ , % following up this argument , showed that , as iami pnys only forty-five pur com . of the local taxn- tion f the landlords would not get so much benefit from Mr . Diskarm ' s pro ]> osod scheme—to pay £ 2 , 000 , 000 of tlie rate out . of tin-Consolidated Fund— as the holders of other kinds of property would re- ct . ive . The speech of Mr . Gi . _awstonk , in support of the motion , excited a good deal of surprise , and no doubt contributed , in f . oine «! egree , to lessen the Ministerial majority . His professed object in sup- porting tho motion was to lesson tho agitation for _, h 0 restoration of protection by drawing off the moderate agitators against free trade . " On a division the numbers w _,-re :- For Mr . Disraeli ' s motion i . T > 2 _Mojori _. y for Mini _. to _, "Ti «

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    The _announcement of the numbers was received with cheers by the Protectionists which is not surprising , after the statement of Sir James Graham , that the question before the House -involved a change of Administration . " To run Ministers so very close on such a question might well raise the spirits of Mr . Disraeli and his followers . Their success on this question inspired them with rather more confidence , and accordingly , in the following week , they once more measured their strength against that of Ministers upon the Ministerial bill for extending the franchise in Ireland . On the plea that Lord _Johx Russell had not given sufficient notice of his intention to bring this bill forward , on tne evening when ifc wag introduced Mr . Disraeli commenced a serieg of obstructive amendments , by which he succeeded , after the House had divided eight times , in causing Lord John Russell to give way for the time . This was a kind of victory , but not of much consequence in its results . Its chief importance was in . showing that Mr . Disraeli had made some progress in organizing a party prepared to follow him . The first important measure introduced by _Ministers was the Australian Colonies Government Bill . In moving certain resolutions preparatory to the introduction of the bill , Lord John Russell made a comprehensive statement of Ministerial intentions and policy relative to colonial affairs . A question had arisen , whether it was worth while to retain our Colonial Empire . He thought that it was our bounden duty to maintain those colonies which had been placed under our charge ; but , while saying this , he added that there were many reasons why we should consider that they form part of the strength of the empire . He then took a glance at the actual position of the more important of our colonies , with a view to show that each one requires a constitution adapted to its peculiar wants , and that , therefore , the same general rule would not serve for all . With regard to Australia , the bill which he introduced was nearly the same as that of last year _, It proposed that the ' re should be but one councila council of wflich two-thirds are to be composed of representatives elected by the people , and one-third named by the governor . The several Australian colonies would have their own councils , and an assembly of these councils would have the power , on the application of two colonies , of framing a tariff for the whole . This general council would also deal with the price of waste lands , only that it would be obliged to adopt a uniform price for the whole of Australia . The speech of Lord John Russell was followed by a debate of some length . Sir "William Moleswouth said he agreed with the Premier on many points , but he did not clearly understand his policy , nor could he yet put faith in the promises of the Colonial Office relating to Australia . Mr . Roebuck complained of the adoption of a single chamber in Australia . Mr . Hume and Mr . Gladstone both urged the extension of the British consti-• " 1 • * i i tution , with its two representative chambers , to the colonies generally . In the course of the debate Mr . Hawes was convicted of a new case of misquoting or garbling a despatch , for the _purjiose of supporting his assertion that the Governor of Van Diemen ' s Land was in favour of a single chamber . Mr . Gladstone showed that the Under _Secretarj- had only read from the introduction to the governor ' s declaration , "which was to the following effect : — " I should most strenuously recommend the adoption of a second or upper charnber . " On the second reading the bill was warmly opposed by Mr . KoEHucK , who characterized it as " the worst of all the abortions which had ever proceeded from an incompetent Administration . " Sir William _Mo _^ _Es _^ _yoHT _^ _, while he assented to the principle of tho bill , was persuaded that no assembly would prove acceptable to those colonies which should contain members nominated by thc Crown . On . Friday week the bill went into committee . In the course ot the discussion which took place , Mr . Mo watt , speaking as a Colonist , said that the people in the Colonies did not care whether they had one _^ _"^ 1 1 1 1 « * t _¦* em or two Chambers , provided they had the power of electing all the members . While he thanked Lord John Kussell for his colonial policy , he moved to omit all that portion of that clause relating to nomination by the Crown . Sir Roiiekt _Pekl opposed the amendment . He could not forego that check upon pure democracy which the Crown nomination afforded . On a division , the amendment was negatived by 16 . 5 to 77 . Mr . _Walpolb afterwards moved an amendment :, the object of which was to establish two Chambers , one nominated by tho Crown , the other elected by the Colonists . The amendment _wus strongly opposed by ministers , who reiterated tl cir former assurance that the Colonists prefer a single Chamber . The house having divided , the original clause was carried by 198 to 147 . In the second week of the session four _measures of law refonn for Ireland were introduced by Sir Jonx KoMii . i . Y ,-the Common Law Process Hill , thc object of which is to simplify the system of common law procedure ; the Court , of Chancery Bill , to abbreviate Tn ' _U _° _^ Jud _^ _eXS _? _S _^ SSi _^^ X _^

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  • Leader (1850-1860), March 30, 1850, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_30031850/page/2/