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      OP OPENING OF THE PRUSSIAN DIET . 'the The opening of the Prussian Diet was briefly nanonmnouBced in our last . The King ' s speech , delivered zzltmpsimmre . h a very lengthy affair , occupying some three three columns of the rimes . We give the substance . THE kijco or vscssu ' s SPEBCH . IUus Illustrious noble Princes , Counts , and lords , my dear misty rusty orders of Nobles , Burgher ., and Commons , I bid roufrrou from the depth of my heart weleom . on the day ol aefulaefulfilmentof a great work of my father , rating ; in Hot , rio J , never to be forgotten , King William III . of glorious

      EQeciefiezziefT * , , « 4 * The The noble edifice of representative freedom , on the ' 'ightjkht mig hty pillars which the King of blessed memory vwndtMndeddeep and lushakably iu the peculiar orgamrawon oson of his provinces , is to-day perfected iu your assembly . •[ thiSt has received its protecting roof . TheKwg wished to ihsta hit a finished his work himself , bnt bis views were shipwrecliirrecked in the utter imoracticability of the plans laid 3 t > efor 6 efore him . Therefrom arose evils which his clear eye r jdetecdetected with grief , and , before all , the uncertainty swhicwhich made many a noble soil susceptible of weeds . let cos bins bless , ho wever , to-day the conscientiousness of the true lbelo * eIoved King . who despised hi * oirn earlier triamph in corde « rder to guard hia work from later ruin , and let u » homQUTflour _ bis memory , by not perilling the existence of his ( COfflKoapieKd work by the impatient haste of beginners .

      Ai As the heir of an unweakened crown , which I must ani ana will hand down unweakened to my descendants , I taokaow $ at I am perfectly free from all and every pledge wi ' -l wi' -h respect to what has not been carried out , and above all all with respect to that from the execution of which his owtowa true paternal conscience preserved my illustrious prs < predecessor . This law is , however , carried ont in ^ all its essi essential part *; an edifice of justice has been built upon it , < it , oaths have been sworn on it , and it has , all unfinished as i as it i =, maintained itself as a wise law for seven and tw < tweaty years . Therefor * have I proceeded with a cheerful ful heart indeed , but with all the freedom of my kingly pri prerogative , to its final completion . I am , h « werer , the iirrirrecoucileable enemy of all arbitrary proceedings , and . 31 ? . mast have been a foe , abovd all , to the idea of bringing to , together an artificially arbitrary assembly of the orders , wl which sfc * uld deprive the noble creation of the King , my ¦ de -dear father , I mean the provincial diets , of their value .

      I have recognised your claim to all the rights flowing is -from that law , and far beyond—yes , far beyond—all the pi . promises of the King of blessed memory . I have granted yi you , within certain necessary limits . the right of g ranting ti taxes—a right , geutlemeu , the responsibility 0 f which v weighs far more heavily than the honour which accom-I gaaiesit . * * * Hy trusty and free people hava received all the laws 1 « hiCh I and my father bave granted them fo r the pros' tiction of their higher interest , and especiall y the laws i of the 3 rd of February , with warm gratitude , and woe to : him who shall dare to dash their thankfulness with care , cr to torn it into ingratitude .

      Erery Prussian knows that for tnentj-foar jean past all laws which concern his freedom and property bave bisn first discussed by the Orders ; bat from this time forward , let every one in my kingdom know that I , with thi sole necessary exception of tbe occurrence of the calamity of war , will contract no state loan , levy no new 4 axes , nor increase existing ones , without the free consent of all orders . >' obl < : Lords and trusty Orders—I snow that with these rights I entrust a costly jewel of freedom toy . ur

      lias Is , and that you will employ it faithfully . But I tao » as certainly , that many will mistake and despise this jewel—that to many it u not enough . A portion of the press , for instance , demands outright from me and my government a revolution iu church and state , and from you , gentlemen , acts of importunate ingratitude , of illegality—nay , of disobedience . Many also , and among them very worthy men , look for our safety in the ooa-Yersion of the natural relation between Prince and people iato a conventional existence granted by charters and ratiSed by oaths .

      May , however , the example of the one happy country , whole constitution centuries and an hereditary wisdom without a parallel , but no sheets of paper , have made , sot be lost upon as , hut find the respect which it deserve * . If other countries find their happiness in another way than that people and ourselves , namely , ia the way of * manufactured and granted » constitutions , we must and will praise their happiness in an upright and brotherly manner . We will , with the ju > test admiration , consider the sublime example , when a strong will of iron consequence and high intelligence succeeds in delaying , in mastering , and allaying every crisis of serioul importance ; aad , above all , when this tends to the welfare of Germany and the maintenance of the peace of Europe . But Prussia , gentlemen—Prussia cannot bear such a state Ot" things . Do yon ask , why ! I answer , cast your eyes at : he map of Europe—at the position of our

      countryat its component parts ; follow the line of our borders ; weigh tbe power of our neighbours ; throw , before all , an enlightened glance on our history ! It has pleased Coi to Make Prussia strong b y the sword of war from sritiwat , and by thesword of intellect from within;—n-rt , sardy , by the negative intellect of the age , but by the spirit of moderation and order . I speak out boldly , gentlemen . As in the camp , unless in cases of the most urgent danger or grossest folly , the command can only bs vested in the will of one , so can the destinies of this country , uniessit is tofall instantly from its height , only be guided by one will ; and if the King of Prussia would commit an abomination , were he to demand from his sabj sets the subserviency of a slave , so would he commit a fir greater abomination were he not to demand from them the crowning virtue of freemen—I mean obedience for the sake of God and conscience .

      > . > ole Lords aad trusty Orders—I am forced to the i solemn declaration that no power on earth will ever sue- ; ceed in moving me to change the aatural , and , in our ' own case , so imperatively necessary , relation between I prince and people , into something merely conventional or constitutional , that , once for all , I will never suffers j written sheet of paper to force itselfin , as itwereasecond providence , between our lord God ia Heaven and this people , iu order to rule us with its paragraphs , and to replace by them our ancient and time-hallowed trusty reliance on each other . * * * The "Speech" next lauds the present condition of Prussia , the improvements in agriculture , commerce , the arts and sciences , the parity of public justice , freedom of conscience , state of the finances , formidable power of the army and militia , the amicable relations with foreign powers , & c , be . The " Speech ' ' then proceeds as follows : —

      Before all , one would think that the press must diffuse gratitude and contentment on all sides , for I venture to say that it is the press which , to a particular extent . owes me thanks . Noble Lords and faithful States—I require your German hearts to grant me those thanks . While recoguising the honourable endeavour to elevate tbe press hy a noble and conscientious spirit , it is yet unquestionable that ia a portion of it a fork spirit of destruction prevails—a spirit that entices to revolution , and that deals in tbe most audacious falsehood , disgraceful to Gtrman fidelity , and Prussian honour . I know that the genuine sense of the people remains firm , but we do not deceive ourselves as to the evil fruits of tbe evil tree , which meet us in the shape of dissatisfaction and want

      Of confidence , attended by still worse facts , such as open disobedience , secret conspiracy , a declared revolt from all which is sacred to good men , an attempted regicide . 2 ran in our churches are seen those fruits , together with the twofold death in indifference and fanaticism . But ecclesiastical matters do not belong to the States . They have their legitimate organs in the two confessions . One confession I am on this day unable to suppress , bearing in nv . nd tbe frightful attempt to defraud my people of its holiest jewel , its faith in thelledeemer , Lord , and King « f itself and of as all . This avowal is as follows . [ Here bis Majesty arose , and spoke the words standing , and with his right band uplifted . ] * I aad my house , we will serve the Lord . '

      Ft oai all the indignities to which I and my Government have been exposed for some years , I appeal to my people . From all evils which perhaps are still ia reserve forme , I appeal beforehand to my people ! My people know my heart , my faith , and love to it , and adhere in love and faith to me . My people does not wish the association of representatives in the government , the weakening of rank , the division of sovereignty , the breaking np cf the authority of its kings , who have founded its history , iU freedom , its prosperity , and who alone can protect Its dearest acquisition—ana will protect them , God willing , as heretofore .

      "Yourfathers and mine—many princes of your race ard of mine , and Imysclf—have fought for the preservation , tbe deliverance , and the honour ef that throne , and ; for the existence of our native land . God was with us There is now a new battle to be fought on behalf of the same glorious possessions—a peaceful one indeed , bnt its combats are not less important than those of the field oi war . And God will be with us yet again , for the battle is against the evil tendencies of the age . Tour unanimity with me , the prompt expression cf your wish to aid me in improving the domain of rights ( that true field for the tafrjarofkiagsl . will make thisDiet a pitched battlegained against every eril and lawless influence that troubles and dishonours Germany , and the work will be to your renown and that of the country , and the contentment and satisfaction of the people .

      In my kingdom neither of the three orders above ranks Or beneath the other . They stand beside each other oa an equality of rights and honour , bnt each within its limits , each with its own province . This is a practicable and reasonable equality ; this is freedom . « # « You axe German Orders in the anciently received sense Of the word—that is , you are truly and before all " Representatives and defenders of your own rights "—the lights of those Orders whose confidence bas sent here the far greater portion of this assembly . But after that you

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      are to exercise those rights which the Crown has recognized as yours , you nara farther eonscientious'y to give the Crown that advice it requires of you . Finally , you are free to bring petitions and complaints , after mature deliberation , to the foot of the throne . Those are the rights , those are tbe duties of the German orders ; this is your glorious vocation . But it is sot your province "to represent opinions , " or bring opinions of the day or of this or of that school into practical operation . That is wholly on-German , and , beside , completely useless for the good of the community , or it would lead necessarily to inextricable embarrassments with the Crown , which must govern according to the law of God and the land , aad its own free unbiassed resolution , bat which cannot and dares not govern according to the will of the majority , if «« Prussia" would not soon become an empty sound in Europe ,

      I here give you my royal word that I should not have called you together had I bad tbe smallest suspicion that you would otherwise understand your duties , or that yon bad any desire to play the put of what are called re . preservatives of the people . I should not hare called you together for that purpose , because , according to my deepestfand most heartfelt conviction , the throne and state would be endangered by it , and because I recognise it as my first duty , under all circumstances and events , to preserve the throne , the state , and my government . as they at present exist .

      Go , then , Illustrious Princes , Counts , and Lords , dear and faithful orders of Kobles , Burghers , and Commons , proceed with God ' s help to yonr task . You will , I am certain , in this moment , when all Europe is gazing on you , and through all the future labours of the Diet , prove yourselves true Prussians ; and that one thing , believe m « , will not be absent—namely , God ' s blessing , on which all things depend . Out of our unanimity it will descend on the present and future generations , and I hope on all our glorious German fatherland , in one broad stream , beside which we may dwell in peace and safety , as by the shores of the blessing-bringing rivers that water the eexth . And now once more , and out of the fulness of my heart welcome . '

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      MOVEMENTS OF THE WEEK . An arrival from India brings intelligence of the death of the celebrated Akhbar Khan , the Wallace of Afghanistan . Whilst we lament the victims belonging to our country who , in their flight from Cabul , fell under the blows of tbe avenging scimitar of Akhbar , we must do the deceased chief the justice of acknowledging that his conduct was justified by British invasion , rapacity and insult . We applaud " the patriotic heroism of Abd-el-Kader and Schamyl-Bey , and we will not refuse the like tribute to " our enemy , " the last of the Aflghans . "

      T he French government has put to death three of the rioters concerned in the late famine-riots . When tbe people get once more tbe upper hand of the bourgeoisie , and repay the worthy scoundrels " of the shop in their own coin , of course that Will be very shocking ! In Spain , the new-bora popularenthusiasm for the Queen continues , but this enthusiasm will not be lasting unless Isabella's recent doings are speedily followed by acts conceived in the same spirit , but of greater importance .

      In Portugal the provinces of Algarve and Alemtejo are completely in the hands of the insurgents ; and when the Conde de Mello has effected his junction with Sadafiandeira , their forces will amount to 6 , 000 men , who will probably advance at once to the Tagus . The capital is in a frightful state of destitution and popular excitement . Already the Prussian Diet manifests signs of advancing beyond the bounds prescribed by the king iu his extraordinary oration at tbe opening ' of the Diet . Prussia has entered on a new path , and with or without her king , she must and will march onward .

      The Greek government having refused the satisfaction demanded by the Sultan for the insult offered to his ambassador at Athens , all diplomatic relations between the Porte and Greece have been completely suspended .

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      INDIA . 2 > £ iTH OF AKBB & R Klfi . V . The English steamer Spitfire has arrived at Marseilles with despatches from Bombay , dated 14 th } of March . The most perfect tranquillity reigns in the Puojaub , and nothing appears to presage new troubles . The people of tbe country oi Sazereah have been appeased . Discontent and troubles continue to agitate ! the possessions of the Nizam and the country of Goomsor . Akhbar Khan , ; the son of Dost Mahomed Khan , is dead .

      CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . The St . Helena Gazette , of the 2 ? th of February , furnishes the intelligence from the Cape of Good Hope to the 12 th of the same month , which confirms the announcement of the loss of Her Majesty ' s steamer Thunderbolt , off Algoa Bay . The new governor , Sir Henry Pottinger , was actively engaged in the administration of public affairs .

      WEST INDIES . The intelligence from the English colonies is generally favourable . Considerable sums continue to be voted by the colonial legislatures , or collected at public meetings , for the relief of Irish and Scotch distress . Uayti continued tranquil . FRANCE . Thf BuosAEAnnsTS . —In theChamber . on Saturday afternoon , a petition was presented demanding the recal of the surviving menirers of the family of Napoleon to France , and to place theimage of the Emperor on the Cross of the Legion of Honour . Also to change the name of the town of Bourbon-Vendee to Napoleon-Vendee . A violent debate ! ensued . The first part , for the , recal of the imperial family ,

      was lost only by a small majority . The other parts of the petition were referred to the President of tbe Council . These motions were strongly opposed by tbe ministers . Revoltjtiosabt Appeals . —A few evenings ago , about eight o ' clock , tbe Place du Carrousel was covered with innumerable small round pieces of paper , about the size of a five-franc piece , on which were printed various seditious sentences . Among them were the two following : — "Let us burn and destroy until we obtain a just partition of the lands and their fruits ' . " "The inhabitants , © a Monday evenings , at eight o ' clock , will be instructed , at the Porte St Denis , as to the means of procuring their rightful existence . " These papers were quickly gathered up by tbe agents of the police .

      Some riotous scenes took place at the College de France on Monday . M . Quinet having been prevented by the Minister oi Public Instruction from continuing his lectures on southern literature , had presented M . Damas Hinart as his substitute . But the pupils , with whom M . Quinet is of course a great favourite , clamorously interrupted M . Damas Hinart , and compelled him to retire . Execution op Rioters . —Tbe three men sentenced to death for tbe riot and murder at Buzan «? ais were executed in that town on the lGtb . About 2 , 000 spectators were present , and all behaved with great propriety . There was a large military force at hand , and the shops were all closed ; but there was no attempt at disturbance .

      SPAIN . ROTAL POPCLARIIT . —PcBLIC ExCITKUENT . — MADRID , April 12 . —The enthusiasm in favour of the Queen is becoming every day more intense . It yesterday assumed a character of almost frenetic rejoicing . An immense multitude lined the streets leading from the palace to the PuertadelSol and all along to the fountain of Cybele , at the entrance of the Prado . About a quarter to six the light and simple carriage of the Royal person was descried in the distance , approaching the Puerta del Sol . At once an immense shout arose ; it passed on to the Puerta del Sol , was borne aloft to the height of the Alcala , was continued to the Prado , and only terminated to be taken ud again at the gates of Alcala and Atocha .

      When the Queen approached the space opposite to the Post-office , the crowd was so wedged together that the Royal carriage had to atop several times , and though the space between it and the entrance to the Calle Alcala can be traversed in one or two minutes , more than a quarter of an hour elapsed before a passage could be effected . The shouts of "Viva nuestra Reina ! Viva nuestra amada Reina ' . Viva la Reina constitutional ! " from at least 50 , 000 voices , greeted the delighted young lady , from whoso eyeslthe tears started as she proceeded slowly towards the Prado . As she approached the fountain of Cybele , at the entrance of the Prado , about a dozen persons advanced towards the Royal carriage . They wero a

      deputation , and their leader bore iu his hands & tray , on which was laid a crown of flowers , for presentation to the Queen . The carriage stopped ; the multitude opened a passage , and the deputation , in obedience to a sign { from Her Majesty , advanced . The leader addressed the Queen nearly as follows : — " Lady , yonr people , lovers of liberty , and idolatrous of their liberal and constitutional Queen , and of their national independence , present this humble testimonial ef their attachment to yonr Royal person . Deign to accept it , and to hold in remembrance thepeoplo that welcome your Majesty with the enthusiasm of their hearts . " The shouts were renewed aa soon as the brief address was concluded . "Viva nuestra Reina ! Viva la Reina coastito ,-

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      clonal ! Fuera los Afrancesados ' . Vivaria Independent nacional ! " " Long live our constitutional Queen ! Down with the Afrancesados I Long live onr independence !" The Queen took the crown of flowers , and said , "Yes , yes , I am a Spaniard , —a Spaniard ( laying much emphasis on the word ) . I know that my people love me ; and I ( raising her voice ) love my people—the Spanish people ! " At the same moment a number of pigeons were let Hy , their throats adorned with ribbons of the national colours , and printed on them , " Independent nacional— Espana—la Reina libre , Viva ia Reina !" One of the birds took refuge in the lap of the Queen ; she caressed it , and handed it to her uncle , Don Francisco de Paula . Various others also alighted in

      tbe carriage , which she handed to her attendants . It was nightfall when the Queen returned to tbe palace . The same greetings awaited her , but interrupted , it appears , by some disagreeable circumstances . Under shelter of the darkness a few cries of a less friendly kind were heard amidst the uproar of voices , in the Calle Mayor . The cries , I am assured , were , " Viva la Reina Absolut * ' . " " Vim la Mxlicia Nacional ' . " " Viva Espartero ! " The civic guards caused some confusion by striking with their sabres at the groups whence the voices were supposed to issue . No other disturbance occurred . On the evening of Sunday two individuals were arrested : Avareleta , wbo was sent under an escort to a prison in Alicant , and Chico , late minister of police , who

      was sent to a prison in Almeria . A proclamation was issued by tho Minister of Grace and Justice , on the evening of Sunday , announcing regulations for the repression of similar proceedings . M . Olozaga arrived at Madrid on the evening of the 11 th . The proceedings of Sunday appeared to give the Queen no alarm or uneasiness on her own account , as she continued to appear at the theatres and bull-fights as before , and was everywhere received with the sameenthusiasm . Madrid , April U . —The Queen drove last night to the Prado without escort or attendance , except an outrider , and two or three servants on horseback , driving her own phaeton , and accompanied only by her cousin and uncle . M . Olozaga has taken the oaths and his seat in the chamber .

      GERMANY . Tbe Prcssiak Diet . —It is said that the following projects of law will te immediately presented to the Assembly : — 1 . A law toregulate the civil condition of the Jens . 2 . A law to abolish the duties on millers and butchers , and the personal taxes , which will be replaced by a system of taxation like the income tax in England , the revenue below 30 u dollars will be exempt , but individuals coming under this class will remain subject to a personal tax . 3 . A law on bills of exchange . 4 . The reorganization of the patrimonial tribunals , and not their abolition , as has been announced . 5 . A project for the construction of tha government railway to Konigsberg , the expense of which will amount to 84 , 000 , 000 of dollars , of which 20 , 000 , 000 will be borrowed .

      Accounts from Berlin of the I 5 th instant , state that upon that day tbe States-Generalmet , when the draft of the address of tbe Assembly , in answer to the king ' s speech from the throne , was read , and the debate upon it at once commenced . _ A letter bearing date the 10 th , states that tho liberal oppositionhave succeeded by an overwhelming majority in carrying an amendment to the effect that the " patent" of February 3 rd was not , in any way , consistent with former laws , particularly that of 1820 ( relating to the rights and privileges of the states ) , and that a petition should be presented to his Majesty , at a later period , praying him to make concessions more in accordance with the representative system . ITALY . The Journal des Debats has the following from Rome , dated the 8 th of April : —

      Addresses are coming iu from all quarters , demanding the institution of civic guards , the re-organization of the communal and provincial councils , and tha formation of a Council of State , consisting of laymen . The Pope aud Cardinal Gizzi would , as it is said , be disposed to comply with these demands , bat they would encounter great resistance on the part of the Austrian government .

      POLAND . Letters from Warsaw , received at Berlin , confirm the news of the expected arriral of the Emperor of Russia in that capital on the 10 th or 11 th of this month . RUSSIA . St Pstehsbtrg , April 6 . —Tho emperor is not yet able to leave his apartments in the winter palace . He is suffering from a liver complaint . SERVlA ., Great Firb at Bucharest . —About noon on the 4 th instant , a fire broke out in a narrow street , the houses in which were chiefly built of wood . A violent wind was raging at the time , and the flames were driven about in all directions . The Austrian Observer of the 13 th states that one-fourth of the town was destroyed . Another account gives 1 , 000 as the number of houses which were burned . Many lives were lost .

      ALGERIA . Capture of Bou-Masa . —News received at Paris by courier , announces the capture of Bou-Maza . It was this famous scheriff who , in 1815 , caused the revolt in the Dahra , which soon spread over the whole of Algeria . It ia said the captured chief trill be sent to Paris .

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      Ap . isioceatic Amusements of the Austriaxs . — A letter from Vienna of the 1 st , in the Gazette des Tribunaux , gives the following curious story : —A few days back a man in rags , and exceedingly dirty , entered the Cafe of the Golden Lamb of this city , and called for a bowl of punch . The waiter brought it to him , and , in laying it on the table , demanded the price . The man pulled out some pieces of copper money , not amounting to a fourth part of the cost of the punch , and tendered them in payment . The waiter finding the sum insufficient , was about to take the punch away , when the man suddenly exclaimed , as if recollecting something , " Oh , I have got some money—more than is wanted ! " and , stooping down , he drew a 1 , 000 florin note ( 2 , 400 fr . ) from his boot ,

      and gave it to tbe waiter . The latter , in great surprise , took the note to bis master , who thinking , from the man ' s wretched appearance , that it must have been stolen , sent for the police . The man meanwhile became impatient , and at last finding the change was not forthcoming , advanced to the counter , and said , "It you have not sufficient money at present , itfs no matter—I shall come back for it tomorrow . " At the same time he made a dart towards the door , as if to make his escape . The people of the cafe rushed forward and , seizing him , detained him there until a police agent arrived with three soldiers , who took him off to the chief police office : On arriving there the agent perceived four fashionables who cried out on seeing the prisoner , — " Well , yau bave won tbe wager ; here ' s your money . " Ailthe same time handing over a quantity of gold . They

      then explained that the person in custody was neither a vagabond nor a thief , but Count de Siedlaczecke only son of one ol the most wealthy Hungarian nobles in Vienna , who had betted that he should get himself arrested by tho police without committing any illegal act . "If that be tbe case , gentlemen , " said the agent , " my prisoner bas not won his wager , for he has been guilty of an offence which our laws punish severely—of having sought by means of disguise to lead the public authorities into error , " M . de Siedlaczeck was then taken before the head of the police , who ordered him to be set at liberty provisionally , until proceeded against betore the Criminal Tribunal . This affair has caused a considerable sensation here in the fashionable circles . Tbe count has rendered himself liable to three months ' imprisonment , and a small fine .

      Pleasures of War—Scene after the Battxe of Fuestes d'Osore : —1 was on my return to the army , when my attention was arrested by an extraordinary degree of bustle , and a kind of half-stifled moaning , in the yard of a quinta , or nobleman ' s house . I looked through the grating , and saw about two hundred wounded soldiers waiting to have their limbs amputated , while others were arriving everv moment . It would be difficult to convey an idea of the frightful appearance of these men ; they had been wounded on the 5 th , and this was on the 7 th ; their limbs were swollen to an enormous size . Some were sitting upright against a wall under the shade of cbesnut trees ; and many of these were wounded in the head as well as the limbs . The ghastlv

      countenance of these poor fellows presented a dismal sight . The streams of gore , which had trickled down their cheeks , wero quite hardened with the sun , and gave their face a glazed and copper-coloured hoe—their eyes were sunk and fixed , aud what between the effects of the sun , and exhaustion , and despair , tbey resembled more a group of bronze figures than anything human—there they sat , silent and statue like , waiting ior their turn to be carried to the amputating tables . At the other side of the yard lay several whose state was helpless for them to sit up ; a feeble cry from them occasionally to those who were passing , for a drink of water , was all they uttered . " A little farther on , in an inner court , were the surgeons . They were stripped to their shirts and bloody ;—curiosity led me forward ; a number of doors placed

      on barrels served as temporary tables , and on these lay the different subjects upon whom the surgeons were operating ; to the right and left were arms and legs , flung here and there , without distinction , and the ground was dyed with blood . Doctor Bell was going to take off the thigh of a soldier of the 50 th , and he requested I would hold down the man for him ; he was one of the best hearted men I ever met with , but , such is the force of habit , beseemed insensible to the scene that was passing around him , and with much composure was eating almonds ont of his waistcoat-pockets , which he offered to share with me , but if I got the universe for it I could not have swallowed a morsel of anything . The operation upon the man of the 50 th was the most shocking t ' t t "" Witnessed ; itlaated nearly half an hour , but his life was saved . —Adventures of the Connauoht Raniers ,

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      Monday, April 19. House Of Lords— Some C...

      MONDAY , April 19 . HOUSE OF LORDS— Some conversation took place between Lord Brougham , tbe Marquis of Lansdowne and other peers on the Education Scheme on the presentation of petitions relative to that measure . Poos Rehef ( Ihsiandj Bin , — The Landed Pbo-PEBTr ( iREtAKD ) 3 at . —The Marquis of Laksdowne , in moving the first reading of these bills , said that they wero two most important measures—ono for the better regulation of the relief of the poor in Ireland , and the other forgiving greater facilities to proprietors in tho improvement of their land . They had not , strictly speaking , any connexion , but yet tbey ha * » certain relation to each other , and he thought it would be most convenient to their lordships if they were moved on the same day , lie should , therefore , move the second readings on Thursday se ' nnight .

      Execution or Catherine Fostei . — The Marquis of Westmkath then called the attention of her Majesty ' s government to the unskilful and unnecessarily painful manner in which this unfortunate culprit was hung at Bury St . Edmund ' s for poisoning her husband . It appeared by tbe accounts which had appeared in the newspapers that 10 , 000 persons ware present at the execution , which was conducted ia such a manner as that the sufferings of tbe unfortunate creature were prolonged for a very considerable space of time , and the assembly was so struck and horrified thereby that tbey called out , " Shame , shame —murder , murder . " Now he was one of those who contended that punishment by death ought not to be erased from the statute-book ; but he did not think that there was a being in England who would say hat the extreme sentence of the law should be carried out in such a manner as to inflict more than the necessary amount of punisbment upon those who had

      forfeited their lives in consequence of their crimes . Some time ago a similarly horrifying case to that which had just happened at Bury St Edmund's took place in the town ot Sligo , where , inconsequence of the breaking of the rope , the man who was about to be hanged fell into the street underneath the gallows , whereby his le 0 'a and ribs wera broken , and in that state he was again raised to the gallows and executed . The sentence had to be carried out—there was no remedy for it . But he should like to know whether , when a case almost as bad occurred iu the very heart of this kingdom , almost under their own eyes , it was not the duty of tha govtru . roent to take the necossary precautions to prevent the recurrence of such horrifying scenes . Ha should like to know why the government did not sanction the use of the garot in such cases . It was used in Germany , where the outrageous scenes of which he complained never took place .

      The Marqvus of Lansdowne replied that the only acsount which he had seen of the recent execution at Bury St Edmund's was that which appeared in the newspapers . lie had no doubt but that the right hon . baronet who was connected with that department to which such matters belonged would cause a very careful inquiry to be made into all the circumstances . He ( the Marquis of Lansdowne ) entirely agreed with his noble friend that whilst it was indispensable to retain in this country tho punishment of death for certain aggravated crimes , that necessity only made it the more important that that punisbment when inflicted should be inflicted with all the solemnity , all the care , and all the attention which public justice required . The Marine Mutiny Bill , the Indemnity BUI , and the Mutiny Bill severally passed through committee . Their Lordships then adjourned .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS After the disposal of the private business , an extraordinary number of petitions against the scheme of education set forth in the minutes of the Council of Education were presented ; likewise a great many in favour of that scheme . The floor was literally covered with these petitions . To questions put by Sir B . Hall , Lord John Russell explained the result of a communication which had passed between the government and the Wesleyan body , through tho instrumentality of Lord Ashley . The result of the explanations given to the questions put on behalf of the Wesleyan body was that the government did not consider that persons who had ecclesiastical functions would be eligible to the office of pupil-teachers ; that the authorised version of the Scrip .

      tnres would bo required to be used in all the schools ; that persons approved of by the Wesleyan body might , il approved by the government , be made inspectors of Wesleyan schools ; and that of the grant proposed for this year no portion was intended to be granted to schools exclusively Roman Catholic . Whenever the question of the Roman Catholic , schools might be brought before the government , and when the Roman Catholic prelates and clergy should express their views , then tbe government would consider that difficult subject ; and if any plan could be devised in respect to Roman Catholic schools , new minutes would be framed and a grant would be proposed , either in supplementary miscellaneous estimates this year , or be postponed to the next vear .

      Education—The Government Plan . — . The Noble Lord having given this explanation , moved the order of the day for going into committee of supply on the education grant ; and in doing so proceeded to explain tbe scheme which the government hna ia view in demanding a grant of £ 100 , 000 for the purposes of education . He commenced his statement by commenting , in terms of considerable severity , upon the conduct of those who had been guilty of gross exaggerations in the statements which they had put forth in reference to the views and intentions of the government , and who had attempted to overawe the home hy summoning many of its members to their meetings , and endeavouring to coerce them into giving votes in opposition to tha government scheme , on pain of losing their seats in parliamentat tbe approaching general election . He then proceeded to answer the

      objection which had been urged against tha scheme bysome of its opponents—based upon the alleged unconstitutianality of the grant for education , and of the board by which it was administered ; after which ho briefly surveyed the progress of state education in this country , adverting to the increase which had from time to time been effected in the annual grant for that purpose , until last year it reached the sum of £ 100 , 000 . It had long been his opinion that they could never efficiently promote the interests of education in this country until they improved the prospects of the schoolmaster : H was necessary to do this in order to ensure the services of men of talent and ability in the business of teaching , there being , as he believed , no profession of more importance than that of training the minds of the youth of the working classes of the country . In improving the condition ami

      character of the schoolmaster , it was necessary to keep in view another proposition , with respect to which no grant was proposed to be made this year , but with respect to which there might , in future years , be some expenditure , viz ., that of granting pensions to such retiring schoolmasters as were worn out with the business of teaching . Amongst the objections which went to the whole foundation of the grant was this , tliatit was altogether a mistake for the state to give any assistance for the support of education . This objection would equally apply to the ilegium Donum in Ireland , and to the support given to ministers of religion in Scotland , as well as to eve * y other grant made by the state for religious as well as secular instruction . He did not wish on that occasion to enter upon the large quesiion which was raised by this objection , but would content himself with

      saying , that whilst it was the business of the state to imprison offenders , —to transport , and sometimes capitally to punish them , he could not assent to the proposition that it had nothing to do with the prevention of crime , or with the education and enlightenment of the people . Another objection to the scheme was based upon the assumption that there was no necessity for the state to Interfere , that voluntary efforts were sufficient to meet the educational exigencies of the country , and that the people of England were already sufficiently supplied with the means of education . He wished he could agree with those who urged this objection , but it was scarcely necessary to refer to statistics to , ' prove its unsoundness and fallacy . The noble lord then referred to some prison returns , to show the untenable nature of such an objection , and stated that it appeared to him to

      be a " shocking thing" that whilst they did give instruction they did not give it , in many cases , until the parties receiving it bad become implicated in crime . Such was the instruction communicated in our prisons . A rev . divine , while attending one of the meetings held in London in opposition to tbe scheme , was asked'by some one in the body of the meeting , if " a guide-post was not better at the beginning of a man's life than a gibbet at the end of it . ' * The reply , faa admitted , was quick , bul not correct . "What , " said the reverend gentleman , "if the guide-post lead to tbe gibbet V But no one had a right to regard the scheme of education now propounded by tbe government as such a guide-post as was here-indicated . Another argument urged by some of the opponents of the scheme was , that there- were in every great community large masses of the population steeped in

      vice and crime , whwa it was impossible to reach or to reform . He could not consent to the proposition , and had every reason , to believe that a well considered scheme of education , if it would not reach all , would favourably influence some portion of the unfortunate classes alluded to . The noble lord then , after expressing his regret that « ffovts had not been made at the commenccroent of theceatury tore-unite in tho same schools the various classes of churchmen and dissenters , adverted to the more specific objections to the schema , some of which he admitted to be of a formidable character , but tho majority of which he proceeded to refute . There was no question now as te the church undertaking the education of the whole people , or of tho church arrogating to itself that the people should be educated according to tbe established religion of the state . All that was now intended was , that in schools belonging to the

      Church of England the liturgy should be taught , but that in schools belonging to dissenters there should be no such requirement . This was not a system of compulsion , but of religious liberty , aud oua with which tbe dissenters should feel satisfied . If under the proposed scheme a larger sum should go to the church than to the other schools , that would make no difference as to principie , but merely as to amount . He did not see why the dissenters should refuse to partake of the grant , on the ground that a portion of the money was to be given to the Church of England schools . This was not a system of state education , but a system which merely came in aid of voluntary efforts in behalf of education . It was merely intended to aid existing schools , without impo . sing any terms up 0 Q th » schools which were not in perfect conformity with tbe rules and regulations which the founders and managers of those schools bad already

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      established . He could not agree with those wbo hsld that U would have been better if the state had confined itself solely to the promotion of secular education . Nor did the government intend to make the schoolmasters state officer , whose business it would be to attend to the secular Instruction of his popils , but who should have no concern whatever in their religious education . He maintained that tha state would be negligent of tbe greater half of its duty if it entirely disregarded the religious instruction of tho youth of the countiy . Many would construe the entire disregard of religion in schools , into the presence of irreligion , and object to them on that account . If what the government proposed was founded upon what was already established — if it wasimpossible to propose any other scheme whieh would enable them to carry into practical effect any great system of

      education , and if , as was urged by Dr Vaughan and others , it was useless to propose such a scheme , because it was sure to fail—the question which he had to ask the house was , whether It was now prepared to go with the government , and to grant the sum of money demanded to be disposed of according to the minutes of council , or whether it was disposed to refuse that grant and even to go tbe length of sustaining Mr Duncombe , and passing a vote of censure upon the government for even proposing such a grant . Whatever application the government might deem it their duty hereafter to make for a grant in favour of Roman Catholic schools , it was not intended to extend any part of the £ 100 , 000 to these schools . If aid should hereafter be giren to Roman Catholic schools , the greatest caution should be exercised in extending them such aid . II would not do for the government

      to step forward to tho support of monastic schools , or such as ore connected with monasteries in this country . Of the half-million which had been expended within the last few years for tho purposes of education , not one shilling , he believed , bad been given to purelv Roman Catholic schools ; and with regard to tho £ 100 , 000 which was now demanded , whatever might be hereafter done in favour of the Roman Catholics , it did not appear desirable to throw an additional stumbling-block in the way of the proposed Government scheme , by departing , with respect to that grant , from the existing minutes of council . To regard the proposed scheme as one tending to the increase of Government patronage , was as much to give way to idle apprehensions , as it was erroneous to brand it as an unconsti utional Interference with the legitimate functions of Parliament . The Government did

      not seek to promote or encourage any rule whereby the children of dissenting parents were not to he allowed to go to tlio church schools , unless they submitted to learn the cate . 'hism and to attend the church on Sunday . Ho did not believe that the church itself gained any advan . tage from such a rule . The rule of the Wesleyan body in this rt-spect was a much wiser and more charitable one , and did not tend to tho diminution of their numbers or influence . The noblo lord thus concluded : —For my part , seeing that the evil is so great , I am not disposed to wait until I have got a more general and more perfect scheme , I am disposed rather to feci my way—to proceed as we have , until at length we may find that there is some general scheme in favour of which the great mass of the intelligent opinion in this country will unite ; and then I should be most happy to see embodied ia an act

      tbe provisions which u » t with such concurrence . In the mean time we ask you for these means , inadequate as they are , with the view of dispelling that Ignoranee which Dr Vaughan has adverted to , and of pro . moting religion and virtue among the great moss of our population , ( Hear , bear . ) Wo ask you to do so , well aware of the opposition which this scheme has met with;—well aware that It would have been far easier for us to have shrunk from this task , and not to have asked the house to grant anything more than the millions on millions expended in the maintenance of the military means of this country . It would have been easier for the Ministers to have agreed , and said , — " Let us have additional millions for our army , our navy , and ordnance , but let us not ask for a single farthing for the purposes of education , " ' This would have been easier

      for us to have done , but this would not be consistent with the duty which we feel presses on us to improve , as far as in us lies , the school teaching in this country , and to assist , as faras in us lies , in giving a knowledge of religion and virtue to many ot the uninstructad multitudes iu tho country ; and be the opposition which wo meet with what it may—however formidable It may be at this moment ( and I lament to sec it in such a cause withdrawing from us the aid and support of many who through good report and through evil report have sup . ported our political course , )—yet , bo this disadvantage what it may , it will , nevertheless , be a consolation to me that I have made an attempt to diminish the empire of ignorance , and to raise the people of this country in the scale of religion and virtue among the nations of the globe . ( Loudcheers . )

      Mr T . Buncombe said that he never recollected a Prime Minister of this country to take notice ef an individual member , particularly one so humble as himself ( Mr Duncombe ) , by condescending to argue upon and endeavouring to prejudice in the mind of the house a motion given notice of , but not yet brought on . The noble 1 ird might characterise his ( Mr Duncombe ' s ) apprehensions as idle , but he believed his apprehensions were participated in by thousands and millions of his fellow-countrymen . The noble lord might if he chose call his ( Mr Duneombe ' s ) motion a censure on the government , or a vote of want of confidence in the Committee of the Privy Council , and ho admitted that he had no confidence in that committee with respect to tho scheme of education . Whatever might be the f . vte of the motion he was about to submit to the house , however the

      great question involved might suffer in his hands , ho was confident that if that motion failed , it would not fail because there was anything unreasonable in it ; or inconsistent with Parliamentary usage and the practice of the house . If it failed , it would be in consequence of the inability of any individual or independent member of the house to cope with that ministerial influence which he knew had been , and was to bo , brought against his humhie motion ; and also in consequence of the difficulties he should have to contend with arising from those understandings , if not actual and absolute compacts , made with members of the established church and some portions of the dissenting community—compacts and understandings which he would say were most disgraceful to those who made them—those , for instance , wha called themselves ' her Majesty ' s liberal ministers , in tha face

      of their former opinions and avowed principles , If he failed , however , in his motion , his consolation would , at all events , be that he had the support and good wishes of a great portion of his fellow-countrymen . This he believed , because since he had given notice of his motion he had received communications from all parts of the country in reference to Jit , asking bim to persevere with his motion , and stating , also , that that house would neglect its duty and betray its trust if it did not grant some inquiry , or at all events , some Information , beyond what had been given by the noble lord , before voting away any portion of the public money . These comraumentions also expressed regret that he had not given notice of his motion earlier . His excuse for not doing so was that he had waited until thelast moment , in order to see whether any other member of greater influence would not give notice of probably a better motion , with the view of meeting tbeproposal of her Majesty ' s ministers . He bad been told both by churchmen and dissentcrs that , if longer notice had been given of his motion ,

      they would have afforded it every support by the means of petitions . If he had entirely abstained from giving notice ofbls motion , probably only one discussion would have taken place before that house was called on to give validity , through the medium of the people's taxes , to an educational scheme which , notwithstanding all that had fallen from the noble lord , hi ) was prepared to maintain was dangerous to civil and religious liberty and calculated to increase the power of the Croirn , —which invaded and superseded the functions of Parliament , and was unjust to that portion of the community which would be compelled to contribute towards its maintenance , but would derive no benefit from lt ;> establishment Moreover , It was a scheme which would not attain the objects sought to be accomplished , while it would carry discord and dissension into every locality where it was intruded . The noble lord intimated that intimidation had been nsed to overawe members , and prevent them doing their du < y on this question . He should like to know what course bad been taken on the other side to get up a demonstration in favour of this " scheme ? There was a

      central committee for supporting that plan sitting m Gordon square , circulating in every district of the country forms of petition in its favour , drawn up after a pattern suggested by Dr Kayo Shuttlewosth , and imploring Jho clergy after thoy bad got these petitions properly signed , to . send them , postpaid , either to Lord Ashley or to Lord J . Russell . Although , however , there were more than 10 , 000 parishes iu England and Wales , not more than fifty or sixty petitions bad as jet been prescuted after this extraordinary canvass to procure them ; and it gave him sincwe pleasure to know tnat this scheme was beginning to excite dissatisfaction even among the clergy of the established chureb itself . He had himself received a petition from fourteen clergymen of the diocese of York denouncing it as dangerous and pernicious

      in the extr * me , and a letter along with it , wishing him good speed in his efforts to defeat it . After showing , by reference to speeches and other documents , the gross inconsistency of Mr Macauley , Lord Morpeth , and other members of the ministry , Mr Duncombe proceeded to censure Lord J . Russell very severely for his determiustion to exclude the children of Roman Catholics , whorequired gratuitous education as well as those of any other class of Christians in the country , from the advantages of this scheme , if there were any in it . Who would have expected such a scheme as the present from men who always professed so much regard for the right of the Roman Catholics to on equal share in the political and civil privileges of their countrymen 1 Would tha ministers have dared to retain this exclusion of ' the Roman

      Catholics if Mr O'Conaell had been in his place ! ( Hear , hear . ) But as it was , until he ( Mr T . Duncombe ) saw it , he would not believe that it would be left to tbe Protestant members of the house to fight the battle of Roman Catholic equality , and that the right hon , gentleman the member for Dungarvon ( Mr Shiel ) , and others , would go into the same lobby with ministers in order to create this " new disability , " and fix this stain and reproach upon those belonging to the same faith with themselves , instead of standing up for equal justice for them , and resisting their being taxed for the support of an establishment in which , on account of their xeKgiou * ojtatons , they were not to participate , ( Hear , hear . ) If such hon . and right hon . gentlemen should cast that reproach upon their own religion , or should adopt the more cowardly course of running away and flying from the battle , there might still be a sufficient number wbo would refuse to Vote a shilling of the public taoney until all

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      who contributed to it should share equally in the distri ' bution of the grant . ( Hear . ) Tbe noble lord ( Lord J . Russell ) allowed that there were objections « f great fore * which might be made , but perhaps be was not awar * how serious some of them wera . The noble lord ha d not said anything as to tbe probable cost of this scheme Could any gentleman in that house say , within ha'f a million of money , what would he the annual cost ten jears bence ! ( Mr J . Collstt— " Id . a head . " ] If was £ 100 000 this year . Ministers had laid the foundation of a scheme which , according tothe calculations of others , would ere long cost somewhere aSout £ 2 . 000 , 000 an . nually . He objected to the unconstitutional character of this committee of Privy Council . There was nothing in the manner in which the minutes had been laid before the House of Lords to give confidence to the country . It

      was then stated in the House of Lords ( interruption ) well , then , it was stated in another place , perhaps the Privy Council , that the Privy Council might lay those minutes on tbe table without any prefatory remarks , seeing that they did notcontain anything which required the sanction of the House of Lords , or even of the House of Commons , Such wae the view of the President of the Privy Council , who simply said , " Take our minutes , read them , digest them if you can , AH you have to do is to carry them out . Read them , pay your money , and ba grateful . " ( Laughter . ) The scheme was objectionable not only on account of tbo annn . il cost and its inefficiency for its object , but because it would increase tbe power of the Crown and the patronage of the government . On the 25 th of August the general minutes were agreed

      upon ; and the President of the Council required four months to produce another set of minutes , regulating the education of pupil teachers and stipendiary monitors . Apart from this unconstitutional character , be believed there never had been such a piece of quackery as those minutes . ' People might talk of Dr Badie , or of Dr Morlson ' s pills ; but Dr Kayo Shuttlewortb ' s minutes beat everything of the kind . ( Laughter . ) In all that retired to workshops in schools , for instance , they wero the laughing stock of the country No one could object to " school field gardens , " but to " workshops for trades" there were great objections The working men from whom he had presented the petltion to which he had already alluded , after adverting to tbe unconstitutional character of the measure , stnted these objections in the following terms : —

      • ' Your petitioners desire especially to direct the at . tention of your hon . house to a portion of that scheme which , if put in operation , will be productive of serio « s injury to the trades and labouring classes of this country . Under the head ' Workshops for trades , " it is provided by the minutes that grants may be made for the erection of workshops or the hiring of suitable buildings , towards the purchase of tools , and for the encouragement of the master workmen , by granting gratuities tor every boy who , in consequence of skill acquired in the workshops . " shaJl have become a workman or assistant ia any trade or craft whereby be is earning a livelL

      hood . This portion of the scheme will , m the opinion of your petitioners , inflict a serious injury on tbe honest and Bard-nsrking artisan of this country . The . great body of the trades are already brought down to the mero subsistence level by the keen competition caused by redundant labour . But the proposed addition to those competitors will render their condition much worse , because it will be Impossible for the produce of their labour to be sold in the open market at the same price as that of these favoured and privileged workshops , Tour petitioners would remind your hon . house of tho wretched condition of the shirtmakers and needlewomen

      of the metropolis and other large towns . To a great extent this wretchedness is , in tbe opinion of your petitioners , attributable to the fact that they are compelled to compete with persons employed in workhouses , schools of industry , and similar institutions . " It was Impossible for the working people to enter into competition with those who bad all the advantagts of assistance from the state . The petitioners prayed fcr inquiry before the Legislature sanctioned the scheme . In a pamphlet , which was supposed to proceed from tho secretary of tho education committee of Privy Council , this subject was much dwelt upon , A direct bribe was offered to the Working classes to accept the scheme . Speaking of the benefits promised to children in great towns , the author said , "The most obvious advantage to be offered to such children ia the means of earning a

      livelihood by training them in some handicraft requiring skill . If every such child had the opportunity of entering a workshop in which ho could acquire the art of a smith , or a carpenter , or a cooper , or other similar trade , and after some hours of application was provided with a coarse but wholesome meal , it is not to be doubted that many , attracted not less by tbe sympathy which such arrangements would prove to exist for their forlorn condition than by the opportunity of escaping from tbe misery of a life of crime and privation , would become assiduous scholars in such schools of industry . " The plan appeared to look remarkably well on paper ; but any practical mechanic could show , that a ? for teaching children , with the view of gaining a livelihood , any of the skilled trades of this country , in such schools , it was absolutely impossible to

      do so . The experiment bad been made in industrial schools ; but it had been found that the work of a shoe , maker , for instance , who had been so taug ht his trade , could not bear to come into competition with that cf regularly-bred workmen . There was this dilemmacither young persons would be taught trades imperfectly , or , if they were taught perfectly , great injury would be inflicted on tbe regular trade of the country . Men could not learn in a year and a day any of these trades ; they must serv e an apprenticeship . By the ^ waXes m" Cow . cil it appeared that the boys were to have a shore of the produce of their labour . Where was the produce of their labour to be sold ? it must be brought into the ordinary markets ; but it was totally impossible for on honest independent shoemaker wbo paid his taxes , maintained

      his family , and provided his own tools , to cope with those whose labour was carried on under so great advantages . If carried out to any extent—and if it was to be of use for the purpose of the scheme , it must be carried out to a great extent—it would seriously interfere with the wages of working men , who asked only " a fair day's wage for a fair day ' s work , " which , indeed , the schema now propounded was calculated rather to take away than to secure . The other day he received a communication as to what had taken place in Burnley , where a very active canvass , it appeared , took place on behalf of the government schools , But the people were not to be deluded . The factory agitation was first tried and the operatives called upon to go to the court-housi' , a meeting having been announced on tbe subject . Then another appeal was made : —

      " Men of Burnley ! do not be blinded by any sectarian jealousy . The government scheme offers aid to church , men a . ud dissenters attic . No favouritism ! Pork for all !" ( Laughter . ) "Nofavouritism ? " But what would the Roman Catholics say ? There was a saying , " Fewer parsons and more pig "—( laughter ;)—and the question , " Who was to pay for the pork V had been pertinently put in another placard : — " And men of Burnley , look here ! « Knowledge is power for cither good or evil . The promoters of tbe govern , ment scheme of Education have ever been the promulgators of the pernicious doctrine of passive obedience , and non-resistance . Put a pin in that fact , working men . ' Knowledge is power , ' but it may be so engrafted into tbe minds of your children , that they wilt

      always be passive slaves , and submissively obedient to the powers that bo . Put a pin in that fact also . They cry out , ' Pork for all . ' Workingmen , inquire who has to buy the pig and pay for its keep t " ( Greatlaughter . ) A public meetings toolz place ; and , notwithstanding an active canvass on the part of tbe go . rernment , their scheme was rejected by a majority of 150 to 1 . The resolutions described in emphatic terms- the tendency of the scheme to corrupt the working classes . A clever , intelligent working man , writing on the sub . ject , said —• " I hare carefully read over the Minutes of Council , and 1 cannot help thinking that the' scheme' is deeply laid , that the' thin end of the wedge * is intended to be

      Introduced ; and if the governmeat once introduce it there will not be wanting those who will drive it forward . The hopes of salary , emolument , and pension , I fear , will cause a whole ho * t of expectants to be a sort of tools that will train the youthful mind to believe in that doctrine so useful to those who fatten on the industry of othersthe doctrine of passive obedience and non-resistance . And the ' scheme' of granting ' certificates Is such that , , not only the whole of tho ' pupil t « acher » , " Jsc , will be- > put completely in tbe power of government , but also > their families ; the fact is , they will all bs bound to their rgood behaviour towards all Her Majesty ' s subjects , but it more especially to tbe ' parochial clergymen' and d ' managers ef schools , '"

      The same correspondent proceeded to remark : —• "lama working man that does not care a fig for either er churchmen or dissenter , as regards the education > n scheme . I believe that , as far as t " aey are concerned , it it is perfectly impartial , except as regards our Catholic lie brethren ; and if the statement be true that has been ien published in this town by the supporters of the scheme— ;—4 hat the Roman Catholics are shut out—I am sure that bat on principle I should oppose it , if I had w . ¦ tthev objec |« otion , because I hold that all who are called on to pay pay should participate in the beiufits . " So far as working men were concerned , the scheme had had very little chance of gaining their approbation . They hey were too good judges in tbe matter to be deceived—they : hey felt that the measure was calculated to enslave and to l to injure them rather than to promo & o their interest * . He He observed this , by way of illustrating tho ixnorancc of the the working classes ; and of showing tho necessity of concur- curring in this scheme , Dr Sbuttleworth , in this pamphlet of et of

      the government , alluded te what he called combinations ions and unions of tb & working classes aud strikes . He ( Mr ( Mr Duncombe ) called it tho government ' s , because he saw saw the personal pronoun " we " always introduced , and ua . I ub . less be should be told that It was not sanctioned by tho ? tho Privy Council , he should assume that it was an official fficial document , published at the public expense . Well . i 11 , 1 that pamphlet allusion was made to the strike of the oro e oro < rative cotton spinners of Preston from October , 1 S 36 , to 36 , to i Vebruary , 1837 , and it was shown that £ 107 , 000 was lost is lostt to the town and trade of Prcstoa by that strike . Iu that n that t document , however , it would bo found what was the rea-ie reason of that strike—it was simply this , that the operativeeratives spinners oi Preston , seeing tbe factory operatives in othem otherr parts of Lancashire receiving better prices than them , themselves , conceived that thsre was no reason why tbeyy theyy should not receive the same prices . Tbey found theid thee wages at Bolton about 10 per cent , higher than their owneir ownn wages , and they struck . Well , what was the result Iresult II After tbe men had remained on strike for some time , thtme , thw

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 24, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24041847/page/7/