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STATE OF PORTUGAL . Every mail from Portugal brings evidence in supgori of the view we have all along taken of the Portngutse question . Every letter from Lisbon and O porto exhibits the people utterly incredulous of the J od frith of Donna Maria ; exasperated against the J jjgfcninvaders ; and either continuing tbe revolt in spite of thejnvaders , or giving nnmistakeable nroew ° f the ' intention to renew the struggle at tha | rst favourable opportunity . We give in another column the " Amnesty" pro-Waimed by the Portuguese Queen . Oa thd face of » UiC decree looks fair enough , but as anything like jjjnle truth or plain dealing is utterly foreign to Ajjesoulof Donna Maria , the ink ofthe amnesty waa j-jtcely dry when that worthy Queen took care to le ther subjects know that her words wire all fudge , Intend ed „ u To palter In s double sense ,
To keep the word of promise to tbe ear . And break it to the hop * . * jo the first place the decree of amnesty was accompani ed by a proclamation , in which'Donna Maria tsf ' : ~~ Portuguese!—¦ Our country has presented to Europe jhe dep lorable spectacle of the eftusitn of Portuguese tfooi , the destruction ot property , the dissolution of locial ties , and all the ills that follow in the train of civil w The love of their country aud of liberty gave way , jnthe minds of all the Portuguese , before the fatal gla ? i" ! is tbat led them to lake arms against my jot » 1 authority aud the constitution of the kingdom .
This is one tissue of insolent falsehoods . The insurgents did not take arms against the " constitution / ' but , on the contrary , in defence ofthe " conjtStation , " which the Queen and her faction suspended aud purposed to extinguish . The Junta did sot take arms against her " royal authority , " though ( oat is what the Junta ought to have dene . The "dissolution of social ties , " the "destruction cfpro-« ertv , and " the effusion of Portuguese blood , " have been brought about by the wicked attempts of the Court to rule despotically , and in defiance of the public voice . For every drop of Portuguese blood shed Dcnna Maria and her faction must be held responsible , "Ihave resolved , " says the Queen , — Tt convoke the Cortes , and to direct that the elections gjaU take place after submission shall have been made , ind public order re-established in every " part ofthe king . ion . and that the freedom of election , the unfettered
tiereue of au rights , and the scrupulous aud impartial execution of the constitutional charter in everyone of Us provisions , shall he " maintained . Who will believe her premises and protestations ? Hadshe permitted the "freedom . of election , " and the " scrupulous and impartial execution of the constitutional chatter " the civil war would not have occurred . The palace conspiracy of the 6 th of October was formed for the purpose of destroying the last vestige of that constitutional freedom she now profesjs to hold in such deep respect . She next has a gin * at tbe " chiefs" of the insurrection , who , she says , had affected to doabt her " royal word ! " Notwithstanding which , she says , her " generousfeelings still remain the same . " No doubt of it , as will
te . ere long , folly manifested . Sue then reminds the •« Portuguese" that the first duty is " fidelity to the constitution I ? " Her Majesty" must be blessed with sm / Tetban "forty-parson power" of hypocrisy to talk thus . A little more humbug about her "kindly & p xition , " concludes this precious proclamation . ' According to the second section ofthe first article of the decree of amnesty , " all individuals nnder arrest in virtue of a warrant from any authority whatever , whether their indictment has been examined or sot , shall immediately be set at liberty . " Of course , according to the plain construction of this " section , " the innumerable prisoners in the dungeons of Lisbon , together with the prisoners at St Julian ' s , captured by the English , should have been immediately set at
liberty . Oa the faith of this , most of the refugees on board of the British ships abandoned the protection afforded to them , as no longer necessary , and returned to then * homes . Bnt immediate l y out came another decree , declaring tbat the amnesty was sot to take effect uatil" after the complete submission of the revolutionary Junta of Oporto , and oi the armed bodies who sustain the revolt" On this , the unhappy persons who had incautiously left the protection of the British authorities were hunted out by the police , and most of them thrown into prison . The decree of amnesty was published on the 9 th of June , but np to the lath , inclusive , the prisoners , who , according to " section 2 nd , article 1 . " were to be immediately set at liberty , were still in the prisons of "Her most faithf ul Majesty . " So little faith have the good folks of Lisbon in anything their blessed Queen says or swears to , that , says the Tune * correspondent , " thepatulia or mob , shortly after the proclamation was issued collected in
crowds in the lower streets , and amused themselves by insulting the loyal volunteers , and singing the revolutionary * Hymn of Maria da Fonte . ' This led toa few blows from the volunteers and to some arrests , among others , the bellringer of St Paul ' s Church , who amused himself br playing the hymn with the church bells . In the evening some disorderly youths were singing seditious hymns and uttering riotous cries , which led to their being seised . One of them , after some altercation , was marched to the quarters at Janellas Yendes , on arriving at the steps leading I to which he struck one of his conductors down , whereupon the others fired at and killed bim . It was an act of quite unnecessary violence , but I do not hear of any other death . " According to thesame authority , Donna Maria ' s man , " the King , " was hissed in the streets by the jaquetas ( "jackets , the Earn ? by which tbe mob are distinguished . ") These revelations clearly enough indicate the course of future
events . The prisoners at St Julian ' s cause considerable anxiety to the Queen and her allies . According to the correspondent ofthe Times , —There has been a good deal cf secret plotting for effecting their liberation by a coup de main , and [ an attempt was even made to convey a supply of muskets to them . A reinforcement of British marines has fceea fonnd necessary to strengthen the guard . * ' Not the least violent amongst the prisoners , " says the Times man , " is the Englishman , Salter , who fled from the service of tbe Queen of Portugal to the insurgents , and now exceeds the most rabid of the Patnlia in abuse of his late Royal mistress . The Marquis of Louie and Salter are on board the Trafalgar , and the latter has been severely reprimanded for bis outrageous conduct . "
Sa da Bandeiraand the Condede Mello , with three hundred troops at St TJbes , have surrendered to the British , but the night before the surrender the g reat iody of the insurgent forces ( 6 , 000 well armed troops , and 1 , 000 followers ) evacuated the town , and taking their arms with them , made off in the direction ofEvora . The previous arrival from Lisbon stated tbat the Junta bad agreed to accept tbe terms proposed by the British government ; wc now learn tbat the Junta had refused to agree to the terms , and tbat all negotiation with them was at an end . Admiral Parker bad sailed from Lisbon to reduce the Junta , his squadron consisting ofthe Terrible , the Sidon ( Sag ) ,
the Phoenix , the Bulldog , the Gladiator , the Geyser , steamers , and the Amazon corvette , two Spanish steamers , and the French steamer Anacrem . As regards land operations , Spanish troops to the number of 12 000 men were on their march towards Oporto on the Uth : while Saldanbaa and Gasal ' a division , more than 8 , 000 strong , were a few miles' distant to the sonth of tbe Doaro . Against such odds by ' and and sea , it would be useless to contend , and the Junta vrill probably succumb without a struggle . The spirit in Oporto is good for resistance , and " not all tits Que en ' s horses and all the Queen ' s men" could have secured the conquest of the city , unaided by the brigands of Spain , and the pirates of Britain . had
According to the latest accounts old Foveas arrived at Oporto , and the forces nnder his command would immediately follow . Preparations were makingfor an obstinate resistance . We doubt , however , that the resolve to resist against such an overwhelming force as will be brought against the city will be persevered in . . Prom a pr ' vate letter published in the Post , dated Lisbon , June I 5 tb , we give the following extract : — . At the moment when the most barefaced tyranny was about to be put down ; when the struggles of adversity were on tha point of being surmounted , and the gates of Lisbon might almost be said to have been creaking on their binges to admitted the liberators of an oppressed aad stricken people—the veto of a nation , free in itself aud conscious of tbe blessings of th * t freedom , is
interfered with . The arm stretched out m aid of it » country has been crippled , broken , and paralysed , in a manner at once unprecedented and unexpected . The English intetvcu'iwi is universally execrated , and the more so now tbat the people see how utterly impossible it is for «* r government effectually to guarantee the performance of any promises that might hare been wrung from Donna Maria in her extremity . What has happened nnder the auspices of England is only a mo-men-Urv check , a temporary suspension , to the national cauV . withdraw the fleet and the scene recommences .
The insurrection may be crushed , but the spirit of revolt will continue to flourish until either iJonna Maria is driven from her throne , or tbe country is permanently occupied by foreign troops , it the latter alternative is adopted , Engtend will rival in shame and crime the destroyers of Poland , tnglishmer , will yon permit this ? Will yon suffer your government to rival the Muscovite mi screant i mu jou consent to bear the itigma yonr aristocratic rulera design to indelibly brand upon your name . Remember tbat They who permit oppression share the crime .
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The Assembly of Jamaica has requested that no more Coolie labourers be sent from Calcutta to tbat inland .
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WAR IN CHINA ! An extraordinary express , in anticipation af the Overland Mail , has brought files ofpapers from Bombay of May 12 ; Calcutta , May I ; China , April 25 . The news from India is unimportant . From China the intelligence is of an unexpected and startline character ; no less than a reuwral of hotfjlitie & be tweea the English and Chinese . Attacks upon the persona and property of Europeans is alleged as the justification of the high-handed course pursued by the English . We take the following details from the CAma ifaii , published at Hon ? Kong : — Onthe 1 st of April General D'Aguilar issued ah order directingthe troops to embarkthatnight , ( from Hong Kong , ) and notwithstanding it was then past
four o clock in the afternoon , the entire force available , somewhat nnder a thousand men , together with their guns , material , and stores , were all on board shortly after midnight . The naval force consisted WH M . S . Vulture and Espiegle , the H . C . armed steamer Pluto , together with the Corsair , a small merchant steamer plying on the Canton river . Next morning , between two aud three o ' clock , the three steamers were nnder weigh , the Vulture leading and towing the artillery lorc ' ha , aud two large Chinese boats , containing tue Sappers with scaling ladders , < fcc . About nine o ' clock the Vulture entered the Bocco Tigris . The seamen were at their guns , the troops told off for landing , and Captain Macdougall , running his ship as near the shore as possible ,
anchored within pistol-shot of the batteries on the Annng-boy bank , having the formidable forts on tbe north and south Wantong Islands , within range . of the other side . As the anchor was Jet go the boats were lowered , and in almost shorter time than it can be described , a strong detachmentander tbe command of Major Aldrich was landed with the general , and the three forts of Annng-hoy , mounting upwards of 200 guns , were in our p ossession ... The guns were spiked , and large quantities of ammunition destroyed . In the meanwhile Col . Brereton . who had left the Vulture at the same time as the other force ,
proceeded with tbe troops under his command to the forts on the north , and south Wantongs , and having entered them without opposition , spiked more than 250 guns , and destroyed their magazines : Thus , in the course of a few hours these five formid-. able batteries , mounting upwards of 4 § 0 large guns , had been disarmed , and the safe communication of the expedition with Hong Kong so far secured ; and in effectingthese important objects , the utmost care was observed to abstain from offering personal injury to the Chinese in the various forts , and not even the most trifling article of property was carried away or destroyed by the troops .
In the course of the afternoon the steamers arrived at Whampoa , as did also the Espiegle during the night . The Vulture ' s draft of water prevented her from ascending . higher ,, bis excellency Sir John Davis , the general , and ; bis staff , moved into the Pluto . on the morning of the 3 rd ; the troop * were transferred to the two smaller steamers and the boats of the Vulture , which were to ^ ed bjr them , and the expedition ascending the river arrived about half-psstjrine o ' clock at . the barrier , a strong row of stakes extending from bank to bank , with only one opening , and defended b y four strong forts . The forts to the left were simultaneously attacked . The g * tes of both forts were blown bpeu by the engineers , their garrison escaped by the rear , the guns were
spiked , the magazines blown up , and the boats , with the two columns under Colonel Brereton and Mt > jor Aldrich , supported by the steamers , pulled across to attack the forts ' on the olheV bank i : f the river . Here it was evident that the Chinese had determined to make a stand , and as the boats came within range , both forts opened a brisk fire of round shot , and , when they drew hearer , of grape . " They were immediately replied to by the Pluto , Corsair , and the aitillery gun-boat—the boats with the troops pulling steadily towards the forts- The firing continued until the men . landed , and then , seeing the force firmed on shore , the enemy abandoned their works by the rear . The guns , all of them of large size ( one of copper , in particular , was 24 feet in length , with an 8-inch bore ) , were spiked , the magazines blown up , but private property , as before , rigidly respected .
The expedition then continued its progress up the river , andIhe f ort called the " French Folly , " situated at the commencement of the south-eastern suburb of Canton , was attacked ; the gate blown in , and the guns spiked . At 4 o ' clock , p . m . the steamers anchored' in front of the factories , and- four other forts , therirer defences of the city and the suburbs of Canton , were disarmed , by blowing in their gates , spiking their guns , aud destroying the magasines ; making altogether upwards of 850 pieces of heavy ordnance disabled since 9 o ' clock the preceding morning . Onthe arrival of the forces at Canton Sir John Davis intimated to' Keying that he was ready to confer ] with him at the British Consulate . Nothing could more significantly mark the altered position of the representatives of the two nations than the fact tbat the high imperial * commissioners attended the summons . " - '• ¦ -
When Keying at length arrived , ' he was received at the landing-place by Captains Kennedy and Sargent only . Though Keying comported himself with his usual dignity and composure , those who had seen him under happier circumstances could not fail to ob-erve a mortified expression , beyond his power of concealment . Theconference was immediately opened , and lasted nearly three hours , the Chinese taking their leave about two o ' clock . In tbe afternoon it became known that Sir John Davis had submitted to Keying the only conditions upon which he would suspend the operations ofthe forces , aad had given him uxtil six
o ' clock , p . m ., the following day , for consideration . A strong guard ofthe 42 nd was stationed in the centre of the street leading from the Old to the New Danish Hong , and at night sentries were placed at e » ery access to the factories . The Consoo-house at the top of Old China-street had previously been taken possession of by a party of the Royal Irish , and the passage at Hog-lane wassbut up . Next morning thefortknownas the French Folly was destroyed by Colonel Phiilpotts and the armed boats of the Vulture . In the forenoon ammunition was served out to the troops , additional scaling ladders were constructed , and every preparation made for any service that nvi ° ht be required .
In the evening , the associated volunteers , comprising nearly the whole of the British community , were inspected by Major-General D'Aguilar . At ni'ht , Mawquaaud Consoo-streets were barricaded . Keying , who in the meanwhile was engaged in the difficult task of persuading his councillors , requested and obtained an extension of the time specified for considering the conditions of the British plenipotentiary . At day-break , Captain Clark Kennedy and Lieutenant Dacosto , of the Engineers , were sent to the city wall , which they succeeded in scaling at two places , the height being about 23 feet , and ascertained that it was of sufficient width for the proposed military operations . They returned beforesixo ' clock , when , as no communication had been received from Keying , and the arrangements for an assault were completed , an intimation of their nature was given in a general order issued' by Major-General D'Aruilar .
Shortly after the order was issued , the immediate bombardment of the city of Canton , with a fearful sacrifice of life and property , was averted by the receipt of Keying ' a answer to everything demanded of him ; and this result was immediately communicated in the government notification . In the course of the game forenoon the Sappers and Miners were employed iu removing the chop-house at Hog-lane Creek , as well as the objectionable buildings erected against the garden walls , and in clearing the river front . While these operations were going on , the governor , accompanied by the consul and Captain Macdougall along with two mandarins , crossed over to Bonanto examine the ground to be selected in terms ot the 4 th article of the convention . Next day , towards
evening , orders were given to hold the Pluto in readiness to proceed to Fuh-shan early next morning . It appeared that the Chinese were attempting to evade the stipulation for the punishment of the aggressors on Col . Chesney ' s party at that place , and Sir John Davis therefore intimated to Key leg that if the men then in custody for the offence were not produced at daybreak , the Pluto would be despatched to Fuhshan for the purposeof seeking redress there . Towards midnight a message was received at the consulate acceding to the plenipotentiary ' s peremptory demand . Accordingly , at 5 o ' clock , three men were brought to the Consoo-house , a mandarin of high rank with other officials being present on the part of tbe Chinese , and the Hon . A . It . Johnston , Capt . Macdougall , R . N .,
Capt . Bruce , Messrs Gutzlaff and Meadows , and a number of others , on the part of the British . Themen were one after another bambooed by the Chinese officera of justice , snd on leaving the Consoo-house , the mandarin , on being required to do so , explained to the pe ople who crowdedabout the barriers why the men had been punished ; and it was added , tbat for a similar offence they might themselves expect a like chastisement . In tbe course of the morning ( the 8 th ) a general order was issued for the embarkation oi the troops for Hong-Kong , and the merchants , apprehensive of tbe consequences should they be suddenly left
without military protection , met at eleven o ' clock to sign a remonstrance to Sir John Davis on the subject . Capt . Bruce , the adjutant-general , having by chance heard frem a gentleman returning from tbe meeting ot tbe alarm of the merchants , hastened to the Chamber of Commerce , and stated tbat it had been determined to leave the light company of the 18 th . The light company is still at Canton , aud wiil probably remain there until the laud on the Honau side is surveyed , the factory walls in some measure fortified , the remaining nuisances removed , and other minor arrangements completed . On the Gtb of April Sir J . Davis issued the following government notification : —
Eia Excellency h « r Majestj ' a p ' enipoteutiary , & c , has the satisfaction to announce that at thelast moment , and when actually waiting the assault on their city , the Canton authorities have assented to his reasonable demands , and the impending ruin of this populous place has been happily averted . The following are briefly the head * of the new agreement ;—Jt At the fixed period of
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twoyaars from : this day , the- 6 : h of April ,-tha , city , of Canton shall fee opened to British subjects . 2 . Herllajetty's subjects shall 'beat liberty to roam for exercise or amusement in the ; neighbouring ceuutry without molestation , ' retarnihg the i ' anie day , as at Shanghai , and any person , mohitlng ' thera shall be sevewly punished . " 3 . theaggressoMon the twoseamen'inOctober last , and on Oolontl Chegney and others at Fuihan oa the I 2 thJUrcb , » Hall be made examples of , Tha latter bring already apprehended , will be brought to Canton arid , punished ra the presence of persons deputed by her majesty ' splenipotentjary . i . An adequate space on the Honan side et the river shall be granted on lease to
British merchants and others , for the erection of dwellings and warehousea ; and his Excellency will ascertain the site and extent before ho quits Canton . 5 . A site forthe erection of a church shall also be granted on lease in tbe neighbourhood ofthe space now occupied by the foreign factories ; and spaces for burial grounds shall also be allotted at Whampoa . 6 . The flying bridge and another building between the two gardens shall be erected , as desired , nnd sheds shall aot be permitted against the walls . 7 . For' the better preservation of order , and for the general convenience , the river front before the factories shall ba kept clear of boats . — By order , A . R . JoHMSToif , British Consul Ate ! Canton . Anril 6 .
COCHIN CHINA . The Cochin Chinese , like their kindred and neighbours , the Chinese , have come into collision with a European power . - ' . The French ' - ' ship Vietorieuse corvette , Captain Genouilley , arrived at Hong . Kong from Cochin China , having been at , Th ' ouraine , with Commodore La Pierre , in the frigate La Gloire , of 52 guns , to demand redress ior imprisoning the French Bishop . " They were received apparently in a friendly manner , but information was given of some treachery , and of their hostile intentions , which was confirmed by the seizure of some papers , and great preparations in tbe forts , and five large
Cochin China men-of-war being in readiness with a multitude of armed boats , which put the Admiral La Pierre on his guard . The French Commodore , in self-defence , was compelled to attack them , and afte ' rah hour and a half s hard fighting two men-ofwar were blown up , two abandoned and afterwards burnt , and the Cochin China Admiral ' s vessel was taken and burnt also . The forts fired all the time , but only a few shots hit . After this event the French frigate withdrew . From the multitude of troops on board the vessels , and in the forts , ' great slaughter must have been committed . Only two or three were killed and some wounded in the French frigates .
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . Cape ef Good Hope papers to the 21 st of April inclusive hayebeen received , from whieh we learn that the Kaffir war is not " yet at ah end ; nor does it appear likely lobe for some time to come at le ^ t . Although much subdued , the hostile tribes carry on a bold , desultory warfare , to the continual annoyance and pecuniary loss of ( he colonists . The new governor ( Sir H . 'Pottinger ) is prompt in his plans , and energetic in his morements ; but the Kaffirs are net . only . not vanquished , but seem determined to main * tain the struggle to the last .
WEST INDIES . Tho news from onrown West Indian islands continues favourable : it is , however , of no mark—especially from the Leeward and Windward groups . Two schooners belonging to Nassau had been " fishing up" articles belonging to the wreck of the Tweed steam-ship , and , amongst other articles , had succeeded in recovering three hundred bottles of quicksilver , ol which there was , it will be recollected , a large qusritity on board at the time this unfortunate ship was wrecked . The Trent boarded the Brothers , of St Andrew ' s , N . B ., with timber , dismasted , water-logged ; and deserted by the crew . She was in lat . 42 50 N „ and long . 10 34 W .
FRANCE . The Chamber of Deputies have sanctioned by a large majority the proceedings proposed to be taken against M . Emile de Girardin , editor of La Presse , in the Court of Peers . The tumultuous debate which took p'aco on this subject in the representative chamber on Thursday , has only served to stimulate the public curiosity forthe disclosures of traffic in ministerial favours and patrona . se which are expected . M . de Girardin , although giving some documents , was understood to decline producing his case prematurely .
The Chamber of Deputies voted , on Saturday , the sum of 200 , 000 f . to defray the expenses attending the celebration ofthe anniversary of the revolution of July , 1839 . by a majority of 225 to 8 . MY de Beaumont was the only member who spoke against the grant . He proposed thatthe 200 . 000 f . be converted into bread-tickets and distributed to the indigent ot Paris ; " besides , " added he , " we are so far from tbe revolution of July , and from the principles it established , that the celebration of its anniversary is a mere mockery . " Some popular movements in favour of the extension of suffrage and internal reforms of the Chsmber
are taking place . The central committee of the liberal opposition of the department of the Seine have adopted a petition to the Chamber having this object . A great reform banquet is also announced to be held in the Italian opera house , at which six hundred citizens are ts join . Among the prominent promoters of this are MM . Odilon Barrot , Gustave de Beaumont , Leon de Maleville , and Duvergier d'Hanranne . Similar demonstrations in the departments are contemplated . According to tbe existing laws these meetings cannot be held without the permission of the prefect of police—that is , of the government ; an application for tbat purpose is about to be made .
Paris and irs Citadel ? . —According to an official return , when the whole of the citadels and fortifications round Paris are completed , the following will be the number of troops that will occupy that capital and its vicinity in the course ofthe present year : — Mont Valerian 8 , 000 men , of which two companies of engineers and one company of foot artillery . 2 Charenton , 2 , 500 men , one regiment of artillery and one company of engineers- 3 . Tory , 1 , 800 men , two companies of artillery and engineers . 4 . Remainville , 2 , 000 men , two companies of engineers . 5 . Issy , 1 , 000 men , one company of artillery and one company of engineers . 6 . Bicctre , 1 , 2 C 0 men , one company of engineers . 7 . Montrougc , 1 , 000 men . 8 . Vauves , 900 men , of which one company of engineers . 9 . The four forts of La Double Couronne , St Denis , de
la Breche , and Stains , 3 . 200 men , one companv of artillery . 10 . Fort de 1 'Est , 600 men . 11 . Fort d'Aubervilliers-les-vetus , 1 , 100 men , one company of engineers . 12 . 1 Fort de N » issy , 1 . 300 men . 13 . DoRosny ,, 1 , 000 men . 14 , De Nogent , 1 , 500 men , one company of engineers . 15 . Citadel de Vinccnnes , 3 , 200 men , of which four batteries are artillery and two companies of engineers . The Parisian citadels and forts will occupy an army of 24 . 800 men , which , with the garrison of Paris , wilt form a force of 60 , 000 men , cavalry , infantry , and artillery ; and 1 , 262 cannons , 80-pounders , mortars , & c . The above force is exclusive ofthe National Guards . The population of Paris and the Faubourgs is upwards of 980 , 000 inhabitants , besides 70 , 000 foreigners , of whom the English residenis are above 25 , 000 .
On Tuesday , M . de Girardin was called before the Chamber of Peers , to present his explanations and defence . M . de Girardin repudiated the charge of intending or committing any offence or disrespect of the peerage , but admitted committing both against the ministry . The Chamber having heard this protest , resolved itself into a secret committee to give judgment , when M . de Girardin was acquitted by 134 votes against 60—majority , 74 . SPAIN . . The Gaeeto publishes several royal decrees of a financial nature , which that notorious speculator , M . Jose Salamanca , has suggested and countersigned .
One of them orders the commanderies or property of "the four military orders , and that of St John of Jerusalem , " to bo sold by public auction , it being officially valued at 142 , 560 . 247 reals . 'Ihe property is to be paid for by the purchasers in three per cent , titles , with the current coupons , at three periods , the last extending to two years . Another decree re-organises the department ofthe finances . All accounts agree in statiifg'that General Serrano will be speedily appointed to the captain-generalship of Madrid ; The ranks and grades granted during the regsnsy of General Espartero arc about to be confirmed by the government .
PORTUGAL . TUB CIVIL WAR . The Nautilus propeller arrived on Tuesday morning at Liverpool . She left Lisbon on the . loth , and when in the mouth ofthe Tagus received a despatch for government . She brings news that Sa ^ da Bandiera and the insurgents of Sctubal have submitted and acknowledged the Queen ' s authority . It was announced on the 14 th tbat they had surrendered their arms to Yinhaes and the allies conjointly . The Jackal war-steamer arrived s ,-imo day from Oporto , with intelligence tbat the junta positively refused to submit , and had rejected the complete amnesty . The receipt of this account of the junta ' s contumacy would quicken Admiral Parket ' s movements , and it
was believed tbat there would be no real resistance , and that upon the first serious shot being fired against the town they will surrender . Admiral Parker , it appears , has strongly recommended the government to urge Saldanba to listen to no representations whatever proposing an armistice , but to use his utmost endeavour without delay to enter Oporto . General Concha ' s army of 12 , 000 men was close to Oporto , while Saldanha ' s and Casal ' s divisions , more than 8 , 000 strong , were a few miles' clistant to tho south of tho Douro . Tho second Spanish General , Mendez Vigo , was at Viana , 37 miles north of Oporto , bavins reinforced the other garrison of Yalenga , which ho has left behind him , and the bar of the Douro was blockaded by the combined squadron . The following is a copy of the
DECREE OF AMNESTY . Seeing the necessity of putting an end to the calamities tbat desolate the kingdom , and of preventing tbe evils that must be occasioned by a continuance cf the civil war ; and animated by a desire to fulfil tbe first and
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aost , imperioai ofay . dutiei ^ by employing all the means in my power to ' ternilnate these ' fatal dissensions and to cincUiate t & e good will of all the Portuguese , who sinee the foundation of the monarchy have always distinguished thenmlm by their fidelity to their Kings , my august ancestors—! haye resolved , after consulting my Council of State , to decree as follows : — A » T . I . There ia hereby granted a full and complete amnesty for all political offences committed since the 6 th of October , 1846 , and everything shall be buried in absolute and perpetual silence . , , 1 1 . All proceedings instituted on acconnt of these offences , in whatever stage thoy may be , are declared null and void . - ¦ . I 2 . All p « rsons who may have been arrested by vlrtae of any mandate or authority whatsoever , whether legal process has been commenced or not , shall be immediately set at liberty ; • • ¦ ¦ ' ¦
{ 2 . All persons . who , in consequence of political events , or of tba extraordinary measures adopted by the government , shall have beenebligad to quit the terrltor $ « s of the kingdom , shall immediately enjoy their liberty , " with the power of returning to their country ; and to this end the government will furnish them with the necessary means , Aar If—All those who , since the abovouamed 6 th of October , shall have been deprived of tho military rank to which they were legally entitled , or of any other function or employment that , according to tho constitutional charter , or the express provisions of the existing laws , could not be taken from them except under the sentence of a competent tribunal , shall bo immediately reln * tated in all thelr . titles , functions , and employments . ! 4 . All persons who , since the said Cth October , shall have been deprived of their tiths , or of any other bonorary distinctions , shall also be restored to all their honours , titles , or decorations .
My Ministers and Secretaries '' of State , in their respective departments , ahull carry out and watch ever the extcution of the present decree in alt its provisiona . From tbe P ^ lnco de las Necessidadts , this 33 rd April , 1347 . ( Signed ) The Qbijsn . ( Countersigned ) Fbancis-jo Tavakes de Almeida Pboenza—Conde . DE ToMl—MaNOM DUABTS LEITAON—IiDE . FuNso Leofoido Bavabdo .
. . . SWITZERLAND . Advices from Switzerland report the progress of the liberal cause in most ofthe cantons . The grand council of Tessino has pronounced against the Ultramontane League , and the deputies to be sent by that canton to the Diet have received instructions to support all measures directed towards its dissolution . The French ambassador , M . BoisleComte , has had an audience of the council of state at Lugano , at which , however , no hint ; took place to influence the decision of the council against the league . The canton of St Gall has given a similar instruction to its deputies . The . 5 uv « Catholic Gazette contains the following under date Lucerne , 14 th instant : —
The committee charged ' with preparing the instructions to be given to the Diet , agreed yesterday to propose the following resolution to the Grand Council : — . *• The deputation will declare to tbe Did that the Canton of Lucerne is opposed to all intervention on the part of a majority of 12 Cantons in the affair of the Catholic League and the Jd ' saits , ' and . will resist with ' arms all attempts to , enforce the execution of any decree the Diet may issue on the subject . " ' ¦ " ' ' : i The Augsburg Gazette ofthe 17 th instant states , on the credit ot a correspondence from the Rhine , that the three conservative powers have determined topreveat at any price , and even by means of an armed intervention , the explosion of a civil war in Switzerland , which might be brought about by the resolution of the Diet tending to expel the Jesuits , aud dissolve the league ofthe Catholic cantons . GERMANY .
Berlin . June 10 . —Abouthalf-past four this morning the Curie decided the important question , with the majority of 220 to 215 , ' that the Jews should'be considered eligible for holding all public offices whatsoever . The Diet is prolonged for an indefinite period , as much business still remains to be concluded . The decision ofthe Curie of the Nobles , as we have before stated , was not in favor of Jewish emancipation . Tho trial of the prisoners charged with having taken a part in the late Polish insurrection is fixed for the 1 st of July .
Food DisTUKHANCKS at Hamburg , June 17 . —• The disturbances which Had commenced here on the 15 th were renewed last night with increased vigour . The newly-restored window * , which were broken on the day before yesterday by a riotous mob , were again smashed to pieces . The military were called out about'half-past , nine , ' and were assaulted with a shower of stohe . i ; they were compelled at last to make use of their weapons , and many , persons were wounded ; one soldier was killed and another had his leg broken . The Senate had an extraordinary meeting . This morning the police forced the market dealers to sell the potatoes at a reasonable price .
TURKEY . ' The Journal de Constantinople repeats its assurance of an arrangement being concluded between the Porte and Persia , and that all that remained to be settled was the delimitation as regards the wandering tribes of the frontier . The same journal states that favourable accounts had been received ot the expedition against the rebels of Kurdistan . The rebel chief , Bcderhan Bey , is stated to have been abandoned by most of his partisans , and to have shut himself up in a fort , ' with only 200 to 800 men . A fire broke out the other d : iy at Tatuvala , one of the suburbs of Pera ; three 'hundred houses were burneii . A subscription is being-made for the sufferers .
LA PLATA . The Minstrel , arrived at Plymouth , sailed from Monte Video on the 16 th of April : at that date , Oribe continued to invest the city . The blockade ot Bacnos Ayres was kept up by the French and English forces , but trade was nevertheless brisk there .
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, IxGK . viOKS Swindling . —We read in the Gazette des Trilnmaux : — " It is the usage of Parisian tradesmen to address to all pets' -ns who .-e banns of marriage . are officially published prospectuses and circulars , containing offers of merchandise of all descriptions from the humblest article of household furniture up to carriages and diamonds , A brace of clever swindlers have just contrived to take advantage of this custom to make a great many victims . A short time since a notice waa published at oneoftheMairies of the marriage of the Vieomte Adrien de J with the Countess Ilermingarde tie K , and the same notice was repeated in the church by the cure ofthe lady ' s parish . Immed ' atcly the Parisian tradesmen obtained the address of the
bridegroom and bride , and pressed on them their offervoi' service . The viscount lived in a splendid apartment in the Rue do Provence , and the fair countess occupied an apartment in an hotel' of the Faubourg St Germain , where she was under the tender care « . f an affectionate mother . After a great many entreaties the viscount graciously consented to purchase a splendid set ol' diamonds and a silver table-aervice from tradesmen in the Palais Royale and the Place Vendome ; from other persons lie accepted five horses , a coupe , one ofthe carriages called Amerkaines , household and personal linen , a complete wardrobe for himself and his domestic , and a splendid corbcille tor his bride . The lady , on her part , also made several very extensive purchases . Neither , however , undertook to pay before the
conclusion ot the marriage , the viscount p ; eauing that , having only a paltry income el 20 . 0001 V ., he first required to finger the -l , 000 , 000 fr . fortune » i his future wife , and the 300 , 000 fr . which his parents were to advance him , towards the expense of setting up an establishment . Bills , however , were offered and accepted , A few days after the tradesmen were much surprised to discover that the viscount and the countess , and the mamma of the countess , had all suddenly vanished . Inquiries having been set on f :. ot , it was discovered that the viaeount is a Greek , who had been expulsed from a watering-place foy cheating . at cards , and that the countess is a simple actress , anil was lately eagaged at tba Theatre ties Varietes . The worthy couple are , it is believed ^ , at Baden-Baden or iiombura . "
Spanish Robbbrs . —The Valencia diligence waa robbed a tew days ago . near Cuenffi , The chief af the thieves seems to have been quite an orator . 'Uho passengers not having produced ot ' theirown acccid sufficient to satisfy h » demands , h » represented with the air of a man dolt auded of his dues , and treated shabbily , that really this was a saiall number-of watches for so respectable a party ; . and that , however niucfe it wont against his grain to commit nothing in the shape of violunce , the principles oi daty would fosce him to proceed to commit a few Jsule atrocities , unless the gentlemen present consented to cosxluct themselves in a handsomer maunw . This di ^ nimil appeal to the consciences of tho passengers « Jid not fail of producing an effect . They searched their
trunks and pockets a second time with more diligence . Some ouaces . of pcld , some jewels that had escaped their attention at first , wore drawn forth to li « ht and handed over to the bandit . He was contented with this supplementary addition to the spoils * , and ' refrained from tho little atrocities he had reluctantly been obliged to throw ouU hint of ; nevertheless , he could not refrain from observing that it was always ' rater , as woll as i > oro becoming , upon these occasions to speak the truth at once . Tha Barcelona diligence has been robbed at the inn oi tho Arengada ,. four or live miles from Cervera , by a band of ten armed men , supposed to bo part of thu
rebels that were proceeding to the Lower Segarra . The'Bayonne mail was stopped by brigades at the very gaits of Madrid , and pillaged * . The public correspondence was respected , ns it alwajsis by these gentlemen . Li . MEEicK . ~ On Wednesday night eleven armed men attacltetl the house of David ttyan , of Bulaiuiin , tenant ol Lord Curbery , between Brulfand Iulmallock ; having smashed the windows and sashes to p ieces , they effected an entrance , and robbed the house of everything they could lay hands on . The Stamford Mercury says that two or three persons have taken up their , abode on Brayford Water , and live with , their families , in small covered fishing boats ,
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. HOU 3 E OP COMMOITS ; [ The importance of thequwtten of Public Health Induces us to insert in this wvok's impression an abstract ofthe debate on the Health of Towns' Bill , on Vrlday , the Win iriti ,-, which our publishing arrangements prevented nein j given at such length , last week . ] Health or Towns But . —On the order of th « day bslng read for going into committee on this bill , ... Col . Sibthobp " moved thai the house should go into committee upon it that day six months ; He oVijecttid to every clause in the bill , but chUfly to the appointment of commissioners ; and above all of two pnid commissioners . ( Laughter . ) Such appointments would give great patronage to the government ; and ho looked with jealouiy on all governments . ( Much laughter . ) Ho also objected to the bill on account of the expense it would occasion . . ¦ ¦ Mr W . Wiuuas said that he would oppose the bill if it did hot extend tothe metropolis , vherd it was most called for . Ho did not think the noble lord would m » et with any opposition if he included London . That objection being removed , he would support it . Mr Newdsoatjs objected to the bill because it traa Introducing a neir principle , which , ho bfltcred , bad received the name of the tentative principle . He also objected to the large discretionary powers which it gave to the commissioner ;! , nnd to the power which it gave of taxing outlvingdistrlcts which would receive no benefit thcrcfrem . The bill gave the orders iu council the
effect of acts of Parliament , which was moitobjectlonnble in principle . ' It gave the inspectors who were to be appointed the power and tbe right of being present at tbe meetings of the corpora'ion ; thereby introducing a system of government espionage which was contrary to every principle ofthe English constitution . ' Ho btlifcved tho object was to bir » ak np ibuinstitutions of the ' eduntry , and to introduce the continental system under prvtencu of providing sanitary regulations for towns . For these reasons , he called on the house not to peiirit the sharp end of the wedgo to be introduced , ami to resort to the introduction of a principle new to the British coustitution ' .
Mr Hoebuck always felt suspicious when appeals to the pocket or to the feelings were made by gentlemen opposite . The present bill contained « very lmponant principle , and dBserved to be eouddeud without nit « i >< OHue to clap-trap politics or party feeling * . ( Hear , hear . ) Tuehon . gentleman seemed to be very much afraid of tha princi ple of centralisation , but that principle merely meant that the parties e-irrjing the . law into effect were to be immediately responsible to Parliament instsad of to small sections ^ of tha community . The undigested and contradictory mass of things which it ' was thu object ol the present bill to reduce into something 1 like order , arose from tie circn ' msiance of its being raised up piecemeal , and not on any certain plan founded on experieiico ; and the noble lord deserved thu thanks of the
community for his boldness in endeavouring- to unite , concoctj ' and arrange , the ' soatttfred / ragm . nts . ' - But th « noble lord had omitted the place of all others which required his caro—namely , that which had St 1 ' aul ' s for its centre . He believed that if he took fifteen miles on each side of St Paul ' s , it would include ' 2 , 000 , 800 of people ;'' Now ; he was' ready to join the noble lord in his crusade against 'J filth ; stench , ' and the'death-stealing pestilence ' ; " but when ; the gallant knight came to London ha ' sei-med to be afraid " of it as of a- ' phantomV ¦ ' The noble lord was ready tu deal with G . ouce & tfcr , and ' uo abominations in Birmingham wore to rtsi » V ' 'Iiis interferer . ee , but when lie canie to London ho sirucU ' liis flag and cut— ' ¦ Ji * An Hon , MEMBSB . —His stick , ( Loud laughter . )
Mr Koebock . —The phrase was so vernacular that it described with perfect accuracy the ignoble flight of the noble lord . He would put it to the noble lord ; what had he to be afraid of ? Ha took sbamo to liloistlf that the abominations of the London corporation bad not been put an end to long ago . When the Municipal' Corporations Bill was before the house , it was shown- that the corporation of London was more foul aad corrupt than any other . ( Hear , hear . ) He was not afraid " of Templebar , and wh y should the noblolordbe ? Hu could not tell what the cause was , for he could not suppose that ona of the members fer London had inilu ' enced hioi . He did not shrink from dealing with his own constituency , with Huddersfield and Sheffield . What pestilent intiuencc , then , could prompt him nut to de « l « ith the tilth of
London ? W " ny should not the inhabitant of London have fresii air ? Why should he not have an honest person to inspect his sanrer and to look to his gas-pipe 1 If St Paul ' s and the tour miles around It were in New Zealand hesbould . say it was tattoo < d . He tiould , therefore , ask ajjain why were the corruptions of London to be ex . empt ? ( Hear , hear . ) Let not the government be deterred by tho ' nanie of the City of L ndon . Time was when that city was the centre of all' that was good and tioble iu this country—when , a < in 1610 , it was lorcmost iu tho fight of freedom ; but bow it was nothing uiore than a mass of congregated individuals ; bound 'together by trade and the ordinary " mercantile tiansaclionsoi life ; but which , from its density and immensity , rvquirtd the most , sedulous and careful consideration of the Cummons House of Parliamenr . .. - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ .
Mr Hoesman regretted the delay which had attended this measure . Thu noble lord ( Morpeth ) , in introdoeitig it , while he showed that it was a question of -humanity , of economy , and of comfort , ' showed , also , that it was one of pressing neceisity . 50 , 000 lives wt-rej the liable lord told thu : n ; sacrificed every year this measure was delayed ; and in London 8 years of life , and in Liverpool , 18 , were lost in the life of every individual from'the want of proper sauitary regulations . This , then , was not a mere iiutstioii of comfort , but of lifu ;' and'it was the duty of government to incur any amount of labour—any amount of risk or responsibility , rather than have consented lo a change which so materially interfered with the object of the bill . What was the nature of the oppositieu to the measure ? There had been but 22 petitions against it .
with 287 signatures j for altering it , 16 petitions only had been received , having 88 C signatures j while , in favour oi the bill , 105 petitions had been presented , having 3 : 1 , signatures . ( Hear , hsar . ) That London especially required some measure was proved by the evidence of Mr Brudie , Mr Walker , and others , who had told them , tbat in consequence of the overcrowded statu ofthe grave , yard * , and of tha neglect of sewerage , the air and the water wero poisoned , and that the malaria thus generated was tho cause of thousands of deaths ; Notnithstanding that the necessity for such a measure had been for years apparent , and though the subj . ct had been annually brought forward for the last seven years , some difficulty had aisvays intervened to pi event its
enactment . He wished to know fivm the noble loard-what were the difficultiis which now stood in tho way of a bill for which the general necessity could notlw denied 1 The great fault ofthe Whig government wa § , that they were alarmed at the appearance of every dtffiValty . Iu this , as in other matters , the country suffered from their vacillation and want of decision . What miawsr could their supporters return to their constituents- when they were asked what advantage had resulted fruits the transfer of the ruins of government from the hands of Sir R . Peel to those of Lord J . Itusscll ? Tbey could not d * ny that , while under the government of Sir It . Peel liberal principles had steadily progressed , under that of Lord i . Kujsell they bid as constantly receded . ( ILuur , hear . )
Mr Bankes considered that this bill neither answered the large promises that had buen made , nor tho petitions that had bean presented on the subject ; and that it was not what it professed to be—a great aad general menjior «—since it omitted tho metropolis ofthe country , and many other parts as . woll , unless specially included .. Now , he contended that , if it were a jood measure , it ought to . be extended to all . The houv member for Bath had so . well pointed oat the improprietiy and the inconsisicncy ef omitting London from the ogoration of the measure during , he regretted to say , t ! io absence from the housa of thu nobis lord ( Morpeth })—who , for aught he ( Mr Bunkes ) know , might have been dining with the Lsv . il Mayor —( a . 1 'iagJi)—that ho & lt'it to l-e his duty to n & rui trie nob'olwrd ofthe objections-which ware taken to-the mensurs by that honours ^? member , ( Cries ot " Oil . ") Tho aoa . gentleman (( notwithstanding this expression of dissent ) reiterated the soutimen's . of the hott , numbir for BatWand exprosssi nisconfiuirf & ncc in them
generally ; c-xcepting the stigmas of moral corruption and incapacity which hut . ad oast upon the corpovrtiou ot Londoa . Tho only question regarding -thorn * as , whether or no » they ought io be omittig iroui the- hill ? Why intfudo York and o : » it London ? Was it teeausv his right lion , friend Hie Lord Mayor o 3 York sat oa that , and the Lord Mayor of 3 fc > udnnon th' + other , side of tbe It use , that , York was . to be freed , from unwholesome snudls aud London te . retain them * ( Laughter . ) The first foiv chosen of th » bill provided' for ilio appointment s > f commissioners auiu inspectors , » nd for the §«» ment oi ; their salaries . So , with other kills before the house , whieh seemed to lw drawn ufta » one form , and the discu « tng of which in that hnuse- he thought a great waste of time . If thcV . ll should pass in its pcesent form , « certainly would create a swat deal of jealousy in tbe country . Bu . 5 ho did not think tho tioblo lord ccsdd carry it , exempting the monopolis , nhija he believed the noble lord was pledged not to alter tlw measure iu that resptct . If not , let hint get up and say so . ( Hesr . )
LordMonPETit said h Miat although th » govw « me « t had not been treated in ' a very friendly w vnudid spirit iu the course of that nigh . ' . ' s discussion ho confessed that his own anxiety was entirely wrapped up in theiubjict and the measure itself . ( Hear , her , r . ) Sine * ho proposed it he had been einwscd to niu ; -h attack , of which , however , he did not noraplain , for it was the natural consequence of a measure sllVcting so many various interests , lie had bscn attacked , in thu first place . for including the metropolis ; and be was aMui-tod more copiously now for oxeluding U . ( A laugh . 1 He fully concurred in the assertion that the metropolis required sanitary improvement and hgislation as much , at least , as any othtr part . of England . ( Hear , hear . ) If his own inquiries could have
left any doubt utwn Ins mind , all tha representations and evi'n the reproaches he 'had since rec ived upon that subject would have entirely removed it . He was now aslitd if he was pledged toexcludo the metropolis , tlehad already distinctly declared that it was his Intention to exelude it from thu present bill , anil he could not thovuforo with good faith consent to Its insertion . He was also asked why he had excluded It . Why ? ( Tho noblelord ' * momentary hesitation in replying to the question called forth a burst of laughter from Colonel Slblhorp , which was joined in by a few others . ) He had only te appeal to what had taken place in that house during the session , to the measures that had been introduced—none , be admitted , of great importance , although , owiog to tbe clr .
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CB . m ! $ *? . ' ' * nd » of a more pressing nature ( haft the prigint ^ tdjustif y him Jn'baving consentod ; : relucV antly con » ent * d , he must say , to » h » dcf « rrUg of that portion of the bill which related to the metropolis . ( Cries of "Oh . ' ) He stated the simple' truiH . Hefklt that there was not time to deal with the extensive aai important d . tuils which legislating for ' the metropolis in . rolved . «• felt that he had no option ; thai ihere waa not time ftr the coniidemlon of » li those special provisions , and that all he could hope ti do was to psss tho measure in the present shape . ( Hsar , hear . ) Toe honourable member for Cockcrmouth asked why he bad not introduced provisions on the subject of intermural interment . Independently of the circumstances be had already alluded to , the discussion of that evening showed
him that ho had quito enough on his hands —( laughter ) —and if he succeeded in carrying the bill in its present shape he should have accomp lished no mean achievement . ( Hear , hear . ) So far , then , from evading , he courted reproaches , lor be hoped tha t public attention would thereby continue to be directed to the subject , so that next year he , or whoever else should more worthily fill his place , would be compelled to follow up and complete what was now left undone . ( Hear , hear . ) Those who considered that in postponing a portion of the task he was consulting his leisure and his ease —( " no" )—had little idea of the life he bud led since last Easter—( a laugh)—or of the mass of communications which he hod received since then , and which ; bo must say , had fixed in bis mind a steady determination to do what he could ,
whenever and by whatever means he could , to promote too great work of salutary improvement , Those communis cations showed not merely a general apprehension , but the actual presence , to a great nnd increasing extent , of fever and disease In its worst forms in almost every part of the country—aggravated , when not wholly caused , by the deficiency of our saultarj regulations , whieh it vrka the object , as he hoped it would be result , of this measure ! to remedy ; and represented a waste ol health , and strength , and happiness , and even life , at an accelerated rate , not among the wealthier portion ot society , but among thoso whose lot was cast amidst hardships and privations , bard-workir-g mechanics and labourers , who endured most suffering and underwent most toil . When he last addressed the house ou this subject , he
quoted the quarterly returns of the rtgistrar-geneial relative to the health and mortality of the country . They included 117 districts , and came up to the 31 st M . < rch . He . then gave a very painful picture of the public health , but he regretted to » ay that the returns for the last quarter showed » considvrable incnase iu the mortality . The registrar-general stated that in the summer quarter of 1816 the mortality was greater than it had been iu tbe seven preceding quarters ; and last winter quarter , ending 31 st March , 1817 , it was still greater . The number dying in the districts from which returns had been made , was 56 , 105 , being 6 , 030 above the average . On the whole , the health of London was below the average , and , although that might be attributed in' some degree to causes which « ere accidental and transitory , it was evident that the health of the country was at least stationary , or pei haps , retrograding . He did not m » an to go , at length , into the clauses or
» pi-cial provisions ; but'he trusted that when the proper time came he should be able to show that although the bill provided for central superintendence , it did not seek to supersede kcal agency ; that its great object was to employ locsl agency , not to fetter it , and to give it such advics and assistance as could only be afforded by central wisdom and experience . He should be ready , nhen they got into committee , to discuss all the special clauses and ' provisions , but he hoped and trusted that the house would not obstruct the preliminary stages of the bill . He owned he felt great anxiety on the subject , not grounded en party or personal consideration , or on a wish to procure credit for the government , or for himself as an individual member of parliament , but on the afflicting accounts which he was dail y receiving from every quarter of the country , and which he confessed bad produced such an effect on his mind as to make him implore the house to consent to going into committee .
J ^ Mr lints gave government every credit for good intentions , but thought tbat the bill bad better be held over until next session . He objected to the exclusion of London , and put little faith in the promise that tho metropolis was to be made the subject of future legislation . ' He remembered that wiien the corporation reform bill passed , Loudon was excluded with a promise that a special bill was to he brought in for itself . But from that time to the present nothing had been done , and therefore he bad little faith in the promises made on tbe present occasion . ( Hear , hear . )
The Bar ! of Lincoln intended te vote for going into committee . With resptxt to the exclusion of the metropolis from the bill , lie believed he was responsible for that exclusion as welt as the noble lord . His reason for wishing tbat London should be left out was , tbat tbe complicated machinery necessary for the metropolis would bo ill-adapted for the provincial towns . That objection applied more to the measure which be ( Lord Lincoln ) introduced than to this , because tbe machinery here was different with a greater central controlling power as Well as compulsory powers , which obviated the ' inconvenience of local acts and of local commissioners , which complicated the question as regarded London . Having urged on the noble lord to omit London from the bill before he saw it , he was bound to say now that he had seen it , that its provisions were
applicable to that city . Still , he did not mean to say that he approved of the machinery of tbe bill . The noble lord had gone far beyond the principle which he laid down in his speech ; which was thu maintenance of local authority and superintendence , assisted by central authority . But he ( Lord Lincoln } feared he had ex . ceeded that principle , for the proposed central authority would entirely control , and not merely assist , that which was local . When he urged the noble lord ti exclude London from the bill , be did not menu to exclude it altogether from sanitary regulations , for it stood more in need of it than any other city ; and he gave a proof of his opinion ou this point ; for although iu the bill he had introduced , London was not included , yet , at the time that he left the Woods and forests , he was preparing a bill tbat was to apply to London only .
Sir J . Hammer supported this biil , because he represented a town which was in the worst possible sanitary conditioa * , and he hoped it would be practicable for the government to carry a measure of sanitary reform this session ; Mr Hbnlet should not vote for this bill , particularly as the noble lord said that it did not apply to the rural districts , whereas it appliid to every place where there were 30 ft inhabitants who presented a petition to be included in its provisions . Unless all great towns were included in a bill , it was hopeless to expect any great measure of sanitary reform . This measure was not a judicious one , and was so framed that nobody knew what it was about .
Me Hcdson protested against the exemption accorded in favour of Londi-n from the operation of the proposed measure , If the experiment were to be tried , let it be a national one . As to the people of Yorkshire , though thoy wi-re favourable to improved sanitary regulations , he did not believe that tbey would at all approve of tho present bill , which was » u entirely new one , containing provisions of . tbe most objectionable nature . He hoped the measuru would not be pressed this session , but that tha noble lord opposite would , during the recess , devote his mind to thu preparation of a measure of a comprehensive and effectual nature , free from tho spirit ef centralisation , of which thBfpmntry . was sick , and of ait taint of jolibery . He thought the towns might very well he left to manage their own affairs . Mr B . DtNisoN sai & that he could state that the whole of the West Riding oS Yorkshire was decidedly in favour of . thftBill .
jtirMuNTZ , in the midst of the loud cries for a division , declared that * in his opinion , . the bill now under consideration was . most vexation ' s iu its provisions , and an & nalous in its regulations . It was impossii li- that this bill , which was so full of difficulties and inconsistencies , could pass in the presjnt session , and therefore , ii Colonel Sibthorp went to a division , he { Mr Aluntz ) should be obliged to vote with him . The house then divided—For the motion ... ... . „ , „ l !) l For tho amendment . „ . „ , „ $ |
in The house then went into committee , pro fomtt , and tho further consideration of tbe bill was postponed till the foilouing Thursday . MONDAY , Jone 21 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Their lordships sat for a short time , and went through a considerable amount of routine business . Tho royal assent was given by commission to a great number of bills .
HOUSE Ol ? COMMONS . —Mr CnsisiiB made n short statement in reply to that mane by Mr C . P . Viliiers oa l ? riday night , charging him with having put questions to Sir F . Lewis , whilst under examination before theAndovcr committee , which were not onlyj irrevtlaut to the subject of inquiry , but which invoWtd matters of a private character , allusion to which was improper and unwarrantable . In exculpating himself from this charge , Mr Christie read documents to show that Mr TiUiers ia quoting them against him hud nilfully suppressed those portions which were in his ( Mr Christie ' s ) favour .
Lord CounTBNAT , the chairman of . the Andover Committeo , and Mr Disbabli paid a high compliment to the ability and temper shown by Mr Christie in that committee , and the matter dropped . Baiiwat Bill , —Mr Stbott the Railway Commissioner then made a two hoars ' speech in explanation of tho alterations introduced into this bill , and the regulatlons contained in it , which te wound up in the following manner . Ho had now gone through this biU ; he i had slated to the house its contents , and the intentions of those by whom it had beenfraaed , aud the objects and intentions of the government with regard to this measure . It had been exptcled that the bill would have passed at an early period of this session , but owing to
tbe unexpected pressure of business upon the house connected with the state of Ireland , —the emergency of that country not admitting the measures bring delayed , —the bill bad been postponed from month to month . Great opposition was likewise efi ' ored to the bill , and the government had received information tbat the parties opposed to it won determined to oppose it by all means in theirpower , and todelay it by all tho expedients which the forms of tho house would allow , Under these circumstances it was clear , that at this period , it was scarcely possible that such a bill oeuld undergo consideration , and become law , without involving great deb . y and great inconveuienco at this period of the . s & tsiou , The government , ' therefore , thought tftat UiC ? would act wisely hy not eg ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 26, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26061847/page/7/
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