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Japbil S* 1847. The Northern Star. —^—— ...
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« I « I think I hear a little bird , who sings _TheThepeipleby-and . by wUlbe the stronger . "—Bikoh .
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TE TEE AMERICAN AGRARIAN REFORMERS . T We have great pleasure in re- publishing the felloi lowing report ( slightly abridged ) of a a _COUFUMESTARt HALL TO _GEOH 06 n . KVA _5 S , EDITOR OF " _YGCKO _AUKK _1 CA . " ' The friends ol the Editor of - Ycnng America , " membe bers Of the National Reform Association , and other fri friends of the Free Soil cause , assemble ! at Tammany tt Hall on _Tbarsday evening . February 25 ih , to a compli ai aientary social festival . The large double hall was tb thrown _opt-n at the nsual hour , and the floor was soon w , well filled with joyous groups tripping gaily to tho music of of Single's _excellent band . When half tbe listof dances hi had beea performed an intermission of this amusement to took place , and the company proceeded to tho supper ro room wher . * Mr Ryckman , by common content , took the bi bead of the table , and after the repast invited the attenti tion ofthe crowded company to a few toasts prepared b y tl thi Committee of Arrangements , The first toast be ani . _T-onnced as follows : —
George II . £ rans—Tbe indefatigable and tried friend 0 of the working men of our country . First in the field as tt tbeir editorial champion—always prompt and faithful in a apprising tbe masses of tbe designs of their enemies . t Owing to hU _pirsefferance _aaet sagacity , the National _1 Refe-taers are now opening a _roai wbich will lead lu t tbe end to the prospei ity and happiness of our race . After tbe applause with which this toast was received 1 had subsided , Mr Evans arose , and spoke as follows : — 3 Mr President : Friends—To say that I feel highly _hoi _nonredby this mark of your _consideration , were but : feebly to express my estimate of it . Not exactly agree-: ing with some witty author who has said , that _« ' words were given to conceal thoughts , " it certainly does occur to me inst now , tbat they were not given me to explain _tlie . n
I presume tbat I have the usual share of the vanity , as well as vexation of spirit , belonging to tbis wicked world , but I am not vain enough to suppose that all the honors of _tfcU festiml belong to me . But for the discovery of tbe printing press I should not have been able to do more in this movement than many here present and many of our absent but active friends throughout the country . I see around me , at this moment , some with _, out whose help Young America , in all probability , could aot hare been in existence at this day , and many whose persevering exertions have greatl y contributed to its present prosperity . Sbould our glorious cajuse succeed , of which , I presume , few here have the slightest doubt , for we are determined that it snail succeed , those whose names are enrolled on the records of the National Reform _Association , as well as others wbo in other spheres hare acted ia conjunction with us , will be
considered as among the greatest benefactors ef their race . Already bas a history of" Tbe American Agrarian Morement" appeared in tbe best paper in Europe , running through several numbers of tbat widely circulated journal , and iu which many of tbe nanus of our active members are recorded . The paper Toung America has been chiefly instroeBental in stimulating the formation < f many a gallant band similar to our own throughout tbe Union , and in _awakenin-r the attention of men muc * > more capable er promulgating tbe truths ofthe free soil dextrine tha * myself . It has seemed an unfavourable cir : uuistaoce _tbetthe art of printing was not as available , to ths saas <« s as the art of writing , so tbat thi press might bave been _disconnected ( rem all mer _.-enare influence which now is brought to bear upon it ; bat , fortunately , our reform is of a character competent to evercome this _obstacle ; for few _inducements can be hel-l out to an edit , r _xiScimt to _orerbalaece the almost nnivers . 1
aspiration for a free home on tbe bountiful earth , and tbe improved state of society that would result from a security of that blessing to all . There is no word in the ¦ Eng lish language so pregnant with delightful associaticn * as tbat little word Home . I doubt not tbat tbe ladies will agree to this with a single exception . Bat what can a tenant know of those endearing associations f If , in addition to a _deprivation of the old family Home-Stead , tbe young eouple Starting in life have ne better chance to obtcin a borne tban hire the adventurers in a lottery to obtain the bigh prizes , what becomes « f that rigbt to the "{ _Kirsuit of happiness" enumerates in _\ hr Declaration oi independence as one of the inalienable ' rights of _mao : 4 A man in pr ' _soa . oa _sussicion ot
debt may pursue happiness by taming spiders , but better means for the pursuit were intended for our use by tbe framer * of our Xational Charter . Tbat there is a * good time coming'I have no manner of doubt ; a tiara when men shall be at least as wise as Other animals ic availing themselves of the fraits of tbe earth collected _i y their own industry : a time when wars and strifes shall cease , when a Free Home and the means of progressive _improvetnent and happiness shall be secured to all the human family . Let as live in ho . . e-Ladies and GeeiA-men ; 2 am not used to epeeeb making ; there vet Othtrt who have something io say ; and I am sure you would not thank me for taking up more ot your time . I _wiil-eonclude by offering you a toast , —
Tbe Chartists erf Great Britain , the Repealers of Ireland , ( be _ReptifeJicans and Associationists of France , and the Commuuuts of Germany—Koble Pioneers of " the good time coming" wben Xationd Reform for a Free Soil shall be triumphant throughout the world . The _FBEsiDEsr then announced the remaining regular toast *; in the order following , each ( though not drank ) receiving the most lively demonstrations of applause . Our Country—as yet bnt in name . May its sonf speedily create tbe Title Deed in reality . The _Press , or at least that portion of it who have joined the swelling ranks of the National Reformers . The accession of _sceb a material amply redeems its character . To oae aad all ot these advocates -of justice we say hail , recedes from as tbe grateful tbanks due _fpota brethren . ¦
Ireland—Bleeding , starving Irelaud . We mourn in sorrow over ber degraded and faden condition . We ¦ pity and condole with ber ia tbis ber hour of desolation and despair . She bas our _pr-ijers , our teurs , and our warmest sympathies , May her trials open tbe pathway to a bright and glorious future , iu which the epitaph of her Emmett may be inscribed by a free people upon afree soil . _Jfistional It-form—The anchor that had been time * 5 cast lo save our _Republic from standing on the same shoals with the crumbling monarchies ofthe old world . The Issue—The equal _rijlit of all to their birthright on tbe soil . The Rights of Jean against the Wrong * of _Property . Th « Right * of Labour against the T yranny of Capital . Right , not Might , shall bit the Lord in the good time coming . Our _co-workers—in the hole- cause of human emaiiei .
pation _thwrnghout Europe aud America . Be fiim , be hopeful ; be untiring . Hope in the true heart never dies , Teil on tiie day-star yet shall rise . ' Horace Greeley—The _norkingmsc _, To whim , when boasting her primeval plume , Xature might proudly point , and say , this was a man ! _TheSatienai Reform Parry—Insisting upon justice to the Individual , their Country aud _Ktnkind . History Will gratefully record that Tbey came wben all seemed lost , and nobly hurled Themselves itis the scale and saved the world . The ladies _present and absent—Out mothers , sweethearts , wires , daughters , and sisters . May they unie their powerful exertions with ours in briogicg about tbe establishment of cor principles . ¦
Mr _Cohkekobd tbea rose to present a volunteer toast , and was received witb loud applause from all parts of tbe room . He addressed the company as follows : — Mr CUairman _, L * _teUe * , _aitd Gentlemen—I _amectremely gratified in beholding this brilliant manifestation of the esteem in wbich our friend is held . This tribute of respect becomes the more grateful tome , because I haw the £ 0 od fortune to hare been placed in a position where there was ample opportunities to observe his conduct . For nearly tr . enty years I base seen him standiog as the uncompromising _advocate of tbe rights of the people . To bim has been unknown tbe pecuniary repose of tbe editorial partizan The triumph of either party in this Country has brongbt witb it no principle , wherein is contained ibe essential elements of substantial benefit
to the mass of the American people . Faithfully intent upon tbe prosecution of the work of humanity , tbe great measures which the National Reformers _aresoperteveringly attemptiugto _esstablisb _. bave chiefly been brought into view b y bim . I recollect tbat some time before it was decided , that tbe peoplo of tbis city should be caller ! together , to _consider tbe importance of emancipating our country from the curse of Land Monopoly , Mr Evans called upon me : in that interview he stated that It _un necessary forthe success of the cause that we Should have a paper through which our measures and objects could be explained . To this i 8 f ? Teed ; at the
same time observing that it was rather difficult to get any one to embark in so unprofitable an enterprise . Ha said he knew it , but it was requisite that some one should become the sufferer , and that if no otber offered he would . This has he done ; and t venture to say that no other person would have entered on so great a task . To him then , more tban to any oth _; r man , do we owe our prestnt hope and the future successful gratification of our expectations . Let us look at Ireland . The afSictions wiih which that people are visited are replete with admonition to us . In ber melancholy condition we behold in miniature the reflection of the disastrous
consequences which will inevitably overtake every nation Where the monopoly of land is recognized . It i * true , that the voice and pen of the blasphemer attribute thc starvation _otthe Irish peasantry to Providence : what a Stretch of wickedness do we see here exhibited ! What a commenta ry on the intelligence of mankind ! I will ask those who have tb us impiously arrogated the rightof interpreting tne intentions of our Creator , if in his _goodness he denied to Ireland the bringing forth of asurScient "field ot produce ( besides tbe potato ) to feed tha whole of her children ? I will further ask them if that great _ans _eoot Being ever decreed that the mass of her people should Deri stricted to the potato , or any other vegetable that was subject to decay or change ! No ! they can show no authority but that which emanates from the wickedness of tyrants . The people of Ireland must not longer suffer themselves to be imposed upon by the _itu * riHi 8 EDfhvpocrites . I tnjrtfbeir misfortunes will
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instigate them to probe to its origin the causes of tilth misery : when tbey _bec-raie convinced that the depth of tbe evil by which they are surrounded proceeds from _misgavernment , and the monopol y o their fertile lands , tben will another people prepare with us to strike effectually for the rights of man ! Mr Commerford coneluded by proposing , " Dr Charles Douglas—the ableand devoted friend of the working classes . " Mr Douglas was drawn out to respond to the merited eompliment of Mr _Csmmerford , which was heartily adopted by the company . In bis remarks he canvassed the National Reform _msrement from its infancy up to the present He closed with the following toast which met with a hearty response from all present : — A Free Soil and a Landed Democracy—The onl y * safe and abiding foundation for our ""tepcbHc .
VOLTJBTEEK TOASTS . Bj J . R . Kbi bib . Our Country" Where ' er one man may help another , Thank God , this is our birthright brother , This is our own true Fatherland . " By H . Been ** . Oar Revolutionary Sires—May we so reverence their virtues and emulate their patriotism , as to add to the happiness they enjoy in the abodes of tbe immortals . B y _Isa B . Davis . The Temple of Liberty and Equality—Tbe foundation to bs laid by the National Reformers ; and the superstructure to be completed by the Associationists . By John CosnttBFOBn . Michael Walsh—Independent , talented and honest . The _ttue representative of the working : _mes of this city .
B yMrL W . Rickh . h . George H . Evans—Discord reigned ; Nations warred upon each other ; Prostrate Labour was preyed upon by Capital ; Corruption festered in the State ; the Church was froxen into a statue of * _elfishuess ; unblushing Vice stalked through the land , when The Friend we meet to honour , sent by Heaven , Showed tbe true plan to make these odds all even , Mr _RtcejIah , thc Master of Ceremonies , concluded the table festivities with some happy and well-timed remarks en the influence tbat Woman sbould exert in tbis great reform . His remarks elicited warm commendations , especially from tbe ladies .
The company then returned to the Ball room . Tbe Bait was everything that could be desired , and the Festival resulted highly to the satisfaction of the Committee of Arrangements and to every peison present .
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MOVEMENTS OF THE WEEK . The ¦ Journal des Debats , " of Monday , contained a lengthy article predicting the failure of the next harvest , and urging the extension of the temporary law authorising the free importation of articles of food , for one year longer . The Bourse was seized with a panic in consequence of these gloomy forebodings of the " Journal des Debats . " M . _Duvergier de Hauranne's humbug proposition for the reform of the present electoral system has been negatived by a majority of ninety-eight on the side of the Guizot ministry . In the course of the debate M . Guizot defined his views of political
progress as an " onward march which Conservative policy alone could effect . " That is , France is to " git along" ( as the Yankees say , ) by standing still ! With unblushing assurance M . Guizot admitted the charge of official corruption , begging , however , tbat the Chamber would be good enough to give the nasty thing a smoother name , to wit : " abuse of influence 1 " He followed this up by apologising for French ministerial corruption on the ground that corruption was practised to a much greater extent in England and the United States ! Without defending tbe United States , or tbis country , [ catch
us at such a work !] from the charges brought against both by this political scoundrel in ¦ mitigation of his own offences—as if three blacks could make a _whiter—leaving "to others the congenial task of defending the English and American " systems , " we will show what is the system by which Guizot and his roaster rules and reigns . The following table is borrowed from a work entitled , 'France , her Government , Administration , & _o , " a publication , we haver reason to believe , thoroughly trustworthy , and the popularity of which is sufficientlv evidenced bv its extensive sale :-
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The result is an army of 932 , 000 paid or unpaid officials and dependants , all under the immediate command of the Government ; almost five times the number of the electoral body , which is under 200 , 0001 "Thus , " says the author ofthe work above-named , " it follows thai the Government has the means of seducing and bribing the whole electoralbody . " Yes ; and the Government would have that power , though the constituency should be enlarged four or five times over , and hence we scout the fraudulent change proposed by if . de Hauranue , as being no remedy for the evil ; but , on the contrary , being merely calculated to increase the number of the citizenised profitocracy who , like the Irish " patriot , " , would , no doubt , " thank God they had a country to sell !"
The miserable Queen of [ Spain continues under the coercion imposed upon her by her infamous ministers , the tools of Christina and Louis-Philippe It is said a military conspiracy exists to dethrone Isabella , and bring in her sister , the haby wife of Montpensier . Pity it is that the Spanish people bave not the sense and courage to rise and destroy the whole crew of villains who oppress and degrade them ! " The tun would shine the same , The rains of heaven as _seasonably fall , Though neither Queen nor Parliament existed . "
The retrograde step of the Pope , in establishing a stamp on newspapers and a modified censorship , has thrown a gloom over the hopes of those who looked upon Pius the Ninth as the destined liberator of Italy .
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Another Theater on Firs . —A letter from Berlin says , that on the evening of the 19 th ult ., during the representation at the Grand Opera of tbat capital , tie liouse was on fire . Happily the flames were got under with a loss of only a portion ef tbe scenery . Lola Montes . —The Rhenitli Observer states , on the authority of letters from Munich , that Lola Montes has at length been created Countess of Sternheim , and that her letter of nobility is to be presented ta her oa her fee-day .
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INDIA . News has arrived from Bombay to the 2 nd of March . There is much dissatisfaction prevalent in Lahore . A conspiracy has been discovered , which had f > r its objects the murder ot Tej Singh , who is looked upon as the friend ofthe British . Gholab Singh is ruling his new subjects with a rod of iron . The winter has been unusually severe in thc north of India . The _Goomsoors , perhaps the most uncivilized of all the tribes of India , are still in arms .
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . Tub War . *—Cape Town papers to the 23 rd of January have arrived . They state that the operations of tbe forces under Colonel Somerset against the chief Pato , and in the capture of cattle in _Creili's country , have been very successful , and that reasonable expectations are entertained of a speedy end of open war . NEW SOUTII WALES . A _Chancb for Maids , Old and Youno . —We are in receipt of papers from this colony to the 9 th of December . They contain the results of the census for 1846 , taken on the 2 nd of March . The total
population of New South Wales on that day was ( exclusive of Port _Essington _. ) males , 114 . 7 C 9 ; females , 7 i , 8 i 0 ; total , 189 , 609 . To equalize the sexes nearly thirtyeight thousand females were required . Wholesale _Slauqhtbk . —The following aro the names ofthe twelve men who were executed at Norfolk Island , on the 13 th of October , forthe murder of John Morris : _—Wiifiam _Westwood _, alias Jackey Jackey , John Di vis , Samuel Kcnyon , Dennis Pendergast , Owen Commuskie , Henry White , William Pearson , James Cairnes _, William Pickthorne , Lawrence _KavenagU , William Scrimshaw , and Edward M'Ginniss .
NEW ZEALAND . In the Sydney papers it is said thata" Wellington Spectator" ofthe ith ot November bad been received . The only extract given indicates that the district of Wanganui was still disturbed .
FRANCE . Tub Chambkrs . —The debate in the Chamber ol Deputies on the question of electoral reform was Brought to a close on Friday , when the measure was lost in a full house , the votes against it being 252 ; for it , 154 . Tun Dearth . —Trial ot Rioters . *—The accounts from the provinces of the emeutes produced by the dearness of grain continue to be received . Boats and waggons cannot proceed to the markets without a military escort . The Court of Assizes ofthe department of Ille-et-Villaine has been occupied during three days with the trial of sixty-three persons , among whom were several women , charged with having been concerned in the corn riots tbat took
place at Rennes on the . 9 th and 10 th January . In the tumult there was a cry of" We must kill all these scoundrels--that is the way they do at Paris !" The jury returned a verdict of acquittal in favour of forty-nine of them . The remainder , who were declared guilty , were condemned to periods of imprisonment , varying fiom three months to three years . [ Although tbese sentences are very severe they are merciful compired with tbe atrocious sentences passed upon the poor Burghead ( Scotland ) _fisbermen . ] Death of PoLia _. vAC—Prince Polignac , minister of Charles X ., rendered celebrated for signing the ordonnance which produced the revolution of July , died on Monday night ofan attack ef goutat St . Germain en Laye .
PORTUGAL . Ths Civil War . *—We have Lisbon news to the 32 nd ultimo . The civil contest was brought to a stand-still for want of both money and energy to prosecute it with vigour . Saldanha had not moved a foot nearer Oporto , and was _clamorous for fresh recruits and money , neither of which were to be had . Artillery had been sent from Oporto to _Viana , as the Junta have determined to reduce the Castle of that town ; the receipts of the Custom-house being ol great value to them at present .
BELGIUM . State op _Flandkbs . —A letter from InglemunBter of the 20 th to _IheNouvettiste de Bruges , says , " Heaven knows what _evib are reserved in the inscrutable counsel of Providence for our unfortunate Flemings . A formidable contagion has broken out in one of our communes , which are already desolated by famine . The dysentery prevails at Meulebeke , and has at this moment carried off sixteen persons . " GERMANY . Prussia . —Communist Societies . — The Prussian official Gatette publishes a royal decree declaring ibat nil themembers of communist societies shall be prosecuted according to the existing Jaws against high treason , if found to propagate doctrines sub * versive of those laws .
_Disiou * UNCK 8 .- ~ Letter 8 from Breslau . of the 20 th , state that at Troppau , on the 11 th and 12 th , it was found necessary to call out all the troops there to disperse the _tseetings of the populace , who threatened to pillage the place . At _Oldersdorf , a large crowd assembled before tbe house of the mayor with cries of * ' Bread or work . " He satisfied them by distributing a large store of potatoes amongst them . Order has since been _restored . Austria . —A correspondent writes frata Vienna , on the 22 nd , to the Journal de Francfort;— ' In consequence of the continued dearth ot provisions , there were riots on the : 20 th at Funthans _, a village in the environs of Vienna ; the bakers' aad other Bhops weie forcibly entered , and a quantity ef bread and other provisions was carried oil ' , - but a _detachment of huusars soon dispersed the mob . "
IT A LY . Accounts from Florence state that a great deal of excitement exists in Tuscany , and that a movement is expected forthwith on the part of the Liberals . A young man calling himself Count Baldi , a native of Fano , has beea arrested at Rome oa the charge of intending to assassinate the Pope . _HUNGARY . We read in a Frankfort journal : — Hungary is at present io great agitation , although not a dangerous one . The approaching election of a new _palatine or viceroy is tike cause of all tbe noise that is heard on both sides ofthe Danube , from _Preaburg to Beterwardein . It is besi _d es a serious question for tbe country , notwithstanding _the excessive enthusiasm which the populations display . They are about to be called onto exercise one of tbe rights wbich are dearest to them ,
and by their choice thejr _^ re on the point of accomplish _, ing an act wliich has a certain importance for their future welfare . Tbeir desire is to raise to tbe Ticeroyalcy a prince , Hungarian in ideas and sentiments , and whom they may regard as national . This prince _esists , being the _Aichdulte Stephen , son of the last palatine , wbo has been brought « n expressly in the Magyars ' _language and customs , and Is at present lieutenant ot the kingdom , whilst waiting tor the election . The Archduke Stephen has been for a long time _popular ; for a long time the national credulity ofthe peasants beholds in him the king of Hungary himself . It is certain that the _Magyars cannot made a better choice . Ferhips tbe Illvriaos of Croatia and Sclavonia , and the Eastern Wallacbins , are not of tbat opinion , for tbey think that they have but little to gain hy what profits the Magyars . But the last-named are _conetitutionall _; tbe most powerful , although physically they aro less
numerous .
POLAND . Friobtfix Stat * : of Galicia . —The accounts from Galicia are most deplorable . The inhabitants have been compelled by hunger to feed upon the dead bodies , and the population is decimated by famine and fever . After the lst April no French journals were to be allowed into Galicia .
GREECE . HoRniBLE Scene . —The following horrible scene has taken place at Nauplia , in Greece : —Two brigands , Demetrius and _Theodosius Tryphoupoulos , were brought out for execution in the principal square of the town . They both walked quietly to the scaffold , but when the executioner approached Demetrius to bind him to the fatal plank , the latter , who is a man of gigantic stature and herculean strength , burst his cords , aad overthrew the executioner and his assistants _. On their endeavouring to
_se- ' _zi him , when they regained their legs , Demetrius beat them severely , and threatened to pitch them oh the scaffold among the crowd , and was carrying his threats into execution , when the executioner drew a _long-bladed knife from under his dress , and stabbed Demetrius to the heart , who fell dead upon the platform . The executioner then decapitated tbe corpse _. The other brother , Theodosius , on the contrary , _seemed perfectly resigned to his fate , and submitted himself quietly into the hands of the executioner . In another moment he had ceased to exist .
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Murder in France . —A dreadful crime has been committed at Beaufort ( Jura ) , A respectable man , named Claude Conte , and his wife , both upwards of 60 years of age , and living on a fortune of about 150 , 000 f ., were found , on the 20 th , murdered in their dining-room . It would seem that tbey had _juBt sat down to dinner when the murderers entered the house , as thc food was found untasted on the table . The house was plundered . Marsuai , Soult , President of the Council of Ministers , entered , on the 29 th ult , his 83 rd year . The _DukeofDalmatiahas been Marshal of France since
1804 , that is , during 43 years . Oue of thk " Empire . "—The Journal des D ' tbaU announces the deatb at Nancy , in his 73 d year , ofthe celebrated Count Drouot , Lieutenant-General ol Artillery . Napoleon said of Count Drouot that "his morality , probity , and simplicity would have done honour to the epoch of _Cincinnatus . " Mas » acbe . —a few days ago the following massacre was committed at Nedonchel ( Pas de Calais ) . A father Istrangled hia two children , one six and the other only four years ' old , in order that he might become the uncontrolled possessor of some little property which they inherited .
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MONDAY , _Maich 29 . HOUSE OP _LOilDS . —Irish Paopem Lord Desart stated that he had made inquiries at Belfast , and either places in Ireland , rehtlve to the statement made by Lord Brougbnm , of Irish paupers having their passage paid over to this oountry , and he had reason to believe that tbat statement was without foundation . It wns , _bowsver , true that parties In Ireland , who had received money from their friends In America to enable tbem tes emigrate , not having sufficient funds to c » rry tbem to a port of embarkation in _Engbind , had received assistance for that purpose from , their landlords .
Lord Brougham _reiterated his expressions of belief in the statement he had made ; and in addition , said that he bad been informed hy trustworthy persons in Ireland , that several landlords In the county of Waterlord had paid their tenants five pounds each to destroy their cabins , and go into the town , tbat tbey might clear their estates of the destitute population . Limited _EkU 6 TU £ _* si . _—fta _Maxquis af L _« _i'i- _' _»< i * _si _>* i * moved for any correspondence which may have tiiken place between tbe government and the military authorities and Reneral officers relative to limited enlistment in the army , Earl Gbet objected to the production of any corres . pondehce wbich had taken place preparatory to the introduction of a measure submitted to Parliament b . v the government . If the principle of admitting such motions were to ba conceded , it would be subversive ot the whole system upon tvhfch tbe public service is nunconducted .
The Earl of Oabdioah looked with terror and appre . hension at the measure of the government . In bis opinion , the most effectual wny of inducing a higher class of men to enlist would be by adopting u more liberal pension system , and a curtailment in the period of colonial service . By the bill In question , after a period of _thirty-four years , a man would receive a pension of but _sitpence a day , being about the amount paid to a pauper . Was tbis , be would ask , a system likely to induce a superior class of men to enter the army ? There was another point of view in which the question might be regarded . In this country a standing army bad always been an object of considerable jealousy , though in modern times , owing to the large draughts demanded for our colonies , the force which remained at
home was but the skeleton of an army , when , under the proposed system of limited service , the population of this country should , some years hence , be trained to milltar j habits , it might be found difficult to repress riots and disturbances with the small force retained in this country . Their lordships must recollect what occurred a few years _slnc-i in a ne ' ighbouringcountry , whei e the troops ofthe then reigning Sovereign were beaten by the population of the chief city , and a _changs of dynasty was the consequence . Such an event could not have occurred in this country . How , then , did it happen in France ? Because tho whole population of that country was a military population , practised in the use of firearms , and familiar with their sound . About ten or twelve
years ago , upon some occasion which he eoald not then call to mind , a body of 30 , 000 or 40 , 000 men marched through the streets of London . That proceeding filled the government with deep apprehension , and the whole of the military were underarms in tho neighbourhood of the metropolis . The assemblage dispersed quietly , but if _two-thirda of the men who then marched through the capital of England had been discharged from the ranks , and accustomed to the use of firearms , who could have foretold what the consequences would have been in the event of any disturbance beving arisen ! ( Hear , hear . ) After some further observations , the Marquis of Londonderry withdrew bis motion , and their lordships ad . Journed .
IIOUSE OP COMMONS . _—UisMissAt from _Ppbuc Wobks . —Mr Laboccuere , in answer to a question from Mr Smith O'Brien , stated that although twenty _ptr cent _, ofthe labourers on the relief works in Ireland had been dismissed , the operations had been modified in some particular districts so as to cause tbe lea _« t possible mischief ; and the change had been effected without dis . turbauce , and with most beneficial results . Indeed the change had been accomplished in such a manner ag would not only essentially benefit the country , but would also materiallj promote the cultivation of the soil . In many parts of Ireland persons had been placed on the
public works who ought never to have been placed there , and , generally speaking , those persons had been the first struck off . The government had never said thnt lo persons should be struck oft" the public works till the relief committees and soup kitchens were organiied . He likewise contended , that it was not true , that there were n ;> means of completing the works already commenctd . New presentments had been recently made ; but , instead of being decided on at once b y the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , they were referred tu the Home Secretary in this country , and would be carried into effect or not , as he should think expedient .
Insurrection in Ca . tai . onia . _—MrBosTHwicKroseto call the attention ofthe noble lord , the Secretary for Foreign Affairs , to a proclamation issued in Catalonia by _General Breton , on the 4 th of March . The proclamation state ! that " the esertionB and fatigues ofthe Drove troops will be incompetent to the extermination ofthe hordes of Vandals who have raised anew their banner of blood with a view to reproduce tbe disasters of the last war , so Ions as these hordes shall find in the country that shelter and protection which cm atone save tbem _fi'omthe pursuit of our indefatigable columns , " The proclamation stated that the hordes were protected by the people , and it was a question well worthy the serious consideration of the noble lord opposite ( Lord Palmerston ) _, whethar he would not be able to draw a line of
distinction between the "hordes raising a bloody banner " and those who were the honest nnd peaceable inhabitants ofthe country . He ( Mr Borthwick ) asserted , tbat at tbe time this proclamation had been _issusd , not a musket had been fired—a band had not been formed—no act of insurrection had been committed by any class of men under any banner , blood ; or otherwise , upheld in the name of the Count de Montemolin . The proclamation , however , ordained the punishment of death "upon every person who shsll be taken , with or without _arina , if accompanying any rebel bands—upon all ipies—upon every individual carrying letters or despatches for the rebels—upon all who , after having served with the rebels , shall bave taken refuge in the towns or country housesand upon every person who shall receive or conceal in
bis bouse any of thc wounded , or fugatives , of tbe rebel forces . " The 11 th clause of the proclamation provided " that tbe alcaldes and judges ofthe towns shall _coutinu ally keep some person on thc look-out on the steeple , or otber elevated position , and the watch , so soon ns he may observe any suspicious _assemblage , shall give notice to the authorities . Surprise _be-ing thus rendered impossible , tbe plea of it will not bs accepted as an excuse for the alcaldes or judges , who will be subjected tothe strictest responsibility , involving penalties that may , under certain circumstances , include that of death . " The proclamation went en to state that " if any adult shall leave his house to join the ranks of the rebels , tbe alcalde must give immediate information to the commandantgeneral of the province , who shall order thst thc father
and mother , guardians or relatives ( in case tbey should have influvneed the adult to tbe _commistiion of this crime by tbeir advice or otherwise ) be forthwith arrested and placed at the disposal ofthe Council of War . Tins tribunal shall try thera , nnd inflict even tbe penalty of death If they be found to have deserved it . " Unhappily , _Queen Isabella II . was an ally of this country , and , therefore , the government of tbis country could not do more _tlina remonstrate against such atrocities , but he thought the noble lord opposite ( Lord Palmerston ) might use an important influence to prevent a recurrence ofthe dreadful barbarities ef the last war . One thing to prevent it was the forbearance manifested by the majority of tbe
peopleof Spain , who were devoted to him whom they be lieved to be their legitimate king , and in obeying his commands had refused to retort upon their persecutors by reprisulp . The _viiws of the Count de Montemolin w « re expressed in a circular issued by bim en the 10 th of the present month . That circular Instructed his Mends in Spain to oppose their enemies onl y by conciliatory conduct . . He could not ask the noble lord at the head of foreign affairs to becomes partisan in Spanish politics , but he hoped he would raise his vote in favour of humanity . He wished to ask the noble lord if he had made nny remonstrance to the court of Spain on tbis subject : and if so , whether tbere would be any objection to lay a copy of the despatch oa the table of the bouse ?
Lord Paemebston observed tbat Her _Majesty s govern _, ment bad no official knowledge of the proclamation to which Mr Borthwick referred , and had , therefore , taken no official measures upon it . Every gentleman who had heard its terms might judge from hia own feelings what must be ( the _disapprobation , disgust , nnd _fndignatfon , inspired in the breast of every member of Her Majesty ' s government by to savage and barbarous a proclamation _. The contrast between the humane circular of thc Count de Montemolin and the savage proclamation of General Breton was highly favourable to tbat Illustrious prince . General Breton , however , was no longer in office ; and he ( Lord Palmerston ) was not aware that the general ' s successor bad adopted his proclamation . So far as the influenc _3 of the British government , or the present government of Spain could go , Mr Borthwick mi ght be assured that ha would impress it with the necessity of acting upon humane principles . Still , in _diseasing this
subject , it was impossible for the house to forget the atrocious Durango decree j , and when Mr Borthwick spoke of the atrocities perpetrated by thc generals of the Queen , he must be permitted to remind bim tbat equal , if not greater , atrocities were committed on the other side . Having stated the satisfaction which he felt at hearing the moderate circular issued by Count de Monte _, molin , he must not conceal from the liouse thnt there were phrases in it , especially relating te arms and battlefields , which ha had heard with the deepest regret . Those phrases showed that the Count intended to make Spain onco more the theatre of civil war . He should be sorry if the Count carried that intention into effect ; and he hoped that if any gentlemen in that house had influence over tbe counsels of that Illustrious prince , they would exercise it in persuading him to restrain his followers from _pursuing a course which could not meet with anything like general approbation or sanction in this country .
Sir Be L . Evans regretted that Mr Borthwick , when numbers ofhis own fellow-subjects were falling victims to Carlist vengeance and _assassination _. had not expressed thc same indignation which he now expressed at the in . human decree of General Breton . It was too bad to hear _thepartlsviij *; t ( _illiiv 1 . 1 nder to the throne of
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Spain pluming themselves on tbeir humanity , imer « , «> had murdered one morning in cold blood forty _unarniid and defenceless British prisoners . He ha ! subsf _quently taken 1 , 000 Carlist soldiers , and 100 Carlist officers pri-Honors , and not ona of them had he put to death . Tbiy had , in consequence , addressed a letter to Don Carlos , deplorine the atrocities which they bid themselves inflicted , and requesting that such barbarous murders might in future be discontinued . In thnt letter he fi und tils vindication for the caution witb which he bad guarded
the lives of his soldiers , and bis _justiflcathm for the afe _guavd which be had thrown oround the lives of his _prisoners . And yet what hnd been the return made for this systematic humanity ! After be . had left Spa n a _huudTea ofhis men had been taken prisoners ; and sometime afterwards they were one and all butchered by the Carlists in cold blood in the most cruel and cowardl y manner . It was , therefore , a shameless mockery and insult to talk of Carlist humnnity . He then vindicated the Queen ' s generals , with whom ho had served , ngainn tho cbar _.-e of acting with barbarous humanity .
t Lord J , Manners defended Carlist humanity . Thi men whom Sir D . L . Evans had taken prisoners were defending their rights , their prince , and their native land from an invasion of nrmed adventurers , who had no legitimate interest in thtir country , and no ri ghtful participation in a quarrel purely Spanhh . Mr _Bokthwick reminded Sir D . L . Evans that he had not _suld a word on the atrocities perpetrated in the first civil war in Spain , much less had he mado any attack on the gallant general ' s own character , for whieh he enter _, tnined great respect . ' He nssured Lord Palmerston that everything which had fallen from hira that evening would be carefully considered by the Count de Montemolin , and would , he trusted , receive ths same attention from the government of Spain .
Lord PAiMEB 8 T 0 N , in answer to Sir D . L . Evans , said it was a great _abuso of the hospitality which this country afforded to all foreigners , that they should issue proclamations or publications of any kind tending to excite hostilities In a foreign state in alliance with this country . Deaths bv FAUiNE _.- _^ Lord G-. _Bentincs . asked if th * Irish Secretary had made any serious or energetic effort to obtain tbe comparative numberof deaths which have taken place in Ireland this year and the preceding years . The noble lord , to chow that such u return might easily be had . read a letter received b y bim from the Roman Catholii * Archbishop of Tuam , stating that the Roman Catholic clergy could , without difficulty , furnish the names , etc ., of their flock who had died , and that tlief e lists could be certified by the medical officers resident in tho several localities . The most reverend writer likewise stated that such returns would show tbat the deaths this year were twenty to one more than in anypreceding year _.
Mr _LiDoticuiRt still persisted in contending that anysuch returns as couid be obtained would be very _defective , and would only convey erroneous impressions . He promised to make further inquiries upon the subject . Lord J . Manners said he bad received a letter from a clergyman of the Established Church , who maintained that a correct return ot the deaths of persons belonging to the Established Church could be obtained witbout difficulty . Ibibu Poos , Law . —The house went into _committes on ths Poor Relief ( Ireland ) Bill .
Mr Gbsoost proposed the addition of a clause , to the effect tbat no person shall be entitled to relief so long as he Bhall hold above a quarter of an acre of land . Sir G . Gbet agreed to this clause , which was opposed by Mr P . Scrope , who divided the committee on it . Tbere were— For tbe clause ... 117 Againstit 7 Majority for the clause ... 110 Mr _SHiTti O'Brien moved the addition ofa clause for reducing the size of the unions _.
Lord G . Bentinck supported the clause . He first showed that it was a laudable object to bring each pauper within a reasonable distance of the workhouse of his district , nnd to place the workhouse within a reasonable distance ofthe guardians who had control over them _, lie next showed , by a long array of figures , that government , by increasing the number of workhouses to 400 , would bring each pauper and each guardian within three miles and a ball of each workhouse , and would tbus _pltce the workhouses under efficient control , and save to the country a sum nf £ 4 , 000 , 000 , and upwards . At pr- 'sent the government bad not merely expended a large amount of money most lavishly , but had also sacrificed a large amount of life most recklessly . I am perfectly certain ( said the noble lord ) that if yeu had had recourse
to this system , we should not have beard of the tbou . sands , the tens of thousands , or the hundreds of thousands—but we cannot learn from tbe government bow many hundreds of thousands there are , who hare perished —( hear , hear . ) It is the only subject of secrecy with the Irish government—( hear , hear . ) We can learn the number of bushels of potatoes and the quarters of wheat and of oats that bave been thrown on the coast of Ireland , but there is onep _^ inttipon which alone the Irish government are totally ignorant , ( "oh ! oh ! " ) totally careless , ( " oh ! oh ! " ) or else are determined to keep this country in darkness , and tbat is the mortality that bas oocurred during tbeir maladministration of Irish affairs —( cheers , and counter cheers . ) Tes ! they shrank from telling ub . —( cheers and cries of'oh ! " ) Tlicy are
ashamed to tell ui—( renewed cheers and cries . ) They know tbat the people have died by thousands , and I dare tbem to ask— I dare tbem to inquire what the numbers of the dead have been—dead , through their mismanagement ; dead , chb fly through their principles of free trade —( bursts of laughter . ) Yes , free trade with the lives of thc Irish people (" oh , oh ! " ) , leaving the people to _tako care of themselves when Providence has swept tbe food from the face of tbe earth—leaving the people , in a country where there nre neither mills , nor stores , nor granaries , to perish—( "No , no ! " from MrLabouchere . ) Ay , the right hon . gentleman may cry " So , no ! " why does he not give us information then ? If be does not shrink from telling us the truth , why does he not give us tlie information which be now conceals from us , and then
weshall know what the effects of his administration bave been !—( hear , hear ) How was it possible that a people suddenly deprived of tbeir food , in a country where no description of food was allowed to cross without an escort , where no food grew amongst them save grass for cattle , and where the only food fit for man was stored in granaries by cirn dealers who were attempting to feed the people with anew species of grain , to wbich they we . e not accustomed—how could such t , people procure corn from their own resources 1 It was out of the question . And when the government knew in the month if August that tho potato erops _, to the value of £ 16 , 000 , 000 , had been swept away from a people who bad no money to purchase other food with—potatoes be-ing tbe labour coin
ofthe country—how was it possible there should have been any other result than that that should happen wbich bus happened , and that there should die such a number of persons as has never before been paralleled in any Christian country?—( "hear , hear , " and cries of " oh , ob ! " ) Oh , jou _groan , but you will hear of this again . The time will come wben we shall know what the amount of the mortality is , and though you gentlemen may groan , and wish to conceal the truth , yet the truth shall nnd will be known—( hear , hear , and cries of oh !); tbe time will come when the public , and the world itself , will be able to estimate at its proper value your management of the affairs of Ireland—( cheers and counter cheers . )
Mr _LinoDciJERE rose amidst loud cheers . He said—I beg to remind tbe committee that the clause upon which they have to decide , and upon wbich the speech they have just heard is , I suppose , to be considered a commentary , is to this effect— "Tbat whereas it appears that in the formation of electoral divisions pauperism has been so allocated as to cause an unequal pressure of tho poor rate , be it enacted that the commissioners shall reconstitute the divisions in such manner as shall proportion the _pAupcrism of each district to the property thereof . " Now , I am far too anxious tbat the committee should proceed to the consideration of tbe important bill now before them , to be tempted , oven by the extraordinary project which thc xoble lord has brought forward as a panacea for all the evils that afflict
Ireland , to enter into any discussion . ( Cheers . ) But the noblo lord has thought fit to make an assertion wbich I owe it to myself , to my own character aud tothe character and feelings of the Government with whom I act , to make some reference to The noble _lordhas _* aid that the government wcr _< _IndiflVrent to the sufferings of the people of Ireland ; and he has added that we were anxious to conceal tbe truth from the house and tbe country with regard to the ? effect of our measures . Sir , I shall content myself with giving to that assertion of the noble lord a contradiction as explicit , as direct , and as complete , aB any respect for this house will allow me . ( Loud and protracted cheering from both sides of the house . ) I will not be tempted b y the tone which the noblo lord has adopted to pursue this discussion , I feci
too deeply tbe responsibility wbich rests upon me as a Minister of the Crown to lose , I trust , my temper in discussing a question of tbis infinite importance . In the present condition oftlie people of Ireland no provocation shall induce me to do so . ( Cheers . ) But I feel that , after having heard such an assertion as that which the noble lord hni made , 1 could not and ought not to have said less to the noble lord than that which I have said . ( Cheers . ) I apologize to the bouse for having interfered even for a moment with the business of the committee , when thatmoinent has been spent In a reply to such a speech as tbat which we have just heard from the noble lord . ( Great and protracted cheering . ) I trust that we shall now return to the subject more ealmly , and I hope that our future discussions with regard to Irish subjects —ana 1 must say that , during the present session , these
discussions have for tbe most part , been couducted or all sides with an entire absence of party feeling , from all Inflammatory language , nnd with a careful and cautious desire to abstain from anything that mi ght increase the difficulties of the Government , or produce excltemeat elsewhere , —will be resumed with a due sense of the magnitude of the responsibility that attaches to them , and that the same spirit which has hitherto been shown will be persevered in / Cheers , ) I can assure fho house of this , that If I have said anything that for a moment might be supposed to indicate a different spirit , it has been wrung from me by tbe charge tbat bas been made by the noble lord against the Government witb which I am connected , and which I felt it impossible to sit silently by and hear without expressing ray remonstrance against It . ( Loud cheers . ) After this spirited ephode , relieving tbe previous dull
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in _** . » otUie _e-omiuitlee , _iIir clause was negative' ! _niOumt a division , together nith eigbt more , moved by Urn _^ m _, hon . member . _Lird G . Bentimck moved the addition of a clame pro . hibiting , for the future , from 1849 , the occup _^ m _* tenant from deducting any part of the poor-rates now puyahls by bim from bis lessor . The object of tbe vluune was to assimilate thc law in Ireland to tbe law in England , and to bring about an equitable arrangement betweea occupying tenants and their lessors , the effect . if which change in the existing system would be to give the occu . py ing tenant the double inducement of keeping r . owu tha rate , and to give more profitable employment to the peo . pie . ' The noble lord also moved the addition of acinus to raise the class subject to the rates to tho occupiers of £ 5 , the etiVet of which would be to reduce the number of small ratepayers , from whom it would be difficult to ob . tain tbe rates , andto diminish the inducements for letting _smallfarms .
Sir G . Gket did not think it would be _expedient to introduce thenrstc _' auseinto the present Bill . The ¦•¦ ' ¦ lit hou . baronet also opposed the second clause . Mr Shaw nnd Sir W . Jolliffe supported thc clause , but It was strongly opposrd by Captain Harris , Mr it- 3 , _O'lonntll , Mr P . Scrope , and Mr S . Crawford . _"Hialr opposition was based on these grounds , —that tha tenantry did not call for this clause , —tbat it would be a dangerous and destructive _expsrlment , —that it would screen the landlords from all contribution to thc ratos , and that it was so outrageous in Us nature that it couldl only have b « en proposed in B house of landlords , _nntl would have been scouted at once in a house of _occuiiyios _*' tenants .
The committee divided—For the clause 7 << Againstit ... ,,, ... ... ... ... Til Majority against tbe clause ... ... 11 _Aficr further amendments and discussion , the bill finally passed through committee . The house resumed , the report was _oitlcrtid _te > be brought up on Wednesday , and tbe third reading , was fixed for Friday , the 10 th of April . Tho othtr orders of the day were disposed of , nnd , the house adjourned at a quarter-past two _o'cloclt . TUE 8 DAY . Mab . ch 30 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Royal _AssentwaB given , by commission , to the Druinage of Land BUI , and somo private bills . On the motion of Lord _Coivi * _. * . * _-, a return was oi de-red of the Minutes of Proceedings , nnd a list of Pens who voted at the last election of Representative Peer * of Scotland .
Lord _Monteaole gave notice that it was his int .: u tion to submit a motion , after Easter , on the Hibject of emigration . On the motion ofEarl _Gai _*! , their lordships _adjourned for the Easter recess to Thursday , the 15 th of April , tbeo to meet in the New Palace , Westminster . HOUSE OF COMMONS . _—Suppression or Trading it * Seooction and _Pbostitution . —Mr _Spoonbb , in pursuance of the notice he had given , proceeded to wove lor leave to bring in a bill for tbo mote effectual au ) 'j _region of trading in seduction and prostitution , and foi- ibo better protection of females . He assured fm : iiousa
that he deeply felt the difficulties with which tlie > ubject was surrounded , and his own inability totlo justice to it . He could , hav _9 wished to have left it in ablet hunds—in tho hands of those who could have brought to its aid the weight of influeuce and authority , Ue might perhaps be asked why , if these wero bis real opinions , he bad ventured to bring the matter under the _consideration of the house - ? He felt that ho had tor such a question a oomp lete answer . There existed in the me . _tropolis an association wbicb counted amongst its mem . bers , its council , and its vice-presidents and presidents , some ofthe higheEt and noblest in the land—
-Mr C . Ber _icewv rose amidst roars of laughter , and having twice essayed to _addreis thc Speaker , each _fil ' ort _occasioning fresh bursts of merriment , he wns ut length heard to Bay—Mr Speaker , I rise to order . Tho details wliich the honourable member is about to enter into ia his speech , upon this subject , must , of necessity , le so unfit for publication , thnt I must beg to call your _atten . tion to the fact that there are strangers in both tho galltr ' _en [ renewed laughter ) . Strangers were in consequence ordered to withdraw amid ths roots of the house , their own titters , and the visible disappointment of Mr Spooner . Tbe debute proceeded for about an hour with closed doors . Leave was given to bring in the bill , which waB brought in and read a first time .
Health of Towns . —When the gallery was re ) _-op- ; ned _. Lord MoBPETn moved for leave to bring in a bill tir ths improvement of the health of towns . After stating tbo rates of mortality in town nnd country districts , and showing that the former greatly exceeded the latter , ho attributed the cause of that greater mortality to the crowded lodgings , the dirty dwellings , and the wunt of personal cleanliness of tbe inhabitants of towns , _oggravated as those evils were by insufficient sewerage , open ditches , bad paving , defective cleansing , and an inadequate supply of water , noving travelled at great k-ngth into the proof of these existing evils , he proceeded to describe the muin features of the measure , which was in . tended to remove some of them entirely , and to mitigate those wbich could not be removed . Having stated that
the onerous duties already pressing on the Home Secretary and the Committee of the Privy Council prevented bim from acceding to that clause of Lord Lincoln ' * bill , which placedin them the superintendence ofthe sanatory condition of our towns , he showed that the _busiueas in band was important enough and _copiouscnough to juuif j thc construction of a special board for the purpose , to ba framed on the snme footing as the railway board of last session , and to consist of five members , three of whom would be paid for their services , and two not , those two being both members ofthe government , and one of them being the occup ier of the office which he tben had the honour to fill . This board , which wonld be _tntitled tbe Board of Health nnd Public Werks , would be empowered to institute inquiries into the sanatory condition of toiros
and districts . It would also have power to appoint in . specters to go into different districts , and to define what would be the proper area for any works to be carried on under their superintendence . If there should be a * necessity for it , the Board of _Huaith would also be authorized to confer thc necessary powers on the local administration of the different districts . The question then arose , t * hat ought those powers and what ought that local administration to be ? One naturally referred to the duties per . formed by the Commissioners of Sewers under tbe net of Henry tho VHIth . But as the powers exercised b y those commissioners did not sufficiently provide for the formation of house drains in connexion with the main sewers , and did not at all provide for an adequate supply of water to the districts over which they txercised their authority ,
and as it was necessary that tbe various powers ol sewerage , drainage , cleansing , and paving streets , and supplying water , should be under tho same direction , be proposed to give all these powers to a body appointed on the spot to carry out these various functions . What , then , was this local body to be ? Lord Lincoln ' s bill provided for a new electoralbody , and was taken up wiih the divisions of districts and wards and the manner of voting —in a word , with a complete electoral system . Her Ma . jesty's government was of opinion tbat we bad already a sufficient number of elections , and that what with elec . tions of Poor Law guardians and of municipal counci _' _s it wns not necessary to provide for tbe election of another body analogous to tho town council . He bod therefore no hesitation in recommending the town council for the
administration of tbe powers wbich be now propostc to confide to them . He proposed , also , to annex the bits of ' suburbs , tbo offshoots of land in the vicinities of large i towns , to tbe wards of those towns , and to increase i tbe number of those wards whenever the increase I of the population sbould call for such a provision . , Having thus described what he intended to do in i those towns , where municipal corporations existed be proceeded to explain the provisions of his bill I with respect to those towns in which there were no 1 such corporations , and in which , nevertheless , the want t of d r ainage was very severely felt . He sbould leave such i towns to apply or not for a charter ef incorporation • but in easo thty preferred to remain unincorporated bo 9 proposed tbat tbe commissioners should be elected by the a
ratepayers , and that tbe Crown , on tbe recommendatioa a of tbe Central Board of Health , sbould nominate a cer . - tain number of additional commissioners , not exceeding g one-third of ihose chosen by popular election . He did d not propose to extend this bill to Scotland aud Ireland , i , for be thought that each of the three countries sbould , d be dealt with separately ; but he did intend to include le the city of London within its provisions . All the pro . _ovisions , which applied to other incorporated districts , : s ought , in bis opinion , to apply to tho _tity of London , n . The sewerage of London was under various commis . is * _sioners , of wbich somo were the subject of great blame , ie , and otberB of general commendation , AH tht existing ng
_Coinmissioucrs of Sewers would be superseded by an an Order of Council . The ratepayers would be empowered ed to choose tlieir representatives for sanatory purposes , and nd the Crown would add to them otber commissioners , not lot exceeding one-third of iheir whole number . He had ad new mentioned the extent to which he intended to pro . ro . vide for the sewerage , drainage , and paving and cleans . ns « ing of tonus . He believed thst it would be found _essen _. en . tial to tho successful working of this scheme , that , as as soon as the act cams into operation , and as soon as the the new council came into existence , all conflicting jurisdic-lictions sbould cease . He therefore proposed that the the Crown , by an Order in Council , should bave power to ex > ex .
_ttnguish alt local bodies which exercised tbe same powers era with those which he now created , in each locality . Tro- ' rovisions would also be Introduced Into the bill fur securing Ing : payment of the debts incurred and tbe contracts madoadoi by the existlug boards , and for giving compensation to toi tbeir existing officers , By an act of this kind _thereierei must be a great sweep made of _loeal trustee * _tessi and of local officers ; but the _Qovemmentient having settled on its plan must be prepared to toi insist on unity of action . An inspector _woiriimltH
be appointed to institute preliminary inqu ' rie * irie « into tho condition of our towns . When tht th « local council was constituted he would visit the townpwni seo what works were wanted , and make his report to tho tht central . board . This fflcer would generall y be an eni _ene g ineer of seme eminence . There would also be a medicsJdicat inspector to examine into the sanatory condition ofthtfthn towns placed under the control of the cmtral board )» _rd but he would not be connected witb the towns , as it was wai thought better that he should be Independent of all _loca'locw connections . The local council would also be em empowered to appoint a surveyor , who would _BujeriEtsuc ' sut
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 3, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03041847/page/7/
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