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The following important cemmunication from our « wn correspondent in tiie French capital unveils the tottering potation of the Guiiot "Ministoy , and _feregoaddws tha tremendous changes of whicb , _a _^ reloHg , _FiMf » wBl be the scene . THE DECLINE AND APPROACHING FALL OF GOTZOT _.-POSITION OF THE FRENCH BOURGEOISIE . The English stage had better give over playing Us School for Scandal , for , indeed , the greatest school of this sort has heen set up in Paris , in the Chamber of Deputies . The amount of scandalous matter _colleaired and brought forward thera during the list four or fire weeks , is really anpreceJented io the innah of parliamentary discussion . Yoa recollect the Inscription Mr Daneombe once proposed for your _own glrtrioas House of Commons , " Themost degrading _. _^ _tnfaincvsprc _^ _tdiiigstaisp _lacewiAmthaewallt " Well , here isa match for your own _setoi middle _, class legislators ; here are proceedings which will pot British rascality to the blush . The honour of Old England is saved ; Mr _Roebuck is outdone by M . de
• Girardin ; Sir James Graham ia beaten by M . Duchatel . laiall not onderfake te give yoa the whole list of _jcandalooa affairs brought to light within the last few weeks ; I shall not say aword abont the several doten of bribery cases brought before _thejnries ; not a word abont M . Gudin , the ordnance officer of the King , who ; not without some degree of cleverne » , made an * _tteniptto introduce tbe habits of the swell mob into the palace of the _Toikries ; I shall not give yon a lengthy report ofthe dirty afiairof Gen . _Cub'dres , peer of France . / oraerly Minister of War , who , trader pre- _textofbribingtbemiDutryintojpantogtheconcession , fallowing _theforrMtionofaminiogMmpiuij' _. _clieatasd the said company out of forty shares , which be coolly
put into his own pocket , and on account of which he is _ww _^ nd er trial _beftjro the Chamber ol Peers . So ; 1 shall give yon only a few choice bits- —a few samples taken from two or three sittings of the _Deontie * _. which wiU enable you to Judge or the rest . M . Emile de Girardin , deputy , aod editor of the daily paper £ a Prose , supporting in both characters the new party of P _/ _ogresihte Conservatives , and for a considerable time past one of the most violent opponents of the Ministry , whom until lately he had supported , is a man of great talent and activity , bnt without any principles . From the beginning of bis public career be unhesitatingly employed any means to make himself sn important public character . -It was he _wbj > forced Armand Carrel , the
celebrated editor of the > National , _toaduel _. andshothini , & us delivering himself from a dangerous competitor . The support " of snch * man , _proprie « orof aa Influential paper , and member of the Chamber of Deputies , was cf course very important to tbe governmeat ; bat M . Sde Girardin sold bis support ( for be always said it ) at svvery high price . There was a deal of business { transacted between M . de Girardin and the Ministry , bnt not always to the complete satisfaction of both parties . In the meantime , M . de Giraram prepared nimself for any turn which affairs might take . Forefeeing the probability of a rapture with the Guiiot " ministry , he collected accounts of scandalous transactions , hribings , and traffickipgs _, which he was in the lest position to learn , and which were brought to him
l y his friends and agents in high places . The turn ihicb party discussions took this session showed to im that the fall of Guiiot and _ Duchatel was aproaehing . He was one of the principal actors in the _imnstion of the new ' _* Pio » ressire _Conservative " arty , and repeatedly threatened _thegorernment with he fall weight of his wrath , if they persisted in their onrse . M . Goiiofc refused , in pretty scornful terms . oy compromise with the new party . These detached _bemselvwfrom tbe majority , _andannoyedthegovernlent by their opposition . The _financial aad other lisettjsioes . of the Chamber _nnveiledsomuchscandal , hat MM . _Goizaitand Duchatel were obliged to throw Bveral of their colleagues overboard in order to save hemselves . The vacant places , however , were filled
y snch _insi _? nifi < -ant men , that so party was satisied , and the Ministry were rather weakened , than ortifieai . Then came _CtohieresT affair _. whicb elicited ome doubts , even in tbe majority , aatotbepessiility to keep M . Gaizot in office . Now , at last , rhen he saw the Ministry totally disorganised and reakened , now M . de Girardin thought the moment ad arrived when he might bring forth bia PanloraVbox of scandal , and achieve tiie ruin of a ) ttering government , by revelations fit to shake hefaith even of the "BELLY" ofthe Chamber _^ He commenced by accusing tne "Ministry ol having olds peerage for 80 , 000 francs , but of not having : ept their promise , after pocketing tbe money ! Tbe louse of Peers found themselves _lUBUlted OJ this
_iasertion made in La Prate , and asked leave from he Deputies to bring M . de Girardin before fceir ter . This demand occasioned a discusson in the Deputies , in the course of which M . de j firardin folly maintained his assertion , declaring he jjas in possession of tbe proofs , bat refusing to give ( By names , as he would not _playfthe part of a delator . Ib said , however , that three times he had mentioned Ie matter privately to M . Gaizot , who never denied lie fact , and that once he spoke about it to M . Rebatel , who replied— "It was done during my Hence , and I afterwards disapproved of it ; it waa I . _Guutot who did it . " The whole of this was flatly fcmed byM . Duchatel . "TheD _. _' _saidM . _deGirardin , II will giveyou the _jjroof that the Ministry is quite in ia habit of proposing such transactions ; " and he Bad s letter from General Alexander de Girardin
[ tie father , I believe , of M . Emile de Girardin ; tbe ¦ Uteris an illegitimate child ) to the King . This jitter expressed General de G . ' s gratitude , for the iferof a peerage made to Mm , bat said at tiie same j _^ ie , that M . Guiiot having afterwards made it a gndition ofthe grant , that be ( General de G . _JshonFd ¦ p his _inSaeaee with M . EmiledeG . _topretenthim f pos _^ _gthegoTisraoent . Gen . de G . _wouldlje noparty _tsnchatram _^ ction , and , therefore , declined the _jferage . 01 " said M . Duchatel , " if this is all , SB will just mention , tbatM . Emile de Girardin Bmself offered to as to cease his opposition if we rrould make him a peer , bat we declined that offer . " foe Uks lachrymos I Bat Duchatel replied not a rnrd to the allegation contained in tbe letter . The
Mg amber then voted that M . Emile de G . should be | pivered up to the peers for trial . He was tried , _gitanedtheallegation , but declared , the sold peer-_§ sjr _ a not having been made out , he conld not bave [ -attacked the Chamber of Peers , but only the governgent . The peers then acquitted him . Girardin jj _| i & brought forward another scandalous affair . [ _ttere was got op last year a large paper , called tbe fJB poqut , whicb was to _sapport the governmeat , to Stat all opposition papers OBt of the market and to i _» etsede the costly support of M . de Girardin ' s _&&*«• The experiment signally failed ; partly , too , _jwragh toe intrigues of M . de Girardin himself , 1 _^ ha s his finger in every pie of that sort . Now , IK Duchatel had answered , when charged with
brig tne press , that the government had never paid ¦ _" _» subsidies to any paper . M . de Girardin , against _K assertion , maintained the notorious met , tbat MDaehatel , alter a deal of begging on the part of f & editors of the Epoque , had told them •> " Well , g 3 d and . silver I have none ; bat what 1 have that irffi I give onto y < _m j" and bad given them tbe pri-* fl _§ ge for a . thud opera-bouse for Paris , which ffgfilege the "gents'" of the Epoque sold for lfla ) Q 0 f .. of which sum fJO _. OOOf . were spent in sup-| _M of the paper , and tbe remaining _iO . OOOf . went _nolWy knows where to . This , too , was flatty denied *{_« 3 i . J ) uchatel ; bnt the fact is notorious . ?* Jftere were , besides , some similar transactions imght forward by M . de Girardin , bnt these samples
_!* rifl 6 e quite sumeknt . _g _IXesterday , in the Chamber of Deputies , M . de % & _svti & again got up and read some letter ? , from _^• _wnseJi it appeared that M . Duchatel had caused the _gidLisaBaon in the above peerage affair to be printed f _s _# ti » e public expense , and sent it to all town _connl * a § j _@ n tiie country ; but that in this ministerial _re-M neither M , de Girardin ' s _aor M . Duchatel _' a | _gBlliu were coirectly reported ; but , oa the eon t » gj * , bota of them were arranged so as to make M . de _XgSrdin appear as a ridiculous calumniator , Ind M . JSeiatel in tbe light of the _porestand most _virtu-^ K ofmen . As to th e matter itself , he repeated _IBffeis assertions , and defied the government either _fjatave them disproved by a parliamentary _commit-Kbk or to bring bim before a jury as a slanderer . In M » cases , he said , "he shonld be bound to give the ¦ ilea of the parties : and all particulars , and thus lllijnabled to prove his accusations without niacin ?
belf in the position of a common informer . This ited a general storm in the Chamber . M . Datel denied ; M . de Girardin re-asaerted ; M . Datel _rB-dsnied _; M . de G _* _tTardinre-ra _3 asKrted , and an , the whole accompanied by the _aboutsaud _nter-shsots of the " choruses _^ of the Chamber _, _leroppcsitionmembeis againdefied . the ministry to ¦ e the matter looked into either by parliamentary ofay , or by atrial . At last M . Duchatel said , — E A parliamentary inquiry , gentlemen , would prepose a doubt in tbe integrity of the government the part of the majority ; and , therefore , the day i inquiry should be granted our places would be _npied by others than us ; if you bave any doubt i us so plainly , and we shall resign immediately . " PThen , " said M . de Girardin , "there remains Ling bat a trial . I am ready to undergo it . -place [ before a jury , if yon dare . ** i _No , " said M . Hebert , Minister of Justice , " we U not , because the majority of the Chamber will
Bat , - taid M . Odfflon Barrot , "thk is not _apoai qaestien ; it is a legal one , and suchaquesis not within onr competence , bat of that ofthe io courts of law . If M . de Girardin has _caliun ed tbe government in his _n-tnar _, why do yoa not ilanlaMtoiir
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"We won ' t l " "Well , bat there is a _pltiu- allegation aj _ iinst other parties , too , of trafficking in peerages ; why not bring them np ? And this a & ir with the Epooue and the opera privilege—if you are no parties to that , as you say , why do you not bring np those who tve parties to snch villanoua traffic ? Here are plain incriminations , and even partial proofs of crimes said to hare been committed ; why do not the lawyers of the Crown prosecute the alleged perpetrators of these crimes , as » their duty V _"Wt do not get up a prosecntion . " replied M . ji _•?» "beca _* * the character of the allegations , and the character of those who bring them forward , is not sueh as to make the ruth of these _^ negations _wythuuj like probable to be legal advisers of the Crown l
_ All th » was every moment interrupted by groan _, mg , shouting , knocking , and all sorts ot noises in _ifneral . This incomparable sitting , which hss haken the Guiiot Ministry to its very foundation , was concluded by a vote , which proves , that if the faith of the majority may be shaken , their system of voting is not ! "The Chamber , after having heifd the _explinations of the Ministry , and found them _aiTttPictoar , passes to the order of the day ' . " What do yoa think of that ? Which do yod _prefsr ,
the ministry or themsjority , the Deputies of France or yonr own Commons ! M . Duchatel or Sir James Graham ? I dare say yoa will find the choice a difficult one . There is . however , one difference betwixt them . The English middle-classes bare , up to this day , to struggle against an aristocracy , which , although in a state of dissolution and decomposition , is not yet removed . The aristocracy of England always found some support in one fraction or the Other of the _middle-clsraes themselves , and it was tliis division of the _middte-elasses that saved the
aristocracy from total rum . At this moment the aristocracy is supported by the _fundholders . bankers , and owners of fixed incomes , and by a'large part of the shipping trade against tbe manufacturers . 1 be whole agitation for the repeal of the corn laws proves this . The advanced fraction of the £ nelish middle-classes , therefore , ( I mean the manufacturers ) will yet be able to carry ont some progressive political measures which will more and more _rfecompose the aristocracy . They will even be olNged to do so ; they must extend their markets , which they cannot do _without reducing their prices , which to auction must be preceded by a reduced cost of production , which reduced cost of _ _nri" >« _Wi- ;<> - ~ _maimy _(• _Maaaioad h T ar « jaicca wages , for reducing which there
is no safer means than reduced price of the necessaries of life ; and , to obtain this , they have no other means bat reducing the taxes . This is tbe logical chain wbich ties the manufacturers of England to tbe necessity of destroying the Established Church , and reducing , or " equitably adjusting , " the National Debt . Both these measures , and others in the same spirit , they will be forced to carry out , assoonas they find , which they must , the market of the world insufficient to continually and regularly buy up tbeir produce . Thus the English middle-classes are , as yet , in a _progressive direction ; they bave an aristocracy and a . privileged clergy to overthrow ; there ate certain progressive measures which they will' be forced to carry , and which theyare the fit and
_proper persons to carry- _ Bat the French middle-classes are in a different position . There ia no aristocracy of birth , nor a landed aristocracy , in tbat country . The revolution has swept it entirely away . Neither is there a privileged or Established Church ; but On the contrary , both Catholic and Protestant clergy receive their salaries from tbe government , and are upon a footing of perfect equality . There is no important straggle possible in France between the fundholders , bankers , shippers , and manufacturers , because , of all fractions of tiie middle-classes the fundholders and bankers ( who , at tbe same time , are the principal shareholders in the railway , mining , and other companies ') are decidedly the strongest fraction , and have , with a few interruptions _obIv .
ever since 1830 , held the reins of government . The manufacturers , kept down by foreign competition in tke foreign market , and threatened in their own , have no chance ef growing to such a degree Of power , that they _sut _« e » sfally migbt struggle against the bankers and fundholders . On the contrary , their _chance decreases every year ; their party in the Deputies , formerly one-half , is now not more than a third part of the Chamber . It results from all this that neither a single fraction , nor the whole ofthe ruling middle-classes , are in a position to carry out anything like " progress ; " tbat the government of the bourgeoisie _issa tolly established in France since the revolution of 11330 , that the ruling class could do nothing but wear _thtmse-vu out . This they bave
done . Instead of progressing , they were obliged to go backwards , to restrain the liberty ofthe press ; to take away the right of free association and meeting ; to make all sorts of exceptional laws in order to keep down the working people . And the scandalous affairs bronght forward within the last few weeks are tbe evident proof that the ruling 6 our _ jtoisis ef France are entirely worn out , totally " used up . " Indeed , the high bourgeoisie are in an awkward position . They had found , at fast , in Guizot and Duchatel , ihe men to govern them . They kept them in office seven years , and sent them at every election larger and larger majorities . And now , when all opposing fractions bad been reduced to the utmost impotency in the Chamber . —now , " when Guiiot and
Dacbaters days of glory seemed to bare arrived , at that very moment a mass of scandal is discovered in the doings of the ministry , tbat makes it impossible for them to remain in office , even if supported unanimously by tbe Chambers . There can be no doubt that Guizot and Dachatel will , with their colleagues , resign very shortly ; they may dragon their _mioisterial existence a few weeks longer , but their end is ( drawing nigh—vi _^ ry nigh . And who is to govern after them ? God knows ! They may say , as Louis XV ., " after me the deluge , ruin , aud confusion . " Thiers is unable to bring together a majority . Mole is an old , worn-cat , and insignificant man , who will meet witb all sorts of difficulties , and who . in order to secure the support of the majority , must commit similar scandalous actions , and therefore end in the same way as Guizot . Tbis is the principal difficulty .
The present eleetors will always elect a majority like that now sitting ; the present majority will always require & ministry like tbat of Guizot and Duchatel , committing all sorts of scandal * , any ministry doing so will be overthrown by the mere weight of public opinion . This is the vicious circle in which the _praentsystem mores . Bat to go on aa hertoforeis impossible . What , then , is to be done ? There is ne _otbercourae but to leave this circle , to pass a measure of Electoral Reform ; and Electoral Reform means _"admission ofthe smaller tradesmen to the Suffrage , and th » _means , in France , " the beginning of the end . " Rothschild and Louis Philippe know very well . both of them , that admission ofthe smaller "bourgeoisie" to the Suffrage meahsnothing but _«« LA _REPDBLIQTJE 1 " Paris , June 26 th , 1847 .
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MOVEMENTS OF THE WEEK . The arrival from India this week has brought no later news from China—indeed , no news at all from that region . As yet , therefore , we are uninformed of any good and sufficient reasons for the-violent attack by tbe British upon tbe Chinese , reported in our last . The " Celestials * ' evidently entertain , a wholesome horror of the encroachments of tbe British , and with the fate of India before their eyes this is not to be wondered at . Still more atrocious bas been the conduct of the French towards the
Cochin-Chinese- Tbat the arms of a nation so notoriously indifferent to the Christian religion should have been employed to support the insolent pretensions of a crew of meddling priests , is exceedingly disgraceful to the French authorities . The French priests could not convert the Cochin-Chinese , go , forsooth , had recourse to the old orthodox system of slaying their bodies to save their souls ! More than a thousand of the natives ruthlessly butchered in the name of Christianity , is an unmistakeable exposition of the religion of " peace on earth and goodwillto men . "
The admirable summary of the recent extraordi nary scenes and astounding disclosures _infthe French legislature by our Parisian correspondent , together with his able comments thereon , leave as nothing to say on a subject pregnant with vast results for France and'Europe ; for important to the entire continent will be the / all of Guizot , which cannot now be much longer postponed . His . overthrow will be the fall of the strongest prop of the Monarchy of the Barricades , which will hence the sooner perish . [ A friend . of ours , writing from Paris ,
_sayat—4 Guizot and Duchatel are , in future , impossible , as the French say , but after them no one ia _pouHle There are days of great sorrow and tribulation coming on for the rich in the land . ' A cabinet , a cabinet , my kingdom for a cabinet , ' will be the cry of old ioms Philippe . _Afeeat many will be wei g hed , and all will be found wanting . There is already wailing and gnashing of teeth in the palace of the -railleries . ' I'd rather be a kitten and cry mew ;' than oneof the _ttwehfaute bourgeoisie , aud partake ofthe messM . de Girardin bas put them in . This Girardin is the greatest rogue in Paris , _^ the cleverest one toe . He ii sold to Susiia . sold to the
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Anti-Corn Law League . J Guiaot has heen . ass enough to anger this dangerous HMD , by neglecting to satisfy bis cupidity , and nonr see ihe result . A worse scoundrel than Girardin never escaped tbe gallows ( whether he will , time will tell ) , but in shaking the existing ' system' to its foundation , he is doing France and mankind a service . 1 repeat , the days of Guizot ' s supremacy are numbered . " Mulhouse , the Manchester of France , has been the scene of a violent outbreak , occasioned by the high prices of food . The people generally in the
departments are suffering intensely , and are greatly exasperated against the government . They ask why Paris should be so especially favoured as it has been , as regards the distribution of food and the forced reduction of prices . " The reason is obvious , " say the people of the provinces , ' order and tranquillity must be preserved in Paris at any price . " This state ol things , and these expressions of popular discontent , combined with tbe scandalous disclosures in high places , significantly attest the ticklish position o - Louis Philippe and his wor thy comrogues . whose reign is evidently drawing to a close .
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INDIA . Another arrival from Bombay has bronght us papers from the city to May 20 , only a week later than the previous dates , but the intelligence is more remarkable for its omissions than for what it contains ; for . strange to say , they do not cmtain a syllable from China later than the end of March . The Nizam ' s dominions present a worse view at ! resent than they have done for a lon ' p time past _, 'he whole of the regular troops of the King mutinied , _consequent on an attempt made by the Ministers to defraud them of , itis said , fifteen months' arrears of wages , the troops ofthe contingent were called on , on the night ofthe 3 rd ult ., to prevent the disturbances feared to be about breaking out , and for the first titne a British force marched through the town of Hyderabad to the protection of the Minister . A portion of the troops has continued ia the town eversince .
_ifjholsh _slBf-h'was in Cashmere , making _arrangtmente for introducing bis own coinage , and levying taxes according to his own fashion . Some of the mountaineers , who have been made over to his rule , are by do means satisfied , and threaten , to resist his encroachments . The question of conversions has produced very angry feelings at Madras . ' A young girl who was for Some time nnder the care of a missionary at Madras , was ordered by theSopremeCourtto be brought before it , to know her determination . She decided npon remaining with the missionary . Her mother and brother tried to take her out of the court . Long arguments aS to her competence of judging for herself ( she being under twelve years ) followed . The cause b still undecided . In tbe meantime the girl remains witb the missionary ; but there are symptoms of great dissatisfaction among the natives on tbis subject .
CANADA . Mosibkal , June H . —The parliament was duly opened on the 2 nd inst . The speech , after the most approved home models , cautiously avoids topics of political hostility . After a four nights' debate on amendments introduced by Mr Baldwin , a division gave a majority in favour of tbe ministry of two . The emigration by the St Lawrence is of an alarming character this year . Already 30 , 000 have arrived , and there are fifty vessels lying at the quarantine station , offGrosse Isle , with emigrants . The _deatbsatsea , and Grease Isle , and on tbe passage between Quebec and Montreal , hare amounted to at least 3 , 000 , and the- number of sick is almost past computation . A contagions pestilence is' much tearedt
FRANCE . _ExTKAORDnratrr Scene is thk Chamber of _Dsrir-TIES . —The proceedings in the Chamber of Deputies on Friday week included one of the most extraordinary scenes that ever took place in a legislative assembly . The Chamber was quietly proceeding with the discussion on the supplies required for the Heme Department , when M . Emile de Girardin charged Count Dachatel with having circulated through the country , at the public expense , a curtailed report of tho speech of " _s deputy , " with a view to defame him . This accusation produced a tremendous upro , ir in the Chamber . The Minister of the Interior , rising , gave the lie direct to M . de Girardin , who replied : — ' * I hear this time the denial of M .
Dachatel , and accept it with all its consequences . " An extraordinary scene of confusion ensued ; members from the two extremities loudly demanded an inquiry into the facts stated ou the Iftb . ult . by M . de Girardin , which ministers strenuously resisted . Silence having at las '; been established , M . Benojt Fould , who had been accused of offering 80 , _000 f . for a peerage , ascended the tribune . M . Fould admitted that he had lost upwards of 60 , 000 f . as a shareholder of a Ministerial journal , L'Epoque , but he _protected that he had never solicited a peerage , that no such promise had ever _fcaen made to him , and that ho had sever offered te purchase one with money nor on any other condition . M . Emile de Girardin being
called upon to explain , replied that he had nothing to retract from his previous affirmation .. A debate then followed on the sale of a theatrical patent for lOO _. OOOC , which were paid into the coffers of the Epoque _newspaper . M . Odillon Barrot maintained the correctness of the charge , and observed that , if the Minister'was not privy _to'it , he was at least bound to prosecute the swindler . M . Duchatel contended that the tribunals had no right to intervene in questions of a parliamentary nature , and that the government whose character was impeached , recognised no other judges than "the majority . " M . de Moray submitted the following proposition to the assembly : —
The Chamber , satisfied with the explanations given by the government , will pass to the order of the day . . Several members subsequently addressed the assembly for and against the proposition , which , on being ultimatel y put tothe vote , was carried by 225 to 102 , thus giving tha Ministers a majority of 103 votes . * On Saturday the Court , of Peers concluded their preliminary _proceedingsagainst General de _Cnbiecea . The General and MM . Teste , _Pellapra , and _Parmentier are to be tried for the crimes and offences punished by tbe articles 177 , 179 , and 405 of the Penal Code . General de Cnbi _^ res , and MM . Pellapra and Parmentier are accused of an act of bribery , which has been acceded to , and M . Teste of having accepted the bribe . This is a crime which tbe code punishes with a degrading penalty . General de Cnbidres and M . Pellapra are , moreover , charged with swindling . It is believed that the trial will commence on the Sth of Jnly . -
Foob Riots at _Mulhousb _.- —On Sunday the French government received a telegraphic dispatch from the Prefect of the _fiant-Rbin , announcing that disturbances broke out at Mulhonse on Saturday morning _. tbe pretext of which was the high price of bread . The crowd visited successively tbe bakers' shops and the nine shops / which they pillaged . During the pillage of a baker ' s shop , after repeated summonses to disperse had been given without result , the Lieut . Colonel of tbe 18 th light infantry , who - commanded the detachment , finding himself assailed on all sides , ordered the troops to fire . Three or four persons were hilled . The Lieus _.-Colonel ¦ was seriously wounded in the face . Numerous arrests were made . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦
_• . .. SPAIN . - .- There is a very fair supply of gossip in the journals respecting the intrigue on foot for a change Of Ministry . One of the journals states that the Progressists have the intention to form juntas in different partis of the kingdom , and then demand the formation of a central junta to exercise the supreme government , convoke the Cortes , and reform the Constitution ; . . The semi-official Corns says that there is no troth in the statement of the i _^ aro , that the rank and honours of _Espartero hare been restored ; but that journal and the _Espanol state positively tbat if the decree has not been actually signed it will be very shortly . A letter from Barcelona of the 19 th gives an account of a conflict between a detachment of * the Queen ' s forces and a party of 80 _Montemolinhts , in which the former were defeated and forced to retreat
after the joss of several men . The Montemolino party were aaid to be , increasing . A pronunciamento of that party has taken place in the province of BLtrgos , and a small band of _partisauahasappeared there . The Montemolinists are represented to have seized all the post horses at Burgos and to have burned the telegraph . The Queen's troops had gone in pursuit of them . A report is circulated tbat the Queen ' s husband is or has been , a member of some half-doses secret _aaBociations . professing republican , and even more obnoxious principles , and having for their object the overthrow of monarchy in Spain , and . perhaps elsewhere , for he ia alleged to be at once a . Freemason , a Carbon **** , a _Coramuniste _, and ( worse than all oi course with the royal father-in-law oi bis youngest daughter ) an . " Avenger of Alibaud . " ( Fudge I )
PORTUGAL . Thk _Oinii Wan . —In onr last we announced the surrender of Sa da Bandeira , the Conde de Millo , and some two or three hundred of the troops under their command , at St Ubes . We added also the important fact that the great body of the national forces had evacuated the town previous to Bandeira a " surrender , " and made good their retreat to , tho interior . It appears that the main body of the force , in all something over 5 , 000 men , retired in good order and firm : attitude towards tbe south , carrying with them their entire military , train , and marching under the leading of the most promising chief that has appeared in Portugal , for , many long years—a guerilla leader named . Gala-aba , who , by . hfe party , has been designated—and not inaptly—aa tbe _LafiooheJacqaelin o ; Portogwsestonr . It was only at seven o _' clockaext morning that Vinhaes , the Queen s S _« aeraj ,: eat « iew St Ubes . « td m , _buciTftliT tn
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pursuit . _Asthe . insurgents wtwated a good njauj stragglers dropped off i _^ the way . West of these being _wertaken by _ h * Queen ' s dragoons were slaughtered without _jiity . On arriving at _AgoJa _. Mourai ., " ualamba having ordered a halt , addressed his men and told them that he had no means of paying them , a _^ _wsawely knew how to procure rations for them , but that he would stand by them to the last-that bis intention was to go to Evora , and there make as good _aBghtashecould-that those who wished to follow him would ever find him stanch and true to them and lo their country ' * cause- and that the others might go away whenever they pleased . The result was , that his artillery , cavalry ; and about 3 , 000 men remained , the rest dispersing towards the mountains _m guerilla patties .
The 4 , 000 and odd prisoners taken off Oporto still continue confined in Fort St Julian , guarded by an English force of 700 marines ! They are victualled entirely by the fleet , at a cost exceeding " one hundred and fifty pounds daily : not a farthing of this but what is paid by the English government . " At Oporto the Junta . bad been re-organised , as follows . _- —Povoag , President ; Jose _Passos , Vice-President ; Bernadino , Justino , and Avila . It seems that the point upon which the Junta refused to yield was their demand , for the . immediate change
of ministry . Without this they say they have no guarantee for the future , no confidence in any promises on the paTt oi tbe Crown . ) ., Everywhere the people are fiercely exasperated against the intervention of the allies . The old popular hatred towards the Spaniards is assuming a frentied shape . The peasants are reported to be arming and banding together to treat the Spanish invaders to a " war to the knife . " The excitement against the British " pirates" and "jailors" is beyond description .
. _SWITZERLAND . Bebnb , June 34 . —A great assembly was held on Monday last , the 21 st , at Brunnen , in the canton of _Schwys , or . the borders of the Lake of Lucerne , by the delegates of the seven separatist cantons . The most violent resolutions bave been almost unanimouBly adopted , which show tbatthe league relies , as a last resource , on foreign intervention . Two or three Protestants of note were seen at this conference . " Tillnow , _theconserrators of this confession had , in general , been very sober of any hostile demonstrations relative to questions _whiebjappear to belong principally "to the domain of religion . _Thia circumstance suffices to restore its true character to the actual crisis ,, whioh is that of a mortal struggle between the two ereat _srinciDles which divide the
political world . The French " ambassador , M . Bois ] e Comte . attended by his first secretary , M . Reinhardt , continues bis excursions through tne enntons , and will not return to Berne before the opening of the diet ; in the meanwhile , it is assured by some , that he has received tbe full and entire approbation of his _cabitwt •_ elative to tbe strange communication he made known to the new president of the Vorort , M . _Ochsenbein ; others , who pretend to be well informed , say that this diplomatist will be shortly called hone , not that the minhter Guiiot is dissatisfied with the zeal he bas shown in the interest of the minority rebelling against the orders of tbe Diet ; but , because the too great a degree of evidence which he gave , ou his debut , of the intimate alliance now existing between France and Austria paralyses the _influence he could bave exerted over the liberal
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GERMANY . . . . _BSBLIK . —LlBBBTT OF TnisPBESS . Tho ; i _\ ett « ts _(* Ae Staats Zdtmg of June 24 , brings down the discussions ofthe diet to the 19 th . In tbe Westir Ztitung of the 24 th , we have notice of the proceedings in the second chamber on the 21 st , relative to the liberty of the press . Fifteen petitions on . this subject bad been presented to tbe diet . Of these , _Ksme prayed for the total abolition of the censorate ; others , tbat a _speciallaw . regarding delicts ofthe press should be _presented to the diet ; others , for the removal ofthe restrictions on pamnhlets ; and others again , for trialby jury in prosecutions of the press . In tbe debates in committee on theie petitions , the royal commissary stated that tbe kine- had been long
aware that the preventive system afforded no _guarantee against abuses of the press , and had , moreover , many disadvantages . Prussia , however , could not act in this matter , except as a member of the Germanic Confederation . The subject was under the consideration of the diet of the Confederation , but matters were not yet ripe for action . On the 21 st , M . von Auenwald mounted * , the tribune , and proposed simply to petition his Majesty as soon as circumstances permitted , to prepare a law f r repealing the preventive system , and restraining , by jnat and adequate punishments , real abuses of the press , aud to submit it to the consideration of the diet . Tbe motion was adopted unanimously , without discussion .
Bkbliv , June 26 th . — - The sittings ofthe Diet have been brought to a close ; The Chambers having elected tbeir standing committees , and nominated the deputation for the affairs of the national debt , the Kine left Berlin for "Breslau on the morning of the 26 th , leaving to M . Von _Bodelschwingh the task of _expressing the royal- pettishness as follows : — " The hour has ceme in which , by commnnd of his Majesty , our . most gracious lord , the first convention of the combined estates is to be closed . A n
_inconsiderable mimber of the members , forgetful ofthe duty imposed upon tbem by the enjoyment of their political privileges , bave , by refusing to take part in the concluding act of the session , dimmed this hour . The government . knows how to make the laws respected . *** ** I— by the king ' s command—declare the first assembly of the states general closed . " Thi * unaccountable - , threat , levelled against tho deputies who had refused to concur in the election of the standing committees , excited a lively sensation , which iound vent in murmurs .
ITALY . Rous . —Letters from Rome of the 18 th ult . bring an account of the festivities which took place on the previous day , on the occasion of the anniversary of the Pope s election to tbe pontifical see . The entire population of Rome and deputations from the neighbouring towns assembled in the morning at the Cattlpo Vaccino , the ancient forum . The procession moved towards tbe Quirinal . singing patriotic hymns , and crying ,, " Long live Pius IX ! Vivat Italy ! " The Pope appeared at the balcony of the palace , and bestowed his benediction on the crowd . In the evening the city was
illuminated-POLAND . The Breilau _Gasette states that a great many _personaihave lately been arrested in Poland , and the estates of several landowners confiscated by the Imperial Government . .. _ _ : _ .
RUSSIA . We find the following in the ! Union Monareftique : — "A letter from Warsaw ofthe 6 th inform us that the Emperor Nicholas was expected in that city , but the date of his arrival could not be fixed , both on account of the state of his health , and on account of some unforeseen affairs , the solution of which will perhaps . , detain him for some time longer at St Petersburg . It appears that _bycircumstancesowing entirely to chance , the Emperor has discovered the trace of a host of _mal-practicea committed by several high functionaries , who enjoyed till now all tbe confidence of his Imperial Majesty . The indignation caused to the Emperor by . tbia discovery exercised the most serious influence on his health , which
seemed almost entirely re-established . . Among the persons said to be compromised in this affair , - is cited Gen . Levaeheff . one of tlie principal judges of the conspiracy of J 825 .. flnd the ,: Minieter _otvwar , Prince Teliernicheff , the samo who , in . 1811 , , was sent to Paris by j the Emperor Alexander with the secret _raUaion to gain over . some , _employe ' s .. of the Ministry of War , to obtain possession of documents relative to the state , of the French army . Already a most severe investigation has been ordered by the Emperor , who without regarding for a single moment the elevated rank ofthe guilty parties , has energetically declared his firm intention of exposing all the truth , whatever it may be , to the face of day . _TJnfortunately , it is to be feared that , the Emperor will not be seconded , as he could desire to be in the interest of the country , in the rude task of justice thut he has imposed on himself . The new Penal . Code
tbat is to come into operation on . the 1 st of January next , has . been received at "Warsaw . The general principles on which the Code is based are , it is known , entirely opposed to those ofthe French legislation ,. whioh at present ib in operation in Poland . There reigns at present a little disquietude among the people of Little . Russia , in : consequence of the sudden arrest , at . Cracow , of four professors and some students of the University . . The motives of tbis proceeding were kept secret , but it was generally attributed to the clandestine publication of some works in whioh the Russian Government was severely attacked with reference to the question of : Polish nationality . At the commencement of tke month . a writer , M . Kulesza , who passed tbrone of the authors of this work , was also arrested , at the moment at which he passed through Warsaw , on hia way to a foreign country , and he was immediately sent to St Petersburg . '* ____ . -,
. TURKEY . _.-..--. CoNmrmNom , June 9—The difference between Turkey and Greece is as far removed from a settlem ent as ever . Coletti chuae Prince Metternioh as an arbitrator , without the concurrence of the Porte . When , more than a month since , the intention ofthe Greek minister waB made known to the Turkish government , they expressed the greatest confidence in Prince Metternich ' _s wisdom , but refused to _pledgs themselves to abide by his decision . The Porte was , therefore , fully justified in refusing their consent to
the modifications proposed by the Austrian cabinet through Count Stunner ,. ¦ ¦ _ . _ ¦ - _'•' UNITED STA 1 ES AND MEXICO . The Halifax Royal Mail , steamer Uiberma , Capt , _Rjrie , arrived at Liverpool on Monday , after an extremely rapid passage . The Araerioan army , uuder General Scott , had entered Puebla , at it was expected thai it would advance towards the cit y of Mexico very shortly . There appears to . be no doubt , however , that many guerilla bands are forming , one ol which killed Colonel Sowers and seven other Amenisans , whilst proceeding from Vera Cruz to the army _. Soyeral other _pecaoaa had also been killed ,
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HOUSE OP _lOBDS _.-MONDAT , Jane 2 b \ Lord _Baooam _. H brought forward a motion _relate to _thaptiiate _huilnetitf the house , and in doing so _madt a lengthy « po . _l . lon ofthe defects of thepreieat _systra . Adverting to th . _imra-ns . number of railway bilk , and the Increasing _parllatnentarj influence of the _f _^ il L ere , t ' ! 7 'f _* - " " -Prom " WJ point of view in wbioh he regarded thi , sUbje « , he saw the importauce of appolnllu a responsible tribunal to transact the private business brought before p _*» U »_ o » t He new saw , in the columns of newspapers containini election
. advertisements _theaamrs of chairmen and deputy-chairmen ol railway companies , aad of large proprietors of shares in such undertakings , as candidates for seals in the other boons of Parliament ; and , in many cases these psrtles , whu bad the gift ol numerous situations ranging from £ 40 to £ 70 or £ 80 a-year ,, _miyht _prabably be able to influence constituencies , and to _obtain seat ! in parliament . Their lordships had heard of some par . iinments which were distinguished b y particular namestbey had heard of the JSabtas Corpus parliament ; they had heard of the Long- parliament ; and he believod that
next session tbey wnuld see a Railway parliament , ( A laugh . ) There would nodouVt be first-class , secondclass , and third-class Ministers ( a laugh ); and persons would change their -tntioo » instead of their places . ( Laughter . ) They _tnif-ht even hear of some railway member commencing his speech by saving , ' Had my steam been up , Mr Speaker . " ( Laughter . ) He had no doubt these railway members would he found molt temperate , most obedient , most submissive—not to tbe Treasury tench-but to their own fi _ rna 1 , to their own _flug , to their own boatswain ' s whistle ( a laugh ) , which summoned them to the charge against any reform , any improvement , any amendment of tie exlBtipg . railway system which might \><< proposed ; and it was not impro . _hflaVflthat mint- joh 8 might be perpetrated , that mweh _TsTMSMKsrd ght Tw done , and that much good might be _preva-utou , in e ,. i . » . quence ot the perfect discipline and close subservience of these persons to tbeir leaders . "
lord _Reoesdak _admitted many of the evils , but thought they were tun strongly described , and that it was too Ute in the _nesriam now to attempt any remedy . The Marquis of _Lansdijwne _anlsed Lord Brougham to withdraw bis motion , ; which he did , after which » e . vera ! bills were fora »» rded a stage , ond their lordships rose at « n early hoar , HOUSE OF COMMONS .- _PoMCOii . —Mr T . - _Dnaconns presented a _petitlvn from iuhabltanw of Aberdeen , praying ; tbe house to address tier Majesty against interference in the affairs ot Portugal .: . . .
Mr Hoke presented a petition on the same subject , agreed , to at a .. public meeting held in _Jetm-twee ' , Lon . ¦ ion . The petitioner . » -r _«„ ari ., he _diseust thev fel . ai beholding a British _mvrtal force employed in restoring to the Queen of Portugal the authority which she had justly forfeited by her violation of the solemn engagements Into whieh sho had entered with bar people ; that the British Government never interfered in behall ofthe people , but alirars in favour of _sorereiRoe ; 'hat _nucl < conduct was calculated to injure the character of 6 » a > at Britain tu the eyes of the world , ' and , finally , the petiturners prayed the bouse to -address h « M _» Je »« . j to < AUmisB ber ministers . ( Laughter , and hear , hear . ) Fkveb ik _Ebkobant 8 bim . —LordJ . Ma \ H » Ea » puta question to the _Under-Secratary for the Colonies relative tothe disease and mortality on board emigrant ships from Ireland to Canada and the United States . The
noble lord read a statement of the number of deaths that had occurred on board different vessels on the passage , ami added , tbat tbe ships were alleged to be in a most filthy state , unprovided with proper accommodation , and without sufficient supplies ot water . He _MkeA whether tbe government had received any information with regard to this mortality , and whethir any steps hud been taken , to prevent the recurrence of similar _alieasters ! , Mr Hawe 8 lamented to say that what the noble lord had stated as to the gnu mortality on board these ships was _unfoiinnately too true .. The Governor-General of Canada bad addressed the ( Mcmlal-ofiice on tbe subject , and he read an extract trom the reply Immediatel . forwarded to him by LurdGrey ; the noble _lora said he was " extremely concerned to hear the _iccount of the state In
which passengers had arrived in Oanada , " and instructed the Governor-General to take all the measures best calculated to mitigate their sufferings , by providing increased medical attendance and greater accommodation , even if , for that purpose , it was necessary to exceed the amoutitoftbe vote granted by Parliament for that attendance _, in consequence of _thi'so instructions , in . creased medical aid would have _ba-en furnished , and by the increased activity ofthe _C'sinmiMariat "Department , he hoped by this time everything had been done to afford relief and prevent any extensive spread of disease . As to the want of accommodation , aud the supply of water onboard the emigrant ships , he had not received any specific accounts ; but the house was aware that the Government had no direct control over these vessels ; all it could do was to _seethat the regulations ofthe Passengers ' Act were complied with .
Lord J . Mannebs asked if any further steps would be taken un this side the water to prevent the evils cumplainedof i Mr Haves would not undertake to say that no further measures would betaken ; but by the law as it stood tbe power of the Government was limited , _Gwsoow Elsciwk . — -Mr 1 , _-DrHCouashad a question to put to the noble lord at the head of the Government of some importance to thit t house , in reference to Ministerial influence in it _. He perceived tbatthe permanent Secretary ofthe Board of Trade had addressed the elector ! of tbe city of Glasgow . After an able statement of
his _poliiicai opinions , he added , be had no reason to be . lieve this avowal of bis opinions would prevent bim from holding office under the present Administration . H « ( Mr Duneombe ) _iri » hed to ask the noble lord whether it would be legal for the permanent Secretnr-r of the Board of Trade to sit in the house , or whether it was the intention of Macgrejtor , should he be returned for _Ghfgow , to continue to hold his officej In that case tbe President of tbe Board of Trade , the Vice-Prfsident , and tbe permanetit secretary would all hold seats in Parliament ; he should like to have tha nob | e lord ' s opinion as to whether Mr Macgregor could sit for Glasgow and hold his office , if he _i-bould be returned .
Lord J . Rosseli , could not answer the question as to the legality or illegality of the Secretary of the Boavd of Trade being competent to sit in the house ; that must depend on the construction . of _acis of _Parliament regulating the constitution of the Board of Trade . He did not think it necessary to examine the question of legality , because lie _understood , when Mr Macgregor informed him of bis intention to become a . candidate for a seat in _Pariiitmc-nt , that it was not his intentioH tojhold his office should he be elected , He quite agreed with the hon , gentleman , that , by the Pres'dent ' _aad Tee-President the Board of Trade was _suffioieiitlj * represented , and be did not think the secretary ought to have a seat in Parliament while he held his office . Railways ( Ireland ) Bill . —On the order of the day for the second reading of this hill ,
Sir W . Moleswoetb moved as an amendment that the bill be read a second time that day three months . The bou . baronet contended that the plan proposed by Lord G . Bentlnck having heen rejected by tbe House , it would be most inconsistent to agree to the proposal now made by the government . He thought that tlie _Itlsh should be left to do for themselves as tbe Snglisb were left . - Mr Williams seconded the amendment . Lord J . Russell said he had opposed Lord G . Bentinck _' s plan on the twofold ground that it waB imprudent in the then state of affairs to enter upon so _extentire a scheme ; , and that tht ) plan iterlf could not , if adopted , have been sufficient for what was then to be attainedthe immediate employment and _snitcriBUce ofthe whole Irish paoul _^ . But _althonjjli be Bad opposed Lord 6 eerge Bentinck ' _s particular plan , it , would . have-been a most ]
violent conclusion to _determine that no assistance at all , or at any . time , should be given to Irish railways . The condition of _Ire ' . aod was in a very great degree owing to the treatmeit of England . ; and bad the . Irish been governed like , tbe English , not during the last few . years , but for centuries , doubtless it would be conformable to the principles of reatson to _nllo _* the Irish to do fur themselves . ' But there were ubundant reasons for departing , ia tbo case of Ireland , from the principli'B of non-inter . fVreuce , nnd the _assHtancc now proposed to be given to the construction of railways was part of tbe geueral policy that Parliament ought to adopt towards Ireland . Mr RoEBOCK opposed the bill , and . maintained that we might as well encourage the construction of railways in New _VaeuliABd _a « in Ireland . He asserted that the grow . 'ing crop of potatoes gave _unequiroeal signs of disease .
Lord Geoboe Bemtinok heartily congratulated the government on having adopted a . Btep in the right _directlon , and fully concurred in the sentiment expressed by the Prime Minister , that . this was a portinn of the general policy whieh Parliament ought to pursue towards Ireland . If he had desired to move an amendment to the effect that other railways similarly situated with those selected for loans should share in the public advances , he was in a great measure dissuaded fiom doing bo by the assurance given by the Minister that the claims of other railways similar * , . * situated should hereafter be considered . , Mr Lsbouchere , Mr Lefroy , Mr M . J . O'Connell , Mr M . _Qo tc _, and Mr Sheil _aitosssed the noma iu favour «! the bill . .-: . ..
Mr _Sheis ia the coiireo of his speecb , passed an elaborate panegyric on the lateMr _. _O'ConneU . He said , that able and ! sagacious statesman ( Lor 4 J . Russell ) wVll have great difficulties _^ to contend with , which will bft enhanced by the loss which Ireland has sustained by the death of that celebrated man , to whom the noble lord opposite ( Lord G . Bentinck ) ha & _aHuded , who has conferred upon his country incalculable obligations , and to whom , when tho prejudices and the passions , the anti . _pathiaS and predilections of tbe bour shall have passed away , in the impartial adjudication of those by whom we shall be succeeded , the attributes of greatness , politic **
and intellectual , will ho hereafter beyonddoubt assigned , ( Hear , hear . ) Whatever opinion may " be entertained of bis titlo to the yenetailon of his country , In an assembly composed like that which I am now addressing , it must be admitted by those who Ware tu tho sternest antagonism to him while he lived , that that _renowned Irishman effected his achievements by a great mental instrumentality ; and I trust that the time will never arrive when English statesmen will have cause to lament that the voice u heard uo move hy * _ahi _^ ' » tttton » . _«»| at ouee excited and controlled , ' and that the accesata on which a nation hung in _taptwe and a innate with admiration are hushed iu the grave , for ever , I _w-wM _» hat
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be BMhun spared to us ; I would that he had lived te behold the seat of that ancient and perpetual _fta < th ia which has was ( an humble believer , and of which h * was the proud and chivalrous champion—tbat he has * . lived to behold tbe eternal " city , that be had knelt at th * altars of that temple , tht noblest that were era r tmltai by the hands of man , and worthy of the purposes , tha high and holy ones , to which it is devoteal—and that through the marble halls of the Vatican tbe venerable man , though with a feeble and tottering step , h & _dfoiull his way , amidst the array of sacerdotal pomps , and re * celved tbe sanctifying salutation ot the great pontifical reformer wbo has ascended the chair of St Peter amidst tbe acclamations of tbe world ; and I wonld thst after he had performed tbat pilgrimage he had returned to
tbe country of bis birth , and <* _-hich he set free , in order tbat he migbt renew the injunction never to infringe the principles upon which he acted during the entire of hie illustrious life , and of whose violation ho never was legitimately accused . lam conscious tbat I hare departed from the more Immediate question before tbe bouse , but I who _hivenow _soseldom a justification _forinterfering ia your discussions shall be pardoned if I bave availed my . self ofthls the first occasion which has presented itself to me to offer a mournful but unavailing tribute of com . memoratlon to the memory of the man with whom I was for so many years politically associated , and _who « e de > partnre from the great scene in which he performed 8 part which attracted the attention of mankind , I regard as a disaster , which it will require great wisdom anal fortitndeand the spirit of conciliation , by whieh thu policy on which this measure is founded , to countervail , ( Cheers . ) ' < Sir jams _Gbahak coincided in the justness of th » tribute paid to Mr O'Connell ' s bj Mr 8 hklh « i «
memory , differed with him in thinking that this Parliament harf yet to show its sympathy in Irish distress . Although he , Sir J . Graham , perfectly understood the proposition made by Lord George Bentinck , he was at a loss t _» _oitcov » rnpon what principle tbe proposal of the government was founded ; and hefelt satisfied that all ths arguments Urged by the government against lord George Bentinck ' _s scheme were applicable igauwt the « own _ nte . _ -. osal . Sir James proceeded to draw a dark picture of the difficulties of tbe money market ; of the un » satisfactory state of the finances , and oi the doubtful prospects ofthe potato crop , and asked , « a » thU at a time to expend £ 600 , 000 on loans to Irish railway companies ? In his opinion , every shilling spent in Ireland should be spent witb a view of producing food . Cultivation of the waste lands and a large system _ofeolonlsai tion might be desirable means of improving tbe condi . tion of Ireland , but the proposed measure wa * impolitic and inconsistent , and therefore he should , however _reluctuntly . vote against tbe bill .
The Chancellor of the Ex » beqcb » defended tho J * r _DisBMH called particular attention to the fact that the question commenced with a discussion of the very question which occupied it at its close , and that the overwhelming majority whi _.-h stopped the progress of Lord G . Bentiack's proposal was now prepared to turn round and vote in favour of a proposition similar in principle , but of _rery diminished extent . The real question the house bad to determine , and wbich tbe country would pass judgment on , was , shonld Parliament _adbera to any pedantic application of tbe principles of political economy to Ireland , or should Ireland be governed justly and according to the dictates of sound policy and _geodseQse ? Atthe hustings this question would soon be decided .
Mr Homb admitted that Lord George Bentlnck and his friends had a most triumphant victory over thoso who , Bt the _beglnnlagof the session , opposed the largeaad comprehensive scheme then proposed . He ( Mr Hume ) had opposed that scheme , and in consistency ho was bound to vote against the bill before the house . Mr _TxEtA wvr and Mr _Osaowtht , opposed the bill . The house
divided—For the second reading of the bill ... 17 » _Agaiuttit ,,, _,,. _,,, _,,, ... SS Majority , 118 The bill was read a second time . The house adjourned atone o ' clock . TUESDAY , Jon * 29 . HOUSE OF' LORDS . _—Poob-Law Aj- _* hihist » atioh Bill . —The Marquis of _Lanss-owhb , in moving the second reading of this bill , briefly explained , that it continued the powers , but altered the machinery , ef tbe present law , the principle alteration being the appointment of one commissioner at tbe head of a certain board , who would havat a seat in parliament , and tbere be compellable to answer questions relating to the administration of the law .
Lord BaouoHAK expressed his admiration of tbe principle of the present law , and hoped the house would net depart from it . But when they went into committee oa the bill , he should feel it bis duty to suggest some amendments _. He must tuke this opportunity of offering his tribute of gratitude and praise to the conduct of Capt . Micholls aud bis coadjutors , and also of MrCfaadwiek ; but he deeply regretted tbat the commissioners generally had , owing to a want of firmness , shown a willingness to sacrifice subordinate officers to newspaper clamour : Foe whom does false honour charge or lying scare—Whom but the faulty and tbe vile f Lord _RtDBsDALt objected to tbat portion of the bill wbich provided that tbe chief commissioner should have a seat in parliament . In his opinion tbe delicate dntiM which that functionary had to perform should be kept wholly apart from party polities .
After a few words from the Marquis of _Lansdowni m explanation , tbe bill was read a second time , and ordered to be committed on Friday next . _Batus and _TTasb . bodsss _Biu . —O * the motion of lorl Campbell , the house went into committee on this bill . Lord Casihhh . said that in thia bill , which was intended to promote habits of cleanliness among the poorer classes , it waB originally provided tbat all the , baths , hot and cold , should be charged at a uniform and minimnflk rate , but subsequently it was thought that classes immediately above tbe poorest might be benefited , if baths at
a somewhat higher charge were established , and tnat , further , the revenue derived from these latter would support the baths of the poor , without any increase in th * poor-rate . With this view aclause had been introduces * , authorising in certain cases a charge uf threepence for cold , and sixpence for warm , tmtbs . It . bad been objected to this bill , that it would interfere with privkt bathing establishments , in wbich large capitals bad beesinvested but be did not think there was much fear that tbe customers of those establishments would come totb * parish baths . Besides , works of great public utility wero not to be stopped oa the ground that they interfered witb a few private interests .
Lord _Mohtbaol * opposed the clause , as applying a public rate to that which « as not a public purpese . To establish baths and wasb-houses for tbe better classes at the public expense would be tantamount to establishing a tenant-farmers' ward in the workhouse . There was a good deal of hardship also in the cases ot the private bathing establishments scattered over tbe metropolis ; £ 50 , 000 bad been expended on those establishments ; and the introduction of the noble and learned lord ' s clause la this bill would completely destroy their trade . Tho Bishop of London had no fear tbat tbe operation of the bill would go to disturb tbe rights of property , or to interfere with tbe interests of trade . Gentlimea who indulged in warm baths , at present , paid two or three shillings for each , . and . it . trai not at all likely that
they weuld be attracted by the parish , baths . But even if private interests should be in a slight degree interfered witb , he did no t-think that that would justify the house in refusing Us assent to a measure which was Intended to promote the health , the cleanliness , and the morality ofthe people . Since the establishment ofthe cheap _bath-hoates no less than 60 , 000 persons had taken advantage of them in the Borth _. western district of the metropolis , It might be' safely ¦ predicated that if the lower and middle classes adopted the practice of bathing , their example would soon be followed by the higher classes , and bathing would beeome fashionable , to the great benefit of private establishments of that class , He trusted , therefore , the bill would be permitted to pass without being amended , as tbe noble lord had suggested .
Lord Stanley said that the principle of the bill appeared to be to furbish the lower orders of the peopte with baths at a rate cheaper than that . which they cost , and to defray the excess by having another class of baths charged at a higher than cost price . The principle ' was unobjectionable , and , in fact , it had been adopted in the county lunatic asylums , wherein patients were received and treated at a greater charge than the p ' anper patients , the county rates being thereby considerably relieved by the surplus derived from tbe richer
patients . The fact , however , was , thBt in the present bill , it was not a question of principle , but one simply of arrangement , and In order to obviate the difficulty suggested by the proprietors of private baths , soma conditions ought - to be imposed on the managers ofthe baths to be created under the bill , whereby the hig her class baths should be charged at sucb prices at not wholly to supersede the private establishments of that nature , _wVote existence was supposed to be enendangered by tho moasure . " with this proviso , the bill would have bis perfect approbation and sanction .
The Marquis of _-Lansdownb aaid , that tht suggestion of the noble lord-was a good , eue , and might be adopted with great advantage . Lord Mohtx _AotK withdrew hia amendment . ' The whole of the clauses were tbea agreed to _incUming the clause which had been the subject of diacussloa , s _ nd the bill was repotted . Several bills were forwarded a stage , and tbeir lord * sbipa adjourned at 7 o ' clock . The Commons did net make a bouse , only 18 numbers being present when the Speaker took the chair , WEDNESDAY , J se SO .
H 0 U 8 E OF COMMOHS .-Lord G _. _Bumsc * complained of tbe inaccuracy of the returns presented relative to the quantity of corn , imported in _forelgniWp * since the . suspension of the Navigation Laws . -The _CHaNcsuoa of the _EKCusqcsa aud Lord Jotm _Rosstu _. _dsfcid'Ad the general correctness of tbe returns , the noble lord stating tbat even should it appear that the amount of corn imported was overstated , he should still consider it necessary to propose thefuither suspension of the "Navigation Laws until the 1 st of March , 1 M 8 , Ibisb _Ritwi CosmTiKS _. _—Slr D . _Noaasii _braugh the report ofthe relief commissioners for Ireland u » al « the noticB of the house , that report highly impugning the conduct of many relief committees , barging tbem with grow misconduct In the administration _« f _tbsfuad for the relief of the destitute poor , Wt ben . h _»*»•
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 3, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03071847/page/7/
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