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    l rfVR 5, 1847. THE NORTHERN STAR. * T

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    L Rfvr 5, 1847. The Northern Star. * T

    l rfVR 5 , 1847 . THE NORTHERN STAR . * T

    •Foreign Ihobemems

    • foreign _iHobemems

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    England And Germary. C* N C-*M The Germa...

    ENGLAND AND GERMARY . c _* n _c- _* m the German of I ) r L _««* t . Continued from * Vi _-e _r-tffi-iEST COXDITlON OF _GERMANY , AND _lii- _^ i ' _pEEUSGS OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE _TOSSSI- _ESOUHD . hit h , _or _? sent state of Germany is one of a very critit wr * . eT ' n tne l lreat P R reas made by the ' * V *\ pf 0 P * *** * " _*** contribntes to the jrreatness ( * rV _^ _V t » _. fc »» hitherto served only to add to their ' tn _<' barf * ' _hfcause tha * proeresg does but _avidcn the _VtfcMreen the people and their bureaucratic governjS ts . jjts . _^^ < jn - _^ _„ untry as thpy n _- _tj , _vto naTe 1 101 _' _" _^ _e of t wo things must happen ; ei ther Germ any _^ f _** f 11 * I' ™? Fraoc , ! or RuBS , a - or she avail effect _^ _^ J _' _-tical * ** en-ration by internal agitation . The & ' J _* * . _hanoen _tbroneh the free impnlxe of the natn ? < , i _**'" — -- ~¦ —r— .. _« . ..... u » _-

    _wr _wr *" r * nr in co « s _* _-ouence of an attack from without , for it 5 * _*' ! t 5 m pnssiblt - that the nation might _arouse itself from * to _* fear _hoaadred years' lethargy , in consequence of a P . f invasion , and find Strang * _ennngh within itself _& Z - _^ jthe attack , and maintain its independence by its s S 9 _sfcM- Bat whether the nation rise through ilself , « ** _*" 5 , er it be stuns into exertion b y an actaik from Jti _Jrinnt , in the one ca 8 e » * tlie otner _» the masses of M * P _« tlie _e _' _ement _*• c'ass , amy obtain a .. reater 2 r . _jMBicei" the government than wonld bo benefirJ . il to «! _LuKfon _>¦**••• ' or _P'eas-f-ff to _Eu-lind . Germany , j _^ _, p opular _government , would conquer _Belgium l j Holland , step forth as a rival to England in trade , * * fflpr ( . snd maritime power , _s ubstatute a prohibitive * *„ for her _present moderate protective system—and , _^ _€ rt » H . make common cause in every way with the L Lcf Endand . i _esrnaany can only become a useful and active ally o >

    i , _EarlUh if her national _regeneration b _« _t-jf . cted _^ the gui _' anceof her own governments . _Baatatpr - _-t , snfortnnately . thernlersof Germany are _themselves j , _tunch ealdea by their bureaucracy to ( eel themselves _aSi ; enough to follow tbeirown judemenr , Germany _-,-, « who ded by the _fcttreuucrat-y . jnrt as if U had _Lucd on itself tbe task of smoothing her future sob-# n b _5 _Praaace or Russia . Every feeling of _inde-Vgnc-e is suppressed by it , net only in tbe midille age * _, bat in the _aristocracy , tw « elements of _freedim p _itaadrpendence , which , if the rulers of Germany ku _* -w _p to emancipate themselves from the bureaucracy pjtt , in a short rims , raise tbe nation to a much higher Jsiof political formation than tbat to wbich the j _^ rhtiave already attained , or will ever be inaposi . _jc _toattain . _ '

    _pn strength of Germany » the strength of England . D _jth » old rule , _dtetde et imparl ( divide to rub *) , has ¦ _jHrteeneanp loyed ia a falser manner _tbaaa by England _j-rsj rd to Germany , because England thereby only _partis her whose strength she must one day call to htr _jgstinw . _ibreall _. the policy of Great Britain has obtained _jjtT thi ngs advantageous to her fur the- moment by the _^ _tlic Ge rman bureaucracy , for example , tbe Treaty _r _flriJe and Navigation of _M-arch 3 , 1841 . _wher-by f _^ _sii renounced for eight years all possibility of mak

    _jajtiose c . _inc _*? _ssion « to the Hanse Towns , which _couM _tefBibie the latter to _j- > in the Z . diverein , that is to _« dite the entire German maritime trade for the _jjjf _^ _i of the nation , and to _perfect the constitution ef _jsJoUrereln ; moreover . _th « _= Commercial Treaty with •¦ enter , which hindered that country , and consequently _feflt n « _a Towns , from joining the Zollverein until tht > arl 35 _t . _ath _^ _-reby this _mlantary impotence of the _Z- _'U ' _mia it _prolonsed for _eiyhtyears longer . England bas jiflj evidently won such preponderating influence in tbe _JjlTerda , that she is iu ft position to obstruct ever * _cvmeuord which she may consider prejadic al to her

    _jsrwB . _Thiamty certainly procure England some advantages _niie moment . l > y which the ability of English diplo _* _Bitniay be placed an a brilliant light , and great ap-C & tbe- obtained from the English manufacturers ; bnt | >« u _nth--r question how these triumphs have acted on _jrGfrmins , and bow the faitternefs thereby excited in iirmiad _* . will act on thpfntnre career of England . * * * Can England not represent to herself that the tactics _tl ; r diitlomicy , in availing itself of the wants and _privisfj of'hi * bureaucracy , in order for the sake of Eng _^ _enmnaerce to thro- " obstructions in the way of the _npUu ' ott of the Zallverien , the f undation of the _pStinl nation * I unity of Germany . and _tbeshee _^ _anchnr _j & cnstion . can sbenot conceive taat -ucb policy must ante a feeltngof _disjrastin the minds of ail indepen _. eat and patriotic Germam . and that above all a nation

    _j-sot he wounded in a mora deadly manner than when so low and selfish motives , her strivings for na . mal perfection are sought to be multiplied by diplo . -atic cunning . I cannot believe otherwise than that the English Go . _mmtr _. t is H € _i ! h ? r acquainted with the state of public pcoa ia Germ-any . n <> r baa properly weighed the effects it * _contact on the fature cour » e of its bnn country . For _fniit importance can it be to Enj > _lan < l to sell a million ma more of manufactures to the German ' , hindering _Htnitaon from _occomplinhing her industrial education , _dtlnreall . from completinif her economic orgaoisa . aa , and thereby preparing ber political organisation _, limit is clear as the sua that she has ia this way _Aolty _est-eated the sympathies of this nation , from _rSeliibe has _snch great services to expect in coming _island _compelled _tberu to make common ousc for all but time with the bitterest foes of England °

    _Sulaad still fees ia Germany a country without any fer _cmeic tion of a great aad common aim , and without _iCra-utand naited will t » attain this aim . a country _riuch . split into a number of fragments , has hitherto Site used to lean on some foreign power , which may _tite had the power of , in a miAsure , of guaranteeing ber f & _peadi-nce , and which it new forced only hy tem _« _wrsjearamstances to lean upon England at any price , as femay formerly bave leaned _saccegaively on France or ttads _inland has got this idea of Germany , because she bird at tbe _bureancracy and dynasties alone . But

    beaaltie « e two there has , within tbe last thirty years , tnfco another power , which , in the conviction of its 3 ffit and material strength , recog -ases and follows _ta-itraim than the bureaucracy , which is to seek tlie _tarmtea of German independence in themselves , and _feiroKn national greatness and perfection a power Km , with its _.-. tragglea . bag only mine to Iaehtinan _aciitakealle manner in tbe course of tbe last lew years , _laus the power of the middle _classes in conjunction _Bathenoblei , wbo on their side begin , a *» it were , to t * that in tha unity of the nation aud a perfect _or-Wation stone lies the guarantee of their future

    exist-I The public opinion of Germany is arou « ed on this mt _, and ia active motion , not trom the cupidity of the _tlanfactarer _* . bnt on one side by _thu _eff-cts ofthe _^ i * _ndemonstr < tion of 1840 . and in the danger which in _ffrotching nearer and nearer of becoming the sacrifice ' ¦ is Iaitof azgrandi « enientofits continental neigh-** "a ; aHd on tbe other side by the _conviction of it * _^ Us individual strength , wbicb permits it to predict _fciuelf greater projpects for the fature , on condition _•^ it succeed ia concentrating this wealth uf individual _fctst _^ h , by means of a more perfect polit i cal and rco" _^ c _organUati'in , and nnitinc it in o a national _ttazth . England , possessed tctik tsetUatsion ofthe dag _Ifte trade alone ean spread _happincn prosperity cirilita-* 5 > C 5 ! ipMc « amo > HjUi « psopleo / _tA « earth , does sot or wait

    ** Xt skit in these days such a hope can _onbj befufUtdas I _£ fcib Eagtand ; but that _Gernuaig . on the contrary , in I _* FUcnt point of her national development , can only feel ' Wit wjurioiue _/ _cctias regaids _her-nationalrejenera _* aa »' l tie _taaiatcnanee of _ker independence agaiuit her _Kiiea _' aliHigVy / _urs _. from the realisation of this theory or -21 / rtm a ne-a- approach to it . toe Germans in no way reject the theory of universal _Stride , but they feel and say tbe time for _carrying it _t _tu only arrived for England . In ¦ rade . commerce , _^ _oaval power , as well «• in tbe possession of _colonies f _^ _etp-. tal _, and . ' above all , in practical _education in pub . _^ _'ouitauoM , as in every art and practiceof _prod-icti-n _^' _w odors all _nationi _i England U now in apo » itt n _, _* _- * free competition , to annihilate every branch of s _« n & n indnsary .

    The power and prosperity , _nsy , even _thecirilisation of _^ _"I na tion , rests on the harmonious development of _^ _Iric'ilture , manutacturei and tnnl » , manuiacturei i « _" onl y central bond between tbe other two , and without _tUdiher agriculture nor trade can flourish . Hanuv _^ _"esmiut , therefore , bo protected by tho national ' _^ Ui to long as it cannot sUnd against tke free com r- _^ un of a foreign aud superior industry , and this ** tattoa _G-rinsB mana & _ctares stands tbe more in ' _** » f . _u it U properly not more than _filteen years ol * _, _^ eenfessedl y a yonng industry can no more sustain a _JjMearul _strnggle against one that ha _» been in ex-* eBr 8 for ctarturies , than can a weak bo / against a ' ***** man .

    _'lie _pntecflva system in Germany most not , however , j _*" * _SMdedin aa economic p _*» at o £ vlew *** ,,, ie * _but ' I ** ia a political point of view also . Economic unity * ttis country U the forerunner and foundation of _po-^¦ d uni ty . * # * * _^ _etlt be trae that tho intinstry of Germany cannot ' arfsh aalthoat a protective system ; let it _further be true * " a nation which in regard to iu inaustiy , as wtll as _^•^ ricul turii , trade , and shipping , does not stand on _^ 0 * 0 bo ttom , can develop * _nobijh dt _^ ree of na tional _•^ _Stb-then are the present efforts of England te ?** - * _Cennany a province dependant on ber for _nwnu-* S « _rei , efforts of the mest hostile character , efforts _n'ch anuit have more _inanaions effects upon Germany 11 of

    _^ J _" war invasion by France or Russia , or both _to-J _^ _e r , because such an luvasion of Germany would _^ "t lfad to her speedy death or a far stronger life , _^* 'he effor ts of England to undermine tbe roots of r * * _tionalitrengthof Germany must reduce tbe nation _'I't & teof _paU j _^ wbich must ever keep the specter of w j * ical detth betore her eyes . "We Germany would be growing weaker from year * Jear _, Ucoiueausaceof lunr industrial anal commercial

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    invasion by _England , her neighbours oil her _rixhtatiri left would _become stronger in _i-onsi qnunce of a retention of fi-ir protective « y « tem . But if the one fall offtn _inte-nal strength ana the _hnpw of b better fortune , whak tbe ofi-r gr _> ws _continu illy _stromcer , it is easy to _predai-t bow the relations of anatenal and moral strength and p-. _< litical uower must at last stand between them . In tha _< paint f view let it he taken as a ba « is , that the _protective system _« _-f G * rmany in its _aggreg _^ t _** working and final object h directed more aitaiust France an- ' Russia , _becau-eGermaa . y thereby obtains the moral and mat rial stre gtMo resist both with success ; nay , even thisv ry _ag-ir . giteop _. rata _. in must an tho « nd result to the ereat advantage of Ei . gland _herself , because G « ranany _lifrself wall _oaaly become a strong and affective ally of _E-iglati-l ,-md co-operate p'lwerl ' ully , and with her whole heart forth- elevation of _England when she is a _weil- _« _irKani * _-ed . a rich , and _aniiibry _c-uiitry .

    It is very probable tbat tbe American cotton industry will be ab e to comp » 'e successfully with the Enuli-h at no very remote period , at all events , in the coar _. er and metlinm twists and fabrics , and , therefore . _England is only deB < ro \ ing , or repressing the _coarstir and medium fabrics ef _Ge-nmnv in order to l « ave the German markets op n for the Am- _ricsn fabrics . It is _moreover possible , that tne maritime _intercourse between England aaid Germany will be interrupted for aleiietbened period _<> f a _t _. aval war . and tint , _therefore . _Germany , her _nmnutacture * bins first _anniliilated , "" 11 , in time , fall into industrial dependence on Franc * _, in which case the industrial ruin of Germany would serve to strengthen Fr- _ni-h _manutacaures , this would even he a matter « fcertainty , where a French invasion to be suecessfaal in partly saabdnaaaa G nminy . In this case tlie _Eng-ish would have suc > . * e _< d-d in making an in ri _> 1 _inbuta rnsa of Germany , only to provide tlie French wi h a field for promoting tbe growth of their _manufactures .

    This is the _prenulingnpinion in Germany . As _regards the aim ofthe _pr-s-nt article , we aieed nut _tnq-iare how far tbe . se views are _correct or incorrect ; the _<> nly matt r we nerd _d'scuss is tbit > question ; " Are _the-e the prevailing views of _Gi-rmsui } t" and that _th-y ar * , n « imparcaal and competent _onsrrver will deny . Nothing hut the _.-jrperienre of a series of _y-ars can _d-rido on tlnir correctness or ancorre -tness . Ere then , however , they wall bave caused mischi'f enough ; for in the _m--antitne every retr . iL _* re « save movement , ev > ry _staenxtiiin . nay , even _ev-ry wr -i _* g a _< W-- _« n *>> an tliepr . _isperity of Germany , uillhe lain ,-, n Enelish _poiia _* y : and this will help lo make the cry , _"Cariftagitiem «« _detaidam . " a _poputarcry in Germany also , should it once be raised trom France .

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    j MOVEMENTS OF THE WEEK . ! The intelligence from India , brought by the Overland Mail , is eminently pacific . The fortunate Hardinge is said to contemplate a speedy return tc England , to enjoy , in quietude , the ' honours" his governor-generalship has showered upon him . The only stir in European politics this week has been that occasioned by the publication ofthe convention entered into between the governments ot England , France , Spain , and Portugal , for an armed intervention in the latter country , to subdue the popular party , and restore the degraded Queen ' s authority . In another column we have fully commented on this atrocious conspiracy , so disgraceful to the government of this country .

    There are indications of coming troubles in Swrt . _zerland . Berne has at last fully pronounced for a revision of the federal compact . We may , therefore , expect to hear , ere long , of an Austrian intervention in that country ; with , of course , the assent of the detestable government of this island . Isabella of Spain is writhing in the toils castaround her by Louis Philippe . We would wager a trifle that the respectable old gentleman at the Tuilleries conld name the parties who lately tried to shoot the Spanish Queen . Rum < ur is a liar , or the King of the Barricades has ere now managed to get those out of the wav who inconveniently stood in his path .

    We have given ample details of another sanguinary victory gained by the brigand invaders of Mexico . The want of courage or discipline , air whatever mathe the cause of the easy conquest of the Mexicans , is no justification of the conquerors . This war is a stain upon Republicanism ; a heavy blow and sore discouragement to the advocates of democratic institutions . The accounts this we k respecting the coming harvest are highly favourable . In Sicily and Naples , the harvest which proves to he one of the best for some years past , has been already secured . The accounts from Bohemia , Hungary , Lnmbardy , Asiatic Turkey , Syria , and Egypt , are equally favourable . In South Russia , rain was beginning to be wanted for the spring corn , but the wheat was looking well .

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    INDIA . The arrival of the Overland Mail brings us the intelligence that Lord Hardiri _* e " _poes . hurae next cold weather . " The accounts from the Punjaub , if not a literal b ' ank , form as near an _aporoximation to it as it is possible to enceive . The _di-aturhances in the Burmoo and Tank districts have been suppressed . The _tidinss from Scinde _comprise little beyond * pettv local details . Robberies are frequent , and it has been deem _<> d necessary to take rat hpr stringent _measnres to rid the place of bid characters . A number of suspicious persons" are to he shipped < -ff from Scinde . and a new _punishment has been devised for petty offences—parading the culprit through the town , on the back of an ass , with bis face whitewashed!—which is said to be much _dreaded by

    the lower orders . There are some further _pa'ticulars reeardine the hostilitie « at Bumpoor , near Khorassau , from which it is to he gathered that Smlar Khan , the brother of the _well-hnown Ag * Khan , bad bepn driven from tbe place after _sistaining a six n . onths' siege , and b * en taken prisoner by the Persians . It was feared he would be _treated with severity . The horrible rite nt Suttee has been formally prohibited at Scindiah ' s dominions ( Gwalior ) , and that measures bave been t » k--n for the more _t-ffectual suppression of female infanticide in Jyepore . Intelligence from Cabul has been received to the 18 th March . Uhost Mahomed had _collected troops at Jell d-. b :. d , and havine ; f-i ' ed in making an amicable _arraignment with the Gl : _ilz-- « « _- . hiela , was engaged in preparations f-rattarkine : them .

    At Lucknow . tbe capital of Onpe , a curious affair bad occurred . The minister , Nuwab Am _^ enood Doaalah , who was -riving on the road from hi * house to the residency , was attacked by six Affehans . wounded and dra ? g _.-d tn a hut by the road-side . The English _resident . _Colonel Richmond , on hearing of the disturbance , hastened to the spot , witb his assistant , and made every effort io keep the peace and save the _fuwabVa life . He found tho _AfighanB with drawn swords and pistols cocked , demanding 50 . 000 raaprea . the amount of arrears said to have been withheld by the Nuwab , as well as the guarantee of their liven , and their future retention in the service . The money was paid , and the guarantees given , and thereupon the Nuwab waa released .

    The scarcity if European seamen in the Port of Calcutta is coraplainea of . and several _ship 3 are named , ** _birh bave , in const _quence , _hsen _obliged to proceed to * -ea wiih Lascar crew * . Ur _Esdailfihas performed another successful operation on a patient tinder the infl ience of mesmerism . The Englishman ( live * an extr « ct from a letter 'mm Cawnpore , to the effect that the potato _dit-eise _tm-a reached India . The ladies of the City of Palaces havo

    _suhscribi d _TO _. OftO rupees toward * the Ir sh Relief Fund : and the gentlemen weie _reported to have belri a meeting and put down their names for ahmit 7 , 000 rupees more . Cholera is said tu have broken out with much violence amongst the natives of Calcutta . The meeting held at Madras for the adoption ol measares for the relief of the _sufivring Irish and Scotch was very fully attended , and a very large sum has been contributed . WESIEkN AUSTRALIA .

    By the overland mail we have intelligence from this colony to the 10 th of March ; the most prominent event is the not _unexpected death of the governor , Col . Andrew Clarke , who died on the 11 th ot February , id the filth year of his _ave . FRANCE , M . de Tocqaeville has laid before the Chamber of _Deputirs the report ot the committee charged with examining the bill relative to the extraordinary credits required forA'geria . Af ter da-scribing the general de

    situation ofthe _d-ff-rent pmvinces _, M . _Tocqueville suggests , in tbe name of the _committee , that France ' * content _herself with occupy-im : the Tell , aud not endeavour to penetrate or form establishments in the smaller desert , the natives of which , being obliged to draw their urovUions from the Tell , are de / aero her tributaries . " The committee was also of opinion that the army should not be employed in reducing independent K _^ bylia , whose population , surrounded by European settlers andeonfintd within narrow rallies must neceesarily undergo the influence

    of tbe French- , , , „ , , , The " pacific promenade" of Marshal Bueeaud through the territory of the Kabyles . as the _^« _listed on calling this military expedition , has been _alSy attended with tbe _resulte _expecte d from tt . _ThTonoffendiog inhabitants of the invaded district _haveaS _rouilin defence of their fields . - flocks ,

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    near Bougie , in which the French troopv . have suatained a l « _- _» _a in killed and woumled , the amount of which is differently _.-tated . According to _ta \ e Debate 57 « f theFrenoh have been killed and wouna _' ed—aceordin » - to the _* iecfc _,- four officers- are among ( he killed ; and the same journal says _taiat a te eerayhic despatch has brought to the govern ment the _intelliaence that 125 men _havebeen kilied and that the _expedition has reached Bougie . Thej / Mars adds that three _villages have been burned nn

    ibis " pacific promenade . " and the other journals say that rivers of hl « od of the Kabyles have flowed . The tribes are represented as having been ultimately forced into _subnti-sion . The most remarkable fe-iture about these pmcofldinesisthe fact , that the Chamber had previously passed a vote , disapproving ofthe expedition , and refusing the credit demanded for it , and the minister * themselves refused to advocate it . . A letter from Paris , on Monday , announces the recall _nfMa-shal _Buueaud . He was replaced _adinterim , by General D < s Bar .

    PORTUGAL . THK ClVIb WAR—ARMBD _INTBRVRSTinS . The following is the protocol ot tbe Conference held at the Foreiahoffice in London on the 21 * t inst . and at which were prp _. ient the Pie * _ipott-ntiaries of Spain . France . Great Britain , and Portugal : — The Plenipotentiaries of Spain . Fran"e , Great Britain , and Portueal having _assembled in _conference upon the invitation of tbe Plenipntentiarv of Portueal . the _Portuguese Plenipotentiary declared that he had learnt hy despatches receiver 1 that same day from his government the inutility _<* f the endeavours made at Oonrto hy Colonel W _yldfj ar _, d the _Marqnio de _Ilespana . to put an end to the civil war in Portueal . on the conditions which the Queen of

    _Portugal bad authorised them to make known to the Jonta . He added that as the Queen of Portugal had _nffered thpse terms in conf _irmity with the councils « 'f her allies , he was ch . vgcd hy her most faithful Maje « tv to renew the steps already made by her towards her allies who had taken part in the treaty nf 22 nd April , 1834 . in order to obtain from them the necessary aid to effectuate the pacification of her states . The Baron de Mnncnrvo afterward * declared tbat the conditions offered to the Junta of Oporto , in the name of her most faithful Majesty , were—First . A ful' and _eoneral amnesty for all political i'ff-ncps committed since the _bcEinnanK nf the month of October last , and the immediate recall of all _persons who since that period had been constrained to leave

    _Portugal from political motives . Secondly , The immediate _revnea'inn of all decrees nromuluated since ihe beginning of October last , which are in conflict with or in opposition to the established laws and _constitution of the kinednm . Thirdly , A Convocation of the Cortes , as soon as the elections about to take place immediately shall have terminated . Fourthly , The immediate nomination of a mini-try composed of persons who do not belong ; to the party of the Cabrals and are not memhprs of the Junta of Oporto . The Enclish plenipotentiary confirmed the declaration of Baron Mnncnrvo , and _siid 'hat the British government had that mornine received despatches from Col . Wylde , _annnuncins that the mission in which he had heen employed , conjointly witlrthe Marqnis de

    Ilespana , bad failed , and tbat tbe Junta had refused to put an end to he civil war upon the terras proposed bv her most faitfi _' ul Majesty , or even to consent to a _susnensi-m of arms . The p lenipotentiaries of Spain , France , and Great Britain , taking these circumstances into spriom consideration , and calling to mind the deen interest whieh their respective governments felt in the well-being of the kingdom of Portugal _, with the lively desire ¦ f these _^ governments to see the civil war which is desolating this country put in end to . on conditions _fo-mrif-d , on one side , upon the respect due to the dienitv and constitutional rights of tho crown _, nnd calculated , on the other side , to ensure sufficiently the Hherties of the people ; Convinced

    moreover , that the t ° rms proposed by her most * aithful Majesty were well framed for attaining these two ends , ennmr in thinking that a conjuncture has now _presented it « elfnn which their respective _ffovernraents might , in full conformity witb the principl- s by which they are guided , accede to tbe demand of succour which is addressed to them by the Qu * en of Portugal . The Portneiie-e nlenipotentiary . after expressing the satisfaction with which he received this declaration from the _plpnipntentiaries of the three powers , showed the urgent necessity there was for taking measures in conf irmity with these declarations , and represented that in the present state of affairs in P ortugal , delay could only add to the blond already shed , and aggravate the calamities with which the

    kingdom of Portugal is afflicted . Having regard to these circumstancPn , and _persuaded of the urgency of the conjuncture , the plenipotentiaries of the three powers , resolved in common to accede to the demand ofthe Portuguese pl < nipotentiaey . and it was decided in consequence bv the plenipotentiaries of the fnur nowers that the aid promised » o the Queen of Portugal should be immediately afforded , and , according to this determination , _tbeplenip'itentaries of Spain . _France , and __ Great Britain , engage that the naval foreesof their respective govprnments actually stationed on the coast of Portugal shall take part conjointly and _fmrnc-iately _« ith the naval forces of her most faithful Majesty in any _operation , deemed necessary or opportune by the _commandprs of these combined forces , in order to accomplish the object

    of this common act . Tie _plenipotentiary of Spain f rther engages that a body of troops the number of which shall be agreed upon between the governments of Spain and Portugal , sh » ll enter Portugal with the intent nf co-operating wifch the troops of her most faithful Majesty ; and that , such troops shall retire aca'n from Portugal within two months after their entrance , er sooner if the object of the expedition shall he fulfilled . The p _' enipntentiaries of the four powers promise that ordes conformable to the engacement-- of this protocol shall be immediately sent to the officers of the navy ofthe respective governments , and to the _gcnpral commanding the Spanish troops on the frontiers nf Spain . _^ ( Signed ) XaviKR _Du _Istobitz—Jarkac _PitMSRSTON—MONCORVO .

    SWITZERLAND . The Constitution of Geneva wa 9 cnnfiimed on the 24 th ult .. at a _roceting of the people , by a majority of 5 527 votes ont of 8 693 . Letter-- from Berne of the 27 th ult , bring _intelli . _gence that the differences so long prevailing among the Swiss _c-antpns . are likely soon to be _bmuttbt to a crisis . The grand council of Berne have passed a resolution with < mly three dissentient voices , to instruct the deputies to theapproachingdiet to propose th- appointment of a constituent _a-sembly , invested with powers to _< ffeet a complete reform and

    _reconstitnt inn of the federal pact . The object of this proceedini : is to put an end , bv peaceable and legal means , to the ultramontane _le-gne . After a long and animated debate , a division took place in the grand council on the following resolniinna : — " That he Bernese deputation to the federal diet be instructed to propose : —1 . That _thes-paratealliance concluded betwepn the cantons of Lucerne . Uri , Schwyz , _Unterwald , _Zug . Fribnurg , and the Valais , be _dissolved as incompatible with the federal pact . 2 . That the federal authority proceed to the immediate execution of this proposition by such legal means as may be at its disposition .

    Letters from Berne , of the 2 S'h i It ., state that the Councillor of State , Ochsenbien , firmer chief of the _freecorps , has been elected Presidan ofthe Cuuncil of _Stato , which means President of the Vorort and of the Diet , by 99 votes out of 151 . The assembly siibspqnently elected tavn colleagues for M . Ochsenbien nf the same political opinions , viz ., M . Schneider and de Nidan ; and finally M . S . eemi fli , wno figured in f'e expedition nf the free errs , was appointed director of ihe Finance _Dppirtment . ITALY .

    Some disturbances have taken place at Leghorn on the publication of the decree relative to the press The penple cried , " Long live the Grand Duke !" and then went to the house ofthe Austrian Consul , and shouted . ' * Death to the Au _« trians ! " The _Governor forbade the fete which had been projected for the 13 th in honour of the Pope ' s birthday ; but notwithstanding , the people assembled in crowds , and shouted , " Long live the Pope ! " Long live Italy !" "D > wnwithA « str ' a ! " The dragoons had to be called out to disperse tho Assemblage .

    MOROCCO . " _Takgiers Mat 15 th . —A few days ago we received _intelligence that great portion ofthe Rif had revolted against Muley _Abder-Rahman , and _pnu-lainied Abdel Kader sultan . The troops sent to quell thi- _> revolution have been completely beaten and routed by the _Kifcnng . This revolutionary movement is daily increasing , and the tribe of the Beni Amers , amongst whom is _Abd-eLKader . takes the lead .

    UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . _bloodt _battlk!—dfifeat « f _trk mexicans!—flight of Santa _amda 2 The Roval mail steam ship Caledonia , Captain Lott , arrived at Liverpool on Saturday , with the usual mails ofthe 16 th _f-nm Boston , and from Halifax to he 18 th inst . inclusiv-, announcing the intelligence of the defeat of the Mexican troops under Santa Anna , at Ceno Gordo , the subsequent investment ofthe towns of Jalapa and Pt * rote , and the capture of Tnspan . The engagement at Cerro Gordo opened on the 17-h of April with a slight _skirraish . On the 18 th a combined attack was made upon Santa Anna ' s position ; and shortly alter noon on that day Santa Anna , according to the accounts in the American le

    journals , himself gave the signal and exampof flight , accompanied by _Geno-als Almonte and Ca _« nalizo . and a few thousand men , towards Jalapa . The Mexican loss in the _cngatiemett is estimated at 300 , subsequently swelled in tho pursuit of the _fufir lives towards Jalapa , and that of the Americans in killed and wourded at 250 . No less than five general officers were captured , and the whole Mexican army was completely disorganized . Santa Anna s carriages , papers , plate , and baggage fell iiito the hands of the Americans ; Jalapa and Peroto surrendered without resistance , am * at the capital the defeat of the General had created the greatest alarm . _Puebla was threatened . Santa , Anna , with t ' rohi 1000 to 2 , 000 tronps , w » 3 at Orazaba , and , it is said , had written to the capital for money and reinforcements .

    India. The Arrival Of The Overland Mail ...

    | " hen the news of thebattleat Cerro Gordo reached the city of Mexico , the greatest excitement was created , but watead of a disposition for peace tke reverse was the case . The _Mexioan Congress immediately resolved upon a series of eight articles for prosecuting the defence of Mexico to the utmost . The first confers all power on the Government to carry on the war . The second forbids the President to make peace on any terms . The third denies the _riehtof making contracts for colonization . The fifth andmnstimportant _isas follows . - - "Art 5 . Every individual is declared a traitor , let him be a private individual or public functionary , who , either in hie private capacity , oc invested with any authority _, incompetent or of revolutionary origin , may enter into treaties with the United States of America . " The rest of the articles relate to the public duties devolving upon Congress . Eighty Members were present it the passing of these resolutions .

    THE BATTLE _OF-CEBKO GORDO . ( From the New Orleans Delta . ) _After _placirg _Wra Cruz in the hands of a proper go . vernment , General Scott left at once for the city ol Mexico . On the arrival of the other divisions of the army at tbe encampment of General _Twiugs , on the 16 th of April , General Scott , after taking a rcconnoissiince oi th * enemy e works determined _tostorm thvm . The _position occupied by the enemy avas _reKarrieii by them as _impregnable , and trul y to any other than American sddiert It must have appeared an insurmountable und imprncti cable undertaking to carry it by _gtorm or turn it by strategy .

    The road from Vera Cruz , as it passes the Plan del Rio which as a wide , rocky bed of a once large stream , as _comnt-andeii by a series of high cliffii , _risine one above t ' _liiother , and _extending _sevaral miles , and all well fortified . Tbe road then deiouches to the _rijtht , and curvini around the ridge passes over a high cliff , which i » completely enfiled by fores and batteries . This ridge is the _i-onimencrment ot the Terra _Templa'ifi , the upper or mountainous country—the right flank of the positionaid a series of most abrupt and apparently _impassabl . aaauuntaans and _ridifes covered their left . Between these points , running a distance of tivo or three miles , a _sue-Ck *» saoaa of strongl y fortified torts bristled at every turn , nnd seemed to defy all bravery and skill . The Cerro Gordo comraiind /> d the road on a gentle declination , like a glacis , for nearly a mile . An approach in tbat direction would have been the most entire annihilation of our army . But the enemy expected such an on attack , calculating upon th ** desperate valour ofour men , believing that it was impossible to turn their position to the right

    ur left . General Scott , however , perceived the trap set for him and determined to avoid h . lie then fore hud a road cut to the right so as to escape the front fire fvoan the Cerro and to turn his positions to the left flunk , This movement was made knotvn to the enemy by a _deserter from our camp , and consequently a large increase of fvrce under General Vega was sent to the forts en their left . General Scott , to cover his flank movements , on the 17 th - f April ordered forward General Twiggs _tiguinst the _ste p ascent in front and a little to tbe left of the Cerro , Colonel Harney commanded this expedition , and at the head nf the _riflrs and some detachments of iufun . try and artillery carried this position in front and near the enemy ' s strongest fortifications , and having by incredible labour elevated one ofour large _guns on the top ot the fort , General Scott prepared to _folloav up his advantages . A demonstration was made from this position against another fort in the rear and near the Cerro , but the enemy were considered too strong andtheundeitaking was abandoned . A like demonstration was made by the enemy _.

    On the iitxt day , the 18 th , General _TwiggB was ordered forward from the position he had already captured against the fort which commanded the Cerro . Simultaneously an attack on the tortifications on the enemy ' s left was to bo made by G . iieral Shield ' s and Worth's division , wha moved in _tepi-ratecolumns , whilst General Pillow advanced against the strong forts nnd difficult ascents on the ri ght of the enemy ' s po « i > ion . The enemy fully acquainted with _General Scott ' s intended movement , had thrown large bodies of men into the various positions to bo attacked . The most serious enterprise was tbat of _Taviggs , tvho advanced against the main fort that commanded tbe Cerro . Nothing can be conceived more difficult than this undertaking . The _st-ep and rough character of ihe ground , the constant lire ofthe enemy in front , and the cross tire ofthe furl *

    and batteries which instated our lines , made the duty assigned to Gmeral . Twi ggs one of surpassing difficulty . Nothing _p'evented our meii from being utterly destroyed hut the _steepness of the ascent under _trhh-h they could shelter , _lluttheysoughtnosliclter , andonward rushed _nu'aiust a _hailstrorm of balls and musket shot , led by the gallant Harney , whose noble bearing elicited ihe applause of tbe whole army . On , on , he led the columns , whose ft * nt lanes melted before the _a-nemy ' s lire like snow flakes in a torrent , and stayed not their course until , leaping over the rocky burners and bayoneting their gunners , they drove their enemy pell-mell from the front , delivering a deadly fire into _thfir ranks from their own

    nuns as they hasaily retired . This was truly a gallant rte _« d , worthy of the Chevalier Bayard ofour army , as the intrepid Harney is well styled . General Scott , between whom and Colonel narney there had existed some coolness , rode up to tbe Colonel after this achievement and remarked to him , "Colonel Harney , I cannot now _adequately expr eg ray _autniration ol yonr gallant achievement ; but at the proper time I shall take _(* reat pleasure in thanking you in proper terms . " Harney , with the modesty of true valour , claimed the praise as due to his officers and men Thus did the dirision of the gallant veteran Twiggs carry the main position ofthe enemy and occupy thefoat which commanded the road . It was here

    the enemy received their _heaviest Joss-, and their general , _Va'q-ier _. was killed . A little nfter _. General Worth having hy great exertions passed the steep and craggy heights on the enemy ' s left , summoned a strong fort on the rear of tbe Cerro to surrender . This fort was manned by a largo force under General Pinzon _, a mulatto officer ot considerable ability and _courag-, who , seeing the Cerro car-led , thought prudent to surrender , which he did with all his force . General Shields was not so fortunate in the battery which he attaeked , and which avas commanded by General La Vega . A heavy firo avas opened on him , under which the fort was carried wiih some loss by the gallant _Ulinoigtatis _, under Baker and Bennett _, supported by the New Yorkers , under Burnett . Among

    those who / ell under this fire was the gallent general , who received a grape shot through his lungs , by which he was completely paralyzed , and at the last account * wns au a lingering slate . On the enemy's right General Pillow commenced the attack agiinst the _sirong forts near the river . The Tennesseans , under _Haskill , led the column , and the other volunteer regiments followed . The column unexpectedly encountered a heavy fire frum a _roaskedbatter-, , by which Hn * _kuTs regiment was neany cut to pieces , and the other volunteer regiments were « e v . r dy handled . General Pidow withdrew his men and was preparing for another attack _whi-n the operations at tbe other points having proved successful the enemy concluded to rurrrnder .

    Thus tbe vidory was complete , and four generals and about 6 . 000 men avert taken _prisoners _oy our army , and one of _thttir principal generals and a large number of other officers killed . The _Matxican forceon this occasion certainly exceeded our own . The Mexican officers admitted tbat Santa Anna had 8 , 000 men in the lines , and 6 , 000 , including 2 . 009 lancers , outside of the entrenchments . General Scott ' s force avail about 8 000 , G nerul Quitman ' s bri gade not having arrived in time to take part In the engagement . The force of the enemy wan composed of their best soldiers . The infantry that fought so well at BueHa Vista , all the regular artillerists ofthe Republic , including several able nava officer * , were _present . Some of tbe officers whom General Scott

    released at the capitulation ot Vera Cruz : without extorting the parole on accunt of their gallantry , were found among the killed and wounded . A gallant young officer , nuaaaed Huliiaager , a German by birth , _avho ex totted the admiration of our army in the bombardment of Vi-ra Ctuz by seizing a flag which was out down by our balls and holding at up an bis bands until a staff could be _prepared , bad been r _> _lea-ed b * General Scott without a parole . He was found among the _desperately wounded at Cerro Gordo . The enemy ' _s loss ( in killed and wounded ) was about as large as _nur town ; but in addition to _ihi-i the loss of some 6 000 prisoners nnd some of their best officers Our army _cap-ured about 80 pieces of beautiful brass cannon - of Janre calibre aad mostly manufactured attheR » ya \ P _. > un ' ry of Seville .

    In California Gen . Kearney and Col . Doniphan , with a volunteer lorce of 2 000 men , after an exhausting march of 2 , 000 miles , from Missouri , defeated a greatly superior Mexican forco under Gen . Pico at San _Pasquel—captured Chihuahua and won a brilliant victory over 4 , 000 Mexicans at Sacramento . The Mexicans _fortiiied the Pass of Sacramento , and had 1 . 200 cavalry . 1 , 200 infantry , S 00 artillery , and 1 , 400 Kanehere 8 , all of whom were routed , leaving 300 killed and as many wounded on the field . Their entire cannon , baggage train , and provisions were ca itured . Gen . Kearney , after the battle , took formal _possession of Chihuahua in the name of the United States .

    Wioajr.—Couifrs Meiitikg —The Fourth Ann...

    WioAjr . _—Couifrs _Meiitikg —The fourth annual meeting ofthe colliers ot Wigau district was held at Aspull Moor , near _Wigan , on Monday last ; on which occasion it was determined to present Mr W * . P . Roberts , the "attorney-general" with a massive gold chain , in testimony of respect , and as a trifling reward for the zeal and ability with which that gentleman has endeavoured to promote the interests of the miners of the district . After walking in _proeession through the streets of Wigan , headed by a band of music , and displaying numerous banners , a vast multitudeaasembled on the tn-ror , early in the afternoon . The chain was duly presented to Mr _Robrris , who _acknowledged the _oorapliment paid him , ami dealt out a little advice by way of instruction for their future proceedings ; nnd after _sem-al other addresses from delegates in attendance on the restriction of the hours of labour , ventilation of coal mines , and other subjects , the meeting quietly dispered ,

    We learn from the Gateshead Observer tbat at a village near Harrogate the select vestry lately appointed a constable who could' neither read nor writ i , and that the same village boasts a letter carrier who does not know a letter in the alphabet . The Duchess of Marlborough is not alone as ft sportswoman . The young Queen of Spain is aaid to be adroit with her fowling piece , and to wear on such occasionsa sky-blue riding habit and black hat , ornamented with ostrich , leathers ,

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    * Monday. Mav 31. House Of Lords. — Brit...

    * MONDAY . Mav 31 . HOUSE OF LORDS . — British _InTEBrEREiacE iir _rwrnoAL . — in answer to a question / rona Lori ) _BaouonAH . The MaiqutB _ofUnsDowsi * _t-ald , that no convention had been _entered into respecting the pfWrs of Portugal . A protocol had been signed by tho three _powers which had befor- Interfered in the affairs of Portugal , namely , Great Britain , France , and Spain , the , olject of » hict . was the parification of that unhappy and distract , d

    country , having a due r spect tat the swano time to the constitutional rights of the throne and of tho people of that country , ft _avottld not be satisfactory to their lordships that be should Jay upon the table the p . ip _, r . _i _« iluded to by the » obl < - and learned lord _unuccotnp-inird bv other correspondence , because such a course would only bring on a premuturc discussion . The paper .- , imd correspondence upon this subject wonld be laid before Parliament , and no time would bo loit in mukinir _th-it communication as soon as circumstances would _jiutify at , aud as soon also as it could bo made without injury to the public service .

    _Factobies Bill . —On the motion of the Earl of Ellbbmbbe , the bill passed through committee . The County Buildings Bill , the Naval Service of Boys Bill , and the Army Service Bill , _aa-ere severally rend > a third time and pissed and their lordships rose . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Af _^ _iss of _PhBtboal .-Lnrd G . Bkntinck _quustwnpd the Govermnt'Ut whether the protocol of the convntttor . entered into between Great Britain , France , Spnin , and Portugal , relative to tho armed intervention in Portugal , published in the morning papers , _wascoirect ' —whether the Government

    were in a condition to give Purliament the history of the circumstauces and _trnntHctions which in their opinion _justihed their interposition by an armed intervention in Portugal ? -whether they could state to tbe house the nature ef the solemn declaration m-. de in the course of last summer by the Queen of Portugal to her people , the alleged infraction of which the _declaration was set forth by the _Portuuuese people as their justification » — and whether the _G-wCTnawnti were in possession of information to the effect that the _insurgents had been prevented by the Interposition of the Briiiah » nd Spanish Meets from being in actual _possession of Lisbon ?

    Lord Palherston replied that the _protocol which appenredin the _newspapers whs a fair _trarnlniinn of that signed by the Plenipotentiaries ofthe tour Powers ; that the protocol and papers set fort the _ground of the _intervention ( which he admitted was an _exc-ptinndl case ) and also the papers bearini ? on tho transactions of lust year would ns noon as _possible _bs laid on the table ; aim that although there was a British naval force and one or two Spanish vessels in the _Tagus , no collision had taken place with the Insurgent forces . The noble lord made « r quest to Mr Hume to postpone the dis' -ussinn on th _< policy ofthe intervention of which he bad given _noticuntil the promised papers should he before the house } iv Hume consented to postpone liis motion to Friday , upon which day he pledged himself to submit _h'rresolution ( declaring the armed intervention _unwarrstitable ) whether the promised papers should be then in tti . hands of members or not .

    Business of the Hoose — Lord J . Btjg . _aELr , an . _noanced that the Bill for the Registry of Births , _&•* ., in Scotland , and the Marriage ( Scotland ; Bill , would hi brought _toravard on Monday next , by the Lord Advocate , tor the purpose of explaining their principles ; but that they would not be proceeded further with this session . The noble lord also announced that the Eeclesiastica ! Comtnis 3 _iontrs Bill would be withdrawn , although hi * thought at absolutely necessary to make some alteration in the composition ofthe present commission , and hop-d in a future session to carry such a Bill . With _n-jjnrii to the bills to be proceeded with , he proposed to take the _socond reading of the Railways Bill on Monday next _, unless the discussion on the Portuguese intervention should interfere avith it . On Thursday he _propoi-ed to go on with the English _Poiar Law bill ; on Monday week ( the Hth inst . ) the committee of the Health of Towns Bill would be proposed—a bill which he hoped would be carried during the session . To a question from Mr Collett ,

    Lord J . Russell replied that it avas the Intention uf the Government to introduce a Bail in the other hous _>* repealiog that part of the act by wbich the bishoprics of Bangor and St Asaph arc _uaaiti d , _» ud to provide lor a new Bishop of Manchester . But no provision could be made for any additional seat iu the House of Peer * , or for the payment of any portion of the Bishop ' s income out of the public funds . Poor Relief ( Ibelano ) Bill . —On the order of the day for considering the Lords amendment to the Poor Relief ( Ireland ) Bill , Lord J . Rl ' _.-issll called on tho Speaker to give his _opiniojn whether these iimendtnents , as well as those made by their Lordships in the Landed Property ( Ireland ) Bill , were an infringement of the privileges of the House of Commons .

    The Speaker said the amendments made by the Lords in both these Bills did certainly infringe the _privileges oi the House of Commons , However , there was a precedent for waiving the objection to such an infringement ns that made iu tbe Poor Relief ( Ireland ) Bit ; but there was no precedent for waiving the maintenance of the privilege infringed in the Landei property ( itblttud ) Bill . Lord J Russell , then , in moving the consideration of the amendments to the Poor Relief ( _Ireland ) Bill , after referring to the opinioo of Lord Dunfermline , whilst SpfcakeroftheIiou . se , on th-question of privilege in a case arising from circumstances analogous to _tlioso presented by the Lords' amendments to that bill , observed that he agreed with whut had just fallan from the

    Speaker as regarded the invasion of the privileges of the house chargeable upon tbe amendments an question . It was for the house , however , to consider whether the _amendments come within the cases in which thej had formerly consented to waive their privileges , and whether , that being the case , it was or was not , on the whole , expedient to waive them on that occasion . lie himself was not disposed to think that they should press 'he point of privilege in the present case . But it was quite another question whether they should agree to the amendments proposed . The noble lord then proceeded to coiis'der the state in which the bill _hai been returned to the house from the House ot Lords . He avas happy to saythat , in its great and main features . It had come down to the house unchanged in its provisions . The clause which

    had pussed the house regulating the area of rating had been altered ; but _o-her alterations had been _introduced into the bill which went far to counteract tho _niinchic : ' wbich the changes effected in that clause might hare produced . Considering , then , tbat the bill was _unchanged iu its main features , and the great importance of having some measure of the kind adopted during tbe present session of Parliament , be was disposed to ask the house to agree to the amendments to which hu had referred . The clause appointing _ex-efficio guardians bad aiso been altered by the Lords , so as to provide that the highest rated magistrates in the union should , ao the _member of the elected guai dians _, constitute the ex officio members of the board . This he considered an

    improvement upon tho clause as it proceeded from the _House of Commons . But it was also provided by the amendment _, tbat if tho _huhest rated magistrate should bo in n rsident he should be r . pseBented by his agent , a _provision wbich be regarded ns most injurious , as it would giva an undue _udvautatte to a non-resident proprietor , and frequently virtually place the agent , who might be rated on only £ 200 a year , before the _resident magistrate who might bo rated on £ 1 , 000 a year . From this portion of the amendment , _therefore , he proposed that the house should dasseaat . The oaher amendments were mere minor details . As t » the amendments _ginurally , he avas happy to see that they had _inVcted no essential aleration in the bill , and he would move that they be now

    read . On tbe amendment limiting the area of rating to thu electoral divisions being read , and on motion that it be retained , - _SirDE . vrust _JfoERErs moved as an amendment tbat tbe House do not agree to it . Sir J . Gbaham had given his support to the clause as it was originady framed by Her Majest _, _'s Government , because he considered it to be a ju-t aud polite arrangement . He _expressed his sirrow that _L-. > rd J . Russell waa now pr _> pared to depart from that

    _arrangement , because he was convinced that the am « _ndneiat of the Lords would materially impair the future _succoss of the bill . Heconsidtred that the people of England had a great interest in _retaining ; the original clause ; for if . in the present state of Ireland , you rendered the burden of the rates intolerable upon tho towns of Ireland by driving into them the paupers ofthe rural districts , that burden would soon be transferred tothe shoulders ofthe people of _Kngl-nd . Already the municipal corporations of Ireland had found it cheaper to give the paupers a small sum of money to convey themselves to England than to maintain them either in or out of the workhouses

    in Ireland . Already Liverpool and Bristol and other ports on the Western coasts had been Hooded with Irish paupers ; and tha evil of such a system was increasing so fast that it would require the active intervention of Parliament in the next session . Still he would rather meet that evil at present than ran tho risk of losing this bill altogether ; and he , therefore , should give his very reluctant assent to this amendment of the Lords . Sir G . _Crar observed that further consideration had not modified the opinion in reference to this clause which

    had been justly attributed to turn by tha right honourable gentleman . N _.. r was he disposed to difti r very niHcb from what bad fallen from the right honourable gentleman in reference to ihe principle of the clause . He thought , however , that the right honourable gentlemun and others h « d underrated the _a-ffect Of the ClftUSO which had been substituted for that in question . If the bill in i _; s amended shape avere not found * o work well , the attention of Parliament would speedil y be redirected to it , a _connideratlon whieh , in conjunction with the necessity which existed of having the bill passed during tho present session , induced him to consent tothe

    amendmeut _. Sir B . Ihglh suggested a _conforeneo _** ith tho _Lsrds on the subject . Lord G . Bkntinck said ho could not see how this amendment would flood England with paupers from Ireland more than the original clause , for the paupers of tbat country must bo supported within it either by union districts er by electoral divisions . Whether the bouse established either one or the other , be had no doubt that England would be flooded with Irish paupers , until _etnpiojment was found for tbe poor of Ireland in _JreUwd _,

    * Monday. Mav 31. House Of Lords. — Brit...

    or ttnlU » ome g md _system i , f en ig , atior . was p _oaided lor them . Lord J . Itus _.-ell had . _bowercr , t _~ ktn tlit * best means _possible _loprevent tl _.-ac _employment fiom i _> ein < given to ilium in _Ireland , and be must bear the _lmults of his own impolicy . Sir II . _Babrok avas hitthly pleased with tho amend _, merit of the Lord * , at lie _coni'iderdd it to he a _itruat im . provcmei _' t on the bill , nnd to hove a tendency to pro . mote in usefu _-l « nrt _prii' _-tli'nl ivorMnc . He cmnpl ined ofthe _insolenf _lansu : i |* e laliich h _.-itl been adopted iy eet . tain members in that house , nnd by ihe _iiremnnier « liy . in . speaking ol Iri . _'B landlords , and asser ted that It _tt-Hected dii . gr-. ee , not upow thoso . _atho wiretlav _object * ot at , I ut upon those avhu _riaploytd it ,

    Mr Cdrteis read » . r II . Barron a _sertre lecture f . r venturing to denounce Mj « language of ' hon . members who n-probated the _iarbuminity ofthe JVish landlords as _insolint laiii'ust . 'e . He _itirt ni > £ see . _vhy the _h-um _sdould yield to the _Iloo-ie-tif L-rds on this amendment , aud thertfore he should like to see the _SiWJge- « i _*>« of Sir R . _fn _^ lis carried inn * effect . He did m _» e think that i'f ( _l . v .- -.. to _rej-cted tm _» amendment , the- _llou-e of Lords would dare to reject this bill iu some alia _* u » or other .

    Mr P ScwtPE contended' Mint electoral rating « anul I be a strong _encouragement * tothe cl-arance _ayst- m , which _mbs mnv carried on tc a frightful _i-xient in Ire . land . He mentioned a case , iiv wbich an Iris" landlord had _absolutely burnt u hiiu _< _ie-iwer ihe head of a e mint in order to drive him from hi * estate ; and _i-ntrrcftiiito _thcdutails of several other _ca- >«* , which , if true , evinced great inhumanity on the part of the landed proprietors of Ireland . _MrSaut _protected asninst this amendment as member for Dungarvtm , and regretted _ext-essov . Iy thatattwad been , introduced into the bill . At tins mom- nt the poor . ratcs iu Dungarvon were 4 a 61 hi tin- pound , nod were only ad in the country districts twenty mi . _i-s from it . The case was pr cisely the same in other borough

    warns iu Ireland ; and he aitnhutedit tothe faci that Ireland h _.--dsixty-four county , and only _forty-one borough members . Thus the interest of the _v-avaas were always _vnerific-d to that n fe rural _district an Ireland , Mi Osboswe , as a _constatU'jnt of _Kr ShieVs , bore out bis statement in regard to tho pressure of the rates on he borough of _Dungarvon , _although he dad n » t _at-reo avith him as to the pr . _icise mode ot relieving it . He did not , _aee , however , why the right hon . _gentienisn , if tho representation of Ireland waa so defective , did not bring forward a measure to amend find extend ii—» matter which avas so eloquently advocated by Mr O'Connell . By the bill before » h » house the " property "f Ii eland was mortgngnd lo the _p-imty of Ira-Ian I . and tlu * cr > di .

    tor would soon _tvalk in . " He would support any measure which went nearer to a national ratine loan iln * present system . All the credit uf passing the Irish Poor Law was due , rot to the governm * nt , hut to Mr P . _Scrope , aaho had been hammering ut it night after liiglu for yar § i / asr .. Tint lion , gentleman was . however , taking a very gri-vious responsibility on hims'lf when he read a a vbupt-r out of the _registry of _hurrors , and indulged iu his taste for romance by denouncing l . indlo _os for burning hnusesjorer the heads of their tenants . There was as much truth in that _assertion as there was an the aspet 8 _ions which he had cast on Lord Berehaven , and of which Mr Labouchere had a complete refutation in his i / ocket .

    Mr Labouchebe , being thus called on , entered into a vindication of Lord Berehav- n Irom the charges preferred ag . _aiust him by Mr P . Serope , and showed that that nobleman had done his duty as a resilient magistrate and a country gentleman , in _n-lievang the _desiiutlon nf his poorer _neighbours . Though he _thought that the _amendment of ihe Lord * "would mat , rial-y impair the _lifucii-ncy of the hill , he could not concur _,-iiher tn the proposition of _S-r D . _Nomys _. or in the _suugestAon of Sir it . _lugiis . He thought that the latter _conrso would be a waste of time , and noultl lead to so useful results . Afttr a few words of explanation from Mr P . Scrope , as to the a tack which he had made on Lord Berehaven , Sir B . Hall showed that the statements which Mr P . Scropo had made respeut _^ ni ; the extensive _t'lenruiices now going forward an Ireland were not mere ro < n * nee , as Mr Osnorne _averted , by readme a Parliamentary

    paper , trom which it appear , d that 600 _ej-cimrun were served at B illina in the month of January , 1817 . Ha then proceeded tn condemn the Lord- , ' amendment , und to reply at some _length to the arguments used . in its defence by Lord _MontenJe . Lord Monteagle ha- * b _.-i-tt receiving public money , in other words , out-door _reliof for the hist sixteen or seventeen _y-ars Two of hi * sons were aho rec iving the same relief , for they wi re in possession of lucrative offices under _governiai' _-ul , and both avere treading wouhl ) in the footsteps of _th'ir lather . _Hiiw , Lord Monteagle had proposed to limit ih » administration of _out-door _vi-liei in Ireland to a year and

    a halt ; and na his _Lordihip thouuht that that was a good principle to npp y to h _s poor countrymen , he nwav _jtavd notice that if anybody avnuld bring In a bill to limit iV * duration of Lord Monteagle's salary to a year and a halt from that time , ho would Kindly support _t-uo . h _» _measure . He then made a pungent attack on the Irish _hindloroB , abd concluded by _expressing a hope thac , if Ministers agreed to this amendment , avhich would load to the _transmission of _flecks of Irish paupers to _Kngland , they would brim . ' iu s bll to nndcr thu removal of _ihi-m back to Ireland more easy , and to placo the burden of * hat removil _,-n the property ot Ireland .

    The attack called up Sir II . Birron Mr B . _Oibornuj nnd Mr Callaghan , who all « ished to reply to his _observations , bat were _comp-lled by the Speaker to limii themselves to mere explanation . Mr French , Mr Stewart , Mr Watson , Mr M'Carthy took part in the _subsequent discussion , and on a division Sir D . Norrry _' _n amiiidmeiit was _lost-by a runjuriiy of 61 ; ttiu » retuininx the Lords' amendment . The other _atnendim-iita to the bill were then severally agreed lo with the exception of that objected to by Lord John Ku « _s _« -II , in his opening _staumrne . in reference to thu sppoiutmeut of tho _iiusnts of tho highest rat . pay . ing _magistrates to be ex officio _guardh-ns _, avhrre the magistrates in question were non Te-aoent proprietors * .

    Landed _PaortRTY ( Ibeland ) Bill . —Tho Chancellor ofthe Eschqueb theti . iu muring that the _hou-e tako into consideration tin- Lords' amendments to the Landed _EstateB ( Ireland ) Bill , explained the amendments to avhich , according to the interpretation of the Spenker , the house could not _ass-nt without sanctioning » n infringement of its _privilrues , one ol which amendments consisted of a clause which had been inserted iu the bill , giving a _pnavi-r to apply a portion of tho _advuncrs received by Irish proprietors to the construction of hu \ ldings of various desw ipiioias , to avhich the House of Commons did not think may portion of thu money should be applied . To the other _aauendanent * that objection did not e » _ist , and he moved that they _l < c now rca _* _l . Lord G . Bentinck-hought that the house should iu that case waive ts privileges . a « it had done in the last , and agree to the Lords' amendments .

    Mr Labouchebe pointed out the constitutional reasons which prevented him from acceding to the * _-ugges _. tion of the noble lord _iutiinating at the sam « that Ids principal objection to the amendments in question was grounded more upon the question of privilege which they involved , than upon any very material d _, feet which ho could discover in the amendments themselves . Mr _Newdjoate thought that ihe right _hoiworibla _gcnalemaii bwl placed Ui & advocacy of the privil . _gus of the hou 9 e upon a very narrow _bio-ls . _MrGoutai'aN regarded lb' _privilege . in question , that relating lo the application of money voted out of _tt _.- c _-usolidnted fund , as one of the most valu . bh * in i _'"* _I- * -session of the home , and trusted that thy would then t « ko no course which would in any degree on _piounse it . Some further discussion followed , and ultimately tnevarious amendments to tbe bill were _agreed to . oirh the exception of such as infringed the privileges of the

    houses . A committee of conference was then nominated and appointed to confer with the Lords upon the rejected amendments . Destitute Poor ( Ireland ) Bill —On the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , the house resolved itself into a committe on the Destitute P « or ( Iriland )

    BUI . In the committee , the Chimcellob of theExcurQCEB , after r . _minding the house that at an early period ut the se _« sion he had obtained leave from the house 10 raise £ 300 , 000 on the security of the rates in Ireland , and that he had _subsequently obtained a _griaait ol £ 5 _W > . < _HiO tvova the Consolidated Fund to meet the destitution which then prevailed in that country , observed ih . _tt -he now enmo forward to propose to the committee that he should be permi * . _ied to raise a further sum of £ 1 , 00 , 000 on the security of the _ratus , and that he should be allowed to call for the adrm es of it from the Consolidated Fund in order co supply ihe destitution of Ireland until the next harvest . He had already informed the housu that the advances made under former nets of Parliament relative to public Works amounted since August last to £ 4 500 000 . That system , however , had been brought nearly to a closr , and avith the exception of 27 or 28 electoral districts , the new s ystem of relief had been brought into

    operation _throughout the whole of Ireland , He was i happy to state , that wherever the gentry of Ireland acted I cordially in the spirit of thut system , it had been pro- - ductive ofthe greatest inapt oveiu » nt . The Public Works 8 had been abused , l ; e was very sorry to »» y , by . all _classes s in Ireland . The relief committees instead of rigidly re- _:-vislaafi the lists , had only added numbers to numbers , and d the consequence was , that upwards _« . f 700 000 persons had d been placed on the public works . The government had d found it impossible at first to get person- withdrawn irom in the public works ; and it avas not till the 20 th of M « rch : h that it had succeeded iu _obtsininu a fond hio reduct on in of their numbers . By that reduction the _cavern Jient 1 _aao ia got tho spring crops sown . The _govornment Md Sims is not sureibt-it it

    made another reduction , and he was _wouldhHvebeenableto w .. keit . ilMt h 9 dnotbeen « hrea . a . _trned to Mop all ihe works on tbe _l-j ot May The re- esuit had been that the « _peudliure _•« tho _^ _"" " _^ Jj weeklv in Marc h last , 3 o » n to £ 53 , 000 expended _aveeaiy my Z _i ! Zx The u * w *>« Cm of relief was now in opera , _ra-U , m in 1 900 out of 2 . 050 electoral divisions , and we _wer . _er . _SitoSTi ««» _™ * adoy L I fv ; _hatS £ _sratinar that there was every reason to believe that the the _tvitrrn would be _altogether successful , he concluded by l by moving a _resnlutie-u tbat £ 000 . 000 should bo advanced teed from tho Consolidated Fund for tha purposts which ho ' a ho biid alroudy saated , and by declaring that , tt before Tar- Tar-. liament separated at should appear to be necessary _Ury t _» i take another vote _forthose _purpotes , he should come down low * to the house and ask for it ; u the confident hope _tlut- at should obtain it ,

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 5, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05061847/page/7/