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REVELATIONS OF ROME . [ From the Westminster Review . ] so . II . THE _TXVS 3 . GOTEBSMEKT , We We arc not here about to treat of the Pope , tbat _mmin _^ nsinal head ofthe State , all-powerfnl for evil , _absolutely mpotnpotxnt for good . As a general rule , he may be set lotrniotrn as an old imbecile , thrnst into power by a faction ii { tb £ i { tbecardinals , whoshareamongthem thespoils ; or as a eter eterau trafficker in ambition , who settles with the elec-» k tors the price of bis elevation to the papacy , and who is _Ijomijonipelled , at _f ] _, e _, - __ f _ , _jy- _^ to observe tbe _condiionsions ofthe compact . Tbe real chief is the Secretary Jf 5 jf state _( Secretario di Stato ) : this is he who was tlie
leadleadcr ofthe triamphant faction in the conclave . He stanstands above all authority . He is _supposed to receive the the responses of the papal oracle , and to utter them in the the ns * ** * f laws . A few strokes of the pen , forwarded to ato a tribunal , enable him to annihilate , _without publicity , statstatutory enactments . It often happens tbat , when an adrisdrocate is relying npon particular articles of law as the _fotifofls of the right of his case—even in tbe _. tbinl court of 3 ipsipe » l—he is obliged to hear that those articles are no lonjlonger in force ! The secretary lords it over the finance * _andandevery other branch ofthe adniinistration , _sparing himseliself the trouble of advertising the subalterns of his _iutrntioitions , so that his commands and their regulations are _concontinaallv at variance . The department of foreign aS affairs is esclnsirely his .
I _Sext to him comes the Cardinal Camerlengo . _Hiseutiesit is 1 is bard to define . His titles confer on him tbe Presidency of of the apostolic chamber , and the management of the txi customs and the mint ; butth * _miiithas a special preside ! drat with independent powers , and the customs are at tha dii direction of the treasurer . * * « * Indescribable as Proteus , the _dmerfoigo seems to be it thrown into the midst of the governmental chaos we are d _< desmteng _. forthesc-lepurposeof mystifying the citiien ir in the endeavour to fix on the source of his grievances . F Frequently does it occur that the regulations enforced bj tl this high functionary , in virtue of some one of his titular p powers , are in direct collision with those of the treasury o or the congregation of bridges and roads ; and it then b becomes impossible for the unfortunate who suffers by the
_4 -contradiction to tell to which of these authorities he is t to appeal . More definite in duty , but equally unaccounti able 33 to performance , is the treasurer-general , who _t completes the _supreme triumvirate of the Papal States . 1 He is the real minister of finance ; though , with the t = ual rale of misrule , several branches of that head are ¦ entirely independent . He attends to the collection ofthe rcTenue , and appoints the provincial receivers : he contracM loans , and orders the sale or purchase of public property . He never gires account to * ny one of his admitiUtrathn , nor of the distribution of the funds that enter the treasury ; neither has any one a right to demand an account . He can only be dismissed from his office bv promotion to the caidinalate : he then leaves ou his desk a key supposed to be that of tbe treasury ; being the only formality that is indispensable .
Below _thase three great dignitaries are to hs found a . multitude of congregations and other authorities with undefined functions ; the congregation of bridges and reads , composed of cardinals residing at Rome ; to whom belong a council of arts , comprising six engineers , a central directory for the care of the post roads , and an administrative council for cross-roads , a board of dike 3 and water-courses , an administrative council for the aqueducts of Borne , an _engineer-in-chief for the provinces , tbe Beno commission for all the legations established at Bologna , besides an endless number of sub-councils , iuspectws-in-chief , and engineers , all enormously paid for doing nothing ; the congregation of _J ? uon Goterno , composed of cardinals and presiding over the business ofthe Harcb . es , whose duties should be discharged by a principal department of the Home Office ; the Pope ' s auditor , who » ecares , according to the constitution , should be confined to tbe _lesal protection of widows , minors , and the poor , but
whose power has so thriven that he can now suspend , by a decree , the decisions or the results of decisions pronounced by the tribunals , even when the cause has run the course of all the courts , and is no longer liable to appeal ; the Congregation of Studies , a body of cardinals to superintend the spread of education under a svstem that proscribes mutual instruction as tainted with heresy ; the Congregazione Jlilitaire , composed of _Moniignori , under the _presidence of the cardinal secretary of State ; the legates and delegates , veritable Pachas of the Holy See—the former , cardinals , acting as viceroys in the four principal provinces of the state—the latter , _JMonsignori . taking care of the districts of lesser importance , but both exercising an administrative , restrictive , and judicial authority , immense , arbitrary , and irresponsible ; lastly , the Governor of Rome , having in his hands the general _irectioa of the police , presiding over the metropolitan tTiaiiual tribunals , and , like the treasurer , only quitting bis osice bv promotion to the cardinalate .
Again , below these authorities , almost all irresponsibb , all without definite limits to their power , and busy for plunder and anarchical confusion , is a greedy , intriguing , demoralised herd of prelates , legists , auditors , secretar ies , and subalterns , wuose omnipotence , each in hU sphere , has its root in the universal ignorance , fated and heritable to the very constitution of this administrative hierarchy . * # # # Ignorance is decreed for all the high functionaries of the state , because , in the first place , the Pope is bound to _idect them , not from the mostcapable , but , in accordance nidi former engagements , front amongst those who contributed by their intrigues to his election ; secondly , because , chosen from the clergy , they can have no _administrative knowledge , theoretical or practical : a canon
_twromes a treasurer ; a cardinal who hai devoted his life to the study of ecclesiastical antiquities , directs the war department ; a man who has presided over a diocese as _fcidiop turns up as secretary of state . Ignorance is de-CTHi for two-thirds of the head employes in the secondary branches of administration , because they are filled up from that mass of Prelati , followers oi the Cardinals , who possess the three indispensable requisites , celibacy , nobiiitv . and interest , and whose education is limited to what is taught in the schools under tbenaineof philosophy , and to the elements of jurisprudence ; often indeed _jriren tu those whom it may be wished to dispense with in _timber _offievs , on account of malversation , but whom i : mar not be desirable to brand with public disgrace :
this was the constant custom of Cardinal Gonsalvi . On & _is ignorance in the chiefs is built the grasping insolence aad unbridled license of the mixed class we are now _shaking of . Each head has his auditor , his legist , hi * secretary , who does everything for him ; these despise tieir _master , whose ignorance they are fully sensible of , aad whose favour they have _obtained by cringing subserviency , if not by disgraceful compliances ; they know tbey have nolongtrbold of office than the duration of tiie flickering life of that aged P . jpe who elevated their pitron , aud their aim is to amass a purse as quickly as possible . Public opinion is no check on them , for they know that the moral responsibility of their misdeeds will £ a ! l whoHy on their nominal superior .
_psoFiiiucr or the pafai , _admixistbation _* . let lower , beneath thia factitious class of intermediates between principals aud subalterns , swarm , as reptiles in filth , a hideous race , not to be hinted at in good society , bntwhoseabnormal _existence must be proclaimed _iatlas oar effort to make intelligible the natureofthepapal _g-j vtrnmeut and the justice of the revolutionary movements of tlie people—a race of valets , parasites , _prostitt'tSS , trafiiiiws in vice , legions of familiar demons who Crawl from the basement to the very summit of _tlieedifica . Tb 3 celibacy of the clergy , the occupiers of every avenue to power , is the source of their influence ; and it will hv easily understood that in a state where everything goes by interest , that influence is immense . For ages past , t iic interior corruption and the power exercised at Rome ly _domestksaod women of g _& antry have Uen notorious ; hut before he time of Pius the Sixth the profligacy of the priests , hough more brazen , had not , iu general nt least , stained
be family hearth ; the natural cnildren of Popes , carliaals , and bishops , impudently recognised by theirelevaieu to the hig hest dignities , were not ihe _offspring of their neighbours ' tcfoes . The terror of file _itefonnatiun and the ordinances of the Council of Trent still exercised an ameliorating influence , if not on the reality , at least on th : outward decorum of the manners of the clergy . At a later period , it is observed by an Italian writer , tlie depravity general in Europe during the sixteenth aud seventeenth centuries , the examples set by Cardinals Kichelieu , ilaiarin , and Alberoni , and the morale of the _thtolojry disseminated by the Jesuits , masters in the art of inciting tbe human passions , t * turn them iu the end to their own _aicouut—of leading to transgression , to set a price < m tlie pardon—and of fostering covert infamy , to lord it OleT theh" penitents by the _possession of their secret * , taught the Roman cardinals and bishops that it was more _convenient and less scandalous to insinuate their
seduction where it was the interest of all parties to conceal it . Tbe effects of this lesson became apparent in the papacy 'jf Pius the Sixth , and have but augmented since . At _tliat date , the famous _Afarcheja Sacrari , wife of tinddi , a Bolognese , was all powerful at court . The husband was created a Chevalier and a ilarqu ; s ; aud got a fortune out of the customs , during the _treasurersbip of _llrxschi . ¦ Women became the agents between the Prelati and the petitioners for employments or gratuities : they , and often their husbands , made this traffic a source of wealth . Aud out of these shameless practices , which we avoid portraying in full , grew the influence of servants as
accomplices and procurators . Men such as Mariauiuu and ' Giuvannino , tlie former in the service of the elder Cardinal Alburi , the other in that of Cardinal GonsaWi , might be seen , under Pius the Sixth aad Seventh , holding levees in which were trafficked the employments , pensions , and favours _thatought tohave been * oL " citedfrom the Secretaries of State . Places endowed with large emoluments were created solely to gratify the craving of these insatiable cumeruri . The dishonouring tradition is still unbroken , and a short residence at Home is sufficient to enlighten tht traveller as to the value to her husband of the allpotent influence vested in the wife ot Gatauino , the pontifical barber .
The Tyrannical Mill0c11ats Of Dundee. Th...
THE TYRANNICAL MILL 0 C 11 ATS OF DUNDEE . The following is the petition of the faetory girls , from a meeting of the inhabitants of Dundee , presented by Mr . Buncombe , and referred to in the last number of the Star . We trust that the inhabitants of Dundee , who _havo done themselves so much honour by taking up this case of rauk free trade oppression , will not now allow the case to die , but will continue energetically until they get satisfaction for the poor girls from their inhuman masters . Tho women of Dundee should not sit in company with am * man who
has not taken a part in this struggle ; the married women should pinch their husbands from night till morning , put salt iu their tea , and mustard on their bread ; the girls should refuse to kiss their sweethearts , and the mothers and sisters . should let the men walk barefoot rather than mend _theirstockings , if they haTe not done their share . Without hearing the case at all , every man with a particle of brains in li " s head would at once come to tlie conclusion , that six girls will not venture to complain of their master unless they have right on their side .
_Petition of Chairman of a Meeting of Inhabitants of Dundee . The petition of the inhabitants of Dundee , humbly showeth , —That your petitioners have learned with re . gret and alarm of the cruel aud unjust treatment of six factory girls in * the employ of the firm Baxter and Brothers , manufacturers in this place , of the name ot Jane Bennet , Ann _Connell , Isabella Millar , Barbara Dowuie , Helen Barret , and ilargaret Iloy . These girls had heard tbat others at the same work had got the promise of an advance af wages , they also applied with upwards of forty others who wrought in the same flat , for a like rise , but _gcttuig no satisfaction , they stopped away from the work for that afternoon . Next
morning , at five o ' clock , they returned to work—were lured into an office to speak to some person , and found , to their surprise , tbat parties were there to apprehend them . They were no more guilty than the others—did not _adviso the others to demaud an advance of wages , or to leave the work that afternoon ; but these , as your petitioners have reason to fear , were selected as victims , because they had few or none to protect or defend them . One of them has neither father nor mother ; four are without fathers , and their widowed mothers were in a great measure depending on them for relief . They had been in tlie work from their infancy—never gave any previous offence , aud received from the manager ( or overseer ! the character of heing steady .
Your petitioners have to complain to your honourable House that these girls were taken prisoners before six in the morning—taken to a private office in the town , and detained there till ten in _' the forenoon , paraded through the main street to the office of a justice of peace , and detained there till twelve , when they were sentenced to ten days' imprisonment , with hard labour . All these six hours they were under the care of four men , who never left them , and thereby they were prevented from attending to tba calls of nature , without violating every mark of female modesty , and iu the presence of these officers of the law .
lour petitioners hare still further to complain that they have reason to believe that tho warrant for apprehension was not according to the forms of law . That they { the girls ) irere tampered with , to give certain answers before the justices in the hope of gaining favour ani getting clear , which answers might Und very much to their injury . Also that tb » y were tried by a close court , to which their nearest friends were refused access . That they were made to sign papers , of the purport of which tbey had no _knowledge , through tbe _agitation that pervaded their minds . Four of them , who could not write , had their names appended to these document ! by parties in court , without their mark or consent . Also , that they had no opportunity given to bring _anyexculpatorv evidence forward in their own behalf , and being ]
minors , the youngest being thirteen years of age , had no one to conduct their case or speak in their _behnlf , and were wholly unfit to defend themselves . Also , that some of their masters were shut up with the justices in a private apartment , as well as their manager or overseer , from which they sallied forth with tbe judges that were to try this case ; that these parties stood near the judges during the time of the mock trial , and that the masters and judges whispered together for some time before ' sentence was given : and , in the opinion of jour petitioners , such conduct had a tendency to influence the judges in their decision . These girls were conveyed to prison , underwent tbe punishment of ten days with hard labour ; during this time tbey were able to eat little , never having been in a court before , or charged with any crim _? .
Your petitioners have also to state to your honourable House that , at an overwhelming meeting af the inhabitants , it was agreed to memorialise tbe Lord _AdTOeate on the subject . His lordship at once agreed to this request , and the sheriff for this county made an investigation . This investigation was by no means satisfactory to the public mind , inasmuch as no one on the part of the girls or the public was allowed to he present , or to suggest any questions to bring out the truth , or serve tlie ends of justice . And your petitioners have also to _complain that since the investigation his lordship , the Lord Advocate , has refused to satisfy either the _girbj or the public _regarding tbe results ofthe inquiry made .
For these , and other reasons , may your honourable House be pleased to cause an investigation into this case , to cause the whole of the investigation taken by the sheriff for Forfarshire , and other documents that may have passed between the Lord Advocate and any party or parties ou this subject , to be laid before tha House ; and should yaur honourable House find that these girls have not been properly treated , that compensation may be given for loss of time and false imprisonment ; and that your honourable House would also make inquiry of the reasons why the Lord Advocate continues to refuse giving any _def nire decision on this matter .
lour petitioners would still further pray , that rhould your _honourable House fiud that these girls have been tried by due form of law , that the law m 3 y be speedily altered , as nothing can have a greater tendency to alienate the working classes from the government , the institutions , and laws of the country , than to find that they can be apprehended by their masters , tried by their _masters'friends , and , although minors , not allowed any one to pl : ad for them , or see justice done them ; that there is no redress when an appeal is made to the law officers ofthe Crown , tut that masters , judges , law and law officers , are all arrayed on on one aide against tbe poor , the orphan , the fatherless , and defenceless .
Your petitioners _irould'earnestly entreat your honourable House to take this case into your immediate consideration , that the feeling of the public mind may bu abated , aud that they may yet see there i : one court to which tbey can appeal for justice , and meet with redress . And your petitioners , as in duty bound , will ever pray . Signed in tbe name and on behalf of the public meeting of the inhabitants . William Scott , Chairman .
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SERIOUS DISTURBANCE AND MURDER ON THE DAWICK RAILWAY . We regret to state that , between Saturday night and Sunday morning , a breach of the peace , of the must daring kind , attended with murder , occurred on the North British Railway Company ' s branch line to JIawiek , in the neighbourhood of Fushic Bridge , about eleven miles .-outh of Edinburgh . It appears that abuut midnight two of the " navies" employed in the vicinity were taken into custody , charged with stealing a watch or watches , and Judged in the cells of the county poiiee station , at GorebriUge . Some time after , a large b < dy of their fellow excavators , to the number , it is said , of about 300 , assembled , armed with bludgeons , pickaxes , hedgebills , Ac ., aud
proceeded to the station-house for tbe purpose of liberating the two prisoners . Their entrance was for a time forcibly resisted by Sergeant Brown and Constable Christie , the latter of whom received several severe iijuries , particularly on the arms ; but their resistance could avail nothing against such powerful assailants , and they had to give way , being overpowered by numbers . One of the fellows , it is stated _, presented a pistol at the head of the sergeant , and demanded the liberation of the prisoners under the pain of death , and upon his refusal to unlock the doors of the cells , they broke them open , and their _conn-ades being thus liberated , they marched off with them in the direction of Fushie Bridge , about half a mile from the scene of their violenc _.- . At that point
they met the district constable Pace , who was returning from his accustomed rounds , whom they savagely attacked and beat in the most brutal manner , one of the ruffians striking him a blow on the head , it is supposed with a pickaxe , which laid his skull open . The poor man was afterwards found lying on the road in this stale , and conveyed home , where medical aid was promptly in attendance ; but the injuries he had received were such that he never spoke -ifterwards , and died the next day . Information of the riot and assault having reached Mr . List , the superintendent of the county police , he immediately requested assistance from the city police , with
the view of proceeding in search of those most conspicuous in the affair , and of keeping the peace . _SheriS Jameson having granted a warraut , Captain _Uaiiiing sent off twenty-five of his constables to the scene of action , Mr . List and Sergeant Brownlee having previously set off , and they were afterwards followed by the sheriff and the procurator fiscal , Mr . Scott . > lr . List , with the force placed at his disposal , succeeded in apprehending thirteen of the rioters , who were iuentilied as being amongst those who rescued tha prisoners from the station-house . It was not then ascertained who was the individual who struck down Constable Pace .
Fr _aiHER _Pabticixars . —It appears that the navies" charged with the riot and murder are Irish . A correspondent sends " us word that on Monday morning the Scotchmen working on the line , having been sorely exasperated by the brutal doings of the Irish , turned out all along * the line , to the number of 1 , 500 , and burned down tlie huts , and drove all the Irish off the line . When our correspondent ' s letter was written all was quiet .
Ritlwat Accident.—The Special, Train Whi...
_RitLWAT Accident . —The special , train which left Kugby station at forty minutes pa-it ei » ht o ' clock on _baiurday morning with the London morning papers ior the north , ran into a coke train " near the _Systonstation . ihe guard received several severe contusions on the head , and Uttlf ; bopes are entertained of Jus recovery . The eugb . e-driver is also aeriouslv hurt .
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HOUSE OF _LORDS-Monbay , Mamh 2 . The Lord Chancellor took his seat at five o ' clock . PROTECTION OF LIFE ( IRELAND ) BILL . Lord Brougham stated that Lord Chief Justice Denman wished to propose several important amendments on this bill , but being compelled to leave town for a few days , hud requested him to applv tor a postponement ot the proceedings with reference to it until his return . After a short conversation , in which the Lord Chancellor , the Marquis of Lansdowne , the Earl of Wickiow , Earl Grey , and other lords took part , tlie further consideration of the bill was postponed till Friday .
THE CAMPAIGN UPON THE SUTLEJ . The Earl of Hire * moved a vote of thanks to the Governor-General , the Commander-in-Chief , and the officers and men of the army on the Sutlej , for the late brilliant victories at Moodkee and Ferozeshah . After briefly recapitulating the circumstances which rendered the concentration of tlie British forces on the Sutlej unavoidable , the noble lord proceeded to comment on the actions themselves , and on the gallantry displayed by the troops on the occasion . Having paid a just tribute to the memories of Shit . Sale , Sir J . M'Caskill , and Major Broadfnot , he next passed an elegant eulogium on the eminent services of Sir _H . Hardinge and Sir II . Gough , and concluded by moving the several resolutions in which the vote of thanks was embodied .
file Marquis of _Laxsuowjie rose- with the roost perfect sincerity of feeling to give those resolutions his most cordial support . It was impossible not to feel that the bravery displayed by British soldiers on this occasion had never been exceeded . The noble marquis concluded by saying that he wished for t _.-ie present to consider these great transactions in the splendour of their own success , and would reserve for another time all considerations as to the particular policy which had brought them about , and that he should , therefore , give his most cordial support to the resolutions .
The Duke of Weliixctox could not hear the _motiou discussed without adding his unqualified approbation ofthe conduct of all concerned in these glorious victories . Tlie Governor-General had set an example which ought to be followed . When lie found that his services would be usefnl , he laid aside his position and power as Governor-General , and volunteered his assistance to the Commander-in-Chief in the great contest which _wiisimpending . Butnotthe Governor-General alone—all had exerted themselves to the utmost to obtain the great result which crowned their efforts ; and he had not for a length of time heard of an action which had given him such unqualified satisfaction .
The Marquis of LoxnosDEBBr was anxious to bear testimony to the devotion to their country displayed by the two chiefs in command , and to the ability with which they had planned and executed tho masterly evolutions which decided the fate of the day at Ferozeshah . The Duke of Richmond had seen with the greatest satisfaction that a medal was to be awarded to all who shared in these actions , and hoped that her Majesty would take this opportunity of returning a favourable answer to those Peninsular veterans who
had applied for a similar boon . He trusted also that Lord llipon would consider if it were not possible to have the names of the non-commissioned officers and privates printed and published ill this country . The Earl of _Ellbnboiuh'gii said this last achievement justified the high opinion he had ever entertained of the army with which he had been recently connected in India , aud assured the house that everything that had been said applied as much to the natives as to the European troops . After a few words from Lord Auckland , the resolutions were carried ncni . con .
Several bills were then forwarded a stage , and the house adjourned at half-past seven o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS-Mos & ay , _Mahch 2 . The house met a few minutes before four o ' clock . A great number of railway bills were readasecund time . Mr . W . Pattej * presented a petition from Wallingford in favour of a Ten Hours' Factory Labour Bill . Mr . S . Crawfoud presented a petition for the release of Frost , Williams , and Jones . Mr . T . Duxcomhe _presented a petition from a place in Essex against the enrolment of the militia , aud also a petition praying for a reduction of the stamp duties affecting building societies ; also a petition iu favour of a Ten Hours' Faetory Labour Bill ; also a petition from Hertford for the repeal of the Corn Laws .
ANDOVER UNION . Mr . _Waklev presented a petition from one of the board of guardians of the Andover Union , complaining of the violation of the regulations Jaid down by the Poor Law Commissioners . The petition stated that the board had openly declared that they would get rid of Mr . Westlake , the medical _ofKcer of the union , in consequence of the exposure which he hud caused as to the proceedings in the workhouse . The petitioner prayed for inquiry into the case . The lion _, member then gave notice that he would to-morrow ( this day ) move that the petition be primed with the votes , so that it would be in the hands of members in time for the motion of which the lion , member ( Mr . Etwall ) had given notice on the subject , for _Thuraday . PABPJCATED PETITIONS .
Mr . C . Bekkbley rose to call the attention of the house to the petition which he had presented on Friday last , complaining that a petition had been forwarded for presentation to that _hou-e , ostensibly from Cheltenham , but in reality it was from Manchester . This , he believed , the house would agree with him in saying was a breach of its privileges ; and , having laid the case before them , he would willingly adopt any course which might be pointed out for vindicating those _privileges . He could _proye tllilt many of tho signatures to that petition were forgeries , and that many names were added which were not on the original sheet . He was the more anxious
that the house should take the matter up , because complaints were very general out of doors that the petitions of the people did not receive that attention from the house to which they were entitled ; but this »' aet could not excite surprise in any one , from the manner in which petitions were got up in many parts of the country . If the house would give him a committee of inquiry , he would put the fact of the fabrication of petitions and the forgeries of signatures beyond all doubt . He moved thv . t a select committee be appointed to inquire into the presentation of certain forged petitions asd signatures , and under what circumstances those signatures had been attached .
Mr . _Newmgate , in seconding the motion , said that the hon . member had very properly called the attention of * the house to this subject , but there was another subject to which that attention should also be given , lie alluded to the practices of the agents of the Anti-Corn Law League in the manufacturing of votes at the _registrations . He thought that the privileges ol * that house were in greater danger from such practices than even from petitions with forged signatures . Mr . Hume rose to order . The hon . mcmbcr was entering upon a subject not before the house . Mr . _NtwhEOATE gave notice that it should conic before it .
Mi * . BniGiiT read a letter from the secretary of the League with reference to the alleged forgeries , anil the cause of the petition being sent round by way of Manchester instead of direet from Cheltenham , and contended that these explanations showed that though there mi ght have been _irregularity in the proceeding , no chavge of fabrication could be sustained . Mr . _Feurasd inquired whether it was competent to him to move an amendment ? He had received a letter from Sheffield , bearing out the statement he had made the other night as to the manner in which petitions were signed ; and he had also an extract from another communication , referring to the same proceedings at Leeds . One letter he had received he would read to the house : — "If the following
letter will be of any service to you m your opposition to the League —( au ironical cheer from the Opposition benches}—I will give you the names and residences of persons who were eniploycd by the League to add signatures to their petitions , one of them to the tune of 14 , 000 , without leaving his room ; and the other to the number of 500 . and there are more instances if necessary . " He ( Mr . Fcrrand ) wrote to tlie person for a reference as to his respectability »' he then went to him , and had a personal interview , and he found the whole of the writer ' s statement to be correct . He was in _ponsession of the names of the witnesses whom he was prepared to produce before a committee , and he would therefore move as an amendment , that the inquiry of the committee should be generally as to the manner adopted by the League to obtain signatures to petitions to that
house . Lord J . Mansers said , that as he was walking the other day do « n Grosvenor-placc he heard a comfortable-looking baker ' s ooy say to his companion , " 1 say , old fellow ,. haveyou signed the Anti-Corn Law petition ? I have signed it three times . " ( A laugh . ) This was no isolated case . ( Hear , hear . ) Such things had occurred daily in all tho great thoroughfares of London . ( Hear , hoar . ) He regretted this the more , because they were _bnund to pay the utmost attention to petitions legitimately signed .
After sonic further conversation upon the subject , Sir R . _Peei . had no objection to a general _inquiry into the practice complained of . But would if- not be better to confine the committee to the specific case _brought forward by the hon . member for Cheltenham , in which a petition had been _presorted as to wliich there appeared some informality _ai' . _j impropriety ? There lai . sht be another committ Ce for tlw general question . The second inquiry iu ' icrat be extensive and prolonged , while it might bo necessary ti _reitort on this specific case at once . ( U ear . ) "The committee was then agreed to .
THE LATE BATTLES ON TH _. e SUTLEJ . The Sveakbb called on Sir It . IV _d to move _llis rC solution of thanks to the Indian -y . my _, when
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Mr . Bme « r presented a petition from certain individuals residing at Reading , declaring their abhorrence or all war , and praying the house to grant no vote of thanks to the army in India , which had just ga c" d T > 1 ( it 0 ry in an unJust and impolitic war . r _f _'* 7 "\ was a n ut t 0 P P < - that the thanks ot that house-one of the highest rewards that could be conferred on successful valour-should be given to Sir II . _Hardmge , Governor-General of India , to Sir II . bough , the Cominander-in-Chief of the forces in the East Indies , and to the officers and men under their command , who , on the banks of the Sutlej , by their discipline , fortitude , and brilliant courage , had achieved a great and glorious victory , and had shown themselves worthy of the name ol England , and of
the service to which they belonged . But tor what he had just witnessed , he would never have believed , that any body of Englishmen , seeing the unprovoked aggression which our army was called upon unexpectedly to meet aud check , would have been found to sign a petition , grudging a tribute of applause to to their valour and devotion which it then displayed . The hon . baronet then proceeded at great length to detail the events connected with these battles ; but , as our readers have already had all the leading facts in the despatches published last week , it is unnecessarv to do more than refer to them here . Sir Robert excited the sympathies of the house by reading to it a private letter from Sir II . Hardinge , to a member of his family , giving a most graphic picture ofthe
events ot the memorable night of the 21 st , during which Sir Henry took little rest , but occupied himself in goimj from regiment to regiment , to ascertain their temper and to animate tlicir ardour . He likewise stated that Sir II . Hardinge had sent one of his sons , who was in the civil service of India , and happened to be in the field , to the rear , because his presence disturbed him ; but that he had kept his youngest son , who was a military officer , and had a character to gain , near to his own person , because it gave him encouragement in the performance of his duty . Having shown that the Commundcr-in-Chief , the Governor-General , and the officers and men oi the British army , had performed exploits worthy of the British name in thus gallantly resisting and
defeatimr treble their own number of the bravest troops in India , trained by French officers , and provided with the most formidable artillery , he could not , he said , conceal from the house that his feelings of pride and satisfaction at tliose exploits must he tempered by recollecting that they had been attended with the loss of so many officers of the highest promise . Sir 11 . Sale , whom all admired for his heroic achievements at Jellelabiid , had closed in these actions a long career of military glory by a death which lie foresaw and even wished for . " Felixetiam in _opportutiitate mortis . " lie hoped thut the house would unanimously support him , if , iu case her _Mnjesty should think fit to record her regret for Sir R . Sale ' s death , and her sense of his eminent services by
recommending the erection ofa public monument to his memory , he should propose an address in return , promising on its part their readiness to make good the expense of it . After paying a melancholy tribute of praise to the services of General M'Caskill and Major Broadfoot—whose civil sagacity was only to be equalled by his military ardour and valour—he said that he would not make any comments on individuals of lower rank who had fallen , lest he should offend any deceased officer ' s family by not mentioning the name of their relative , when all had distinguished themselves gloriou sly . Whatever their rank , the house did justice to the services of them all , ami deeply lamented their loss . He hoped that the thanks of the house would be conveyed to every regiment and to every man on the field without exception . Lord J . RcssELt . participated in the feelings which Sir 11 . Peel had expressed in the name of the house ,
and hoped that he should be permitted to have the satisfaction of seconding the resolution which he had mov « d , and which he trusted would meet with unanimous support . These resolutions would animate the survivors of those great actions , and would be a consolation to the families of those who had fallen _, lie agreed with SirR . Peel in thinking that when Sir _H- Hardinge left his' eminent position iu the Ministry and in the country to become Governor of India he did so from the most patriotic motives . Without expressing any opinion at present on the policy of the Indian government , he observed that the desire of Sir H . Hardinge to confine himself to the territories already acquired by the East India Company was highly honourable to him . It could not be denied that that policy of forbearance had exposed the British army to an unequal encounter ; but the spirit of that army , instead of quailing iigiiinst such odds , was only animated to greater
exertions . , Mr . Dumb expressed his entire concurrence in these resolutions . He read a letter from a political agent in India , who had long been conversant with the character of the Sikhs , for the purpose of shewing that Sir II . Hardinge had not been taken by surprise by the army of Lahore . He hoped that , in disposing of tho patrouage at it * disposal , due consideration would be paid by the government to the families of those officers and soldiers who had fallen . Sir lt . Ixous wished to take his share in the tribute of admiration wliich was now paid to the English and Indian army . Mr . _Uooo eulogised the courage and fidelity of tho native troops . Captain _Layaisb and Sir Howard Douglas successively addressed the house in support of the resolutions .
Lord Ebmngtox asked whether tho government whs prepared to take any measure which would enable the relations of the private soldiers to know their fate in these actions . Lord Jocklyx observed that a list of the officers and men killed anil wounded _^ was regularly sent-to the Horse Guards , and any information respecting any person in that list would bo readily given at the Horse Guards . The list of killed and wounded in these acti- ns had not yet been received . Sir J . HoDUOVSE observed that all measures ought to bo adopted to give information to the relatives of our private soldiers , respecting their fate . He knew that it was not customary to publish the _nami-n ofthe private soldiers killed ; but he saw _nc-objeetic-n to the course hinted at by Lord Ebrington . After a few words from Mr . Mangles ,
Mr . C . W . Wyxs suggested that the _government should publish either in the Gazette , or in some newspaper , the names of all the soldiers who had fallen in these actions . He looked upon these victories as an honourable testimonial to the British government in India . The fact that no desertion had taken place in our Sepuy army was a decisive proof ofthe gratitude which they felt for our protection . After a few remarks from Dr . Bo wring , Sir It . Peel , and Sir T . Colebrookc , Sir Dp . Lacy Evans recommended that the names of the officers who had fallen should be recorded in some public manner . The glorious name of Sir Robert Sale would not appear in the records of their proceedings .
Sir lt . Peel observed , that so little did he differ from the gallant general * on this point , that he had actually prepared a resolution , but there was no precedent " for it . He hoped that Sir De Lacy Evans would not disturb the unanimity of the house , by pressing his proposition to a division . The resolutions wore then passed nemine dis » _mliente .
CORN AND CUSTOMS IMPORTATION ACT . The house then went into Committee on this bill . On Mr . Green ' s proposing the lirst resolution from the chair , Mr . Vilmeks observed , that as the Ministerial measure recognized the expediency of establishing the freedom of trade in this country , he regretted that it had been considered advisable to postpone the establishment of it till the year _ISIO . in his opinion that delay was uncalled for ; and the full benefit of tlie Ministerial scheme might be obtained at once , lie should therefore propose an amendment , providing for the total and immediate _repeid of all the existing duties on com . He showed that it was the opinion of tlie late Earl Spencer , and o f those arvat
_livingagriculturists , the Farlof Radnor and Lord Ducic , that it wasfor the interestof the farmer—and , indeed , of agriculture generally—that the abolition ofthe Corn Laws should not be gradual , but immediate . He then adverted , but not in a spirit _ol'liostility _, to the position in wliich the government stood with regard to his amendment . He could not understand what objections Sir lt . Peel could urge against it , If no evil or difficulty were to be apprehended from acceding to his proposition , he asked the committee to-consider whether there were not some advantages to . be derived from it . For instance , it would enable the government to meet with greater ease tlie emergency of Ireland , and it would lead to the dissolution ofthe Anti-Corn Law League , which , though it was entitled to the gratitude ofthe country , would ecase its agitation as soon as- the cause oi it disappeared .
Colonel Siuxhoep inveighed against the Ministers who had insulted the country by their extravagant proposition fw the repeal of the Corn Laws . It there should be a division on this question , heshoiild divide _alonj ; with Sir lt . Peel , but from no affection to him , an / il from _na regard to the members of his cabinet . He should divide in that way because , on comparing the propositions of Mr . Villiers and Sir R , Peel , ho believed that SivU . Peel a proposition n ~ is the less evil of the two . Lord Won . si . EY observed , that if ho were called
upon to make a choice between tho amendment of | Mr . Villiers and the proposition of Sir R . Peel , he should certainly vote for tho amendment of Mr . Villiers in preference . But , if he gave such a vote at present , he should be precluded from voting in favour of any other amendment which might bo proposed on the Ministerial plan—for instance , he should not be able to give his support to the amendment of Mr . O . Stanley for a fixed duty of 5 s ., which he conceived would be an adjustment of the question . Mr . M . _Gtnsos considered that Mr . Villiers had taken a _mr-st judicious course in proposing his amendraent to the house .
Mr . B . Escoir considered the amendmen . _'d of Mr . Villiers the most consistent with reason ; but could not vote for it on tho present occasion as he was afraid that he should endanger tho f , uceoss of the Ministerial proposal by so doing ,
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Mr . R . Colborne declared his intention of _voting for the amendment of Mr . Villiers . After a few words from Mr . _Goitixo , declaring his intention to oppose this measure to the utmost ot his abilities , ' . Mr . Biuoira commented on the speech of Lord Worsley , and on his declaration that a n ' . _vet ! duty ol 5 s . would now settle this question . He read extracts from a ' speech of Lord Worsley to show that at no very distant period his lordship had declared that such a measure would not prove an adjustment of it . Sir R . Peel would not renew the debate on * tho Corn Laws , which had _alreatlv extended over twelvenights , although he was anxious to make some explanations on some matters which had occurred in
it . He would , however , postpone tliose explanations till the second rending of the pill to be introduced upon these resolutions , _wwl \ ionld confine himself to tho consideration of the question _ivk-tlier it be desirable that the Corn Laws should he totally aud immediately repealed , or that they should be ' modilied and continued for three years longer . If he looked singly to the emergency in Ireland , he would not deny that the immediate suspension of the Corn Laws was the more expedient measure of the two . He knew that the Anti-Corn Law Le _^ ue would he satisfied with nothing else than a total and immediate repeal of the Corn Laws ; but there were many persons who thought that the Corn Laws urn-lit not to be repealed at all . His object in bringing forward this priycet was twofold—one was to meet the emergency in Ireland , and another was to reconcile the
legislature to . ( in adjustment of the question . IL repeated his former declaration , that , if the representatives of the agricultural interests should prefer an immediate repeal of the Corn Laws to the continuance of them for three years , and should combine with Mv . Villiers to c _.-irry his amendment , ho should accept the amended proposal , and exert himself tu the utmost to carry it into law . At the same time he would not answer for the result in another place . Of this he was certain , that had he brought forward a motion for tlie immediate repeal of the Corn Law , he should have abandoned all hope of succeeding with it , lie was sorry to hear Mr . Bright threatening them with continued agitation on this subject . lie thought that such agitation would he an evil , and , moreover , he thought that it would be unsuccessful . After a few observations from Mr . G . Palmer
against the government men tire , winch the noise in the house rendered almost inaudible , Lord J . Russell took a view of the various propositions wliich were then before the committee . Coinparing th « j amendment with the government scheme , he considered it to be more wise as an abstract , and more beneficial as a practical measure . The case , however , which he had then to consider , was , that of government proposing a plan for the settlement of a question on wliich there was great resistance offered by a party in the House of Commons , and on which there might be a still greater resistance oii ' tved on the part of a majority in the House of LanU . He did
not know what view the upper house might take of that question , aud , therefore , he felt compelled to listen to the views taken by the Prime Minister . Sir It . Peel said that he had reasons why lie preferred his own proposition . He ( Lord J . Russell ) did not think those reasons sufficient . ; but he was obliged to consider , that although on the one hand ho should gain a better measure , he should on the other risk the success of a beneficial one . On weighing those two considerations , he could not bring himself to assiit in carrying out the amendment of Mr , Viiliei's , The impatience of the house for a division was strongly manifested , but
Sir H . _JaLLirTu succeeded in gaining a hearing for a few words against the proposition of Mr . Villiers and the government plan . Mr . ' Hume warned the free trade members against playing into the hands of the Protectionists , and entreated Mr . Villiers to withdraw his motion . After a few words from tho Marquis of Granby , Mr . P . Borthwick moved the adjournment amidst ' u perfect storm of cries of "Divide , " "Adjourn , " " Go on , " Ac ., which lasted some time ; at last the committee divided on the question of the adjourn _, nient , when there appeared ;—Aye . _i _? 0 Noes 227
Majority against the adjournment 157 Lord J . Manners proposed a similar amendment , on _H-liicii an angry discussion , full of personalities , arose , in which Lord J . Russell , Mr . Ferranil , Lord 0 . Hamilton , and several other members tuok a part . It was at last terminated by Lord J . Russell's observing that in tho then temper of the house the best thing that could be done was to move that the chairman report progress , and ask leave to sit again tomorrow . This proposition was acceded to . The house resumed , and immediately afterwards adjourned at halfpast one o'clock . HOUSE OF LORDS-TUESDAY , March 3 . CORN LAWS .
On the presentation of a number of petitions by the Earl of IIabdwick against the measures of government with reference to the Corn Laws , a discussion ensued , in which several noble lords took part , but as we shall , no doubt , shortly have enough ot the subject in tubs "house , " it is unnecessary to dc more than notice this " bye blow . " PKNAL COLONIES . The Marquis of _Lassbow . nb presented a petition from the colonists in Van . Diemen ' s Land , _st-Atiii _" that the island had suddenly been made the sink into
which all the convict labnur of the United Kingdom had been thrown . The result of this was that the free labourers had been unable to compete with the inundation , and had emigrated in great numbers from the colony . Having brought the case of the petitioners before the house t the noble marquis went on tosay , that he was not an advocate for the abolition of transportation , but he trusted that some means wwuM be found for diverting the stream ol * convict labour from Van Diemen ' s Land , and thus easing the petitioners from the grievance under which they at present laboured _.
Lord Stanley , though he thought the evils complained of were exaggerated , admittod that tho colony had suffered considerably under the existing system . It must be remembered , however , that by the terms of their grants , the petitioners were hound to _miilntain a certain number of convicts , and labour of this kind had for a Ions ; time been considered by them as a boon . The present government was not responsible for the existing system , which had been planned and carried into effect under Lord Melbourne ' s administration . The petitioners seemed to have ascribed their pecuniary embarrassments to the presence of couvicts , when the truth was that they had shared iu the mania for speculation which had afflicted our Australian possessions , and they would no doubt recover , as New South Wales was recovering , from its ruinous consequences .
Lord _LrrrELTO . v was prepared to stato that the case of the petitioners should receive every attention from the Colonial Department . Earl Gkey said he was prepared to _express an opinion that transportation should be got rid of ; what was wanted was , not a modification , but au abolition of ihe system . The Bishop of _Oxfokd considered that transportation , as it had been hitherto conducted , had been a curse to the world and a reproach to the nation ; we had sent out , sinco the commencement of the centurj large bodies of criminals without the slightest
moral supervision ; these men were to be the founders ofa new people , and yet we had given them no means of moral restoration . We had reaped as we hud sown , and the fruit of our labours was a crop of most deep aud horrible pollution . He fully _eoiienvvetl in the opinion of Lord Grey , that our strictly penal dis . ciplitiL * could bo managed better , more safely , and more cheaply at home ; the separation . of convicts and their moral restraint could lie much more effectually carried on at home ; but when this v _* as accomplished , and they were fit for social life , transportation should commence .
The Marquis of _Lanseswne briefly replied , and ihe petition was ordered to lie on the table . Several bills were then forwarded a stage , and the house adjourned tiil Thursday . HOUSE OF _COMMONS-Tuisdat _, Maugh 3 . Mr . T , Duncombe gavo notice that on the ISth instant he would move for leave lo bring in a bill for limiting the hours of labour in certain factories . Several hours were occupied , partly in a discussion originated by Mr . _^ _ewb-isate upon the evils of the Registration system , the misdeeds of the Anti-Corn Law League in procuring frivolous _oljeciiwis to their qualifications to be _scrvtsd upon county electors , and counter-charges of tho saina- character against the agriculturists ; but partly also iu the interchange ol
all sorts ot _personaliUvs coiiiiectcil with tha exulting subject under discussion . To give an intelligible summary of all the charges made ami refuted , or counter-charged upon the original complainants , would occupy far more space than wo are able to give between " the pot and the kettle . " The only bit of straightforward honesty uttered in the course ofthe debate , was the suggestion of Mr . T . Duscomiui , who said that Mr . Newdegate would move for a select committee to inquire into tlus whole system of Parliamentary registration , with a view to reform the Reform Act , and to get rid of the finality of that measure ; he ( Mr . Duncombe ) should be happy to afford every assistance , and to such a motion he hoped the right hon . baronet at tho head of the government would give his support .
Mr . Hume felt great satisfaction that this abuse had arrived at its present crisis , because there was now some hope of its correction . The best mode of amending the Registration Act would be by simplifying the franchise . There were now fifty different sorts of franchise ; he would reduce them all to nearly one—he meant to household suffrage . Mr . Newoeoatk ' _s motion , which had given rise to the whole discussion , was ultimately withdrawn , a pretty general opinion being expressed on all sidw that some change in the present system of registration __ is absolutely necessary to protect the duly qualified elector from vexatious objections against his right to the franchise .
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: ri CORN LAWS . The house then resolved itself into a committee of the _whoie house on the Customs and GVn lm !>» rtation Acts , and the _aijouined debate on Air . Viiliers ' s Kiuundnicnt for _imuit-diate repeal was rein ! " ! i | l ) j Mr . G . Banks , who repealed somo Kind of argu « ments with which tlie country has been " do _.-c-d" " for tlie last _tm-ee weeks , and was -olloned by Mr . C . Howard , Sir S . ilmmicr _. Mr . Molhit , Mr . Pinch , Mr . Ward , Mr . Liddeli , Mr . liutt _, and Mr . Borthwick , some on one side and some another , Without cue slightest novelty in their speeches . All-. _JJomm _lA- _' - _'l-vei ' , that , as during the agitation of the Keloi'iu Bill , he had boon ono of n , who had viiiscl the cry of " the hid , the whole bill , awl nothing but the bill , " so now he >\ _-uuld take tho I'overnment measure , aud nothing but the government measure .
Lord G . BjiXTixcK maintained , that on tho question whether we ought to eminent to the _iiumeuhite repeal i . f the Corn Laws or _t-. i accept ; the proposition of government , tho sentiments i . f Mr . Miles and his friends h _.-id been greatly _misappn-lieiuiud . Mr . Miles had never said that we Si . ouid prefer immediate repeal to having it _suspended _., vcr _ uitr heads for three years . He k _» d said , that it" it was certain that the blow would be _sti-ucl _* , it would he better to have it struck at once than su .-pem . ied fur three years . But it was not certain that Lite blow wouid be struck . The friends of protection
hud received a check and met areptii .-e ; but they were not half beaten yet .. Napoleon had Said that Englishmen never knew when liny were beaten . That was tlie ca . it' of the Protectionists now ; they were determined to fight ihe battle from pillar to post , aud livm p » ht ; o pillar , and to keep the conflict up bclore the country , until it was thoroiwhly convinced that the Ministerial party had betrayed tho tru » t which its friends had reposed in it . Ucfuie the conie . it » a _< closed , they would drive the Ministers to appeal to the cuuutry , and when that appeal was made , lit- should no longer despair of tho success of the country party .
Mr . CoBDKM-iilfud attention to tfie [ act , tout very little had been s-ml in th _« course i , f mis debate on the question before tho house , fthich was , " Sna . l t _:-e Corn Law he abolished immediately w at the ch / scof three years ? " lie thought that it was imlurtuuate that the _proposition of Mr . _Yiluersv _.-i _^ u ov- Unwght , forward ; but aceoii / ing to ( he forms o ; the _no _^ _-- it must he _brought forward now or neve .-, lie _--. _issuie that if it could be proposed at a later stugu ofthe wOVenimOIlt bill , it would meet with greater success : * than it was likely to meet at present ; _n-r Mr , Allies in that house , aud the Duke of iticiimomi in the iiotise of Lords , had both said that they _pi-tlevvivvt imunduae to delayed repeat , ami he _bclic-reu chat , their opmi ns were very generally shared by tho tci . _ain-fanm-rs . Conimeutinu' on LurdG . _Bentinck'sitocinratiwi that
his party was not yet Halt beaten , ami that it would go on fighting from pilar to post asaimt the repeal of tha Com Laws , ha sard ti ' _iac if __ the noble lord were _dctermituid to continue this battle for three years longer , it was a _suliicit-uc reason to induce tho government to settle this ' _-uestion at once and for ever . He called upon the friends of free trade to stand by their principles , wliiuli were embodieu in tho present amendment ; lor ii _sin-y aid they could not be wrong it they should be compelled to go to their constituents . Sir It . Peel had nimytd the agitation of tin- country by the nit-re _iiui-odin-i _' _iuti of the measure ; but hi ; warned the hundred _^ uut . _i--meii who were prepared to give it a desperate " resistance , and if they eared so place Mini _.- > _ttj- » in a ; _-, _j- _.-o .
nty , that that agitatitn was oi . ly lulled by the expectation that Hit- measure wouid be passed , lie could foresee the possibility of government being driven from office before the measure \ w . s pas-en by the _ House of Lords . He did nut know whether their tenure of office was worth more _thnn two months' purchase , lie doubled the wisdom ofthe _Pri'tcetioiiwts in upsetting the government , even lor their own seltish policy ; but he knew thai their success would be a great misibrtuue to the cause of free trade . It was because he _foresaw _liau-ur to that cause and a factitious _i-ppnsition to the
government , to which he would nut lend himself iur a single moment , that he was anxious to kc _« . 'p his principles intact for the country , on which he siumld be prepared to tail back with greater stiengih in ease the threatened appeal wert : made to tlie _v-oiistituencies . After the decision on the present amendment , lie should , feel it his duty to give the _prupwal of Government as cordial a support as any man ia that house . Thou jh not a payment i" full to the _ioiin : ry , _ittvvistiii _iiistiilmentoflTs . ( id . in the pound ; iimi he would use the resources _whien lie _snouid _& uin by it , to gain the remaining ' 2 s . Ud . at the earliest _opportum ' tv .
Sir T . Aclaxd made an impassioned reply to the speech of Air . _Cobdt-u , and declared his intention of supporting the government proposition on this occasion , because he considered it an alleviation of the otherwise rapid descent which the _agriculturists would have to undergo . Mr . T . Duscombe repeated tho declaration which he had made on a former _nijjht _, oi his intention to support the government proposition against that of Mr . Villiers . He bail told the government that if they would stand by their new law of _.-eulement , ho would stand by their plan of settling the Cora Laws ; and unpopular as the determination might render him , by that determination he would stand . The Protection party , who had _itcap-.-d such unmeasured invectives upon Sir K . Peel , w . iuid that _ni ht go with him iuto the same lobby ; but he was ainmst of o _.-jnioii that Sir 11 . l ' vol would im be _a-ifo in tlicir
company , The Karl of _Makcii denied that the Duke of Richmond hud ever expressed himself in favour of the total and immediate repeal of the Corn Laws . He thought that after the events of the hist session Sir Robert Peel would be quite as safe in tlie same lobby with the Protectionists , as Sir J . Graham wou . _'d be in the same lobby with Mr . Dui . _eotube . ( liwirs of laughter . ) Mr , Hudson and Lord "Worsley next addressed the house , their principal object being to show , like many preceding speakers , that the farmers were in favour of immediate repeal ; assertion and contradiction on this point wete bandied about like shuttlecocks , during the whole uebate .
Colonel Siivrnoiiv excited immense laughter by rending from a paper he had prepared , his auvifc , in all Christian chanty , to tiie government , that , seek g there was no chance of getting the _sesttws _minisU-is a place in the _hi-use in any other way , they should restore " . he franchise to Sudbury tor that _purtosc . Mr . Waiuey regretted that Air . _Vtlliois was determined to persist in dividing the committee upou his amendment , for he was convinced that a more inexpedient course could not be taken . Referring to the Westminster election , he _sitiil : —The _eluctorsliad chosen the Radical candidate , and the house _oni-ht to uiiderstnd from this , that Radical principles " were advancing and becoming ascendant . He could state , from his continual aud daily intercourse with tlie
middle and working classes , that the impie » si <; u was prevalent , and all but universal , that the r ght hon . gentleman , the First Minister of the _Civw ; , had done all _ci . at he could do with regard to this subject . Every one was full of the expression— " We do not consider , reflecting upon the position in which the right hon , baivuvl is _yluced , ilmt he could do mora than he has done , and we i ) tt ; , ht to feel the _utmost gratitude for his exertions . " ( . Hear , hear . ) That wa _» the expression of ail parties ; and yet hon . gentlemen said , '' You must go to the country , " and _othfti-ssaid , " You must go to the people . " _Thiyhuw perfectly well thai they ivou / d not _i jo to the people
I Cheers from the Protectionists . ) If there were an election , would tiiey go to the people ? if they relied upon what were the leelings of tho people , let th _.-m take theelcctiou by ashuw of hands . ( Oh , oh I" ) Oh , oh . ' why , of course , they would not . Then let them say no more of going to the people , who had h _.-iadsas well as hon . gentlemen opposite . No , th ol > JM was to t / o to those who clvimcd the right of setting food ot their _oum comma ml , _tnitt to t ' _tiip to tlie im / ortitiKitc _Itings who created the food by their labour the opportunity of g iving their voices . Yet those Were tailed elections by ti . e people - . what could be more unjust ? ( . Cries of" Question . " ) Alter a few words from Mr . _Newdeoatk ,
Air . \ _lU-v-ns vindicated himself from the censures cast upou hint IW persisting in this amendment , and expressed hits surprise at the reasons urged by Lord tl . Beiuinek and his party for not giving him their support on this occasion . The Committee then divided , when there appeared—Fur the amendment _TS Against it 2 ( k"i Majority against it 1 ST The Chairman was then directed to report progress . The house resumed , aud immediately afterwards _adjouraed at half-past one o ' clock , HOUSE OF _COMMONS-Wkivxksdav , _Maiicu i . Air . S . _Ckawforb preseutcd a petition from 11 ay . wood against the enrolment of the militia , and one from a person named "Wood for an extension of the elective franchise .
CIIA 1 UTAHLE REQUESTS RILL . Lord J . Ma . nnkus moved the second rending of tho Pious and Charitable Bequests Rill . The ol _ject of the measure w _»» to _ainn-d increased facilities for p ious and charitable bequests , by repealing the act of 9 Geo . II . Provision was made for the protection of survivingrelatiuns , by enabling the Lord Chancellor , incase of their destitution , to authorise a provision for their use out of the _bequenUitil estates . A seenritywas afforded against unduo influence over _persons in _t-a-tremw , by an enactment requiring that every instrument effecting such bequest should be attested by three medical men , who should depose to thephvsic . il and mental health of the testator , and to his freo _agencyinthe transaction . Sir J . Gkaiiam opposed the bill , and moved that it be " read thatdav six months . "
Alter a discussion , in which Mr . P . Howard , Mr . M . Milnes , Sir G . Grey , L < rd C ive , Sir R . Inglis _, Air . _O'ConncIl , tho Attorney-General , Mr . C . Ruller , and Mr . Haves took part , ' The hou _< e divided , when th « numbers were—For the second reading 24 Against it bO Majority against it — 3 fi
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 7, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_07031846/page/7/
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