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June12vj8-4j. The Northern Star. »
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THE CIVIL WAR IN PORTUGAL . shb _BurnaH _sotebshksi ' _s aimed ikiervestio _* . _Palmer-uon ' s protocol _au'horising the war of the quadruple alliance" against the _Portuguese peopie , seta forth that the National Junta of Portugal tad - ' refused to put an end to the civil war , " and on { hat ground justifies the _infamons armed _interrenfioii . In our " leader '" in last week ' s Star we _exposed the falsehood of Pilnierston _' s _assertion ; that , however , there may be no mistake , we here rep rint , in full , the terms proposed fay Col . W ylde to U _ e Junta , with the Junta ' s reply , and the terms proposed by that body ; the acceptance of which by the _tjiteeu would have pnt aa end to the civil war . _LETTEE- _rSOJI tlEOT .-COEOSEI , WTLOE TO THE _JUKTA
Ot OPOSTO . Her Majesty ' s ship Gladiator May 7 . Her Most Faithful Majesty the Queen of Portugal having accepted the mediation of the allies , for the purpose of effecting a reconciliation between the parties at present opposed to each other in arms , and of putting an end to the civil war avhich unhappily exists in this country , the Marquis de _Hespana and myself have been commissioned by our respective Governments ; and duly authorised by the Government of Uer Most Faithful Majesty , to announce tothe Junta of Oporto the amnesty which . Her Maj-sty generously is pleased to offer to her subjects for this purpose , and which it is her benevolent intention to carry into full effect as so « n as tranquillity shall have been restored .
These conditions , a copy of which I have the honour to enclose herewith , are considered , by Her Most Faithful _Majesty ' s allies _ o be just and ample , and to provide for any interest , personal or national , which the Junta can Iegftimate ; y put forward , and that any ohject which a patriotic Portuguese can have at he-rt will be secured by the fulfilment of these arrangements . Her BritaBnic Majesty ' s Government cannot , therefore , i ' or a moment , contemplate that , after having heen ac . qnainted with these resolves on the part of the Queen , ibe Junta shonld hesitate in accepting them , for by so doing they would incur a heavy responsibility , and would inflict on their country great and lamentable evils without any Teason whieh the judgment of the civilised woili would pronounce to be valid . I avail myself , < tc , - W . _Wtme . To his Excellency the President and Junta of Oporto .
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CONDITIONS ENCLOSED IN THE _FBECEDISG . 1 . A full and general amnesty for all political offences committed since the beginning of October last , and an immediate recall of all persons who , sines that time , bare been sent out of Portugal for political reasons . 2 . An immediate n vocation of all decrees which have been issued since the beginning of October last , and which _inf-inge upon or _cinUic-: with the established laws and constitution of the kingdom . 8 . A conrocarj .: n of the Cortes , _assoon asihee ' ec _!;' oa _« , which shall take jdace without delay , have been accom--plished . 4 . Tbe immediate appointment of an Administration , composed of mea not belonging to the party of the -Cabrals , aor being members of the Junta of Oporto . ANSWER OF the jgsta TO ZIECT .-COL . WILDE .
Illustrious aHd Excellent Sir—The _Povisional Junta of the Supreme Government ofthe kingdom , ia the nameof the nation and the Queen , have received the note which yonr Excellency has been pleased to communicate under date of the 7 th inst , enclosing a copy of four articles , which , ou tbe part of the Government of her Host Faithful Majesty , in ace rd with the British and Spanish Governments , were considered as expedient to effect a reconciliation of tbe two belligerent parties , and put an end to the civil war wbich unhappily weighs upon this country .
The Junta , penetratid by the most sincere and cordial desire toco-operate as much as its means wonld permit to teimiuate in an equitable manner these evils , and to save the national liberty and the honour of the Throne , guaranteed by the _Potrtuguesa constitution , gave to the communication all the consideration which it merited . as well as the articles which were enclosed , but which _neterthe ' ess cannot produce the desired effect _teitnout explanations , _iraprocements , and addition * tchieh I hate the honour te tranjoift to your Excellency , for the purpose of bang presented to the _Government of ber Host Faithful Majesty , as those which the Junta considers to be conditions asenSal to its aceeptante .
The conferences which have taken place between your Excellency and the Commissioners of tbe Junta , would have _iaf-jrmed you _a-f tbe reasonable and weighty motives whieh the Junta have for believing that this reconciliation of the Portuguese family should be based on guarantees real and efficient to tranquillise all minds , and remove every doubt of _ahe true and _btnevolent intentions of ber Mo _. t faithful Majesty ; it being their conviction that oriy in this manner can be avoided the continuance of evils which afflict the country , as otherwise tbe Junta _might ba accused of improvidence , not only in the eyes -of the cation , but in that ef the whole civilised world . Tbe Junta takes this opportunity of assuring your Excellency of its high consideration The Conde Das Astas , President . Jose da Suva Pass 03 _, Tice-Presidfnt . _FsANcrsco de Paula Lobo _D'Avila .
Antonio La-is seseabba . Seb * stiah D ' Almeida e Beito . Jestixo Febbkiba Pistj Basto . -Oporto _. _MayTS . -AK . fi _CLES PBBSENTED BT TBE _PfiOVISIONAI , JUNTA OF thb Sdpeeme Government of tbe _Kivgdoh to the Coxhksion of bee _Bbitassic and Host Catholic Hubbubs . Art . 1 . ( As above quoted . ) Alteration presented by tbe Junta . —There fhall be -perpetual oblivion of all _pslitical facts and political opinions originating from the events of tbe night of the 6 th
of October , 1846 . The persons who were then arrested for political motives shall beset at liberty , and those who were sent ont of tbe kingdom shall ba immediately recalled . An end shall likewise be put to all processes originating from the said events ; all sentences passed on individuals compromised in these affairs shall be considered null and void ; and all _decrees of dismissal from military and civil posts , places titles , or decorations _, _published by the Ministers of ber Majesty posterior id said _evests , shall be declared as sot having takes place . Art 2 . ( As above quoted . )
Alteration substituted by the Junta . —All decrees which bave been published by the Ministers of her Majesty from _thetjah of October , 1816 , which infringe the constitution , laws , or regulations then existing , shall be immediately revoked . Art . 3 . ( As above quoted . ) Alteration presented by the Junta . —The measures necessary for the election of Deputies to the Cortes General and Extraordinary Bhall be commenced within thirty days after the nomination of a ministry that merits the confidence of her M - jesry and the nation . The decree of the 27 th of Jnly , 1846 , shall be implicitly observed in all its provisions respecting the elections , as well as the powers , general and special , for the revision of the constitutional charter explained in Art . No . 37 . Tbe meeting of the Cortes to take place , without any possible deviation , within fifteen days from the termination of the elections in all parts ofthe kingdom . Art . 4 . ( As above quoted . )
Alterations presented by the Junta . —Her Majesty will na-ne a ministry composed of persons wbo merit ber confidence _an-J that of tbe country ; nnd into wbicb , consequently , cannot enter either Cabralistas , or individuals who took part in the unhappy events ot the night of the _4 > th of October , 1816 , or who have been notorious for aggravating their consequences , or bave given their aid and _assistance to tho system unfortunately followed by ihe government of ber Majesty posterior to those events . Ho member of the Provisional Jnnta pretends , or can pretend , to form part of the new administration . Additional Abtjcles _paeseskd bt tbe _JrurA , and COSSIDEKED AS CONDITIONS SECESSABT . To BE ADDED
TO THE VOUB _PBECEDISG . Art . 1 . The constitutional charter , the laws , and other dispositions existing previous to the night of the -6 th of October , 1846 , shall be immediately put into full execution , for the purpose of securing to all citizens their rights and constitutional guarantees . 2 . Tbe regulations and decrees of the Provisional -Junta of tbe Supreme Government of tbe kingdom _. dated 5 _« ih of February , 20 th of March , and 28 th of April , 1847 , relative to the officers of the Royalist army , shall be inviolably maintained . The Government of Her Majesty will continue to gir » to them the same consideration which they merit from the Junta . 3 . The pensions granted by tbe Provisional Junta to tbe families of individuals , civil or military , who were 'victims to their attachment to the national cause , shall be contiBaed . The persons to whom these pensions are applicable , according to the decree of the 16 th of November , 1846 , shall hare tbe right to claim them .
4 . All regulations respecting the diminution or abolition oi taxes and imposts published by the Jnnta shall continue in vigour until tbe Cortes shall definitely decide _« pon them . The loan * made by the Jnnta , or their -delegates , in money , corn , or effects , destined to support the national _cause _ shail be paid ; no matter whether they -were received before or after our several decrees authorising them . « . Her Majesty ** e Queen will deign to change the principal _offlct-rs and employes of the royal household , substituting for them persons who profess the same political opinions as the newniinistry about to be organised , as is the custom in other constitutional nations . « . TaenomlnatfoB snd promotion of officers ofthe army and the fleet named by the several decrees of the Provisional _JuatashaH be maintained , asalso all decora dona and titles conferred by the Junta .
7 . All force * of the line , as well as National Regulars , whieh obey the Provisional Junta of tbe Supreme Government of the kingdom , shall be maintained until the Cortes pais a law to regulate the public force , and provide a due organisation . Those forces will form the garrison ! of Lisbon and Oporto . The forces now subject to the _GoTtrament of Lisbon ball b 3 distributed in the provinces , as may most conveniently be done for tte pre . _smatioa of peace ani _yublic tranquillity ,
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8 . There shall be no commander-in-chief . ' The com ! mand of military divisions and ofthe forces of tbe army shall be confided to generals and officers who have given proofs ' of their adherence to the national promfnciar » ent _# or who have not shown hostility to it " ' 9 . The administration which is to be immediatel y formed shall publish , and _eause to be executed , all Act ' s necessary for the fulfilment of the conditions presented by the commissioners of the Government of her Britannic Majesty apd of her Catholic Majesty , with the alterations proposed hy the Junta , and the additional articles _presented to them by the said Jnnta . The Junta , se » ing that several articles are fulfilled , and the constitutional liberty of the kingdom secured , will consider its mission as _accorapliahed and ended .
Palace of the Provisional Junta of the Supreme Go . verument of the Kingdom , Oporto , May 13 , 1847 The Conde Das Astas , President . Jose Ba Silva _Passos Vice-President . Fbancisco de Paula Lobo D _' _Aa-in . luTOMia Lets Be Seaera . Sebastian D ' Almeida e Bbito . Jusxino Febbeiba _Pisto Basto .
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We have been favoured by a Portuguese gentleman with a copy of a printed paper , entitled , — "TllE PRESENT POLITICAL CRISIS IN PORTUGAL . SUBMITTED TO THE IMPARTIAL AND ENLIGHTENED PUBLIC OF GREAT BRITAIN . " The whole of this document would occupy nearly four columns of our journal ; but its republication in full is unnecessary , seeing that the facts therein stated are familiar to our readers , and we last week anticipated _thearcuraents based thereon . We shall , therefore , limit ourselves to a few extracts . which will show to . our readers that we bave faithfully represented ihe _Portuguese question , aud that our view * are in perfect accordance with those of the popular party in that country .
The paper before us commences with a notice of the overthrow in 1812 ofthe ; Constitutional Code of 1 S 33 , brought about by the intrigues aud open rebellion of the notorious Costa _Cabral . N _** xt we ha ? e a notice of the restoration of the Charter of 1826 and the appointment of Costa Cabral as Minister of the Iuterior . We quote the following graphic picture of
THE ADMJ . VIJT . BATIONOFTHE CABBAIS . Costa Cabral and his brother Jose _endeavoured to strengthen their party and promote , their own personal interests during the whole period of their fatal administration . They _increased tbe number of ihelr adherents by turning out of situations persons who had dared to express their disapprobation of what was passing , replacing tfiera with others en whose instrumentality they conld rely . They created new offices for the admission of their oavn tools , in various ways increasing the public expenditure , with the view of satisfying the ambition , or lucre , of those wbo had served tbem in the elections ,
and of whose services they might agaia stand an need . They also conferred appointments , titles and honours upon individals wbo had in these and other respects assisted tbem ia their plans ; while it was a notorious nnd scandalous fact , that in order to promote their oavn pecuniary interest , and thut of their friends , many things within the gift of th-.- government , even including church livings , avere often sold to the highest bidder . A league was formed with the jobbers , through whose intervention tbe tempting contracts with tbe government avere made , in consequence of which the Treasury was surcharged , and , in several instances , the miuist .-rs and their agents pocketed large gains .
Never was _sach a state of social degradation—of national _hu--niliation—witnessed .. The government had taken , upon _themselves the responsibility of enacting laws through the medium of decrees , one ofthe most offensive of which waB tbat of the 1 st of August , 1814 , in virtue of avhich they placed at their oavn disposal the fat * of judges , public professors , military officers , and civil functionaries , by arrogating to _theroselvee tlie power ol prosecuting them without the previous _exisaing legal formalities . At ths same , time , the public expenses went on swelling , as well as the government debts and loans ; and , to croivn ail , with , the view of meeting these unnecessary contingencies , a most absurd , vexatious , and auti-national plan of taxation war r ; sorted to , and , with the view of supporting this abominable machinery , financial projects of tbe most disastrous kind ushered forth .
the elections of 1845 , resulted in tbo return of that most corrupt Chamber , mostly composed of creatures of the Cabrals . The base and tyrannical acts of that Chamber produced tbe memorable peasant revolt- in the province of Minho , which gradually extended over tbe entire kingdom . The Cabrals fled , and the Duke of Palmella was sent for and a new administration formed . Rel ying upon the Queen ' s pledges , the armed people returned to their homes . The Cortes was convoked , and the Palmella Ministry gave evidence of an earnest desire to secure the freedom of election , but a few days previous to the
time appointed for tbe elections , and at a moment when tbe country was in a state of perfect tranquillity , a couo d ' etat of the Court overthrew the Ministry . The extraordinary events of the night of the 6 th of October , and subsequent events , bave been several times narrated in this journal ; suffice it to say , that from tbat time civil war has raged in Portugal , occasioned solely by the wicked conduct of the Court party . As an illustration of the manner in which that war has been conducted by the partisans ofthe Queen , we give the following extract , descriptive of some of tho ATROCITIES COMMIIICD BT TOE QUBKs _' s GENERALS .
The Government of Lisbon , after tbe action of Torres _Vedras , wa 3 induced to believe tbat tbe whole country wouldbend in submission to them , never reflecting that the _opposition was general and uot confined to a faction , and in this belief the tyranny of tbe men in power increased , and was carried so far that they shipped off the brave prisoners of war taken at Torres _Tedros to the sickly climates of Africa , orders having been previously given to deprive tbem of their baggage and effects , guaranteed to them by the terms of the capitulation . This act of a despotic government was preceded by others , mow particularly tbat committed by Saldanha in the town of Torres Yedras , which be allowed to be
plundered by his troops , and the inhabitants treated in tbe most _brutal manner . Similar conduct was observed on the part of the Court general , Cazal , who , in the townof _Agrzila , allowed quiet inhabitants to be assassinated in cold blood , after tbey had been plundered , and after tolerating acts of barbaiity at Constantim and Vil . _laraadello , at Villa Nova allowed considerable robberies to heperpetrated , as well as in Braga _, where , after Macdonell ' s guerilla had withdrawn , he permitted a great number of defenceless persons to be assassinated . For atrocities of this kind the Court created him a Count , while the people nicknamed him "Tbe Assassin of Agrdla . "
These cruelties excited the public mind to a pitch of frenzy , and , consequently , added to tho strength ofthe popular forces . The expedition from Oporto to Afgarve struck the Court party with despair , and induced them to look for foreign intervention . A new administration wis then named , composed of five individuals , four of whom arc decided Cabralistas , and , consequently , utterly destitute ofthe confidence of their countrymen . THE KEW MINISIBl ' _s INQUISITORIAL TORTURBI . What is seen at broad noon-day , ay , and fearlessly
canvassed , _teo , is , that the policy of the Lisbon Government has not changed—that the same system prevailsand that no regard is paid either to tbe rights or tbe wishes ofthe great body of tbe people . The same persecution against the popular party goes on , nay , it is even more embittered , With so violent a band are things now carried en , tbat it is reported that an Inquisitorial Court—a kind of star-chamber—exists- ia the police _barracks of Garmo , in Lisbon , of which Dom Carlos _lfascarennas is the commander , _whtre , whenever persons , suspected of being inimical to the views of government , are brought , they are imprisoned , flogged , and tortured .
If the Ministry of Great Britain have not been able , or if tbey hare not wished , tbat an end should be put to such brutal and execrable proceedings as those above sketched , at a time when the Court aud the new administration in the Portuguese capital almost for their very existence depended upon British mediation ; if those , who profess to be interested iu tbe welfareofFortug . il , hitherto bave never succeeded in inducing the ruling power to respect the rights of the nation , and see that tbe Popular party were heard and treated with that consideration to which , under all circumstances , they are entitled , how can it uow be expected tbat a fair and impartial mediator , however powerful and influential he might be , would be able to obtain from the Court any . thing like a substantial guarantee that offers and promises of conciliation will be observed , in good faith , in case the Popular party should lay _dowa their arms !
A defence of the character and conduct of the patriots is followed by an examination of the " terms" of peace submitted by Colonel Wylde and the Marquess _d'Hespana to the Oporto Junta . These "terms , " together witb those offered by the Junta , we have reprinted in the preceding column , the perusal of which will satisfy all reasonable and honest men ofthe inefficacy—if twttreachery—of the propositions submitted by Colonel Wylde , and the justice and sound policy of the counter-offers ef the Junta . We cive the following
eXttX TO A . CALCHHY . It has been given out tbat the leaders of the National party , and principally tbe Count das antas and Viscount Sa da Bandeira , would gladly have _accepted the proposals offered , and that tbey would have tendered their submission if they had not felt afraid of experiencing the resentment of their oavn party . There can be no hesitation in pronouncing this to be an atrocious calumny , no doubt invented for purposes the most insidious . There are letters in England from these tavo distinguished officers , addressed to the agent of the Juata here , which prove quite the contrary . "We quote in fnll the well-written and ably-reasoned conclusion of this excellent
_ATfCtJ . 70 . TBE BB 1 TISB _fZOPLB _AGX 1 SST TBS _JUITIIH _GOVEaNHEJi-r _' _s ABMED INTERVENTION . So Ion ; a 9 the Court party entertained tbe least hope of being able to crush the popular movement , tbey never thought of soliciting British interference . No sooner , however , was that hope lost than they had recourse to foreign cabinets , asking assistance in order to overcome opposition and cause tha refractory to bend to their will . This is what Costa Cabral himself , as the representative ef Portugal , bas long been doing in Madrid , This step deejlj _implicate , the _Queen , What
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affectionate regard can the * people entertain : for - her , after foreigners bare been called in , in her Majesty ' s name , with ths view of stripping the nation of its rights and re-establishing an absolute sway ? Can it bo believed tbat this was spontaneously done by tbe Queen , when she herself , without external aid , might soon have restored tranquillity , as she bas dona in other critical moments , by naming a ministry having publio opinion in itsfavour ! » Lord Palmerston , on tbe 28 th inst ., from his place In Parliament , _aBSUted the liberal and honourable member , Mr Hume , " that the government of her Majesty , in con- ; junction with those of France , Spain , and Portugal ; were engaged in measures which bad for their object
the pacification of Portugal . " Now , avhat _necsssity _wasthvre for these _measures , when the Queen herself , by one single political act of her own , could havo pacified everything ! What plea—what motive , then , is there which can justify- an armed foreign intervention in the internil dissensions of Portugal ? What reason is there which now induces the British Minister to change that policy of- non-interference , not long ago so solemnly avowed ia Parliament f Has not Europe already had examples _enough of the fatal consequences of one nation meddling io the internal concern * , of another !
• Who could believe that tbe government of a noblo and free nation , like Great Britain , would wish to follow the example of the Despotic powers , by be . coming the principal-instruments ' to subvert tbe Liberal institutions of Portugal , and by supporting a regime detested by the whole country ? Who _cauld believe this , after the declaration made in Parliament by the British Ministers themselves , on tho 28 _thof last February , as well as on the 3 rd and 4 th of May _. _avowiag their intention not to interfere—a declaration thus deliberately repeated and confirmed , and one which the Liberal party in Portugal considered as being untitled to their fullest confidence ! The example of interference now set clearly shows the reliance to be p _lae-id upon the "moral guarantee" ef the British government is extremely slender .
In whatever light this subject is viewed , it must be evident tbat an armed interference , undertaken by _foreigners , can never _henl the wounds of Portugal , while it must bring numberless misfortunes upon the country . Those , in _aaho' 8 name the Junta speak , ask only for security in referencoto the future , and that th _> _-y may be allowed tbe enjoyment of thoso rights and social benefits wbich constitute the proudest boast of others . Their only aim is to shield themselves from tyranny and oppression . And who is it now that seeks to rivet their chains \ Who is it that stands at the head of the league no * forming against tbe future peace , tranquillity , and _prospirity of Portmral ! With what astonishment and afarm will not the
Portuguese behold Great Britain , their oldest ally , noav assailing _^ the rights and independence of that very same people , among whom , when contending _against the colossal power of Napoleon , she found support and co-operation I Never might it to be forgotten that it was to the people she then appealed , for the Court was iu Brazil , and tbe country in the bands of the French . Is this the r _. turn the Portuguese people hnd a right to expect ! And avho shall answ rfor all the calamities likely to ensue ! If the object of the Convention is the unconditional _submission of the Portuguese people , it avill be necessary to occupv fhp country in a military manner ; but that occupation cannot last last for ever . And when it ends , whe can tell what may follow t But , in the meanwhile , commerce will suffer , and the future destinies of Portugal beeoma endangered , .
The final question now to be asked , and addressed io the good _Bense of the British public is , avhether it is the wish and the interest of a government like that of Great Britain , professing to be founded upon liberal principles , to set the first example in the annals of Portugal of British subjects shedding the blood of their best friends and their oldest allies \
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MOVEMENTS OF THE WEEK . A very pretty quarrel is just noav engaging the attention of our Parisian friends . Tn the course of ' at year a new ministerial journal was established , beiring tbe title of L'Epoque , which was generally givei out by its conductors to be more especiall y tbe personal organ of M . Guizot . Notwithstanding the regular advantages which this paper enjoyed from its admitted ministerial character and other still more so'id advantages , which it was believed to
share from funds disposable by all ministers n \ France , it languished , and finally failed . In its dying hour , its list of subscribers , and other property and advantages , were bought by M . E . de Girardiii , the editor and chief proprietor of La Presse , who , thereby , was let behind the curtain of its stage machinery , and necessarily allowed to share the secrets of its past history . M . de Girardin was then the friend and supporter of the - _Soult-Guizot cabinet . He is noav its most bitter enemy and _unpjtying assailant . Prompted , as it should seem , by a spirit of political hostility , he has lately , in one of the leading articles in La Presse , affirmed , that until its final absorption by La Presse , the Journal
L'Epoque had derived a part of its gains from " selling privileges of theatres" (( bat is to say , government licenses or royal patents for theatres ) , " promises of peerages , and of titles of nobility , crosses of the legion of honour , audiences of the ministers , and even ministerial favours , " the meaning of all which is , that the said journal dispensed tbe patronage ofthe State for a pecuniary consideration ! For this statement M . de Girardin has been summoned before the Chamber of Peers . The Presse not only affirmed that promises of the peerage were sold by the Epoque , but that there was a regular tariff or market price for them , fixed at 80 _, 000 f .. equivalent to _£ 3 , 200 sterling <
Marshal Bugeaud has resigned the governslnp of Algeria . This wholesale butcher will leave behind him in Algeria a name for ever rendered infamous by the atrocities be directed against the natives up to the last day of his power . The razzias , the laying waste of the country , the destruction of corn fields aod date trees , the carrying away of sheep and cattle , and the dreadful and sauguinary episodes , among which the suffocating of the Arabs in the caves of the Dhara is only a single instance , combine to exhibit the Marshal as one of the most murderous miscreants tbat ever lived . His last act of assassination and destruction is recorded below . He has won for himself the execrations of mankind .
By way of Pans and Madrid , we hare news from Portugal to the effect tbat the Conde das Antas had been taken prisoner , with 2 , 000 of his followers , aud that all the property of the Junta had been captured by the blockading fleet . Up to the time of closing this portion of the Star , we have received no particulars of these alleged serious events . The French Ambassador at Berne has been
insolently threatening a French and Austrian intervention to put down the Swiss Radicals . The Pope ' s turn will come next . Everywhere the league of governments conspires to forcibly arrest the march of freedom ; thereby provoking the nations to a frightful retaliation , which cannot be much longer delayed .
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WEST INDIES . _Barbadoks . —The Islam , arrived at Liverpool , brings cheering accounts from this island . The advices , which extend to the 6 ih of May . represent the weather as beautiful ; the yield of the crop exceeded the expectations of the most sanguine .
FRANCE . An incident of considerable interest occupied the attention of the Chamber of Peers in their sitting of Thursday . Count de _Pontois brought under the notico of the honse an article published in the Presse of May 12 th , in which , amongst other charges , it was asserted that promises of peera _ges had been given by tho Ministry , and sold by . the persons to whom they were accorded for 80 , 000 f . each . The noble peer _described such an allegation to be a gross _insalt to tha Chamber , and concluded by moving that M . E . Girardin , the responsible editor of tho journal alluded to , should be summoned to the bar of the house to answer for his conduct . After some discussion , the Chamber agreed to this course , avith the addition , that , as the party implicated was a member of the Chamber of Deputies , the resolution of the house shonld he communicated to that body , to
enable it to decide whether it would give permission for such appearance or not . Ia the Deputies , a messenger from the Chamber of Peers brought u _ * the resolution spoken of ab _.-vo . It was ordered to ba printed , distributed , and seat to the bureaux forcxamination _. with a view to having a committeo appointed to . advise what should ba subsequently dune . A comaittee of nine was subsequently appointed , tbe majority of whom ate for delivering up M . Girardin to the Peers . On Tuesday , M . Girardiii attended a meeting of the committeo , and enteral into explanations respecting the foots which had induced him to publish tho incriminated article , remark ing : " Aa to the allegation made in the Preseti of the 12 th of May , I maintain its strict exactitude ; _andifl think fit at _present to say nothing more , I do not , on tho other hand , retract a single word of my tormer assertion . I declared that promises of peerages had , been sold . Tho Government may deny the fact , as it baa denied thut ( ha offieo of _referendary at tin
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Court of _Accounts . _was sold , as it has denied that the privilege of a third lyric theatre was acoorded to a jo urnal ( the 'Epoque ) which obtained _tvr it lOO . OOOf . It may , in fact , deny everything ; but between the denial of ministers having an interest to deny _eTerythin _;* . and the affirmation of it # deputy liaving no interes t-, to sa y bat what is true , the Chamber and the country will decide . I have no fear-as ' to the result ,-and should a struggle arise between the Ministry and _rnvself , I certainly _abail n » t give way , but shall defend my assertion , not only tn the Chamber to which I _bolong , but in the Ciiamberof Peers . " The Chamber on Monday and
Tuesday was engaged upon the subject of the : extraordinary credits demanded by the government on this account . : Instead ef manifesting a more and more settled condition , the immigrant population of that colony seem to exist with safety only when _assntry box is at their doors . Tho augmentation of the military force necessary for their protection lins increased in a much higher _j * atio than the colonists themselves . In 1831 the military force in _Aleeria was , in total amount 18 , 000 , * in ' 1834 , it was 30 . 000 ; in 1838 , 48 000 '; in 1841 , 70 , 000 ; iu 1843 , 76 . 000 ; and in 1846 , 101 , 000 . There is now a still further increase demanded by the government .
Ihe Monitieur Algerien ' publishes an official announcement of the resignation of Marshal'Bugeaud of the governorship of Algeira . Of his . concluding savage achievement the National ' s Algiers' correspondent gives tlie subjoined additional particulars in a letter written tlie day after tho Marshal ' s return from tbe Kabyl mountains — Several villages were curried , ' they may indeed he cilled towns , for one reckoned- a population of above 6 . 000 soul . ' m'hcy were defended by towers . The Marshal liimsclf ordered ¦ the _deVesthtion—it had-boon _aiirced tbat the firing' of tlirco guns should be the signal for the cessation of tho pillage _^ he troop * , carried away ; by their ardour , _rushotl to tho villages , and ' sacked mryivherb trinkets , juavels , _procionsclothe .-, enrpets , goods of all sorts , arms in abundance , and gold _flfid _ftiit'et- _'in _profusion , became their prey—tho booty av : is immense . Innumerable jura' of oil were broken ;
. ti-eaiiis of oil then spread in nil directions , und the _confittj-ration kindled in tho houses soon reached that *! icet of eminently combustible liquid . It was a liorrililo scene . All the inhabitants avho wore on tho soldiers' _passage wero put to the sword . _Ainiiht this shocking confusion ths Marshal s _» av a"KnbjT chieftian of athletic stature _running to liim . nnd by his _gcstuvis and cries , asking to see the comiiiandtr of the -French army . Ho had coma to demand , that the devastation be : put au end to , tendering tbo subniissiou of his countrymen . There avas in his voice and face such sorrow and sincerity , that ovorcomeby his prayers , tho Marshal ordered the three guns to be fired , whin the _pilitiguahd devastation ceased , to tho great regret of tbe Marshal , who , as ho observed last night on his terrace , would willingly have been more vigorously attacked , in order that he might have destroyed mure , snd inflicted a more severe lesson .
SPAIN . ' Tlie " _Madrid'Gaxstto" publishes a Itnyal decree authorizing Dom Manuel Godoy , Prince of Pi ace , to return to Spain . Another Royal decree conferred on the legitimate descendants of tlie Duke do _B-iilen the rank of Grandeeof Spain . A _ti-iird decree signed hy the Minister of'Finance , partly ' established the decimal system of coinage . The King still continued it the Pardo . Tbo ministers . had made another fruitless attempt to prevail on him to return to Madrid , and it appears that he intended to remove to Valiadolid . ¦ M . ' Pnchcco and Count de Thomiir '
regulated ,. on the 1 st , the conditions pt the intervention in Portugal , as far . as . Spain avas concerned . Spain . was to place fourteen ' thousand men at the _disposal of Queen Donna . Maria , and , to pay those troops as if they were in her service , and Portuttal undertook to complete the extraordinary allowance . A column , commanded-by _brigadier-Lersundi , had already entered Portugal on tho side of Tuy , and compelled the insurgents to raise the siege ' of Va _lenz-ido Minho , avhich avas then occupied conjointly by Spanish and Portuguese _trsops . Some food riots had broken out at Grenada , but not of a very serious character .
¦ . ¦ - . SWITZERLAND . . THREATENED FRENCH AND AUSTRIAN _ISTEtlVSTSTIOS . The Swiss journal , _tJic _fftrtielio , ' pul'lish ' ca » _nofre of M . Boisle Comte _, the French minister in Switzerland , to tho Swiss vorort , and ihu reply of the pre sidenfc . Mi Bois le Comte conveys the indirect menace that * in tlie event of any new . violation ofthe _prrinciploa ofthe federation , the French aiivcrninent will * intervene in accord with Austria . This note , it appears , produced so disagreeable an effect , that the French minister felt it _necessai-y to declare that it was rather , to be regarded as a _letter of counsel _tli-m a formal diplomatic communication . Letters - from _Genuva say that M . Jame * Fazay . who led tho revolution of last autumn , is elected as the president of the _covernment of that canton .
GERMANY . Ar / _siR'A . —The diet of _Pi-a-. ue has , by a _majority of Sd to 7 . _rosolved fco send an address to tho Emperor of _Austria _. cntreating him to modify the ' censorship of the public press . . . ¦ _- . ; ' . Prussia —The debate in the Chamber of the Three Estates , on the demand for an annual ' or _trienn-il convocation ofthe diet , avas brought to a closs on the 2 'id inst ., by a unanimous vote in favour of forwarding a petition to tho king , praying him to convoke the diet every two years . Previously to" the general vote , avhich was in accordance with the report ofthe committee of the house appointed ,-, to examine cf . e qncstien , one was taken on the amendment proposed by Daron Von Vtucke , to the efF . 'ot that the periodical convocation of the diet was entirely based on right and promise" of a date anterior to Feb . 3 . This amendment avas carried by a majority of 13 .
ITALY . „ . Rome , May 23 . —The leading event of the . week here is ihe dentil of the great tribune of the'Unman people , Cardinal Micara , who .. expired on ' the 24 th . Micara was the terror of . the retrograde faction ; he _avasknoavnto advocate . _tnoi-tsweeping reform * , includiag an agrarian Law fur breaking up entails , and _reconstructing the tenure of land in the Roman territory . - ' The consequences of the great bai _' _. Qiiet in the baths of . Titus , and the ( confiscated ) report of the speeches are still perceptible . Tho Kins ; of Naples has sent his coinpliments to Marquis Dmgonetti ( a _Neapolitan ) , who spoke the opening oration , requesting his presence at court ; the orator , declined ; whereupon Ferdinand II . called on the Pope to expel liim to the frontier , where relays . of ¦ . ens . d ' - . irmerie avcro read y t _.-i escort liira from . Terraciwi to Clio Caste ] novo : Pius flatly refused to commit such a brcaoh of hospitality . Here the matter rests .
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Si _' ioiwc : on the South _Wi-stem * Railway . — On Wednesday morning last , a young woman and a man , a stran . er to . her , were standing -near to each _otltar oh the bridge whieh _crosses the _Wandsworthrond over the South Western R : ailavny , near the " Plough , " at Battersea . The young wo / nan opened a gate at tho side of the bridge , and as the express down train came in sight , she ran down the bank and threw _herself upon the down line of rail .- * . __ The line taking a curvo concealed her from the view ofthe driver until the train was almost upon her . The driver called to her to get out of tho avay , but almost momentarily what is termed the " guard" of the engine struck the unfortunate creature and hurled
her a distance ot thirteen yards . She was thrown into ' a _sma'l watercourse by the side of the line . The engine , had struck heron the _fnciy inniuiiug a _g-wh extending from the forehead to tlie neck . Her right arm avas completely- smashed , »» d tbo thumb and fore-linger of tho left hand avere cutoff . She was taken , still alive , to the Wandsworth Union , where she survived only ten minutes ' after her _adini _.-ision . There was nothing found upon deceased to lead to her identity . She is a remarkably Hue grown avoinan of . about thirty years of aye , has dark brown _linii * and eyes , and very pleasing features , She avas _dre-iscl _vei-yrespecta'ly- Her _handkerchief avas marked , "F . C A .. "_ and her linen / 'J . A . " The body lies at tbe union , aavaiti- ) L the inquest
_DitEAD-ruii Accidemt . —A dreadful accident has happened at Partneavynidd forge by tlie bursting of a boiler ; Tho scene avas really terrific ; one large piece of iron passed through the roof of tbe forge , carrying everything before it , and several stones nnd bricks dripped on the roofs of the houses neat *; and the windows were all broken , Tliuvo were Altogether fitteen persons scalded and othrrwise injured , tenot whom are now under medical care . C ' 0 _OPKKATION . —N , tnO . VA _! i _Co-orKRATlVE L . _tJtO _CoHpaxv . —Sin , —Among the many efforts of the people for their own _progros-t in social happiness which I . see _rexistored in your Journal , 1 have not seen a _notios of ono which I trust will prove the means of the social and political regeneration of thousand : * , of our
countrymen . I allude to the _National Go-operative Land Company , which has now been staztcd two . vears . whieh has nearly 18 , 000 jaembers , and nb iut £ 30 , 00 ( 1 . 1 saw somo time ago in-your Journal a letter from a gentleman of Cork , calling upon us to form an Anti-Land-Lw _League , to enable the Visit people to get possession of the land . Now , hevo is an Anti-Laml-Law Leaguo ready _formod in _sb-are-i of £ 210 a .. £ 3 15 a , and £ 5 each , which _entitle the holders lo be located on two , three , or four _sacves of land , with a cottage and _oatbuildiiuts , and a capital of £ if » , £ 22 _)& ., or £ 3 Mo start with , all placed in the tenant ' s _hnuds , wit !* & rent-charge at She rate of £ -5 per eetiv . on tho outlay ; thus making him independent of the _lamUt-rd , and giving him a vote for
the election of those wbo _inakci the la ws _avruch give I vise to AiaAi-Ooic-lAav and Anti-Land . Law Leagues , j _JCinv , this blessing to tho poor man may be carried out in Ireland aa * _-vell as _Etiel-and _. ii the people * ot thai country can find men waiting < -o try it . Thirty-five . / _rersien took posst-a > ion ot the r homes ou the 1 st o $ May . Upwards of £ 3 , 000 was paid to the treasurer a lew weeks since , as any ono by looking over _tfc Northern Star neavspaper can see ; so that some men have hope of their regeneration through the land . Englishmen and Irishmen , see the effect of co-operation , and determine to carry out that principle still _ BO . _* e , ——A Constant Reader of _tourJouiwal , and Subscb bsb IO ihk Land _ Compant , —Jlowitl _' s Journal . ' Tho American Bible Society last year distributed _Wft conies of the Bible ani _^ w Ta _^ ament ,
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¦¦ _•'* ¦ MONDAT , JoriE 7 . ' HOUSE OF LORDS . —Tho _Brarlof ELMNBOBonon alluded to certain rumours which _« er « In circulation •' the Prince de Joinville being about to be sent to command the French flaet on tho coast of Portueal , and asked _whetlisr , if any-combined op-ration o > i the pirt of the fleets of Spurn , England , and _FrancehIiouM hi necessary ; the command of tbe combined ¦' _squadrori ' _should'devolve upon the prince , ae the naval officer of big-best rank-on the station ; in otbor words , avhether ' , ' _In ' _-t ' je event of such an operation being resolved upbn , lt ? r Majesty ' s ships in the _Tamis nhould be put uuder the direction of th ' « Prince da Joinville !' : ¦ •¦ _U-^ . The'M arquis of Lansdowne stater ! , iri reply . 'that ' noinformation had reached the _^ _overnmentofanyintcntion on the part of tbn Fr « nch gorarnmmt to _ac-fen tlie _commauiloftUe French Beet on the Portuguese coast to the Prince de Joinville _¦ . '
( K similar question war , put in the _iIouso of Commons by _Loi-d Q . Bentinck , and answered by Lord J . Russell in _fasimil . _ar ' manner . ) The Poor Removal Bill passed tin ouijh committee Tbe Bishop of Exeter then put _certain questions-to the Marquis of Lansdowne _resorting * the _irovei-nmeut compact avith tho dissenting body in tlio matterof education , and succeeded in _elieitinsjtl'e fact that all persons exercisinirecelesinsticiil functions , avhether members of tlie Church of England or not , wcr . _a to be excluded from tbe _olliee ot' tclioi _> l master under the new _schctre . ¦ ' •• The Representative Peers ( Scotland ) Bill avas read a _second ' time . The other business before their lordships was principally of _» . routine character , and various bil ! _sbavingb- ; eii udvanced a st «<* _-e , ' the house adjouroed . _HOUSi _*; OF COMMONS . — The _IIulks .- _^ - Colonel RotbESTnt * _iisked when the report i _. nd evidence on " the hulks _iitAYoolavich would belaid upo . _i thiitiible ! - " ¦ "
SirG . Grek 8 iiid that the report linii evidence were very voluminous ; tbat he'had-not yet had timo to xo through them , bus that _avlien he liiifl ho would losu no tame ua _lajing tbn avhole , or such' portions as seemed necessary , before thr Iiourq . N . mFotK Island . —Ti _« count _Mahoh mid that it nppesred from the p _, i , rs before the house or . secondary punishments ami transportations / that-Norfolk Island was to be abandoned as a penal settlement . He wished to leant-what it avas intended , in that ease , to do with Norfolk-Island !
Mr _llAWess-iid avhen tho prosent . _Meiiteiinnt-Govcrnoi * of Yun _Dieiien ' s Land left this country , b 8 took avith him a discretionary power to brsalt up the _oatiiblishmt-nt at Norf ilk Isb . nd . No tidings of avhat hail been done had yet been _reccia-ed _, su that it avas out of his ( Mr _( fawes ' s ) power to say more -than that the mutter was left to the discretion of tho lieutenant-governor . In case-Norfolk Island were abandoned as a penal settlement , proper precautions would bo taken that the public buildings , such as they were ; did hot fall into ruin . Portugal , —Lord G . _Bentiscr _rcqucsti-il ' Mr Hume to ' postpone his motion on the affairs ' of P . _* _i'iu »« l from Thursday until Monday _,. supposin , !!* ministers were willing to give up that day instead of _Thui-a ' dny , The correspondence avas expected to be voluminous , and _ilsit would not ba in tho h _.-intls of _. membrrs until _Weiin-. _' sdny , which lyanailnyofmi _- irninpr sittin _* . ' , it eeemhA _Imi-dlr possible that time would Me afforded I ' or studying the do ' eunWtus , that members _niijihtbecomft masters of tlie _casi _* ' .
Mi * Hums eould not consent . Hi * motion bad _bi'en _flted by general agrcemeut for Thursday , and no man bad av one tima ' _oecn more anxious f » r the disviission oai an early day than the noble lord and his fri < -ml .- * . ' ( Hear , hear . ) If the correspondence avere ready or . Wednesday morning , members avould have 21 hours toconiiHr it before the motion was brought on . on . _Tliurs'tay evening , avhich . under the circumstances , seemed sufuVi _.-iit . Secondabt Po . _nhhme . nts . —Sir Fitkiwy Kelly said that iie ' under . atood it to be the intention ofthe
_t-overnroeut fo substitute for _tiMnaportatioti soma s « te _* n of imprisonment and compulsory labour either here or abroad , and exile . Now , 'g . » iit'ances of _transportation _illicit be passed upon offenders for seven , ten , fourteen , fi teen , ttventy , or twenty-one vears , or for life ; and he avich ' ed to know if the _-roveromentinteiitl-. d lb substitute some fixed _aaad sp ' ecifio period of imprisonment , compulsory labour , and ' cxile _, having roferenee to the graduated scale of sentences of transportation , or whether ihe period of puniitraent' was to have _reference to the _cii-cumstances of each cast !
Sir G . Gkey said it avas the intention of the _government that the minimum aiid '' maximum of the team should have _lVspvcl t _ . the _tc-risi of transportation , hut that it should b" in the pr . ver of the convict , by his own good conduct , to shorten tha term of his punishment _. Elections i : i Ireland —Mr Yobno asked a question _relating o tlio rumoured _postponement of the nssazi'S in Iivluni ] , and , _aliipJins to the 'inconvenience arising out of thu _pi-i-sf-nt mode of holding elections in Ii-lanii , and particularly the duration of the polling , inquired if tbe government avere inclined to take the subject into consider . ) tion . ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦¦¦
ill * _Lakoi-ciiebe , in answer to the first part ofthe question , _stated ' thnt ths _subject had _rceeivi-n . the considera . 'itin of thu _judges ' in Ireland , im * . lis found that tliey hud not come to >» decision on the question of postponing the assizes , ' With refpict ' to shortening th-duration of el ' _-ctioiis iu Ireland , in the event of a dissolu _. tion , the subject hud _bsen deliberated upon by the government , and he ' confessed thst as regarded counties there would be _' centlderntde difficulty in shovteniiif * the duration to one day by the appointment of u greater number of polling places , without at the samo lime making important aiter . ntiohs in the whole of the election
system of Ireland . He regretted it bad not been in the power uf the _government , owing to the pressure of Irish business this _ses . vion _, to introduce any measure to the house'invoivin-r the avhole of tlie electoral system of Ireland . With respect to the boroughs of Ireland , _howea-er , the case ayii 3 different , ' and he entertained hopes that it mi lit _^ possible to introduce a bill for shortening the duration of elections to one day . In the present state of Ireland , with respect to the public health , ii was undoubtedly desirable to dons much a ) possible to shorten tho duration of elections , . aaad lie hoped to introduce a measure which _siiould _teceive tbo assent of both sides of the house .
The Late Sir Eardley "Wilmot . —On tho motion that the orders of the day be now read , _MrSpooNfit culled the attention of the house to the correspondence which had passed between Mr Gladstone and the _Coliiiiial-onice , und , between the present Sir Eardley Wilmot nnd the Colo _liaUiluoo , relative to tbo recall of the late Sir J , Eardley Wilmot from the government of Van Diemeu's Land . His object in so doing was to rescue the character of the Into Sir E . Wilmot from a ch : » r , ' 6 _Httic ' i that _lanniited gentleman never knew to tlio hour ofliis death , but which hnd boan made to the _Coiomalofiiee by three indiyidu _ils _, of whom only two had given their . names , nnd avhieli had induced Mr Gladstone to recall him from bis _goi-ertiraent , and to inform bim that , on account of
'' certain rumours which bad reached bis ears relative to his private life , " he could not bu " recommended for the resumption of active duties in any other colon ; in the service of tha Crown . " Those rumours had since beon strictly examined Into mid proved to be , in every particular , entirely avithout foundation , lie made no _charges against the official personages connected avith the Colonial _Department , as his only object was to rescue the character of ihe late Sir 13 . Wilmot from the malicious aud groundless slanders directed against it . He deeply lamented that Sir E . Wilmot avas deprived of the gratification avhieli he would have derived from his avquittal from the f ' oui calumny east upon the purity and integrity of his private life ; ond he made this statement to the house fur the _s < ik » of Sir Eardley ' s
family , who were _,-iiuioiis to linv * his memory rescued from the atrocious slander , that tie hai boon habitually _Kiiittv ot ' riulntiaf ; tlio moral _ilcc-e ' _ncica of social life . _Hi-i acquittal from all and any _irreirularify , impropriety , or immorality in his private life , had been crriim-d by tho late and present Protestant Bishop of Tasmania—by its Roman Catholic Bishop—by l bo clergy nf every denomination—by all the highest military , legal , ondcivil authorities—and by every person of station and _education in _Viaaa _Uicmeai's Wad . Lastly , it had been c . vtatiedby Mr Gladstone himself- and all that he ' ( Mi * Spooner ) noav expected was , Hint somo of Mr Gladstone ' s colleagues in the late administration would expreis _tln-ir _eoucarreiic-e in the view which Unit right Imii . gentleman bad taken at
last of the scandalous manner in avliich the name of the late Sir E . Wilmot had _bei'ii introduced . He lamented excessively that thu present Secretary of the Colonies , Earl Grey , in his _correspondence with the present Sir E . Wilmot , had declined stating that he had received from Van _B-iemen _' _s _L'ind documents containing n full vindication of bis father ' s character , and that he had gono out of bis way to declare that _hofnl _' y approved of * he public reasons avhieli had induced Mr Gladstone to veeallhim _ffomtlu-j . _oYtrnincaatof V . an _IMsataen ' s . Lraiad , anal that lie eould not advise Her Majesty to _eonler upon his father any other government or -any civil decoration , as a _comjjensatioii for the cruel calumnies to avhieli he had been _exposed .
Lord Brooks -md MrRcaDALE , * _vs members for the county of Warwick , spoko in the highest terNis of eulogy of the public and privu t * character- ot their lata cullesgue _. Sir E . Wi _' . mot . Sir R . P .. UL . expressed , both _oa behalf of Mr _Gladstone aud himself , a sincere conviction that the Information furnished to the Colonial-oflicn _respiting the notoriety of the immoralities of Sir E . Wilraot _' s private life , by three persons of _uiiexceptionablecliaracter coniiccteduith tbe colony nf Yaaa Diemen's kind , and acting independently of eath other , ami entirely erroneous , and tbat Sir E . Wilmot avas therefor * entitled at their hands to an explicit deciavaaion that the cbhrges made against him avere , In every respect , false and slanderous _.
Lord John Russell _i-ivneurrt-il in tbe _convieiion that the charges against S ' m _E-ardle _/ s privnto character avere utterly unrounded . Earl Grey ' s refusal to appoint him loauother colony bad no reference to these , _rtungen , but solely rested upon the noble lord ' i estimate of ! -,: s fitness I ' or the administration of a oolonial government . Ur V . Smith , Mi * Xeavdegate , Sir J . Graham , Mr Hawes , Sir C . Douglas , Mr CurLds , Mr Borihwick and Mr Horsman , after expressing their conviction that Sir E . _Wilmo' . ' s character was completely cleared , criticised the conduct of Mr Gladstone and Earl Grey with reference ! tobi 9 case .
Captain Gladstone defended tho conduct of his brother , aTho deeply regretted tbat these charges had ever been made , but who was compelled to make them on ac . _uount of tho high authority of the patties who gave bim information ,
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Mr _lloEBijog _fN n t 0 wl 1 - ' , ne nMna > o { tJleM i _^ ee _' _caiumiiia _^ F _^^ withheld , _fromthe _li . _use , and insisted ttanen was' notu _? betolerated that the governor _, of our colonies should b _<» _^»*' , t 0 _*« e seeret malice of persons " high i „ _atChoriif _, - _* _" » cno >« _"" isper their characters away . ¦ . ¦ ., The conversation , was _continued by iff Hop . * . _j __ , _Eseott _. anflMr M . _Mllnes _. _acd took ft * nearly the _arlmls o / the ev « nin ? to tht exclusion of almost fllJ > pu . Mic _bnsinesU , and ultimately / terminated in * _declaration bj Sir Robert Inglii that _everybody was ri ght in tbe matter ..
RjLOiBTEiiuiQ . _BiHTns , _<_ _-. _ . ( Sc . tiasd _) Brii . Mas " buob _( _Scotxahd ) Bn , L . _ The T _ ord Advocate then _roao to move that tho house should resolve _itgnlf into committee upon these bills that day threo months . No doubt the measures were of the greatest _importance to Scotlaud , and as ho had not yet had an . opportunity of explaining the ( . 'rounds . on avhieli he had wished to introduce them to the house , and on which , lie n . ov wished to withdraw thera _. lie would proceed briefly to explain _avhaft those reasons were . Tbe first bill related to tbe esta _. blisliment of a registration system for births , _deaths _. _und marriage's , and the _impoitmice of such an establishment ns furnishing statistical information could not be doubted . _Inintrodueiniisuch a _mcasuro _. it was
impossible for him to overlook the circumstance that for ten years a system of registration had prevailed ia England , and of course ' it was his wish t » see how it bad operated in England , and to assimilate the measures as much as possible . On referring to his right honourable friend , the Chancellor of the _Exchequer , ho told-him that he would consentto do for Scotland what he did for England — that that part of the expenses of tho system wbich in England was borne by tbe Treasury , lie avas _willing tho Treasury should , bear for Scotland ; but beyond that ho could not go , and he could not in Scotland pro vide out of the Treasury for that avhich was paid in _England by local taxntiou . In England the items paid out of the Treasury were the expanses of th « central department in Loudon ( avhich , of course , would correspond , avith some central
department in _Scotland ) , and the whole expense of stationery , Whilst the expenses consequent upon the registering were borne by the parish . The cheapest and most _convenient mode would be the adoption of a parochial assessment instead of a neav valuation . ¦ He would npw allcde to a subject of grent importance , namely , the law' of Scotland as regarded marriage . Tbe laav of Scotland required only tbat the parties should ngree'to become husband nnd wife , and required , no civil or religious interference in addition . In some respects the _principle ofthe law of _Seotiund might be _rhtht enough , but in others it has produced great evils and _inconvenl . _cnceB , for the marriage might be proved by . acts showing nn intention of marring" between the parties . One case of great importance would be remembered : by the house
—it was a ease avhich had given rise t _« one of tlie ablest judgments that had ever been delircrcd on thai subject , A . gentleman , who was afterwards of high title and pTOperty '' and- princely _estute , contracted ' matriage , by writing , with a lady in Scotland , in 1802 or 1 S 03—the only contract avas an interchange of _arritings . The gentleman subsequently came to Emr ' and , and in 1808 f being a man in that respect of no _honour , and thinking , perhaps , that the evidence of l . is marriage had been lost , _avhereas it bad been carefully preserved—paid lii » _addr'isses to a lady _belonging to one ot the first _familict Iri _England , and was accepted ; but tbe lady was not married a year when tbe marriage was annulled at the suit of the lady who _wsr the consenting party to the lir . _at marriage . _Fortunately tJiere avas no issue to tho second marriage . The nex _>; case to which be referred avas that of a g * ntleman who lived avith his servant" for many years . He finally resolved to marry her , and' tke ceremony took plaee in this form : — " I acknowledge this
aaoman to ba my avife . " It was not proved that the woman made any similar declaration . She did not deny the marriage , and the gentleman left the room . He went out about bis farm for a few hours , returned to his room and shot himself dead . Various questions _atoie on this marriage . First , as to his insanity ; _butitwaf prov d that he was perfectl y sane . Next , as to alio validity of the marriage j whether it was his intention to marry tbe _womaaa , toleavc her bis widow , and thus disinherit the children of bis former marriage ! It was decided by tbe judges tbatthe marriage was _gotdV _/ and the children now inherit tbe estate of more than £ 20 , 009 a year . He did not believe there was a country in the world wherein the lnav on this subject stood on so narrow and unjustifiable a _bi . 5 is . He did not propose to interfere with _satay marriage faoie _ecaUsice , but -wonld _reduco mni _* riages to two classes—by register and "by tho church . He moved that tho bill be committed that day three months , in order to avail himself of another session for its consideration .
Mr Pobbes was glad to see the govern : ent had not endeavoured to thrust this bill down the throats of tho people of Scotland . The people of Scotland objected to the bill , because it contained many harsh and oppressive provisions , and presented an almost insuperable bar to any poor man being married according to the rites of tbb Church . He hoped that they would cintinue to _petition acainst it until Farliament consented to give off ? ct to their wisheB . The motion was then agreed to . A _nutnber of bills avero then forwarded a Btnge ,
Accidents on Railways , —CoJ . _SiBTnuRPB gave notice that on the first day of supply he would cull the atten . tion of Her Majesty ' s Government to the increased number of accidents which had recently occurred , on _EaagHfch railways . Within a period hardly _exceeding three weeks seventeen human lives had been lost in this manner , and in the greater number of instances from negligence , or from causes which might without difficulty have been olivinted . It was tbe duty of tbe government to inquire actively into this subject , and to take immediate _ste . m to ensure better regulations on railways for the future .
Mr Hudson was exceedingly glad tbat the acute mind of the gallant colonel was about to be directed to this subject but ho hoped that if be was disposed te make the government responsible for the unfortunate acol . dents occurring on _railavays , he would also suggest soma of those precautions which hitherto the _dinetoi-s of railavay companies had been unable to discover _. The house then , at _half-pnst 12 o'elock , adjourned . TUESDAY June 8 , HOUSE OF LORDS . — Elections ( Tbbland ) . —Tho Earl of St Gebhans said that , ns a dissolution of par . liament was nigh at hand , he should be glad to know avhether government contemplated any measuro for abridging the duration of e ' ections in Ireland , nnd that limiting the scenes of confusion usual in average limes , but which avero likely to be infinitely nor * confounded under present circumstances .
The Marquis of _Lansdows'E replied that the _sunjijet was under the serious consideration of the _gDvemment _, hut at had been _deemtd _desirable to connect it with a genera measure bavin *; rt ference to tho franchise . The Royal Assent was given , by commi-sion , to tho Factories Bill , tho Naval Service o- Boj s Bill , the County Buildings Bill , the Poor Relief ( Ireland ) Bill , the L-uided Property ( Ireland ) Bill , and a number of priva'e bills . The bills on the table avere advanced a stage . Tho house _adjourned at six o ' clock HOUSE OF COMMONS Lord J . Russell , in ansaverto Mr Bankcs , replied that it was bis _intention to move the further suspension of the corn and _navigation laws until tlie 1 st of March , but Hint be did not contemplate tbe adoption of an assize of bread .
Amias of Poktcoal . —Lord J . Russell asked Mr Hume to postpone for one day his notice of motion with regard to the affairs of Portugal . He agreed to give Thursday for that purpose , but , at the same time , he thought it more desirable that the question should be brought on on Friday , fur though erery possible expedition had been used , the papers relating to the subject avould not bo ready for the use of members till W « dnesday . Under these circumstances , be would ask bis hon . friend to bring on bis . motion on Friday instead of Thursday . Mr Hume said when the noble lord _ntkid him on Monday to postpone his motion , ho thought that forty _, eight hours wag timo enough for members to go through the papers , and he consented ; but noav _thiat he found they required three aveeks lo prepare , he thouvht that was not time enough . He avould not , therefore , hesitate to agree to bring on his motion on Friday .
Lord John Russell — In that case ihe adjourned debate on tbe Prisons Bill will be taken on Thursday . Lord Q , Bentince said as there avas no probability that the debate would be oa _*« r in one night—if tbo papers took three weeks to prepare—Lord John Udssell—Three days . Lord G . Bentince—It would be betti r to postpone tbe motion till Monday ; Friday avould be an inconvenient day , for it was on that day that her Majesty ' s ball took place . ( Laughter . ) Mr Hume would keep Friday for his motion .
Case of Mb Dsew . —SirF . _Thesiof . b called atten- tion to the petition of Mr G . Droav , who , _hrviaag filled I the office of clerk to tbe _Southaaark and Brixton Court i of _Rtquests , and having exchangeH it _oaa the application i of the commissioners of that court for the ollec of their r assessor , bad not been appointed to the situation of f judge in the New County Court for that district , and bad I not received any compensation for the loss ofthe office e avhich he had abandoned and which he was entitled to o bold for life . IU ref . rred to the declarations of tho o Atterney-Gencral and other official _personaees iu Par- . _* - linmcnt , for the purpose of showing that there had been n
a _grosB breach of the good faith of that house , in not ap- jpointing Mr Drew to the oilioo of Judge of tbe Southwark k and Brixton Cour . ty C <» _urt , aud contended that the Lord 'd Chancellor had no co . uttable right to appoint Mr Clivo to to that office , with the duties of which be was totally un- aaci __\ _saana . ed , when another gentUman _, wbo bad executed sd tbem for more than twenty years , was well _qualified to to perform them . He concluded by moving that n eopy of of a letter from tbe Secretary ef State for Ihe Home De- ) epartment , approving of tbe appointment of Mr Drew to to be the assessor of tbe Soubwork nnd Brixtwi Court of of Requests , undor the net 8 and !) _Victoria , chap . 127 , be be ! laid upou the table of the bouse .
Sir G . Gbev had no ot _> _j _** cuon to grant ihe paper , _rer ,, wbich SirF . Tbesiger bud moved for . He denied thathat : any injustice had been dono to Mr Drew , or that any any ' Vavliamentary ufedges bad leen violated au his _caserne ,, and fnid that Mr Drew , so fur from having a shadow o £ w off right to tho appointment lit question , _aaas _absolutelaatelyj excluded from filling it by the bill for the _m-overjverjj ot small debts _originalij brought in by ihe kte _governremi ment . A pnsBage ot arms then took place betavcen tb » pre pree sent and _er-Attorney-GeneraU , and at half-past _ciBkcigbJi o ' clock , after a few words from Mr _Newdso ate , The motion waa agreed to , Mr Mow att was in the act of moving for the appoinboinl ! ment of a BJlget _comnltUe to inquire into tbe _OPevattoatta
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_12061847/page/7/
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