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Jgtf 17, 1847 ^ THE NORTHERN STAR. 7
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Jgtf 17, 1847 ^ The Northern Star. 7
Jgtf 17 , 1847 _^ THE NORTHERN STAR . 7
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- _^ FRANCE . The Re * " * * " * * 01 _Bas < . _-jbt —The National of _Satnr-Av _sivs . — " 1 . 200 electors of Paris assembled yes-{_* , _lay ( Friday ) afternoon at tbe Chateau Rogue to *~ l j . remarkable demainstration in favour ot _elec-?^ reform . Tho si _*«* ta _* jle w ?* . ' im _* gnificent . The ifiost perfect order did not prevent the expression of _^ _p trarmest sentiments . We confine ourselves at r _^ ent to a description of the general impression . It was most excellent . The assembly was constituted after tbe model of the central committee of electors , which organised > n directed it with as much real as intellteenee . The great majority c { the Opposition deputies figured _jjjjre beside thc representatives of the Paris * ore _« _ _a . d of that of the departments . Tbe _MarteUiaiu _jvran was executed by a full band , and was _l _** _ailiy _jipp lauded . We shall after to-morrow give a detailed account of thc orators and their speeches . Thev
were ail applauded by an assembly animated by a patriotic fire such as will ever animate any meetie < _* Invoked in recollection of tbo principles * f tbe French revolution . M „ Lasteyrie , the _eld-r . a TCteraa of 'B 9 . and ever _acansrsient in his tirinctpfes , _nreiidei . The Vice-Presidents were MM- Recm-t and Pagoerre . The assembly separated towards eleven o _ch-ck , after a manifestation which mtt » t © reduce a profound sensation _tbrouuhont France . " The tickets were strictly _perssnnl ; no transfer was allowed . Tbe most -rigid scrutiny was exercised to irevent tbe intrusion of any but tbc person named on each ticket * Tire police were « _Kisi- *» _uently unrepresented at the banquet . The doers ware opened at tire , but __ dinner was not served nil eight o ' clock . A band of _sixty-mrssicians were in attendance , wbicb when the company sat down to _taVie struck np to * _ihrtiSldise .
Out of doors tbe first notes eftbe bvran put ar . end to the _decorous silence _offee 3 . 000 men who sarronnded fte chateau . 1 say with _s-. _» rpri-e thi'br silence , for skhough tbey amocated to that _nuraferr , and althon _»* k the request cf tke stewards to have , ausual at ptb'ic _entertainmcnl-s . a few "Mnniiipal Guards present to preserve o _* _tier was not _cotajSied with , tke'atmost decorum was _observed by _thtt immense _crawd . * ' La Maer & _SSm & i _^ was , _however , irresistible . Tbe _thousand men within and tbc three thousand without toek op " Sis strain , and _cif _tnted it with all their force .
The 'Commerce states that tbe following toasts _were- ** ivenat tbe banquet : — "The national Sovereignty , " by M . de _LaStevrie ; «* The Revolution of _iaJaj _. _' -bj MM . _Report _ST . _' _dOdaion BarroV , - "Electoral and Parlia _** _Ms * tary _Rsform . ' " by MM . PasuerM andDaveiier de _nauranne ; "Thecity of Paris . " by MM . Serrard and _Mrtrie ; " The _imiiravemeut of the condition of thc labouring classes '" " by MM . Grisier and Gustave de Beaumont- ; "The Press , " ty MM Rigfet Chambolleaud F . _Be-gearge ; '' The "Deputies of the Opposition . " by MM . llaraelin and Leon de Malleville . M . Armand Marrast , the edi"tor of the _Saitencff , was likewise to hare spoken , hut-4 le was < -onapelle < l by sadden indisposition 10 withdraw 'before the conclusion of the _bai .-quet . The whole affair terminated at _= s q-iarter past ' eleven o ' clock _without the _occurreaceiif the slightest _olsorder .
The Covrrier Francois publisaes the following statement of tbe financial position of the government : — "The budget bas this year reached the _almost'hi credible amount of l _. _GOO _. _OfHKCWrt & _xeB have wrtmc from France , mined bv tnundatrona _andnrotective duties , l . _«^^» 0 , 000- _^ frcm France , forced by-fee want of _fore-4-ht "fits covermaent , to pay a premium of 1 _. _-260 . 000 . 000 -So haveteeadI Bat tlKse l . COO OOO . C'OO have not been sufficient to pay _aUth ** expenses , to make up all the-void ** left by waste ami peculation . There is an « nermous deficit of 750 , 0 a 0 , « _90 ! 750 , 000 , * 3001 « a ** b >_ such used * at < i bthe whole budget o * the empire , sufficient for the glory of _Austerlia . Jcs 3 , * Friedland _, and _Wagram !
Our cheap government , wuh-its modest policy , had well acncsfmied ns to deficits ; for the last "tG :- _; ears vre have * tad one regclariy , bit what no one ever witnessed was a deficit of _*^) . * 0 _€ * 3 . -000 . The government itself appeals 'moved atthe _frightful-consequencescf such a disorder Meanwhile all theecurces ofthe peblic wealth are dried up , and labour if . pen - rally _Expended throughout tlie _country ; yet " - the _neecissitia-s of the raonwat must be pa-ovided for , this deficit of-750 , 000 , _000-aiust-b _^ icade up , not reckonins _tbexfefiv-it ofthe next year . The new ' _-Minister of Finance has for tnat purpose _presented-a bill for a first _l-. _-an of 359 . 0 fl 0 _* _" ) 00 ; and as on the other hand the Chamber has lately au : * TC' _* nti _* d tbe amount of tbe _Tressurv Bond _< bT 20 a , < Xj 8 , _* MOO . _there-Temains only $$ 8 , 000 , 600 to be made up . The- * o-niuck
_boasted-of cleverness consisting only in living by expedients , it is -exceedingly probable . that tin * 200 _. 00 O . _600 in _. _a-iesrion will * _* fce obtained * -- a new ; _emtewnofTrcasurj-i-oods . "It is «> easy- _»* aode or ' obtaiatcg money ! It is . true that it is tlie most < jertai _* siaeans of raining oneself ; ita tbe great resource of spendthrifts , who beforehand pledge their revenues , and—as the phrase c *« _s—eat the -hcrse ic the _stable . Why _sJiKuid it not fee the resource ofour great _fifeitesmen ? The amount of Treasury bonds will be augmented , or , in other words , tbe budget will be devonred _beforehand ! Soch was the custom of the old regime , tbtl _. governffent of great nobles , imitated by our _upstart gentlemen- Tbc former Eeristics in " tbe most frightful political _teffifest that _istory-speaks of . Will tbeir imitators be miss clearsighted and more fortunate ?"
" On Thursday tlie trial r . f _Oenpral Gnbkres . M . Teste , M . _Pellaprat , and M . Pa _* sa « tt _* . ier , took place before the Court of Peers . _Wenavenotieedtiiistrial in another column . _Theprmdpaljouradsof Pariswere-occspied on Monday _bydetailed regnrts of the speeches « fe ! ivered * t the above festival . . , „ . The _French _Goveraaieiit has _autfconsed Prince Jerome _Eosaparteto return to _France _/ _^ _md-sentbim bis _paisp-jrts .
_SWITZERLAND . The Asd . de la Constitution of Berne , of-ihe Sth inst ., _publkfces the _speech ot Colonel Olriob : Gcbenbein . President of the Federal Diet , on the-opening of that assembly at . Berne oa the " . 5 th inst . The _Presideat-e » _s « me * j < 5 ed _Ilis speech hy < -oiigratalatia < . tbe members of the Diet on their _ficteumalaneeting . and told tbem tbat never was a meeting held wbich commanded-such general attention . " -Confederates . " added the Pret-idect , " We wish-to regard the present _situation _ofiffairs with firmness-sad without alarm . The _questions we have to . cecsider _regarc the most inEportiint-riphts of humanity S £ . d the coaditions _iudtasponsablc to a free , moral , and intellectual existence—a . choice
between pre . gress . aBd the _^ italus < p _: o— £ _od , _ctnseaquently , the _icsseof a coni & A _witic-n _is-ss _^ _scicst as thebistorvefinan—wiiieh bas sometimfH appeared under one _faieai _^ _nd sometimes under another , -but Jias never stake * . : the _fpu & dation of intellectual Europe so _mcch as _^ t present . It is trse that -the _^ mone tary _reinatsasd the course of tbat painful . con - test are most _rsriniia . Nevertheless , we _cisnot doubt rihat the tendency : to progress is _generaL "WhOst ¦ Poland still _bl & sds , -wmlst recently the elsnificant destruction of the independence of a sister of Helvetia - —of the republic of _Craeaw—haAtaken place , against the law of nation * and ia _conteszpt of the _civilised scrld , and whilst nn the banks of-the Tagus tbe U--. _^ _ependajnee of a nation Jias been trampled under
fooi _—we see on t ! _-e-Scheldt and en the Isar facts which hitherto wets considered ** £ impossibilities . In this category we-sust . _place the _. _aasential _coneolidat _iQtof _consututiocal principles . ki tbe north of _Germasy—a star _aloc _* j _tina since _announced and . promised , but which h _; is disappeared . " The _Presi--dentness alluded to the poliiieal _constitution of thecantons , which , foundeei on tbe principle of tbc _^ everei gnty of the _people , bas s _&^ ured -the _happiness -AfeH 32 p _> utel 5 ; but he « bsersed tlatthe cantons iV _$ uired . to be united by a _uew past , whiob _, by _mainteaniiigas machas _possibletiieindependeii-jc of each , gboald create a general _confederation , aifotding the b . _** s £ _ssarantee for their national _independoEie . Ihe
Pr _-eauJeEt _xoaeludes by obse * _ving tiia _^ "jk—what app eare to be . _probable—^ a forei gn interrentionshould Ukep li _^ sin Cfcs internal affairs of the confedera tion , the world-fliall know that Switzerland—strong in her Tig & t , _greta by the sympathy _enfertaineti for her by aU free nations , and by ail which exoeei to . become free—will sacrifice tbe last drop of her Mesd to _maintain _{ _Jjcindependence achieved by berfathers ia & c maxil staguiiisry batties , and to transmit tbat _mostpreci _ouaof all blca ; in _** s intact , as she received it , and in a its integrity , as a sacred legacy to her children , iu _' ay God preserve the mother country ! I declare the / _- _"i _* _" * f ° * " the year _ISiJ to be _opened , and 1 isnte jo ** . _^** _v _eontederates , to renew the federal oath after the custom of our fathers . "
PORTUGAL . Tbe Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s sbip Madrid arrived at So . _Hampton oa Wednesday _evening , brin _* . in _ . _intelligei . " _« from Lisbon to the 9 tb . and Oporto to the lOtb . . Lisbon was quiet , all _j _^ tieal . prisoners given up from St Julian ' s , and the t _«* _bsa snips _al-ont to retnm to the anchorage in the' _**&* . _Ilw JunU had dissolved it < eli alter issuing a . _^ _"dresB to tbe people & c _C-ncha witb tbiiteen th * iesa * id men , and Saldanbawitb about eight tho » _^ .. _5 _S Si " Oporto . _TheJunfci _' _stror . psbad _^ _fdwit _interior , and had formed guerilla b _^ f _^ f _™^ b mrhood . The British _wtw unpopu ** _" "' _* J * _^ f rages of any kind bad occurre f agan . ~* . _^ an ( J next civil uiitbreak will be one of it _»/ t n _^ stiletto . A solemn Te _Dettm had come ol . ' for a hat the fires efcifil waraie hut eov «? rcd « . _™" time .
GERMANY . _^ _j _ Fhaxkfobt . July S —A protocol bas bern issu = \; - the Germanic Diet , on the subject of Cracow . ' i ' protocol states the reasons for the steps whic « _" i wi taken by the courts of Austria , Prussia , and ltussia . with regard to Cracow . It is their opinion that that republic was created under conditions calculated to _uisure its prcsperiiy , as well as the tranquillity of th * _threepan-eis _, and that it , not having fulSiled those conditions , fell into complete anaicby , and placed Itself ia such a _toatioa sa to preclude the power * : ,
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from prolonging or taking again into consideration without detriment to tbeir subjects , the right which had been granted toit , anttnooudi . ional independence . It was therefore resolved that this republic shonld not be re eatablisbed , but that tbe town and territory of Cracow should be replaced in the position wbich it held previous to the year 1809 . The votes of all the powers formmg the Germanic _COttfederatiOtt follow thu _declawUon , all agreeing in tbe sentiment set _SSni ? ? i ! f i ? owen ! _-. ll i 8 , * therefo « _- ' ***** _S . h _JIf-S _* Germ ?? i 0 co _^ eration has heard with gratitude tbe manifestation made by the courts _iiS _^ f' _" « a . and Russia , of principles of invio , able _resect for treaties , principles which it considers to have regelated tbeir conduct ; and tbe confederation adheres to them witb _mgre satisfaction , as they agree must completely wiih those upon which reposes the fundamental taw of tbe confederation .
„ . T POLASD . _Posex , June 28 . —Private letters of this day inlorm us tnat the grand _Po'ish process is postponed on account nf preliminary preparations , from the 1 st of Ju'v to the 1 st of August . Added to the yet high price of corn , we have received tbe most distressing accounts from Silesia and Poland of tbe devastating inundations of the Oder and the Weichsel , " which are said to bave caused irreparable damapc in the neighboui-hood cf the Galician frontiers . The prospect of affairs in Poland is in every respect , moral as well as material , melancholy beyond conception . May all Germans be deterred from emigrating to this c unt" * 51 Bf- _* -Lt . v , June 29 . —Tbe act of accusation against tbc Pules accused of high treason has just appeared 'f ' eo accused arc- 351 in number ; 9 S noblemen , inclcd'ni ! the Counts Constantin aud Signor _Brinski , E . Grabunski and Severin Mielzinski . This
document is given in two parts : tne first contains an historical account-of tbe formation of the democratic association , of it- * acts , and the result of them . The second part indicates the participations ef the accused tn the _ul-it . A _^ early as 1-332 the association was founded at Pari ** : 3 , 000 persons _joined it immediately ; ic had for its aim to dispose the Polish'people to a revoluticn in the name of liberty , fraternity and _equality * : and to restore to " Poknd the limits it had befon- _?}| 2 . Emissaries were sent to Poland , to _distribute reyolutionarv writings and form relation * , on ail sides . Victor _Ikltraann was tbe head etaissar _. _* _- _; he siiccecd < - < i in formiag correspondibg ass _;« cia . tiims un ail --ides , "bn t these associations rtcte so _dividsai in opinion , xs to -the execution of "tbe
pmj' _*<' . t tbat on tbe demand of Ueltmann , the _coMK- 'contrAl of _Paris-serit * to Posen Louis _^ e Mier . aslaw _^ lki . an _tifficerveir-veFsed ia military science . _Miejxslawski found that _beth the preparations and montH * were _wanttag , _anS _consequents , it was impossible to think of a rewlntion for 1839 . lie returned to _y- _** -s * * _-tles , -and was replaced % Jean AHynfo . who ' . _ndcivoured to procure money to buy fire-arm- * in Franre _and'England . The Poles expectc'd-lo 000 guns . It was _^ _neoessary to procure 15 . 000 _* _r * _i-o i . _prvte thenumber . In the meantime , two parties were formed at : Pa « _en . Stefanski , a bookseller , placed _liiniseli _^ t the _tead ol a _commercisl afsocia .
tloni entirely independent ofthe dcmocteXic association . _Sfcfanski , having been arrested , was replaced iiy the _millt-r _.-Emmacn . and the master locksmith , _Lqmiski . This association was principally composed of workmeB . stndents . and excited peasants . They _thoai-ht if "they could once set 'Cntcow , Gallicia , Lithuania , ihe krcediini of _Poksd _, tfce _^ rand duchy of Posen , and _We- * tF ? russia , into a state of insurrection ; if thej cock ? also suacee _^ i in _tifcing possession ofthe _fottTesgfg . at d _brinj- to their-aide a part of tbe Polish soldiers ; ithay would _fi-adftmrnunition-cbiefe —and tiiaf the * Polish _peopleiiigeseral would _jem witb tbem .
ITALY . TheJktg _' _sbtiggf _^ _iazette ot tiie'T th -inst . publisbes-a letter trom R / ime of the 29 th-nit , containing a variety of _stranse reports , li was-said tbat the Pope intended to abJIcato . and _tbat'te'had sent for itis brothrrOount _^ _lasfai _, of _Smigagih , to _consu'fciJEi < m _tatcsubject . The sentiments of the public weie _manifested in a very _signifaeant-manner _ontbesubjeca oTthe _Jesaits , and otlrerretro active inftuences , on _a-vei-a ! recetit occasions . 'On the festival-cf St Louis de & 'Ma ; ne , his _belinesfrwas received vritb th « - ntmosTy pomp bv tiie reverend lathers . Vis he
_posted to _antt-from the church , the holy father was _grei'te * witlr : tbe cries of _"sViv-v'Pio , nono _solol _" iand _oilleis _tif paper were _fluag into bis carriage , bearing the « Es < -ription : " Holy fatheir ; haTe confid «? Bce in year ; people . who love you sincerely , and distrust those _by-wbom you are _surroHsdod . " It will be renM-Hibereil that _ClementSIV .. according to common TejMite , 'was _poisoned by the 'Jesuits . Tbe portrait of this pontiff was distributed gratis among the _ueiple , on tiie steps of the church of the Jesuits , on tbe occasiOiijust adverted-to . This _portraifcis now in the bands of every one _afr-Rome . The insinuation ofthe public is not to be misunderstood .
On the " cay of the festival of Peter and' -Paul a gram * dinner was g _iven to the members ofthe sacred e « _ltet ; e-a . t the Austrian embassy . The populace , iudging that this _wasanseetbg convened'for _purposes hosti'e to reform , and tc intimidate the pontiff , assembled in Jar _^ e narahers , iu front of the hote l , and made a register of the names of the guests wbo w _«* re present on the occasion . It seemed-certain that some violence _wouldensue , and tbat _theparsons thi-. s _> _c-pe-ted were noc safe , when a man of the peaple : Cieeronacbia _, by great courage and -presence of mind interfered , and turned the people from their _intended-ettaekupon the _** _* . bo ! y" conspirators . Letters from Cosenza , in "Calabria , of the 23 rd nit ., state that _seria-us -disturbances bad occurred in that province . Armed-bands were in considerable _forceihrouj-liiint _thococotry , and great _appreliengiott <* ffas entertained _ofa general rising o _* _? the inh-ibitaBt _^ .
_GRBEGE . The-Athens papers state- that the elections bave terminated , and that M .-. Wietti , by the _intimidation _,-fcrifcery , and violence to _^ which he gave eech free scope , _has-twntrircd to get -a large majority in the Chamber . As an example-ofthe means adopted by M . _Colettz to insure his triumph , the Athens & _Sourier states , thst General _Griziotti . -who was a candidate , haviqg come to Athens _to-complain of the conduct of the authorities to him , soUcitsdan audience of the King , inerder that tie might Jay his complaint
before his _Jjajasstj-. The audience was granted , 'int on the mornin ** ofthe day upon 'wbicb it was to take place ( _the-Slst ult- ) Gri _** iclti wat arrested and carried , under an escort of troops , to _Chalcis . -where he was cast into prison . Several instances are-given by the _£ iksms Courier of similar treatment to candidates . : Letters ol cachet were iseuid by M . _Celstti , which were .-placed in tbe bands of the authorities , and whenever an opposition candidate appeared to have a prospect of _success , he was at once seized upon and thrownicto prison .
_ALGEBIA . Letters from Algiers of _the-Snd inst . state tbat _Ahd-el-Sader . after his _suetew-over the troope-of Abderrahman , bad occupied various points on the Riff , in order to seenre his communications by land with the anterior of Morocco and by sea with tbe exterior . _Theaeitatii . _j _. in the . coantry was vet * . * great . Ahd- « i-Kader bad received considerable reinforcements , aud neither wasted urns nor ammunition .
UNITED STATES AH © MEXICO . There have -. been two arrivals from the United States . Tbe news is not important . An action bad taken place near the Nationa ! -bridge . ef Mexico , on the route from-Vera Cruz to the capital , in which , with a loss of fifty men , the American troops defeated those of _Mesico , tbe latter _losing about 100 . jit is also annonncad tbat a proposition . of peace had been made to General Scott , but _rejected by him as -inadequate . In _theceapital itself affairs -were totally _acssettfed .
The expedition against Tobasco , under Commodore Perry , faikdfrom Vera Cruz on _thei & tb ult . President Polk had-risked New York .
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Geeisi ' _s Hospital . -- At a Court of the Governors of tbis institution on Tuesday . Mr Alderman _Thompson , M . P ., president , in Abe chair , C . E . Sea * _fle , one of tbe senior scholars , was admitted to the vacant " Times Scholarship , " laving been declared the successful . competitor , after an examination consisting equally « f classics and _matabematics . A New Thick- —Some thieves ia Paris dress as servants . _ _snd visit the different tradesmen , requesting certain accounts ; they then dress as tradesmen , take the _aeeounts to the parties , receive the money and bolt .
LcvACY . —A commission de lunatico inquirendo , held in Carlisk _j adjudged that Sir E . _Afannaduke _Viivaeour , Ba _** t _> , of ilaslewood _£ * stle . Yorkshire , waa of unsound mind ; being a furious lunatic , and fancying himself _alulius _CiC'ar , with other delusions . Fiutscii _NAViflinoit . —In the year _JSJ 6 there entered the French piTte 12 , 113 foreign vessels , and 8 . 184 French ; and left _^ m 6 , 023 foreiga _, and 5 , 593 French . It has been calculated that there age 24 , 000 poies in a square inch of the _nnder-surface of a pear leaf .
Tlie Bishop of Exeter has givrn notice of trial iu an action against ihe editor ofthe Western Timet , for libel , lt being a criminal prosecution , the Bishop wiJI appear himself . The greatest interest is felt in tbe result .
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( cram the Gazelle of Tuesday , Juljr 13 . ) James Edmund Pie , 4 , _Berkeler-square , miliner—Geo . _Ilarris . _Giltspur-street , tailor—Joseph AVortere , late of Long Melford , but now of Grolon . Suffolk , _lautcher—Samuel Howard Billing .., } - , _Coaime-raal _ruad East , _iV'hitej- ' wpe _* , ironin _oiit-cr-ArnoId Hill , Ipswich , last ina * * er-Thomas Henry _llofford . Dudley , _j-rocer—Jacob Lfgassxk _, _TanstocaS , grocer—Joseph _Tueadheatw Butterell , Doncaster , grocer—Wxlliam Dosha , Snittcr / ield , licensed _vietu-<* ller-Antuony _Jiaeliiii , Manchestsr ,. grocer—Wm . Guy fill , jun , now of Liverpool , but late of Wellington , Sew _VjJ-md , _merciiant-Joliii Kinder , Birkenhead , painter . SCOTCH SEQUESTflATIOJfS . . llc » V-eii , aiasgiiw , groctr-Alcxander Lang , jun ., _, . ' ey . slwwl _msnsfacinrer—William Smith , Bjurhead . tenfr _^ _^ _^ » ? 9 _" _*^^' - _t' * -e ** _-t «* . H _^ _owan , Oia . | jQW . _n-igiit
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FREE TRADE IN CORN , AND _MONOPOLY . TO THE ED-TOft OFTHE rBEElCAN _' _s _JOUWlil . ... _' . . . Mr Patrick _O'lliggins has published the following important letter in the Freeman ' s Journal : — 8 m , —There were many ' perEons _. ' _anit mjsi-lf amongst them , who entertained the opinion that ' a fr « o trade in corn would not Only Hot as an additional stimulus to griping hard-hearted landlords to got rid of the tillaga . or corn-growing farmers , and turn those farms to pasturage ; hut that a repeal of the corn lawn , without an equitable adjustment of all existing contracts , would give a complete monopoly to corn _m- _^ _rch-iutn , and thus enable them to raise the food of the people to _fanzine priees . Ptople are now beginning to gee . and to fed too . that the repeal of the corn laws hat * afforded the
_lnn-i-lorda a pretext for driving the _tillage farmer * off their utates—that the repeal of tl © eoi-n laws h _» _s not , notwill not make the loaf one penny _cheaper than ft » as before those laws wer « repealed . If corn could _behougbtiH any part of the world at biilf the averag « price it was duiing the last seven yeaM , [ and brought in free of duty , it would not maltfc tbe four-pound loaf quite a penny cheaper to the working man . A _quartt-r of w * eat will produce 166 loaves , o * : 41 bs each . Mow 166 pence are ISs . 10 d .---the _areraajc duty , according to M _* CalIoch , for the last twenty-one sears , was 83 , 3 d . per quarter ; io that in order to reduce the price of the quartern loaf ono penny the duty should not only be remitted , hut wheat should he purchased 8 s . per quarter cheaper
abroad than it ever was known to have _b-en _-jurcbasa'd ; and even if tt were so purchased the _realuctiain of one penny in the price ofthe quartern loaf presupposes that the merchant will sell witbcftit any profit , that the miller will grind , without any _chuvge , that the baictr will nut look for a profit , and that the _huckstT , who always supplies the working man with bread , will sell without profit . At all events , the entire profits of all the « e parties _raesfcome out of the-penny in the quartern loaf . _Urnler there circumstances , ! wunld be gladto know _wliatl « _ent-fit the po » r man . whose well-being -should be the first and paramount camsidi-ration with tvety _smtennan and patriot , is to derive , or has derived , from the boasted repeal ofthe corn-laws .
When Sir Robert Feel repealed the com laws , and -when lie _srw that thfra was a probability of a scarcity of food in Ireland , ho said that the ( first duty of the uovern . ment was tot-Eke the most effective means to throw sueh an abundance of food iuto Ireland that there should be no possibility of any human being dying of want , hard John _Russt-Jti , who was then *« it of office , supported this _hutn-ine •{' _reposition in a speech _whish -was loudly and deservedly cheered by those who did not know his real character . Before Sir _Rjbsrt Feel could carry his humane _intentions into _efiect , he was " jockied " " -out of office by as vile a coalition between Whigs and Tories as everSisgraced party proceedings even in ihe House of Commons .
_Iwfi J . Russell _becaae prime minister at the _tima _when-there was no doubt of the famine iu _Ireland—whrti _com'might have been 'bought cheaper in America than _evar-it was before . " _TTell , a body would think that Loral Jolm would have even exceeded Sir _RtAercPeel in throwlout ! sufficient _sapplj-of food into Ireland . -Bat when m _olEea he _bef-an to _tmoIImi that his * enfttit-j _** _nts wero the great corn merchants ot Mark-Ian * -, and that to _intef-fere with their _anticipited motsopoly in « orn might , and no donbt would , cost him his seat tor "Li _. ndon . A -new light br . ikc ir . * _apon him ; he turned his back upon : _ilis own principles- ; be knew that the-London cornmer . thants held immense stocks of foreign -wheat , and in
crder to secarehis seatfor London , hr enabling thwn to realise enormous profits , and "kill off" thc superabundant population of Ir-Iaad , he said that tbe " _governtnentshouldiatft interfere witSi _^ ommebcial enterprise j " and thus tbo * _bsrd working half-paid working cla « st ; s of Ireland _were-lafft at tbe mercy of the corn merchants of London , _theTainstitaents of Lord _-fjobh Russell , the result of whi * * -h has been the duath 'and destruction of millionsef-tbev « y best _pawtionof thelrish people , anal this istliew . an whose policy and _administratiain some political -scoundrels have the daring , the unblushing audacity tayrall upon the citizens ijf Dublin—nay , the people ofifrElund , to support at ihe > ensning elections .
A part of the baneful _'effects ottlns infamous policy may be scea by any one Who will take the trouble 01 ' _visittnaj-the corn stores at the _CuStoni-house . C \< rn has _beenheldrcverin the _Qaeeri ' s stores until it has heated _, lest giving it out to a starving people should interfere with Lord John _RasselTs commercial enterprise- while commercial monopoly has _held- 'fast hold of the corn with a view-to famine prices -until it has heated in tbe stores of the merchants . I -have this da ; seen several toot of heated corn spread out on the quays atthe Custom-house docks , a sample of which 1 leave at your office with this letter ,- * o completely _destroyed by heating in the rtores , that it ia not only wholly unfit for human food , but
offensive to the smell ; while at the opposite side ofthe docks , the corn sent _here-Tor the use of the poor was also allowed to heat , and thus become useless , lest giving it out should interfere with commercial enterprise and monopoly . Part of this damaged corn , intended for the poor , has been sold at tbe low price of three shillings per cwt ., to _aacnue persons concocted with the Custom-liouee stores who have since sent it to a mill to be ground into meal , I fear with the guilty intention of selling it at a cheap rate to the poor . - _* _Sot being a judge of Indian corn myself , I took a part of -the sample which I left at your office to an American now in-tiiis city , who assured nut that if the people use meal made of Indian coru such as the sample , it will surely kill them .
In addition to the foregoing facts I am in-a position to prove that some of the flour merchants of tbis city have employed men by night at . 2 s 6 dper night , to pound with weights and mallet * damage '* oatmeal and Hour , some of which was actually alive , and then mix it with fresh bran , and -sell it out as -. whole-meal . 5 fo wonder then that we have l _' _evi-r and -dysentery in this city ; but thUis tbe natural consequence of not interfering with ** commercial enterprise" in timo of scarcity of food . -I em well aware that our _present Lord'Mayor is an
_exeelient citizen , _a-humane and a benevolent man , but were I , humble as I am ,-in the high and -honourable o & _rce whicii he fills , I . would swear in a . certain number of bakers , judg s _ofaflour—take a suffitientipolice foice , proceed to all _thotlour-Etores in the city , force my way into "them in the event of refosal . _-seize all damaged corn , meal , and flour , confiscate it , and give to 'the poor all that was not unwholesome , and take my chances in the ensning _parlianient-for an act of indemnity ; and thus _savethe lives of hundreds of my fellow-citizens . _Patkick 0 'H : ogi * _-8 .
• No . 15 , North Anne-street , 25 th . Ba . ne , 1817 . Ia the above letter the editor of the _freeman ' s Journal makes tbefollowlng observation : — -There appears in .. another column a letter from Mr O'lliggins on the subject of damaged meal andiflour . He statesfactB a » d professes an ability to , prove them . We respectfully call _theattention ofour wnrtby . cbief magistrate to the allegations-. made in this letter .
The Leeds Election. To .Wiiailam Eider. ...
THE LEEDS ELECTION . TO . WIIailAM EIDER . Sir , —On looking over the star ot July 10 th , I find you have been attempting to _maintain'tlie opinion that you held respecting Joseph -Sturge , -and the Chartists of Leeds _aretoda looked upon aa •** pulls " if they give any support to Joseph _JSmrge . With respect to my letter-which appeared in the Bar o July : 8 rd , you commence Af / itl * an assertion , that it maa no reply to what y 6 U advanced . Now , sir , cunning men aTe _fery often ** uilty of _shirkingjustice % similar assertions . Yon -ou < _rht to have let the Chartists of Leeds been -tha judges . You say I allude to -your motives . _Jlew , sir , I did no such thin * -: ; and I hope the Chartists of Leeds will take the trouble of locking _oyerriay letter of July Srd ,
and judge for themselves . But you ' say you deem it rn act of consummate folly on tie part of the Chartiste of Leeds to sacrifice their _* Berj * ie 3 on an almost defunct faction . Now , sir . I do nut know that the Chartists of Leeds are _supporti _' _iis * any faction ; I believe they are honestly supporting Joseph Sturge . Bat you say we arc quite strong * nough to fight our own fc . _attlea . 1 . ask , can the Chartists of Leeds return two sincere Chartists ? Nj ; but by attempting to do so , two Tories might bo returned , and tbat would please some people . "You allude to the tumult at the Black BtiU , Woodhonse- Wiafc had Joseph to do with that ? iBut you recollect the Baines' clique gulling the people with unmeaning jargon about fullfreeand fair repf assentation "—about the " bill
, , _an-1 nothing but _thc-bill ? " No ** , sir , I am willing to admit that there is no defined meaning in the above words , and that the _jcople have many times been deceived by such . , clap-trap schemes ; but Joseph Sturge told tho electors of Leeds , in _UBiuiBtakeable language , how far he wculd extend the franchise , namely , te all male _adultu , unconvicted by a jury of his country , and of sane aind . But you say your reporter ofthe 12 th of June represents Joseph Sturge to have said he was not favourable to _theBalot . Ton say , " Perhaps Joseph Sturge can harp on two _eirinis ; " and yoa ask , _VVJioe are you to believe ? It is an old saying , that" drowning men catch f straws " but 1 ask _totb yon and my Chartist friends Leeds Times
at Leeds to look over th & report of the of June 5 th , whieh contains a very lengthy reportand I believe a correct one , too- _^ and I was present at the meeting alluded to ) and it u there reported , pageS , Tol . iv .:- ' _* Mr Sturge said , t _^ dmg the Ballot , which was one of the six points ot the l ' eople _' 8 Charter , he _ha-1 given his support to it , but at the same time he had _agaiftand again told the workingmennottoacceptthe ballot unu they could eet the franchise rendered universal , lie was prepared to go fur Vote by Ballot ; bnt he should w > : ee to Bee the day when every independent _Lnaiishman _coiffcome openly and boldly to the poll . " leajj U perhaps think that I am friendly to the Tun * _, but , 1 am _» ot ; and I can conscientious y state that I never in my life contributed one farthing to any paper bu the Star . You say that the editor of the _AvrOem Star and you may differ , or you may aeree about J _filnn-e J a . _nolitician . Now , sir , 1 did 11 Ot _aSl _* . y 0 _«
that question ; but I asked you if you had lor _« _"" _* r noble stand that Joseph made at Birmingham , anil tor doing whicii he was lauded to the skies by tne editor ofthe Star . Yours , truly , . William Sykks , a sincere Char us .. _Britain ' s Fold , Holbeck .
The Funeralof Mr O'Connell Waa Performed...
The funeralof Mr O'Connell waa performed on tue 27 th ulf „ " grander under many aspects than tliefnneva _' . pf Cons * » aaUB 9 VH 9 Great , W vl * _* _" Hague , "
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House Gp C Ommons. —Tbis House Sat Last ...
HOUSE GP C OMMONS . —Tbis house sat last ' Saturday , at twelve o ' clock . Afttr forwarding several bills a stage , the house resolved itself into a committee on the _REcov-i-ay or _Poblic Mohies ( IRELAND ) Bin , —Lord _CiEMBi-Tssaidhe objected _altogethur to this bill , Per . haps these wera tho last words he might uttor in that house , and he must say that it was most unfair and un . Just to ask for the repayment of those loans from a country which the government must know was in a state of bankruptcy at the present moment . IIo doubted whether it would be possible or practicable to get the money back under any circumstances . The whole course of this _legislation for Ireland was unfair and unjust in the last _decree .
Mr Home said thai ; If the Irish members acted the part which the noble lord appeared disposed to do , they would shut up the charity of tbis country . Instead of _expressing his gratitude to the ministers for giving up half the loan , he abused them for not making them a present of the whole . Such a return could only lead to the _suipennion of all assistance to Ireland . Tbere was at present a very strong feeling In thia country that Iro / and did not pay its proportion of taxation ; and in two or three months this feeling would probably increase , seeing the returns that were made for the assistance rendered to Ireland .
Mr P . Sckope had no doubt that all the jobbing- and misconduct amongst relief _committals and at _prosentment sessions had arisen from a belief that the money advanced would never be required irom them again . They had acted just as though they were squandering English money , and not their own . It was , therefore , most important to _malie it clearly understood by the landlords in future what proportion of thc loans ef advances would be requir . d to bo repaid . Sir J . _GuituM thought a clear understanding most essential , hoth to the people of Great Britain and of
Ireland . He understood that upwards of nine millions had heen advanced in the last twelveor fimiteen months , of which one-half was to be considered as a grant , and the otherjialf to be repaid in instalments extending over from five to t « n years , With regard to this repnyment i tt was important that the utmost good faith should be observed ; still , however abundant might be tho next harvest , in many cases any repayment in the next year would be impossible . To meet these eases , he would give the government tt discretion to defer the repayment ; but there must be a commencement of tbe laying of rates for tbat _piirposo .
Lord Clements said that Ireland owed a great debt of gratitude to the munificence of the English public ; but he spoke of the legislature and the government when he said they had aoted imprudently . They might as well require repayment of alms from a passing beggar in the street . Th * government should know that it wa 6 Impossible to r » pay these advances . Not half the land wa ? cropped this year ; in many cases the , stock bad some to England ; and they ceuld not get their loan out of the bare land . He had said all along tbat this was an impracticable bill . He alluded to the provisions of the Irish Poor Law ,-which made the chairmen of boards of guar _, diana reipi . nsiblo for their nets _tru-faira tha _mugislrato . "Were such . a thing attempted in Snglnnd , the government would bu hurled from their seats la twenty-four
hours . The _ChAscEWoa of the Excheo . _di : e could not sufficiently _express the regret and astonishment with which hohad _listened to the speeches of Lord _Ckments . When the _pressure nf the calamity was most severely felt , the landlords of Ireland said , — "Tax us _bb much as you will , but , for God ' s _nake , save the people from starv » - tiam ! " The _gova-rnnientbad responded to that call , and hud saved the paople . Tha very bill which Lord Gle . wrents now opposed was intro . _luced for tba purpose of freeing Ireland from thp incumbrafce of _one-balf the loan granted by the _legislature for the relief of the distresses of the people ; and , if it were rejected , Ireland would , in point of fact , be charged with the repayment of the whole . IIo concurraad with Sir J . Graham in thinking that it waa net too much to expect one-half of that
_losn should be repaid ; and ho bow gave distinct notice , that the repayment of that sum would be enforced ac--cording to circumstances , and where it seemed just . The _repayment , instead of being demanded at once , was spread over a period of tan yeers , and the first instalment of it wonld not become due until this time next year . The government knew well that it was easy to spend money , easy to lend money , and still easier to give away money in Ireland ; but be trusted tbat the good feeling of the population of Ireland would render the repayment of it much easier than Lord Clements supposed . If the Irish proprietors were not willing to maintain their own poor on tbe principles recognised in England and Scotland , it was not to be supposed that the people of Groat Britain would continue to be taxed to support th _^ ir pauperism _.
Mr Ts . st . iw ***; said it was absurd to suppose that the landlords could notmaka : _thisrepayment of four millions and a half , when tho fee-simple of the land in Ireland was at least eleven millions . He bcliered it was the duty of the house to enforce the repayment , even if they sold the land and the landlords along with it . { Laughter . ) Considering the great distress which had prevailed in the west of _"England in the last three months ,. there were good grounde for asking for a grant from Ireland to relieve it—at least , tbe _samegrounds for making a grant from tbe public funds as existed in thc case of Ireland . ' Mr W . Pattew observed , that if he could bring him self to believe tbat Lord Clements on this occasion
represented the feeling * of any one _olnss of tho peoplo of Ireland , he would a . £ ! Vr the _moet strenuous opposition to this bill . Portions of this country , and especially Lancashire , wero absolute ly overwhelmed by an inundation of Irish paupers east upon our shores by tbe des . rtion ofthe Irish landlords , who ought to havo maintained them ; and was it to be supposed that the people of England would stand by and quietly see a grantof £ 4 , 500 , 000 made to Ireland without even _thettimaof common ac knowledgment being offered in return by _tfee Irish representatives ! He told Lord Clements that he had done great detriment to himself and his countrymen by the speeches which he had just delivered ,
iord _Cf-EHEfixs now becamemore wild than ever , and observed , that if there was one part of the globe wbich deserved to be taxed for the relief of Ireland , it was 1 _Xiverpao ) , which profited immensely by the distresses of that country . Liverpool-might be looked upon as the capital ef Ireland , and was us much bound to contribute to the _support of the Irish poor as any corner of Ireland , _MrNEwDECATEcouldnot . conceive anything _moreun-. just or irritating to thc people of England than the speeches of Loral Clements _upain this bill . In what way had -Liverpool profited by the distresses of Ireland i Had not the rates of that town been trebled by the great influx of the unfortunate Irish poor 1 aud had not its Inhabitants perished in numbers from the contagion of their diseases ? He _charged Lord Clements with endeavouring to create in the bosoms of his countrymen feelings of hatred towards Great Britain wbich were perfectly unjustifiable .
Mr _BsoxBEnTo _** concurred in the sentiments of Mr Fatten , It was absurd to talk . of Liverpool being indebted ta > Ireland ; the Irish had there found good -customers for their agricultural produce . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord Clements bad _taltea the worst means he could to serve his country ; should the distress continue there would be a strong feeling against any further advances . Sir R . _fiaoDSo . ** disclaimed the speeches of Lord Cle ments as any index to the feelings of tbe Irish people . He doubted . not that the same regularity as had hitherto prevail ; :- ! iu . tlie repayment of _advances would continue with the exercise of a little discretion 011 tho part of the Chancellor ofthe Exchequer , lie had _thou-tht of suggesting that the payments might be a little expedited , He much regretted the _expression which lord _Cle-nents had used with regard to Liverpool , whioh had doubtless suffered most severely in consequence of the influx of Irish poor . . Hear , bear . )
Afttr a few words from the Earl of Arundel and Surrey , condemnatory of the course of Lord Clements , Mr W . Bbown _a-ongratulated Lord Clements upon tn . joying tne _undiclded honour of finding fault with the benevolence of the *? eop ! e of England , and the exertions of tho goierniaent . As to the benefits which _Livtrpool had derived from thc distress of tho Irish poor , who would have starved by the roadside in their own coantry , it would be well to remember that 10 , 000 of its inhabitants were at this moment reported 10 bo suffering from typhus fever , imported into tbat town by tho 3 e unfortu . nate and neglected wretches . Lord W . Paulett _, Mr P . _Aiaswortb , and Mr P . Scrope followed on the same side : after which the house resumed , aad the report was ordered to be _recsived ou Monday . The house adjourned at half-past two . MONDAY , Jour 12 .
HOUSE OF LORDS . —Bamm * . »» _ConacmoH as Elections . Lord Brooch ah moved the following _resslution on this subject ;—" Thatit is the bounden duty of both Houses of Fur . ' lament to adopt , at tbe beginning of thc next session , whatever means mny be most effectual for detecting and _puBishing acts of bribery and corruption which niBy bo committed during the ensuing recess at thc election of members of Parliament , and peers of Scotland and of Ireland ; such ott ' _enct-s bating altogether subversive ofthe freedom of election , destructive ofthe independence and purity of the legislature , leading to the moral guilt of
perjury ia all cases , and the actual commission , in many , of that most foul aud _helnoue crime . Th » t it is also the duty of both Houses of _Parliament to inquire of and visit with punishment aU acts wklch may ba done during tho recess for interfering with the free choice of members of Parliament , of peers of Scotland and Ireland , by intimidation or otherwise . That it is the duty of both Houses of Parliament toimpiire of all corrupt bargains , whether by compromise or otherwise , made during the recess , for the purpose of preventing and frustrating the inquiry into such corruption or intimidation at elections of members of _Parliament , or of Scotch cr Irish peers . - the _Inform
In supporting th « eresolutions , he said : Acthad at least one effect , it enabled you at owe to detect bribery and corruption . _Befow that act thelegal expenses of an election contest wero so large that it wis _Imponlblt _tosay whether a member era _««»**»• ;«> be n spending money on lawful or on J _»^ P « P » ; Tbe groat evil , that of bringing up _out-voteis wasput down In thc _contestin which he ( Lord Brougham ) was _Sgedat Liverpool withMr Canning , _tK _«^««| _»*« « , and tone out _voters were brought trom ft . _Landed , and others from Scot and . _Theexpenses there _wereal-r-ays £ 19 , 000 on each side . Any one might admit that hebad . peat JB 10 , _»« 0 » n an election and 1 . 0 out could provethatit m _notlitwfuliy spent ; but now
House Gp C Ommons. —Tbis House Sat Last ...
If "El _. OM was spent , it was known thut it waa unlawful , became - £ 300 or £ 400 was the utmost lawful expense _SlW _^ _JfaformBlll . Ho could not remember the scenes which occurrod in 1841 , and which so tarnished the eharaoter of tbo people and of tbc legislature , without looking to _forei-n countries . They had seen with sorrow charges wbich bad been lately made against men of the highest official station and character , which he was bound in justice to . believe were groundless . He was constantly receiving letters from tbe other side ofthe channel , which contained most painful referencf _s to the subject of elections . Wby were wc , said one of bis torrespondents , to set ourselves upas purists , to say with the PhariseeThank
, ' Qod _. _wa M 6 no _ a 8 other men are , " and to hold that things were done in France of whieh Englishmen were incapable « Official corruption ( they go on to say ) , despicable and loathsome ns it was . destructive of tbe character of those against whom it was proved , and almost destructive of tho character of those against whom it was charged , was the only charge ; and this greatest of all political offences was ihe receiving a consideration for promotiug persons to offices—a charge in which somo of our statesmen were Involved some timo ago . When he ( Lord Brougham ) answered that , then came the point of ths argument , —that a man who receives a bribe may contaminate himself and the government who employed him : but in what narrow limits
was tho injury done confined . But , said his correspondents , look at bribery at elections , and the buying and selling of men ' s consciences , and ask yourselves , as Englishmen , who look down on us , if you can compare thefow offences of tho nature alluded to with the whole . _? alo buying and selling of consciences by your legislators and depositaries ef power , and that habitually ? The arguments against this offence were bo exuberant thathe ( Lord Brougham ) disdained 10 enter on them , and he would have recourse to but one of them . Tkemanwho bribed to promote the interests of his party wouldshuddtr and stand aghast , if he was told that be was
encouraging perjury . Let every man on a committee , and every candidate at an election and his supporters , no longer lay * ihe flattering unction to their souls that the-y were only guilty of the political offjnee of bribery , and not of encouraging perjury . lie ( Lord Brougham ) Baid , that in every act of bribery they ran the ritk ofcaueiug moral perjury , and in many instances tho actual crime was committed . Of the 200 people in Hull , where th « system of head-money prevailed , every one was _exposed to the hn _* _sard of having the bribery-oath administered to bim , nnd he went to the hustings knowiBg that the oath may be put , feeling tbat ho has taken a bribe—and
bowmany would refuse to take it ! not 5 per c ? nt . ; not 10 ont of the whole 200 . The mode in which thc oath was taken was most shocking ; and be had seen professionally the most dreadful spectacles of this kind , lie considered the person who bad been bribed , and was prepared to swear that he had not been , as morally guilty of perjury as a DHrglor or a foot-pad would be of murder , who was resolved to kill any person who recognised him . It tainted tbe character of a man for life , and he was no longer an innocent man , or incapable of wilful perjury , after hehad exposed himself to the eertainty of committing it , if by accident the 0 . 1 th against bribery were to be administered to him . He agreed with his French correspondent , that it not only tainted the purity of our le . _glslatare _. but irreparably injured tho morality ofthe
English character , that tbis offence should be committed wholesale . What he would propose . was this—that the maximum amount of expenses should be fixed , supposing at £ 800 or £ 1 . 000—( although the half of thatoughtto suffice)—and that proof of more than that sum having been expanded by a candidate , should be deemed conclusive evidence of bribery . Let them adopt that plan _, and they would at once annihilate tho practice . The adoption of his resolutions might bave a most salutary operation at this time . The approaching contests had an aspect somewhat new , because there nsver was an occasion within our memory , when-there was sogreata dislocation of parties , so little regular discipline , and when what might be called " the regulars " had so little chance ; but , alas . ' though tbis was a
novelty , theprospect was not the less formidable . For what might he seen , in consequence of the watch-words of" Whig and Tory , '"' Liberal dnd Conservative , " no longerbeingfoundasin tbe olden times to divide the country ! Why , men were to be found coming forward , who were whollv unknown—probably well known , nnd as much trusted as known , in their own private , secluded , and exceedingly Belcct circle , but wholly unknown to their country at large j that , some might say , signified little—but , wholly unknown to the places for which th _* y were going to Etaud _. and their addresses _sfcovring th at they were unknown , and that hit own ignorance of them did not '' arguehimself unknown , " for they came forward , one and all , with an apology for soliciting suffrages in this predicament . He ( Lord Brougham ) bad made inouirv
into about half-a-dozen of these cases , and he found that no human being in the places where these man were praying for tho greatest trust that could be vested in mortal hands—that of being lawgivers—knew anything about them ; save , perhaps , somo member of tbe profession to which he ( Lord Brougham ) had the honour to belong , some attorney ; how long known to him was another question ; but their intercourse possibly , though short , had been passing sweet—( a laugh •)—and as the candidate had brought with him a letter of credit , there was no difficulty in quietly getting a resolution come to , — "We , the people" —( a laugh )—" we , tho people of Andover "— " tve , tbo people of Barnstaple , " or , as the case might be , ' are of opinion that Mr _So-and-So is a fit and proper person to represent this place in parliament . " The attorney ran up a bill , _snd the intermediate agent
had bis commission ; and the representative might be a fit man enough , but when better known lie might not happen to represent the place , having had a taste of tho expense of the honour . It migbt be as with a worthy gentleman , who said , when returning thanks for being elected , "Gentlimcn , I have bought you , but I will not soil you , " —" hear , bear , " said the electors , " we hope you will come again , " "Ob , no , " he answered , "I can't come again ; it cost too much for that . " ( A laugh . ) These _gentk-mcn might nominally represent a borough , but really represented their own purse . Looking upon this election as a . content in which bribery was likely to represent a larger place than before—an election in wbich go many unknown men w « rc coming forward , men only known as wealthy—be thought it right now to move formally thc first resolution _.
The Marquis of Lansdowne , although fully concurring with his noble friend that the subject was _mostimportant , and that the moment was a fitting one for pointing out the gravity of the offence of bribery and corruption at elections , and the unbounded mischit .. f that never failed to Bow from it , did not tli ' _mlt the resolutions themselves expedient , _beenuse tliey only recorded an opinion which It waB notorious their lordships already entertained . ( Hear , hear . ) As tbeir lordships' sentiments on the subjects of thc resolutions were already well known , and as be doubted not they would willingly adopt any measure that might be sent up to them next suasion for punishing such delinquencies _atid crime , in connection with bribery aod corruption at elections , ss the existing law was not able to reach , he should movo the previous question .
Lord _Beocquam , after what bad fallen from tbe noble Marquis , would withdraw bis resolutions , hoping , however , that whatever measure might be proposed next session would require from each member before being sworn a solemn declaration that no _monty had bocn expended , promises made , or gift bestowed , by him or by any agent or friend of his on hie behalf to his knowledge , in order to influence the vote of any person at his election . A provision to this _sffect had been struck out of a former
mensure . Resolutions withdrawn . Ibisu Emigration to Canada . —Earl Gset , in answer to a question from Lord Eaniskillen , admitted that the emigrants who had lately arrived in Canada from Ireland had endured deplorable sufferings , but declared that every possible precaution bad been taken to alleviate thoso sufferings , which had arisen solely from the distress which had prevailed in Ireland . The house then rose at a quarter to eight o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The Spe'KER took thc chair at 3 o ' clock .
Natiosaii _Edccatio *" , — Lord J . Mashers wichetlto ask whether the new clause introduced into the trust . deeds ofthe national schools had the sanction of tbe government , and whether any applications for aid towards tho building of schools would be refused unless tbe persons acting as trustees agreed to these terms of the trust ! , He also wished to know if the government had announced tbeir intention to give no proferment to any clergyman belonging to tbe established church of Ireland , unless be gave in bis adhesion to the so-called system of national education f
Lord J , Hdssell stated , with regard to tbe first question , that the trust-deeds had been prepared in the same way as tbey had been for some years past , and tbat there had been no dispute or contention on this Bubject . Be faro thc present government came into office , in May of last year , a new proposition , and new conditions , had been made in the trust-deeds . In order , to prevent these new conditions being carried into _tiFoct , which the committee of Privy Council thought injurious , they had suggested four different forms of clauses which might be adopted by the trustees . This proposal had been laid before thc Archbishop of Canterbury , who agreed in thc object of thc clauses , but wished the local committees should be at liberty to adopt tbem or not as thoy pleased . They also wished that , in tho normal _tchools , tbe clergy _, men should havo tbe superintendence of tbe mora ) , as we'd as the religious , education , 'f bo last proposal had
been taken into consideration by the committee of council , who _afireed to adept it . But with regard to the clauses proposed as part of the trust-deeds , tbey bad sub . initted those clauses to his grace , as being necessary , in order to the admission of some laymen to the trustee _, ship of the schools . As the committee of the National Society had expressed no objection to them , he trusted they wonld bo generally adopted ; indeed , they had beca adopted In almost all the schools which had since re . celved tho aid of government . With mpect to the second question , whether preferment in Ireland was only to be given to clergymen who adopted the scheme of thc national schools , there was no foundation for the rumour , ( Hear , hear . ) Of course , every government had Us own rea « ons for preferring a certain clergyman ; but any exclusion on tbc ground of non-adherence to ' the system of national schools was no part pf their scheme . ( Hear , hear . )
Siik _Wuavino .-Mr B . 06 B 0 BNE asked whether - any bill for the regulation of those employed in the trade of 8 i ) _k-weovlng would be brought in this session ? Mr T . M . _Gibson said it was not intended to intreduce any new nivasure of that description in the present I _' Stion .
House Gp C Ommons. —Tbis House Sat Last ...
Ths Wellington Statue . —Lord J . i _ussbll snid-. In moving the order of the day for the ComtuHteo of Supply I wish to fulfil Ihe promise which I made to tho noble lord opposite ( Lord '' _OVBohltnek ) , to state today the intentions of the government with respect to tba Wellington _u-ilitary memorial . ( Hear . ) Since the time when I last addressed tlio house I have had communication with Her Majesty on thc subject , and with tho iilus . trious duke , in honour of whom tho _memorial has been _, erected . The substance of the noble duke ' s reply , in an . swer to oi . . inquiries , was , that he considered it not a question I ' or himself , but ono to be considered entirely oa publio grounds—( bear , hear , )—that miiny persons had that the committee who to
considered , and _propoied erect the _statuo hnd considered , that its removal _uom , the arch would be regarded as a mark of disapprobation _, on the _part of tbe crown towards the individual for whose honour it wns intended—( hear , hear , )—that , for his own part he had had too many proofs of tbe _m-ard and approbation of tho crown to think that such was the intention ; but that uch _. in his opinion , would _Lnw been iho genernlf . cling He therefore deprecated , upoo public grounds , tbe removal of the statue . ( Hear . ) Thi * statement hid heen communicated to Her Majesty ; -md I have the Queen ' s _.-oaramands to suy , that tho government do not intjwl to take any further steps towards the removal of the statue . ( Loud cries of " Hear , hear .
After a short conversation as to the late mtervenaoa of tbo Treasury in the Greenock Election , Mr _Balne withdrew a notice on the subject _. The Newi _? .-discovered _Dibihiictinq " Fluid . —Mr Bernal asked if it was tho intention of tbe heads of ABy department of government to take any 6 _teps for testing the efficacy of aa Uuiij rrcently brought into notice in thi » Country by a Frenchman , which was said to possess the ex ' raordinary snd valuable property ot disinfecting putrid animal nnd vegetable matter , aud was also * ppli _« cable to sanitary purposes '' Sir Q . _Gbi : i said , that on receiving information In , regard to this fluid , he hsd expressed a desire thot its capabilities sliould be _exutninod ; and with _thatvit-w hehad caused information of its properties to be transmitted to the municipal authorities of several large towns , - who miRht naturally t » supposed to have the greatest _iutersst ill _KUCll a discovery .
Increase of Expenditure ox TnE Miscellaneous Items . —On thn ' qnestion tha * ihe Speaker do leave the chair , 10 go into committee of supply , Mr T . Smitu called attention _t-. . the arrangement o £ the _miscellaneiiuaf estiniat « s _, wS _< ic ! a he was anxious should have been submitted to a sc-hct c mraittcc . He whhed to know whethtr any _ulti-riii _' tim w .. uld be made in the next session . In the present _session there had been aa _iuct'ea-ioin all these _estimates ; and , witb tho except'uD 0 last sessiiin , ihey had game ran _increaniag for sev ral yours . On public works ami builriingB tbere was ah in .
crease in 1817 , as compared with 1838 , of £ m , 000 . This migbt peihups be _utcourta . _Ji ' _cr hy the _ert-ction of ihe new Houses of Parliament , In thc salaries of public officer-, the increase in tbe sumo period was upwards of £ 210 , 000 . Doubtless many new officers had been ; _ip « pointed ; but the business of the country had so out . grown its _in-titutions that an entire remodelling was tie . _cessary . On the item of law _aind justice the increase _y-ub £ 432 , 035 ; tlitre was a _propan-iionatc increase in e < 3 _ua : a « tion and _oshar items ; making a total increase o £ _ _gl , 323 , 886 f _inca-1838 .
Lord J . Russell said they had not proposed any selsot comuriltee on the _subject this year , because at the time when the estimates were laid on the table it would brave been too late to proceed with the necessary inquiries . Atthesamb _tioie , thfre was great room for inquiry into the subject , and if early in the session a _commttta-e wag appointed , he had no doubt that it might be _poseib'e to have some general _principlfs hid do « n for the guidance of government , and _tbehousu on the _subjtct . ( Hear . ) Mr Huvb considered _govei-nnunt plec ' ged to nn inquiry into the subject , though the pressure of business this _si _.-eeion bad prevented thecanying it into effect . He hoped , however , thata new _parliament— _-andnewbesome swept clean—would search into it 11 these estimates , wbich had been growing upsofu . T , and endeavour to provide some remedy . ( Hesr . )
The house wenticto C _. > mn : ilU : o of Supply , and Lord _Clt-mcntB took advantage of a t ote of £ 60 008 for relief of distress in Ireland to _alluaie to nn article iu the Morning _Chronicle . He had always _loa . ke >) upon the Chronicle as a respectable paper , and beii '/ vcri It was an organ of tbe government . ( Great _iaunhter from the treasury and ministerial benches . ) Well , he migbt be mistaken—( bear );—but at any rate he was sorry to tee tbat paper trying to intimidate a member of the house . He had frequently said that the money advanced to Ireland could not be repaid , and he ruiteruud tho statement on Satur . day last . An bon . member had aaid that not only the property of Ireland should be acid to repay tbc money advanced , but he had said the _gamtry of Ireland ougbt to ba sold for a similar purpose . ( Much laughter . ) It migbt be a matter of amusement to bon . members , aa well as editors ; but he would Trpeat tbat he thought the money bad been badly admiuistered , and could not be repaid .
The house then resumed , and the report was ordered to be brought up on Tuesday . Thai house then weut into committee of ways aad means , and several votes having been agreed to , again resumed . Mr IU web then moved the second reading of the "flew Zealand ( No . 2 ) Bill . . Al ' tii- bin-fly reviewing tbe bis * tory of the New _Zealand Company , and recapitulating the transactions which had takvn place between it and tbo government , the honourable _gentleman adverted to the chief provisions of the bill . A special commissioner was appointed to _supsritnend the affairs ofthe company _. The treatury was empowered to advance to tbe company tbe sum of £ 180 , 000 , in _thrt-e yi-ars , out of tbe
consolidated fund , in addition to the £ ' 100 , 000 already granted , and on the security of thu lands _held b y the company ia the colony . For tha repayment of this advance the com * pany was to bo empowered to dispose of all its lands . The company would also be enabled , if it thought fit , to relinquish its undertaking within three months after the Sth of April , 1850 ; the sum of £ 263 , 370 15 s . to be paid to it in that ease , in the way of compensation , for its property , hcing at the rato of 5 s . an acre oa each of the 1 , 073 , 483 acres whieh It _possessed in the eolony . Thc security for the proposed advance he believed to be ample . The advance being proposed for the encouragement of colonisation , was to be made for a national ob » j ? ct , aud on conditions which he regarded as affording the best security for its re-payment ,
Lor ! G . Bentihck did not intend to oppose thc bill , ' but he could not let it pass without observing that Us principle was not in accordance » jtb the rule of acttoa which tbo government had laid down for itself at the commencement of tbe session , when it deprecated the idea of her Majesty ' s ministers becoming great money lenders , especially when tho loans wero to be made to " destitute shareholders . " Yet tbis was precisely what the government now proposed to do . But this was not the only _instatnee in which the government proposed to do tbat at a late period of tho session , which was ia I direct contravention to the princi ples laid _donn by them , I at an early part of it .
A discussion ensued , _j n which Sir R . _Inglin , Mr V .. Smith , Mr C . Duller , Mr Hume , Mr Williams , Sir _Janiet * * Graham , Lord _Ingestrie , Mr Aglionby and Mr _Dieraeli _. _ took part . The last _.- _* amcd number observed , thatt though geutlemou opposite might be satisfied with tha a arrangement that was made , it was , in his opinion , , equally important that tbeir constituents out of doors s should equally understand the question . To whom waa s this grant to ba made ? They had beard at tho com- - menceuient of the session of grants propos-d to " _destitute shareholders . " Was this , he should like to know , -, a grant to " destitute shareholders ? " ( Hear , hear . ) ) Who were thoee " destitute shareholders f" Here waB 8 a _joint-stock company in distress . They wasted upwards a of £ 000 , 000 . Tbey added tbe common story of the _insoJ-
vent court— "thatitwas not from their own fault' *• ' *• ( Laughter ) . Ho remembered when this company issued d a report-1 , 068 pa _^ es _thick-oharging their loss not upon n their own bad management , but on the infamous con . k . duct of tho _Colonial-olfice . But when the Question watr •* discussed , what was the result ? Much they talked of it their _misfDrtunes , but not one charge against the Colo- ) - aMl Secretary was substantiated I They retired in icno- ) - _mmous detest ! To-day they _tslked of « not desiring to O say one word which could be construed _inio a personal ii reflection . " This ill-used company J This unfortunate K > company ! How were they ill-used ! "What were their ir misfortunes ? They appeared to have had pretty pi _. fc- » . out of the
_ings public purse , already . They were now W offered more ofthe public money at 3 _J per cent , whilst it every ono was paying 5 . He bad heard much of _icsulta ta to Ireland , but thc greatest insult ever offered was this is of tho Chancellor of tbc Exchequer getting up and de- eclaring that the security of Ireland was int ' _erier to tho ho security of New Zealand . It was only the other miththt tbat they wiro told by the hon . member for Dorchester er that they had to consider whether _tbsy should govern anan empire like pedants , or administer it _ resources _lifcoho statesmen . But whilst so apt with bis musty _axiome thoho right bon gentleman to-night was r . .. tJ 5 n 6 _Kwn _. n condemn-, ion , and _giVlng Rnothw f f _^ » » protectionist principles , c
The bill was theu read a eecon _. _l time The Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bin ' after snn , _^ _*« _*« bate , was committed , when the _« .. < , ? t !* _t C . do * do *" ing tbe Court of It _vS JJ 1 1 _^ ' * ? ? _" ; a i . „ _"t _ . vs " _' i _was carried bv a _msiorirv eU ef jurisdiction to « vice-chancellor , b y « majority of if « _T _l-t' _^ _ZTT it , B * " 0 , b " er business , the house _ad-atU juurned at _half-past twelve o ' clock „ ,. „_ , _ , __ TUESDAY , Joiy 18 , HOUSE OV _LOliDS _.-Tho Seduction and Pro-tifa . it- * .. tion Suppression Bill , being opposed by Lords Broogham _. am _,, Uenman , and Campbell , as _calculated rather to _eneotwou-. rage than to suppress tho _ovils it proposed to remedy . _Jdy _,, was withdrawn by the Bishop of Norwich , who . in _aou 80 ) doing , expressed his hope that the timo would _ehortlyrtlyp arrive when an unobjectionable measure in _rcfcrenccncM to the aubject would receive tbe sanction of the _lfgitl-uslotura .
Earl _Gssr moved tbe Ullilla Ballot _Suepension Bill _^ Bill ,, and Tbe Earl of _ELitKuonotJOH , in a speech of _coneider-derable length , called tho attention of tbe bouse to tho _th « impolicy of continuing to suspend the ballot for fori tbe militia at n timo when England was no f _« r f _« n _bsbind » U her neighbours in _htr preparations far fan defence , EarlCIR * ' _** , in reply , denied that England was _unpre-ipr * w _paraidforwar ; ou the csntrary , she was better _pre-pre-i pared at the present moment than erer , and still _fairibe-fibm measures would be adopted _ealculatcd to place the thu
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 17, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_17071847/page/7/
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