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watched with the utmost interest by tho people of England , and not the less so thatthe government of Austria had manifested itsrlf by no mean * so af > _are of the real position of IhinnsiK the peninsul a as was to be desired for the sake of all parties . Prince Metteroicb , _^ however _, had of late years been making great concessions to the Hungarians , ani to other nations within the peculiar territories of _Austria , and it was to be hoped that more mature consideration efthe progress of events would lead him to adopt a liberal policy also witb regard to the Italian populations ; ( Hear , hear . ) Theconductof Tiscoant Palraerston would doubtless materially conduce to this most desirable result . ( Hear , hear . ) Nothing could be more _gratifying to _Engli _. bmen than tbe en rg « _-tic manner in which the noble Secretary for For . eign Aff » i _« had , in his communications with the
Austrian ministers , asserted tbe right of tbe sovereign princes of Italy to make such constitutional chang- s and ameliorations in their respective states aB tbey deemed required by the advanced , and still advancing , progress of public opinion—a public opinien which had long since felt thatthe population of Italy were ill-governed , and which now demanded that tbe ill government skonld De exchanged for a . popular _administration , calculated ta restore Italian prosperity and Italian happiness . ( Hear , hear . ) Thenoblelord on all occasions bad done justice t *> the admirable and extraordinary man whohad last been called to fill the pontifical throne—( _htar)—and te his energetic purpose to remedy the great political maladies which , had so long afflicted the Papal states . He ( _DrBoRring ) was one of the last men who would
encourage in our government any gratuitous or physical force meddling with the _arrangeoents of foreign powers ; bat he bailed _witii pride end pleasure the spectacle of England lending her moral l & _flueni'e to the _cautfl Of liberty and to the advocacy of the oppressed in that great struggle with oppression which was now going on throughout the _errilised world . ( Hear , hear . ) In Italy the great object of British poller _shcaldbe the consolidation of tho Virions _Italisn interests in one great nationsl league . Charles Albert , the Grand Duke of Tuscany , and even the King of Sanies , taught by Bad experience , were all _progressing , more or less rapidly , in the right path , and aided by ihe moral influence of Great Britain , there was every hope tbat the greatness and glory of the Italian nation might once more be restored .
Tiscount P 4 LKESSTOK said that bis hon . friend bad called the attention of the house to some of the most re . _marktble and interesting events which had occurred in our time . ( Hear , hear . ) It was , indeed , impossible for any man to witness the _progress which constitutional opinions and institutions were making in Italy without feeling the deepest and liveliest interest in that progress , { Hear , hear . ) Italy was not only interesting in a very high degree from her peculiar position at the present moment , but she was interesting to us , perhaps even still mare , from our cherished and elevating associations with her _woadross story , with htr rise , her greatness as mistress of ths world , and her fall to almost entire
political insignificance—an insignificance frem wbich he fervently hoped she was now about to emancipate herself . ( Sear , hear . ) Nor didhomrrely hope ; he felt confident that a brighter lay was now dawning off Italy . ( Hear . ) The confidence with which we mi » ht look to the future prosperity of that country w « founded on the gifts which nature had bestowed both on tbe land ani on its inhabitants . Amid all the political misfortunes to which the country had been subjected , the natural -vigour of the Italian mind , _thees . tentofits intellectual resources , and , he might s » y , the splendour ef its genius , bad , eren in the darkest periods of the political history ofthe Italians , shone forth with a brightness which had attracted tbe admiration of tbe wiele civilised world . It was most
gratifying to see that the progress which national ltberty was making throughout Italy , was a progress brought about by the harmonious accord of the sovereigns and people of Italy—( hear , hear)—aad it was oa that circumstance more especially that be ventured to found bis hops that the ameliorations now proceeding there would be permanent and stable , for , _bssed upon mutual compact , they were naturally less likely to be shaken by future untoward events . ( _Hear , ' near . ) The boa . member had adverted to the position of Austria in Telation to tbe events nowpassing ia the Italian peninsula . It was highly satisfactory to bim , and be was sura it would be ao less gratifying to the house , that he was able to state , tbat bo far as her Majesty ' s government was informed of the intentions of the cabinet of Vienna , there was no reason te apprehend thatthe policy ef that cabinet would lead it
to any hostile interference with the events which were now taking plac * in Italy . ( Cheers . ) Ha had , indeed , within the last twenty-four hours , rteeived a commuaication from _aarambissador at Tienna , which gave very satisfactory assurances on this head . ( Renewedeheers ) The course thus indicated was the course naturally to be expected from the _prudenee aad wisdom of the Austrian government ; aud most happy was he to find _rucb . a course adopted . ( Hear , hear . ) With _reference ta tho commercial league ef Italy , he should wish his hon . friend and the house to defer _askiag for the correspondence on this subject natil a mora expedient oceasios . ( Hear , hear . ) The general principles of tbat league only -were at present laid down on a broad basis , tbe details remained to ae fixed ; and he felt convinced that it would only retard the progress of events , to produce
before the bouse ths various coramunicatioas confidentially _eiebaagi'd ketween ths various courts of Italy and our ministers there , as to the various suggestions and propositions made oa the subject . ( Hear , hear . ) He could assure the house that the general principle ¦ which Beamed to actuate all parties was In tbe highest degree favourable to the promotion of the commercial prosperity of It _» ly on one uniform basis ; and he would add , that eo far as it became the _government aud this country to tender advise , or to express an opinion , tbe advice wss _offered in a spirit of earnest desire to aid in tbe development of tbat prosperity . ( Hear , hear . ) As to tbe political changes proceediag in Italy , whatever the feeliBgs of her Majesty ' s _governmest ou the subject , with whatever gratification they witnessed the cause of those political _sveats—( bear , hear)— . tbey did not consider it fitting that the British ministers in the Peninsula should interfere further than tbe giving an opinion when it should ie sought by the various governments . ( Hear , hear . ) And here let bim say it was matt
_gratifying to her Hajestj ' i government to witneBS the mast perfect confidence with wbich England was regarded hy the various Italian potentates—( hear , bear)—as a _marked instance of which he wonld Btate that his noble friend , I _* _ord Miato . had proceeded from Rome to N » _- pies in consequence of . the desire expressed by the 5 irt « _lians on the one hand , end by tbe government of Naples on the other , that tbe friendly assistance of British diplomacy should be applied towards the satisfactory settlement of tbe points in dispute between them . ( Hear , tear . ) He was fare tbat those wbo were acquainted with Lord Hi ate would feel that this task , delicate and difficult as it might be , could not bave been placed in better hands—( bear , hear)—and tbat in any advice which , at the _solicitatiom of tbe parties , he might think himself at libert y to offer , he would be actuated bythe most disinterested bnt earnest / . e » re to bring matters to such an adjustment as should be consistent with the Hberty _, -happiness , and welfare of the _paople , and the just dignity and honour of tke crown . ( Hear , hear . )
After a few words from Hr Cocbbane , expressive of his approbation of tbe conduct pursued by her Majesty ' s government in reference to Italy . Dr Boweing consented to withdraw bis motion , and it wae ae _«? ordibely withdrawn . _Batiojul _Likd _CoUF-iht . —Hr O'Conkos said , that st the request of the _Atwrney-Geaeral , aHd having rec eivthe assurance ef tbat _letraei gentleman , that he would consult tbe right hsu . gentleman , the secretary for tbe Home Department , upon the subject of framing a short declaratory act to extend the Sth aud 10 th Tic , to tbe Land Company , he would , for those reasons , _postpone bis motion to Tuesday , the 29 th inst ,, feeling con . Tinced that by adopting tbat _courte he best consulted the _interests of his client * , as , no deubt , his refusal to grant the required time for consideration may lead to sn angry opposition , which mi ght bs fatal to tbe object that he had as & _rtst at heart .
Sir G . Gket was not aware that tiie Attorney-General bad asked the hon . gentleman to _postpone his motion ; bat , after what ho h _^ heard the _hos . gentleman state , Be would not object to the motion being postponed , it being understood that he ( Sir 6 . Grey ) did nut in any way pledge himself as to the course he _shouMjtake until be had heard tbo principle of tho measure stated . Kr 5 . O'Coksoe repUed , that he had merely stated to the hoHss the reasons _upoa which he had postponed his _raollon aad _theaaderttandlnghehad with tke _Attorney-Seaeral epos ths subject , Law f Lakdlgkd ahd Tbnaht ( _IaxiAjp ) Sir W . Soxskville said that , in moving for leave to bring in a bill to amesd the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland , le « houl _* l probably best consult the convenlenc e of tbe house if he at ence proceeded to state what was the
nature efthe meassre , as well as to give some details respecting the _machiaery by wbich It was to be carried oat : ani alto the _means which the government intended to propose for rendering it efficient , Tha _subject was at once delicate , complicated , and _difficult to deal with ; and tbo _^ e characteristics led him to think that tbe best plan to pursue was to lay the whole of the details of the proposed measure before the parliament , so that there might exist an opportunity forjudging it , and comparing it with the difficulties wbich it was framed tomeet . The bill , therefor * , raight be said to embrace two distinct plans . The first was for _affording compensation to tenants for improvements effected on their holdings , the Etcxrad would , bo trusted , be found to embody several aot unimportant changes in the present relations between landlord and tenant . The bill proposed to encourage the outlay of capital upon his holding by tbo tenant , by securing to bim an adequate remuneration
for that outlay ia all casts where he had not derived the fall ben < . fitfrom it . This would be effected with as little Interference with the rights ofthe landlords as was _pos . Eible . It was not bis purpose to _liager over the subject at present , by insisting on the necessity for conceding this Mtof justice to the tenantry . The principle had already been admitted to bo just by a majority withia _fiiatheuse , and out of doors also . It was moreover , no new principle ; on the contrary , it was one ofsome an . tiquity ; for in a work now a century old it was laid dowi , that , inasmuch as it was not the custom in Ireland for the landlord to proride farm buildings for the tenantry , if _thetensnt , after having built such , was dispossessed of his holding before he had derived tho full benefit af his outlay , be was entitled to be compensated to that extent _. That principle _cami likewise with the recommendation _oftl-eEa _rlof Dtvon ' s committee , and it had been embodied in a bill introduced on the subject of landlord acateaautb _yoaeofhis ( 3 ir W . _Somerville ' s ) _predeces-
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sors , _whldh bill had been permitted to bo read a _fivvt time . He would proceed to state how he proposed to create the machinery by which the compensation to bo made for outlay of capital should be ascertained . From tbe passing efthe act all tenants having holdings above £ 10 ., and possessing an interest , as specified , whether under a lease , or from year to year , might serve a notice ( the form of wbich would be given In a schedule to the bill ) on his landlord , specifying the nature of the outlay intended to be made , whether it ba buildings , or drainage , or _subsolling , er of any other description , and having done * e the tenant mast proceed to name an arbitrator , calling likewise on tbe landlord to nominate one on his own behalf . If tbe landlord did not nominate an arbitrator , within twenty . one
days , then the tenant might apply to tbe petty sessions , where a landlord ' s arbitrator was to be appointed and afterwards conjoined to that of the tenant . The two arbitrators were then to choose an umpire , and if they could not agree in the choice , then the petty sessions was again to be applied to , and tbe person there named to be umpire . The body _tbas constituted would proceed to examine and decide on the notice served by the tenant on his landlord . They would have to survey tbe land and the _projooted improvements , and reportontbe value and the amount of additional rent which would accrue from them , and if tbeir decision should be in favour of the improvements , then they were to be empowered to make aa award wherein they were to state tbe name ofthe superior landlord ,
wbo would be bound thereby . ( Hear . ) The award thus made would be deposited with the clerk of the peace , a copy of it would be served by the tenant on his immediate landlord , and the other intermediate land . lords _conCBTneu in tne lnuu In _queition _, up W the superior of aU , were likewise to be strved with copies of this award . An appeal might be made against this award within twenty-one days of its being notified t » tha landlord ; the assistant barrister of the _coanty weuld decide upon It , and his decision waa to ba final . The tenant was then to be empowered to proceed to exeeuto the works thus specified , and upon their completion , the arbitrators were to examine thea , and to furnish him with a certifiate of their _heviag beea finished , after which they were to decide whether any deduction was to
be made from tbe rent fixed , and their decision was to be filed by the clerk ofthe peace . When the teaancy was te be terminated , it was proposed tbat if the period of twenty-one jean had not elapsed since ' the outlay was made , the landlord , whatever mede ha might take to regain bis possession , was to proceed by -Srrt _servlcg a notice os the tensnt , calling upon him to aominate an arbitrator , aad incase of neglect er refusal , procuring ths appointment of one , as in the first instance . The arbitrators of both parties would thea proceed to examine tbe improvements , and t « make their award of the amount of compensation to be made to _theoutgoing tenant , which , however , was not three years' rental otf the holding . And tbe immediate landlord was to have tf _* e power of recovering the same amount from his
upper landlord , if his interest ia the holding terminated within a given and specified time of the _Improvements being paid for to the outgoing tenant . All the provisions of the bill which he bad detailed were of a prospective ? _atars _, There was a great difficulty in making them retrospective in some cases , but not so ia respect to holdings under the annual value of £ 19 ., sithought it would be aj hardship ta such a class of tenants to subject them to the machinery of the bill . For that res . son the bill enacted that no tenant , whose holding was not above £ 10 , should be entitled te more than three years' rental for _improvements of five years' standing , and the decision of the _assistent-berriater i > aU cases was to be final . He had now finished his explanation with respect to the tenants' improvements portion of the bill ,
and would proceed to explain that part of- it which regulated tho relation between landlord and tenant . There were to be clauses inserted by which the occupying tenant was to be protected against a double distress for rent—( hear)—wbich he was subjected to at present , aB well fro a his immediate as from bis superior landlord . The bill enacted that for the future a tenant who held land under certain interests should be deprived ef the power ef making a . distress when he sublet his land ¦ and the bill provided the sub-tenants in these cases witb an equitable defence in the superior courts of law . They already bad such a defence in the courts of the assist ant-barristers , but it Is not good io a ceart of equltjt and consequently the tenant was deprived ofthe bouefi ,
of the assistant-barrister ' s decision . It was _preposedthereforo , to increase the powers of the asslitaat-barrlse ters , the details of which would be found ia tbe bill . Tbe measure provided also tbat tenants at will might b ejected upon non-payment of their rout . This claus would be beneficial alike to landlord end tenant , and it wouli not give tbe forcer any advantage which he did not already possess . He believed that if the landlord bad ssch a power , tbe system of _holding notices to quit , inkrrorem , over the heads of tenants , wonld be no longer resorted to , and a great source of irritation would thus be done away wilb . It wss proposed to _ooupla that power of ejection with a provision tbat ou parol demise no rent should be recovered wbich was of more than two years' standing .
Hr F . O'CoHNoa asked the precise meaning of the werds ' p _^ roldemise !' Sir W . Sohexvilus—Where there waa no lease : and tbe bill also provided that every receipt given for rent should specify each particular gale for wbich it was paid , or else that such receipt should be taken as good f < r the last gale due . ( Hear , hear . ) He had ' now gone through tbe chief details ef the proposed bUl , and In answer t * the objections of those who urged tke impropriety of interposing a legislative interference between man and man in their private transections , he would reply , 'Look at the state of Ireland , her undeveloped resources , b « r neglected agriculture f aad thea be thought it would be admitted by all that the time was come when legislation ought to prevail , if ever It was to
do so . For himself , be conld oaly say that , provided justice was done to the landlord , the more generously the house legislated for the tenantry « f Ireland , the greater would be the benefit conferred oa that country . Mr 8 . _Cbswfobd said that this bill would create a degree of dismay in some parts of Ireland of whieh he was sure that Sir W . 8 omerville had no ideal It would overthrew tbe tenant right of Ulster ; and suoh a result would be attended with the most fetal _eoasequeaces to that security whieh the tenancy in the north of Ireland had in their present holdings . That tenant right ought to be extended to the whole of Ireland instead sf being destroyed in say part of it . The bill hadtraea introduced with the best intentions , but would be totally inefficient if it were not considerably improved .
Mr H _Hebsi & t abstained from making any comments on the bill of which Sir Vf . _Somerrille had _jost explained the details , and replied to tha Speech made by MrS . Crawford on the tenant right of Ulster . _Hosnawea * that those who talked so much about tenant right did not even understand tbe phrase that they were using , and amused tbe house by explaining to it the different Interpretations put upon it in _different districts in Ire . land ; he contended that Mr S . Crawford , iu the various speeches he had made upoa tbat _siabject , was holding oat to tbe tenantry of Ireland hopes which could never be realised . Mr _Fasah expressed his concurrence in moat ofthe _opimions so ably developed by Mr S . Crawford . Be regretted that the measure before tbe house would net tranquillise Ireland . He considered tbe bill introduced on this subject by Lord Lincoln fax better tbaa this , which was a paltry concsction , and would create great dissatisfaction and dismay in erery part of Ireland .
Lord CASTLisrAeH oulogised Sir W , SomerviUe for the great practical good whieh he had produced ia Ireland daring bis tenure ef office , but regretted that he could not congratulate him upon the biU which he had just brought forward . It would by no mease come up to the expectations which had _bsea . fornnd efitiathe north of Ireland . Mr Feabgbs O'Connor said , that having made this subject the 6 tudy of his life , and attaching to it paramount importance , his taking part in this discussion , though a question appertaining to Irish property , would not be considered obtrusive . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought some parts of the measure would g ive great satisfaction , but he regretted to find that the _governmentr . was . not prepared to
go to the root of the evil , f In His opinion , the honourable member for Rochdale had been rather unfairly treated by the honourable member for Kerry . His honourable friend ( Mr S . Crawford ) had been charged with the faults and ignoraHce of others . The honourable member for Kerry , in objecting to the transfer of land from the owner to the occupier , had illustrated his argument by asking what would be the feelings of the country if the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed to transfer the property of a private individual to the © _affers of the Exchequer ? Why-the Chancellor of the Exchequer was constantly doing that very thing . ( Hear , and laughter . ) It was one of the right hon . baronet ' s greatest privileges , and one which ho
used most extensively . ( Laughter . ) The honourable member for Kerry had drawn a deplorable picture of the state of the Ardfert _coraraoners—he bad described them as browsing like goats ; but the honourable gentleman did not tell the hoase what quantity of land was occupied by each of those commoners—whether it was sufficient to support them . The honourable gentleman had given the strongest proof ofthe value ef land in Ireland , by * jaoting the prices at which the tenant-right had been sold . What he complained of was that the bll did not go to the root of the evil . The Irish landlords naturally opposed the measure . But they mast bear ia mind the fact tbat free-trade had been com .
me nced , aHd free-trade must be carried out . Now what was the principle to which he ctHudedit was , as admitted b y the _professess » f the science , that when one channel of industry was closed against labour another was opened . Now , however , we had not only one channel , but the whole course choked up in manufactures , railroads , buMding , and other speculations—and the only channel which could _^ Vopened sufficiently capacious to embrace all was the Land . ( Hear , hear . ) Tho subject excited great attention in Ireland , but not more so than it did in England . In Ireland tbe agitation was for small farms—for tenant-right . In . England the same cry would _^ very Bhortly b * raised .
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( Hear , hear . ) The cry which no human power could smother or allay . He congratulated the right honourable gentleman on parts ofthe measure . The registration of votes , the taking away the power of distress in certain cases , the regulation of the law of ejectment , the giving an equitable as well as a legal jurisdiction to the Court of Quarter Sessions , were all good provisions . These provisions had all been proposed by bim ( Mr O'Connor ) fourteen years ago , and would now be found repeated in the motion of which he had given notice before the recess , thus showing thatthe folly of to-day was the wisdom of the morrow ; and would he not be justified in
appropriating to himself all the beneficial clauses in the right honourable gentleman ' s bill , while the government which now confessed their justice , but postponed their provisions and lagged behind pubt lie opinion , and proved their incapacity to legislate upon the greatest of all questions , the question of agriculture . ( Hear , hear . ) And here he would further add , in answer to tbe hon . member for Kerry , and in answer to the denial of the right of this house to interfere with landed property , that the government was constantly in the habit of doing so indirectly . What ' was the Tithe Commutation Act ? What was the cattle tariff of 1842 ? What was the
Poor Law ? What was Free-trade , but one and all a direct interference with the rights of landed property . ( Hear , hear , and cheers , ) He must , however , say that the machinery of the bill was too complicated . He agreed that it would be to the permanent benefit of Ireland , if as good a system of agriculture could be established as that which prevailed in England . The landlords of Ireland should go through the agricultural counties of England and see the farm-buildings . He would rather hold sixty acres of land at £ 100 a-year with farm buildings , tban he would 100 acres of the same land at £ 100 a-year wi thout those buildings . The erection of commodious buildings , suited to a farm of sixty
acres , would not cost more than £ 300 in Ireland . Six per cent , on the outlay would be £ 18- That additional rent would be nothing in comparison to the loss sustained by the absence of the buildings . The farmer lost _JG 40 a year and more in the condition of his cattle from their being exposed' to the cold , independently of the loss of the manure . One question bad been . lost sight of in this diseussion . It was the duty of the government to superinduce the employment of _task-labour instead of _slave-labour in Ireland . The bill contained clauses
respecting the appointment of arbitrators , and the assessment of compensation , but the house should bear in _mifld the saying , that ' a landlord of straw can break a tenant of steel . ' Hp hoped that a measure for the sale of encumbered estates would speedily be brought forward . Under existing circumstances it was impossible for many of ihe landlords lot Ireland to perform their proper and legitimate duties . ( Hear , hear . ) In many cases interest £ on loans , at the rate of ten and fifteen per cent ., was paid by the life owners . When honourable members talked of the
want of agricultural enterprise in Ireland , they overlooked the fact that this apathy did not arise from anything peculiar in the land , but from the uncertainty of its tenure . In Ireland every man knew that his labour on the land was slave-labour—that he would not reap the benefit of his own improvement—and he worked but little . But give him fixity of tenure , and he would work from the dawn of morning till the noon of night . ( Hear , hear ) . Let not the house suppose that the bill would dispose of the Land question . The hopes of the people cf the United Kingdom were fixed on the land , lo that gladdened hope might be mainly attributed the remarkable and praiseworthy patience andquietude
ofthe working population , under most distressing circumstances . But if that hope . be once destroyed or shaken , he ( Mr O'Connor ) would not long answer for the stability ot her institutions . There was not an acre of land , either iu England or Ireland , but would let for double its present renta 1 if the right of the tenant was equitably secured . The right honourable baronet must propose some more extensive and more comprehensive measure . The present bill would be a fruitful one for lawyersit would lead to a great deal of contention and litigation between landlord and tenant . It mattered not whether the people of Ulster were satisfied with their privileges or that the people of Kerry wanted
more ; a stringent law would have to be applied to the whole kingdom . If all the property in Ireland were managed like the estate of the noble lord ( Lord Castlereagh ) , there would be no necessity for 6 uch a bill . ( Hear , hear . ) Or if it were managed like the property of many lords in England , there would be as little cause ol complaint . But , unfortunately , in Ireland a good landlord was the exception , while in England it was the rule . ( Hear , hear . ) And when g ood landlords proposed measures for the settlement of this question , and the suggestions of these men , so thoroughly acquainted with the state ofthe country , were rejected , wohW not the people say that the legislation of the house
was fallacious—that it was based on speculation rather than experience ? He disagreed with the honourable gentleman , the member for Cork , as to the usefulness of the agricultural lecturers . He agreed tbat the agricultural lecturers proposed b y Lord Clarendon were admirable things ; they might be a little difficult to be comprehended at first by the farmers , but they would come to understand them , and he , for one , shonld like to see a Minister of A griculture sitting in that house . And why should it not be so ? We had a minister of pepper , of ginger , of nutraegs , _allspiceand mace —( cheers and laughter ) —and why not a Minister of Agriculture ? [ Mr Lal ) 0 Bclierc , ttie President of the Board of Trade , here
moved to his seat from behind the Speaker s chair , amid much laughter . ] Yes , said Mr O'Connor , I see the right hon . gentleman , but I should much rather see the bush of agricultural health : substituted for the pale and palid look wliich is now traced by the duties of office upon the right honourable gentleman ' s face . ( Laughter . ) He hoped that the landed interest would ere long see the necessity of such a member of the government . After all their discusssions and considerations _, they had afforded no relief to Ireland . Would the house show him any measure that had been adopted during the last forty-eightyears for the encouragement of agriculture in Ireland ? It might be answered
that , without the aid of legislation , the people cultivated the land . True , it was their natural occupation . All other occupations were artificial . If Lord Clarendon carried out hie excellent scheme for the formation of small farms , they would hear of no more outrages—no raore murders—in Ireland ; nor would they require any poor-laws for that country . He would endeavour to give the bill his best attention . It was a very bulky affair , and very little understood by the house . It was not yet submitted to their consideration , although from its size and thickness , when used for reference by the right hon . bart ., he owned its bulk appalled him . ( Hear , hear . ) What a simple people required upon a simple subject was
a simple law , while the outlines of the present bill , as pourtrayed by the right hon . gent ., led him to anticipate endless , expensive , and vexatious litigagation . ( Hear , hear . ) - "What the people wanted was something simple . They wanted to work lor themselves , and not for other men—they were unwilling that either the landlord or the middle-man should have tbe result of their labours . As far as the bill went it was good—it waa getting the wedge into the matter . Tbe government had a difficult task . He could see the right honourable baronet ( Sir Wm .
SomerviUe ) looking coyly , right aad left , at the Irish landlords when he explained the provisions of the bill . The ri ght honourable baronet seemed to ask , ' How do you like this ? ' and' How do you like that ?' ( Laughter . ) The existing state of things required something more stringent , strenuous , and strong , than the provisions which the right hon , gent , had propounded to the house , but he should reserve what further observations he had to make until he was in a situation to judge ef the measure as a whole . ( Hear , hear . )
Mr M _, J , O _Conhbh _. was of opinion that a retrospective oporation ought to be given to this bill , aud called upoa the government to _rtconsidcr thoir determination to make it only prospective . Leave was then given to bring In the bill which was _suussquently read a first ' time . ' Mr _Ptrser then obtained leave to bring in a bill for the improvement cf agricultural tenant right ia England and Wales ; and Mr W . S . O'Brien to bring In a bill to provide further facilities for the permanent improve _, ment of _landed property In Ireland by the owners thereof . Both bills were declared to be searly the eame as those Introduced by the same hon . _morabors last year . Tho other orders were then disposed of , and the house _adjouraed at a quarter past one .
TUESDAY , Feb , 15 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Roman Cathouc Rem ** Bim , . —Mr _Anstei moved that the house _resolvo _Uself into a committee oa tbis bill . Mr LiTf objected to the motion and proposed _qb an amendment tbat the bill be committed that day six months . He principally relied on tke objections urged agiin't the bill by Mr S Walpole in a recenl discussion , and of the _impelicy of going Iato oommittee to recen . _sidsr the Emancipation Aot of 1829 , which had only been passed in _consaqusa ce of the securities attached to it . Mr H . _Dbdhkonb thought that the great fault in the speech of Mr Law was that it was made some twenty
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_jeora too late , If tho present bill could not ba op i . _o- _'ed on tho grouad of principle , it was in vain to op pose it sn the ground ef expediency . He _thsrefore considered it very desirable that the house , should go Into committee on the bill . i | gjr r _, Inolis contended that the concealed object ol this bill was the destruction of such securities as parliament had provided by " . the act ef 1829 for tho remaiaing Protestantism of the empire . Every Roman Catholic country in Europe had in _succession expelled the Jesuits from Its territories on account o £ the hostility ef their principles to those of « ivil government ; and yet it was now proposed to legalise the existence of tbat confraternity In Great Britain and Ireland . Referring to Mr _prummond's question , ' against what did the church of England require to be promoted ? ' he replied , that It required to be protected against this bill , and against Its own members _pruaching against its peeuliar doctrines . .. . .... , ..
Mr Ahstut _extended the provisions of the bill before the house , replying et somo length to the objections of Mr 8 . Walpole aad Sir R . _Inglis . It was most unjust to impute to him any intentions hostile to the Christianity ofthe coantry _. He only asked the house to receive the Roman Catholio clergy within the pale of tbe constitution , and to plane them on the level oa which it bad not refused to place the Jewish Rabbis . Mr _Nkwdecate stated several objections to tho bill , and contended that we ought to be on our guard against the Jesuits , as tbe papers on the table proved beyond all dispute that ' the conduct of the Jesuits at Lucerne had been tbe eole cause of the late civil war in Switzerland . Mis indignation was roused , first , whea he saw a private member of parliament introducing a bill , like thO _prjoenV _, _tvnWng te the jsvabli » nm « nt of the _Rwian Catholic ( church in these islands ; ond next , when he saw the British government quibbling on the point , whether Lord Minto was at Rome in a private or a public capacity . This was not the time for passing such a bill as the BreBeat ,
Sir 6 . Gail bad stated in the last debate that , while he differed from some portions of the bill , he io far agreed with its principles and provisions as to be enabled to vote for its _seeend r * adieu and its committr . l . He then proceeded to defend the government against Mr Newdegate ' _s charge that it had been guilty ef a most disingenuous quibble in asserting that Lerd Mlnto was not its accredited ageat at th * Court of fiemo . Colonel G 0 H 0 LI . Y aad the MaiqaU of _Qamf opposed the bill . Mr _Giabjione stated that iu his opinion the bouse
was bound to go into committee on tbis bill , asked tbe Attorney-General to giro tbe boose hia view wilb regard to the legal position of tbe ancient statutes inserted in and professed to be repealed by it . He did-not think it right , whilst we occasionally Invoked the aid of tbe Pope for our civil affaire , that we should leave on our statute book a law which made it peaal te Introduce into thia country a papal bull or rescript . He also _contended that thoso who maintained that the law re specting the religious orders should remain uaaltered were bound to show something not only against the Jesuits but also _cgaisst the religions orders generally .
Mr Shkil would not vote for this bill if It could be shown that any clause af it _violated soy substantial safeguard of the act of 1829 . There were , however , clauses in that net which were gelling to the Roman Catholics and of no _ase to the Established Church . Tbe law against tbe Jesuits and the other religious orders was 10 severe that it contained within it the principle of self-frustration . Tbe kingdom was at present fall of Jesuits . Tbey had colleges at _Stoncyhurst and Clongowas , and tbe superior of the order was now in London ; aad yet ao government would venture to put tbe law ia force against that order . The disqualification which prevented a Roman Catholio from becoming Lord Chancellor of Ireland was a real grievance . If the legislature did not remove that disqualification , it might remove the fetter but it would leave the mark ofthe chain to fester behind it .
Mr Huh let said , tho house bad heard a great deal of the indignity of transporting a Christian Brother , but be denied tbat tbey were liable to tbis puuishment , in the manner suggested . Tbey were for a breach of the existing act , liable te banishment , aud then , if they remained in tbis country three months after tbe order for banishment , they were aubjeet to transportation . The ; were liable to transportation , not for being members of a Christian Brotherhood , but because they had refused to obey the law ef tbe land , and conform to the milder sentence of banishment . ( Hear , hear . ) The other _religious orders were , like the Jesuits , affiliated societies , connected with foreign bodicB ; subject to a foreign head ; and it must never be forgotton , that the main object ef these societies was to change the established religion of this country . ( Cheers . ) He should oppose the bill , because no real grievance had beon shown to justify its introduction .
The Earl of Abdndel and Souse ? said the _honourable member who had just sat down , who usually displayed se much sagacity and ability , daclared that these Cbristiau Brothers were only subject to transportation if they se . _glected to register _thelrnamea in conformity with tbe bill of 1829 . Mr _Hehiit : If tbey refused to obey the order of banishment ; The Earl of Abokdel aad Subset said an honourable member near him remarked that this waa almost a Jesuitical argument . He perfectly saw the distinction which the right hon . gentleman , the member for the University of Oxford , drew between tbe Jesuits and the other religious orders ; but he would remind the right hon . _gentlemaa tbat no order which had not been eactioned by tbe Church of Rome had a right to be admitted into tbis country . It was said that the religious orders were to be kept eat for the security ofthe Protestant establish .
ment of this country , and tbat those orders were dangerous to civil obedience . The right hon ; gentleman had said that the constitution ef the Jesuits was inimical to civil obedience ; but upon tbat point he would refer tbe right hon _gentlscaca to the opinions expressed by Frederick of Prussia , Gather ! aeof _Russio , and Henry of Navarre , and also To the opinion of Robert Soutbey , The noble lord then read a passage from the writings of Br Southey , to the effect that , although ho bated Popery , he was a great admirer of the Jesuits , and that he believed , as a body , the ; had done _taoro for literature than nil the beads of our universities . Tho noble lord then proceeded to say , that it wss of the utmost importance in a Christinn country to obtain the presence and action of men devoted to the _serrico of Ood , aU whose temporal interests were subservient to the great cause of Christianity , who , by their example aad perseverance in Christian duties , gained the admiration of all , and who won to the faith
those even who were its enemies . Were hon . members aware of the atheistical and infidel publications wbich were sold at a cheap rate amoni ; the lowor orders ! He held in his hand a number of tho Northeen Star , _containing advertisements of mary such works—the text _, books of infidelity . _Amongst them were 'Volney ' s works , ' * Discussion on the Bible , '' Discussion of the Existence of God . ' * Tom Paine ' s works , ' ' The Hew Eece Homo ; or , Christianity proved to be Idolatry , '' Socialism made Easy '( laughter , ) ' The Three Impostors ; or , tlo-es _, Mahomet , and Christ , ' with others which ho neod not quote . When works such as those were spread over the land , the assistance ofthe men whom it was sought to exclude would be found valuable . Neither the Church of England nor the influence of aU the Dissenting bodie s succeeded In stemming infidelity . Let , then , the church have freedom . Sir J . _Pakinoton could not vote for any measure of which the object was to repeal the securities of the Relief Act of 1829 .
The _AiTonNEY-GENEiui , replied to the question of Mr 6 l , AD 6 T 0 HE , and said that if there was any difference of opinion on the subject to wkieh it referred , it would be best _diseussed in th e committee . The house then divided upon the _amendmeat , when there wero—Ayes * tS 4 Noes 188
Majority against the amendment 82 The house then wont into committee pro _farma . The Chaemun reported progress , and obtained leave to sit again that day three weeks , The house then adjourned ;
THURSDAY , Fk . 16 . HOUSE OP COMMONS . —Johnny _Bbioht , the _notorious pinch-belly and consistent Free Trader , put the question to the Attorney-General , whether , as was the opinion gathered from the explanation of the hon . memberfor Nottingham , he intended to embrace the National Land Company in an . Act of Parliament to be framed for the purpose . He put the _question , as . the . protection of tbe pi optrty of thousands of the working men depended upon it . The _Attosmey-Oekeiial ( who was evidently prepared for the questions by his hon , friend , having read bis answer from a written paper ) replied , that he was much obliged to his hon . friend for putting the question , as there had been soma misapprehension upon the subject . He badconsulted the hon . member for Nottingham , and
found tbat the right hon . _Secretars * for the Home Department , bad _misunderstood the reieou assigned by the hon . member for Nottingham for postponing his motion . What he seated to the hon . member was , that , in consequence ofthe right hoa . Secretary for Ireland ' s Bill standing for the same night , he would postpone his motion - aod also to _afiord him time to consider the objects of tht Land Company , whioh he did net then understand ; and if , upon consideration , he saw the propriety of framing an Act to include that Company he would do se ; and he also mentioned the petition that had been presented from the Odd Fellows to the same effect ; but he felt bound to say . that , if the hon . member for Nottingham had proposed his motion in the shape in whioh it aovr stood , he would have considered it his duty to havo opposed it .
Mr O'Connor said , that what he stated in the first instance was , that the _Attorney-General had requested him to postpone his motion to allow him to have time to have communication with the right hon . Secretary for the Home Department , to see if a short declaratory bill could be framed to embrace the Land Company . That the hon . and learned Attorn _« y-Geaeral should uot have been ignorant of the objects of that Company , inasmuch as he haa been fee'd to give his opinion upon itdaughter)—and he had misstated the conversation , be . cause it was he ( Mr O'Connor ) and not the Attorney . Genenil , who had referred to the case of the Odd Fellows
[ As soon as the conversation ended , the Quaker Fre , e Trader ran to the Library to communicate the triad tidlng 6 to tho _MANcnEeTsa _Examiner ; this sagacious senator being wholly ignorant ofthe fact that Mr O'Connor but seeks the protection ofthe Statute Law , in order to save the Company the further eipen 6 e _consequent upon the complete registration of the Company , which this sympathising economist can neither prevent nor relard . So much for John ' s desire to close the health y channel when he has closed the putrid one against his slaves . No doubt his Parliamentary Mirror ( The _Manchestbr Examinee ) will participate in the senator ' s ignorance , and rejoice in the presumed jubilee—but , God help the single-breasted gentleman and hie double-faced colleague , as they may just as well hope to stop the tide with a pitchiorlt as to . arrest the progres s of the Land Company . ]
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FRIDAY , _FuBBtJABr 18 . HOUSE OF LORDS . — -The Committee on the Diplomatic Relations Court of Rome Bill occupied the entire sitting . Considerable discussion arose as to tho designation by which the Pope should be referred to in the bill , the Bishop of _Wihchesteb proposing to _substituto for the words ' Sovereign Pontiff , ' those of ' Sovereign of the Roman States , ' which amendmont was agreed to . The Earl of Eolihton moved the introduction of the foltowing words , In reference to a representative of the Roman court to this country , that he should be a person nn _, n . _-, _ ., „ ,.. „ . r iq
' not In holy orders In the Church of Rome , nor a Jesuit or member of any other religious order , community , or society of the Church of Rome , bound by monastic or religious vows . ' Tbe Marquis of _Lansbowne opposed tbe amendment . The Duke of _Wewikotsn thought there was no necessity for the amendment . After a protracted debate the committee divided , when there appeared—For tho amendment , 67 ; against , 64 ; showing a majority of 3 against the government . _—Lord Redesdale and the Duke of Richmond also moved amendments , but they were not persisted in , and tbe report on the bill was ordered to be received on Monday ,
HOUSE OP COMMONS . —The Bcdget . —Lord Johh _Robsell made bis general financial statement in a Committee of Ways and Means . Thenoblelord opened his Budgetb _vjprofessingjhis inablllty _' to perform theimportaut duty that devolved oa him , which he thought he could best do by lay ing before tbe house an _outllae of ihe financial policy of the government , postponing to a future time all arguments in favour of that policy . He reminded the house , In the first instance , ot the _vlcisslsi . _udi s 'hroagh wbich the country had passed during the last eighteen months , which , except in ti _« aes of foreign wars or domestic insurrection * , had no parallel in our his . tory . Having quoted the Change ! in the prlcofl of wheat In the rate of discount , and in the amount of bullion held by the bank , and having exhibited the
condition of the manufacturing districts ,, for the purpose of showing tho Excise and tbo Customs , and tbe revenue generall y , bad been affeoted b y these vicissitudes , the noble lord then proceeded to refer to the balanoe sheet [ for the year , which was laid upoa the table of the house on tho 8 rd of February . Prom that document It would appear that there was an excess ef expenditure over income of £ 2 , 966 , 083 . But deducting from this , £ 1 , 525 , 000 for Irish distress , and extraordinary sums expended in the eonduct of the CufFrc war , the real excess of expenditure over income was redused to £ 981 , 680 . He then proceeded to state the estimate which had been made last year by tbe Chancellor of tbe Exchequer , with _regard to the different sources ef _incsme . "Witb regard to all these sources ,
the estimate made last year wm £ 52 , 085 , 600 , whilst tbe receipts would not exceed £ 51 , 362 , 000 . This was a considerable falling off in the revenue for tbe year ; but , under all the circumstances of the case , the wonder was that it had not been greater . The decrease on the articles of malt and spirits alone amounted to £ 1 , 359 , 000 . Taking the receipts for the year as alread y stated at £ 51 , 362 , 060 , there would be a deficiency of upwards of £ 900 , 090 . Having thus glanced at the financial condition of the country for the current year , the noble lord then proceeded to state wh . it be calculated would be the proceeds oi the various items of re . venue for the next year , that commencing on the 5 th April next , and ending on the Sth of April , 1819 . He proposed to take the Customs at £ 19 , 750 , 000 , the Excise
at £ 13 , 000 , 000 , the stamps at £ 7 , 200 , 000 , the taxes at £ 4 , 840 , 000 , stage coaches at £ 500 , 000 , the income tat at £ 5 , 200 , 000 , the Post-office at £ 900 , 000 tho Crown lands at £ 60 , 000 and the miscellaneous taxes at £ 300 , 000 ; according to which estimate the whole amount of revenue anticipated for tho coming year would be £ 51 , 250 , 000 . Taking the expenditure voted last year as the standard for that ef tbe ' coming year at £ 52 , 315 , 709 , and the revenue as _estimated at £ 51 , 250 , 060 . a deficiency was apparent of £ 1 , 065 , 709 . This was on the supposition that the expenditure would not exceed that vot « d last year . But a large sum bad to be voted for the excess of expenditure on the navy for the year ending 5 th April , 1847 , amounting to £ 245 , 500 , and £ 1 , 100 , 600 far the CaSre ] war , making together the
Bum of i £ l , 345 . 500 , which supposing nil our establishments to remain as last year , would swell the deficiency 11 be provided for to £ 2 , 411 , 209 . They muBt either sup . p'y by taxation tbe deficiency which now appeared , or come to the resolution to make a great reduction in the military and naval establishments ef the country , that the expeadlture might not be incommensurate with the Income . As to which of these should be pursued , the noble lord then proceeded to state the views entertained by tbe government , _Stroag and extreme opinions had been held out of doors with regard to tho subject of the national defences , and he wished to guard himself from the supposition that he thought that there was in the present state of our foreign relations , especially those with France , any reason to fear a rapture of the
peace which now happily prevailed . No one could bs more anxious than he wan that the _lelutioos between England and France might henceforth be of the most amicable aad of tbe most intimate kind . But that this country might be involved ia war , notwithstanding all the guarantees with which peace might be surrounded , was a contingency wbich might at any time suddenly arise . Disputes had but recently existed between this country and France , Russia , and the United States , which but for the forbearance ahown on both aides might have led to a rupture . However tranquil , therefore , the political atmosphere might now be , accidents , bow unforeieen , might arise to throw it into commotion , It was but prudent , then , for them to look forward to the contingency of war . and to be prepared for It . With
regard to Invasion , although he did not look upon It as a probable event , U was not to be regarded as impossible , considering the powers of steam . And with regard to the warlike preparations wbich had elsewhere been going on , it was true that since the revolution of 1830 , under a King who , ia his belief , was a sincere lover of peace , the naval force of France had been largely increased , whilst that country did not require as England did , a large naval force to defend wide aad extensive colonial possessions , or to protect a foreign commerce , which , ae compared with that of this country , was not very great . Whilst this had been going oa In France , it waa urged by noma tbat no _adequate military or naval preparations had been made in thiB couatry to protect us from the
danger to which we might suddenly be exposed . This was not altogether correct . The whole regular forces , _lacluding the navy , army , and ordnance , having been _InorsaBed Bince the year 1835 from 135 , 763 to _l 96 , ot 3 men , tho increase during the period referred to being 60 , 320 men . There had been neither neglect then nor unwillingness on the part of the legislature to vote increased supplies for tbe purpose ef augmenting the effective force of the ceuDtry when necessary . Of late years another species of force bad been drilled and organised , which would be found both useful and effective . He alluded to tbe organisation by the late government of 15 , 000 old soldiers , Uader tbe present government too , dockyard battalions had been formed , amounting- to 9 , 890 men , with 1 , 080 guns , the greater part of which
force could be removed at any time to other parts of the coast . In addition to this , a very efficient force could be found In the coast guard , which were being or . _ganisedand drilled . The increase in the sums whioh bad been voted since 1835 to meet the augmentation which had taken place from time to time In the various departments of our national force , was from £ 11 , 739 , 070 in 1835 , to £ 17 , 340 , 096 in 1847 . Under the circumstances he bad described—considering the position of this country , her immense empire , the number of colon _, ies which had been added to that empire , the great obange which had taken place in the military establishments of other countries , the _possl . bility of war , the duty of this country to defend herself , and to maintain _hur
independence— tbe government had come to the conclusion that it would not be wise to attempt at pre . eent to make the expenditure equal to' the income bv large reduotlone of our force , On the other hand , it was no less their opinion that there was no reason for giving way ti sudden alarm , or for making any precipitate preparations . Their belief was , that taking the different forces now at their disposal , both as regarded the navy , army , and ordnance , with moderate addtions to some branches of their services , thiB country was in a fit state of defence , which was one great security for peacewhich he regarded as the great and only logitimate object of all their armaments . The increase proposed in the navy estimates for tho coming year was , £ 104 , 000 , of whioh tbe sum of only £ 70 . 000 was for services more
properly . naval , With this voto they weuld be fully prepared for all emergencies , so far as naval _proportions were concerned . With re ard to tho defence of the _dock-yards , a great deal had been done by the late government in that reBpect . A total sum of £ 262 , 000 had been expended in fortif ying the dock-yards iu the most skilful manner . And as to the army , although ho was not prepared to propose ita Increase by a single man , yet the number of men in tho United Kingdom would be materiall y increased by the number o £ regiments which were on their return home , The rank and file , who in'the coarse of the summer ' would be concentrated in the United Kingdom , would amount to 60 , 000—a greater number by 20 , 000 than were in in the country in 1835 . The Increase in the army
estimates would not , _tuorefore , exceed £ 48 , 000 . With regard to the Ordnance , ' the increase would be more considerable , say about £ 245 , 000 , making a total in . crease In the three departments of the navy , army and ordnance of £ 358 , 000 . There was another species of force , in respect of whioh he intended to lay a measure beft . ro the house in the coureof the session , and in refer _, encu to which he proposed to taken vote of a small sum . The force , to which he alluded , was the militia force * There were difficulties connected with that subject , which did not exist iu former times ; bat it was but right to have a portion of tbe people trained to arms and read y in a moment to march to any part of the country , should their services against an enemy , be required . If the house shoald decide
that a militia force was not _necas . nary , it might be found desirable to propose , at some futuro time , a still further increase in the regular f 0 roe Ho proposed to take a vote of £ 150 , 000 , with a' view to laying a foundation for the militia force . The noble lord then proceeded _tostatathe estimated _expen- _'ituro for the year beginning 5 th April , 1848 , and ending 5 th April , 1819 . The estimate of expenditure for the Funded Debt was £ 27 , 778 , 000 ; lor the Unfunded Debt £ 752 , 600 ; making together £ 28 , 533 , 600 . The expeul _dituru forthe Consolidated Fund would be £ 2 750 t ? _00-for the Caffre war , £ 1 , 100 , 000 ; for the Naval _excesi of hBtyear , £ 245 , 500 ; for the Navy , £ 7 726 610 for the Army , £ 7 , 162 , 996 ; for the Ordnance , £ 2 5 <> 4 835 and f _« r miscellaneous items , £ 4 , 006 , 000 . The total
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, nm £ 150 , 600 for the militia , would be £ 54 , 59 $ _soo !( sl was evident , therefore , that If the government _*' right in the view which it took of the _cend - _^ and necessities of the country , It was _obvions _tha _ti _* " must not only propose the renewal ot the Incon i ' but also , if the house approved of the estimates r * to additional taxation . The proposition , _thsa , whlchl " had to make was , to renew the present Income-ta x * 6 April next , for a further period of five years , and £ i * crease that tax from 7 d . to Is fn the pound , _ntt three to Sve per cent , for the first two years . Conjirf" * ing the presen t condition of Ireland , he did not pron _" " to extend the _ineome-tax to that portion of the _en _^ He also pro posed to take the renewal ofthe tax , _eXj , « as it was at first imposed , and as it had existed for _« * pastfew years , makiBg no _distlaction between pr ., and Income . The noble lord then adverted to the g J reductions which had recently taken place in tfcedm ] _' * on various articles of consumption . Nearl y forty _mill'J of taxation had been taken off since the peace , up _^" of ten millions of which had pressed
»„! grievously on the comforts of the lower _cUbb _. of the people . It was not , therefore , too mjv to ask for a temporary increase of the e « s ? ing direct tax , with a view to meeting circumstances \ almost unparalleled difficulty . Tho result of the v »« therefore , would be as follows : —Taking the _expeadltn ' at £ 54 , 596 , 500 , and tbe income st £ 51 , 250 , 000 , which b the anticipated addltioaal receipts ef the Income-tax If enhanced as pronosed , amounting to £ 3 , 500 , 080 wouM _— __ . t _* . _^ * f » t * t m * r \ r \ i \ _t \ _< i «' o «_ . ' " _*'« 1 amount to £ 54750
,, 000— there weuld be a surplus at th , end ofthe year of £ 113 , 000 . This would be bat a smalt surplus , it was tree , but as the circumstances of tig country improved , he trusted it would be maoh large ? the following year . Such was tho proposal , with regard to the finances , which the Government deemed it the ' , duty to lay before the country . The noble lord coo , eluded by moving resolutions , which he hoped the house would again consider in committee of Ways _anfj Means wbich he intended to move on Monday ee _' n , night .
Mr Home had never listened to any financial state . ment with more pain than to that which had just been delivered . Thenoblelord and he saw the condition » f tho country from very different points of view . It was his intention to call upon the house , aot to _| add one shilling to our taxation , but to reduce , ia every practl . cable way , eur enormous expenditure , Mr Bakecb was quite sure that the government woulj never get tbe country to cemply with the _requisition just made to the house . Hr _Obbobke said but few Budgets had ever beea laid before the house calculated to inspire the country _witfj such consternation and alarm . The Marquis of Ga _& KBT said that but few of thos * who supported the income-tax iu 1842 and 1845 , ex . pected to find it contemplated in a Free Trade Budget , Sir B . Hall contended tbat thero was ao ratioaal fear of an invasion . He objected to tho proposed increase ot the income-tax .
Colonel Sibthorp was pained , bat not muoh aurpriied . at tho statement which had been made . Hr F , Basing was also amongst those to whom tbe statement had brought pain and regret . He should feel it to be his duty to look most carefully at the amount ol the increased expenditure proposed , and to _ruqalrj greater economy than bad been hitherto observed . Be could not concur with the government in making tltg income-tax a permanent feature in the taxation ofthe country , and could not , therefore , see but with _sorro * that it was now proposed to add two per cent , to iig amount . Mr Disbaf . 1 , 1 spoke at considerable length , contending that the recent experiences of tbe country were all con . demnatory of their new system , and entering into aa elaborate refutation of ilr Gebden ' s pacific views , wh » he said , bad beea well received on tbe continent , because he had done so much for the continent .
_MrJCoBDEN thereupon briefly reiterated the views upon the question of peace and war wbich he had alreadv elsewhere delinred . . He could assure the house that ao speech tbat had been uttered for a long time in tbe house was so calculated to do mischief as that of tbe no . ble lord . It was because they bad been arming that all the _inertase _. pokeu of in the armaments of France had taken place , and that ho was prepared te show when the proper time came . The Chancellor of the Excbeqdtb followed , enforc , ing the arguments used by Lord J . Bnssell ,
After a few observations from Sir R . Inolis , Hr Moncktoh _Milkx j , Mr _Bxight , and Mr Newpsgate _, Lord _Palhebbton bagged the houte to rcraem . ber that instead of large armaments being about to be proposed , with the exception of a small increase in the marines , neither the army nor navy was to be increased by a single man , The noble lord coneluded by expressing his conviction that peace was uot likely te be compromised , and the measures proposed for its preservation were not deserving of the censures which had been cast upon them .
The _resolution was then reported to the house , which after the disposal of the other business , adjourned .
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THE CRACOW INSURRECTION . A public meeting called by the Democratic Com mittee for Poland ' s Regeneration will be held in the German Hall , White Hart , ( three doors from Hoiborn , ) Drury-lane , on Monday evening , [ not Tuesday , as stated in last week ' s Star , ] February 21 st , in commemoration of the Cracow Insurrection . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock by Ernest Jone 3 . Colonel Oborski , Julian Harnay , Carl Schapper , Tbomas Claik , Philip M'Grath , " and other advocates of Poland ' s cause will address the meeting , Democrats of London , attend 1
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MR O'CONNOR'S SEAT IN PARLIAMENT . * We'll rally around him again and again . ' \ A public meeting will be held in the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Tottenham-courtroad , on Tuesday Evening next , in furtherance of the defence of Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament . Julian Harney , Ernest Jones , Philip M'Gratb , Thomas Clark , and other advocates of the Peoples Rights will attend and take pari in the proceedings , Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . Chartists of London , rally to the support of your Champion .
Sousbs Town—Mr William Dixon Will Delive...
Sousbs Town—Mr William Dixon will deliver a lecture on Sunday evening next , atthe Bricklayers ' Arms , _Tonbridge-street , New-read , subject : 'What England is , and what it will be , under the Small Farm System . ' To commence at eight o ' clock . — The shareholders of this branch are requested to meet on Tuesday evening next , at the same place , at eight o ' clock precisely . South London Chartist Hail . —Mr O'Brien will lecture in the above Hall on Sunday evening next , February 20 th , at eight o ' clock : —Subject : ' Land , Currency , Credit , and Exchange , « fec . ' Mr O ' Brien will commence his course of lectures on the French Revolution on Sunday evening , February 27 tb , instead of Monday next . _Assemblt-hooub , 83 , _Dcan-Btroet . —Mr Edmund Stallwood will deliver & public addrees on Sunday evening next , February 20 th , at half-past seven precisely : Subject : ' The Necessity ofa Change '
. TIT . * - _* ... . _° WarLEY . —Ml ? _IlAriSdttt will lecture at this p lace , on Sunday , February 20 th , at six o ' clock in the evening .
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( From the _Gotette of Tuesday , Feb , 15 . ) _ BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . Jno . Bond Cooke and Geo . Shaw , _Canton , Lancashire , hat maaufacturers-Robert Murray , Liverpool , woollen
BANKRUPTS . Thomas Phipps , High Holborn , sadler- Henry Burrell , _SoL * _» outl _*;? treet , City , _lodging housekeeper-James _m _» _u _« _« _rew" _^ _e H , ohra ond-street , St James ' s , cabiuet _S : _^? " ! ar , rej * Stock Exchange , stoek _desler-M !\ _il ' u a , lge ' Kent > market gardener-Henry Uarkc , Aldermanbury , warehouseman-Robert Oakhw , Southampton , market gardener-George Stokes jun . _TaTlor _^ _thfT _'' ! _^ ' _^ ° _^«* -SteS cC _K- _"? _Crescent , New P _^ _kham , wine _LerghanSlumer ? _^ _mtie , B . dfi » i _Nawjoad , OU _^ _Wrisi , street Ch ~ _^ M m A lmr * _P _*™ ' _^^ . \ ane , Quee _^ Rrf . _^ i k - ? Slde , _^? " _^ chant-Mary Emma idwardi _, * _Mi " ? _^ E , en Ed ™ _4 « > BrUtol , banker-Eliza _Monroon _^ ' H rist _«» . banker-Evan Parry , _Pontxpool _, ™ E _^ fi ! ' _^ P _** _-Lew _» _Porey , _Wootton-inierfcage _, _GlouoestorsMM . nrint 6 r _ Tftkn s . _n _. _* _h < . * n , n > . —
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 19, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_19021848/page/8/
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