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HE EE AMERICAN AGRARIAN REFORMERS . ID IHE ASI _1-HENTEBS—AGRAKIAX Vli ; W 3 OP TBE MEXICAN WAR . . _, 1 Wc' Wc have alreadv announced thc liberation of tne _laprisiprisoned Anti-Renters . On this Agrarian victory ee fine find the _followin- _*; editorial c mmentsin Young tirac ** ' mc ** _* ca . _*•—' The The - . Anti-Renters are liberated . ' and the war cry lhichhich has had a place nt the bead of this paper since weir heir incarceration gives place to tbe watchword , next in ord _* t order . ... .,,.,,, _„ Iti It is time now that thc public mind should he _dislirasebused _respects * these Anti-Kent victims and Iheir ¦ ian * ean * e . For many years the _Anti-Renfcrs bare vainly _indejudeavonrtd to ebuin legislative redress for grieraucei Ihat ibat the principles of the _revolution entitled then * to relief fief from as toon as the Nation * - . ! Independence was
ri -. _tan-. tained ; and yet , although two or three generations of . _lihemhem have _§ _e » ne to the grave as dependent tenants _inffiteaetead of _frec-hol Jer « as they had a light to be , it has been _ttaidreid that they should have redressed their wrongs bj the _bfcwlliballot ! They were a _uMt-jrilj- , mid the ballot to thera _^ _waswasinstfiScient ; thsy might have sunk to the condition oof _Iioflrelind _' _sttntntryifihey _bso * cot sb- > wn that th « y lb . adb . ad , as alastrcSort _* , n weapon more powerful . The in _* iin _* uscf the people , _su-Tferrnig m other w * ys from the nana * l _^ _ai _^ ant evil , were too much engaged with their own grievi a -. _ca-. ces to I e ah _' e to investigate the safcject of the feudal ten tenures of the _Anti-Rentm . until it was forced _epon the thtir attention by resistance of the law , the death of an _OTi _Oftr-officious _patlic _eiScer , a threatened insurrection , an and the costly _tire-par-nion * to meet it .
Sow , shall we * profitty _these-ercntg , or are they to he thithro « n away upon us ? There is certainly _reason for ho hope . The country that hunted Anti-Ren ters hie wild be beasts has elected Anti-Renters as legislators . Atfti-Ri Renters condemned to imprisonment for life , and others co condemned to he hanged , -are uoa- at liberty , and wiil so soon receiv * high honours from the people . The _folioinDgw a list _of-the names of the liberated A Anti-Renters * : — Z . Zetah Preston _Daniel Xoitfcrop B Daniel W Sqabes 3 ohn _Lathim 3- * fohn . Fhcemt . * » V Brisbane C Calvin Jfarfisoa tV _Joceiin
y . jsaac S Burbsns C T McComber J Johu Eurch John B _Coous \ \ Y Reside Thomas Morgan The _foregoing are net- oaly pardoned _bat-restored to t the rights of-citizenship . The foUowing . _nsmed persons have _heeBjardoct _^ , but i _Butrestorftio citizenship : — Smith A _Coughtou John Van Steesbnjgh Edward O _' _-Connor _Ifose-s _Earle The editor of Young America concludes his remarks by rai _> inir the cry , — _Restoration to _Citfeens _' iip of tha _Anticenters * Boughton . _EatI , _TanSteenburgh , and O'Connor .
The noble stand taken by the American Agrarians _against the unjust and wicked war of wbich Mexico is the victim , entitles them to the thanks of the men of all nation * - , who hold fast by _riegrefit principle , that " what ia morally wrong cannot be pr . liticaliy right . " The following extracts are from Young America 'STASVUio Aruies . _—U used to b ; the democratic doctrine _tLat a _standing-sstny was tho bane of Republics ; but it ' s war cf conquest is to fncre _- eve our -standing army instead-t-f _abolis ' _iiins-it . The President already wants ten _aelditicnsl _regiments , and _Congrefs . with _extraordiaury _rauuificeucs-, _have t ) S _* eie 4 _vireltc _elotUers a piece for _lacliianders , to be _ttsp ' oved " to conquera _^ _pence 2 ' * By aad bye , when t * ee _criyplrs . iueimtu with bTolitn down _cotHtitut ' ins and _oio ' _een up morals , retuni . sinoiig us , 1 v . _- _. m's . th . t vav . ve * _t * k " . \\ V > _s " cev . w ¦ _nnoi-xsiooti . _WICSESSESS OF THE Wit .
If it be _atmricraty , to invade and conquer a neighbouring re-pub . io , an 1 maintain tbe conquesthy a standin *; anr . y , I b _; cleave to _wai-h my hands of it as quickly ss possible ; but . as 1 understand it . it is not democracy , oranything _liUeit . at _tvety _miinhas a _righito a home ou the eat : ! :, as wc believe * , we have co riglit to invade the homes of oth _<* r _* . If we could not trade with them we should hate kept away from them . Ir thty were in our deht , how much _hotter it would _fcaveifcetn for government to have assumed the debt , and prohibited ali intercourse with tiaeni till tr . _ey hsd paid us . Can
anything be imagined mare wickedly and stupidly absurd tban to Utile _advantage of tile * _Dtc « Stities of the p « or lacklanderscon-regated _asion _? us from other countries , is _wt-U as onr own , to _Ft-nfl _tl ; e _* ii to kill or be hilled in Mexico _fcecease foaie cf thtir citizens had wrcnged som _^ os cur own nho _c-hoc _^ _s to go among tbcra for trading speculations f If _ZJcLican men , women , acd children deserve death btcausa they belong to a uation sr . ui of the members of whieh " _:. ve tr . hen _ourproptny , what do * . l ; ty deserre _nl-. o _virtuaily r"b oar landless citizens of ti ; eir _lijht to the soil iy re-fusing to co-operate to res : orc i : ?
what _cokghess snortB DiVr D 0 W 2 . If infttad eif voting this . _Mcsh-an u . ' r , Congress had TO : ed the paidi _^ lands free , Mexico mti't _inevhtbly have followed suit , for it would be impossible long to monopolize land and _iee-p laellan ' ers in a state adjo ' _nin _; ece * * o whi _<* h there was free Und . Tlius would _ttj wliok _* _c-r _. tinent have heccne really free without b ' ooi _^ hed . _ttlVZH _< _TO . THE f tiCGUTER . A few days since our attention was _£ rawn to a company of _voluutiers _pirad = d at ihe battery , _f-r tlte purpose of being _incarcerates on Governor ' s Island , until they _should be _transp-rted to the slaughter _grcuuds iu tie anterior of Mcsico . We made an ante-mortem examination upon this _furolorn body of landless wretcbes , and give the _fccts as they were elicited . They were _tiiunlters only in _nnwe . having , as themselves _arewee " , _fctt-a driren to _eulist l' y being- oat ot employ , and iitees-6 _itatad by hopeless _ncstitatian and _gnawing _Ftarration ,
_ilany of these were _inechanits , ? nd others , with no ave-? atioi : ? , excip $ tbst of eompulsive idleness . They bad " _seen-cnsalled in t ' _. e _manufacturiti _; t ** wns , Fittsbui _*{* h and Pittsfieid , Pennsylvania . "Tiiey looked _troe-begeae _, _d- _jei-tcil , and _unhappv ; _presenting auy other _teppearance than ihat of fcein- tbe bulwarks ofa Reputdican nation ' s _litierty . It occurred to us tbat if Preside ;* -: Polk could hare been an eye-witness to this scene of harrowing _wKfe-i-sfiin-sf , if he _ceuld have looked upon three _heait-broktu mtn , compelled by _itarvation and want to alienate _the-ciselr . s from poverty-stricken homes riiid forlorn and _neglected _families , to ie cruelly butchered on the battle _£ tlds of llcxic _;* , or die from fevers and exposure among dump mar-hes and wild fens , for his glory . he could not bet have _rept-nted in e _* _- _* 1 and bitterness the heinous and witked war policy w ' lka is sowing broad-Cast over the _liecd _, _jreurder , _wretchednerS , famine , and an immense _national debt .
THE ECrr OF KAT 10 SAI . _EErc & MEKS Seems plain . _JTotbiag can be imagined more absurdly _nsjast , _tnaii that sen deprive *! of thtir right to the soil _Should be required to risk their lives , or pay tlieir money , to carry on this war . If it mu _« t go oa , it properly fctlon ; s to the _land-lords , and tho ? e who have obtain * . d "•" faith through land monopoly , to do the _fitrhting and to furnish tbe mcics . Instead of which , the President _proposes to us tea and _coJTee , so that Astor with his thirty ¦ millions may pny no more than the poor seamstress earn--ag _tn-enty-Sve a el _= y of sicteen fcou's , and to get an _addti & Bal half million from the jftople ' s lands by cheapenicg them to tlie "grasping _s-ieculators ; " while Congress _pro-w-iccs to the landless raen to leave tbeir _destitute _fttniiies in rented Louses , _tultait themstlves to tlie arbitrary rule of well tuid _otSeees for ten dollars a month , aid a fcocnty of t * eir own _laa-l if they happvn to e * ir . _vlre th « _Hoodthirsty contest * It will never do ! The Wat tnuu be stopped .
As it is the policy of _Monarchies to fight with LacUUuderc , so shouti it be the policy ot republics to fight with _Fre--holders . Ont freeholder would be a match for tw j or three _lattdauders , because lie has a " stake in th . * hedge , '' _something tn fall back tipoc . It would be tbe i _. im of freeholders to terminate a v « ar as soon as possible , but licklandcrs , having no home , care little about terminating a war tbat they onee engage in . In republics all should be freehof & r *; and tfie way to ! ring this ab . _iut is for lacklanders io leave all fig-ruing to the landlords _. und rc 2 ke _tliose who pfoSt by landiordry pay the expense . _Landlordry is an alien , tvho , instead of _bsing naturalized in this republic , sbould be expelled , with as little ceremony as _possible .
ihe monarchists of Europe hare looked upon our war with a sister republic with the greatest delight ; and it ts the darling policy of the British Tories , and their _randooBgering Allies in this country , of whom the Courier cad _JEnffiurfris tbe chief organ , to burden this republic with a national debt and a _statding armv , the most _efiV-cwat mesas they could devise to destroy its existence . The game is becoming piajn to the p € 0 p _* ana the true policy i _* . to stop this most unnatural war without farther bloodshed . The Tories must te dtf rated I Tbe Republic must be saved ! Youvg America " must _ticome a model fer a Young IVorld !
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_PtTiiOES . —A gentleman in India , writes thus -. — " l wi > h I c uM send y < _u some of our polat'ic _* - so beautiful and white . 1 am sure the reason the potatoes in England have become so bad is Irom over ? Mltivation . All those fine manures have altered and _oe-ilrovcd the natural itructure of the root , and if tanners would let the ground alone , the potato may be _agiin plentiful _i-nd good- Some time hence they _ttay find that cot only wheat but other grain may _bvcome like the potatoes . "
_Pocibt i . v _Parssw . —It is a lucky" thing thnt Jlcod was not a Prussian , othcrwijehis" Song of the ¦ _AiK" mis . ht have co-t bim dear . A Dr Von . Meyer , £ t _Beriir , has beer , accused of what are called com-J » l » . ] i > tic _tendencies nt Benin , for only reading a _wiapi * H ( , n called ' - The Weaver ' s . Son ? , " by « einneh Heine , the literary exile at Paris . Oae _"itnesa _ex-imined , to incriminate the doctor , is «! a to have stated tbat be informed against him _** _c _2 _use he hated Lia . Dr Meyer was , _neverthfless , _« ntenced to long imprisonment , and although he r appealed ag & _lnst th © sentence be is to remain f-confinement until the decision oa the appeal is _fo'ffied .
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MOVEMENTS OF THE WEEK . The arrangement entered into between the Bank of France aad the Russian Autocrat , by which the Russian Government has purchased French Government stock to the extent of 50 , 000 , 000 *" . ( £ 2 , 000 , 000 sterling ) has been the principal topic of discussion in the French journals . The organs of the money - jugglers generally approve of an arrangement by winch the Bank is relieved of its _pressing
embarrassments . The "National" regards tbe transaction with indignation , as placing in tbe hands of the Tsar the means of operating at tbe Bourse a _gaUist Fiench interests . This is , without doubt , a prelude to that closer connexion of the Russian despotism viith the present vilianous French ** system , " _ivHch Louis-Philippe has so long desired ; The tyrant and the traitor are about to coinbine to keep down democracy , but democracy will be too strong for tbem .
Of the right-royal immoralities just now attracting the " eyes of Europe '' to Madvid , _; wc have spoken elsewhere . According to the latest accounts from Portugal , Saldanha bad " made no sign " of reducing the " rebellions " Junta to obedience . In Italy , the Pop ? is progressing- in his good course ; oue of bis _latest acts has beep , the tak ' ng to task of the Roman aristocrats : — " If yon -will not cultivate yonr lands , " said Pius , " I wi 31 take tbem and cultivate them for jou . 1 will not endure any longer the spectacle of _-e rich bnt _uncsltivated soil , and a starving peasantry . " - ' Tiiis is an _example which the BriRsh Government v ; ould do well to imitate in Ireland ,
The _Turkish Sultan has replied ta King Otho s letter to the effect , that the adjustment of the differences _betvreen the two governments should be left to the two cabinets . Tbe Ottoman Ministers still demand " satisfaction . " The Sultan is marching with the age , and daily giving proofs ofa sincere desire to promote the enlightenment and happine' s of those _o * _"er whom he rules .
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INDIA . The Overland Mail has arrived , bnt brings but little intelligence cf any rmportance . With the exception iff marauding in 5 cinde , and snme hostile operations in the _Gransoor territory , tranquillity reigns supreme in every part of the land . _Aifairs in the Punjaub are propressing favourably . Rajth Lall Singh h _;> s been taken to Ajrro . .-ind placed with bis family in tbe fort , where the celebrated gates of Somnaath are still in "" ' durance vile . " He is said to lo : ik banpv and jovial enough , snd doubtless , were
it not for the loss o f wealth and power , he would be _ulad rather than sorrytoescape fromthe silken chains of bondage imposed oninrn by his imperious mistress . Nor has tbe Ranee ' s _trief been long-lived . She is repreteated by those who bave .-etui her to bo a pretty little-creature , with _K _.-tck eyes— "fair , lively , and _interige-nt . " She will probably soon supply the loss cf her cecalierservente-A revolution is reported lo have taken place axaos & st tue _Birnisris . The son and successor of the late Tiarawaddie , is said to have been murdered .
FRANCE . The _ScAECirr . — -Baron James de Rothschild has _expTEssea the _intentian of _ikv-tting n . sum of five million francs to the buying of _tirain and flour for the supplying of Paris , 'ibe _urain and flour will be bought in the _fereijtn entrepots of _Europe and America , and _st-ld in ihe Paris market at the current price of the day . Should the operation be attended with loss , it will be _s-upported by the Rothschild firm . Jf , on the contrary , there be a profit , it will be _converted into lone de pcin , to lie distributed to the poor of the capital . Several of the journals
_im-m-on the report of serious disturbances bavins broken out in ti . e neighbourhood of Orleans owing to _ihericiriL' prices of food . In the department of tbe Loire , catraces of the most alarming _cbaraoterpjunf _* ? r has been perpetrated in tbe presence of tiie troops seni Jlr tbe protection of property . In one _insiar-c-e ]( K > _soWier-s have been _disrcgarde'l . Jn another ** , fitly infa & try asd twenty-fire bussars were deiied i . v ths populace , prc = sed upon and hemmed in so ( _-ompletely fs to-be _i'lc' _-pnbie of moving , while boat-loads of "rain were carried _oir by the _tboas-inds of r . _eaeaiitrv _/^ _sembled .
Tee C- _'iiijBEfi op Bftcties resumed , on Tuesday , the _c ' _tscussian on the preposition of M . _Duver-iiei * de _Ilaurcmie relative to _tJett _.-r- 'l reform . SPAIN . A curious _s-tate of tilings exist at Madrid . Tbe queen wktics to _chanjt ** her mininiy , but none of them will _resign , and fhe cannot get any to countersign Uer uknii' _- ' _-. el of them . 'I he ministry distrusting Gecer . il _Perrano , and wishing to get rid of him , had _upocinteei Uict _C-Apwki-ger . eral ol Navarre . Thie office he declined _aeeepthi--:. lie w _» 3 then desired ty Co _zx-A inspect the troops in the _Basqae Provinces . He was ordered to start forthwith , and told that his _insttustiona ska-aid le deli ** _ercd to bim at _Pampeluna . A _regular passport _accompaaied the order . The _ger . erii replied by a lespietfnlmemorial to htr Majesty , declaring that his station as a senator did i ot permit _his-quh-. ing his _T-. _ari'aj-. entr . ry p' _. st , unless re ; il peril _threatened . On this the ministry _demanded permission of the _stnaie to pr > _isvcate Serrano , which _permi-fsion _*** as _prantud . According to the latest
account * Serrano was _sliil in _hii ' ii ) 1 * . i he cause ol this curious afair is tJius _rapl-iined : —The queen , for whom foreirn Powers bave _bf-en at such pains io select a husband , has already , _fallowing tbe example of other ladies of her iamiiy , _allowed her affections and favours to stray trom their _legitimate claimant . She ha . _<* , to use a _fevosrite _Sprnis ' i expression , pronounced herself in favour of General Serran ; _., » young man towards whom we have ourselves observed in public such behaviour on her partas wouid astonish the demure ladies of Eng ) .- ; _ml . Her ¦• _isli has been fo . " some time to get rid of the present ministry , and to form another , with Gecral _serrano at the " head rd"it . This plan , however , she has not been allowed to carry through , " the kinp _ot-jects to the _irreiu-Isruies ofhis wife , and has , jointly with the ministers , used his _endeavours to remove Genera ! Serran * * from Madrid , by _cfiericg him the Viceroyalty of Navarre . Serrano rc ' _use-s that _ho _. _- _ioar , and is doubtless supported by the _quren .
PORTUGAL . Tee Cmt WAr .. — On th * ; 9 th instant the Dulse of Saldanha , who has _coilested the materials for a _bridge , mace a demonstration ofan a ' . tempt to cross the _Di-uro , somewhere near Carroiero , but a large force havin _**** soon shown _itstlt on tbe opposite side , he withdrew again , after the _proulnr army had fired a few cannon shots at bis mea- Tie "converted " MigueiiteGener . il Guedcs _surprised a _delaehn . ent ot the _' _Queetfiitrwps at _Pczd de ilegoi , on the D . mro , killing twenty and _eipturinj ; fifteen soldiers , a colonel , and five other _c-fricer . _- _* , and eleven horses , besides
a _considerable number of muskets , left on the field by thc fugitives . Another quondam _MigueJite , Bernardino , captured a _Mipuelite _j-uerilla ( for there arc yet a few _> ueh ) of _ei-jht men , and sent tbem off prisoners to Oporto , thus Riving a proof of the sincerity oi his conversion to the n- _^ v * pohlieal cref d he has adopted . At _Oj-orto tbe greatest confidence is felt in the success of ths popular cause , provided that England wiil be neutral iier-. e ! f , and oblige Spain to be w > likewise . That - _'tragh man- _' . _if-war" ( a 74 by the way ) , old Povors , has set out _again fer the province of Beira , the _sc-erie of his _recent surprising
achievements . GERMANY . Vienna , March 10 th . —The winter _appears not at a'l disposed toleave us . Last night a _great quantity of snow fell ; it is _several fee : deep , at d the told is siill rery severe . In consequence of this continued unfavourable weather , together with the high pric s of provisions , tbe public health , especially ofthe Jov _* er classes , has suffered very matciialiy . The hospitals are all so full that tbere is no recm for receiving any more patients . _Maiscn 13 . —The jrtcecdings against the ( _ffierr an d _cicets " rnpiieated in the c '! nFpirr . cy cf i 83 e ) mostofwhini _beltmg to _Ceiint Mazzakcllj ' s regimen ot infantry , as _wc-Uas to some ether regiments , are now concluded , and sentence has been passed—in m st instances , the sentence is confinement for five yaws in the _fortres" * of _Munkntzin Upper Hungary .
, EiuonAiios _.- —Almost every day , the "Suabian Mercury" bricgsacc _*; : itjts ofthe increase of emigration . It is a sign of the times in Germany that a _ntw _-wt-r' 1— £ i : ro / _Jo » ii ;< . ' e , tired ol _Europe—hns come into fashion to express the discontent of the people . Pwm the 1 st to the 17 th of March , 20 _vesseissailcd frtni En-men for New Ywl * , carrying ou ! "> . 804 etui grants . _STP 2 _TZERLAND . ScAKCiTT .--Aecocnts from Berne of the loth inst . state that misery prevails to a frightful extent in that canton , usually regarded as one of the most opulent in Switz : riar . d . One of the journals
estimated the number of persons _subsisting on public charity at _nolessthana hundred ; : nd femeth _' _- . _asands , which is equal to ons quarter of the population of the _eantoD . In seme of the dis ' _- _rlci _* -. especially in Ihe Bemeso Oberiand , provisions are so _sca-. ce , and of so bad _aeit'aliir , thui some epidemic disease is feared in the spring . Bankruptcies occur daily , and sales bv auction increase on a similar scale . It was remark _» -d that during the whole year of 1807 thera _wrre fewer bankruptcies than are indicated in one ofthe last numbers of " Official announcements" of the canton . The budget of the town of Berne far the present year shows a deficit of 127 , 5 < of ., or about one-tenth vfthe _cautc'tal deficit . Tke _ecarcityoj
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food _incites . Domcliary visits havebeen . made by order of the authorities m the establishments of certain individuals accused ot hoarding up stores of S bot they led to no other result than to prove Im ) universal want . Inthe midst of all this misery , party spirit is as violent as ever . "'" '
- ITALY . Romb , March 9 —The sovereign Pontiff has apoointed a . cammU & ion to draw up the statutes for an order of chivalry . The order is to be the reward of merit andgood actions , without regard to the _la-th and tke country of the individual . It is to be divided into two classes . The first will confer hereditary rank , thc second nobility for the life-time of the member . The order is a -starwitb the motto— v lrtuti ct mcrito . " Owing to tho high price of provisions , and rot to deprive a numberof _pwwmsioi the means of earning their bread , the Popo has authorised the theatres to remain open during Lent- this is the first _example of snch a measure . The " Aix . _la-Chapelle Gazette" state , from Rome , that a conspiracy against the liberal po icy oi the Pope had been discovered at Ancona . and tnai several monks were at thc head of it . Some arrests haveit is saidtaken place .
, , „ . . , _„ Cardinal _Grass-lini , _governor of Roaie , has introduced the most liberal reforms in the department oi the _p-Ahe , and decread the walling up of all the under-ground cells in the prison of the _laiazzo Madama . Six unfortunate mcn _. confined in them at the time of the cardinal ' s visit , were set at l'berty . T * usca _* _iy . _*—A _letterfroirt Leghorn of the _Idttisaysi * ' Arrests continue to be made in Tuscany . Amongst tbe prisoners are MM . Barbanera and Geovgini , and M . Gross ! , a physician . " , . Austrian Tyraksv . —Mr , Mazzini has _pubhsacd tne following letter **—
Gioranni MoramJini , a _yORtifj engineer from Sienna , ' . Tuscany , ) after having jotfrae * ved through France and England , _re-tntevtd Italy ft « a Vienna , in the mcsjith of September , 1 S 46 . Having _^ ever taken any part in tlio political agitation of the country , he waa suffered to travel unmolested throughout Austria ; tut once arrived in Venice , he went to _^ iay a visit to the mother of _tr-e Bandieras _. wJin was to moved at tbe mark dfsympathy she was recelviiis by a stranger to her , that gbe fainted durinjr tbe conversation . Some persons were present , and the _imndent pr . _rlueed a certain sensation at Venice . _Ifl consequence of this Morandini was arreste-d _. and taken to Milan , " where he * i * _ntill imprisoned , without any trial . IXnrandini is the nephew of the _Bishop-of Massa Marittitna . * Siulio Bnrgnani , ot Brescia , CattaHeo , and one _Mettellt , emplcii / e in the Royal Civil Tribunal , are likewise , during five'months , in prison at Milan , for no other crime than having received a work of _l'Abbei Gioberti . —Joseph Mazzini . i M , -Cropley-street , New North-ro » d , Kerch 23 , 1817 .
POLAND . The Cologne 'Gazette announces that the _Grand-Duke Michael of Ilussia is to be nominated A icoroy of foland , with the same power and attributes as were exercised by the _Grand-Buke Constantino op te 3830 . THE WAR IN TIIE CAUCASUS . Cokstanwmople . Feb . 27 . —It has been lately stated in _the-Amm- _* _.- _* dc Frankfort , that a Russian lort in Abasia , by name Soabehi . had been attacked by _the'Circassians , who had been decidedly repulsed by the Russian _eanison . Th ' _ia-aocount is so far true ; but the most important feature of tbe affair is left ¦ out of it . The attack on the fort was madeby -eight thousand men from seven _independent _Circassian tribes who bare been for the last five years in
truce with Russia , and consequently have taken no part in the campaigns of Shamil . Worom-oiE , by _endeavflurij-g to convert this truce into peace and alliance , has provoked this outbreak into open war Hehad b : en fur some time-carrying on negotiations with these tribes , and _.--ecmed to be making way towards his object , when the -chiefs , dreading to be seduced from their neutrality into overt hostility against their 'countrymen , thought there was no other way _« f terminating the negotiation than by at once takiag up arms against the subtle negotiations . The purpose of their attack on the fort was therefore , not so much to take it , a 9 to be relieved from the persecution of negotiations , in which tlicy fe . lt they were overmatched , and to come to the aid of their heroic countrymen nnder Shamil , whom
their orators told ihem they-ought to feel shame and _sorrowrtor having so long left to defend their _country without their active assistance . Thc seven independent tribes in question inhabit the coast country-ot Abasia , which forms a shore of tbe Black Sea . Tho nest fact or report is well attested , yet . wants confirmation . It is said , and pretty generally believed here , that two Armenian _trfficers of Georgia , in the Russia service . Gemral ; Bebutoa and anolhorgeneral , who were with the army in Daghestan , have deserted with many followers to Shamil . It is added that the Patriarch of _E ' chmialzine , tbe _spirtual head of the Armenian church , on intimate friend ol these generals , is implicated in their desertion ; and that he has been carried prisoner to _Tiflis , where he remains uudcr arrest .
Massacri ; o p a Tjhbe . —A letter received at Constantinople from Circassii _' . t ; ives an account ofa terrible act of vengeance taken by Chamyl on the tribe ofthe Aehcnes , for an act of treachery on the part of the .-alter . The Russia- ' . * " h _.-d persuaded the tribe of the Achenes , v . ho hud made thtir submission to them , to send messengers to Chamyl , demanding of hira to send them 1 , 20 ( 1 men to aid them in risin » ifainst _tlis Russians . Chamyl , not suspecting anything , sent the 1 , 200 men r _< quired , who we * . e received in thc mostlio < pitableni _.-iiiner by tho Achenes . The insurrection was to take place on thc 15 th of January but on the night of tlie 23 _* h , the Achenes , aided by a reuiment of Cossacks , fell upon the
followers of Chamyl and massacred the greater number ; some , however , escaped , and carried the sad tidings to the Circassian chief . Alter the massacre , thc Achenes and the Russians took possession of tho village of Cassaban which they fortified . Meantime , great activity prevailed in the Circassian camp , numbering 59 , 066 strong : tbey swore by Allah not to spare a Jiving soul . On the 27 th January they appeared _befure-Cassaban ; on the following day they _i-tormed the village , and man , woman , and child , Russians and Ache nes , were put to the sword . On the evening of the 2 Sth , 5 , 000 lives had been destroyed . The few Achenes who _cuntrived to escape , crossed the Irontier , aud have been distributed amongst the different _Russian forts in the Crimea .
UNITKD STATES AND MEXICO . By the packet-ship Gun-ink ; md Montezuma we have accounts from New Ye - , ik to the 4 th and 6 th inst . inclusive , respectively . Tlio accounts are important . _Clo-e or the Scs _^ _ijt . — 'Che sittings of Congress erminated on the -lih of March . The Three Million Bill had received _. _previously _. _thesanctionofboth branches of the Legislature . The IVilemofc proviso was rejected . The following is the substance of the :
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The lie ws from the seat of war promises a speedy _collimion . While thc army of General Scott was preparing to march upon very Cniz , the Mexicans suddenly _apioared before Saltillo , aHd drove in the outposts of General Taylor . General Taylor ' was , however _, exceedingly _ktrong there , having with him C _. 000 men , who had marched with him from Monterey .
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f . _IM . U 1 JU 11 J 1 UU 1 V _4 XllliU . fMr Oa _5-. 3 er has addressed tlie follo » i » ff letter to the Editor of the Morning Pott . ] Sib , —It was natural that 1 should read the re-pert of ; he speech delivered by Mr Bright on the second reading _> f the Ten Hours'Bill nith marked attention . Th » Honourable Member for Durham , _although ho reused to meet me in the Free-trade Hall , Manchester , had liven me _re-a _^ on to expect that he would prove , in the louse of Co . naioas _, that factory children , engaged twelve lours per day in actual _lilour , rosy be educated ; and dso , that if the hours of labour should be reduced from
twelve to ten , a reJuctiou of one-sixtli in wages would be the result . Judge-, Sir , of my surprise , when I found that , after all , no reasons , on these points , were given by tbe would-be Member for Manchester . Tbe perusal of that speech convinced me that " a little _learning is a dangerous thing " It was well that Mr Bright told the house how very imperfect bit education ha _4 been . I heartily wislio'l , for llis onn sake , as well a * , for that of those whom he _represents , and for the constituency of Manchester , should he ever represent them , that he bad remained a few years longer at school . _Csiriain persons require long memories , and , in a _legislator , consistency is avirtue .
In tMs wonderful speech ourhcro blows hot and coldt one time insinuating the Ten Hours' Bill would not ir . ire the mil _.-owhers ; at another , declaring that it would ) b them of one-sixth of their production ! He said , "he ' not for a moment be supposed that in his opposition to ie Ten Hours' Bill he was actuated by the belief that it ould iu any degree injure his persooal property orpros-? c : s . " Having tr . ade thu above assertion answer bU purise , by _-fiviug its author a disinterested position in the -hat--, Mr Bright , before he _sat-doun , asked tbe bouse , Was it possible tbata measure which would at ouce cut F one-sixth of all _thegreat manufactures of tbe country mid he _considered unworth y of deliberation and discuson , or could be passed without producing confusion and taster amongst all the producinj ; classes ! " This "disteresteei" manufacturer next hinted at some schema bieh the masters will adopt to rid themselves of loss , by rowing It upon the operatives ; be says , _«• It would be ¦ e f _ssary for tht manufacturers themselves to take the
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proper steps [ by reducing ( he wages ) to prevent the ruin whieh must inevitably fall upon them if this course of legislation should be persisted in . " . Mr Bright also assured the hous « that "he helUvtd in his heart that the proposition was a most Injurious nnd destructive one "—ihis from the lips of a man ( a millowner ) who , a few minutes before , bad said he " would not have the house believe that it would ' n any degree injure his personal property or prospects I " Again he contradicts himself—saying , " If yon take off two hours in _tims , you must take off two hours in wages "—and then , " This bill is a protection to raise wages , at the expense of capital , by Act of Parliament !" This honourable member would have the world believe that nono can understand tbeTen HoinV Bill better than he ; still , it is thug he fences with himself .
Mr Bright professes to have great regard for truth , "he cannot conceive of a guilt more dreadful" than that working men should be deceived ; yet , it is clear that lie thinks there is no harm in misleading the house . Ho said , " The object of these parties ( the advocates of the Ten Hours' Bill ) from the beginning was nctwhat it pretended to he , but to interfere by law with the labour of all persons , of whatever age and sex , employed in tho manufactures ofthe country . " Now , nothing is easier of proof than the fact that , for thirty years the advoc * tes of this meas _* 3 re have consist _, _eretly sought to vvotect thoBe who were not adults or free agents . _Theirefforts have been all that time before thc public—the records of tbe two Houses of _Parliamtnt furnUh proof of their consistency . Pity that Mr Bright should us _" e , his privilege as member of Parliament to pervert truth—to denounce thousands ai hypocrites !
Tbe member fov Durham was reBolved to Become "Grand Inquisitor ; " passing frora tbe condemnation of a vast multitude , he _singled out one individual for his most malicious shaft . Mr Bright said , "The things formerly staled by Lord Ashley were now given up , and bis own _frionds would not credit them . It was acknoir . _ledf-ed that ou no question had a greater number of _cxaggcratedstataments been brought forward to justify this unjust interference with factory _labour . " _Had the unfortunate member been betti r educated , be would have been more courteous—bad he been honest lie would have met the noble lord at the public meeting in _Rochdnleor Manchester ,. ind tlierechargod bim , in person , with _falsehood ! _ILid he not known that he wns "bearing false witness , " he would have given proof of his assertion . . .
Mr Bright gave the house to understanl that ho had no objection to meet his neighbours In public - , he said "he -was not afraid of _going before that oranyotber _manuf-wtttting _constituency in L » . nc » . sWt « , _soiw as -. his bill was concerned . Wherever ho was known he was sure no one would charge him with any want of sympathy for the class for wbom the liouse was now called upon to legislate . " _NYhatsould induce _Wta to * ieny W _* _m- » eii ihe pleasure ( seeing that an invitation was given to his firm ) of confronting the noble Lord Ashley ! The true answer is-Mr Bright tenew that all Lord Ashley ' s statements were true -, tie therefore reserved their denial for a place where he was well aware Lord Ash ley could not reply . I may also be excused asking the hon . _member why he refused to meet me at a public meeting in Manchester . In Manchester it is commonly reported that he dare not . Mr Bright knows that the friends of the factory children have no need to exaggerate . Language cannot describe what those victims have suffered . Their wrongs are
only known to 'God I The man who expressed such deep anxiety lest the operatives should be deceived ought to be very careful not to delude his _hearers by false statements . Again , I charge Mr Bright with stilting an untruth . He said" Now , with respect to the question of wag- * , the noble mar _^ ttis ( Marquis of G ranbj ) opposite said , 'He believed the _ciuasti-. n had been put to tbe working classes , and they were willing to work a shorter time even with less wages . ' He ( the him . member for Durham ) denied thnt assertion . "
The truth ofthe statement made by the noble Marquis of Granny is attested by tlie votes of _g _*' ' - _** _' numbers , nt public mV _' _tings . Lord Ashley , Mr Fielden and Mr Crawford have themselves thus tested the operatives . In very many cases I have distinctly asked them , when thousands have been present , " Whether wages shall fall or rise , are you for th * Ten Hours' Bill !' _, The unanimous and reiterated answer has been , "Yes ; let wages take tbeir chance . " ' Now , sir , when one member of Parliament presumes to deny the assertion of another , he is bouud to give some proof . I dure Mr Bright to the proof . Has Ik ever attended one of those meetings ! Has he received his information from those who have been there ? Lst him answer . Thete is no _mistake _r-bout the matter with tho factory operatives . They have been too well schooled in factory suffering to bo duped by those who ** _.-ould uphold the oppressive s . stem .
Mr Bright was not less trustworthy when he ventured to touch on tlio finamial part of this great question . Wnen this precocious schoolboy turned financier , it _tvns ' _angliabk * to witness what capers he cut . He calculated the millions of _millions _of-pounds of our annual produce of textile fabrics ( tvmoug which textiles tbe teamed gentleman specified _i't _. _OUO . OOO worth of harJivare , ) and then be positively asserted that the sixth part of the _wh-lewill assuredly be lost , if the women and children work only ten hours a _ilaj iu factories ' . It wasibus that Mv Bright attempted to aUmn the Chancellor of the Exchequer— " Taking into consideration ( says tht * lion , member ) the fact that the diminution of imports and exports would c _.-. _use-e loss to the revenues of nearly £ 7 , 000 . 000 , he would put it to any man whether it would be possible tn carry on the affairs of the _e-ountry under sue * , circumstances 1 "
{ - ucti absolute madnes * cannot impose upon any saneman . Mr Bright knows ver * well that it iB not th-. * custom for factory operatives to be employed , on an average ofyears , more than ten hours a day . He is well aware that the Ten Hours' Bill will not reduce the _annual production—that its operation will be a beneficial regulation — -merely distributing the labour equally over the whole year , an . l preventing those altercations from excessive toil to no work—alternations thnt are so (' cstructive to the health , _co-nfjrt _, arid prosperity of the fact-ry operatives . * # # Mi- Bright bas not an epsrative in bis mill who could not inform him that bis own _production has not been reduced by the regulations and reductions of time _here--tofoiemade by the Legislature , or tbut could not tell him that , for a series of years , Lis mill had aut _regularly run ten hours u day .
The truth is , the Ten Hours'Bill will not reduce the Jive-rage hours of labour , it will ' on ' y regulate thtm . Sir Robert l \ _-el cannot be igr . oraut of this fact , _Ji' . 3 t uow many mills are not working—many are only working four hours , six hours , or eight hours a day , I am told tbat Mi- _Bright ' s mill is now closed agair . _ft hi 3 factory operatives . Be-fore any _Member of Parliament permits himself to talk of one-sixth loss in production ar . d wages , he is bound , injustice to himself and the house , to prove that practically twelve hours regular work per day at all onr mills has , on an average of years , been tbe custom-Failing in this proof , his str _. ttmeat is not worth tbe breath it cost bim .
I cannot omit to notice the _self-gratulation with whL'b Mr _Bi-igiit informed tho house , that his workmen had " dared" ( yes , that was the word ) "dared to petition this house . " Granted , this is an improvement 1 But , i _. o th . _tnks to thc _opponents of tbe Ten Hours' Bill . Had tbat party ( now represented in the house by Mr Bright ) hud their way , the tyranny of the * system would hive remained in its pristine state . Thanks to the friends of the Ten Hours' Hill , factory workers dare now petition tke II mse , of Commons ! The records ofthe house contain proofs that , formerly , factory _workers have been _discharged find proscribed ( the hon . ineaiber for Durham _knoivs tho meaning v . f tliuse words ) , for no other crime than obeying the summons of the House of Commons ! I allude to those factory , operatives from Scotland who were . s ummoned to appear before Mr Sadler ' s committee , and who , on their return , _finding themselves discharged and proscribed , for no other crime than obeying the speaker ' s sammor . s , petitioned tbe House of Commons for compensation .
Mr Bright ' s allusion to Lowell , is simply _dishonest . The factory worker * there can never be compared to ours . They ( of Lowell ) are farmers'daughters , working a few months in the factories , and then returning home , A wise opponent of thc Ten Hours' BUI will never name Lowell ! M . _t Bright s garbled extracts from my observation ' nbout MrAekroyd , of Halifax , cal ! for no remarks st present . We shall meet in Manchester—then I wiil settle all privatescore 3 with mg accuser .
I remain , Sir , your _oblifre-d servant , London , March 13 . _It'CIIAHD _OaSTLIB . P . S . —I am told that Mr _Es-ott informed the House oi Commons that I had iittem ' ed meetings to advocate an Eight Hours'Bill . If the hon . member for Winches ' er did so , he told the bouse that which was false . 11 , 0
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I ' uinters' Wayz Goose . —The Era savs : — "The derivation of this terra is not genet ally known to those who annually open their _^ pu rse strings at the eu-tomary lestiv . il of the gentlemen of the press . It is from an old English word ' wayz , ' stubble . A .-tubblc goose ia a known dainty in some places of onr own days . __ A ' _wajz-goose' was ihe head dish at thc annual festival of our forefather of tho fraternity of printers . Ihese wavz-aeese were formerly kept about Bartholomew tide ; and till the employer had given ( his feast , the journey men did r _. ot wovk bv candle light . [ The "wayz goose" is now generally held the last Monday in June or first Monday in July . Itis . however , the custom , in many respectable printing establishments , to _defe-r " lighting up" till Bartholomew Fair , —when thodavs shortening , the workmen has the privilege of working an hear a day less than usual , ]
Mrs Caudle at a Coscsrt . —Russell was singing the dismal s mg of " The Gambler ' s Wife , " and bavins uttered the words Hush . ' becomes not yet ; The clock strikes one ! had struck the key to _injfcnte the sullen knell of the departed hour , wh en a respectably dressed lady ejaculated , to the _amus ment of everybody , Would ' nt I ha' fetched hira home ? " Ten volumes of Mrs Caudle ' s were concentrated in that little sentence .
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MONDAY , Mabcu 23 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Loar * _Broooham moved the second reading of the _Bankruptcy and Insolvent Bill , nhich , after a few words from tbe Lord Chancellor and Lord Ashburton , was agreed to . Th » Drainage Lands Bill was also read » second time , Tho Bill to facilitate * the Sale of Encumbered Estates in Irelnnd _, was read *» first time , and their lordships adjourned HOUSE OP COMMONS . - _Goveb-vhekt PiAN or _EDUCATlO ** . —Mr C . _BEftKBlEv nskea wheiher it was tho intention of government to persevere in the _syst m of education founded on the minute of council : and , if so , when the miscellaneous estimates would be broughton ! ' Lord J . B . _us 6 ELt . said that it was the intention of tho government to persevere in the plans wbich were laid down in that minute . ( Cheers . ) The _miscellaneous estimates would be brought forward after Easter , nnd the education estimate on Monday , the 13 ih of April .
Poor Law Amendments . —In answer to Mr _Boetb . ' wick , tho nobly lord stated that it was his intenl ' on to bring forward the proposed amendments in the poov law shortly after Easter . Post-office . —Mr Moffatt asked whether any steps had been tiken to prevent public servants employed in the Po * t-ofRco being also employed in a private specula _, tion , called the "Post-office London Directory . " I _. _ant _soBsion crave _chierges had been made against certain officers of the Post . otriee for employing the public servants of tbe Post office in collecting information for a private publication of their own , and an inquiry was to be instituted . The result of that inquiry had not trim _, spired , but it was understood that the public servants were still employed on Mr Kelly ' s " Directory . "
The _CnAKCELLoa of the ExcnitjuEB said Mr Kelly had made a claim _fort'ompunsation whieh was valid to a certain extent , and it wns necessary to allow him to continue ths " Post-office Directory " for a time . It bad been decided that Mr Kelly , who bought this work from _hli predecessor , and bad spent a good deal of money in machinery for tha printing of the "Directory , " and was In partnership with bis brother for this purpose , should continue to superintend its publication , receiving no compensation , but he was prohibited from employing tho servants of thc Pos _t-sfrice , and if any one of them accepted employment from him he would do so under the penalty of dismissal .
MrT . DukcoJwb understood from whathad _beenitatod that Mr Kelly was no longer to conduct tbo " Post-office Directory" at the public expense , and that be was to receive _, no compensation . He was glad to hear it ; for if anything , he ouuht to have made restitution . A return had been made to the _housostating that Mr Kelly's profits were £ 1 , 200 a year , but he ( Mr Duncombe ) said tiny wero _iW _. OOO , and were made by means of tbe letter _, carriers . He understood that . Mr Rowland _ITill had obtained an office in thc Post-office—that ho had a room there , aud two or three clerks . What he ( Mr _Duncomhe ) wished to know was , what were Mr Rowland Hill ' s duties , and what was his salary He seemed to be quite powerless , and was not likely to be assisted by Mr Kelly and Mr _Boke-nbam ; and a notice had been given atthe Post-office , _thatdiiny of the letter-carriers who had nny suggestions to make to Mr Rowland Hill should lay them beforo bim through the heads of their department , and
those heads were Mr _K-. _lIy and Mr Bokenham . Tho ! principal complaints were mado with relation to the _*" _Post-offlce Directory , " and it was not likely thatthe men . would make such complaints through tfr Kelly , but they ou _^ ht to go direct to Mr ItowUnd Hill . To prove the _oiutimis with regard to Mr Rowland Hill at thc Postoffice-, and how Colonel Maberly and Messrs Kelly and Bekenhnm felt with respect to him , when . Mr Hill left the Post-office in 1842 , a notice was given that , as Mr Ilili ' s office in the Post-office had ceased , any officer holding any communication with him _directly or indirectly _woul j be dismissed the service , ( Hear , hear . ) ne ( Mr Duncombe ) wanted to know what chance Mr Rowland Hill could havo of obtaining information from those heads of dep _* ertrnent 9 who had given such a notice 1 It was important that it should be known what were the duties and salary of Mr Rowland Hill , and what chance be hud of improving the Post-office service through such
channels . ¦ The Chancellor of the Exchequer said , with regard to Mr Rowland Hill , it would have been more convenient if his hon . friend bad given bim notice of the question he had put , because hehad mada statements relative to what had been done in 181-2 , anil spoken of notices which were given in the Post-office atthe present time , which were no doubt true , but lie ( the Chancellor ofthe Exchequer ) bad h _« d no opportunity ef ascertaining whether tbey were so or not . It was notorious that the business of the Postoffice had increased to an enormous extent . This being io , it was desirable that there should beadditionaIas ?! scance , and the government were of opinion thnt no one was more qualified for that duty than Jlr Rowland Hill : early in the autumn , at the suggestion of the Postmastergeneral , he bad been appointed his _secretary , not tothe Post office generally , ata salary of £ 1 , 200 a year . Mr Duncombe—What is tbe _s-. _ilary of Uvj clerks *
The _Coancellor of tlie Exchequer was unable to fay . If lie had had notice of tbe question he- would have obtained the in form a tion required by his lion _, _fi'iend , and if he liked to move for a return on the subject he should have it . There were two or three clerks nit-acht-d to ' . he department . He had beea informed by his nol'l * " _frien-I tbs Postmaster-general two days _-ij ; o that he thought most highly of the services otMv Rowland Hill , and that _st-ce he had held his office he had been the means of further improvements in the _Postoffise . ( Hear , _he-di-J
_ACCOMODATION iy TIIE SEW IIOUSE OP LORDS . —Mr IltsiE complained that space enough bad not heen provided for tho members of that house , when they were required to attend the House of Lords . Indeed the approaches to it were such as to hazard the personal safety of members , and the space below the bar would not contain more than _twenty-two persons without pressure . Lord Moepeth said it was _impossible to find _fpsc-e below the ** bur for all the members cor . _sittent with Sitting up the liouse for _btisinesi , but every _arratie-craeut possible for the convenience _sf the Commons bad been made .
THE ARMY SERVICB BILL . —Mr Fox Macle , in moving the second reading of this bill , staled the principle and explained the provisions ofthe bill . Ho _wtts not sanguine enough to look to limited enlistment as a cure for all the evils connected with the service , but be believed that it w < j \ sUl _optvate to \ V > e removal of many ofthem , particularly if accorapanid with _othsr _improve-MlentS . What the Qovornmeut now proposed to do wps to enlist recruits for ten years in the infantry / and for twelve years ir the cavalry , artillery , and ordnance . At the expiration of these periods it was proposed that they might further enlist for eleven years in the infantry , and twelve years in the cavalry , artillery , and ordnance . Should the period of service of any soldier expire when bis rtgiment was abroad , his commanding officer wns to
have the power of _detoining him for one year more , on showing that tuch detention was necessary for tlio public service ; and should he become entitled to discharge When the country was engaged in war , and his regiment was inactive service , liUcommanding officer would have the power of _detainin-y bim f ur two years beyond the period for which he had enlisted . It was also proposed that after this period of service ba- ' . uxpired , the reliving soldier might enrol himself for a deferred pension , to which he would be entitled for life , provided be were se enrolled for twenty-two years , and served for twelve days each year during that period The earliest _perioel at which a recruit couid , _uu-ler these regulation * , be
come entitled to a nettrre ' pension , was when he attained his fiftieth year . Th « operation of tbe bill was designed to be prospective , and was not to extend to the existing army . Not only weuld the proposed alterations render tbe service more popular , but a limited system of enlistment recommended itself to tbem in an economical point of view . The right honourable gentleman concluded by pointing out the benefits which would accrue to tho army itself from the proposed system , as well as to ths StBtc , from tbe readiness with which it would ocrusion the ranks ofthe army hereafter to bo filled up , and from having at home , independently of the army , the nucleus of a well disciplined force to repel attack , sbould the country ever be called upon to do so .
Sir Howard _Douglas was not prepared to meet the motion with a direct negative , nor was ho disposed to move an amendment to it . He maintained , however , at considerable length , that the _proposed changes would not be bentfici . il to the soldier , to tho class from which the soldier came , to tho service , or to the country . In addition to thie , be contended that no more inopportune period cnuld have betn chosen than tbe present for vaulting such an experiment . Owl . _RWd , Col , Lindsay , Col . Sibthorpe , and Col . \ Yoo " , opposed the bill ; Sir Dj Lacy Evans and _Miijur Layard supi ortcd it .
Col . SiBTnonp said * liat tbe bill before them was a proof that at the present time nothing was right , ( A laugh . ) They had attacked church , law , and physic . ( Renewed laughter . ) No profession was gafo nownothing was as it _oupht to be . ( Laughter , ) The wisdom of our ancestors ( laughter , ) for which he entertained a great _res . p ct , was totally neglected , if not deprecated , within the walls of this reformed house . ( _Laughter . ) And yet the people were none the happier , or the belter . lUre- they were going to meddle with the army . He should have tboufeht that the past services
of the army were sufficient to prove that it required no change , having ever _prorcd itself invincible , ( Hear , hear , nndaUw ; h . ) He strongly deprecated the use ty the right honourable gentleman the Secretary ut War of the term " unhappy '' as applied to individuals enlisting in tho arm . - . For his own part ho had been ten years in her Majesty ' s Dragoons , before ho had come into this refined society , ( laughter . ) and he must _saj that ha had met with as good _mc-i and as good manners Jn military circles as he had done sincehe begun to listen to tbe long speeches in thc house—speeches which , if he was un " learned before , had made him ten _tis _ies more unlearned
_atill . ( Loud laughter . ) He had beard with great regret _tliattbeni' _- _' _. _ri'y ofmen who entered the service were _disgusted with it . The right honourable gcxtiem . in opposite hud asked whether it was to bu _v-ondered at . He thought ye 3 , it was to be wondered at very much that any such sentiments should be entertained . He thought the proposed term of service too ehort - , it would _tuk _» three year * to make a raw recruit a good dragoon , and ¦ hat length of service had tbey afterwards to recompense them for tho _sxpente , of training 1 As to opposing the bill , he presumed tbat there was no use . in kicking against the pricks , ( . laughter , ) hut he wished that a division might take place , to give Mm and those who
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thought with him , nn-e vpuortuuity tt putting on record their opinions . The bill was read a second time , and ordered to he committed on Monday next . Deaths from Famine jh Ireland . —Lord G . _liMTTINCR observed tbat Mr Labouchcre , in answer to » motion mado by bim some evenings ago , had said that the Irish clergy kept no records of the deaths which occurred in their parishes . Since that time he hae ! received" several letters from Irish _clergymen , informing bim that by tbe eanoim every Protestant clergyman wat require . ! , on the 15 th of March in each year , to make a . return of tbe marriages and deaths which had occurred in his parish . It was evident , therefore , that it th * government wlshrd to receive such _roturnB as ho had moved for , on the occasion referred to , the machinery _oxiUe * wherebsuch returns could be made .
y Mr LABouenBK ** observed , tbat he had objected to thereturns alluded to , because be believed that It wo * . mposriblc to get accurate information on the subject , / he .-noble lord bad alluded to the canon law , by which 1 _votestunt clergymen were obliged to keep a reg istry of the * burial * which occurred in their parishes , buthe ( Mr _Luboushcre ) was much deceived if that law had been generally observed by tbem , . Lord J , _Rcssell briefly vindicated the conm which the government had pursued in reference to the importation of grain into Ireland . That the government had acted on the safest principle , in refusing to interfere with private enterprise , was evident from tbo fact that vast quaniitius of provisions were now being poured into Irelnnd at all points by tho private trader . Mr Disbaeli contended that If private speculation
wns now doing anything for tbe relief of Ireland it was not until many of tbe population bad died from famine . So far as these were concerned , therefore , the relief now afforded was like locking the stable when the steed wa « Stolen . After some further talk , the house went into _committer * on the Poor IWIlef ( Ireland ) Bill , On clause 9 being reached tbo committee rose , the .-chairman reported progress , and thc bouse adjourned at a quarter past one . TDESDAY , Mabch 23 . nOUSE OP LORbS . —Lord liRooonAM presented a petition from the Spanish bondholders , in which they complained that their claims , to the enormous extent of seventy-millions sterling" were still left _Unliquidated , and that no provision was made by the _Spani-di govern * ment for their payment . Tho coble lord hoped that a country which bad tbe character of entertaining » very high sense , of national honour , was net about to follow tho example of _tepudiation which had been _rretntly presente- < l to the world by certain states in America .
The _Eji' 1 of Clabendon admired the high sense o : na * tional honour which generally actuated the _SpuBish people . The government e > f Spain had never denied its obligations to the parties to the petition before tbeir ' ordships * . He believed that the clii , f obstacle which existed in the way of an arr *! rns _* cm ' 'iit , which would be satisfactory to the creditors of Spain , was , that before any _government in that country could cumplete such an _arruugemn _. t , it was driven from power by some new revolutionary n _ovemi-nt . The British minister at Madrid was at this moment in communication with the Spanish government upon the subject , aud he hoped that his exertions would prove successful . The petition was then laid upon the table . The Drainage of Land Bill then went through com * mittee . Tlieir lordship * then adjourned .
HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Mr John Rojiilt move * for and obtained leave to bring in a bill for We better administration of cbavitable trusts for the benefit of lur Majesty ' s Roman Catholic subjects . Vise nnt Sandos then moved for the app « intmtnfc of a select committee on the present state of our commercial relation with China . Tin * motion was agreed t » . CArr . Wish Mr C . O'Beien then moved for a select committee to inquire into the conduct of , and into tho Mtirs of Capt . Wynn ( luring bis employment in the county of Clara , in November , and December , and Janu > ary last , its inspecting officer under the Board c-f Works . The government had refused him tbe inquiry for whioh he now appealed to the house—a poor reward , Certainly ! for sixteen years' mndeviating support to the " iVli ' _-js . Major Macnamara . seconded the motion .
Jfr _Labol-ciierb would , us a member of tho ge > vern « ment , be sorry to conciliate _, " . ny support iu the house by pursuing a course _diffeicnt from t ' _-ot which he had _pursued toward _* an _officer of the government whose conduct had been traduced . He could not _astent to tho inquiry sought at present , and be regrettol that tb _« mution had pot been _detu-red for a tew days , P _.-iper * relating to _•'¦)> conduct of C iptain Wynn hart , on tho motiCXi of tke hon . gentleman , been laid _before the house , and were bow in the course- of being printed . In tho course ofa few days tbey would be before tbe house , and if what tbey contained were not _satisfactory to the house , he was far from saying that inquiry should _ue \ t there bt mTtde . At pv . sent there was not even a prima facie case against Captain Wynn , and lie could not consent , until n better case were made against him .
that he should be dragged as a criminal before any committee of inquiry . The right hon . gentleman then defended the c ; iiiduct of Captain AVynn _, nho , under circumstances o the mott trying nature , bad _b'hsvci ! with firmness , pp ' rit _, and forbearance , He ( Mi- _Labauchcre ) had _dt-feii'ied the conduct ofthe re ; ief committees gener « ally in Irelnnd , but ? : e was bound to say , that in the county of Clare the relief committees bad been guilty of a v . ry gross neglect of their duty , which hid _magiufied tbo difficulties with which Wynn bad to contend . In tho course of a few * _eiays , however , hon , uietnbeiR would have an _opportunity of jud 0 _-jiig of the conduct of that gentleman for themselves from the printed _juvjim which would then be in their bun Is . He hoped , under these circumstances , that the hon . gentleman would wit ' _iilraw his motion t > r the present .
Mr W . S . O'BhiES _suppcrUe _* , thc motion , Wing at a loss to conceive why the government should refuse tbe committee , con * . i * cring thu charge , which , on an na _p-xrte statement , had _be-t-n sii . « p : _iidrd ' or two months over two hou . members of that bouse . Lord J Russell observed that Mr Lahouchcre was not averse to the itiqu ry sought for , but tt * ought , under ali the circumstances , tbat that iuqu _:--y should be def rred until the bouse was assured that tluro was a sufficient case against Captain Vfynn tu justify inquiry . If thalion , member would frame his motion so as not to contain objectionable terras , and defer naming the committee until tbo printed papers alluded to were in tho hands of members , there would be no objection to the C 0 ttl » _niittccdenu' . nded . After some further conversation , The motion was withdrawn , _whtreupon Mr W . S _O'llKiEt- renewed ths motion ' in terms pro * posed by Sir R . Penl . The amended motion was _tlun agreed to .
_Trts _National Fast —Lord J . Rusblll moved the _adjournment of tbe housa tu Thursday , At the samo time lie thought it riglit to stat » that it was the Speaker ' _sintention to be in the house em _Wedm-sdny , in order to give such honourable members » s might wish it an opportunity of attending Divine- worship there . Mr M , rnaiPS wished to know what effect the fast would have in Ireland . It v .. is Said there i _\\ re 703 , 000 persons _eraplojed on the public works in that country , and be was , perhaps , not nrong iu supposing that they were each paid on nn _urtrsgo one shilling aday . lie wished to know whether they were tei work on the fist day , and if not , w ,. e . _lH-i- tlicy were to be entitled to pay from this country , wiihout giving anj _eonsie- _' _eration whatever for the money !
Mr _LABat'ciiLRE ssid it his reroliectum _seived him right , they had a fas : in Ireland since tbe introduction of the system of public works , a nil it was then thought richt that tlis m _;* i _tnipluyed on ihese works should be allowed to work on the fuat-d . iv , and sbould be paid for so woiking . The government _com-idcml that where the money of the coumies -. nd i _.-uronies was to bj paid away , it was quite- necessary that tlio peoplo should work , while at the same time ihcy felt it would be inconsistent with the principles of humanity and religion to let tbem _stuive . ( dear . ) Mr M . Philips wid he wa _« anxious to hear the explanation just given , _itsit-ihowed thegreat injustice done to the working classes of thU ceiuuwy in bsing compelled to remain idle . Lore" Cr . Bextiscc asked if tbe reduced rations of lih . of bread , per e _' . ay , which _appeared in the morning Ol gaa of the government , tbe _Ti _.- _.-cs _, was reall y tho quantity of food ordered by tbe Irish _guvt-rmncnt for those employed on tho relief works !
M .- _Labqvchese could uot s . iy _, as he bad not seen the order . MrB . iGHT said be should h- one of the last persons in the house to say a word against any _religious observ . ance ad _.-ptcd by the people- of this country . But he could not help sayinsr chur , considering the proposed fast would have no tft _' _-.-ct en a large proportion of the English people who did not assemble for worship in the churches of the established religion , while in Scotland a large portion ofthe populr . tion . wcre nlj 0 opposed tothe established _fni-. b , and that in Ireland , according tothe statement they had just huir _,- , tbt > government acfinr on a lute precedent , would not re quire the people l _« fast , it would have been more wise if such a step hnd not been taken at all . Instead of doing honour to the Deity . be thought it was _insulti-. * g to religion . On the one hand it would tend to encourage a gross superstition among
some , while it would strengthen in 6 delity on the other , ( _He-nr , bear . ) He had spoken to many persons on the subject since she fast was e rdcred , and ho had not found anion * - any a feeling that the affirmations of the proclamation were verified , or that any _reasonabla urountl evisted _, from what they know from Scriptural revelation , for expecting that any advantage would result throughout tbis country from a fast ordered by a _cJril power , and disregarded by nine . tcnths of the people of the country when it was ordered . ( Hear , hear . ) lie did not wish to say more on such a matter , but coneielei-ing that tbe fast had been ordered by tho government , and mu > sapposed to be sanctioned by that house , ho could not allow it to pass without entering his protest againstit _. He considered it a useless ceremony , a remnant of the days gone by , and not in . _iff-ord-inco with the enlightened opinions of thc present time . ( Ucar , hear . )
Sir G . Grei s _. iid he hoped the bouse would not entej _* - into a discussion o _* a this question . ( Hear . ) His owm _imiressioa eras , that tbe fast was in nCCOldflr . Ca with the general feeling of tho people ot this country , ( Hear , bear . ) t Mr P . Howabd thought tbe government In appointing ; _adfiyforfast and humiliation had acted in perf-ct accordance with the feelings of a majority of the people _. The motion was then agreed to . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 27, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_27031847/page/7/
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