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" "" - " THE FRENCH REPUBLIC . " _PiSFi Snadar . —Tbe _MoRTEmt of ( his mornin _*? poblisbeB a long report from , tha Minister of Financeon the abolition of the duty on salt , and a decree to { hs f ollowing effect : — The provisional government , considering that _citietns _lisuld _coatributeto the public charges ia _proportion-to their fortune , and that the object of the republican form cf government is to put that principle ol justiee aud _hnraanity in practice ; _considering that it is espi dally im . portent to abolish the imposts of consumption , which weigh upon the poor , and that of all imposts , that _upsn _isltis tha most onerous and most iniquitous _; consicer . jag that the health of the people , theprospirity ofagricul : ure , the development of in (! uB ' ry and trade , _Impcrioasly require the abolition of it , and wishing to repair to the people cne of ths most crying acts of injustice of past _ege *; on tha report of the Minister of the Finances ,
decrees—Art . 1 . From tbe lrt of January , 1819 , the duty upon ealt is abolished , & c „ & c „ ic . Another decree declares thifc the woods and forests _belongisg to the pi ivate domain of the ex King Louie Philippe shall bemansged _» Ed administered by tha administration of the forestsof » he state . _WOBKilKS _' a DOSATIOHS . A few dstyg 8 go s deputation ef the journeymen bakers _proceeded to the Hotel da Ville to present a gam of 6 , 5541 . which they had collected among 3 t themselves . A considerable number of women and young girls accompanied there , as well as a child of
about seven years of age , dressed ss the Goddess of Liberty . After an appropriate address had been read M . Paguerre returned to the deputation thanks for their patriotic gift , and _alludine to the young persons present , _obsetTed that the lesson which thej that day received would no doubt be always indelib y imp rinted on their minds , and that , more fortunate t _& as their parents , they would net hare to pa ** thjongh two great _trialbfo behold liberty established In Franca , He then embraced the little girl wbo represented the goddess , and the deputation withdre w .
THE _PASIHEOlf . The Minister of the Interior has decided thatthe internal walls of the Panthern are to be covered with paintings by M . Paul Chenavard and such assistants as he may think fit to associate with himself in the task . M . Chenavard is to be allowed 4 _, 000 f . a year for the work , and his assistants lOf _^ a day each , as a maximum , colours asd other materials _beine famished by the state .
¦ J _TATIOIUL _WOBKSC 0 P 3 . It is said that the provisional government is engaged in or _^ _an'sinrj ' Ateliers fraternals' in the twenty detached forts which surround Paris . Each fort , it is said , can lodge about 2 , 000 workmen . EXTRAOEDINAET II _< VE 1 £ EKT . On Sunday morning the organ of the clubs , the _Couhbse db Paris , publishes the following announcement : —• All the trades are convoked to assemble by their delegates to-day at eight o ' clock in the morning precisely , Bad to march in bodiea to tbe _Charop-de-Mars , in order to elect the captains of the staff of the National Guard , who are to be chosen from among the dine rent industries . This notice 13 followed by the following paragraph : —
"We beg of all revolutionaries , onr friends , known and nnknown , aU the _presideats of clubs , _sll the chiefs of corporations to call at our offices in order to give us information of the situation , wbich _becomes more and more grave every day . More thas ever is it of _importance that we _sheuld cling together snd concert , ia order to make bead against re-actioa . The effect of the above notice was , that the whole of . this ( Sunday ) morning the boulevards and streets have been crowded with processions , making their way towards the _Champ-de-Mar _* _-, I ufc it was not till _towards two o ' clock that the alarm appears to have been taken by the government . At that honr the
rappel began to beat , the shops were _elosed , and a universal panic seized upon the public . . The rumonr fit abroad that it waa the intention of the clubs , eaded by _Blanqoi , to seize npon the Hotel de Ville , on the Bank of France , the Post-office , the Bourse , the Mint , and the Tuileries ; to upset the present provisional government , and to install a new _government , composed of Blanqui as President , with the former ultra-republican members of the provisional government , namely , M . Ledru-Rollin , M . Albert . M . Louis Blanc , and M . Flocon , and the addition of M . Sobxier ( the ex-delegate of the police ) , and some others .
The origin of this movement is stated by some parties to have been an _altercttion between Ledrn-Rollin and Marrasfc , but this report cannot be relied
on . The assemblage of ouvriers to-day in the Champ de _Slars is the _largest that has taken place since the Revolution . It is said to be upwards of 150 , 000 ment I understand that when they had met , a consultation of delegates took place , ater which the different trades , which were marshalled under distinct leaders , and marched in columns ten deep , directed their steps towards the Hotel de Ville . I have not bsen able to ascertain what their exact ob . _ject is , bat I presume it must ostensibly be merely to present a petition . I have inst returned from the
quay of the Tuileries , where I saw them passu g for upwards ef an honr , and before my arrival they had been passing for nearly an hour previously . Each trade had a flag st its head , with the name ofthe trade inscribed npon it , and npon all the flag 3 there was a large placard afixed , with the words'Abolition de _Sexploitation de 1 'horame par l'homme . Organisation du travail par 1 'Association . ' Tbey marched Tery peaceably , sieging from time to time the' Chant _€ e 3 Girondina / and cried out occasionally , * Vive la RepnWique . ' Most of them had the red riband of the republic at their button holes , which is in opposition to the tricolour . Ths National and the Garde
Mobile are all under arms , and show the best spirit in favour of the Provisional Government , Five o'Cmck . —It appears that there were two meetings held to-day-one at the Hippodrome , and the i other in the Champ-de-Mars . The former was nominally for the purpose of discussing the interesting subject of organisation du travail , ' and the other as I mentioned above , for the nomination of a certain number of officers for the staff of the National Guard , the worMng classes declaring that they had not been represented in the _^ Iate elections of officers . It is said that when they ' _complained to Louis Blanc that they had been thus neglected , he desired them to meet together , and appoint them themselves . This they did to-day with perfect order , fo the number of fourteen . Alter this operation they made a collection for the republic , and then proceeded to the Hotel de Ville to present it te the government .
At the other meeting , which was avowedly Communist , cries of' a bas le Geuveraement _Provisoire !' were over and over again heard , and very inflammatory _speeches were made . These men afterwards joined the other body , and appeared to take the ehief posts _. The elnb of Barbes remained Bitting all the night of Sunday , in order to support the Provisional Government should any attack be made on it , and to preserve order throughout Paris .
_AKOrHEE _accousz . A body of operatives , variously estimated , but probably not exceeding 25 . 000 , marched , at about two o ' clock , from the Champ de Mars and the Champs _Elysees along the _quayB towards the Hotel de Ville . . When the head of the column armed at the _Sridse of Areola , their further progress wa 3 rendered impossible by the dense mass of National Guards they there encountered . They then demanded that a deputation should be allowed to proceed to the Hotel de Ville , to the Provisional Govemment . They repeated again and again that they had OHly assembled to name their officers of the etitmajor , whom they desired to present . The deputation wa 3 accordingly admitted , and the main body filed off .
_CirOTEK BIAXQUr ASn HIS _ACCnSEES . Some weeks ago a document was published in the Revoe _RKTROsrEOtrrs inculpating Blanqui , the president of the Central Republican Club , as a traitor . He had suffered much under the fallen dynasty , and wa 3 trusted by the extreme Republicans as one ot the most devoted of that party . A few days ago he published his reply , which has excited a great _ESHfation in Paris , and completely satisfied his admirers . We give the following extracts : — Taken by surprise by aH unforeseen attack ; I was compelled to lose some days in collecting information on ike dark machinations which led to that odiouB aggression . The state of my health prevents me from _continuous labour , Tbose two motives alone retarded my reply . * * *
Calumny is always a welcome guest . Hatred credulity inhale it with delight ; It needs no recommendatien provided it kills , what boots the likelihood of its probability ; downright absurdity is bo drawback . It possesses a secret advocate in every heart under-the galse of envy . 2 fo proofs sre demanded from it , itis tbe victims that are called np . An entire life of devotion , of austerity , ef snffering , sinks in and leaves an abjsB at the slightest motion of its hand . lam accused of treason I Wherefore ? To save my head which ran no risk , as all are aware . When vengeance was in a paroxysm it was incompetent to erect & scaffold , and could it do so afser eight months of calm ani oblivion ! Its presence was at least requisite ; and if the _esccss of terror turned with such fearful rapidity into a vile informer , how comes it , I ask again , that a signature was not exacted from such s subject of moral annihilation f
Did L _, _moreove ? , allow my fitters to be knocked off * The Mont St Michel , ths _Pcniteucier of Tours , ara there to answer for me . Amongst my companions , wbo has drank so deeply of the cap of anguish * For s whole year my thoughts riveted on a beloved wife , sinking ftjt ¦ _anier tbe effects of despair , snd powerless to _Eoothe her ; and then four whole years of an eternal tete-a-tete , tathe 60 lirndeofmy dungeon , with the departed spirit cf her who was no more . Such were the tortures which I had to endure , alone , in thst hell of Dante . I left it By hjtir bleached fey anguish _^ bads and mind crushed '
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and _ih < first sound that strikismy _. _earis , * Death to the traitor ! Let us crucify him !' Thon hast sold thy _brethren for gold , says tha prosti . _tntsd pen of the drunken reveller . Sold , to die by incb _« B in a tomb ' twixt the ernst of black bread and the cup of anguish ! And what have I done with that gold f I live in a garret on fifty centimes a day . ' My fortune , at the present moment , consists of sixty franc ? . And it is I , this miserable atom , who drag my wearied body , wrapped in threadbare clothes , through the streets , who am jeered at as the paid informer ! whilst the valets ef Louis Pkilippe , changed into gaudy republican butterflies , settle on tbe dias of the Hotel de Yille _, and from thtir well-fed virtue of f * nr courses heap calumnies en the head of the poor Job who has escaped from the prisons of iheir master ! Oh ! sobs cf man ! wbo have always a stone ready to hurl at the innocent ! ont npon ye , despicable race 1
The hour has struck for a public explanation . It sounded in the tocBin of February . Itis time to ponr out ia the daylight these _qaarrsls . which have so long been simmering in the dark . My portrait has not tho henour ofa place in the gallery , which a charitable hand has just withdrawn from the museum of the police . To fill np this bleak I shall gire it , _tueh as it is , sueh as I have seen lt drawn twenty times by secret enemies of other days : — ' A dark and brooding spirit , proud , savage , and sarcastic , of _nnbonnded ambition , cold , inexorable , breaking men like reeds to pave his way , heart of marble , head of iron . ' The profile Is not a flattering one . Bat is there not a background to this portrait , and is the cry of hatred gospel ! I appeal to tbose who knew my home : they know whether my whole existence was net concentrated in one deep and vivid affection , which endowed me with _rsnewed vigour for my political _stroggleB .
Death , wben it snapped tbe bands of tbat affection asander , Btruck the only blow , I own it , which went home to my soul . Aught else , calumny included , glides to me like a shower of dost . I shake ray clothes snd advance on my path . _Sycopbantsr-that wish to make me ont & moral _monstsr , unlock the secrets of yonr homes , lay bsre the life of yonr hearts . What would bo fonnd concealed beneath your hypocritical demeanour ? Brutality of tbo senses , perversity ofthe coal . Pale sepulchres , I shall raite the stone which hides vour rottenness from ths eyeB or man . " ¦ ¦ What yon persecute in me is my unflinching revolntionary spirit , and obstinate devotion to my principles . Ton wish to pull down the indefatigable gladiator . Wkat have been yonr deeds for the last fourteen years ? Desertion ! I was with you in the breach in . 1881 . I was there without you in _1 S 39 and 1847 . In 18481 am there against you !
The 12 ih May left me your hatred as a legacy . Tha affront of the 12 th May still buniB hot upon your cheeks ! To fancy yourselves a Republic , and not to know tbat a Republic dares the battle ! Hew pardon so bold a step , which held upyourimpotence ' _tojthe " sneers of the public ! Your _outburst againtt the _vscqafsfed insurrection is known to all . Tbe National dressed oar wounds each morning with gall and dirt , and cowardly insinuations have preceded the calumny which veDgeance has at last let loose upon me . Daring my sufferings at Mont St Michel , ibose resent _meatsslambsred . A dying man was no longer to befeared , and on tha rumours of my sp _: edy _dissolution many quills doubtless were cut to pen a magnificent funeral oration over my grave . But death withdrew , and February bas changed those pens into so many daggers .
I arrived on the 24 ih , elated with triumph . What a chilling reception ! It was as if a ghost had started np before tha new possessors . Whom do they look open with that cold eye of aversion and horror ! I sre ! It is the detested author of the 12 th May , the clear-sighted ' and unbending patriot , who is neither to be made a teol pr a dupe , or to be cheated oae of his revolution . Tbe new programme of the Hotel de Yille was already drawn up . A change of plan , the old foundation , the edifice of _prlvi . lege without one stone less , with a few additional phrases and mottoes . The banishment from the Luxembourg awaited those who desired more . It was on the 25 _* . h , that Citoyen Recurt addressed me as fallows : —* You wish to overthrow us!—JJ <>! but to cut off your retreat ! ' And the struggle commenced , loyal and moderate on the one baud ; perfidious and implacable on the _* other .
A thousand reports were set afloat : he is mad—grief and then joy have turned his brain . He is ill—ha is doting—he is dying . He is a man of blood—he demands two thousand heads . "These reports were spread through Paris , and _through the provinces ; but not a word transpired of the great calumny ! M . de Lamartine , at the Hotel de Yille , addressed me' as fo'lows : —* Persecution has been your martyrdom and your glory . ' Such language is not held to an informer . The _Deuocratie P / cifiqce of Monday has the following on the above demonstration : —* A meeting ofthe fri-nds and partisans cf citizen Blanqui was held ves _' erday morning at tbe Hippodrome . Their _nnmber amounted to between 4 000 ar . d 5 000 . They
intended , it was said , to proceed tothe Hotel de Ville , proclaim the dismissal of several _membeis of the provisional government , and among them MM . de Lamartine , Dnpont ( de _l'Enre ) , Marrast . and Gamier-Pages , and . substitute in their places cifc ; z n _Blanqni and some of his frier ds . ThedifFerent t * _-ade coip -rations ofthe capital had fixed a _tendezvous in thc Champ de-Mars , to nominate seme of their comrades for forming part of the officers of the staff of the National Guard , as was . _'ome time agreed upon with _General ' Courtais . Tha friends of citizen Blanqui went to the Champ-de-Mars _, and invited tbe _corporators to join them . This was refused . Their _ope-ationsbsing terminated , they commenced their march towards the Hotel de Ville , by the Pent de la Concorde , the Place de la Revolution , and the
Quays . Two legions of the National Guards of the Banlieue happened to be on the Place de la Revolution , for the reception of their officers . When the Blanqui meeting , wholly detached from tbe trade corporations , appeared upon the Place , the National Guard of the _Jknlieuo drew up before it , and stopped its passage . Upon this it dispersed . Foreseeing this Blanqui demonstration , the drums were ordered to beat to arms in the quarter ofthe Hotel de Ville , not , as it is important to remark , to oppose the patriotic promenade of the trade corporations to the Hotel , and there present their candidates for officers of the staff of the National Guard , but against the _manifestation of the Blanqui meeting , which teemed to bear an aggressive character . '
A document has appealed entitled ' Regulations to be adopted for the Elections by the General Assembly of Delegates ofthe Operatives , ' and signed by Louis Blanc and Albert . The object of this manifesto is to ensure the election of twenty operatives ont ofthe thirty-four members to be retained by tbe department of the Seine . Rules , of course , are given by which all members of the assembly will be bound to return the same list of twenty names , and , to use the words of the manifesto , ' the total list of the tbirty-fonr definite candidates of the department of the Seine being published with the sanction ofthe general assembly of the delegates ofthe operatives , the people will be earnestly invited to Eecure its buo ceBS by voting for it as one man . '
_RESBW _- ED AGITATIOS . _Paeis , _Tueedat . —This morning at six o'clock the rappel for the assembling of the National Guards was beaten ia all quarters of Paris . This alarming summons waB said to be the consequence of informatics brought tothe government that the Communists and mest violent of tbo _clnbs had determined on another attempt to upset the provisional government , and to establish a * cemmittee of public safety , ' and that they intended to attack the Hotel de Ville . Last night the Communist clubs were in a state of great commotion , and the severest censure was passed in many of them en the conduct of the provisional government for having thrown any doubt on the intentions of the ouvriers who met in the Champs Elysees on Sunday .
The Mokitedr of this morning contains a proclamation signed by all the members of the government , congratulating the citizens on the demonstration of Sunday . Another decree _declares ihat the law . rendering the _maeistracy irremovable is suspended , and this is followed by a series of decrees dismissing a great number of public functionaries of the first order . _PosTCRiPr . —The National Guards ara all returning to their homes , and the whole « ity is perfectly tranquil , A great number of Communists have been arrested , including , it ia said , the Citizens Blanqni and Cabet .
THE _WOBKING _JfEKOFFAErS . The delegates of the Corporations of Workmen have addressed a letter to the provisional government , in whieh they declare that their object in assembling on Sunday was : —1 . To elect fourteen of their body to the staff of the National Guard . 2 : To prove that the ideas of the _organisatisn of labour , and of association , so maintained by men who had devoted themselves to their cause , are the ideas ofthe people , and that , in the opinion ofthe people , the revolution of February would fail if the effect of it were not to put an end to . the exploitation of man by man . 3 . After having _expressed their wishes to the provisional government , to offer it the support ef their patriotism against reaction , they ask why the National Guard was called ont , and why their
representatives and friends , Louis Blanc and Albert were received with distrust f They say it was because the Reactionists had spread a rumour thatthe workmen intended to overthrow the government , and that Louis Blanc and Albert had encouraged them to endeavour to do so . They stontly protest _aiainst the intentions falsely ascribed to them , and say , in conclusion— 'Let it be well known that nothing in the demonstration of Sunday was calculated to create alarm . The people know that they are strong , and they can remain calm . They are tbere to defend the " revolution , as they understand it , and under their protection ifc shall not perish . ' On Monday afternoon a _jellow placard was stack up in Paris , on which waa printed , ' Workmen , take good care of year arms and ammunition , for the _revolutisa is not finished I '
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M . Cabet has addressed a letter to the provisional government , in which he remonstrates against the manifestation which took place on Sunday and Monday , directed against him and his fellow Communists , declaring that their intention is to withdraw to America , to realise there an Icaria similar to that described in the published work ef M . Cabet , and disavowing all intentions hostile to the government . The Rwobme denounces the armed manifestations aa the work ofthe re-actionary party .
THE CLUBS . The Mositecr des Clubs invites all revolutionists , known or unknown , all the presidents of clubs , and all the chiefs of corporations , to come to the office of that journal , and _togive information as to the situation of affairs , which is becoming every day more serious , and that it becomes necessary to unite against the party of re-action . Thb Clcb . Cbntral Repobucian , of which M . Blanqui is the president , held a secret sitting on Monday evening last , at whieh M . Blanqui himself presided . The object of this meeting was to arrange the military organisation of the club , and to divide Paris into sections . Forty-eight chiefs of sections were appointed , who have the supreme command in the quarters over wheh they are placed . Thia proceeding is considered as showing an intention , on the part of the club , titake to the streets . After the secret sitting ; a public meeting was held , which was
enormously crowded . For hours before the _doorfl were opened , tha _street in the neighbourhood waa crowded by persons anxious to witness the proceedings , bnt none but members were admitted . M . Blanqui delivered a long and violent address on the subject of the meeting in the Champ de-Mars on Sunday . He declared that the demonstration made by the National Guards was treason against the people ; that the whole affair waa a trap , got up by the reactionaires and tho monarchists , lie ealled upon the people to arm themselves , and to be prepared for whatever events mieht happen . The report ot the arrest of Blarqui and Cabet on Monday last , was not true ; but it was stated in Pat is on Wednesday , that orders for _thearreBtof Blanqui and several of his party , had positively been issued . Up to Wednesday morning , Paris was tranquil .
GERMANY . WORKING CLASS M 0 VEMKKTB . Bbp . uk , April . 12 . —One of the chief objeef _s ofthe working classes is to _obtam the appointment of a minister for promoting their interests , conjointly with those of persons whose capital affords employment ; and it is very probable that such a minister will be _sbertly nominated . There is no laek of communist leaders and preachers in this eapital . The first decisive step towards getting the interest of the working classes properly represented and upheld , was taken yesterday at a great popular meeting , at which a provisional committee of _twenty-eight waB
elected , * in order ( as stated by one of the speakers ) to conduct the general affairs of the working classes . ' Tkis committee ha 9 already nominated a special one ef eight _sembers , who have been instructed to draw up the statutes for the trades uniom . Several manufacturers agreed yesterday to diminish the hours of labour to ien , and at the same time to _raiBe wages . It is proposed that the committee be authorised to enter into negotiations with the government respecting tbe general interests of the working classes , and in a particular manner to give the _benefit of their advice f o the future ministry of industry and labour—for _EHch , it is thought , will be his title .
A few days ago some popular orators were arrested by Prussian soldiers ia Bhsdorf ( Silesia . ) An immense crowd soon assembled , and _* the authorities were obliged to release the prisoners . Bohemia . —Important concessions have been made to the Bohemians . The Austrian Emperor in reply to a petition addressed to him haB determined : — ' 1 . Tbe Bohereian language , shall in future be equally valid with the German in all official branches of tbe legislature , and in public instruction . 2 . To the Bohemian diet immediately to be convoked all the states of the kingdom Bhall be _assembled , the following changes to be effected in the number of delegates : The city of Prague to send twelve delegates ofthe burgher class , every other city of the
kingdom one ; every city containine 8 000 inhabitants to send two deputies to the Diet ; tho University of Prague to be represented by the reetor _, and every faenlty of the university by a _dolegate ; every vicarial district to send two delegates from the Other classes of the people . Every burgher may vote who pays taxes to the city and is above twenty-five years of age . Tbe delegates must bs natives and above the age of thirty years . No man can either be an elector or a delegate who is in debt , under guardianship , or amenable to the laws for some crime . 3 . Responsible central authorities for Bo . hernia are aecorded in the city of Prague . 4 . The petition of Bohemia , Moravia , and Silesia shall be deliberated at the approaching Diet . 5 The
abolition of privileged and patrimonial tribunals ) _-fcc , shall be referred to the Minister of the Interior . His Majesty nevertheless now concedes—the abolition of the robot , the free exercise of the Protestant and Jewish religion , aa well as th 8 Roman Catholic . The admission of the Israelites to burgher privileges to be taken into consideration at the Diet . 6 . Selfdependent religious communities with liberty of choosing their superiors is also accorded . 7 . Anew law on the press will ' be fixed by the Diet . 8 . Personal immunity against arbitrary imprisonment ia accorded . 9 . Government offices in Bohemia shall in future be filled only by persons who are versed in _bothlanguages . 11 . The abolition ofthe tax on pro visions has been in rartconceded , and will be further considered . 12 . The new military law for the
levying of recruits has been _a ' _ready promu _' gated . 13 . Liberty of petition has been already accorded ; the right of association will . be regulated by the fundamentallaw . 14 . Public seminaries , & c , for instruction , through tha medium of the Bohemian language , will be established under the special charge of the Minister of the Interior . The request that all the military and the civil officers shall take the oath fo their constitution , can be established only by the fundamental law . ' A letter fr * m Petth , dated April 6 , says : — 'The political world _csntinues quiet , but confidence is gone in the fullest sense as to money . Tte bank notes are so much waste paper . iNo one will take them , and the branch banks which still profess to give silver in exchange are besieged from break of day until dark with crowds clamouring for silver .
Hesse Cassbl . —The insurrectionary movement _atCassel ( Hesse electoral ) appear * to have been serious . The Elector _Havine * determined upon dismissing General Lepel , the Commandant , as also the _Miaister of War , who would not countersign the ordonnance of bis dismissal , determined also upon dismissing the latter minister . Upon this the Cabinet sent in ita resignation en masse , which was not accepted , and the ordonnances issued against General Lepel and the Minister of War were withdrawn : When the facts became public , a mob of people , composed of artists , members of the Polytechnic School , and tradespeople of different sorts , assembled on Sunday night on ihe Place Royale , lor the purpose of making a demonstration . They wanted to applaud the ministers . The mob after this , accompanied by
a patrol of the civic guard , assembled opposite the residence of M . Eberbard , and from thence repaired te tbe house of M . Baumback , ons of the ministers Without any previous warning , the soldiers from a neighbouring street charged the people . Many of the civic gaards were wounded , and the body guard were ultimately driven back into their barracks . For many hoars the greatest anarchy prevailed in thc town , and the chiefs ofthe National Guard had no cosraand over their men , and fighting continued during the entire night . On the miming of the 10 th a proclamation appeared , in which the Elector expressed Mb deep regret at the events which had transpired , promising to punish , with the utmost rigour of the law , the culpable parties . On tho 11 th , tranquillity was completely restored ; other troops were called in , which fraternised with the people . _,
THE WAR IN ITALY . . FORCING OF THB PASSAGE OF THB _MINCIO BY THB SARDINIAN TROOPS . A battle , though not a decisive one , has at length taken place between the united Italian array and the Austriaus . The decisive battle will now be fought , in all probability , under the walls of Verona . The Piedmoniebb Gazetie of the 10 th instant , publishes the following bulletin;— . From _taehead-guarters of the King , at Cafctiglione delle Stiviere , Apiil 8 . 1818 , p . m .
The Austrian troops had been retiring for several _dayB before the _PiedmonteBO troops , who , pre oeded by their ancient renown for valour and discipline , had been crossing the lines ofthe Oglioaud Cbiese without an obstacle . The enemy had already abandoned the positions ofManteohlaro _. lonato , and Cagtigliono dello Stiviere , which had been considered very advantageous for them , They had already retired beyond the line of the Jt . ncvo , to concentrate themselves between _Peschiere and Mantua ; but our troops pursued tbem with _prodigious rapidity , converging towards the passages of tha Mineio . Thia morning , the King boldly established his headquarters iu _CaBtlglione delle Stiviere , and at abont nine o ' clock , the Brigade Regiaa , the Battalion Real Nori , aad a par t of the corps of tirailleurs , reached Goito to attack the Austriaus . The war of Italian independence _, was destined to be opened witk an important action , which might really deserve the name oi a victory , and we shall call it the victory of the _^ Bridge of Goito .
Our men led by General Bava , made a brisk attack upon Goito , where tho enemy had fortified himself , barricading the streets , and occupying the windows , from Bhence he directed on uninterrupted fire npon u »; but ev « y obstacle was overcome by the intrepidity of the tirailleurs , placed at the head of tbe column , and sup . ported by some pieces of artillery . The enemy was forced to abandon bis position ; on his retr * at over tho river he blew np the bridge , that had been mined a short time before ; still one of the pcrapeta remained nearly entire ; tho tirailleurs intrepidly ventured upon it , and by main force took possession of the artillery that waa playing
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uponus incessantly . In a shoi _t . tirae . tafl . _paesage . of . _tlie _Minclo was force * ever tho _eraokiag ruins of ths bridge ; the enemy , pursued without interruption , fled towards Mantua , leaving a great number of ptlsonera and dead , and among these somo officers . Th » fruit of this victory is our remaining- masters of the passage of the Mineio , of which we at pr » _ssnt occupy the left bank , A postcript to thiB despatch , received an hour after , adds the following particulare : — The battle lasted two hours ; the cannon did graft ' execution ; we made two thou * and prisoners , . tookfou * pieces of cannon and tho position is ours .
After the accomplishment of this success , and the rout of the _Austrians , who fled right and left , some to Mantua and some to Verona , tbe Sardinians repaired the bridge by plankB , making a roadway sufficiently wide to enable the entire army with the cavalry , artillery , and baggage , to cross the river , which they were about to do when the last acoounts left ,
ANOTHKn BATTLE . Another engagement took place on the 9 th , at Borghetto , and at Mozambano _, to force the passage of tbe Mineio at this point . A Piedmorite & e column of General Soanay _' s division , under General Broglio , obtained a complete victory . The Austrian batteries , placed between Mozambano at _Valeggio , were dism ° i r l' ' _*^ Piedraontese troops encamped on the left bank , at the place previously occupied by the _AustrmnB , who were _purautd by the tirailleurs . f here have been serious disturbances at _Aix-Ia-Cba pelle , _lq which several persons have been killed and wounded .
. ITALY : The Patrib of Monday says : 'A letter from Veniee which has just arrived states , that Verona has been taken by the _Piedmontese army . ' This news has been confirmed by the latest accounts . Twelve hundred Venetians have been defeated at Montbello , near _Vicwiei _, by a body ef 6 , 000 Austrian infantry and cavalry . The greater part of the Venetians were the _studen _' s who volunteered from Padua and Venice . Many were killed . _Hbad-Qoautbrb at Vowa , April 12—Yesterday tbe _Croatians set fire to the town of _Castel _Nuovo . The cries ot the unfortunate inhabitants were heard at this place . A body of the Austrian army numbering 9 , 000 men , which waa on its way to Italy ,. haa been _countermanded , in consequenee of fears entertained regarding a movement in Galicia , Dalmatia , and Croatia .
DENMARK AND SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN . Letters from Hamburg confirm the fact of the Danes having entered _Schleswi ? , to the number of two thousand men . After the battle of tho 9 th , the _Schleswig-Holstein troops re . assembled at Idstedn , near Schleswig . Tha Prince of Noer has retired to Hutten , with a great part of theSchle-, wig Holstein army . There _arcseven thousand five hundred Prussian troops at _Rensburg . Rendbsbubg , April 14 . —A skirmish has taken _place near Eckenforde , in which the Danes were defeated with a loss of forty prisoners . The Danish army of 8 , 000 advanced yesterday , and took p & ssession Danmrzirhie , near Sohleswig .
POLAND . Posbk , April 10 m . —Iu the first moments of alarm tho Prussian authorities entirely abdicated their power into the hands ofthe Polish committee . A passive acquiescence , and , in many cases , an active support on their part , made the Poles believe that everything that was done by them had the sanction of theking _' _s-government at Berlin . And now , after three weeks of indecision and higgling with our _depatation , that same government , having assembled abeut thirty thousand of Prussian troops , suddenly sets its face against the _Poseners , nnd calls on the miehty torrent to fall quietly into its former channel . You also know what hopes and promises were given us of an immediate war with Ru'Ma . General Willisen came actually on ihe 25 th of March to the Polish deputation then assembled at the Hotel de Rome in
Berlin , a & d assured them in _im-st solemn terras , tbat the King , having determined to place himself at the head of the Germans and the Po ! o 3 against Russia , approved the g « neral rising in Posen , and was going to get tbem organised into a regular array . Now , this same general , after thirty thousand peasants had been collected by the nobles , 8 Ed so many refugees had come from France aad from Belgium , ail ofa sudden publishes an order enjoining the Poles to disband their levies , and intimates that the existing _landnrehr will be quite sufficient for preserving peace and order in the duchy . The higher _classes , although thus shamefully deceived , are willing , for the sake of peace and moderation , to comply with these injunctions . But it is not so easy to send home thirty thousand peasants , who were led to believe that they were going to form an army against Russia .
The Polish committee have _sentcoramissariesand agents all over Europe—fo the Pope , te Bohemia , to Hungary , to France , and to England . I conclude with copying the following address they have issued to the people of Great Britain : — ' Poland , sustained by tho sympathy and the most vital interests of regenerated Germany , is already on foot to repel the invasion meditated by Russia , to prove _heri-elf onci more the protectress , of European liberty and civilisation , and to recover her independent existence or . the termination of this terrible conflict ; . While thib conflict can be nothing less than a last crii 6 ade
_against the enemies of thc human race , Poland calls on the people and tho governments of the West , awaiting from them that faithful and vigilant support which every army owes to those who march foremost against the enemy . To us those vanguards _, money and arms , aro wanting . _"Will _^ regenerated Europe , like despotic Europe , tranquilly look on , while an unarmed nation is exterminated before her eyes ? Rejecting this dreadful suspicion , the National Committee of Poland address themselves especially to the government and people of England , to obtain from _^ iham- _'the material means for fulfilling this great task , which God and the unanimous voice of a heroic people have imposed upon them .
TURKEY . The Peesbe states'that a revolution has taken place at Belgrade . The Tmhs , it say *** , have been driven away , and Prince Bibesko deposed .
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_^ ' ¦ -. mjtaw ' _« TnE EMPIRE . The cor dition of the _Brir ish empire is such that , independent of the agitation of Chartism , it cannot long resist thc force of circumstances ; it 3 public credit must in a short period collapse ; these evnitB come upon a nation in the terms of Holy Writ , ' like a thief in the night , ' and it _bshoves those drivellers who have invested their small sums in the _Savinga Banks to be upon the ! _or-k out ; the great bulk of the depositors are English , and tbe total amount deposited is not less than £ 25 , 000 000 at the present lime . When the amount of gold at the bank is pretty large , there 5 s not enough to pay one half , and in tbe event ofa run upon tho bank for the repay _, ment of the deiosits , tte coffers of the bank will be soon drained , for those who hold their notes will press for payment , as well as tho depositors , together " with-those parties who have banking accounts . _TheEo _^ combinatious of demand will Boon exhaUBt the _OidLiidy , and empty her stores of the precious
metals . "When the ability to deliver geld has ceased , and the bank are compelled to resort to one pound notes , gold will rise in price , and a sovereign may be soon worth twenty-five shillings , or more . With regard to the probability of a run on the bank for gold , it may be said that it has commenced in Ireland ; and as nobody can say what a day can bring forth , the poorer depositors , who cannot afford to lose , and who would rather tbat it should constitute a Chartist fund than lose it , must take time by the forelock . The Savings Bank deposit fund , established to bind the lower orders in one common interest for the preservation ofthe great debt , is likely toprove tha mean 3 of its destruction ; it is the most vulnerable point in the who _' o system of English finance . The precursor to the French revolution was tbe withdrawal ofthe deposits from the Sayings Banks . The same causes produce the same effects . Anon .
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_JierriNQHAsi , Tuesday Evening . —Yesterday evening , according to a requisition numerously signed , a meeting was held in the Exchange-hall of this town , composed of tbe middle classes of aU shades of © pinions , from the high Tory down to the Chartist , to take into consideration the distressed state of the country , but more especially of the working classes . There were about 800 persons present , and but one opinion pervaded the whole assembly as to the widespread _diatresa which existed amongst the working classes , and tho necessity of something being done
to ameliorate their condition . There were on the platform the Rev . J . W . Brooks , vicar of St Mary ' s ; Revs . Benjamin Carpenter , ar . d M . Linwood ,. Unitarian ministers ; Revs . Messrs Hunter and Edwards , Baptist ministers ; Mr Bailey , proprietor of the Nottingham _Msncuitr ; Mr _Bradshaw , of the Joubnal ; Ichabod Charles Wright , Esq ., banker ; and many of the most influential classes of Nottingham . The mayor , John Heard , Esq ., was called upon to preside . Resolutions and a petition were adopted , the spirit of wbich will be seen from the following extracts from the petition : •—
' That your petitioners view with deep regret , and entire disapproval , the attempts which have latelybeen made in Great Britain and Ireland to obtain , by intimidation and by threats of having resort to physical force , political _enuBEes . 1 That , while your petitioners reprobate in the strongest manner and are willing to assist to the utmost of their power in repressing any such attempts , they sympathise deeply with , and are ready to use every exertion to alleviate and remove ; the sufferings and privati & ns under which largo numbers of their fellow subjects are now labouring , and te improve and elevate their social condition . Your petitioners , therefore , pray your honourable house to take early measures for reducing the national expenditure , and equ alising the national taxation , and for improving or further extending the elective franchise . '
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CROWN AND GOVERNMENT SECURITY BILL . Speech of F . O ' Connor , Es & ., in the House of Commons , on Friday , April 14 th , in committee on the above Bill . Mr O'Connor . . said ; Sir , I must confess my astonishment , amazement , and surprise , at the hypo _? thetical and figurative speech of the honourable and learned member for Reading—a speech replete with exuberant eloquence and poetic fiction . ( Hear , hear . ) A speech which might have suited the darker ages , but my consolation was , when I heard tliat speech , that the author of Ion ( cheers ) was safe from the ex post facto operation of this law .
But to deal with his facts , or rather _^ his assumption ? , because his * reasoning was all hypothetical , and inconclusive against the necessity of the proposed measure . ( Hear , hear . ) Sir , I will divide his oration into two parts , beginning with his exordium , and ending with his loyal peroration . Now , what was his first admission ? Why , that in more disturbed times the law , as administered at Monmouth and Stafford , had been successful . ( Hear . ) Can he point out one single instance in which the ordinary law has not been successful—nay , beyond the expectation ofthe government ? If , then , the answer must be in the affirmative , why dishonour the Queen , and commit treason against the people ?
( Cheers . ) Thus I show the law ' s potency , gathered from the poetical gentleman ' s flowers —( hear , and laughter )—and how I will prove the people ' s loyalty from the honourable and learned gentleman ' s anticipation of failure from what is - expected from high anticipations abroad . Now , what has he told the house ? Why , simply that he felt convinced , that , e ' er many days had elapsed , the failure from foreign changes would have the effect of wedding every man , who was now a Republican , more firmly to our institutions , and of establishing in our hearts a more devoted loyalty to the Queen . ( Loud cheers . ) Well , then , why not await this jubilee this national rejoicing—instead of rushing into
premature legislation , which will convince the world that loyalty in England will be henceforth measured , not by reverence , love , or respect for the Throne , but by dread of the law T ( Hear , hear . ) Would it lie possible for mortal man to have stated a stronger case for postponement in the one case , and no necessity for the measure upon the other hand ? ( Hear , hear . ) Thus , sir , it has been throughout the entire of this discussion . Every constitutional lawyer in the liouse , who has risen to support this bill , has unwittingly , unintentionally , but conclusively , proved , that it is not wanted , and , if passed , that it will be inoperative . Now , sir , with all his legal knowledge , I defy htm , and the Attorney-General , to
frame an indictment under this bill , if the exposition given of its provisions by the Attorney-General is correct . ( Hear , hear . ) That learned official has told us that an overt act must be the crime , and that words spoken must lie proof of the intentthen was there ever such nonsense ? ( Hear , hear . ) Is it not truly an act to entrap men into cumulative acts of felony ? ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Not to suppress crime , hut to invite criminals —( hear , hear ) —and with such a definition of old statutes , which the improved mind of the day is to abstain from explaining , this country is now to be governed .
( Hear , hear . ) Why , if the noble lord and his party were to he tried under this act , for words spoken and deeds incited to , during the agitation for reform , all the hulks at her Majesty ' s disposal would not afford accommodation for the Ministers and their felon accomplices . ( Cheers . ) But that was to enable them to carry their principle , that taxation without representation was tyranny , and should be resisted ; but now they had possession ofthe exchequer , law was ty be strained against their friends , and the Attorney-General was to be England's Prime Minister : —
The tool of the Minister , not of the Crown , Made by bis smile , and unmade by his frown , If the provisions of this bill had so mueh puzzled tbe lawyers in that house in their endeavours to explain thera , what would be the case when tbey came to be interpreted by the juries of the country ? ( Hear , hear . ) As for himself , he felt that he stood in no danger in reference to this Act , and such was the peaceable disposition of the community and of ihe Chartists ,- that it was , in his opinion , wholly unnecessary to introduce an unconstitutional measure of this sort—a measure of the monstrous
character of this gagging bill . The government were now kicking down the ladder by which they had risen , and pursuing , under some extraordinary infatuation , a course which was not only retrogade as regardfd this country , but was the direct opposite of . everything that the governments of other nations were now doing in reference to the liberties of the people . This bill was . iufact _. nothingbut a mockery , a delusion , and a snare . He had opposed it in its several stages , and the support given to it on that ( the Conservative ) side of the house had led to an union between the labouring and the middle classes which would , after Easter , manifest itself in the form ofa pressure of constituencies which it would
be utterly impossible to resist . He then advised the noble lord at the head of the government to beware how he adopted advice which came from the Opposition side nf the house , from which nothing could emanate favourable to his government . The late Attorney-General ( Mr Thesiger ) gave it as his opinion thatit was not necessary to put the precise words in the indictment ; all that was required was the mere construction . He had never in his life heard such an unconstitutional doctrine . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) The bill was , in reality , a suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act ; it took away the right of bail and the right of traverse ; a prisoner might remain in gaol for eight or nine months
before he was brought to trial , unless a special commission were issued to try his offence . To show the danger of relying upon language attributed to public speakers , he would read to them an extract from the Sun newspaper , in which he was reported to bave said , 'Let them pass that bill , and on that day week one hundred secret societies would be established throughout the country , and he would go about and organise them . ' Now , when such a mistake as that could be made , where everything was conducted calmly and deliberately , what might tliey _^ expect at meetings where excitement and _tumufensf _^ uiled ? Every person was aware that he said the very contrary of what was there attributed to him , and that he had positively stated his
determination to oppose the formation of all secret societies . ( Hear , hear . ) He would put it to them what would be the feeling of the country if he had abandoned his duty by not having taken his place , at the head ofthe procession on Monday last , although it had been forbidden by the government ? Had there been a collision with the authorities , what would have been his own feelings if he had not been present to share the danger and responsibility , as he had previously identified himself with the movement ? The hon . member for York had attributed to him the authorship of an article in whioh he asserted that he ( Mr Feargus O'Connor ) advocated a republican form of government over that of a monarchical . What was the fact ?
The article complained of was written in condemnation of the mode of electing the president of the United States , from which he deduced the fact that the present mode of election led to party feuds and quarrels for two years before the event , and did not subside for two years after , thus making the whole population parties , as it were , to a class squabble , and thus frittering away that which would otherwise be the united power ef a people
against a system which is yearly becoming more despotic . He ( Mi- O'Connor ) claimed the same right of canvassing men , measures , and policy , that was conceded to other journalists , and under that right , which he was not about to surrender , the article alluded to was intended as a caution to the French psople to avoid a course which must ultimately lead to similar results , and advising them to elect a president for life , responsible to the people , and removable for cause—this recommendation he offered for
the purpose of saving the people from the consequences of those party jealousies which were sure to be engendered by the election of the Executive government . Not one word throughout the whole of it referred to England . The , entire press was opposed' to the Chartist movement , and , he might tell them what was very well known , that the press was paid , not for representing the truth of public _opinion , but for the purpose of mis-reporting and colouring it , in order to meet the views of those
who read it . The Times newspaper , of the 10 th instant , reported a very violent speech , said to have been delivered at a Chartist meeting , held at Blackheath upon Sunday , the 9 th instant . Now he had received a letter from William Napier , Major-General , stating to him that no meeting of auy kind was held there that day . ( Hear , hear . ) Would any man define to him what was the meaning of open and adv ' sed speaking ? He defied a definition . ' Oh , ' said the Solicitor-General , ' we preserve this vague and ungrammatical clause merely because we
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ITrnimll ' _TTiriF _*^" - * _y . _' _ . __ . _ , , _; found it . ungranimatii ' _alj and we are .. tenacious el our Saxon forms of expression , even where they mean nothing . ' What was foolishly , rashly , _obS _* intemperate !* spoken by a man opposed , to-fba _-overnment , would be considered open _and-adraeft _sneakiit" —that was the real truth of the matter The _people of this country had boroe mora tyranny and injustice than any other people m thewoT ?& Thev bore it more tamely and more patiently , am he warned the government not to press thero tea far . They had a large standing army . _Thelrdtop » keepers were bankrupt , and their merchants- wer © . losing their capital . Yet no retrenchment _vmmade in the expenditure of the country . Why $ _& they not reduce the civil list ? Why did tbey J 5 _^ _T . d _6 27000 to a foreign king , to the King of Hanover ?
, This was a monstrous iniquity , and one whicli OBg & to be remedied . The .... present government , was & most truckling government to its opponent * , _assS the most unjust to its friends . ( Hear , hear . ) - _Wtp should he be charged with what Mr Cuffay _fess 3 said ? One honourable member would make _Msa answerable for Mr Cuffay ' s language under _g-regg ; excitement , and another would charge hiri * t _? t _& what every tomfool in London may be inclined IS ® utter to a cheering audience , but he would be _fcfiStS responsible for his own words , and his ownvroa _^ only . This hill would remove the safety _vsfee through which tlieir folly would pass harmless sw _^ r _* Let tliem once extinguish "the mind's fire , _«¦*** $ S _&
would be substituted by the biasing torch ,, _sms where then would be the security for properfj'F Did they rpflect upon this fact , that whereas i &® taxation of the country was measured by tie ftM employment of the working classes—that _esgeffl" _* diture bad increased in the same ratio in iwfis _& their ability to meet it had diminished ? ( _HsSSSs . hear . ) The whole question was one of _tabess * and as long as he remained in his * po _^ iSum it should remain so . Here was their _pjsesesi _position—if it required the full employment _<& three millions to feed the idlors and _sirpiioffcffi ® government , and if one million of those tbrjee &®» carte unwilling idlers , they became a _compeiiigg ®
i c ; er \ e , and their poverty not only tended to _wet _& duction of the wages of the two millions _emfisxpsSb but it also imposed upon those scantily _estplo _^ G the further necessity of supporting one _nsjlfieai 69 their fellow men as unwilling idlers . ( _Hesr / _TsaJt _^ Well , then , with this damning fact before tbe _& _ejiKfe . how dare they attempt to gag pubiie _etfiimeEfa by the factious howl of those placemen _sasdi _^ sw . sioners sitting behind the noble lord , and _Ihfe _& m _. ' luxury upon the industry _ofoihersj ? . ( Hesr , JJe _8 SU |) - Let the noble lord remember that what < samefilti- & French revolution was the bold _audacrSy' e _£ - i tyrant minister , * who , like the noble lordr ! Si _>* 35 _JiSgterS to awe the national will by paid officials ,. _pJaoeas _^ _,, and pensioners . ( Hear , hear . ) And now torn ®
attempting to do the very thing which tb ® _MmtSb republic , and all ether countries tbat had _fe _^ _BB . down despotism , had required as the first mea $ S- _&—justice , namsly , the liberation of _poliricai . e ) l ) feriSB 8 &» ( Cheers . ) They may array all the _uncortslititsSKSB _^ l force at their , command ,. against the _constffitnsJaiiB . r ight of freemen to denounce tyranny a > n & _&^_ seSm sion , but the voice of a united people _wouMsMism _^ the terror of a centralised faction . Th"J 8 > _*^ _a _©® B ? measure of justice to Ireland—this was tbe _- _^ _ssssar to ihe people ' s appeal for justice to t _& _Hasam ( Hear , hear . ) They ; were _panic-strickenvanaSiWESEB now taking council ofthe ex-King of _thsMsan _^ whom he should not mock in his misery , or tes 3 _& isS his sorrow , but he told the noble lord to _bewattetesr
he took council from evil advisers . ( Beae _* ,. _fflCT 5 S |) Many attempts had been made to _definewHaifes _^ _'Si and advised speaking was ; but thc only _deaaMaaJB _& would receive after the passing of the ' _bililwsvM-• anything spoken against the government- ' ( _Ptafc hear . ) The present government had got _ntfiffljpsgsf by unadvised and intemperate _speakings _sjaofl ! _fflESW they wished to gag the people . _Ministcra ; wafe _^ E _^ Sr so squeamish about speaking in 1832 , _wheni _/^ ia _^ r tudes were assembled in every part of trie _xVSBxSt and addressed in the most exciting _lanajaa _^ _iSaall when Nottingham and Bristol were in _flanssS ,. WSinisters would be better occupied in rediiBHnj _^ _fei pension list than in forcing an _unconstitutiisrM > tiis _@ a
sure on Parliament . He defied the _gowrampteiifcto . carry the bill into operation — they dare- n _* c * _tSBIfc . It was his intention to propose an _amendtnfflrifewStoi they came to limit the _duration ofthe _Bxil _^ _tfei-tfgge . effect that it should be maintained in _openaoiikai - * m long as the noble lord remained in offii _* _uR _..- _"TOsp they once thought that the income tax w * _-B 3 _} i ® _- _* 8 _& temporavy . Did not the smooth-tongued ! _sMliesmi _. ning-lipped _baronft , the member for Tammmttgh _^ _ffpi sure them that it would be but temporary / ,, gK _^ lBagj thatthey would not refuse to the state wl _^ tttesajate stood so much in ueed of ? Well , now _Sfii _^ vBai ® told in the same way that the state stood _^ _-mi . _rmfflfiicig
this bill _; but were they once to pass it ,. ttlh _? jy . * sv « ia _® be told , ' Oh , as w _teye it now , we may _mmstlHl keep it . ' _Supposed should turn out inffi [ paia _& a 2 g it would then be said , ' The law is a _deadlffiaate , Let'it alone ; there is no need for _raeddlthg . _wSlli _*^ But suppose it should be used : then _thmom _^ martii any arguments for its repeal would be * , , _'ffi _^ Ste utility of the law ; ' Depend upon it , the : hW _ < wmi passed , would become as permanent as -waatiBtesifr . come tax . Let it become law , and he _wouM _tessa _* _® the country—morning , noon , and _night—amiIns-as _®^ stant cry would be , ' Down with the bas _^ ,. _UiteDs _^ and brutal Whigs , '
MONDAY , April 17 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —State of laBimiss _^ _^ JS _^ Earl of _EttENBaBonoH followed up a motiomnB _* vsp . a 8 a » turn of tbe number of arms registered in _IMten-aUSt & tween the 14 thof March and the 14 th o ' ftfe . jgneasifi ! _- month by refering to an article in the TJhitbij > _J—JsaSmSt calling upon the people to arm , with the view , _wamntBte _BjBtein of organisation waB complete , of pltmgBTO _. tSSteB in the hearts' blood ef their eni mica . If no _rjin & _j- ** asS & n . was to be made fer defence while tho enemy _wsa- _^ _apaaparing for an attack those who wished bot * _tocaSj- ' gorernment in maintaining peace and order _wsdf & _iE ' so
disheartened , and would begin to _conside _** , aaftS _ectS _^ _jp entertain , the question of compromise , on a _aubjactrwiBij respect to which no compromise could take _plwra—wfe _^ _, tbe Repeal of tbe Union , Ue was anxrillhig ; _to > _gasasB the _subjact too prominently forward ; he _os _^ _ttSSiaffi to know distinctly what were the intentions-si ? _tSseejgSto vernment ; and ho would , therefore , eoncludeBy ' _-git _iBbgg the question of tvhieb he bad given notira _>—BjeaBK-Jte _, whether it was the intention of the _goverameotjEsies- ' _-M tend the provisions of the Crime and Outrage ( _lirdia _^ Act to the city and county of Dublin , or to _lafes _^ _Smi measure to amend that act ? ¦
The Marquis of _LaNseownb Intimated _tbaS-. _' tSrS ! could be no objection to the production of tt ® weO—m moved for-, by the noble earl , _maamrjeh as Cos o _^ _ott was to procure thc latest information ia _rt——i > enceto a very important subject . With referc 33 e » te the question with which the noble earl condo &* 3 J , _to must say he thought the Lord-Lieutenant was _fibotie _^ b judge both of the time , the place , and the mode insrl _*&& the power of the government should be put into nctScB-fe and he did not think tbat bouse was the _plaee—iffaBJg part of Ireland' was to be brought _suddenly under- ffisB operation of the aot—in which it was conafotc & t t & _SSb such a proclamation should be announced : he _tbffPgffg :
it should come at once direct from the _LomiloKllv tenant . After referring to various _exnggeratedEteJ & i mets in reference to the condition of Ireland and' ( Sab arming of the disaffected , the noble _matguia _Ufthl _^ tiittte while he should be sorry to pledge the Lord . _Ieentea & s _^) to arm all persons making application to him Ind _/ _tofc mlnately , yot tbat noble lord had accepted _thssesvisffiii ofa large aod efficient body of persons composed q 3 tteS _& Protestants and Catholics , and arms had been « £ ntoveR to be placed in their hands , Tbe noble earl _baflaata _& to a compromise , of which certain rumours had ' . Basse spread abroad ; and when a compromise was _mentitossil he was bound to take the first opportunity of _Btetmg that there could be none . It was the _detcrminatlamffiS
bar Majesty ' s ministers to resist all attempts to _s—Sthe well-government ofthe country , and with tho . ihteaM ests of which government tha _preservation of the _tmShos was inseparable . Lord BttoconAH was of opinion that the Repeal off te Union was only sought for by a very small body ,,, wSa > drove a pecuniary trade by advocating that measure _^ , The return was agreed te . Remoyai . of _Ahenb _Biiit , —The Marquis of B * sb * . downe proposed that this bili should pass through pns * a » mitteo pro forma for the purpose of printing _certafin amendments of a verbal character , and one _wbich-goss a right of appeal to tho privy council .
The Earl of _Elu-nbohough said an appeal ft » AS ® privy connoil would defeat the object of the buT » . Ite foreigners in thia country whom it might be _defllrafito _^ send away by _steamerfulo were not respectable traite _*^ but persons of the lowest class , and to give fi ao « J «» right ofa separate appeal to the Queen in council _wooES keep the privy _eonncil constantly sitting . The Marquis _oJ . Iiaksdownb » aid that If they _wesenoS rospeetable traitors '—dau ghter)—they would ac * 5 ® able to bear the expense of such an appeal . The Earl of _Biuhboeocok said ho would _ _aot _cjgajoai tho clause as It appeared to be useless . The bill passed through committee . The Election _RflcogntzinceB Bill was read _anssassffl time , aad their lordships adjourned at half . _psst sJ _* _p _&
o ' clook . HOUSE OP COMMONS . — _Repbesbntattow _« _TrJBg _PeopIiB . —Mr H »« e gave notice , amid loud _cSiecst ' , t & _sfe shortly after the recess , he would call attention £ 3 _tifc & present state of the representation of the _gtog _^ 8 _a & tako the sense of the honee on that question , Nkw Wxit _roa _Dbbbv : —Mr Evans _movei fte ? _EQ _*® writs for Derby , nt ae room of Mr _Striittaai _^ _@&^ F . Gower . . M » MiOKWHOK _awouuei the motion .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 22, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_22041848/page/7/
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