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" And I will war , at least in words , ( And—should my cbane * so happen—deeds , ) With all who war with Thought 1 " " I think I hear a little bird , who singj The people by and by will be the stronget . "—B ? &cx ,
REVELATIONS OF ROME . [ From the Westminster Review . ] so . ii . THE PAPAL GOVESSMEST . Ve are not here about to treat of the Pope , that nominal head of the State , all-powerful for evil , ahsolut e \ y impoUnt for good . As a general rule , he may be set down as an old imbecile , thrust into power by a faction ofthe cardinals , whoshareamoDgthem the spoils ; or as a veteran trafficker in ambition , who settles with the electors the price of his elevation to the papacy , and who is compelled , at the risk of his life , to observe the conditions of the compact . The real chief is the Sccretarv of State ( Secretario di Stato ) : this is he who was the
leader of the triumphant faction in the conclaTe . He . stands above all authority . He is mppoied to receive the responses of the papal oracle , and to ntterthem in the name of laws . A few strokes of the pen , forwarded to a tribunal , enable him to annihilate , without publicity , statutory enactments . It often happens that , when an advocate is relying upon particular articles of law as the basis of the right of his case—exen in the third court of appeal—he is obliged to hear that those articles are no longer in force ! The secretary lords it over the finances ¦ andevery other branch of the administration , sparing himself the trouble of advertising the subalterns of his intentions , so that his commands and their regulations are cominaally at variance . The department of foreign -afiairs is exclosivelv his .
S exttohim comes the Cardinal Camerltngo . His duties it is hard to define . His titles confer on him the Presidency of the apostolic chamber , and the management of t _ V customs and the mint ; bnt th » mint has a special president with independent pe wers , and the customs are at the -direction of the treasurer . * # ? * Indescribable as Proteus , the Camerkngo seems to be thrown into the midst of the governmental chaos we are describing , for the sole purpose of mystifying the citizen in the endeavour to fix outlie source of his grievances . Trequently does it occur that the regulations enforced by this high functionary , in virtue of some one of his titular powers , are in direct collision with those of the treasury -or the congregation of bridges and roads ; and it then "becomes impossible for the unfortunate who suffers bv the
contradiction to tell to which of these authorities he is to appeal . More definite in duty , but equally unaccountable as to performance , is the treasurer-general , who completes the supreme triumvirate of the Papal States . He is the real minister of finance ; though , with the usual rule of misrule , several branches of that head are entirely independent . He attends to the collection of the revenue , and appoints the provincial receivers : he contracts loans , and orders the sale or purchase of public property . He -never gites account to ting one of his admi-Juttra . ti . on , nor of the distribution of the funds that enter She treasury ; neither has any one aright to demand au --account . He can only be dismissed from lus office by promotion to the cai dinalatc : he then leaves on his desk a key supposed to be that of the treasury ; being the only fonnalitv that is indispensable .
Below these three great dignitaries are to be found a multitude of congregations and other authorities with undefined functions ; the congregation of bridges and roads , composed of cardinals residing at Rome ; to whom belong a council of arts , comprising six engineers , a central directory for the care of the post roads , and an administrative council for cross-roads , a board of dikes and water-courses , an administrative council for the aqueducts of Rome , an engineer-in-chief for the provinces , the Reno commission for all the legations established at Bologna , besides an endless number of sub-councils , inspectors-in-chief , and engineers , all enormously pud for doing nothing ; the congregation of Sam Goterno , composed of cardinals and presiding over the business of the Marches , whose duties should be discharged by a principal department of the Home Office ; the Pope ' s auditor , whoie cares , according to the constitution , should be confined to the legal protection of widows , minors , and the poor , but
whose power has so thriven that he can now suspend , bj a decree , the decision * or the results of decisions pronounced by the tribunals , even when the cause has run the course of all the courts , and is no longer liable to appeal ; the Congregation of Studies , a body of cardinals to superintend the spread of education under a system that proscribes mutual instruction as tainted with heresy ; the Congregazione Militaire , composed of Monsignori , under the presidence of the cardinal secretary of State ; the legates and delegates , veritable Pachas of the Holy See—the former , carduals , acting as viceroys in the four principal provinces of the state—the latter , Monsignori taking care of the districts of lesssr importance , bnt both exercising an administrative , restrictive , and judicial authority , immense , arbitrary , and irresponsible ; lastly , the Gotirnor of Some , having in his hands the general direction of the police , presiding over the metropolitan criminal tribunals , and , like the treasurer , only quitting i £ s Grace bv promotion to the cardinalate .
Again , below these authorities , almost all irresponsible , sAl without definite limits to their power , and busy fur plunder and anarchical confusion , is a »«< hV , ! utri umg , demoralised herd of prelates , legists , auditors , secretaries , and subalterns , whose omnipotence , each in his sphere , has its root in the universal ignorance , fated and inevitable to the very constitution of this administrative hierarchy .
Ignorance is decreed for all the high functionaries of the state , because , in the first place , the Pope is bound to select them , not from the mostcapable , bnt , in accordance with former engagements , from amongst those who contributed by their intrigues to his election ; secondly , because , chosen from the clergy , they can have no administrative knowledge , theoretical or practical : a canon becomes a treasurer ; a cardinal who has devoted his life to the study of ecclesiastical antiquities , directs the war department ; a man who has presided over a diocese as buliop turns up as secretary of state . Ignorance is decreed for two-thirds of the head employes in the secondary branches of administration , because they are filled up from that mass of Prelali , followers of the Cardinals , who possess the three indispensable requisites , celibacy , no bility , and interest , and whose education is limited to what is taught in the schools under tbenameof philosophy
and to the elements of jurisprudence ; often indeed given to those whom it may be wished to dispense with in higher offices , on account of malversation , but whom it may not be desirable to brand with public disgrace this was tiie constant custom of Cardinal Gousalvi . On this ignorance in the chiefs is built the grasping insolence and unbridled license of the mixed class we are now speaking of . Each head has his auditor , his legist , hie secretary , who does everything for him ; these despise their master , whose ignorance they are fully sensible of , and whose favour they have obtained by cringing subserviency , if not by disgraceful compliances ; they know they have no longer hold of office than the duration of the flickering life of that aged Pope who elevated their patron , and their aim is to amass a purse as quickly as possible . Public opinion is no check on them , for they know that the moral responsibility of their misdeeds mil fall wholly on their nominal superior .
ISrSUOVS PSOFLIGACr OF THE PAPAL ADMISISTBATIOS . Tet lower , btneath flu » factitious class of intermediates between principals and subalterns , swarm , as replies in filth , a hideous race , not to be hinted at in good society , bet whose abnormal existence must be proclaimed in this oar effort toiaaVe intelligible the nature of thepajial government and the justice of the revolutionary movements of thepeopte—a race of xalets , parasites , prostitutes , traffickers in vice , legions of familiar demons who crawl from the basement to the very summit of the edint * . Ths celibacy of the clergy , the occupiers of every avenue to power , is the source of their influence ; and it will be easily understood that in a state where everything goes by interest , that influence is immense . For ages past , Vic Minor corruption and thepovxr txercised at Roym hg
domestics and tcomai of gaUantrg lime been notorious ; but before the time of Pius the Sixth the profligacy of the priests , though more brazen , had not , in general at least , stained the family hearth ; the natural children of Popes , cardinals , and bisbop 3 , impudently recognised by their elevation to the highest dignities , were not die of spring of tlieir ¦ nel jUbours" wives . The terror of the Information and the ordinances of the Council of Trent still exercised an ameliorating influence , if not on the reality , at least on the outward decorum of the manners of the clergy . At a . later period , it is observed l > y an Italian writer , the depravity general in Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , the examples set by Cardinals Richelieu , llazarin , and Alberoni , and the Morale of the theology disseminated by the Jesuits , masters in the art of incitins
the human passions , te turn them hi the end to their own account—of leading to transgression , to set a price on the pardon—and of fostering covert infamy , to lord it over their penitents by the possession of their secrets , taught the lloman cardinals and bishops that it was more convenient and less scandalous to insinuate their seduct ion where it was the interest of all parties to conceal it . The effectsof this lessonbecameajiparentin the papacy of Pius the Sixth , and have but augmented since . At that date , the famous Marchesa Sacrati , wife of Gnddi , a Bolognese , was all powerful at court . The husband was created a Chevalier and a Marquis ; and got a fortune oat of the customs , during the treasurership of Brcsehi . "Women became the agents between the l'rdtli and the
petitioners for employments or gratuitiei : they , and often tlitir husbands , made this traffic a source of wealth Kn& out of these shameless practices , which we avoid poriraying in fall , grew the influence of servants as accomplices and procurators . Men such as Marianino and Giovannino , the former in the service of the elder Cardinal Albini , the other in that of Cardinal Gonsalri . might be seen , under Pius the Sixth and Seventh , holding levees in Tvhichwere trafficked the employments , pensions , and favours that ought to have been solicited from the Secretaries of State . Places endowed with large emoluments were created solely to gratify the craving of these insatiable « nneri ? ri . The dishonouring tradition is still unbroken , and a short residence at Borne is sufficient to enlijliten the traveller as to the value to her husband of the allpotent influence vested in the wife of Gatauino , tbe pontifical barber .
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THE TYRANNICAL "'M 1 LL 0 CRATS OF The following is the petition of the factory "iris from a meeting of the inhabitants of DundeVpre sented by Mr . Duncombe , and referred to iu the last number of the Sear . We trust that the inhabitants ot JJundee , who have done themselves so much honour by taking up this case of rank free trade oppression , will not now allow the case to die , but wHl continue energetically until they get satisfaction for the poor girls from their inhuman masters . The women of Dundee should not sit in company with anv man who has not takeaapart in this struggle ; the married women should pinch their husbands from night till morning put salt in their tea , and mustard on their Oread ; the girls should refuse to kiss their sweet-Hearts , and the mothers and sisters . should let the men walk barefoot rather than mend theirstockings , u they have not done their share . Without hearing the case at all , every man with a particle of brains in Ins head would at once come to the conclusion , that six girls will not venture to complain of their master unless they have right on their side . TUE tym % c u 0 crai . s of
¦ Petition of Chairman of a Meeting of Inhabitants of Dundee -The petition of the inhabitants of Dundee , humbly showeth , —That your petitioners have learned with regret and alarm of the cruel and unjust treatment of six factory girls in the employ of the firm Baxter and Brothers , manufacturers in this place , of the name of Jane Bennet , Ann Connell , Isabella Millar , Barbara Downie , Helen Barret , and Margaret Roy . These girls had heard that others at the same work had got the promise of an advance af wages , they also applied with upwards of . forty others who wrought in the same flat , for a like rise , but getting no satisfaction , they stopped awav from the work for that afternoon . Next
morning , at five o ' clock , they returned to work—were lured into an office to speak to some person , and found , to their surprise , that parties were there to apprehend them . They were no more guilty than the others—did not advise the other * to demand an advance of wages , or to leave . the work that afternoon ; but these , as your petitioners hare reason to fear , were selected as victims , because they had few or none to protect or defend them . One of them has neither father nor mother ; four are without fathers , and their widowed mothers were in a great measure depending on them for relief . They had been in the work from their infancy—never gave any previous offence , and received from the manager ( or oyuvseer ) the character of being steady .
Your petitioners have to complain to jour honourable House that these jirls were taken prisoners before six in the morning—taken to a private office in the town , and detained there till ten ro / the forenoon , paraded through the main street to the office of a justice of peace , and detained there till twelve , when they were sentenced to ten days' imprisonment , with hard labour . All these six hours they were under the care of four men , who never left them , and thereby they were prevented from attending to the calls of nature , without violating every mark of female modesty , and in the presence of these officers of the law .
Your petitioners have still further to complain that they have reason to believe that tho warrant for apprehension was not according to the forms of law . That they ( the girls ) irere tampered with , to give certain answers before the justices in the hope of gaining favour an-1 getting dear , which answers might Und very much tO their injury . Also that they were tried bv a close COurt , to which their nearest friends were refused access . That they were made to sign papers , of the purport of which they had no knowledge , through the agitation that pervaded their minds . Four of them , who could not write , had their names appended to these documents by parties in court , without their mark or consent . Also , that they had no opportunity given to bring any exculpatory evidence forward in their own behalf , and being
minors , the youngest being thirteen years of age , had no one to conduct their case or speak in tlieir behalf , and were wholly unfit to defend themselves . Also , that some of their masters were shat up with the justices in a private apartment , as well as their manager or overseer , from wkich they sallied forth with the judges that were to try this case ; that these parties stood near the judges during the time of the mock trial , and that the masters and judges whispered together for some time before [ sentence was given : and , in the opinion of your petitioners , such conduct had a tendency to influence the judges in their decision . These girls were conveyed to prison , underwent the punishment of ten days with hard labour ; during this time they were able to eat little , never having been in a court bsfore , or charged with any crime .
Your petitioners have also to state to your honourable House that , at an overwhelming meeting af the inhabitants , it was agreed to memorialise the Lord Advocate on the subject . Ifis lordship at once agreed to this request , and the sheriff for this county made an investigation . This investigation was by no means satisfactory to the public mind , inasmuch as no one on the part of the girls or the public was allowed to be present , or to suggest any questions to bring out the truth , or serve the ends of justice . And your petitioners have also to coaiplein that since the investigation his lordship , the Lord Advocate , has refused to satisfy either the girls or the public regarding the results of the inquiry made .
For these , and other reasons , may your honourable Souse be pleased to cause an investigation into this case , to cause the whole of the investigation taken by the sheriff for Foifarshire , and other documents that may have passed between the Lord Advocate and any party or parties on this subject , to be laid before tha House ; and should year honourable House find that these girls have not been properly treated , that compensation may be given for loss of time and false imprisonment ; and that your honourable Ho « se would also make inquiry of the reasons wh y die Lord Advocate continues to refuse giving any deanitc decision on this matter .
Your petitioners would still further pray , that should your honourable House find that these girls have been tried by due form of law , that the law may be speedily altered , as nothing can . have a greater tendency to alienate the working classes from the government , the institutions , and laws of the country , than to find that they can be apprehended by their masters , tried by their masters' friends , and , although minors , not allowed any one to plead for them , or see justice done them ; that there is no redress when an appeal is made to the law officers of the Crown , tut that masters , judges , law and law officers , are all arrayed on on one side against the poor , the orphan , the fatherless , and defenceless .
Your petitioners would [ earuestly entreat your honourable House to take this case into your immediate consideration , that the feeling of the public mind may be abated , and that they may yet see there is one court to Which they can appeal for justice , and meet with redress . And your petitioners , as in duty bound , will ever pray . Signed in the name and on behalf of the public meeting of the inhabitants . William Scott , Chairman .
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SERIOUS DISTURBANCE AND MURDER ON THE HAW 1 CK RAILWAY . We regret to state that , between Saturday night and Sunday morning , a breach of the peace , of the most daring kind , attended with murder , occurred on the North British Railway Company ' s branch line to Hawick , in the neighbourhood of Fushie Bridge , about eleven miles south of Edinburgh . It appears that about midnight two of the " navies" employed in the vicinity were taken into custody , charged with stealing a watch or watches , and lodged in . the cells of the county police station , at Gorebridge . Some time after , a large body of their fellow excavators , to the number , it issaid , of about 300 , assembled , armed with bludgeons , pickaxes , heugelUls , « fcc , and
proceeded to the station-house for the purpose of liberating the two prisoners . Their entrance was for a time forcibly resisted by Sergeant Brown and Constable Christie , the latter of whom received several severe injuries , particularly on the arms ; but their resistance could avail nothing against such powerful assailants , and they had to give way , being overpowered by numbers . One of the fellows , it is stated , presented a pistol at the head of the sergeant , and demanded the liberation of the prisoners under the pain of death , aud upon his refusal to unlock the doors of the cells , they broke them open , and their comrades being thus liberated , they marched off with them in the direction of Fushie Bridge , about half a mile from the scene of their violence . At that point
they met the district constable Pace , who was returning from his accustomed rounds , whom they savagely attacked and beat in the nio 3 t brutal manaer one of the ruffians striking him a blow on the head , it is supposed with a pickaxe , which laid his skull open . The poor man was afterwards found lying on the road in this state , and conveyed home , where medical aid was promptly in attendance ; but the injuries he had received were such that he never spoke afterwards , and died the next day .. Information of the riot and assault baring reached Mr . List , the superintendent of the county police , he immediately requested assistance ironi tbe city policewith
, the view of proceeding in search of those most conspicuous in the affair , and of keeping the peace . Sheriff Jameson having granted a warrant , Captain llaiuing sent off twenty-live of his constables to the scene of action , Mr . List and Sergeant Brownlee having previously set off , aud they were afterwards followed by the sheriff and the procurator fiscal , Mr . scott . Mr . List , with the force placed at his disposal , succeeded in apprehending thirteen of the rioters , who were identified as being amongst those who rescued tho prisoners from the station-house . It was not then ascertained who was the individual who struck down Constable Pace .
rcniHER Pakticclirs . —It appears that the " navies" charged with the riot and murder are Irish . A correspondent sends us word that on Monday morning the Scotchmen working on the line , having > een sorely exasperated by the brutal doings of the Irish , turned out all along the line , to the number of I , o 00 , and burned down the huts , and drove all the Irish off the line . When our correspondent ' s letter was written all was quiet
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Railwat AcciDEXT . -The special train which left Rugby station at forty minutes pastei « ht o ' clock on Saturday inprmng with the London morning papers £ S "" a ? ' T ^ train near the Sysionstation . Ihe guard re ceived several spv . > recontuff son the head , and little hoSlSSdof hurt engine-driver is also seriously
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HOUSE OF L 0 RDS M 0 KDAT , JW 2 . The Lord Chancellor took his seat at five o ' clock . PROTECTION OF LIFE ( IRELAND ) BILL . Lord Brougham stated that Lord Chief Justice Denman wished to propose several important amendments on this bill , but being compelled to leave town for a few days , had requested him to apply fora postponement ol the proceedings with reference to it until his return . After a short conversation , in which the Lord Chancellor the Marquis ol Lansdowne , the Earloi Wicklow , Earl Grey , and other lords took part , tbe further consideration of the bill was postponed till Friday .
THE CAMPAIGN UPON THE SUTLEJ . The Larl ot liiroN moved a vote of thanks to the Governor-General , the Commander-in-Chief and the officers and men of the army on the Sutlej . tbrthe late brilliant victories at Moodkee and Ferozeshah . After briefly recapitulating the circumstances which rendered the concentration of the British forces on the Sutlej unavoidable , the noble lord proceeded to comment on the actions themselves , and en the gallantry displayed by the troops on the occasion . Having paid a just tribute to the memories of Sir R . Sale , Sir J . M'Caskill , and Major Broadfoot , he next passed an elegant eulogium on the eminent services of Sir H . Hardinge and Sir 11 . Gn . i < rh . amlnnn .
eluded by moving the several resolutions in which the vote of thanks was embodied . Ihe Marquis of Laxsoowne rose with the most perfect sincerity of feeling to give those resolutions ms most cordial support . It was impossible not to reel that the bravery displayed by British soldiers on this occasion had never been exceeded . The noble marquis concluded by saying that he wished for tUe present to consider these great transactions in the splendour of their own success , and would reserve for another time all considerations as to the particular policy which had brought them about , and that he should , therefore , give his most cordial support to the resolutions .
_ The Duke of Wellington could not hear the motion discussed without adding his unqualified approbation of the conduct of all concerned in these glorious victories . The Governor-General had set an example which ought to befollowed . When he found that his services would be useful , he laid aside his position and power as Governor-General , and volunteered his assistance to the Commander-in-Chief in the great contest which was impending . But not the Governor-General alone—all had exerted themselves to the utmost to obtain the great result which crowned their efforts ; and he had not for a length of time heard of an action which had given him such unqualified satisfaction .
The Marquis of Londonderry was anxious to bear testimony to the devotion to their country displayed by the two chiefs in command , and to the ability with which they had planned and executed the masterly evolutions which decided the fate of the day at Ferozeshah . . The Duke of Richmosd had seen with tl \ e greatest satisfaction that a medal was to be awarded to all who shared in these actions , atid hoped that her Majesty would take this opportunity of returning a ,
favourable answer to those Peninsular veterans who bad applied for a similar boon . He trusted also that Lord llipon would consider if it were not possible to have the names of the non-commissioned officers and privates printed and published in this country . The Earl of Ellbsbououoh said this last achievement justified the high opinion he had ever entertained of the army with which he had been recently connected in India , and assured the house that everything that had been said applied as much to the natives as to the European troops .
After a few words from Lord Auckland , the resolutions were carried turn . con . Several bills were then forwarded a stage , and the house adjourned at half-past seven o ' clock . IiOUSE OF COMMONS—Mondat , March 2 . The house met a few minutes before tour o ' clock . A great number of railway bills were read a second time . Mr . W . Patiex presented a petition from Wallingford in favour of a Ten Ilours' Factory Labour Bill . Mr . S . Crawford presented a petition for the release of Frost , Williams , and Joues .. Mr . T . Duncomce presented a petition from a place in Essex against the enrolmentof the militia , and also a petition praying for a reduction of the stamp duties affecting building societies ; also a petition in favour of a Teu Hours' Factory Labour Bill ; also a petition from Hertford for the repeal of the Corn Laws .
AND 0 VER UNION . Mr . Wakley presented a petition from one of the board of guardians of the Andover Union , complaining of the A'iolation of the regulations laid down by the Poor Law Commissioners . The petition stated that the board had openly declared that they would get rid of Mr . Westlake , the medical officer of the union , in consequence of the exposure which lie had caused as to the proceedings in the" workhouse . The petitioner prayed for inquiry into the case . The lion , member then gave notice that he would to-morrow ( this day ) move that the petition be printed with the votes , so that it would be in tlie hands of members in time for the motion of which the lion , member ( Mr . Etwall ) had given notice on the subject , for Thursday .
FABRICATED PETITIONS . Mr . C . Berkelet rose to call the attention of the house to the petition which he had presented on Friday last , complaining that a petition had been forwarded for presentation to that house , ostensibly from Cheltenham , but in reality it was from Manchester . This , he believed , the house would agree with , him ia saying was a breach of its privileges ; and , having laid the case before them , he would willingly adopt any course which might be pointed out for vindicating those privileges . lie could prove that many of the signatures to that petition were forgeries , aud that many names were added which were not on the original sheet . He was the more anxious
that the house should take the matter up , because complaints were very general out of doors that the petitions of the people did not receive that attention from the house to which they were entitled ; but this 'act could not excite surprise in any one , from the manner in which petitions were got up in many parts ofthe country . If the house would give him a committee of inquiry , he would put the fact of the fabrication of petitions and the forgeries of si gnatures beyond all doubt . He moved that a select committee be appointed to inquire into the presentation of certain forged petitions asd signatures , and under what circumstances those signatures had been attached .
Mr . Newdeoate , in seconding the motion , said that the hou . member had very properly called the attention of the house to this subject , but there was another subject to which that attention should also be given , lie alluded to the practices of the agents of the Anti-Corn Law League in the manufacturing of votes at the registrations . He thought that the privileges of that house were in greater danger from such practices than even from petitions with forged signatures . Mr . Hume rose to order . The hon . member was entering upon a subject not before the house . Mr . Newdeoate gave notice that it should eonio before it .
Mr . Bitiuni read a letter from the secretary of the League with reference to the alleged forgeries , and the cause of the petition being sent round by way of Manchester instead of direct from Cheltenham , and contended that these explanations showed that though there might have been irregularity in the proceeding , no charge of fabrication could be sustained . Mr . FEnitAJJD inquired whether it was competent to him to move an amendment ? He had received a letter from Sheffield , bearing out the statement he
had made the other night as to the manner in which petitions were signed ; and he had also an extract from another communication , referring to the same proceedings at Leeds . , One letter be had received he would read to the house : — " If the following letter will be of any service to you iu your opposition to the League —( au ironical cheer from the Opposition benches)—1 will give you the names and residences of persons who were employed by the League to add signatures to their petitions , one of them to the tune of 14 , 000 , without leaving his room ; and the other to the number of 500 , and there are more
instances if necessary . " lie ( Mr . Fernind ) wrote 10 the person for a reference as to his respectability ; he then went to him , and had a personal interview , and he found the whole of the writer ' s statement to be correct . He was in possession of the names of the witnesses whom he was prepared to produce before a committee , and he would therefore move as an amendment , that the inquiry of the committee should be generally as to the manner adopted by the League to . obtain signatures to petitions to that house .
Lord J . Mansers said , that aa he was walking the other day down Grosvenor-place he heard a comfortable-looking baker ' s boy say to his companion , " 1 say , old fellow , have you signed the Anti-Corn Law petition ? 1 have signed it three times . " ( A laugh . ) lliis was no isolated case . ( Hear , hear . ) Sucli things had occurred daily in all the great thoroughfares of London . ( Hear , hear . ) He regretted this the more , because they were bound to pay the utmost attention to petitions legitimatel y staled .
Aftoi- some further conversation upon the subject , Sir 11 . 1 ekl had no objection to a general inquiry into the practice complained of . But would it not be better to confine the committee to the specific case brought forward by the hon . member for- Cheltenham , in which a petition had been presented as to which there appeared some informality ar . d impropriety ? lhere ought be another committee for the general question . I he second inquiry mi . rht bo extcBSive and prolonged , while it might be - necessary to report on this specific case at once . ( Hf \ The committee was then agreed to "
THE LATE BATTLES ON THF . ' SUTLEJ The Si-eakbr called on Sir R . pee ] . t 0 mOve bis re solution of thanks to the Indian aru when
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vi ** S * V « mM a petition from certain inoi-3 S ?! P W n * at i ieadi « g . declaring their abhorrence of all war , and praying the house to grant no ITJi " 1 ks t 0 the ai W in India , which had just ° v » b ^ an un J ust and impolitic war . ofXhuS 1 " 1 was ^ Pr ° P ° that tlle thanIf s hi 55 hou f-one of the highest rewards that could be conferred on successful valonr-should bo given to bn H Hardinge , Governor-General of India , to Sir S » fSt r Cotnma ndei-k-Chief of the forces in the Last Indies , and to the officers and men under their command , who , on the banks of the Sutlej , by their discipline , fortitude , and brilliant courage , had achieved a great and glorious victory , and had shown themselves worthy of the name ot Enirland . and of .- ^^ il ^ i ^ , ™ , ^ .
Ilie service to which they belonged . But for what he had just witnessed , ho would never have believed , that any body of Englishmen , seeing the unprovoked aggression which our army was called upun unexpectedly to meet and check , would have been found to sign a petition , grudging a tribute of applause to to their valuur and devotion which it then displayed . Ihe hon . baronet then proceeded at great length to detail the events connected with these battles ; but as our readers have alread y had all the leading facts in the despatches published hist week , it is unnecessary to do more than refer to them here . Sir Robert excited the sympathies of the house by reading to it a private letter from Sir II . Hardinge , to a member ot nis family , giving ; a most i > riinhin . nintitra nf t . im
events of the memorable night of the 21 st , during which Sir Henry took little rest , but occupied himself in going from regiment to regiment , to ascertain their temper and to animate their ardour . He ikewise stated that Sir II . Hardinge had sent one of Ins sons , who was in the civil service of India , and happened to be in the field , to the rew , because his presence disturbed him ; but that he had kept his youngest son , who was a military officer , and had a character to gain , near to his own person , because it gave him encouragement in the performance of his duty . Havin g shown that the Commander-in-Chief . the Governor-General , and the officers and men Of the British army , had performed exploits worthy of the British name in thus gallantly resisting and "
defeating treble their own number of the bravest troops in India , trained b y French officers , and provided with the most formidable Artillery , he could not , he said , conceal from the house that his feelings of pride and satisfaction at those exploits must be tempered by recollecting that they had been attended with the loss of so many officers of the highest promise . Sir R . Sale , whom ail admired for His heroic achievements at Jellelabad , had closed in these actions a long career of military glory by a death which he foresaw and even wished for . '' Mis etiam in opportunitate monk . " He hoped that the house would unanimously support him , if , in case her Miijesty should think fit to record her regret for Sir R . Sale ' s death , and her sense of his eminent services bv
recomaiending the erection of a public monument to his memory , he should propose an address in return , promising on its part their readiness to make good the expense of it . After paying a melancholy tribute , of praise to the services of General M'Caskill and Major Broadfoot—whose civil sagacity was only to be equalled by his military ardour and valour—he said that he would not make any comments on individuals of lower rank who had iiilleu , lest he should offend any deceased officer ' s family by not mentioning the name of their relative , when all had distinguished themselves gloriou sly . Whatever their rank , the houso did justice to the services of them all , and deeply lamented their loss . He hoped that the thanks of the house would be conveyed to every regiment and to every man on the field without
exception . Lord J . Russell participated in the feelings which Sir It . Teel had expressed in the name of the house , and hoped that he should be permitted to have the satisfaction « f seconding the resolution which he had moved , and which he trusted would meet witli unanimous support . These resolutions would animate the survivors of those great actions , and would be a consolation to the families of those who had fallen , lie agreed with Sir 11 . Peel in thinking that when Sir II . Ilardinge left his eminent position in the
Ministry and in the country to become Governor oi India he did so from the most patriotic motives . Without expressing any opinion at present on the policy of the Indian government , he observed that the desire of Sir II . Ilardinge to confine himself to the territories already acquired by the East India Company was highly honourable to him . It could not be denied that that policy of forbearance had exposed the British army to an unequal encounter ; but the spirit of that army , instead of quailing against such odds , was only animated to greater exertions .
Mr . Hume expressed his entire concurrence in these resolutions , ho read a letter from a political agent iu India , who had long been conversant with the character of the Sikhs , for the purpose of shewing that Sir II . Hardinge had not been taken by surprise by the army of Lahore , lie hoped that , in disposing of the patronage at its disposal , due consideration would be paid by the government to the families of those officers and soldiers who had fallen . Sir It . Lvclis wished to take his share in the tribute of admiration which was now paid to the English and Indian army . Mr . Hugo eulogised the courage and fidelity of the native troops . Ciiptain Layaiid and Sir Howard Douglas successively addressed the houso in support of the resolutions .
Lord Ebuington asked whether the government was prepared to take any measure wkich would enable the relations of" the private soldiers to know their fate in these actions . Lord Jocelwn observed that a list of the officers and men killed and wounded was regularly sent to the Horse Guards , and any information respecting any person in that list would be readily given at the Horse Guards . The list of killed and wounded in these actii ns had not yet been received . Sir J . Uoiiiiouse observed that all measures ought to be adopted to give information to the relatives of our private soldiers , respecting their fate . He knew that it was not customary to publish the names of the private soldiers killed ; but he saw no objection to the course hinted at by Lord Ebrington . After a few words iron ! Mr . Mangles .
Mr . C . W . Wy . vn suggested that the government should publish either in the Gazette , or in some newspaper , tho names of all the soldiers who had fallen in these actions . He looked upon these victories as an henourable testimonial to the British government in India . The fact that no desertion had taken place in our Sepoy army was a decisive proof of the gratitude which they felt for our protection . After a few remarks from Dr . Bowring , Sir R . Peel , and Sir T . Colebraoke , Sir De Lacy Evans recommended that the names of the officers who had fallen should be recorded in some public manner . Tho glorious name of Sir Robert Sale would not appear in the records of their proceedings .
Sir R . Peel observed , that so little did he differ from the gallant general on thus point , that he had actually prepared a resolution , but there was no precedent for it . lie hoped that Sir De Lacy Evans would not disturb the unanimity of the house , b ) pressing his proposition to a division . _ The resolutions were then passed nemine dissai tieute .
CORN AND CUSTOMS IMPORTATION ACT . The house then went into Committee on this bill . On . Mr . Green ' s proposing the first resolution from the chair , Mr . Villiers observed , that as the Ministerial measure recogniied the expediency of establishing tbe freedom of trade in this country , he regretted that it had been considered advisable to postpone the establishment of it till the year 1 S 49 . In his opinion that delay was uncalled lor ; and the full benefit of the Ministerial scheme might he obtained at once . He should therefore propose an amendment , providing for the total and immetliate repeal of all the existing duties on corn . He showed that it was the opinion of the late Earl Spencer , and of those great livingagriculturists , the Farlof Radnor and Lord Dueie . that it
wastor the interest of the farmer—and , indeed , of agriculture generally—that the abolition of the Corn Laws should not be gradual , but immediate . He then adverted , but not in a spirit of hostility , to the position in which the government stood with regavd to Ins amendment . lie could not understand what objections Sir R . Peel could urge against it . If no evil or difhcultywereto . be apprehended from acceding to his proposition , he asked the committee to consider whether there were not some advantages to be derived from it . 1 ' or instance , it would enable the government to meet with greater ease the emergency of Ireland , and it would leatUo the dissolution of tho Anti-Coipi Law League , which , though it was entitled to the gratitude of the country , would ceaso its agitation as soon as the cause of it disappeared .
Colonel Siivnioitr inveighed against tho Ministers who had insulted the suuntiy by tlieir extravagant proposition for the repeal of t \ ie Corn Laws . If tliero should be a division on . tlii . s question , he should divide along with Sk-lL Peel , tat from no affection to him , and from no- regard to the members of his cabinet . Ho should divida in that way because , on comparing the propositions of Mr . Villiers and Sir R . Peel ,, Se believed that Sir R . Peel ' s proposition was the less evil ot * the two . Lead Worsiet olaerved , that if he were called upon , to inako a choice between the amendment of
Mr . "Villierii and the proposition of Sir R . Peel , he abo « U \ certainly voto for the amendment of Mr . Yillicrs in . preference . But , if he gave such a vote at present , he should be precluded from voting in favour of any other amendment which might be proposed on the Ministerial p lan—for instance , he should not be able to give his support to the amendment of Mr . O . Stanley for a fixed duty of 5 s ., which he conceived would be an adjustment of the question . Mr . M . Giijson considered that Mr . Villiers had taken a most judicious course in proposing his amendment to the house .
Mr . B . Escoit considered the amendment of Mr . Yilliers the most consistent with reason ; hut could not vote for it on the present occasion , as he was afraid that he should endanger the success ftt' the Ministerial proposal by so doing .
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«Mr . R . Coluorne declared his' intention of voting for the amendment of Mr . Villiers . After a few words from Mr . Gokino , declaring his intention to oppose this measure to the utmost ot' liis abilities , Mr . Bright commented on the speech of Lord Worsley , and on his declaration that a fixed duty of 5 s . would now settle this question . lie rend extracts from a speech of Lord Worsley to show that at no very distant period his lordship had declared thiit su c- . measmt e would not prove an adjustment ol' it . Sir 11 . Peel would not renew the debate on the Corn Laws , which had already extended over twelve nights , although he was anxious to make some explanations on some matters which h : id oocim-ed in . *»—u-u y ta-.-- ^ .
it . lie would , however , postpone those explanations till the second reading of the bill to bo introduced upon these resolutions , and would confine himself to J ^ "f f f « n o | the question whether it be deurable that the Corn Laws should be totally and immediately repealed , or that they should be modi , hed and continued for three years longer . If he looked singly to the- emergency in Ireland , he would not deny that the immediate suspension of the Corn Laws whs the more expedient measure of the two He knew that the Anti-Corn Law League would bu satisfied with nothing else than a total and immediate repeal of the Corn Laws ; but there wero manv persons who thought that the Corn Laws ou » ht no " t to be repealed at all . His object in bringing forward
this project wa » twofold—one was to meet the emergency in Ireland , and another was to reconcile the legislature to an adjustment of tho question . Hu repeated his former declaration , that , if the representatives of the agricultural interests should prefer an immediate repeal of the Com Laws to the continuance ot them for three years , and should combine with Mr . Villiers to carry his amendment , he should accept the amended proposal , and exert himself to the utmost to carry it into law . At the same time 'A " ° . . answer lor thc rcsul * ^ another place Ol tins he was certain , that had he brought forward i \ motion lor the immediate repeal of tu « Com Lnw he should have abandoned all hope of succeeding with it . He was sorry to hear Mr . Brisrlit thrnatPnimr
them with continued agitation on this subject . lie thought that such agitation would he an evil , and moreover , he thought that it would be unsuccessful . ' After a few observations from Mr . G . Palmer against the government mca ure , which the noise in tbe house rendered almost inaudible , _ Lord J . Russell took a view of the various propositions which were then before the committee . Comparing tha amendment with the government scheme , he considered it to be more wise as an abstract , and more beneficial as a practical measure . The case , however , which he had then to consider , was that of government proposing a plan for the settlement of a question on which there was great resistance offered by a party in the House of Commonsand on which
, there might be a still greater resistance offered on the part of a majority in the House of Lords . He did not know what view thc upper house might take of that question , and , therefore , he felt compelled to listen to the views taken by the Prime Minister . Siv R . 1 eel said that he had reasons why lie preferred his own proposition . He ( Lord J . Russell ) did not think those reasons sufficient ; but he was obliged to consider , that although on the one hand lie should gam a better measure , he should on the other risk the success of a beneficial one . On weighing those two considerations , he could not bring himself to assist in carrying out the amendment of Mr . Villiers . The impatience of the house for a division was strongly manifested , but
Sir H . Jblliffe succeeded in gaining a hearing for a tew words against the proposition of Mr . Villiers and the government plan . Mr . Hume warned the free trade members against playing into the hands of the Protectionists , and entreated Mr . Villiers to withdraw his motion . A * 'er a few words from the Marquis of Granby , Mr . 1 . Borthwiclc moved the adjournment amidst ' n perfect storm of cries of " Divide , " " Adjourn , " " Go on , " &c ., which lasted some time ; at last the committee divided on the question of the adjournment , when there appeared : — A yes ? o IVui ! S 227
Majority against the adjournment 157 Lord J . 'Manners proposed a similar amendment on which an angry discussion , full of personalities arose , in which Lord J . Russell , Mr . Forrand , Lord C . Hamilton , and several other members took a part . It was at last terminated by Lord J . Russell ' s observing that in tho then temper of the house the best thing that could bu done was to move that the chairman report progress , and ask leave to sit again tomorrow . This proposition was acceded to . The house resumed , and immediately afterwards adjourned at halfpast one o ' clock . IIOUSE OF LORDS-Tuesday , Maucii 3 . CORN LAWS .
On the presentation of a number of petitions by the Earl of Hardwick against the measures of go - vernment with reference to the Corn Laws , a discussion ensued , in which several noble lords took part , but as we shall , no doubt , shortly have enough of the subject in this " house , " it is " unnecessary to do more than notice this "bye blow . " PKNAL COLONIES . The Marquis of Laxsdowxk presented a petition from the colonists in Van Diemen ' s Land , stating that tho island hud suddenly been made the sink intd
which all the convict labour of the United Kingdom had been thrown . The result of this was that the free labourers had been unable to compete with th inundation , and Had emigrated in great numbers from the colony . Having brought the case of the petitioners before the house , the noble marquis went on to say , that he was not an advocate for the abolition of transportation , but he trusted that some means would be found for diverting the stream of convict labour from Van Diemen ' s Land , and thus casing the petitioners from the grievance under which they at present laboured .
Lord Stanley , though he thought the evils complained of were exaggerated , admitted that the colony had suffered considerably under the existing system . It must be remembered , however , that by the terms of their grants , the petitioners were bound to maintain & certain number of convicts , and labourof this kind had for a lona time been considered by them as a boon . The present government was not responsible for the existing system which had been planned and carried into effect under Lord Melbourne ' s administration . The petitioners seemed to have ascribed their pecuniary embarrassments to the presence of convicts , when thc truth was that they hud shared in the mania for speculation which had afflicted our Australian possessions , and they would no doubt recover , as New South "Walea was recovering , from its ruinous consequences .
Lord Lytieltos was prepared to state that the case of the petitioners should receive every attention from the Colonial Department . Earl Grey said he was prepared to express an opinion that transportation should be got rid oi '; what was wanted was , not a modification , but an abolition of the system . The Bishop of Oxford considered that transportation , as it had been hitherto conducted , had been a curse to the world and a reproach to the nation ; we had sent out , since the commencement of the century large bodies of criminals without the slightest moral supervision : these men were to be the founders
ot a new people , and yet we had given them no means of moral restoration . We had reaped as we had sown , and the fruit of our labours was a crop of most deep and horrible pollution . Ho fully concurred in the opinion of Lord Grey , that our strictly penal discipline could be managed better , more safely , and more cheaply at home ; the separation of convicts and their moral restraint could be much more effectually carried on at home ; but when this was accomplished , and they were fit for social life , transportation should commence . Tho Marquis of Lasseowbe briefly replied , and the petition was ordered to lie on the table .
Several bills were then forwarded a stage , and thc louse adjourned tiil Thursday .
IIOUSE OP COMMONS—Tuesday , March S . Ml ' . 1 \ DUSCOMBH gave notice that on the lStb instant he would nio-vftlov leave to brin g in a bill for limiting the hours of labour iu certain factories . Several hours were occupied , partly in a discussion originated by Mr . Newdkgatb upon the evils of the Liegiatration system , the misdeeds of the Anti-Corn Law League in procuring frivolous objections to their qualifications to be served upon eonuty electors , ami comiter-charges of the same character against the agriculturists ; but partly s \ lso in the interchange of all sorts of personalities connected with the exciting subject under discussion . To give an intelligible
summary of all the charges made and refuted , or counter-charged upon the original complainants , would occupy far more space than we are able to give between " this pot and the kettle . " The only bit of straightforward honesty uttered in thc course of . thc debate , was the suggestion of Mr . T . Duncommj , who said that Mr . Newdegate would move for a select committee to inquire into the whole system of Parliamentary registration , with a view to reform the Reform Act , and to get rid of the finality of that measure ; he ( Mr . Duncombe ) should be happy to afford every assistance , and to such a motion he hoped the right hon . baronet at tho head of the government would give his support .
Mr . Hume felt great satisfaction that this abuse had arrived at its present crisis , because there was now sonic hope of its correction . The best mode of amending the Registration Act would be by simplifying the franchise . There were now fifty different sorts of franchise ; he would reduce them all to nearly one—he meant to household suffrage . Mr . Nevfdeoatk ' s motion , which had given rise to the whole discussion , was ultimately withdrawn , a pretty general opinion being expressed on all sides that some change in the present system of registration is absolutely necessary to protect the duly qualified elector from vexatious objections against his right to the franchise .
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CORN LAWS . The house then rosolvuil itself into a committee of the whole house on the Customs ami Corn Importa * tion Acts , and the aiijourned debute on Mr . Villiers ' a vi " cn ' n t tor imm « liate repeal was renewed by Mr . U . hanks , who repealed some kind of arguments with which lueeountrv has been" di » ed" lur ¦ helast three wei-ks , and was . oliowed bv Mr . C . Inward , Sn- b . Uanmw . Mr . Mottat , Mr . finch , Mr . Ward . Mr . Liddeli , Mr . llutt , and M .-. Jtortliwick , some on one side and soinu another , without tlio slightest novelty in tlieir speeches . Mr . IIumk ob * eryoi | , that , as during the agitation ot the Retoiin bill , lie hail been onu of Uh , m > wIjo had kmsuiI the cry *» F " the biil , iho wlioiu bill , and nothing hue the bill , " so now ho would takt , ' the government measure , and nothi ng but the yovuminciit mexsui'i ; .
Lord G . Bk . nti . vck maintained , that on tho question whether we oiii ; hi : o consent to the imiuuuiate repeal of the Corn Laws or to accept thu proposition of government , the scntimenta of Mr . Miles and his friends had been greatly misapprehended . Mr . Miles had never saiu that we si . oulil prefer immtHliiite repeal to having it . suspei . dud over our heads for three years , lie \ i : al said , that it' it was certain that tnu blow would be struck , ii would be better to have it struck at once than . su ^ emicd fi-r three years . But it was not certain tliat the blow would bu struck . The friends ot' protection had received a check and met a repulse ; but they were not half beaten yes . . Napoleon had said that Englishmen never knew when they were beaten . That was the case of the Protectionists
now ; tney were determined to fight the battle Irom pillar to post , and trom post ; o pillar , and to keep the conflict up before the country , until it was-th oroughly convinced that the Ministerial party had betrayed tho trust winch its Iriemls iiad reposed in it . Before tho contest « a » closed , thev would drive the Ministers to appeal to the country , and when that ajipal was lnade , he should no longer despair of the success of the country partv . Mr . Coudk . n called attention to the fact , ' that very little had been said in the course of mis debate on the question uetoretlie house , which was , " Shall tue Urn Law be abolished immediately or at the eli . se of
three years ? " lie thought that ii was unfortunate that the proposition of Air . Villiers was now uum-ht forward ; but according to dm twins oi tho Louse it must be brought forward now orncve . . He uassuiu that if is could lie proposed at alatersta » e of the government bill , it would meet with greater success than it was likely to meet at present ; n . r Mr . Miies in thatlioui-e , and the Duke of Richmond in the House ot Lords had both saiu that they preferred iinun . diaio to delayed repeal , and he believed that their opini us were very generally shared by the tenaiii-fariuers . ^ ummentinu on LordG . Bentinck ' s declaration that Ins party was not yet half beaten , and that . it .
would go on fighting from pilar to post a-.-iin .-t the repeal of tho Corn Laws , he said that it the noble lord were determined to continue tins battle for three years longer , it was a sulnciwic reason to induce the ^ ovenuneut lo settle this tiutstion at once and forever . He called upon the friends ol free trade to stand by their | inucipi « , , whioii were embodied in the present amendment ; tor it tlu-v did they could not be-wrong if they should be compelled to go to their constituents . Sir 11 . p cel had afiavcd the agitation ot the country by tin : mere introduction ot the measure ; but he warned the hundred . ¦« nt . « . men who were prepared to give it a desperate resistance , and ii they eared io place Ministers in a minority , that that agitation was oi . ly lulled by the expectation that the measure would be passed . He could foresee the possibility of scvenum-m beiiw
driven trom ofhee before the measure was pas-cu bv the House of Lords , lie did not know whether their tenure of office was worth more than two months ^ purchase , lie doubted the wisdom of the 1 n . tectionists in upsetting the government , even lor their own selttsh policy ; Out he knew that their success would be a great misfortune to the cause ot tree trade , k was because he foresaw dairer to that cause and a factitious opposition to the " 0-vermnent , to which lm would not lend himself lor a single moment , that he was anxious to keep his principles intact for the country , ou which lie should be prepared to fall back with greater stiength in case the threatened appeal were made to the constituencies . Alter the deoicion on the present , amendment , he should , feel it his duty to give the proposal o Uovcrnment as cordial a support as any man in that houso . Though not a payment in full to the
louniry , it was an lustaimentof 17 s . Cd . in the pound ; and Jie would use the resources which he should gain by it , to gam the remaining 2 s . 0 d . at the earliest opportunity . Sir T . Aclaxd made an impassioned reply to the speech ot Mr . Cobdtn , ami declared his intention of supporting the government proposition on this occasion , because he considered it an alleviation of the otherwise rapid descent which the agriculturists would have to undergo . Mr . T . Duscombe repeated the declaration which he had made on a former night , oi his intention to v ! P 1 ' -,,- e 8 ° veilM nwnt proposition against that of Mr . \ llliers . He had told the s ; overninent that if . they would stand by their uew Jaw ot ^ euiwnent he would stand by their plan of settling the Com Laws ; mid unpopular as the determination might sendot mm , by that determination he would stand . The Protection party , who had htapi'd such unmeasured
invectives upon Sir K . Peel w ,. uld that night go with him into the same lobby ; but lie was almost of opinion that Sir It . Peel would not be safe in their
company . The Earl of March denied that the Duke of llichnond had ever expressed himself in favour ot lilts total and immediate repeal of tho Corn Laws , lie thought that niter tho events of the Jast session Sir Kobert Peel would be quite as safe in the same Joboy with the Protectionists , as sir J . Graham womd be in the same lobby with Mr . Duucombu . ( Roars of laughter . ) v Mr . Hudson and Lord Worsley next addressed the house , their principal object being to show , like many preceding speakers , that the farmers were in tavour ot immediate repeal ; assertion and conteadu ; tion on this point weiebandieu abuuc like shuttlecocks , during the whole uebate .
Colonel Siivnioitp exciteil immense laughter bv reading irom a paper he had prepared , his advice , in all Christian chanty , to the government , that , stoit c there was no chance of getting the seatiess mhiisteis a place in the h » use in any other way , they should , restore the franchise to Sudbury for that puri-osc Mr . Wakixy regretted that Mr . YiluWwas determined to persist in dividing the committee upon . Ins amendment , for he was convinced that a more inexpedient course could not , be taken . Referring to the Westminster election , he saiil : —The electors Had chosen the Radical candidate , and the house ou-lit to mulemnd ivom this , that Radical Drineiules were
advancing and becoming ascendant . He could state , trom lus continual and . daily intercourse with tne middle and working classes , that the impression wasprevalent , and all but universal , that the r ght lion , gentleman , the First Minister oi' the Cn . iv . > had doneall that he could do with regard to this subject , bvevy owe was lull of tbe expression— " We do not consider , reflecting upon the position in which the right hon . baronet is placed , that he could da morethan he has done , and we ou-ht to feel the uuiK'st gratitude for- hkeditions . " ^ Heav , hear . ) That was the expression of all parties ; and yet hon . gentlemen said ., " You must goto the country , " and otliBrssaid , " You must go to the people . " Then bit inperfetthj -well that tku wo * ld not < jo to ( lie ^ cop fe . ( Cheers front tho Protectionists . ) it" there were an election , would they go to the people i M they relied upon what were the leelings of Stic- people , let tlnm take the election by a show ot'hands . ( Oh . oh ! " ) Oh , oh L why , of course , they would not . Then let them
say no more ot gwn . » to ihe people , who had hands as wull as hon . geiitii . 'iuen opposite . No , the objitt mw » to . o So those whe-tlu imed tlit right of selling food at their own commaud , uud to diufio the unfortunate- being * wh » created the food by their iabuuv the owominitti of i jiwig tkair vokts . Yet those were called electious . by ine people . what could k : more unjust ? ( Cries ot" Question . " ) After a few words ivom Mr . Kewdkowe , Mr . YiiLEKS vindicated himself from the censures cast upon him for persisting in this amendment ,, and expressed his suryrUeat the reasons unicd by Lord u . beiitmck anil his party for not » i \ 'ii » him thuit support on ihis occasion . The Committee then divided , when there appeared—Por the amendment fg Against it .... " 015 3
Majority againatit 157 m . ' ' ! 0 Cna ' innan was then directed to report pro-ress . Ihe house resumed , and immediately afterwards adjourned at halt-past one o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS-WWsdat , March i . w , « , 1 " . ** f ° 1 ) Presented a petition from Haywood against the enrolment of the militia , and one Z Y r »" iUuedVt ; ml fov » n extension of tho elective franchise .
Tn CHARITABLE BEQUESTS BILL . Lord J . Manskks moved the second reading of tho nous and Charitable Beuutsts Bill . The object of the measure was to afford increased facilities for pious awl charitable bequests , by repealing the act of J Ueo . 11 . Provision was made for the protection of surviving relations , by enabling the Lord Chancellor , m case ot their destitution , to authorise a provision for then- use out of Hie bequeathed estates . A secuntywas afforded against undue influence over persons m » extremis , by an enactment requiring that every instrument ejecting such bequest should he attested by three medical men , who should depose to the physical and mental health of the testator , and to his free agency in the transaction . Sir J . Gkaham opposed the bill , and moved that it be " read that day six months . " »* „ -- — - > , Alter a discussion , in which Mr . V . Uomx&Htx \ ' ' > & & » $ «•<> . Grey . la . rd C . ive , SirMamK ^ r / i ivir
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