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•• And I will war , at least in werds , ( And—shjuld my chance to happen—deeds ) With all who war with Thought ! " ' « I think I hear a little WrdTwho sings The people bj-and . trj will be the stronger . "—Bn « x
THE AMERICAN AGRARIAN REFORMERS . We have great pleasure in re-publishing the following report ( slightly abridged ) of a COMFIMKSTABT BAU , TO OKORQE H . EVAHS , SDIIOB OF " TOUSO AMEBICA . " The friends ot the Editor of Young America , " members of the National Betorm Association , and other friends of the Free Soil cause , assembled at Tammanj Hall on Thursday evening . February 25 th , to a complimentary social festival . The large doable hall mt thrown open at the usual hour , and the floor was soon will filled with joyous groups tripling gaily to the music Of Dogle ' s excellent band . When half the listof danoes fcad been performed an intermissien of this amusement took place , and the company proceeded to the supper rcom , whex' Mr Byckman , by common consent , took the iead of tua table , and after tbe repast inrited the atten tim « f the crowded company to a few toasts prepared by the Committee of Arrangements . The first toast he announced as follows : —
George II . Evans—The indefatigable and tried friend of the working men of our country . First in tbe field as their editorial champion—always prompt and faithful in apprising the masses of the designs of their enemies . Owing to his perseverance nad sagacity , the National Reformers are now opening a roai wliich will lead in the end to Jhe prosperit y and happiness of our race . After the applause with which this toast was received ha& subsided . Mr Etans arose , and spoke as follows i—Mr President : Friends—To Bay that I feel highly honoured by this mark of your consideration , were but feebly to express my estimate of it . Not exactly agreeing with some witty author who has said , that " words were give * to conceal thoughts , " it certainly does occur to me just now , that they were not given me to explain them I presume that I have tbe usual share of the vanity at
well as Tecation of spirit , belonging to this wicked world , but I am not Tain enough to suppose that all the honors of this festival belong to me . But for the discover * of tbe priutiDg press I should not hare been able to do mure in this movement than many here present and many of our absent but active friends throughout the country . I see around me , at this moment , some with , oat whose help Young America , in all probability , could mot hare been in existence at ibis day , and many whose persevering exertions have greatly contributed to its pre . sent prosperity . Should our glorious cause succeed , of -which , I presume , few here hare the slightest doubt , for -we are determined that it sha ll succeed , those whose ¦ name * are enrolled on the records of the National Reform Association , as well as others who in other pheres have acted in conjunction with ns , will be const
dered as among tbe greatest benefactors of their race . Already has a history of " The American Agrarian Movement " appeared in the best paper in Europe , running through several numbers of that widely circulated journal , and in which many of tbe nam js of our active members are recorded . The paper Young America has been cuiefl / instrumental in stimulating the formation if many a gallant band similar to our own throughout the Union , and in awakening the attention of men much more capable of promul gating the truths of the free soil doi trine than myself . It has seemed an unfavourable circumstance that the art of printing was not as available ^ ths ma ; i ts as the art of writing , so that tho preai might have been disconnected from all mercenary influence which now is brought to bear upon it ; but , fortunately , our reform is of a character competent to
overcome this obstacle ; for few inducements can be held out to an edit . ? sufficient to overbalance the almost universal aspiration for a free home on the bountiful earth , and the improvad state of society that would result from a security of that blessing to all . There is no word in tbe English language so pregnant with delightful associations as that little word Home . I doubt not that the ladies will agree to this with a single exception . But what can & tenant know of those endearing associations ! If , in addition to a deprivation of the old family Home-Stead , the young couple starting in life have no better chance t » obtain a horns than have tbe adventurers in a lottery to obtain the high prizes , what becomes of that right to the " pursuit of happiness" enumerated in the Declaration of Independence as one of the inalienable
rights of man ! A man in prison on suspicion of debt may pursue happiness by taming spiders , but better nuans for the pursuit were intended for our tise by tb * framers of our National Charter . That there is a « good time coming' I have no manner of doubt ; a time when men shall be at least as wise as Other animals in availing themselves of tbe fruits of the « arth collected by their own industry : a time when wars and strifes * hall cease , when a Free Home and the means Of progressive improvement and happiness shall be secured to all the human family . Let us live in Ik ^ e . Ladies and Gentlemen : I am not used to speech making ; there are others who have something to say ; and I am sure yon would not thank me for taking np more of your time . I will conclude by offering jou a toast ,
The Chartists of Great Britain , the Kepealers of Ir « - land , the Republicans and Associationists of France , and the Communuts of Germany—Uoble Pioneers of " the good time coming" when XatiouU Reform for a Free Soil shall be triumphant throughout the world . The Pxesidest then announced the remaining regular toasts in the order following , each ( though not drank ) receiving the must lively demonstrations of applause . Oar Country—as yet but in name . May its sons ipeedHy create the Title Deed in reality . The Press , or at least that portion of it who have joined tbe swelling ranks of the National Reformers . The accession of such a material amply redeems its character . To one and all ot these advocates of jus-• tice we ss j hail , receive from us the grateful thanks due from brethren . ¦
Ireland—Bleeding , starving Ireland . We mourn in sorrow over her degraded and fallen condition . We pity and condole with her in this her hour of desolation and despair . She has our prayers , our teirs , and our warmest sympathies . May her trials opea the pathway to m bright and glorious future , in which the epitaph of her Emmett miy be inscribed by a free people upon a free soil . National Riform—The anchor that had been timely oast to s » ve our Republic from standing on the same abozls with the crumbling monarchies of the old world . Tbe Issue—The equal ri ght of all to their birthright on the soil . The Ri ghts of Man against the Wrongs ot Property . The Bights of Labour against the Tjranni of Capital .
Right , net Might , shall be the Lord In the good time coming . Our co-workers—in the holy cause of human emanci . pition throughout Europe and America , Be firm , be hopeful ; be untiring . Hope in the true heart never dies , Toil on , the day-star yet shall rise . Horace Greeley—Ths working man , To whom , when boasting her primeval plume , Nature might proudl y point , and say , this wasaman ! The National Reform Party—Insisting upon justice to the Individual , their Country and Mankind . History will gratefull y reeord that They carne when all seemed lost , and nobly hurled Themselves into the scale and saved the world . The ladies present and absent—Our mothers , sweethearts , wives , daughters , and sisters . May they unite theirpowarful exertions with ours in hriuging about the establishment of our principles . ;
Mr CoitKEKTOED then rose « o present a volunteer toast , aud was received with loud applause from all parts of the room . He addressed the company as follows : — Mr Chaitman , Ladies . and Gentlemen—I am extremely gratiSed in beholding this brilliant manifestation of the esteem in which our friend is held . This tribute of respect becomes the more grateful tome , because I have the good fortune to have been placed in a position where -there wa 3 ample opportunities to observe his conduct . Tor nearly twenty j ears I have seen him standing as the uacotapromuicg adr . eate of the rights of the people . To him has been unknown the pecuniary repose of tbe editorial partizan The triumph of either party in this country has brought with it no principle , wherein is contained the essential elements of substantial ben ; fit
to the mass of the American people . Faithfully intmt cpoa the prosecution of the work of humanity , the great measures which the National Reformers aresopersevermgly attempiingto e 35 fc . bH 5 h . have chiefly been brought into view b y him . I recollect that some time before it was decided , that the peopls of this city should be called together , to consider the importance of emancipating our country from the curse of Land Monopol y , Mr ivaas called upon me : in that interview he stated that . L ^ r * " * ^ forthe 8 nc « ssof the cause that we S £ f « ^" m L 3 per throu S h whicn oar m «« "es and 5 ? fl ? 5 ± - ** ** To this I agreedat th
- , . Tl ? T OlHr-S «• " -to difficult' to ge any one to embark in so unprofitable an enterprise II . satd he knewit , butit wasreuuisite that some Sne snou d become the sufferer , and that if no other offered le would . This has he done ; and I venture to sa , that no other person would have entered on so gr& » t a task To him thec , more than to any othjr man , do we owe our p * £ a » nt hope and the future successful gratification of our expectations . Let us look at Ireland . The afflictions wi : h which that people are visited are replete with * lQoa tion to us . In her melancholy condition we behold hi miniature the reflection of the disastrous
consequeccs which will inevitably overtake every nation * r ' iere the monopol y of land is recognized . It is true , ttattte voice and pen of the blasphemer attribute the starvation of the Irish peasantry to Providsnce : what a stretch if wickedness do we see here exhibited ! What »« > nwieataryon the intelligence of mankind ! I will * sk those who have thus impiously arrogated the right of interpreting tbe intentions of our Creator , if in his g * od . ness 1 he denied to Ireland the bringing forth of a sufficient Jieia of produce ( besides the potato ) to feed the whole Of her cLildrcn ! I wiL further ask them if that gr . at « a « goo i Being ever decreed that the mass of her people shouldbsKstricted to th * potato , or any other vegetable » atwa subject to decay or change ! No ! thev can wow no authority hut that whieh emanates from the CSf » 1 ? l ™** - The people cf Irelaod must not monger suffer themselves to be imposed upon by the in-« ation of hypocrites . 1 trust their misfortunes will
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instigate them to probe to Its origin the causes of theit misery : when they become convinced that the depth of the evil by which they are surrounded proceeds from misgjvernment , and the monopol y 01 their fertile lands then will another people prepare with us to strike effed tually for the rights of man ! Mr Commerford coneluded by proposing , " Dr Charles Douglas—the able and devated friend of the working classes . " Mr Douglas was drawn out to respond to the merited compliment of Mr Commerford , which was heartily adopted by the company . In his remarks he canvasstd the National Reform movement from its infancy up to the present . He closed with the following toast which met with a hearty response from all present : — A Free Soil and a Landed Democracy—The only safe and abiding foundation for our Republic .
VOLDNTEEE TO 4 SI 3 . By J . R . Ketsex . Our Country" Where ' er one man may help another , Thank God , this is our birthright brother . This is our own true Fatherland . " By II . Beemi . Our Revolutionary Sires—May we so reverence their virtues and emulate their patriotism , as to add to the happiness they enjoy in the abodes of the immortals . BjIia B . Davib . The Temple of Liberty and Equality—The foundation to ba laid by the National Reformers ; and the superstructure to be completed by ilie Assoctatienists . By John Cohhebfobd . Michael Walsh—Independent , talented and honest . The Uue representative of the working men of this city .
ByMrL . W . Rickmah . George H . Evans—Discord reigned ; Nations warred upon each other ; Prostrate Labour was preyed upon by Capital ; Corruption festered in the State ; the Church was froxen into a statue of felfishness ; unblushing Tice stalked through tbe land , when The Friend we meet to honour , sent by Heaven , Showed tbe true plan to make these odds all even . Mr Ricejuk , tbe Master of Ceremonies , concluded tbe table festivities with some happy and well-timed remarks en the influence that Womau should exert in this great reform . His remarks elicited warm commendations , especially from the ladies .
The company then returned to the Ball room . The Ball was everything that could be desired , and tbe Festival resulted highly to the satisfaction of the Committee of Arrangements and to every peison present .
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- ^ B *« - MOVEMENTS OF THE WEEK . The " Journal des Debats , " of Monday , contained a lengthy article predicting the failure of the next harvest , and urging the extension of the temporary law authorising the free importation of articles of food , for one year longer . The Bourse was seized with a panic in consequence of these gloomy forebodings of the " Journal des Debats . "
M . Durergier de Hauranne ' s humbug proposition for the reform of the present electoral system has been negatived by a majority of ninety-eight on the side of the Guizot ministry . In the course of the debate M . Guizot defined his views of political progress as an " onward march which Conservative policy alone could effect . " That is , France is to " git along" ( as the Yankees say , ) by standing still ! With unblushing assurance M . Guizot admit , ted the charge of official corruption , begging , however , that the Chamber vrould be good enough to give tbe nasty thing a smoother name , to wit : " abuse of influence ! " He followed this up by apologising for French ministerial corrupt ton on the ground that
corruption was practised to a much greater extent in England and the United States ! Without de- fending the United States , or this country , [ catch us at such a work !] from tbe charges brought against both by this political scoundrel in mitigation of his own offences—as if three blacks could make a white—leaving jto others the congenial task of defending the English and American " systems , " we will show what is the system by which Guizot and his master rules and reigns . The following table is borrowed from a work entitled , ' France , her Go vernment , Administration , &c , " a publication , we have reason to believe , thoroughly trustworthy , and the popularity of which is sufficiently evidenced by its extensive sale : —• A GENERAL TABLE OF OFFICIALS APPOINTED AND PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT , Liable to Removal , and Susceptible of Promotion , and Annuitants or Pensioners , with the Amount of Salaries and Pensions .
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The result is an army of 932 , 000 paid or unpaid officials and dependants , all under the immediate command of the Government ; almost five times the number of the electoral body , which is under 200 , 000 ! "Thus , " says the author of the work above-named , "it follows that the Government has the means of seducing and bribing the whole electoral body . " Yes ; and the Government would have that power , though the constituency should be enlarged four or five times over , and hence we scout the fraudulent change proposed by M . de Hauranne , as being no remedy for the evil ; but , on the contrary , being merely calculated to increase the number of the citizemsed profitocracy who , like the Irish " patriot , " would , no doubt , " thank God they had a country to sell !"
Tbe miserable Queen of ^ Spain continues under the coercion imposed upon her by her infamous ministers , the tools of Christina and Louis-Philippe It h said a military conspiracy exists to dethrone Isabella , and bring in her sister , the baby wife of Montpensier . Pity it is that the Spanish people have not the sense and courage to rise and destroy the whole crew of villains who oppress and degrade them ! " The sun would shine th « same , The rains of heaven as seasonably fall , Though neither Queen nor Parliament existed , "
The retrograde step of the Pope , in establishing a stamp on newspapers and a modified censorship , has thrown a gloom over the hopes of those who looked upon Pius the Ninth as the destined liberator of Italy .
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INDIA . News has arrived from Bombay to the 2 nd of March . There is much dissatisfaction prevalont in Lahore . A conspiracy has been discovered which had fir its objects the murder ot Tej Singh who is looked upon as the friend of the British . Gholab Singh is ruling his new subjects with a rod of iron . The winter has been unusually severe in the north ot India . The Gonmsoora , perhaps the most uncivilized of all the tribes of Z > dia , arc still in arms .
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . Ths War —Cape Town papers to the 23 rd of January have arrived . They state that the operations of the forces under Colonel Somerset against the chief Pato , and in the capture of cattle in Crcili ' s country , have been very successful , and that reasonable expectations are entertained of a speedy end of open war . NEW SOUTH WALES . A Uhanck for Maids , Old and Youno . —Wo are in receipt of papers from this colony to the Oth of December . They contain the results of the census for 184 G , taken on the 2 nd of March . The total
population of New South Wales on thjt day was ( exclusive of Port Essington . ) males , 114 , ? 69 ; females , 74 , 840 ; total . 189 , 609 . To equalize the sexes nearly thirtyeight thousand females were required . Wholesale Slauohteu , —The following are the names of the twelve men who were executed at Norfolk Island , on the 13 th of October , for the murder of John Morris : —William Westwood , alias Jackey Jackey , John D ivis , Samuel Kenyon , Deunis Pendergast , Owen Commuskie , Ilenry White , William Pearson , James Cairnes . William Pickthorne . Lawrence Kavenagh , William Scrimshaw , and Edward M'Ginniss .
NEW ZEALAND . In the Sydney papers it is said that a" Wellington Spectator" of the 4 th o « November had been received . The only extract given indicates that the district of Wanganui was still disturbed .
FRANCE . Tin Chambers . — Tbe debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the question of electoral reform was brought to a close on Friday , when the measure was lost in a full house , the votes against it being 252 for it , 154 . The Dearth . —Trial of Rioteus . —The accounts from the provinces of the emeuta produced by tho dcaraess of grain continue to be received . Boats and waggons cannot proceed to the markets without a military escort . The Court of Assizes of the department of Ille-et-Villaine has been occupied during three days with the trial of feixty-three persons , among whom were several women , charged with having been concerned in the corn riots tbat took
place at Renr . es on the 9 th and 10 th January . In the tumult there was a cry of "We must kill all these scoundrels—that is tbe way they do at Paris !" The jury returned a verdict of acquittal in favour of forty-nine of them . The remainder , who were declared guilty , were condemned to periods of imprisonment , varying fiora three months to three years . [ Although these sentences are very severe they are merciful compared with the atrocious sentences passed upon tbe poor Burghead ( Scotland ) tishennen . ] Death op Polionac—Prince Polignac , minister of Charles X ., rendered celebrated for signing the ordonnance which produced the revolution of July , died on Monday night of an attack ef gout at St . Germain en Lave .
¦ PORTUGAL . Tns Civil War . —We have Lisbon news to the 22 nd ultimo . The civil contest was brought to a stand-still for want oi both money and energy to prosecuto it with vigour . Saldanha had not moved a foot nearer Oporto , and was clamorous for fresh recruits and money , neither of which were to be had . Artillery had been sent from Oporto to Vinna , as the Junta have determined to reduce the Castle of that town ; the receipts of the Custom-house being oi great value to them at present .
BELGIUM . State op Flanders . —A letter from Inglemunster of the 20 th to thaNouvelliste de Bruges , says , " Heaven knows what evils are reserved in the inscrutable counsel of Providence for « ur unfortunate Flemings . A foimidable contagion has broken out in one ot our communes , which are already desolated by famine . The dysentery prevails at Meulebeke , and has a& this moment carried off sixteen persons . "
GERMANY . Prussia . —Communist Societies . — The Prussian official Gazette publishes a royal decree declaring ihatall the members of communist societies shall be prosecuted according to the existing laws against high treason , if found to propagate doctrines subversive of those laws . Disturbances . —Letters from Breslau , of the 20 th , state that at Troppau , on the 11 th and 12 th , it was found necessary to call out all the troops there to disperse the meetings of the populace , who threatened to pillage the place . At Oldersdorf , a large crowd assembled before the house of tbe mayor with cries of " Bread or work . " He satisfied them by distributing a large store of potatoes amongst them . Order has since been restored .
Austria . —A correspondent writes from Vienna , on the 22 nd , to tbe Journal de Francfort ;— " In consequence of the continued dearth ot provisions , there were riots on the 20 in at Funthans , a village in the environs of Vienna ; the bakers' and other shopa weie forcibly entered , and a quantity of bread and other provisions was carried on ' ; but a detachment of huusars soon dispersed i he mob . "
ITA LY . Accounts from Florence state that a great deal of excitement exists in Tuscany , and that a movement is expected forthwith on the part of the Liberals . A young man calling himself Count Baldi , a native of Fano , has been arrested at Rome oa the charge of intending to assassinate the Pope .
HUNGARY . We read in a Frankfort journal : — Hungary is at present io great agitation , although not a dangerous one . The approaching election of a new palatine or viceroy is tbe cause of all the noise that is heard on both sides of the Danube , from Presburg to Peterwardein . It is besides a serious question for the country , notwithstanding tke excessive enthusiasm which the populations display . They are about to be called on to exercise oue of the rights which are dearest to them , and by their choice they are on the point of accomplishing an act which has a certain importance for their future welfare . Their de 5 » re is to raise to the Viceroyalty a prince , Hungarian in ideas andscntimints ,
and whom they may regard as national . This prince exists , being tha Archduke Stephen , son of the last palatine , who has been brought up expressly in the Magyars ' language and customs , and ii at present lieutenant of the kingdom , whilst watting for the election . The Archduke Stephen has been for a long time popular ; for a long time tbe national credulity of the peasants beholds in him the king of Hungary himself . It is certain tbat the Magyars canuot made a better choice . Perlups the Ulyrlans of Croatia and Sclavonia , aud the Eastern Wallachins , are not of that opinion , for tliey think that they have but little to gain by what profits the Magyars . But the last-named are constitutionally the most powerful , although physically they are less
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POLAND . Friohtfdl State of Gaucia . —The accounts from Galicia are most deplorable . The inhabitants lmvo been compelled by hunger to feed upon the dead bodies , and the population is decimated by famine and fever . After the 1 st April no French journals were to be allowed into Galicia .
GREECE . Horrible Scene . —The following horrible scene has taken place at Nauplia , in Greece : —Two brigands , Demetrius and Theodosius Tryphoupoulos , were brought out for execution in the principal square of tbe town . They both walked quietly to the scaffold , but when the executioner approached Demetrius to bind him to the fatal plank , tho latter , who is a man of gigantic stature and herculean strength , burst his cords , and overthrew the executioner and his assistants . Ou their endeavouring to himwhen
se ; ze , they regained tlieir legs , Demetrius beat them severely , and threatened to pitch them off the scaffold among tbe crowd , and was carrying * his threats into execution , when the executioner drew a long-bladed knife frcm under his dress , and stabbed Demetrius to the heart , who fell dead upon the platform . The executioner then decapitated the corpse . The other brother , Theodosiua , on tbe contrary , seemed perfectly resigned to his fate , and submitted himstlf quietly iuto the hands of the executioner . In another moment he had ceased to exist .
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Mcbdeb in France . —A dreadful crime has been committed at Beaufort ( Jur ») . A respectable man , nnrued Claude Conte , and his wife , both upwards of 60 years of age , and living on a fortune of about loO . OOOf ., werci ound , on the 20 th , murdered in their dining-room . It would seem tbat they had just sat dowu to dinner when the murderers entered the house , as the feed was found untasted ou the table . The Louse was plundered . Marshal Soult , President of the Council of Ministers , entered , on the 29 th ult , his 83 rd year . Tbe Duke ofDalmatiahas beeu Marshal of Franco since 1804 , that is , during 43 years . Ose of the " F . MPIRK . "—The Jwrnal da Dib < xtt announces tbe death at Nancy , in his 73 d year , of the celebrated Count Diouot , Lieutenaut-General ot Artillery . Napoleon said of Count Drouot that "his morality , probity , aud simplicity would have done honour to the epoch of Cincinnatus . "
Massacbb . —A few days ago the following massacre was committed at Nedonchel ( Pas de Cabis ) . A father Istranjikd his two children , one six aud the other only four yean , ' old , In order that he might be come the uncontrolled possessor of some little pro , pertyvrkich they inheri ted . ¦
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MONDAY , March 29 . HOUSE OP LORDS . —Ibish Pacpebs Lord Dbsast stated that he ha < l made inquiries at Belfast , and other places iu Irdani , relative to the statoment mnde by Lord Brougham , of Irish paupers having their passage paid .. verto this country , and he had reason to believe tbat ( hat statement was without foundatien . It was , howaver , true that parties in Ir .-l » nd . who had received . noijey from their friends in America t » enable them to nnigrate . not having sufficient funds to carry thorn to a port of embarkation in Enulimd , hurt received assistance for that purpose from their landlords . Lord BttiiUGHAH reiterate i his expressions of belief in the statement he had madi- ; and in addition , said that he had been informed by trus < worthy persons in Ireland , that several landlords in the county of Waterlord had paid their tenants five pounds each to destroy their cahins , and go into th « town , that they might clear their estates of the destitute p pnlation .
Limited Enlistment .--The Marquis of Londonderry moved for any correspondtnee which may have tiken placo between the government and the military authori . ties and general officers relative to limited enlistment in the army . Earl Gjei ol . jectid to the production of any corns , poudence which had tnkeii phec preparatory to the in tro'luction of a measure submitted to Parliament bj tin' government . If the principle of admitting such motions were to b » conceded , it would be subversive ot tho wholf system upon which the public B ' . rvico is now conducted .
The Earl of Cardigan looked with terror and appro , hension at the m .-n ^ ure of the government . In hi * opinion , the most effectual way of inducing a hi gher clasn of men to enlist would be by adopting a more liberal pension system , and a curtailment in the period of colonial service . B v the bill in question , after a period of thirty . four years , a man would receive a pension of but sixpence a day , being about tbe amount paid to n pauper . Was this , be would ask , a system likely to induce ft superior class of men to enter the army ? There was inother point of view in which the qu-stion mieht be regarded . In this country a RtandiiiK arm ; had always been an object of considerable jealousy , though in modern times , owing to the large Draughts demanded for our colonies , the force which remained ut home was but the skeleton of an army . When , under
the proposed system of limited service , the population of this country should , some years hence , be trained to military h .-ihits , it might be found difficult to repress riots and disturbances with the email force retained in this country . Their lordships must recollect what occurred a few years since in a neighbouringcountry , whei e the troops of the then reigning Sovereign were beati n by the population of the chief city , and a change of dynasty was ( he consrquence . Such an event could not have occurred in this country . How , then , did it happen in France ? Because the whole population of that country was a wilimry population , practised in the use of firearms , and familiar with their sound . About ten or twelve
years ago , upon some occasion which he could not then call to mind , a body of 30 , 000 or 40 . 000 men marched through the streets of London . Thnt proceeding filled the government with deep apprehension , and tho whole of the military were underarms in the neighbourhood of the metropolis . The assemblage dispersed quietly , but if two-thirds of the men who then marched through the capital of England had been discharged from the ranks , and accustomed to the use of firearms , who could have foretold what tbe consequences would hava been in the event of any disturbance hpving arisen 1 ( Hear , hear . ) After some further observations , the Marquis of Londonderry withdrew his motion , and their lordships adjourned .
HOUSE OF COMMONS . — Dismissal from Ppblic Works . —Mr Laboucheke , in answer to a question from Mr Smith O'Bru-n , stated that although twenty per cent . of the labourers on the relief works in Ireland had been dismissed , the operations h < vl been modified in some particular districts so as to cause the lca < -t possible mis . chief ; and the change had b . 'en effected without disturbauce , aud with mo 9 t beneficial results . Indeed the change had been accomplished in such a manner a > would not only essentially benefit the country , but would also materially promote the cultivation of the soil . In many parts of Ireland persons had been placed on the
public works who ought never to have be ; n placed there , and , generally speaking , those persons had been the first struck off . Tim government had never said that io persons should be struck off the public works till the relief committees and soup kitchens were organized , He likewise contended , that it was not true , that there were no mi ans of completing the works already commenced . New presentment ; had been recently made ; but , instead of being decided on at once by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , they were referred to tbe Home Secretary in this country , and would be carried into effect or not , as he should think expedient .
Insurrection in Catalonia . —Mr Bobtihyick rose to call the attention of the noble lord , the Secretary for Foreign Affairs , to a proclamation issued in Catalonia by General Breton , on the 4 th of March . Theproclamation state 1 that " t '< e exertions and fatiguss of the brnve troops will he incompetent to the extermination of the hordes of Vandals who have raised anew their banner of blood with a view to reproduce the disasters of the lust war , 90 long as these hordes shall find in the country that shelter and protection which can alone save them from the pursuit of our indefatigable columns . " Tho proclamation stated that the hordes were protected by the people , and it was 3 question well worthy the serious consideration of the noble lord opposite ( Lord Palmerston ) , whettur ha would not be able to draw a line of distinction between the "hord . s raising a bloody banner "
and those who were the honest and peaceable mhabitauts of the country . He ( Mr Borthwick ) asserted , that at the time this proclamation had been issued , not a musket had been fired—a band had not been formed—no act of insurrection had been committed by any class of men under any banner , bloody or otherwise , upheld in the name of tho Count de Monteinolin . The proclamation , however , ordained the punishment of death " upon every person who shall be taken , with or without arms , if accompanying any rebel bands—upon all spies—upon every individual carrying letters or despatches for tho rebels—upon all who , aftev having served with tho rebels , shall bave taken rtfuge in the tovrns or country housesand upon evary person « ho shall receivo or conceal in his bouso any of the wounded , or fugatives , of the rebel forces , " The 11 th clauseofthe proclamation provided
" that the alcaldes and judges of the towns shall continu ally keep some person on the look-out on the steeple , or other elevated position , and tbe watoh , so soon as he mny observe any suspicious assemblage , shall give notice to the authorities . Surprise b . ing thus rendered impossible , the plea of it will not be accepted as an excuse for tho alcalde or judges , who will bo subjected to the strictest responsibility , involving penalties that may , under certain circumstances , include that of death . " The proclamation went en to state that " if any adult shall leave his house to join tbe ranks of tho rebels , the alcalde must give immediate information to the commandantgeneral of the province , who shall order thst the father and mother , guardians or relatives ( in case they should have influenced the adult to the commission of this crime by their advice or otherwise ) be forthwith arreaUd and placed at the disposal of the Council of War . Thin tribunal shall try them , and inflict even the penalty of death if they be found to have deserved it . " Unhappily , Queen Isabella II . was an ally of this country , and ,
therefore , the government of this country couU not do more than remonstrate against such atrocities , but he thought the noble lord opposite ( Lord l ' almerston ) might use an important influence to prevent a rocurrenco of the dreadful barbarities » f tbe last war . One thing to prevent it was the forbearance manifested by the majority of the peopleof Spain , who were devoted to him whom they be lieved to be thuir legitimate king , and in obeying his commands bad refused to retort upon their persecutors by reprisal ? . The views of tho Count do Mentemolln w « re exprtssedin a circular issued by him en the 10 th of the prosc-nt month . That circular instructed his friends in Spain to oppose their enemies only by conciliatory conduct . Ho could not nsk the noble lord at the head of foreign affairs to become a partisan in Spanish politics , but ht- > hopad he would raise Ids vote in favour ot' humanity . He wished to ask tho noble lord if he had made any remonstrance to the court of Spain on this subjeet : and if so , whether there would be any objection to lay a cop ) of the despatch on the table ;> f the house ?
Lord Paehebston observed that Her Majesty ' s government had no official knowledge of the proclamation to which Mr Borthwick referred , and bad , therefore , taken no official measures upon it . Every gentleman who had heard its terms mi ght judge from his own feelings what must be [ the disapprobation , dit-gust , and indignatloD , inspired in the breast of every member of Her Majesty ' s government b y so savage and barburous a proclamation . The contrast between the humane circular of the Count de Montemolin and tho savage proclamation of General Breton was highly favourable to that illustrious prince . General Breton , however , waB no longer in office ; and ha ( Lord Palmerston ) was not aware that the general ' s successor had adopted his proclamation . So far as tha influence of the British government , or the preseat government of Spain could go , Mr Borthwick might bu assured that ha would impress it with the necessity of acting upon humane principles . Still , in discusBinsthis
subject , it was impossible for the house to forget the atrocious Durango deer-ie ; aud when Mr Borthvylck spoke Of the atrocities perpetrated by thegenersvlsof the Queen , he must be permitted to remind him that equal , if not greater , atrocities were cumuiUted on tho other eide . Having stated tin- satisfaction which ha felt at hearing tha moderate circular issued by Couwde Montemolin , he must not conceal from the iiouso that there were phrases in it , especially relating to : it » bs and battle fields , whiih ha had heard with tbe deepest regret . Those phrases showed that the Count ' intended to make Spain once more the theatre of civil . »* . Ho should be sorry if the Count carried that intention , into effect ; and he hoped that if any gentlemen in that house had influence over the counsels of tjiat illustrious prince , they would esercise it in persua'iiag him to restrain his followers from pursuing a cout . se which could not meet with anything like , gp ncral approbation or Bauctiou in this eountsy .
Sir Da h , Evaks regretted that Mr Borthwitk , when numbers of his ovirafellQw . BubjecM were falling victims to Carlht vengear . ee and assassination . bad not expressed thos ^ . meiudignf itiori which he now expressed at the in . hu ' jjan decree r , f Qfcnarni Breton . It was too bad to hear th 8 Pitii *»} p , ; t , idt v , *! : t a d . er to the throne of
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Spain pluming themselves on thoir humanity , after ti-ey had murdered one morning in cold blood forty unarmed and defenceless British prisoners . He ha subsequently taken 1 , 000 Carlist soldiers , and 100 C irlist officers prisonors and not one or them had he put to death . They had , in consequence , addressed a letter to Don Carlo * , deploring the atrocities which tbej h ; d themselves inflicted , and requesting that such barbarous murder * might in future be discontinued . In that letter ho found Mi vindication for thecaution with which hehadguarded the lives of hi , soldiers , and his justification for th * i * feguard which he had thrown around the lives of hi . pnseners . And yet what had been the return made for hnnTdThV T " ity ! After h > bniJ left Spa n a hundred of his men had been taken prisoner *; and some Cariku * £ , e * we 5 eone » ° d "U butchered by tbe Carlisto in cold blood in tho most cruel and cowardly " » " £ ? ? il ' n t !' . mf re "harness mockery and mult to talk ot Carlist humanity . He then vindicated the Queen ' s generals , with whom he had . erred , agaiiut the char . 'o of acting with barbarous humanity
Lord J . Manners defended CarlUt humanity . The men whom Sir D . L . Evans had taken prisoners were defending their rights , their prince , and their native land from an invnsion of armid adventurers , who had no legitimate interest in th . ir country , and no rightful par . ticipation in a quarrel purely SpaniMi , Mr Bortuwick reminded Sir D . L . Evans that he had not suid n word on the atrocities perpetrated in the first civil war in Spain , much less had he made any attack on the gallant general ' s own character , for wliich he enter , taincd Kreat respect . He assured Lord Palmerston that everything which had fallen from him that evening would bo carefull y considered by the Count de Monte molin , and would , he trusted , receive the same attention from the government of Spain .
Lord PALMERSTON . in answer to Sir D . L . Evnns , said it was a great abuse of the hospitulity which this country afforded to all foreigners , that thty should issue proclamntions or publications of any kind tending to exute hostilities in a foreign state in alliance with this country Deaths bt Famine .. -Lord G . Blstisck asked if th * Irish Secretary had made any serious or energetic fftvrt to obtain tho comparative number of deaths which have taken place in Ireland this year aud the preceding years . The noble lord , to show that such a return might easily be ha d , rend a letter received by him from the Roman Catholiu Archbishop of Tuam , stating that the Roman Catholic clergy could , without difficulty , furnish tl >* th-. mes , iSic , of their flock who had died , aud that there lists could be certified by the medicnl officers resident in the several localities . Tho most reverend writer likewise stated that such returns would show that the deaths this year were twenty to one mure than in any preceding year ,
MrLABOtTCiiERE still persisted in contending that any such returns as could be obtained wou'd be very de - fective , and would only convey erroneous impressions . He promised to make further inquiries upon the subject . Lord J . Manners said he had received a letter from a clergyman of the Established Church , who maintained that a correct return ot the deaths of persons belonging to the Established Cl ) urch could bo obtained without difficulty . Irish Poor Law . —The house went into committee on the Poor Relief ( Ireland ) Bill . Mr Gregory proposed the addition of a clause , to the effect that no person shall be entitled to relief so long as he shall hold above a quarter of an acre of land . Sir G . Grey agreed to this clause , which was opposed by Mr P . Serope , who divided the committee on it . There were— Fortheclauso , 117 Against it 7 Majority for the clause ... 110 Mr Smitu O'BaiEN moved tho addition of a clause for reducing the size of the unions . Lord G . Bentisck supported tho clause . Ho first showed that it was a laudable obj ct to bring each pauper within a reasonable distance of the workhouse of his district , and to place the workhouse within a reasonable distance of the guardians who had control over them , lie next shewed , by a long array of figures , that govern , ment , by increasing the number of workhouses to 400 , would bring each pauper and each guardian within three miles and a half of each workhouse , and would thus plica tho workhouses under ifficient control , and save to the country n sum of £ 4 , 000 000 , and upwards . At pr sent the government had not merely e-xpendod a large
amount of money most lavishly , but had also sacrificed a large amount of life moat recklessly . I am perfectly certain ( said the noble lord ) that if yau had had recourse to this system , we should not have heard of the thou sands , tho tens of thousands , or tbe hundreds of thousands—hut we cannot learn from tho tovernment how many hundreds of thousands there are , who have parished— ( hear , hear . ) It is the only subject of Becrecy with the Irish government—( hear , hear ) We can learn the number of bushels of potatoes and tho quarters of wheat and of oats that have been thrown on the coast of Ireland , but there is one point upon which alone the Irish government are totally ignorant , (" oh ! oh !") totally careless , (" oh ! oh 1 " ) or else are detormined to keep this country in darkness , and that is the mortality that has occurred during their mal administration of Irish
aff . nrs —( cheers , and counter cheers . ) Tes ! they shrank from telling us —( cheers and cries of " oh ! " ) They are ashamed to tell at—( renewed cheers and cries . ) They know that the people have died by thousands , and I dare them to ask—I dare them to inqiire what the numbers of the dead have been—dv » d , through their mismanage , ment ; dead , chl fly through their principles of free trade —( bursts of laughter . ) Yes , free trade with therms of the Irish people (" oh , oh ! " ) , leaving the people to take care of themselves when Providence has swept the food from the face of the earth—leaving the people , in a country where there are neither mills , nor stores , nor granaries , to perish —( "Ho , no ! " from MrLabouchere . ) Ay , the right lion , gentleman may cry " No , no ! " why does he not give us information then ! If he does not shrink from telling us the truth , why does he not cive us
the information which he now conceals from us , and then we shall know what the effects of his administration have been !—( hear , henr ) How was it possible that a people suddenly dt-prived of their food , in a country where no description of food was allowed to cross without an escort , where no food grew amongst them save grass for Battle , and where the only food fit for man was stored iu granaries by ctrndeahn who were attempting to feed the people with anew species of grain , to whieh they we > e not accustomed—how could such a people procure corn from their own resources ? It was out of the question . And when the government knew in the month if August that the potato crops , to thevaluo of £ 16 , 000 , 000 , had been swept away from a people who had no money to
purchase other food with—potatoes being the labour coin of the country— . how was . it passible there should have been any other result than that that should happen which has happened , and that there should die such a number of persons as has never before been paralleled in any Christian country ?—( "hear , hear , " and cries of " oh , oh ! " ) OU , jougroau , but you will hear of this again . The time will come when we shall know what the amount of the mortality is , and though you gentlemen may groan , and wish to conceal the truth , yet the truth shall and will be known —( hear , bear , and cries of oh !); the time will come when the public , and the world itself , will be able to estimate at its proper value your management of the affairs of Ireland —( cheers and counter cheers , )
Mr I . Abocchebe rose amidst loud cheers . He said—I beg to remind the committee that the clause upon which they have to decide , and upon which tbe speech they have just heard is , I suppose , to be * considered a commentary , is to this effect— "That whereas it appear * that in the formation of e-lectornl divisions pauperism has been so allocated as to cause an unequal pressure of the poor rate , he it enacted that the commissioners shall reconstitute tho divisions in such manner as shall proportion tho pauperism of each district to the property thereof . " Now , I am far too anxious that the
committee should proceed to the consideration of the important bill now before them , to be tempted , e-en by the extraordinary project tvhich the noble lord has brought foiwnrd m n panacea for all the evils that afflict Ireland , to enter into atiy discussion . ( Cheers . ) But the noble lord has thought fit to make an assertion which I owe it to myself , to my own character , and to tbe character and feelings of the Government with whom I act , to make some reference to Tlie noble lordhas oaid that the government ivor ..- indifferent to the sufferings of the people of Ireland ; and he has added that we were anxious to conceal the truth from the house and the
country with regard to the cfu-ct of our measures , Sir , I shall content myself with giving to that assertion of the noble lord n contradiction as explicit , as direct , and as complete , as uny respect for this house will allow mo , ( Loud and protracted cheering from both sides of tbe house . ) I will not be tempted by the tone which tbe noble lord has adopted to pursue , this discussion , I feel too deeply the responsibility which rests upon me as a Ministerof the Crown to lose , I trust , my temper in discussing a question of this infinite importance . In the present condition of the people of Ireland no provocation Bball induce mo to do so . ( Cheers . ) But I feel tbat , after having heart ! such tin assertion as that which the noble lord has made , 1 could not and ought not to have said less to the noble lord than , that which I have said . ( Choers . ) I apologize to tbe house for having interfered even for iv moment witti the business of tho committee , when that moment has bom spent in a reply to such a speech as that which we have just heard from tho noble lord . ( Great mid protracted cheering . ) I trust that we
shall now return to the-subject more calmly , and I hope that our future disciwsions with regard to Irish suljects —and 1 must cay that , during tho present session , these discussions have , forthe most part , been conducted oh all sides with an entire absence of purty feeling , from all inflammatory language , and with a careful aud cautious desire to abstain from anything that might increase the difficulties of the Government , or produce excitemeat elsewhere , — will bo resumed with a due sense of tho magnitude of the responsibility that attaches to them , and that the same spirit wh ich has Viitherto been shown willbeporseverodir . ( Cheers . ) I can assure the house of this , that if 1 hava said anything that for a moment might be supposed to inuicate : \ tiiffrrent spirit , it has been wrung from me by the charge that has been made by tho noble lord against the Government with which I am connected , imd which I felt it impossible to sit silently by and hear without expressing my remonstrance against it . ( Loud cheers . ) After this spirited episode , relieving the previous dull
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- ' MJS ness of the committee , the clause wus negatived without a division , together with eight more , moved by the earn * lion , member . L » rd G . Bentince moved the addition of a clause pro * hibiting , for the future , from 1819 , the occupying tenant from deducting uny pun of the poor-rates now payable by him from bis lessor . The object of the clause Wai to assimilate the law in Ireland to the law in England , and to bring about an equitable arrangement between occupy ing tenants and their lessors , the 1 fleet of wbtch change in the existing system would be to give the occu . pying tenant the double inducement of keeping tfown the rate , and to give more profitable employment to the peo . pie . The noble lord also moved the addition of n clauta to raise the class subject to the rateB to the occupiers of £ 5 , the effect of which would be to reduce the number of small ratepayers , from whom it would ba difficult to ob « tain the rates , andto diminish theiiiducemems for letting small farms .
Sir G . GnEY did not think it would be expedient to introduce the first clause into the present Bill . The right lion , baronet also opposed t ^ o second clause , Mr Shaw and Sir W . Jolliffe supported tho clause , but it was strongly opposed by Captain Harris , Mr JI . > . "Vionntll , Ur P . Scrope , and Mr S . Crawford . Their opposition was based on these grounds , —that tha tenantry did not call for this clause , —that it would be a dangerous and destructive experiment , —that it would screen the landlords from all contribution to the rates , and that it was so outrageous in its nature that it could only have been proposed in a bouso of landlords , and would have been scouted at once in a house of occupying tenants . The committee divided " — For the clause , 7 G Againstit 79
Majority against the clause 3 Af . er further nmciniinenta and discussion , the bill finally passed through committee . The house resumed , the report was ordered to bo brought up on Wednesday , and the third reading , was fixed for Friday , the Kith 0 : ' April . The other orders of the day were disposed of , and the house adjourned at a quarter-past two o'clock . TUESDAY , March 30 . HOUSE OF LOItDS . —The Royal Assent waa given , by commission , to the Drainage of Lmvi Bill , and some private bills . On tbe motion of Lord Colville , a return Was ordered of the Minutes of Proceedings , and a list of Petrs who voted at the last ^ election of Representative Peers of Scotland , Lord Monteagle pave notice that it was liig intention to submit a motion , after Eustcr , on the buljcct of emigration .
On the motion ofEarl Grei , tlieir lordships adjourned for the Easter recess to Thursday , the 15 th of April , then to meet in the New Palace , Westminster . HOUSE OP COMMONS —Sopphession of Trading m Seduction and Prostitution , —Mr Spoomer , iu pursuance of the notice ho had given , proceeded to move for leave to bring in u bill for the more effectual suppression of trading i » seduction and prostitution , and for tbo better protection of females . He assured the house that he deeply felt the difficulties with which the subject was surrounded , and his own inability to do justice to it . He could have wished to have left it in abler handa—iu tho bauds of those who could have brought to its aid the weight of influence and authority . He might perhaps be asked why , if these were his real opinions , he had ventured to bring tho tnatte-r under t ^ e consideration of the house ? Ha felt that he had for such a question a complete an-wer . There existed in the metropolis an association which counted amongst its mem . bers , its council , and its vice-presidents and presidents , some of the highest and noblest in the land
Mr C . Berkeley rose amidst roars of laughter , and having tnice essayed to address the Speaker , each effort eccasiomng fresh bursts of merriment , he was at length heard to say—Mr Speaker , I rise to order . The details which the honourable member is about to enter into in his speech , upon this subject , must , of necessity , be so unfit for publication , that I must beg to call your attention to the fact that there are strangers in both the galleries [ renewed laughtcij . Strangers were in consequence ordered to withdraw amid th » roars of the house , thtir own titters , and tb » visible disappointment of Mr Spooner . The debate proceeded for about an bour with closed doors . Lsave was given to bring in the bill , which was brought in and read a first time .
Health : of Towns . —When the gallery was re-opened , Lord Morpeth moved for leave to bring in a bill for tho improvement of tbe health of towns . After stating tbe rates of mortality in town and country districts , and showing that the former greatly exceeded the latter , ho attributed the cause of that greater mortality to tbe crowded lodgings , the dirty dwellings , and the want of personal cleanliness of the inhabitants of towns , aggravated as those evils were by insufficient sewerage , opea ditches , bad paving , defective cleansing , and an inadequate supply of wattr . Having travelled at great length into the proof of these existing evils , he proceeded to describe the main features of the measure , which was in . tended to remove some of them entirely , and to mitigato those which could not be removed . Having stated that the onerous duties already pressing on the Home
Secretary and the Committee of the Privy Council prevented him from acceding to that clause of Lord Lincolu ' g bill , which placed in them the superintendence of the sanatory condition of our town ? , lie showed that the business in hand was important enough and copious enough to justify the construction of s special board for the purpose , to ba framed on tbe suroe footing us the railway board of last session , and to consist of five members , three of whom would be paid for their services , and two not , those two being both members of the government , and one of them being the occupier of tire office which he then had tha honour to fi ll . This board , which would be entitled the Board of Health and Public Works , would be empowered to institute inquiries into tbe sanatory condition of town and districts . It would iiIbo imve power to appoint inepectors to go into different districts , and to define what would be the proper area for uuy works to be carried on under their 3 uperiutendcnce . If there shbuld be a
necessity for it , the Board of Health would also be authorised to confer tbe necessary powers on the local administration of the different districts . The question then arose , what ought those powers and what ought that local administration to be 1 One naturally referred to tbe duties per . formed by the Con'znissioners of Sewers under the act of Ilenry . tho VUIth . But as the powers exercised b y those commissioners did not sufficiently provide for the formation of house drains in connexion with the main sewers , and did not at all provide for an adequate supply of water to the districts over which they tsercised their authority , and as it was necessary that the various powers of sewerage , drainage , cleansing , and paving streets , and supplying water , should be under the same direction , he proposed to give all these powers to a body appointed on the spot to carry out these various functious . What , then , was this lucal body to be 1 Lord Lincoln ' s bill provided for a new electoral body , and was taken up with tha divisions of districts and wards and the manner of voting
—in a word , with a complete electoral system . Her Ma . je&tv ' s governmeut was of opinion that we hud already a sufficient number of elections , and that what with elections of Poor Law guardians and of municipal countiU it was not necessary to provide for the election of another body analogous to the town council . lie had therefore no hesitation in recommending the town council for the administration of the powers which he now proposed to confide to them . He proposud , also , to annex tbe bits of suburbs , tho offshoots of land in tho vicinities of larga towns , to the wards of those towns , and to increase the number of those wards- whenever the increase of the population should call for such a provision . Having thus described wh . it he intended to do in those towns , where municipal corporations existed , he proceeded to explain the provisions of his bill
with respect to those towns in which there were no such corporations , and in which , nevertheless , the want of drainage was very severely felt , no should leave snch towns to apply or not for a charter of incorporation ; but in case they preferred to remain unincorporated ha proposed that the commissioners should be elected , b y the ratepayers , and that the Grown , on the recommendation of the Central Board of Health , should nominate a certain number of additional commissioners , not exceeding one-third of those cho 3 en by popular- election . He did not propose to extend this bill to Scotland aud Inland , for be thought that each of the three countries should be dealt with separately ; but he dirt intend to- ioc ' udd the city of Londou within its provisions . All the provisions , which applied to other incorporated districts , ought , in his opinion , to apply to the city of London ,
The sewerage , of London was under various cuuimis . sioners , of wliich Borne were tho subject of great blame , and others of general commendation . All tKc existing Commissioners of Sewers would be superseded by au Order of Council . The ratepayers would , be empowered to choose theUrepresenUtivesfoi-sanatossj purposes , and the Crown would add to them othti' commissioners , not exceeding one-third of the-ie whole ajiinbcr . He had new mentioned the extent to which ho inte&ded to provide for tbe sewerage , dra ' tuage , and paving and cleansing of towus . He believed that it woiLd be found essen . tial to the successful working of this scheme , that , us . soon as the act cams i&io oporatiou , auO as soou as th » new council dime into existence , all conflicting jurisife * tions should cease . He therefore proposed that tn » Crown ,, ty an Ordor hi Council , should have power to extinguish all local bwlici whiiih exercised the same po * et 9 with those whieh he now crcaK-d , in each loe-aliiy . Provisions would alsci bs iutroOuceil into the bill f-ir securing
payment of the debts incurred and the contracts made l ;\ the existing boards , and for giving compensation to the-ir existing officers . By an act of this kind there must be a gre-at sweep made of local trustees and of local officers j but tho Government having settled on its plan must be piepared to insist on unity of action . An inspector would be nppointed to institute preliminary inquiries into the condition of our towns . When tbfc local council was constituted he would visit the town , sec what works were wanted , and make his report to tho coniral board . This fficer would generally be an en . gineer of seme eminence . There would also be a medical inspector to examine into the sanatory condition of tho towus p laced under the control of the cvntrsl board but be would not be connectod with the town 9 , as it \ v » s thought better that he should Ite independent of all local connections . The local council would also be em . powered to appoinU surveyor , who would suierintead
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APSIL 3 - S 47 ' _ THE NORTHERN STAR . ~—^^^^ " ^—*————i **——*— " ^* fc»—— . . _ ¦ _
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 3, 1847, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1412/page/7/
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