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ji | S « I nfflvar , at leutia w « rdi , ABti—Aonldmy thiiaco «• happen—aeedi . ) inthallwto war with Thought !" « i tfciok I bear a little bird , who sings jfc » peop lebj-and . 6 jrwillbe the stronger . " —Bnoi
THE CIVIL WAR IN PORTUGAL . ggS BBIHIH aOTKBSJIKKI * 8 AKUES INIEaTKSHOH . pglmerston s protocol an homing the war of the tfonftdrupla alliance" againat the P-. > ttngaese oeogta , sets f orth that the National Junta of Portugal O " refusedto put an end to the civil wir . " and on r tjt ground justifies the infamous armed intmen-££ . In our "leader" in last week ' s Star we Im posed * e falsehood of P-Umerston ' s assertion ; rttf , however , there may be no mistake , we here Je ptint , in full , the terms proposed by Col . W ylde to a * Junta , with the Junta ' s reply , and the terms Jjjjpo sed by that body ; the acceptance of which by Se ti oeen would have put an end to the civil war . jgtfEft IMSLttnT ^ OtOICEI , WTLDE TO THB JDMA or oroKTo . Her Hajestj'a ship GladiatorMay 7
, . jer Most Faithful Msjestj the Queen of Portugal feUTinff accepted the mediation of the allies , for the purple of effecting a reconciliation between the parties at JrtSOit opposed to each other in arms , and of patting an jpj to fl » cfctt war which unhappily exists in this f ljantrj . the Marquis de Hespana and myself have been < o 3 un iisionedbv our respective Government ! ,, and duly jalhorised by the Government of Her Most Faithful jUjesty . to announce to the Janta of Oporto the amnesty jfcieB Her Majesty generonslj is pleased to offer to her greets for this purpose , and which it is her benevolent { gtentioa to carry into full effect as socn as tranquillity jlaJl have been restored .
These conditions , a copy of which I have the honour to enclose herewith , are considered Iby Her Most Faithful JU juty's allies to be just and ample , and to provide for jsy interest , personal or national , which the Junta can jeg itimateiy put forward , and that any object which a . patriotic Portuguese can have at heart will be secured jTtbe fulfilment of these arrangements . Her Britannic Majesty ' s Government cannot , therefore , fat a moment , contemplate that , after having been ac qssinted with these resolves on the part of the Queea , the Junta should hesitate in accepting them , for by so doing they would incur a heavy responsibility , and would inflict on their country great and lamentable evils withoat any reason whieh the judgment of the civilised world would pronounce to i * valid . I avail myself ; ic , W . m " tlde . Jo his Excellency the President and Junta of Oporto .
COHDITIOSSEHCtOSED IH THE WIECEBISQ . 1 . A full and general amnesty for all political offences committed since the beginning of October last , and an Jomeolate recall of all persons who . since that time , have been sent out of Portugal for political reasons . 3 . An immediate revocation of all decrees whieh have been issued since the beginning of October last , and fftich infringe upon or conflict with the established laws tnd constitution of the kingdom . % , A convocation of the Cortes . assoon as the elections , -tfhich shall tako place without delay , have been accomp lisbed . 4 . The immediate appointment of an Administration , composed of mem not belonging to the party of the -Cabrals , mor being members of the Junta of Oporto . 1 SSWIB , OF THE JCNTA . TO UEDT .-COL . WILDE .
Blustrious aad Excellent Sir—The Povisional Junta of { he Supreme Government of the kingdom , ia the name of tie nation and the Queen , have received the note which jonr Excellency lias been pleased to communicate under date of the 7 th inst ., enclosing a copy of four articles , uhich . on the part of the Government of her Most Faith , ful Majesty , in acc < -rd with the British and Spanish Governments , were considered as expedient to effect a reconciliation of the two belligerent parties , and put aa end to the civil war which unhappily weighs upon fills country .
The Junta , penetrated by the most sincere and cordial desire toco-operate as much as its means would permit lo terminate in an equitable manner these evils , and to lave the national liberty and the honour of the Throne , guaranteed by the Portuguese constitution , gave to tbe eammuuication aU the consideration which it merited , as well as the articles which were enclosed , out wftfcft tner iht ' ttt cannot produce toe desired effect toiftont expfo . nation * , improvements , aitdaddi&cmsuMchlhave tliclionour fetrawait to your ExctUtnc } , for tbe purpose of bring presented to the Government of her Most Faithful Majesty , as fhote reKeh the Junta considers to be conditions -eeea&l to its acceptance .
The conferences which have taken place between your Excellency and the Commissioners of the Junta , would have informed yon of thereasanable and weighty motives whieh the Junta have for believing that this reconciliattoa of the Portuguese family should be based on guarantees ncS . aad ejvriint to tranquillise all minds , and remote ( Wry doubt of ; he true and benevolent intentions ef her Most Faithful Majesty ; it being their conviction that o = ly in this manner can be avoided the continnanee of evils which afflict the country , as otherwise the Junta might be accused of improvidence , not only in the eyes of tbe nation , but in that ef the whole civilised world .
The Junta takes thU opportunity of assuring your Excellency of its high consideration The Conde Dig Anias , President . Jose da Suva Pisses , Vice-President . Fkascisco se Paul * Lobo D'Avila . Ahtonio Lois de Seabra . SiBiSTUS D * Almeida £ Beito . JosTtKo Ferbjiea Pikto Basio . Oporto , May 13 . ARTICLES M 1 SESTTO BT THE PfiOVlSIOIfAI , JOKTA OF the snpkeme govibshest of tbe elsodok to the cojoussiosf of her butahhic and most catholic Majesties . Art . 1 . ( As above quoted . )
AUeraaoa preseated by the Janta . —There s-hall be perpetual oblivion of all political tacts and political opinions originating from the events of the night of tbe 6 th of October , 1646 . The persona who were then arrested for political motives shall be set at liberty , and those who were sent out of the kingdom shall ba immediately recalled . An end shall likewise be put to all processes Originating from the said events ; all sentences passed ob iadiriduals compromised in these affairs shall be considered null and void ; and all decrees of dismissal from military and civil posts , pl&ces , titles , or decorations , published by the Ministers of her Majesty posterior to said events , shall be declared as not having taken place . Art . 2 . ( As above quoted . )
Alteration substituted by the Junta . —All decrees which have been published by the Ministers of her Majesty from the 6 th of October , 1816 . which infringe the constitution , laws , or regulations then existing , shall be immediately revoked . Art . 5 . ( As above quoted . ) Alteration presented by the Junta . —The measures necessary for the election of Deputies to the Cortes General and Extraordinary shall be commenced within thirty days after the nomination of a ministry that merits the confi . d-ace of her Majesty and the nation . The decree of the 37 th of July , 1816 , shall be implicitly observed in all its provisioas respecting the elections , as well as the powers , general and special , for the revision of the constitutional charter explained in Art . No . 37 . The meeting of the Cortes to take place , without any pnsiible deviation , within fifteen days from the termination of the elections in aU parts of the kingdom . Art . 4 . ( As above quoted . )
Alterations presented by the Junta . —Her Majesty will name a ministry composed of persons who merit her confidence anil that of the country ; and into which , con * sequcntly , cannot enter either Cabralutas , or individuals who took , part in the unhappj events oi the night of the -6 ih of October , 1816 , or who have been notorious for aggravating their consequences , or have given their aid and assistance to the system unfortunately followed by the government of her Majesty posterior to those events . So member of the Provisional Junta pretends , or can . pretend , to form part of the new administration . Abditiohal Articles mesehted bt the Jfnta , ahd cosiideked as cokditioss kecxs 3 a&t to be added to the foes psscedihg . Art . 1 . The constitutional charter , the laws , and Other dispositions existing previous to the night of the tth of October , 1816 , shall be immediately put into full execution , for the purpose of securing to all citizens their rights and constitutional guarantees .
2 , The regulations and decrees of the Provisional Junta of ths Supreme Gorerament ot the kingdom , da ted 2 ath of February , 20 th of March , and 38 ch of April , VU 7 , relative to the officers of the Boyalist army , shall be inviolably maintained , The Government of Her Majesty Will continue to giv § to them the same consideration -which they merit from the Junta . 3 . The pensions granted by the Provisional Junta to the families of individuals , civil or military , who were -victims to their attachment to the national cause , shall be continued . The persons to whom these pensions are applicable , according to the decree of the 16 th of Novemker . 1816 , shall have the right to claim them .
4 . AH regulations respecting the diminution or abolition of taxes and imposts published by the Junta shall continue in vigour until the Cortes shall definitely decide pan them . The loans made by the Junta , or their delegates , in money , corn , or effects , destined to support A * national cauie . shall be paid ; no matter whether they wers received before or after our several decrees autfco-« singthem . 5 . Her Majesty the Queen will deign to change tbe Brfcciptl officers and employes of the royal household , sabititutiog for them persons who profess the same polit ical opinions as the new ministry about to be organised , as is the custom in other constitutional nations . 6 . The nomination and promotion of officers of tbe * rmy and the fleet named by tfce several decrees of the Provisional Junta shall be maintained , as also all decora . Sons and titles conferred by the Junta .
7 . AU forces of the line , as well as National Regulars , which obey the Provisional Junta of the Supreme Government of the kingdom , shall be maintained until the Cortes pass a law to regulate the public force , and provile a doe organisation . Those forces will form the fsrriioaa of Lisbon and Oporto . The forces now subject to the Government of Lisbon shall ba distributed in the provinces , as may most conveniently be done for toe pre ^ « wr » ttoa « f pact an 4 public tnnqaillitJt
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8 . " There shall be no « mta » i » . 4 « rfe- «* irfi The com . maud Of military divisions and \ C th 6 f ° «* s'df tfe ' aafnij shall be confided to generals and aiu ? en who have gives proofs of their adherence to the national fronmekmentt or who have not shown hostility to it . » . The administration which Is to be immediately formed shall publish , and cause to be executed , all Acts necessary for the fulfilment of the conditions presented by the commissioners of the Governmant of her Britannic Majesty and of her Catholic Majesty , with the alterations proposed by the Junta , and the additional articles presented to them by the said Junta . The Junta , seeing that several articles are fulfilled , and the constitutional liberty of the kingdom secured , will consider its mission as accomplished and ended
Palace of tbe Provisional Junta of the Supreme Government of the Kingdom , Oporto , May 13 , 1847 The Conde Das Antas , President . Jose Da Suva Passos . Vice-president . Fbarcisco db Paula Lobo D ' Avila . Ahtosio Lois de Seabba . Sebastian D'Almeida s Bsito . Jusntto FxaasiaA Pinio Basto . We have been favoured by a Portuguese gentleman with a copy of a printed paper , entitled . — "TOE PRESENT POLITICAL CRISIS IN PORTUGAL . SUBMITTED TO THE IMPARTIAL AND ENLIGHfENED PUBLIC OF
GREAT BRITAIN . " The whole of this document would occupy nearly « mr columns of onr journal ; but its republication ra full is unnecessary , seei . ig that the facts therein stated are familiar to our readers , and we last week anticipated the arguments based thereon . W shall , therefore , limit ourselves to a few extwcts , which will show to onr waders that we have faithfully represented ihe Portuguese question , and that onr views are in perfcet accordance with those of the popular party in that country . The paper before us commences with a notice of the overthrow in 1342 of the Constitutional Code of 1838 , brought about by the intrigues and open rebellion of the notorious Costa Cabral . Next we ha 7 e a notice of the restoration of the Charter of 1826 and the appointment of Costa Cabral as Minister of the Interior . We quote the following graphic picture of
THE ASHINI 8 TSATI 0 H OF THE CABKALS . Costa Cabral and his brother Jose endeavoured to strengthen their party and promote their own personal interest * during the whole period of their fatal admin , istration . They increased the number of their adherents by turning out of situations persons who bad dared to express their disapprobation of what was passing , replacing them with others an whose instrumentality they could r « ly . They created new offices for tbe admission of their own tools , in various ways increasing the public expenditure , with the view of satisfying the ambition , or lucre , of those who had served them in the elections , and of whose strvices they might again stand in need . Tbey also conferred appointments , titles and honours upon iodividals who had in these and other respects assisted them in their plans ; while it was a notorious and scandalous fact , that in ordtr to promote their own
pecuniary interest and that of their friends , many things within the gift of tha government , even including church livings , were often < sold to the highest bidder . A league was formed with the jobbers , through whose intervention the tempting contracts with the government were made , in consequence of which the Treasury was surcharged , and , in several instances , the ministers and their agents pocketed large gains . Never was such a state of social degradation—of national humiliation—witnessad . The government had taken upon themselves the responsibility of enacting laws through the medium of decrees , one of the most
offensive of whiah wag that of the 1 st of August , 1844 . in vinueuf which they placed at their own disposal the fata of judges , public professors , military officers , and civil functionaries , by arrogating to themselves the power of prosecuting them without the previous . existing legal formalities . At the same time , the public expenses went on swelling , as well as the government debts and loans ; and , to crown all , with the view of meeting these unnecessary contingencies , a most absurd , vexatious , and anti-national plan of taxation wa ^ resorted to , and , . with the view of supporting this abominable machinery , financial project * of the most disastrous kind ushered forth .
I he electionsof 1845 resulted in the return of that most corrupt Chamber , mostly composed of creatures of the Cabrals . Thebase aud tyrannical acts of that Chamber produced the memorable peasant revolt in the province of Minho , which gradually extended over the entire kingdom . The Cabrals fled , and the Duke of Palmella was sent for and a new administration formed . Relying npon the Queen ' s pledges , the armed people returned to theirhomes . The Cortes was convoked , and the Palmella Ministry gave evidence of an earnest desire to secure the freedom of election , but a . few davs previous to the
time appointed for the elections , and at a moment when the country was in a state of perfect tranquillity , a coud d ' etat of the Court overthrew the Ministry . Theextraordinary events of the night of the 6 th of October , and subsequent events , have been several times narrated in this journal ; suffice it to say , that from that time eivil war has raged in Portugal , occasioned solely by the wicked conduct of the Court party . As an illustration of the manner in which tbat war has been conducted by the partisans of the Queen , we give the following extract , descriptive of some of the AT&OCITIKSCOffiOIIED BT THE QUBEn ' s GENBBALS .
The Government of Lisbon , after the actioa of Torres Yedras , was iaduced to believe that the whole country wooldbend in submission to them , never reflecting that the apposition was general and not confined to a faction , and in this belief the tyrannj of tbe men in power increased , and was carried so far that tbey shipped off the brave prisoners of war taken at Torres Yedras to the sickly climates of Africa , orders having been previously given to deprive them of their baggage and effects , guaranteed to them by the terms of the capitulation . This act of a despotic government was preceded by others , mow particularly tbat committed by Saldanha in the town of Torres Yedras , which be allowed to be
plundered by his troops , and the inhabitants treated ia the most brutal manner . Similar conduct was observed on the part efthe Court general , Cazal , who , in the town of Agrolla , allowed quiet inhabitants to ba assassinated in cold blood , after they had been plundered , and after toleratinz acts of barbarity at Con 9 tantim and Yil . laraadeUo , at Villa Nova allowed considerable robberies to be perpetrated , as well as in Braga , whare , after Uacdonell ' s guerilla had withdrawn , he permitted a great number of defenceless persons to be assassinated . For atrocities of this kind the Court created him a Count , while the people nicknamed him "The Assassin of Aerella . "
Thesecrue'ties excited the public mind to a pitch of frenzy , and , consequently , added to the strength of the popular forces . The expedition from Oporto to Algarve struck the Court party with despair , and induced them to look for foreign intervention . A new administration- w .-is then named , composed of five individuals , four of whom are decided CabralistaB , and , consequently , utterly destitute of the confidence of their countrymen . THE NEW 10518181 * 3 BQD 1 S 1 I 0 BIAL T 0 RIUBI 8 . What is seen at broad noon-day , ay and fearlessly
canvassed , t « o , is , tbat the policy of the Lisbon Government has not changed—that the same system prevails and tbat no regard is paid either to the rights or the wishes of the great body of the people . The same persecution against the popular party goes on , nay , it is even more embittered . With so violent a hand are things now carried « n , that it is reported that an Inqaisitorial Court—a kind of star . chambar—exists in the police barracks of Carmo , in Lisbon , of which Dom Carlos Mascarenhas is the commander , whtre , whenever persens , suspected of being inimical to the views of government , are brought , they are imprisoned , flogged , and tortured .
If the Ministry of Great Britain have not been able , or if they have not wished , tbat an end should be put to such brutal and -execrable proceedings as those above sketched , at a time when the Court and the new admin , istration in the Portuguese capital almost for their very existence depended upon British mediation ; if those , who profess to be interested in the welfare of Portugal , hitherto have never succeeded in inducing the ruling power to respect the rights of the nation , and see tbat the Popular party were heard and treated with that consideration to which , under all circumstances , tbey are entitled , how can it now be expected that a fair and impartial mediator , however powerful and influential he might be , would be able to obtain from the Court any * thing like a substantial guarantee that sffers and promise * of concilialiun mil be observed , ia good faith , in case the Popular party should lay down their arms *
A defence of the character and conduct of the patriots is followed by an examination of the "terms" of peace submitted by Colonel Wylde and the Marquess d'Hespana to the Oporto Junta . These "terms , " together with those offered by the Junta , we have reprinted in the preceding column , the perusal of which will satisfy all reasonable and honest men of the inefficacy—if not treachery—ot the propositions submitted , by Colonel Wylde , and the justice and sound policy of the counter-offers ef the Junta . We give the following
BEM . T TO A CALUMXY . It has been given out that the leaders of the National party , and principally the Count das Antas and Yiscouut Sa da Bandeira , would gladly have aeceptei the proposals offered , aud that they would have tendered their submission if they had not felt afraid of experiencing the resentment of their own party . There can be no hesitation in pronouncing this to be an atrocious calumny , no doubt invented for purposes th * most insidious . There are letters in England from these two distinguished officers , addressed to the agent of the Junta here , whioh prove quite tbe contrary .
We qnote in fall the well-written and ably . rea . soned conclusion of this excellent ArrEAZ , TO TBE BB 1 IISB PEOP&H A 0 A 1 NBT THE BMIIil GOVEaSMlKT ' s ABHED lBTEKVEHTIOtt . So long as the Court party entertained the least hope of being abla to crush the popular movement , they nover thought of soliciting British interference . No sooner , however , was that hope lost than they had recourse , to foreign cabineti , asking assistance in order to overcome-opposition and cause the refractory to bend to * ieir will . This is what CobU Cabral himself , as the re presentative ef Portugal , has long been doing in Madrid , this itep deeply UnplfcatM the Qaecn . Wbs
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affectionate regard ' can the ' peoplfl env ? rt « bj for : hrft after foreigners hafe'beenI called in ; In h »\> Majestj ' i name , with tha view of stripping the nation of Hi tight * and re-establishing an absolute sway t ; Can 1 c be heu lieved that this wai spontaneously done by the Queen , when she herself , without external aid , might soon bave restored tranquillit / , as she has done in other critical moments , by naming a ministry having public opinion in its favour ! Lord Palmerston , on the 28 th init ., from bis place In Parliament , assur « d thellbaralafld honourable member , Mr Hsrae , "that the government of her Majesty , in
conjunction with those of France , Spain , and Portugal , were engaged in measuras which had for their object the paelBcatlon of Portagal . " How , what necessity was thi-re for these measures , when the Queen herself , by one single political astof her own , could have pacified everything ! What plea—what motive , then , is ther * which can justify an armed foreign intervention in the internal dissensions of Portugal ! What reason < s there which now induces the British Minister to change that policy of non-interference , not long ago so solemnly avowed in Parliament ! Has not Europe already had examples enough of the fatal consequences of one nation meddling in the internal concerns of another !
Who could believe that the government of a nob'e and free nation , like Great Britain , would wish to follow tha example of the Despotic powers , by be . coming the principal instruments to subvert the Liberal institutions of Portugal , and by supporting a region detested by the whole country ! Who cenld believe this , after the declaration made in Parliament by the British Ministers themselves , on the 28 th of last February , as well as on the 3 rd and 4 th of May . avowing their intention not to interfere—a declaration thus deliberately repeated and confirmed , and one which the Liberal party in Portugal considered us being entitled to their fullest confidence ! The erampleof interference now set clearly shows the reliance tobeplaeed upon the " moral guarantee" ef the British government Is extremely slender .
In whatever lij ; ht this subject is viewed , it must be evident that an armed interference , undertaken by foreigners , can never heal the wounds of Portugal , while it must bring numberless misfortunes upon the country . Those , in whoie name the Junta speak , ask only for security in reference to the future , and that thiy may be allowed tbe enjoyment of thosa rights and social benefits which constitute the proudest boast of others . Their only aim is to shield themselvas from tyranny and oppression . And who is it now that seeks to rivet their chains ! Who is it tbat stands at the head of the league noflr forming against the future peace , tranquillity , and prosperity of Portugal !
With what astonishment and alarm will not the Portuguese behold Great Britain , their oldest ally , now as . sailing the rights and independence of that very same people , among whom , when contending against the colossal power of Napoleon , she found support and co-operation ! Never ought it to be forgotten that it was to the people she then appealed , for the Court was in Brazil , and the country in the bands of the French . Is this the return the Portuguese people had a right to expect t . And who shall answer for all tbe calamities likely to ensue ! If tbe object of the Convention is the unconditional submission of the Portuguese people , it will be necessary to occupy the country in a military manner ; but that occupation cannot last last for ever . And when it ends , whe can tell what raay follow ! But , in the meanwhile , commerce will soffer , and tbe future dutioies of Portugal become endangered .
The final question now to bo asked , and addressed to the good sense of the British public is , whither it Is the wish and the interest of a government like tbat of Great Biitain , professing to be founded upon liberal principles , to set the first example in the annals of Portugal of British subjects shedding the blood of their best friends and their oldest allies *
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MOVEMENTS OF THE YTEEK . A very pretty quarrel is just now engaging the attention of our Parisian friends . In the course of lot year a new ministerial journal was established , bearing the title of L'Epogue , which was generally givei . out b y its conductors to be more especially the personal organ of M . Guizot . Notwithstanding the regular advantages which this paper enjoyed from its admitted ministerial character and other still
more solid advantages , which it was believed to share from funds disposable by all ministers in France , it languished , and finally failed . In its d ying hour , its list of subscribers , and other property and advantages , were bought by M . E . de Girardin , the editor and chief proprietor of La Presse , who , thereby , was let behind the curtain of its stage machinery , and necessarily allowed to share the secrets of its past history . M .. de Girardin was then the friend and supporter of the Soult-Guizot cabinet . He is now its most bitter enemy and unpity ing assailant . Prompted , as it should seem , by a spirit of political hostility , he has lately , in one of the leading articles in La Presne , affirmed , that
until its final absorption by La Presse , the Journal L ' Epoque had derived a part of its gains from " selling privileges of theatres" ( that is to say , government licenses or royal patents for theatres ) , " promises of peerages , < and of titles of nobility , crosses of the legion of honour , audiences of the ministers , and even ministerial favours , " the meaning of all which is , that the said journal dispensed the patronage of the State for a pecuniary consideration ! For this statement M . de Girardin has been summoned before the Chamber of Pecis . The Presse not only affirmed that promises of the peerage were sold by the Epoque , but that there was a regular tariff or market price for them , fixed at 80 , 000 f ,, equivalent to £ 3 , 200 sterling !
Marshal Bugeaud has resigned the governship of Algeria . This wholesale butcher will leave behind him in Algeria a name for ever rendered infamous by the atrocities he directed against the natives up to the last day of his power . The razzias , the laying waste of the country , the destruction of corn fields and date trees , the carrying away of sheep and cattle , and the dreadful and sanguinary episodes , among which the suffocating of the Arabs in the caves of the Dhara is only a single instance , combine to exhibit the Marshal as one of the most murderous miscreants that ever lived . His last act of assassination and destruction is recorded below . He ha * won for himself the execrations of mankind .
By way of Paris and Madrid , we have news from Portugal to the effect that the Conde das Antas had been taken prisoner , with 2 , 000 of his followers , aud that all the property of the Junta had been captured by the blockading fleet . Up to the time of closing this portion of the Star , we have received no particulars of these alleged serious events . The French Ambassador at Berne has been insolently threatening a French and Austrian intervention to put down the Swiss Radicals . The Pope ' s turn will come next . Everywhere the league of governments conspires to forcibly arrest the march of freedom ; thereby provoking the nations to a frightful retaliation , which cannot be much longer delayed .
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WEST INDIES . Bahb 4 doi 8 . —The Islam , arrived at Liverpool , brings cheering accounts from this island . Tho advices , which extend to the 6 th of May , represent the weather as beautiful ; the yield of the crop exceeded the expectations of the most sunguine . FRANCE . An incident of considerable interest occupied the attention of the Chamber of Peers in their sitting of Thursday . Count de Pontois brought under the notice of the house an article published in the Pretie of May 12 th , in which , amongst other charges , it was asserted that promises of peerages had been given by the Ministry , and sold by the persons to whom they were accorded lor 80 , 000 f . each . The noble peer described such nn allegation to be a cross insult to the Chamber , and concluded by moving that M . E . Girardin , the responsible editor of the journal alluded to , should be summoned to the bar of tho house to answer for his conduct . After some
discussion , the Chamber agreed to this course , with the addition , that , as the party implicated was a mem-» er of the Chamber of Deputies , the resolution of the house Bhonld be communicated to tbat body , to enable it to decide whether it would give pcrraisgion for such appearance or mt . In the Deputies , a messenger from the Chasaber of Peers brought tip tho resolution spoken of above . Ifc was ordoiod to be printed , distributed , aud sent to the bureaux for exainitiation , with a view to having a committee appointed to advise what should bo subsequently done . A committee of nine was BiiLscquoBtly appointed ,
the majority of whom arc for delivering up M . Girardin to the Peers . On Tuesday , M . Girardin attended a meeting of the committee , and encoroi into explanations respecting the faots which had induced him to publish the incriminated article , remarking : " As to the allegation made in the iV «« e of the 12 th of May , I maintain its strict exactitude ; and if I think fit at present to say nothing more , 1 do not , on the other hand , retraot a single word of my former assertion . I declared that promises of peerages had been sold . The Government may deny the fact , as Ubsa . denied tjwt ( ho ofiiw of referendary at ( to
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Court of Accounts Ww seld , as it has denied tbat the privilege . ofa third lvrin theatre wa « accorded to a It may , in h ^ SS ^^^ i but between the den . a of ministe ^ havS-m 5 ntM , *•" del ? STrl ¦ < wte to say . but wha . V » £ the Chamber and the country will decide . * S ? YT lu" J , M 8 ult » a"d should a struggle a " « between the Ministry and myself , I certainly a ^ 11 ^ " £ u : b ( lt sh 8 jI defend my assertion , not only in the Chamber to which I belong , but in the Cham , her of Peers . " The Chamber on Monday and
Tuesday was engaged upon the subject of tho extraordinay credits demanded by the government on this account . Instead efmanifestinc a more and more settled condition , the immigrant population of that colony seem to exist with safety only when a sentry box is at their doors . The augmentation of the military torce necessary for their protection has increaRed in a much higher ratio than the colonists inemselves . In 1831 the military force in Aleeria " *??>! £ , amiMmt 18 , 000 ; in 1834 it was 30 , 000 ; ml 838 , 48 00 D ; in 1841 , 70 . 000 ; in 18 * 3 . Yff . OOO and in 1846 , 101 , 000 . There is now a still further increase demanded by the government
. Ihe Monitieur Algerim publishes an official an . nouncementof the resignation of Marshal Btigeaud of tne governorshi p ofAlgeira . Of his coUeluding savajfe achievement the National ' s Algiers' corres ponoent gives the subjoined additional particulars in a letter written the day atter the Marshal ' sretm-n from the Kabyl mountain * : — Several village * were carried , they may indeed be called town * , for one reckoned a population of ahore-C 800 « oulf «» - . ! iey were defended by towers . The Marshal himself ordered the devcatation—it had been ajtreed that the . firing of three suns should be tha
signal for the cessation of the pillnge the troop * , carried away bj- their ardour , rushed to the villages , and sacked « verywberetrinkete , } ewels , i ) rcciousclothe * , carpet ? , goods of all sorts , arms in abundance , and gold and silver in profusion , became their prey—the booty was immense . Innumerable j » r » of oil were broken ; streams of oi ! theu spread in all directions , and the conflHKration kindled in the houses soon reached that si : cct of eminently combustible liquid . It waB a horrible scene . All the inhabitant * who were on the soldiers' passage were put to the sword . Amidit tilts shocking confusiou th « Marshal s iw a Kab > l chieftian of athletic ita'ure running to him . and by his Restores and crius , asking to see the eomnmndjr of the French army . He bad come to demand that tbe devastation be put an end to , tendering the Bubmissioa of his countrymen . There was in his Toica and face such
sorrow and sincerity , that overcome by his prayers , tho Marshal ordered the three guns to be fired , when tho piliage and devastation ceased , to the great regret of the Marshal , who , as he observed last night on his terrace , would willingly have been more vigorously attacked , In order that he might have destroyed more , and inflicted a more severe lesson .
SPAIN . The "Madrid Gaiette" publishes a Royal decree authorizine Dom Manuel Godny , Prince of Peace , to return to Spain . Another Royal decree conferred on the legitimate descendanti ot the Duke de Bailen the rank of prandeeof Spain . A tkird decree signed by the Minister of Finance , partly established the decimal system of coinage . Tbe King still continued at the Pardo . The ministers had made another fruitless attempt to prevail on him to return to Madrid , and it appears that he intended to remove to Val'adolid . M . Pacheco and Count de Thomnr
regulated , on the 1 st , tho conditions of tho intervention in Portugal , as far as Spain was concerned . Spain was to place fourteen thousand mm at the disposal of Queen Donna Maria , and toi pay those troops as if they were in her service , and Portugal undertook to complete the wxtraorlinary allowance . A column , commanded by Brigadier Lcrsundi , lisid already entered Portugal on the side of Tuy , and compelled the insurgents to raise the siege of Va lenzi doMinlio . which was then occupied conjointly by Spanish and Portuguese trwops . Some food riots had broken out at Grenada , but not of a very seriou * character .
SWITZERLAND . THRBATRNED FRENCH AND AUSTRIAN INTERVENTION . The Swiss journal , the Hervelie , publishes a note of M . Boia le Corate , the French minister in Switzerland , to the Swiss vorort , and tho reply of the pre sidmt . M . Bois le Comtc conveys the indirect menace that * in the evnnt of any new ' violation of the principles of the federation , the French government will' intervene in accord with Austria . This note , it appears , proiluoed so disagreeable an effect , that the French minister felt it hscessury to declare that it was rather to be regarded as a letter of counsel than a formal diplomatic communication . Letters from Geneva say that M . Jame * Fazoy , who led the revolution of last autumn , is elected as the president of the government of that canton .
GERMANY . Austria . —Tho diet of Prague has , by a majority of 80 to 7 . resolved to send an address to the Emperor of Austria , entreating him to modify the censorship of the public pre . su . Prussia —The debate in the Chamber of the Three Estates , ^ on the flcmnnd for an annual or triennal convocation of the diet , was brought to a close on tho 2 nd inst .. by a unanimous vote in favour of forwarding a petition to the king , praying him to convoke the diet every two years . Previously to the general vote , which waB in accordance with tho report of the committee of the house appointed to examine the question , one was taken on the amendment proposed by Baron Von Vincke . to the effect that the periodical convocation of the diet was entirely Iwsed onri-jht and promises of a datb anterior to Feb . 3 . This amendment was carried by a majority of 13 . ITALY .
Romb , May 23 . —The leading event of the > eek here is the death of tbe great tribune of the Roman people , Cardinal Micara , vlio expired on the 24 th . Micara was the terror of the retrograde faction ; he was known to advocate most sweeping reforms , including an agrarian law for breaking up entails , and reconstructing the tenure of land in the Roman territory . The consequences of the great banquet in the bath ? of Titus , ami the ( confiscated ) report of the spaecliei , we still perceptible . The Kin « of Naples h : is sont Iu 3 comtflimcnta to Marquis Dragonetti ( a Neapolitan ) , who spuke the opening oration , requesting his presence at court ; the orator declined ; whereupon Ferdinand II . called on the Pope to expel him to the frontier , whera relays of gens d ' arraerie wore ready to escort him from Terracina to the C . istcl novo : Pius flatly refused to commit such a breach of hospitality . Here tho matter rats .
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SrlClDK ON THE SOUTH WeSTERX RAILWAY . — On Wednesday morning last , a youni ; woman and a nnn , a stran er to her , were standing near to each otlnron the bridge which cros < es the . VYandsworla road over tho South Western Railway , near the " Plough , " at BaUersea . The young woman opened a gate atthe aide of the bridge , and as the express down train carao in sight , she ran down the bank and tiirew herxelf upon the down line of rails . The lino taking a curve concealed hur from the view of the driver until the train was almost upon her . The driver called t <> her to get out of the way , but almost momentarily what is termed the " guard" of the engine struck tho unfortunate creatu re &v& hurled
her u distance oi thirteen yards . She was thrown into a sraa'l watercourse by the side of the lino . The engine had struck heron the face , inlliwing a pash extending from the forehead to the neok . Her right arm was completely smashed , and the thumb anil forefinger of the left hand were cutoff . She was taken , still alive , to the VVandstroitli Union , where » he survived only fen minutes after her admission . There was nothing found upon deceased to lead to her identity . She is a remarkably fine grown woman of about thirty years of aae , has dark brown hair and eyes , and very pleasing featmvs . She was dre * se'i vcryrespcctaily . Her handkerchief was marked , F . C . A .. "j « nd lier linen "J . A . " The body lies at the union , awaiting the inquest ..
Dhkadful Accidbnt . —A dreadful accident has happened at Partnewjnidd forj ; e by the bursting of a boiler . The scene was really terrific ; ono largo piece of iron passed through tho roof of the force , carrying everything before it , and several stones and bricks dropped on the roofs of the houses near ; and the windows were all broken . There were * ltogether titteen persons scalded and othf rwiae injured , ten of whom are now under medical care . Co operation . —National Co-opehative Land Company . —Shi , —Among ilie many efforts of tbe people tor their own progress in social tiappiuess which I see registered in your Journal , I have not seen a notice of one which I trust will prove the menus of tlje social and political regeneration of thousands of our
countrymen . 1 allude to the National Co-operative Land Company , whiuk has now bcun started two years , which has nearly 18 , 000 members , and ab . mc £ 30 , 000 . I saw some timo ago in ycav Jmrrml a Utter from a centleman of Cork , calling upon us to torm an Anti-Land-Liw- League , to enable ' the-. Iirista people taqet possession of the hind . Now , ksre is an Anti-laml-Law League ready fci ; raed in share * «> f £ 2 10 s ., £ 3 151 ., nnd JE 5 each , which entitle ihe holders to be located on two . tlyee , or i ' onr acwa of land , with aci > tt » go and outbuildings , and a capital , of £ 15 , £ 22 10 a ., w £ 30 , to start vita , all placed in the teuant ' s hands , with a yeiit-cAarjre at * he rate of ££ per oent . on the nutlaj ; thus making him independent of tha landlord , « nd giving him a vote for
Ihe election of those wbo make tho laws which give rise to Anti . Oorn-I , a . w ami Anti-Land-Law Leagues . Now , this blessing to the poov man may be carried out in Ireland as well as Englaml , if the people of that country can lind men willing to try it . Thirty « flve f reemen took possvsiion ol tho ' . r homos on tho 1 st of May . Upwards of £ 3 , 000 was paid to the treasurer a few weeks since , ;» any one by looking over the Northtru Star newspaper can see ; so that some men have hope of their regeneration through the land . Englishmen and Irishmen , see the effect of Co-operation , and determine to carry out that principle still reo .-e . ——a Constant Rbadbb orTOURJownNAi , asd Sobscb bsr loiHK LanoICompanv . —•// o » i »' i / o « niaZ . The American Bible Society last year distributed ft 2 W copies of the Bityft m \ Mew Testament ,
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- .. - ,. ,:,... MONDAY , Jonb 7 . HOUSE OP LORD * , —The Enrlof EttMBOBoooH *' ^ ' <> certain rnmoura ? Mcb wore in circulation » f iwu deJoln '' "' e being abou , > be « e » tto com-ShrfhS ' if " ¦* flMlOn the C 0 Mt of PortuKaJ . AH < 1 «* ri KiiiS ? ' ? £ ' * 'an » hould b > necemry , SSTS ^ SS ? the combfaea 8 quadr , n shoul d devolve TVin , < 8 u nsval ° ffl ° er of highest rank on tbe on— " K , r wor ( 1 » . Whether . In the event of ? ^ "ZTSllSi ? ° UpoD ' M » i « ty ! .. h , p 8 in the » a *™ * onld be put under the d | rM J ttoJ of ^ Prince de JOinVllJa ! . . The Marq «* Unsdowhe stated , in reply , that no information ha"" washed the government of any intention on the part of tht * "" on gowrnnunt to assign tho command of the French'fleet " the Portuguese coast to th « Prmco de Joinville . - ¦¦ : ¦
( ft aimilar question w'a 8 Pu * -In the House of Commons by Lurrf 6 . Bentlnck , and answered by Lor J J . Russell in p similar manner . ) The JW Removal Bill pas led tin ough committee The Btsbop of Exetes then put certain questions to theManjufs of LituDowNE respecting the government compact with' ( he dissenting tody in the mutter of education , and sattceded In eliciting th « fact that all persons exercisingeccfestesticul functions , w hether members of the Churchiof England or not , wero to be excluded from fhe ofliois of cchcbl'taaster under the ne » ieheme . . The Representative 1 Peers ( Scotland ) B'U was read a second time . Tbe other business ttofore their lordships wa » principally of a routine character , and vayious bills Zwing b : en advanced a stage , the hdtfte adjourned , _ IIOTJ 3 E OF COMlfOKS The Hu « s .- *< 3 olonel RottESroN asked when i&v report un 6 evidence on the hulks » t Woolwich would b * laid he table !
upon < sire . QiiBi aaid that the- report and evidence were SK ?« V lhat he ha * aotyet had tiraB *»*» through them , but that when- he had he would lose no time m Iajtng tho whole , or SBt ! r portion ., as seemed necessary , before the house . Nobles Im , 4 nd . —Yiscount Jr * noN mild . that It appenredfrein the papers before thV houto od secondary ; punishments and transportations } » at Norfolk Island was to bo ifbandcmea a * a penal srtMoment . lie wished to learn ivhat it was intended , in SHot case , to do with Norfolk Island ?" ' Mr HiWErsttid when the present fcieUtenant-Gofernor of Tan Diemen's Land left this counfcfcltetook wilhhim a discretionary power to break up tfeo"e 3 « . iblishment at Norfolk Island . No tidings of what hafl botn done had yet been rcceived yso that it was out of his- fStr Hawes ' o )
power to s « y more than that the m ; i ( tw » a » left to Die discretion of the Keutenant . governor . Ilrcffie No .-folk Island were abandoaedas a penal settlemjrit , . proper pre . cautions would be taken that the public fcfclldbigs , such aa they were , did not fall into ruin . PoBTDOit . —Lord 9 . Bentisck requested ? Jr Hume to postpone hiB motion- on the affairs of Posffngal from Thursday until Monday , supposing ministers wtere willing to give up thut day instead of Thursday . iJhe correspondence was expected to be voluminous , iind as-ttwould not ba in the hands of member * until Wednesday , which was a day of morning sitting , it seemed hardly possible that timo would be afforded for studying the documents , that members might become mastors of the caso .
XrHuiii eouhi not con / tent . Hrs motion barfbeztrffted by general agreement for Thursday , and no man had at one timo been more anxious for the discussion on anmtrly day than the noble lord » nd his friistida .. ( Henr , hear . ) If the correspondence were ready oa Wednesday uioraing , membere would have 24 hours to consider it before the motion was brought on on Thursday evening , whisk , under the circumstances , seemed sufficient . SECOND 4 BY PomsHMENTB , —Sir FlTZE'jT KlllT BaW that be underatood it to bo the intention of the
irorernmentto substitute for transportation some syitera ofimprisonment nnd compulsory labour either here or abroad , and exile . Now , sentences of transportation misht be passed upon offenders for seven , ten , fourteen , fifteen , twenty , or twenty-sne vears , or for life ; and he wiihed to know if the government intended to substitute some fixed and apecifio period of imprisonment , compulsory labour , and exile , having reference to the graduated scale of sentnnces of trauspor tation . or whether the period of punishment was to have reference to the circumstances of each casb t
Sir G . Gbet siitd it was the intention of the government that the minimum and maximum of the terra should havo respect tD tho term of transportation , but that it should be in the power of tho convict , by his own good conduct , to shorten the term of his punishment . Emotions in Ibeland —Mr Yoono asked a question relating o the rumoured postponement of the assizes in Ireland , and , alluding to the inconvenience arising out of thff present mode of holding elections in Ireland , and particularly the duration of the polling , inquired if the government were inclined to take the subject into consideration .
Mr Labocchebb , in answer to the firBt part of the question , stated that the subject had receivvrt the consideration of the judges in Ireland , but he found that they had not coibo to a decision on the question of postponing the assizes . With resptct to shortening th- duration of elections in Ireland , in the event of a dissolution , the subject had been deliberated upon by the government , and bo confessed that us regarded counties there would be censiduruble difficulty in shortening the duration to ouo day by the appointment of a greater number of polling places , without at the sanio time making important alterations in tho whole of the tlection
system of Ireland . He regretted it had not been in the power of the gorcrnmunt , owing to the pressure of Irish business this session , to introduce any measure to the Jjousu involving the whole of the electoral s . vstum of Ireland . With respect to theborouglw of Ireland , however , the case was different , and be entertained hopes that it mi : ht he possible to introduce a bill for shortening the duration of elections to oue day . In the present state of Ireland , with respect to the public health , itwas undoubtt'd ' y desirable to dn as much as possible to shorten the duration of elections , and be hoped to introduce a measure which should receive the asseut of both sides of tha hrmstv .
The Late Sis Eardley Wilhot . —On the molion that the orders of the day be now read , Mr Spooneb called the attention of the house to the correspondence which had passed between Mr Gladstone and the Colonial-office , and between the present Sir EartJlsy Wilmot and ths Colonial-office , relative to the recall ot" th « late Sir J , Eardley Wilraot from the goTcmnnmt of Van Diemen ' s Land . His object in so doing was to rescue the character of tho late Sir E . Wilmot from achar ^ u w !» io i that lamonted gentleman never kuew to the hour of his death , but which had been made to the Culonial-ofiice by three
individuals , of whom only two hid given their names , and which had induced Mr Gladstone to recall him from his government , and to inform him that , on . account of ¦' certain rumour * which had reached his ears relative to his private life , " ho could not be " recommended for the resumption of active duties in any <> ther colon ] in the service of tho CrowD . " Those rumours had sines been strictly examined into and proved to bo , in every particular , entirely without foundation . He made no ciitirgcs against tho official personages connected with the Colonial Department , as his only object was to rescue the character of the l ; it « Sir K Wilmnt from
tho malicious and groundless slanders directed against it . He deeply lamented that Sir E . Wilmot was deprived of tho gratification which he would liavb derived from Ilia acquittal from the foul calumny oast upon tho purity and integrity of his private life ; and he mnile this statement to the house for the siiks of Sir Unrdley's family , who were anxious to hav « his memory rescued from tho atrocious slnnder , that he had been habitually guilty of violating the moral decencies of social life . His acquittal from all Mid any irregularity . ; impropriety , or immorality in his private life , had been certified by the late and present Protestant Bishop of Tasmania—by its Roman Catholic Bishop—by the clergy of eYery denomination—by nil the highest military , legal , und civil authorities—and by tvery person of station nnd oduuatiun in Vim Dieraen ' d Liiul . Lastly , it had been Certified by Mr Gladstoneliinm-lr ' : ami nil that hv ( MrSpoouer ) now
expected was , that sonia of Mr Gliidstiine a colleagues in t ' rfo late administration would expreis their concurrence in the view whieh that right hea . gentleman hail taken at last of the scandalous manner in which the name of the late Sir E . Wilmot had bei-n introduced . He lamented excessively that the present Secretary of the Colonies , Earl Grey , in his corrcjp ' . mdenci : with the present Sir E . Wilmot , had declined stating that he hail received from Van Dicmcu's Lind documents containing a full vindication of his father ' s charau '/ er , and that he hud gone out of his way to declare tbut up . ful ' y approved »* fhe public reasons which had induced Mr Gladstone to recall him from the government ni Van Demon ' s Land , nnd that he could not advise Ile ^ Majesty to confer upnn his father any other governmtiiitror any civil < lucoratit > nf as a comp * nsatlou foe the crustLoalumuiesto . which lie had been exposed .
LordBnnoKE an / 1 MrDnoDifiS h as membors for the county of Wurwicli , spoke in ttie highest terms of eulogy of Uie public Miid . privatc- character of their late colleague , Sir E . Wi ' . mot . Sir R . PtKL . sxpresscu , both on VwJwlfof Mr Gladstone and himself , ¦> sincere conviction that tho information ' furni 6 heil to / . h-j Colonial-offico impacting tha notoriety of tha imniMulitU's of Sir E . Yfilmot's private life , by throe nevsons of uuexceptionablceharactei 1 connected with the colony of Van Dfeuisn's laud , and acting independently ofeath other ,, was entirely « rroneous , &ad that Sir E . Wilmot w . ts th * refbr « ©• atitlcd at their liands to an explicit declaration that the charges made against him were . in cvoey respect , false and slanderous ,
Iiord Jons Russem . concurred in the- conviction tbat tho charges against Sit Bardley's private character were ! utterly unfounded . Earl Grej's refusal to appoint him to auother colony had no reference to thwsu « harges but solely vested upon the nubia lord ' s estimate of uisfltue 53 for the administration ofaoolQnVU govern ^ uient , MrV . Smnh , MrKewdc 2 « tc , SirJ . Grabnm , MrHawe > , 8 ir C . Douglas , Mr Ourtels , Mr Borth ^ kk and Mr Horsman , after expressing thtir conviction that Sir E . Wilmot ' s character was cnmplvtcly cl « nntu t criticised the conduct of Mr Gladstone and Earl Grey with reference to his case .
Captain Gladstone defcucfod the conduct of his brother , who deeply regretted that these charges had ever been made , but who was Compelled to make them on account of tbe high authority of the partlos who gave bin information ,
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Mr Komuck wance . i t ,........ w » . h « n » m » * * tho 8 j three calumniators were « ir ! , h , u from the house . instated tfait ( t was not to be tukrita ! that the govern ^ Of our colonies should be sacrificed to ,, th . teeret mail ™ ofper ^ us "high in authority , ' . ^ cbo 8 b to ? J * J their , characters J » ay . ' , " «» sper The conversation was GfllttlhUfid bv Mr Hono w . fiscotMftnMr || ^ . ^ to < lk « *** [ * JJJ , *} the , evening t « th . nrlonloH of nlo ^ t « . ] ,, ublic business , and ultimately terrmrta ' ed in .. decl . rati on by Sir Robert Ingbythateveryb o dy was right in . he m . itter ' ' * Registebimo . Bt . « f » , '&n" ( ScT tund ) Bui , Mab ^ buqe ( Scotland ) Bitb . —The t-ED Adv . > -ate then ro-a to move that the house should f-Solvi < i'ss . f into commit t « e upon these biJl » that < J » y lUt-e months . No doubt the measures , wert- of th * xreatettimportance toScot . land , and . as he had not yet had « n opportunity of explaining the crounds on which he hn- wished to intro .
( luce them to tho house , anil on which lie not" wished to withdraw them , he would proceed briefly ta » xpltiin what those reasons were . The tint bill related to the esta . blishmciu of a registration aysteMi for births , deaths , and marriagts , and the iniportinci * of riic ^ an establishment us furnishing statistical information' could not be doubted , Iu introducing fturh a measure , it was imp » s . tible for htm to overlook the circmnstance that for tm years a system of registration had prevailed i » England , and of course it was bis wlcli t » sec boiv it bad operated id England , and tn assim < Ute the measures as much as P ' " "" ' ° " referrin ff f " Mi < ri Kht honourable friend , the Chancellor of -ho J 3 » eb- qner , he told him that ho would consent to do for Scotland whnt he < lid ' " or England -that that part of thui-xprnsw of the system wbrch ia
England was borne by the Treasury , hn was willing tho Treasury shonW bear for Scorl » m > ; hut beyond that he could not go , and be could not in Sco'liind provide out of the Treasury for that which wm paidfn England by local taxation . In England the torn * paid rat of the Treasury were the expenses of th .- central department in London , ( which , of course , woutf cwrwp . ind . wilh Rome central department in Scoi ! a » . J ) . a . irf th « whof- expense of sta . tionery , whilst the expense * connequent upon the registering were borsreby tlm P Mi , h . The ch .-npett and most convenient mode would )> trtr e adoption . i a parochial assessment insteal of a new valuation . Hs would now : Mlude to a fubfct of grew' . - importance , namely , tha tow of Scotland
„ vegHrrfe * nu . rringe . The law « f ocotland required only that the-patios sbouM agree to biuome . husband cnO wife , an . ) rwjnired nocMlorreli . gions interference ir * aiWitlow . !„ * omr . reacts tho principle of the law of ' Scoti » nd- . n % ni be rkhf enough , but ra other * it has produced ( treat evils nnd ineoriveniencetffor the marring * might be p ^ rer ! hy acts enowinj an intention of marriage b ' ctw ? vn fAy parties . One case of greit importance would be remt > mr * red by the house —it was ' a case which bad ' glveri'risp \ y > one nf the ' ablest judgments that Iiad ' evei'been ' ileliVer . nl on that subject . A gentleman , who waB- afKWni < d . i ofafgli title and property as * ' prinsjcly p » t » ti ' , contracftt'l marriage , by writing , with a lady in Scotland- ih-5802 or 18 H 3—the
only contract was an interchang- ' of wrlt / jigs . The gentlemnn fiaVseqQentl y raffle to Ehu'Inmi' anrt in 1808—" being a m « nr " m tbat respects no Koflaur , and thinking , perhaps , that ' the evidimcer ofhi * mamtigs had been lost , whereas it had Ven carifiilly- prese ™ d— paid hit addrasses to-a . lidy belonsihgto-one' at th > first familie * in England , sad was accents . !; but tbe- lady was not married a year when the marriage Was annulled at tht suit of the lady- who was the- crtn'entinjr party to th « first mjirriage . Fortunately there - was no issue ( o . th « second marriagr } . The ni-xt ense' tA whihto he referred was that of a g ntlpinnn who lived' rtith hisr strvnht for msny years . He- 'fihally resolveri ' tft marry hfr , and tke ceremony took plftw in this form , ;^ . " Iacknotvledge this woman to be my wife " " It wM not ' proved that tha woman made any similar" declaration She did not deny the marring . ; , and ' the eextlemwleft the room . H «
went out about hic > fftrm for a few hours , returned to hit room and shot himself 8 e » 'd ; Tsrinm questions aros » on thi « marriage . F ? rst , iir to his insanity ; but it was prov d tbat he was perfectly sane . N «« t ; astotho validity of the marriairfi ; : whether it was his intention to marry the woman . t&Ieave her his whinw , and thus disinherit the children' of hi * former marriage ! It was jdecided by the judges , th ' at'the marrtag" was goed , « nd . the children now inheritth ' e estate of more than £ 20 , 00 * sr-yesir . lie did not bi'Heve there was a country in the world wherein tb « lawon this subject Rtood on so nar . row and unjustifiable a htsi « . He did not propose to interfere with aaj miwrioge fdtlf tcttisiot ,-out ffouW reduco marriagos lo two cIbssi" ; —by n gister and by ' tht church . He moved that the bill he committed that day three months , in order t > avail himself of another ees . sion-for its consideration ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ ••
Mr Fobbes was ijlad to spe the govern ent had not endeavoured to thrust this Ml ! down tb > - throats of tha people of Scotland . The people of Scotland objected to the bill ; because it contained mnnylmrsh and oppressive provisions , and presented an almo « t insuperable bar to any poor man being married according to the rites of th « i Churchi' He hoped'that tiny would ontinuo to petition against it until Parliament consented to give effect to their wishes : The motion wa » then agreed to , A number of bills wer * then f rwarded n stage .
Accidents ok RAiL \ rATs ; --C 61 . SiBTHMiPEgiwe notica that on the first day nf . supply hv would call ' the attention of Her Majesty '* Oovcrnmtnt to th » increased num . btr of accidents whwh hart recintly occurred oirBn ^ lisli railways . Within a period hardly exce ing three week ! seventeen human lives had b « en lost in this manner , nnd in the greater nnmber of instances from negligence , or from causes which might without difficulty have been obviated . ' It was thp duty of tbe gov < rnment to inquire actively into this subject , and to- tike immediate steps to ensure betUTTeKulationson-rniJws » yB for the future .
Mr Hudson was exceedingly filad that the acute mind of the gallant colonel was- about to be directed to this subject ; but he hoped that if he-was disposed te mak » the government responsible for the unfortunnte acci . dents occurring on railways , he - ould also suggest some of those precautions which hitherto thu directors of railway companies had ben mmMrto discover . The house then ,- at hnlf . pa « t 12 " o ' elnck , ndjoutned . TUESDAY . } vm > 8 ^ HOUSE OF LORDS . —Elections ( Teeiasd ) Tha larl ot Sr Geskans said that , as a dissolution of parliament was nigh at hand , h .- should be plnd to know whether government cuntemplated any measure for abridgiBg the duration of elections in Ireland , and ' thai limiting the scenes of confusion usual in average times , but which wero likely to be infinitely n ore confounded under present circumstances .
The Marquis otVMisT »> vr * B replied that the subject wai under the serious consideration of the government , but it had been deemrd dcairubl * to- connect it with * general measure having reference to the franchise . The Royal Assent was given , by commission , to tha Factories Bill , the Naval Service o . Bois Bill , theCuunty Building * Bill , the Poor Relief ( -lreUnid ) 'Bill , thoL-mded Property ( Ireland ) Hill ; and a number of-priva : e bills .. Thu bills on the table were advanced astnge . The house ndjfmrqpd at six o ' clock HOUSE OF COMMONS-, — Lord J- Rcsrtts , in an . swerto Mr Bankes . repiipd that it was his iutontion to move the further suspension of the corn and navigation laws until the 1 st of Miirch , but thnt he did not contemplate the adoption of nn assize of bread .
AFFAins or Portcqaii . —Lord J . RtssEii asked Hr Hume to postpone for ons dny his notice of motion with regard to the affairs » f Portugal ; He agreed to give Thursday for tbat purpose , but , nt the snnve time , he thought it more d . sirabln tb . it the queation should be brought on on Friday , for thouirh < tr >< ry . possible expedi . tion had been'used , the pnpei-s rt-lating- 'to the subject would not be ready for tin- hsi- or members till Wedi ii ' . silny . Under these circumstances , he vieoM ask his hon . friend to bring on his motion on Friday instetidot Thursday . Mr Hdue saM when the noble lord asktd him on Monday to postpone hi » motion , he thought that fortyeight hours was time enough . for merabera to go throush tho papers , and he consented ; but now that he found they required three weeks toprepnre , he tlioupht that was not time enough . He would not , therefore , hesitata to agree to bring on his motion on Fridny .
Lord John Rbsbem . — In that ca « o ihn adjourned debate on tbe Prisons Bill will bo taken on Thursday . Lord Q , Bentinck said as . thero wiw no probability that the debate would bo over in one night—it' tho pa . pcrs took three weeks to prepare—Lord John RdsseiIc—Three duys . Lord G . Bentiwc *—It would he better to postpono the motion till Monday ; Friday would be an inconvenient day , for it was on that day that her Msjtst . v ' s ball took place , ( Laughter . ) Mr Hume would keep . Friday for Ms molion . 0 * 8 E op Mb D » ew . —SittF . TazsiQEii willed atten .
tion to the petition of Mr ft . Duew , who , hp . ving filled tbe office of clerk to tho Southwwk and Briston Court of Rsquests , aadhaving exchangai it on th ? appiiuation ofthe commissioners of imat coiert for the office of their mssetsor , had not heen appoaated to tjig situation o £ judge in the New . County Court ? or that district , mid had not received any compensatioa for the loss ofthe officewhich he had abandoned an / S which b , « was entitled to . hold foe life . He * ef < rr . ed , to the < j « elarntu > ns of tha Attornoy-Gencral and o ; hw official personaseB in Par-, liament , for tbe purpose erf showing that there had been . breach
a gross of the go © 6 faith of that house , in not ap ^ pointing Mr Drew to tho office of Judge of tlm Soutlswark and Brixton County Cwjrt , and contended that the Lord Chancellor had no equitable right to appoint Mr dive to that office , with tho duties of which ho was totally ; unacquainted , when nuothcr gaBtlcmnri , who had executed them for more thun twenty years , was weU qualified to > perform them . He concluded by moving t ' jnt a copy of i a letter from the Secretory of State for tyV Home De . psrtment , approving of tho appointmentyf Mr Drew ta be the asstssor of tho Sou'hwark and & ; Uton Court of Requests , under tho act S and 9 Victvi'ia . chap . 123 , ba
laid upon the table of tho house . Sir 6 . 'Qbet bad no objection to grunt the paper ,, which Sir P . Thbsigcr bad moved , for . He denied that any injustice had been done to -Mr Drow , or that any Farlinmentary pledges Jmd beeu -violated in hi 3 case , and taid that Mr Drew , so fair from having a shadow of right to tho appointment i , y > question , was absolutely excluded from filling it ty the bill for the recovery of small dtbta originall y brought in by iho late govern , ment . A passage of arms then took place between tha pre- ' sent and ex . Attornoy . Generals , and at balf-pwt eight o ' clock , after a few words from Mr Nswosoatb , The motion was agreed to , . Mr Mos Fiix was in the act of moving for the appoint , mtnt Of a itUot co « ai « ee to inquire iato'Uie operatlos
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1422/page/7/
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