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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. 1 _«
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rials are too mcongruous . Young men have been induced to enlist ^ er the " Democratic banner by the bounce of ThTorators ^ id liters of that parly ; but they have sentiments too nobleTo b 1 nlisdirected ,-and we may expect that they will soon secede-to uniK ^ itli other and honester men , to form a party , whose r ^ l S be true and pure democracy and not the sham DemoS othe ^ jrJ ^*^**«*** * Ke Of judgE Conklin had arrived at Havanna in the Tone Naten and sailed for Vera Cruz on the 27 th of October . The difficulty be ^ en gpain and this country , relative to the affair of the GmltCUvl said to be all but arranged . ei&m utV > 1 S Jals are too incongruous . Toung man W . h ~ m .-.-,: . . ..
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . The General Screw-steam Shipping Company ' s vessel the Propontis Gapt Glover arrived at Plymouth , at 11 , a . m ., with mails S £ Cape of GoodHope , St . Helena , and the Cape de Verds She left the Cape on October 9 The news although not of ^^ 4 is a month later m date than that received by the previoul arrival The Kaffir war appears to be gradually drawing to a close By a series of vigorous operations General Cathcart has as at last effectually c e f S I Iffi SW ° f troops are left in P ° sses ^ o f that noced stronghold , which had so long afforded shelter to Macomo fttttS enemy * ° St im-diately dangerous to
THE SOUTH AMERICAN MAILS . The Royal BraziHan Mail packet Severn , Captain Chapman , from the Brazils , &c , arrived at Southampton on Sunday n + fTr ° ? f f"f ° AYRES - ^ QUIZA DEPOSED . On the 11 th of September , while General Urquiza , provisional director of the Argentine confederation , was on his way to Santa Fe , with Sir Charles Hotham , the Buenos Ayrean nartvconsist ™
. chiefly of members of the parliament which Urquiza lately dissolved , seized the government . By this coup the Buenos Ayreans get rid of an administrator disposed to govern less for their province than for the whole state , and hope to avoid the National Convention , which might have limited their future influence over the general direction of the republic . ftoblood has been shed , General Urquiza preferring to leave Buenos Ayres rather than sacrifice human life .
But although Urquiza has thus retired from Buenos Ayres , he has not resigned the direction of the Confederation . The Guardia National of Oct . 2 contained Urquiza ' s circular to the foreign Consuls , dated Parana , Sept . 26 , in which he speaks of what has happened at Buenos Ayres as a thing of no importance , and announces his intention of leaving that province to take its own course , directing them to treat exclusively with him , in all that may concern the foreign relations of the Confedration ; and declaring that he is determined to install the Sovereign Congress , claiming for himself the style and title of Director .
El National says : Two proclamations of Gen . Urquiza , of date the 22 nd , one to the Entre Rianos , and the other to the Santafecinians , have come by the steamers , in which he announces that even without Buenos Ayres a great , rich , and powerful nation may be formed . In neither of them does he speak of the Congress . " The revolution was of both a military and civil character , and headed by Generals Piran and Madariaga .
At midnight of the 10 th , two Correntino battalions formed in their barracks in the Retiro-square , headed by General Madariaga and a brigade of artillery , under the command of Commandant Solano , and came to Yictoria-square . The battalion stationed in the fort , under the command of Colonel Tejerina , and the battalion San Martin , under that of Colonel Echanagucia , followed and formed in the square
before daybreak . During the night , the officers of the Correntino division of cavalry were engaged with the requisite secrecy in providing horses for the discharge of the service which it was to lend . Shortly after , the same division , under the command of Colonels Hornos and Ocampo , arrested Generals Virasoro and Urdmarrain , known to be faithful to Urquiza . Before daybreak , the Cabildo bell was rung , to assemble the people in the square .
In consequence of these proceedings the late Chamber of representatives assembled in the forenoon , and having recognised the movement , declared themselved reinstalled , and elected General Pinto Governor of the province , who has named Dr . Alsina Minister-General . The Paris journal , the Patrie states that Urquiza had returned to Buenos Ayres at the head of his army . He was besieging the city , which showed a disposition to submit .
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ERUPTION OF ETNA . Catina , Nov . 5 . —The volcano , af ter being several days dormant , has resumed its activity . There is a considerable quantity of fire , or rather the reflection of it visible at Catania , but the detonations have not been audible for the last few days . Oct . 26 . —The lava is again in movement , and has reached the road to Zappinelli , distant six miles fromZaffarana . Beautiful columns of dark smoke , mixed with pulverised earth , have risen from the mouth of the crater , and loud detonations have Mowed . Oct . 27- —The eruption has the same energy as yesterday , the lava extending towards Yappinelli , but feeble reports alone are heard .
Oct . 28 . —Last night a vivid flame rose from the crater . The lava , which at various distances progressed towards Calanna , has become dead . Oct . 81 . —Small in size and of brief duration are the rivulets of fire issuing from the crater ; often renewed , the lava accumulates upon the first streams . The smoke is not very thick , but the detonations are very loud and continued . The echo circulates around the vast concavity , and the earth itself quakes .
Nov . 1 , 9 a . m . —Nothing new as to the source of the lava . Explosions similar in tone to loud thunderclaps continue . Sometimes they are like the the firing of cannon ; sometimes for a few hours they cease , and are succeeded by a dull sound , produced by the continual eruptions from the volcano .
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The Queer ' s Speech . — -The Times has complained , that after a positive assurance had been given by the Governmen to the press generally , that no journal whatever would be allowed an anticipation of the Queen ' s Speech , the Morning Herald was enabled to furnish its readers with the substance of its contents . Mr . Forbes Mackenzie assures the editor that the declaration made was strictly adhered to , and that the Herald must have obtained its information by surreptitious and unjustifiable means ; and he has expressed to the editor of the Herald the surprise with which the Government perceived by the insertion of the article in question , that he had had recourse to such unworthy modes of obtaining information .
Sagacity os the Bob . —A stout brawney fellow may be seen on one or other of the roads diverging from the city , hurling a wheelbarrow with a sack upon it , and occasionally looking after a dog sco ? iringthe fields , which returns with a lump of something in his mouth , which he places into the sack . Ere the day is through , the sack is filled with these lumps , and the owner proceeds to a bone-collector ' s store , where the contents of the sack yield him never less than two shillings , and often three or four . This is the work of the dog and man ; but while the latter , either from bad weather or from laziness , feels disinclined to take the road , his faithful purveyor is never idle . Every lane , close , entry , and refuse-corner are searched , as also the bone collector ' s stores , when the animal may not be successful in its foray otherwise—arid its collections carried safely home , and laid at the feet of his master . —Perthshire Courier .
A iNATiosAL Affbost . —The proposition to make Louis Mpoleon Emperor of the French is to be addressed to the people by what they call a Senatus Consultuvi , but which we consider will not so much consult ' em as insult ' em . — Punch .
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t ,,-n SOUSSOFLOM > 8 .-Uoini £ i TSov . l 5 MaW Jr F ° ° sed a ? esolution ° f the House in reply to
Her-AssisiSi ' nsir ^ ss trade , the neglect of which , they complained , had g ^ ven a vi S monopoly m the growth of sugar to slave-holding countries Some other business having been disposed of , the House ' adjourned HOUSE OF GOMM ONS ^ MomAY , Nov . 15 JvfV 1 Dr * T ° . NI ) § ave notice that at an early day he would ? Sr heS ° " " faCiHtate thG traU ^ ° ™ » d
T iTf ? * ° N CoA ? - * n a ™* to a question put by Mr Liddell , Lord Stanley said , the government were fully aware of the t ^ wer ^ theT ^ ' ? ^ V" * al ^ ° ^ eS ** -t to lower the rate of duty on British coal and coke introduced into France But , under all the circumstances , M vM ^ u ^ of the other commercial relations with France , he thought it bettei ^ ot to enter into any negotiations on this subject separate ^ C ™ cations had passed relative to it between the two governmentMd from those communications it appeared that the governmenUf JW was as favourably disposed as was that of this country to admit of a Z ^ fa ZhT ) 11 of their present internatii —^
Answer to the ADDREss .-Tlie Hon . C . Forrester , controller n It m ^ S , Ii ? , T red at the bar aud c ° ™ icated , by command fftheSe ~ followm g gracious r * in answer to the address "I have received with satisfaction your loyal and dutiful address , and I rely with confidence on your co-operating withme in endeavour ^ mg to promote the welfare . of all classes of my subjects " The Late Duke op WELLLiNGTON .-The Chancellor 01 the Exchequer , in moving an address to Her Majesty in return to Her Majesty s message on the subject of the funeral obsequies of the late Duke of Wellington pronounced an eloquent panegyric upon one who , * £ * ™ f JR ? ft the greatest mL of a
SS ^ S . "" ^ grea nation-a general who had fought 15 pitched battles , captured 3 , 000 cannon from the enemy , and never lost a single gun . He was not July , he added , the greatest and most successful warrior of his time , but hi civil career was scarcely less successful or less splendid than his military iT \? /^? % l ed , he died thehead of that army to which he had leit the tradition oi his fame . One source of consolation the people of England had in their intimate acquaintance with the character and the person of this great man ; there never was an eminent person who had lived so long and so much in the public eye , yet no one thought how large a space he filled in the esteem of the nation until he died
Lord J . Russell , m a few words , expressed his concurrence in the resolution moved by the Chancellor of the Exchequer , which cordially responded to the message of her . Majesty ; and which was agreed to nem . dis . & Midnight Sittings . —Mr . Brotherton moved that , in the present session , no business be proceeded with in the House after midnight , and that at 12 o ' clock the Speaker do adjourn the house without putting any question . The motion was seconded by Mr . Ewart , and supported by Mr W Williams , and opposed by Sir W . Clay . '
The Chancellor of the Exchequer observed that the o-ist of the motion was to reduce the amount of time at the disposal oAhe Ho se for public business , and it would , practically , impose a restriction upon debate . An inflexible rule of this kind would be highly inconvenient and he thought it would be better to leave the matter to the good taste and good feeling of members . Mr . Hume supported the motion , which was opposed by Lord J . Russell and Sir H . Willoughby .
Upon a division , the motion -was negatived by 260 against 64 The Government of iNDiA .-Mr . Heebies , after some preliminary remarks , moved the reappointment of the Select Committee on East India affairs , mentioning the names of the members whom he proposed to substitute for the five members of the old committee who had ceased to be members of the House—namely , Mr . Macaulay Mr . EUice , Lord Stanley , Mr . E . Cliveand Lord Palmerston .
, Mr . Hume seconded the motion , and urged that in any future inquiry some of the better informed natives of India should be examined especially as they formed associations at Bombay . and elsewhere to protect and look after their own interests in any future arrangements that might take place . The interests of the East India Company alone ought not to be considered in such an inquiry , but due regard should be had for the native population .
The motion was agreed to . On the motion of Mr . Baines , the Select Committtee appointed last sessiontoinquire into the treatment of criminal and destitute juveniles was re-appointed . The House adjourned at seven o ' clock . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Tuesday , Nov . 16 . After the transaction of some general business , the Lord Chancellor introduced the subject of
_ Law Reform , and proceeded to state what steps had been taken since the House last met in order to carry into execution the bills passed last session in regard to the . Court of Chancery , and other matters connected with that court ; and the measures which the government proposed on the subjeet of law reform generally . The bills already passed were three in number , as regarded the Court of Chancery . The first was for abolishing the office of Master in Chancery , and introducing a new system , called a chamber system , with regard to those matters which up to that time had been prosecuted by the Masters in their own chambers . . The next bill was for ' the
improvement of the jurisdiction of equity , " and the third bill was , " The Suitors in Equity Relief Act , " which certainly had afforded great relief in the reduction of salaries , and the abolition of what appeared to be useless and unnecessary offices . They were now in full operation , and he believed that they would have the effect of making the delays of Chancery no longer proverbial . Without any undue haste—which of all things was to be deprecated—he believed that questions of property could now be decided more rapidly in the Court of Chancery than in any court in the country . It had often happened that sixteen or seventeen years after a decree of the Court of Chancery persons came and appealed to their lordships' house . This evil had been remedied , and five years was now the longest limit allowed . As for the bill for the relief of suitors , its effect would be to save the suitor a vast
expense , and leave him as well secured as at present . His lordship then proceeded to describe the nature of the two funds out of which the costs of the administration of justice were paid , and the means proposed still further to reduce those costs . Another small bill was connected with the subject of the Masters' Extraordinary in Chancery . He proposed to have a registry for transacting their business , and to sweep away the fees now charged by these gentlemen . With regard to lunatics : at present one kind of court had jurisdiction in one place , and another in
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another , and the utmost confusion prevailed . He proposed an extended investigation into the working of these courts , and the establishment of one simple rule for the courts of the whole country . Beside ^ the other authorities over lunatics , the act called Lord Shaftesbury ' s Act had appointed 10 commissioners , whose duty it was to look after the management of the asylums from time to time . In the course
ot time the existing acts had been found to require several amendments , which were now in progress ; and he had reason to believe that every object which had hitherto impeded the well-working of the commission would be removed . Another small bill which he should introduce was connected with the patent laws , substituting stamps in lieu of fees . He had also great satisfaction in stating that it was the intention of government to proceed with a digest of the criminal law .
Lord Brougham thanked his noble and learned friend for the statement he had made , though he felt considerable doubt as to the merits of several bills , and intended to reserve his opinion until he was better able to judge of them . He particularly wished to see more effectual measures taken by criminal legislation for the prevention of bribery and corruption at elections , without having ecourse to the ballot or to a large increase of the constituent body . The House then adjourned . HOUSE OF Wi / il / OM . -TuESDAY , Nov . 16 .
Lord Stanley in answer to Mr . Hume , with regard to the imprisonment of Mr . Newton at Verona , stated that the gentleman in question had not in the first instance taken the proper means of obtaining redress ; but that on the reptesentation of his case through the Foreign-office , the Austrian authorities had explained the occurrence as a mistake of the officials , and expressed their regret . County Electors .- —Lord R . Grosvenor obtained leave to bring in a bill to limit county polling to one day . The committee on public petitions was re-appointed . Sir B . Hall obtained an . order for a return relating to the Consistory Court of Rochester .
Mr . Herries moved the appointment of the select committee on Indian territories , which was agreed to after a brief discussion . On the motion for going into committee , of supply , The Public Funeral . —Mr . Hume renewed his application for an estimate of the expenses of the ceremonial of Thursday next . The Chancellor of the Exchequer , with every wish for a proper expenditure of the public money , regretted that the pressure of circumstances had prevented any such estimate from being arrived at . Lord Dudley Stuart concurred in the opinion of Mr . Hume , and elicited general expressions of dissent by declaring that the house had been " bamboozled" on the subject .
Mr . Carter was surprised that after an interval of two months to consider the subject , the government could not say whether the expense ? ol nnn r ' ° OO i ° r £ l 00 ' 000 > OT > as he had heard it estimated , & 25 U , U 0 U . k or what purpose had the government been wasting two months , if not that it mi ght ask parliament for a sum not too large for the over-taxed people of this country to pay ? It was a somewhat invidious and ungracious task—( hear , hear)—to rise inthe house for such a purpose ; but he was boun <} to say that he felt on the previous night that he had not done his duty to his own conscience in not
standing up after the right hon . gentleman opposite had poured out , 111 well-turned periods , a eulogy on the late Duke of Wellington , that he did not resist what he felt to be a national folly , for he could only regard a national funeral as a national folly . ( Loud cries of « Oh , on . ) lhe right hon . gentleman said the feelings of the people could only find vent in a national pageant . If so it would be far better not to . express them at all ; and he must say it would be much more creditable to that house , and beneficial to the country , if the sum expended were applied to something more useful than the mere pageant , pride , and pomp of a public funeral . He thought all this wore the
aspect of impiety —( oh , oh)—it was man paying almost idolatrous worship to the clay of his fellow-worm . As a member of that house he had availed himself of his privilege of witnessing the lying-instate , but he confessed that the feeling produced in his mind was one of disgust . The only feeling and impression on his mind was disgust at seeing the bier of the departed hung around with gold and jewellery and useless decorations , as if in mockery—and men standing round watching for hours—(« oh " )—all this useless pomp and finery to do honour to a being who had passed beyond all honour this world could bestow , and who during his lifetime had received more honours than
any other man of this or almost any other age . ( More cries of " Oh , oh . " ) He regarded all this useless pageantry as a mockery alike to the dead and the good sense of the living , and it ought to be " down . " (" Oh . " ) What was the object of it ? (" Oh" ) H gentlemen might cry » oh , " but they should not put him down . ( Laughter , and renewed cries of " question , " and other symptoms of had not that
impatience . ) He confidence in the government , let i ¦¦ composed of whatever party it might , to give it unlimited power of expending the public money before laying an account of the proposed expenditure before the house . The lion , and learned member sa down amid renewed cries of « Oh , " and « Question : " but no further notice was taken of his objections , and the resolution was at once put and carried previous to the Speaker ' s leaving the chair .
Chairman of Ways and Means . —The Chancellor of the Exchequer rose and said-I beg to move that Mr . Wilson Patten do take the chair . ( Cheers from both sides . ) The motion was carried mem . con ., and the house immediately resolving itself into a committee of supply , Mr . W . Patten formally took his seat as chairman . ¦ The house then went into committee , and the formal vote of supply to her Majesty was agreed to , The Chancellor of the Exchequer renewed his request for the terms of Mr . Vllhers ' s motion . Mr . Villiers was not in the house , and no hon . gentleman rising to answer for him , the subject at once dropped . The House adjourned at a quarter past six o ' clock .
HOUSE OF LORDS . —Wednesday , Nov . 17 The House met at twelve o ' clock , when the Royal assent was given by commission to the Bills of Exchange . ; and Notes ( Metropolis )
EXTENSION OP THE . SUFURAGE , Lord Brougham said , that he was under the necessity of setting himself right with their lordships respecting what he found somel hemhadimsunderstood in his observations last night upon ST extension oi the * uffrage . One of his noblefriends supposed that hehdd KS sSeSSSy ! Httr as t n « ^ friend ( the Lord Chancellor ) w ' ^ X ^ l ^ "
SZ \ Z n h ? peCtl , ? f T comme ™ l faws (" Hear , hear , " IS 1 ] ' T f COme ^ the house thence . Hs noble fuend , not now present , who misunderstood him ( being of a different opinion ) expressed Ins satisfaction . But he ( Lord Brougham ) had said the very reverse of what he was supposed to have said He had said that he was for an extension of the suffrage by all safe and expedient means , but that his reason for it was not because it would prevent bribery and corruption . He held that it could have no such effect , because , however numerous the constituents of any place were there would be found among them a certain class capable of taking bribes , when the contest ran near , which bribery supposed it to dn- ~ a number sufficient to turn the election , and so there would be briberv As to the ballott , he had still an opinion against it on other grounds ' but 011 one ground , usually given in its favour-its tendency toTrfe vent kibery-he saw no benefit whatever that could result from i
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 20, 1852, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1705/page/3/
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