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FRANCE . Ths Bsposm Basquet . —The National of Saturdfcv says . — " 1 . 200 electors of Paris assembled yesterd ay ( Friday ) afternoon at the Chateau Rogue to jaatte a remarkable demonstration in favour of electoral reform . The spectacle was magnificent . The most perfect order did not prevent the expression of t he warmest sentiments . We confine ourselves at present to a description of the general impression . It was most excellent . The assembly was constituted after the model of the central committee of electors , which organised and directed it with as much zeal as intelligence . The great majority ol the Opposition deputies figured there beside the representatives of the Paris prcs and of that of the departments . The Haredllaise hymn was executed by a full band , atd was loudly app lauded . We shall after to monow give a detailed
account of the orators and their speeches . They were all applauded by an assembly animated b y a patriotic fire such as will ever animate auy meeting invoked in recollection of tha principles sf the French revolution . M . Lasteyrie , the eld' -r , a veteran of * S 9 . and ever consistent in his nrinciples , presided . The Vice-Presidents were MM . Recurt and Pagucrro . The assembly separated towards eleven o clock , after a manifestation which mu > t produce a profound sensation throughout France . " The tickets were strictly persennl ; no transfer was allowed . Thc most rigid scrutiny was exercised to prevent thc intrusion of auy but thc person sained on each ticket . Tbe police were consequently unrepresented at the banquet . The doors wi re opened St five , bnt dinner was sot served till eight o ' clock ; . Abaaa of sixty musicians were in attendance , which when the company sat down to table strack np fce ilarsillaise .
Ont of doors the Erst notes of the hymn put an end to the decorous silence of the $ 3300 men who surrounded the chateau , lsay with s » rprKe their silence , for although tney amounted " ro that number , and although thefeqnest cf the steward * to have , ausual at public entertainments , - few Municipal Guards present to preserve o : der was not complied with , the utmost decorum was « b * crved by that immense crowd . ** La Marsefflai & f' was , however , irresistible . The fhous-nd men within and the three thousand without took up the grain , and chanted it with all their force .
The Cosuesrcc states that the following toasts were given at the banquet;— " The national Sovereignty , " by M . de Lasteyrie ; " The Revolution of July . " by MM . Recurt awi ' -gdilloa Barron "Electoral and Parliamentary Refoim . "by MM . Panncnv andDuverier de naiwiuce ; " The . city of Pass , " by MM . Serrard and Maria ; " The imi'revemefit of the condition of the labouring classes , " by MM . Gri * rer * nd Gustave de ( Beaumont ; "The Press , " Ir / MM & Hjlet ChamhoSeand F . Degeoi ^ e ; ** The Deputies ofthe Opposhion , " by MM . Hamefiaand L & m de Malleville . H . Artnand Marrast , the editor ef the Notional , was likewise to have spoken , hut . he wsscompelled by sodden indisposition to withdraw befora the conelusier of the banquet . The whole affair terminated at a -quarter past eleven o ' clock withent the occurrence of the slightest
disorder-The Courtier Sraneois . publishes ins following statement of the financial position of the government : — . . " The budeet has this year reached tho almost in-< 3 rsdihleamcuntcf 3 , C 0 O , 0 OO 000 ; tas « have wrung from France , ruined by inundations ar . d uroteeiive duties . l . fi 00 . 0 fie ; £ C (>—from FraneeVfurced by the vantof for & Uitt "fits government , to pa » a pre . Bium of 1 . 200 . 600 , 000 to have breads But these i . GW . 000 . 000 have not been sufficient to pay all the expenses , to make up all the voids 'left by waste and peculation . There i * an tnomwus deficit > ol TJM . OflO OOO ! 3 c « . flS 0 , 0 O 0 ! wh y , such used t * h ? the whole budget of the empire , sufficient for the -glory of Aostertfts . Jena , Friedland , and XVasram 3
Our cheap government , with its modest policy , had well accu-ttnmed-us t <> deficits ; for tbe last 10 jearsjj trehave had cEeroaulariy . toit what no ens ever ;] witnessed wa *^ . deficit ol ioS . 'C'OO . C-e' ) . The g'jvern- j ment itself appcais moved at the frightful cense quences of such a disorder Meanwhile all thesource : of the public wealth are dried up , and labour is gen-.--rallysiiopecded throughout the country ; yet the necessities of the moment muctba piovided for , this deficit of 7 oO , € § -3 , 0 OO most b- ' made up , not reckoning the deficit of the next year . The new Minister of Finance has for that purpose presented a . bill for a first l =-an of 653 , 000 . 000 ; autres on tlie other haau the Cuaaber hkslatelv su = » ro <> ntf-d the amount of the Treasury'Bonds b * 200- . CGCf 3000 , therereroaics only 20 ft . 000 . < ie 8 t » he made up . The sarotsch
boasted-of cleverness consisting only in living by- expedients , it is exceedingly probable tbat -the iSOO . OOG . OOO in q > iestion wUl -fee obtained by at-cew emission of Treasury bonds . * ft is so easy a mode of obtaining munsy ! It it-true that it is the most certain means ef raining oneself ; it is the grest-Teaoarce of spendthrifts , who beforehand pledge tfcair revenues , and—as the phrase noes—eat the horse in the stabk- 'Why should it vet be the resourceof-our great statesmen f The amount of . . Treasury ; bonds will he augmented , or , in other words , the . budget will bo devoured beforehand : ! Such was the custom -of the old r & jitse , that govercrreat of great nobler , imitated by " oar upstart gentlemen . The fcicier perished in thc mo > t frightful political tempest that history sneaks of . Will their imitators bo muie dearsighted and mere fortunate ?"
On Thursday the tria l of General Cubieres , M . Teste , M . Pellaprat , andM , 5 ? annenier , tonk # ! ace before the Court * f Peers . tt e have noticed this trial in another colnsw . Tbe princi . ual Journals of Paris were occupied on "Monday by detailed reports of the speeches delivered & t the above festival . The French Government has authorised Prince-Jerome Bonaparte to return to France , and senthitc Jus passports .
SWITZERLAND . The Ami de le ^ Sonstitutien of Berne , of tbe-5 th inst ., publishes the speech or--C « donel Uirich Ochtenbein . President of tbe Federal Diet , on the opening of that assembly at Berne on the -5 th inst . The President commenced his speech by congratulating ihe members of the Diet on their fraternal meeting , and told them that never was a meeting held which commanded such general attention . " Confederates , " added the President , " Ee wish to regard the present situation of affaire vtth . ^ rroness and without alarm . The questions , we have to consider regard theffiostirsportant righta < rf humanity and the condition ? indispensable to & free ,-moral , and intellectual existence—s choice
between progress and the ita' . tu quo—and , cosse-^ oently . i the issue of a contest wiiii-h is as ancient as tbebistcrv of man—whhAx has sometimes appeared tinder one-f-srei and soeetinies under another , hut baa . never shaket the foundation of intellectual Europe somuch as at present . It is true that the meaetary . resoltsand the course of tbat painful contest acejccsi various . . Nevertheless , we cannot efouot that the tendency to progress is general . Whilst Polaad still < feh % tfr , white recently the significant destraetionof the independence of a sister of Helvetia —of tfeerepublic of Cracow—has taken place , against the law Donations and iu eentempt-of the civilised world , and whilst on the basks ofthe Tagus the iadepenrksce of . a nation has been trampled under
foot , —teseee-oa the Scheldt and omihe Isar laces which hitherto Jsere considered as . impossibilities . In this category we must place the essential consolidation of censuiational principles in-the nurtu of Germany—a * tar a long time 6 xee announced and promised , but which has disappeared . " The Presi--dent nextaSaded to the political « enstitctioa of the . cantons , wiacb , founded un the principle of the jsorereisnty ef tie ^ eople , has secaced tbe iappine- * ^> f all separately ; bat he observed ilat the cantons required to beanitedbyanewpact , which , iymaintsuiing as much as pesiible the independence of each , eksald create a geaersJ confederatioe , aBiirdiag the hast guarantee for their national independence . 1 he
President coaclndes bj obseTicg that , "If—what jippcsra to be probable—a foreign intenrention-Eliouid tikepiicein the intercal affairs of the confederation , the world shall fcscw that Switzerland—strong in her sight , great bj tbe sympathy entertained for ber by alTfree nations , and by ail which csoect to becsaje free—will sacrifice the last drop of her Waal to myjntffji the independents achieved by her fathers in so somy sanguinary battles , and to transmit that most preciccsol all blessings btaut , as she received Hi , and in z \ l its integrity , as £ sacred legacy to her children , Maj God pr ^ erve the mother country ! I declare the fiiet for tbe year 1 S 17 to he opened , and I invite yon , dear confedeates , to renew the federal oath * * fter the custom of oar fathers . "
PORTUGAL . The Peniasnla ? and Oriental Company's ship Madrid arriroi at Southampton on Wednesday evening , brinain ^ ihtelligeace from Luloa to the 9 th , and Oporto tc ' the 10 Ak , . Lisbon was quiet , all political prisoners given up from St Julian ' s , a nd the English ships about to return to the anchorage in the lagus . Thc Junta had dissolved ifceli af terh W ? an address to the people , & c Concha with thi . . < **« , ^ ousand men , and Saidanhawith n ^ ut eight teonsand troops were » r . Oportb . The Junta ' s tro . ws Md dispersed into the interior , and had formed g . wlhi bands in the neighb . urhood . The British wer ^ WS ^'" ^ ra-esof any kind liad occurrei ^^ jfe Jj 5 next civU outbreak will be one' of ^^^ stiletto . AMlemnre / taB ^ dc ^^ f ^™ but the fires of civil wax ate but c & . W 0 ? er lor a time .
GERMANY . . .. Fkaskfout . July 3—A protocol has bet . * **> f ' "J the Germanic i » Jet , on the subject of Craco «" * = protocol states the reasons for thc steps whu'J } v fahen by the courts of Austria , Prussia , and K «^ « vntb regard to Cracow . It is their opinion tbat ^ republic was created under condi'ions cak-ulat » 'd w insu . reits prosperity , as well as the tranquillity of flu three nowcra , and that it , not having fulfilled thos * conditions , fell into complete anarchy , and placed itself in t"uch a tosiiioa as to preclude the powers
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Scorn prolonging or taking again into consideration , without detriment to their subjects , the right which had been granted toil , an unconditional independence . It was therefore resolved that this republic should not be re established , but that the town and territory uf ! Cracow should be replaced in the position which it held previous to the year 1809 . The votes of all the powers forming the Germanic confederation Mow r ^?'*? Hv ' aU * 2 reeinK in the sentiment set forth by the three powers . It is . therefore , resolved as [ follows :-The Germanic confederation has heard with gratitude the manifestation made bv the courts of Austria , Prussia , and Russia , of principles of inviolable respect for treaties , nrinciples which it considers to have related their " conduct ; and the confederation adheres to them with mare satisfaction , as tlicy agree most completely with those upon which roposea the fundamental law ofthe confederation .
POLAND . Poses , June 26 . —Private letter * of this day inform ns that the jjrand Po'ish process is postooned on account of preliminary preparations , from the 1 st of July to the 1 st of August . Added to the vet high price of corn , wc have received the moat distressing accounts from Silesia and Poland of the devastating inundations of the Oder and the Weichsel , which are said to have caused irreparable damspe in the neighbourhood ofthe Galician frontiers . The prospect of affairs in Poland is in every respect , moral as well as material , melancholy beyond conception . May all Germans be deterred from emigrating to this crantry ! Beklis , June SO . —The act of accusation sgain-t the Poles accused of high treason has just appeared . Tbe accused arc 251 in naiaber ; SS noblemen , isclud-ng the Counts Constantin and Signor Brinski , ' E . Grabons & i and Severia Midzinski . This
document is given in two pacts : the first contains an histories ! account of therormati'jn ofthe democratic association , of its acts , and the result of them . The second rnrt indicates the participations of theaccused iu the i > lvt . As early as 1832 the association was fooirSdl at Paris : 3 , * 30 persons joined it immediately ; ic had tor its nim to dispose the PoUsh ' pcople to * revolution in the name of liberty , fraternity , scd equality ; and to restore to Poland tbe limits it h « l befort- Vi 72 . Emissaries were sent to Poland , *• distribute revciatk . nary writings and form relari (; n-ion all sides . Victor Heltmans was " the head « Hiissary ; he ssccetded in forming corresponding associations on « H sides , bnt these associations were s < t divided in opinion , as to tbe execution of the
pmject , that-en the demand of lleltmann , the cornice centra ! of Paris seat to Posen Louis de Mieroslawski , an officer well versed in military science . Mieroslawski found that both the preparations and money were wanting , and oonsequantlv . it was impossible to think of a revelation for 1839 . lie ' returned to Versiilles , and was replaced b y Jea « Allyafo , who cndcivourrd to procure money to bay fire-arms in France and England . The Poles expected 45 666 guns . It was necessary to procure 15 . 000 tn co uplete ( he number , lathe meantime , two parties were formed at Po » en . Stefanski , a bookseller , placed iinisel * at the head « f a commercial
association , entirely indepsndeatcf the democratic association . 'Sfcfanski . having % een arrested , was replaced by tbsTuiller . Emruams . and the master locksmith , Irf (« i ? ki . This association was principally composed ufwerkmen , students . * nd excited cersants . They thocuht if they could once set Cracow , Gallicia , Lithuania , the kingdom of Poland , the grand duchy of P . seo . and West Pressia , into a state of aisarrcction ; if they could also succeed in taking possession efthe fortresses , and bring to their side a part of the Mishsoldiers ; they would find ammunition-chiefs - ^ snd tbat the Polish people iu general would join « ith ihem .
• ITALY . The „ 4 uojour Hosstte of the 7 th inst . publishes a letter from Rome of the 29 th ult , containing a ¦ v ariety of strange reports . It was said that the Pope intended to abdicate , and that be had sent for his 'brother Count M * stai , of Sinigaglin , to consult him on thesHbjecr , The sentiments of the public weie manifested in a very significant manaer on the subject ofthe Jesuits . -and other retro active influences , on several recent 'occasions . On the festival of St Louis deGonza ^ ne , his holiness was received with the utmost poinp by the . reverend fathers . As he
passed to and from the church , the holy father was greeted with ths . cries of "Viva Pio , nono solo ! " and billets of paper were flung into his carriage , bearing the inscription ? "Holy father ; have confidence in your people , who love yeu sincerely , and distrust " those by whom you are surrounded . " It will be remtmbered tusVClementXIV .. according to common repute , was poisoned by tije . Jesuita . The portrait of this pontiff was distributed . gratis among the petple , on the steps of the church of the Jesuits , on the occa * io : « 3 Kst adverted , to . Vilas portrait is now in the hands of-every one at Rome . The insinuation ofthe public is not to be misunderstood . .
.. On the day -of the festival of Peter and Paala granj dinner was given to the members of the sacred college at the Austrian embassy . The populace , mdging that th « was a meeting convened forpur > puses hostile to reform , and to intimidate the pontiff , assembled in Inr ^ e numbers , in front of the hotel , and made a register of the names of the guests who were present on the occasion . It seemed certain that some violence would ensue , and that thepzrsons thus » u > pc-ted were not safe , when a man of the people , Cicercnacbia , by great courage and presence uf mind interfered , and turned the people from their intended attack upon the "helj" conspirators . Letters from Cosenza , in Calabria , of the 23 rd pit ., state that serious disturbances had occurred in that province . Armed bands were in considerable force throcghnnt tht- country , . and great apprehension was entertained of a general risingof the inhabitants .
GBEECE . The Athens . papers state that ibe elections ' have terminated , and that M . Coletti , by the intimidation , bribery . and violence to whicb-be gave such free scope , has contrived to get a large majority ih'ithe Chamber . As an example of the means adopted by M . Coletti to insure his triumph , jdie ^ kau [ Courier states , that General GriziqUi , who was . a cahdiuate , haviug come to Atbenstocomplainof the conduct of the authorities-to him , solicited an audience of the King , in order- ^ hat fie might lay bis complaint
before his Majesty . The audience was granted , but on the moraine of the day upon which it . Was to'take place ( the 21 st tilt . ) Griziotti . wis arrested and carried , under an escort of troops , to Cbalcis , where he was cast into prison . Several instances arc given by the Athens Geueler of similar treatment to candidates . Letters ol cachet were iasu ' . d bj iM . Cloletti , which were placed in the hands of the authorities , and whenevejein opposition candidate appeared to hare a prospect o f suecees , he was at oaoefieir . d upon and thrown into prison .
ALGERIA . Letters from Algiers of the 2 nd inst . state that Abd-e' -Kader , after his success over the troops of Abderrahman , had occupied various points on the £ . 15 , in order to secure his communications by land with the interior cf Morocco and by sea with the exterior . The asitaticn in the country was very great . Abd-el-Ksder had received considerable reinforcements , and neither wanted arms nor ammunition .
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . There have been two arrivals from the United States . The news is not important . An action bad taken place near the National-bridge of Mexico , on tbe < -oste from Vera Ccns to the capital , in which , with a loss of fifty men , the American troops defeajed those of Mexico , tbe latter losb-g about 100-It is alse announced that a proposition of peace had been made to General Scott , but rejected by him as inadequate . In the capital itself affairs were totally unsettled .
Tbe expedition against Tobasco , under Commodore Perry . Failed from Vera Cruz on the 9 tb nit . President Polk had visited New York .
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Cfiara ' s Ufl'PiTiL . —At a Court of the Governors of this institution on Tuesday , Mr Alderman Thompson , M . P ., president , in the chair , C . E . Searle , one of the senior -scholars , was admitted to the vacant " Times Scholarship , " having been declared the successful ectnpetiUr , after an examination consisting equally of elassicsand mathematics . A New Tiuck- —Some thieves in Paris dress as servants , and visit ihe different tradesmen , requesting certain accounts ; : they then dress as tradesmen , take the accounts t » the parties , receive the money and bolt .
Lunacy . —A commieeion de lunatko inquirendo , held in Carlisle , adjudged that Sir E . Marmaduke Vavasour , Bart ., of Haslewood Castle , Yorkshire , was of unsound mind ; being a furious lunatic , and fancying himself Julius Cao ? ar , with other delusions . Fkesch Navioatios in the ysar 1816 there mtered thc French ports 12 , 113 foreign vessels , and 8 , iSi French ; and left them 6 , 023 foreign , and 5 , 533 French . It has been calculated that there are 24 , 000 pores in a square inch of the under-surface of a pear leaf .
The Bishop of Exeter has given notice of trial in an action against the editor ofthe Western Jjmes , for libel . It beinj ; a criminal prosecution , the Bishop will appear himself . The greatest interest is & Itin the result .
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( From the Gazelle of Tuesday , July 13 . ) James Edmund P . ve , 4 , Berkeley-square , miliner—Geo Hams . Cih > puv-street , tailor—Joseph Worters , late of Lonjc Mclford , but uow of Groton . Suffolk , butcher-Samuel Howard Biliingay , Commercial road East , Whitechapel , irounionaer—Arnold I 1 U 1 , Ipswich , last maker—Thomas Henry Holfurd , Dudley , grocer—Jacob I . igassxk , Tavistock , grocer—Joseph T-e . -i « lbeat < T Buttertll , Oonc . istw , grocer—William Dosha , Snittcrflcld , licensed victualler- Autliony Machiu , Manchester , grocer—Wm . Guy ton , jtui , now of Mverj » ool , hut late of Wellington , Saw Zealand , merchant-John Kinder , Birkenhead , painter . ' . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . AUca Jteid , Glasgmr , grocer—Alexander Lauj » , jun ., n . vlev < ha-pl manufacturer—William Smith , Barrhead , itti ^ Ksbire , co almaiWr-Queatia M'CSonan , G la ^ ow , wrigitfe
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FREE TBAJDEIH COBS , AND MONOPOLY ^ TO TBE £ DITO « OF TBE titlHAV ' s JOVaVAl . . Mr Patrick O' 11 iggins has published the following important letter in the Freeman ' s Journal : — Sib , —there were man ; persons , and myself amongst them , who entertained the opinion tbat a free trade iu corn would not only act as an additional stimulus to griping hard-hearted landlords to got rid of the tillage or corn-growing farmers , and mm those farms to pasturage ; hut tbat a repeal of the corn laws , without an equitable adjustment of all existing contracts , would give a complete monopoly to corn mrrchont * , and thus enable them to raise the food of the people to famine
prices . Ptople are now beginning to see , and to feel too , that the repeal of the corn laws has afforded the landlords a pretext for driving the tillage farmer * off their estates—that the repeal of the corn laws has not , nor trill notmako the loaf one penny cheaper than it * as bvfore those laws wer « repealed . If corn could be bought in anj part of the world at half the average price it was during the last seven years , { and brought in free of duty , it would not make the four-pound loaf quite , a penny cheaper to the working man . - A quarter of wiieat will produce 166 loaves ; o * 4 lbt each . How 165 peace are 18 s . 10 d . ~ the average duty , according to MCulloch . for the last twenty-one years , was 5 s . 3 d . per quarter ; so that in order to reduce the price of the quartern loaf one penny the duty should not only he remitted , hut
wheat should be purchased 8 s . per quarter cheaper abroad than it ever was known to have bten purchased ; Mid even if it were so purchased the reduction of one penny iu the price of the quartern loaf presupposes tliat tbe merchant will sell without any profit , tbat the miller will grind without any charge , that the baner will not look for a profit , and that the huck » t--r , who olwajs supplies the working man with broad , will sell without profit . At al ! events , the entire profits of all these parties mustcoraeottt of the penny in the quartern Juaf . Under these circumstances , I would be glad to know what Venofit the po « r man , whose well-being should be the first and paramount consideration with every statesman and patriot , is to derive , or has derived , from the boasted repeal-of the corn laws .
- Whoa Sir Robert Peel repealed the com lawa , and when he saw that there was a probability of a scarcity uf food in Ireland , he said that the first duty of the corem . ment was to take the most infective means to throw such an abundance of food into Ireland that there should be nc possibility of any human being dying of want . l < ortl John Russell , who was then out of office , support * 1 thi * hutnine proposition in a speech which waa loudly and deservedly cheered by those who did not know his real "Character . Before Sir UibWt Peel could carry hw humane intentions into effect , he was "jockied" out of office by as vile a coalition between Whigs and Tories as ever disgraced part j proceedings even in the Home of Commons . ..
-Lord J . Russell fcccame prime minister at the time when there was no doubt of the famine in Ireland—when corn might have been bought cheaper in America than evar it was before . Wtll , a body would think that Lord John would have even eiceeded Sir Robert Peei in throw . inj ; a sufficient sspply of food into Ireland . But when in ofSco he began to recollect that big constituents were the great corn aerchanta of Murk-lane , aud that to . interfere with their anticipated monopoly in corn-might , and no doubt would , cost him his seat for . London . A new light broke in upon him ; he turned his back . upon hia own principles ; he knew tbat the London ¦ corn mcr . chants held immense stocks of foreign wheat , and in
order to secure his scat for London , br enabling thtni to realise enormous profits , and" kill off ! ' the ' , superabundant population of Ireland , he said-that the " government should not interfere with commercial enterprise ;" and thus the hard working half-paid working daises of Ireland were lift at the mercy of .-the corn merchants of L'in 4 ott , the constituents of Lord John Russell , the result of which has been the diath and destruction of millions « f the very best portion of the Irish people ; and tbis is the man whose policy and administration some political scoundrels have the daring , the unblushing audacity to call upon the citizens pt Dublin- —nay , the people of Ireland , to support at the ensuing elections .
A part of the baneful effects of this infamous policy may be seen by any one who will take the trouble of visiting the corn stores at the Custom-house . Curn has been held orer in the Queen ' s stores until it has betted . lest giting it out to a starring people sbould interfere with Lord John Russell ' s commercial enterprite ; while commercial monopoly has held fast hold of the corn with a view to famine prices until it has heated in tbe stores ofthe merchants . I have tbis day seen several tons of heated corn spread out on the quays at tbe Custom-house docks , a sample of which I leave at your office with this letter , so completely destroyed by heating in the stores , that it is not only wholly unfit for human food , but
offensive to thc smell ; while at the opposite side ofthe docks , the corn sent here for the use of the poor was also allowed to heat , and thus become useless , lest giving it out should interfere with commercial enterprise and mono , rwly . Part of tbis damaged com , intended for the poor , has been sold at the low price of three shillings per cwt „ to some persons connected wi'h the Custom-house stores who hare since sent it to a mill to be grouud into meal , I feat with the guilty intention uf selling it at a cheap rate to the poor . Not being a judge of Indian corn myself , I tooV a part of the sample which I left at your office to an American now in this city , who assured m < t that if the people use meal made of Indian coru such as the sample , it will surely kill them .
In addition to the foregoing facts I am in a position to prove that some of tbe flour merchants of this city have employed men hy night at 2 s Cd per night , to pound with weights and mallets damaged oatnv .-al and flour , some of which was actually alive , and then mix it with fresh bran , and sell it out as whole-meal . No wonder then that we ha » eferit and dysentery in this city ; but this is tbe natural consequence of not interfering with " commercial enterprise" in time of scarcity of food . lam well aware that our present Lord Mayor is an
excellent citizen , a humane and a benevolent man , but were *! , humble as I am , fa the high and honourable ! office which he fills , I would swear in a certain number i of bakers '; ' judg a of Sour- —take a sufficient police foice , j proceed to all the flourstores in the city , force my way ] into'them in the event of refusal , seize all damaged corv , i meal ; and flour , confiscate it , and give to the poor all that was not unwholesome , - and take my chances iu tbe enshing parliament for an act of indemnity ; and thus save the iirei of hundreds of my fellow-citizens , /; - . ' Patbice- O'IIiooiks . i
"So . 15 ; Sorth Anne-street ; £ ith June . 1817 . , ! Is ' the aboveletterthe editor of the Freeman s Journal niakra the following observation ;—^ There appears in another column a letter from Mr ^ 'Hipginson the subject of damaged meal and flour . He states facts and professes an ability to prove them . We resoectfatiy-call tae ' attention of our worthy chief magistrate to the allegations madein this letter .
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THE'LEEDS ELECTION . TO WttliiU BIDEB . Sia ,--On looking over " the « ar ' of' July I 0 i . li , I find yoa have been attemptine to maintain the opinion that yon held respecting Joseph Sturge , and the Chartists of Leeds are to be looked upon as " gulls " if they give any sunporfc to ' Joseph Sturge . With respecttomy letter which appeared in the star of July 3 rd , you commence with an assertion , that it was no reply to what you advanced . Now , sir , cunninc men are very often guilty of shirking justice by similar assertions . You ought to have let the Chartiste of Leeds been the judges . Jou say I allude to your motives . Now , sir , I did no such thing ; and I hope the Chartists of Leeds will t : ike the trouble of lockius over my letter of July 3 rd ,
and judge for themselves . But you say you deem it rn act of consummate folly on the part of tbe Chartists of Leeds to sacrifice their energies on an almost defunct faction . Now , sir , I do not know that the Chartists of Leeds are supporting any fiction ; I believe they are honestly supporting Joseph Sturge . But yon say we arc quite strong enough to fight our own battles . I ask , can the' Chartists of Leeds return two sincere Chartists ? N <»; but by attempting to do so , two Tories might be returned , and that weuld pleaWsome people : You allude to the tumult st the Black Bui ' , Woodhouse . What had Joseph to do with tbat ? But you recollect the Baines' clique
gulling the people with unmeaning jargon about "full , free , and fair rep resentation" —about the . " bill an ! nothing but thc bill ! " Now , sir , I am willing to admit that there is no , defined meaning in the above words , and that the people have many times been deceived by such clap-trap schemes ; but Joseph Sturge told the electors of Leeds , in usniistakeable language , how far he would extend the franchise , namely , t * all male adults , unconvicted by a jury of his country , and of sano mind . Bot you say your reporter ofthe 12 th of June represents Joseph bturge to have said he was not favourable to the Ballot-Yousav . " Perhaps Jose ph Sturge can harp on two
s * riW- " andyouasIc , " Whom are you to believe . < It is an old saying , that" drowning ; meni catch at straws ; " but 1 ask b-tb you and my Chariist friends at Leeds to look over the report ot tho Leeds Times ot June 5 th , which contains a very lengthy reportand I believe a correct one , too- ( and I was present at the meeting alluded to ) and it is there reported , page 8 , vol . iv .:- " Mr Sturge said , regarding : the Ballot , which was one of the sis points <> t the People ' s Charter , he had given his support to it but atthesametime he had agaiaand aeuntoldfte working men not to accept the ballot until they could get the franchise rendered universal . He was prepared to go for Vote by Ballot-, but he should rejotce to see the day when every independent Englishman could come openly and boldly to the poll . " Ion will perhaps think that I am friendly to tho J «« t , but I L Hot ; and I can conscientiously state tha 1 new in my life contributed one farthing to any pa pw tat the star . Yon say that the editor of the Aorthem Star nnd van mav differ , or you may aaree about j .
Sturge as a politician . Now , sir , I did not aw you that-flucstion ; but 1 asked you if you had forgot tftt noble stand that Josep h made at Birming ham , anil ior do . ' ng which he was lauded to the skies by tlie editor of the Star . Youta , truly , .. Wiixum Svkks , a sincere Chartis t . Brittaiu ' s Told , Hotbeck .
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The funeral o . 'Mr O'Connell wr . s performed on the 27 th ult „ " grander under many aspects than the funeral of Co ^ tanUso the Great , or Charlemagne . "
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, . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —This bouse sat lastSaturday , at twelve o ' clock . ' After forwarding several'bills a stage , thc house resolved itself into a committee on the RECovtat os Public Monies ( Ibeund ) Bin ;—Lord Clements said he objected altogether to this bill . Perhaps these were the last words he might utter in that house , and he must say that it was most unfair and unjust to ask for the ' repayment of those loans from a country which the government must know was in a state of bankruptcy at the present moment . He doubted whether it would be possible or practicable to get the money back under any circumstances . The whole course of this legislation for Ireland was unfair and unjust In thc last degree .
Mr hums said that if thc Irish members acted the part which thc nobte lord appeared disposed to do , tbey would shut up the charity of this country . Instead of expressing his gratitude to the ministers for giving up half the loan , he abused them for not making them a present of the whole . Such a return could only lead to the suspension of all assistance to Ireland . There was at present a very strong feisling In this country that Ireland did not pay its proportion of taxation ; and in two or three months this feeling would probably increase , seeing the returns that were made for the assist . ance rendered to Ireland .
Mr P . Scbofe had no doubt that all the jobbing and misconduct amongst relief committees and at presentment sessions had arisen from a belief that the money advanced would never be required from them again . They had acted just as though they wore squandering English money , and not their own . It was , therefore , most important to make it clearly understood by the landlords in futuro what proportion of the loans ef advances would be requhvd to be repaid . Sir J . GainiM thought a clear understanding most essential , both to the people of Great Britain and of Ireland . He understood tbat upwards of nine millions bad been advanced in thc last twelve or fourteen months , of which one-half was to be considered ail a grant , and the other half to be repaid in iustalments extending over from fire to ton years . With regard to this repayment , it was important that the utmost good faith should be observed ; still , however abundant might be tbenext harvest , in many cases any repayment in the next year
would be impossible . To met these eases , he would give the government a discretion to defer the repayment ; but there must be a commencement of the laying of rates for that purpnue . Lord Climejts said that Ireland owed a great debt of gratitude to the munificence of the English public ; but he spnko of the legislature and tbe government when he said they had acted imprudently . They might as well require repayment of alms from a passing beggar in the street . Th » government should know that it was impossible to repay these advances . Not half the land tvar cropped this year ; in many cares the stock had some to ' England ; and . they c « uld not get their loan out of the bare land . lie had said all along that tbis wan an inv practicable bill . He alluded to the provisions of thc ' lrish Poor Law , which made the chairmen of boards of . guar . dinns responsible for their acts b-.-fore the wgisti-ate , ' Were such a thing attempted in England , . tho government would be hurled from their seats la t \ veiily rfour
hours . . .- > .. .: ¦ - ,- > - ., ¦¦ : ¦ | , The Ciukceixor of the Exchequer could riot s ' uffil ' ciently exi-ress the regret and astonishmennvith which ho had listrncd to the speeches of Lord Ckmenti . When the pressure of the calamity was most severely felt , the landlords of Ireland said , — " Tax us as much as you will , but , for God ' s . sake , save the people from starvstion J" The government had responded to that call , and hnd saved the people . The very bill which L : > rd Cie . ments now opposed was introduced for the purpose of freeing Ireland from the Incumbrance of one-half tlie loan granted by the legislature fer the relief of the distresses of the people ; and , if it were rejected , Ireland would , in point of fact , be charged with the repayment of the whole . lie concurred with Sir J . Graham in
thinking that it was net too much to expect one . hnlf of that loan should be repaid ; and he row gave distinct notice , tbat the repayment of that sum would be enforced according to circumstances , and where it seemed jast . Tho repayment , instead of being demanded at once , was spread over a period of tt-n yei-rs , nnd the first instalment of it would not become due until tbis time next year . The government knew well that . It wat easy to spend money , easy to lend money , nnd still easier to give away money in Ireland ; but he trusted tbat the good feeling of the papulation of Ireland would render the repayment of it much easier than . Lord Clements supposed . If the Irish proprietors were not willing to main ' - ' tain their own poor on the principles recognised in England and Scotland , it was not to be supposed that the people of Great Britain would continue to be taxed to Bupport tliiir pauperism .
Mr Teehwht said it was absurd to suppose , that , the landlords could not mako tliisrepaymerit of fourmUlions and a half , when the fee-simple of the land in Ireland was at least eleven millions , lie believed it wag the duty of the house to enforce the repayment , even if they sold the laud and the landlords along with it . ( Laughter . ' )' Considering the great distress which bad prevailed in the west of England in the last three months , there . were good grounds for asking for a grant from Ireland to relieve it—at least , the same grouuds for rnajriug a grant from the public funds as existed in thc case of Ireland ; Mr W .. PjrrE » otiscrred , that if he could ' bring . ' himself to believe that Lord Clements on this occHSjon . represented the feeling * of any one class of . the people of Ireland , he would offer the most strenuous opposition to
this bill . Portions of this country , and especially Lancashire , were absolutely overwhelmed by an . inundation of Irish paupers cast upon our shores by . the . destrtioh of the Irish landlords , who ought to have . maintained them ; and was it to be supposed that the people of Bugland would stand by and quietly see u gram of £ 4 , 500 , 000 made to Ireland , without even the terms oif , cpmuiph / acknowledgment being centred , in return by tKc . Itish reprcsentatlves ? .-He told Lord Clements that he had done great detriment to himself . and . his countrymen , by the speecheswhich hehad just delirertd . - Lord Clements uow became more wild than ever , and observed , that if there was one part of the globe which deserved to be taxed for the relief of Irel . md , . it was
Liverpool , which profited immensely , by the distresses of that country ... Liverpool inigbt . be looked upon asthe capital of Ireland , and was as much bound to contribute to the support ofthe Irish poor as any corner of Ireland / Mr Ncwdeqate could not conceive anything more unjust or irritating to tbe people of England than the speeches of Lord Clements upon this bill . ' In what way had Liverpool profited by the distresses of Ireland ! Had not the rates ' of that town been trebled by the great influx of the unfortunate Irish poor ? and had not its inhabitants perished in numbers from the contagion of their diseascss He charged Lord Clements with endeavour . Ing to create in the bosoms of his ctfuntrymen feelings of hatred towards Great Britain wbicli were perfectly unjustifiable .
Mr Bsqiueaton concurred , in the sentiments of Mr Patten . It was absurd to talk of Liverpool bt-iiig in . debttd to Ireland ; tbe Irish had there found good customers for their agricultural proaucs . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord Clements had taken the worst means ho could to serve his country ; should the distress ontiuus there would be a strong fe < ling against any further advances . Sir R . Fesgusok disclaimed the speeches of Lord 0 Kments as any index to tbe feelings of thc Irish people . He doubted not that the same regularity as hud hitherto prevailed in tbe repay ment of advances would continue with the exercise of a little discretion on the part of tbe Chancellor of the Exchequer , lie bad thought of suggesting that thc payments might be a little expedited . He much regretted the expression which ' Lord Clements had used with regard to Liverpool , which had doubt'tss suffered most , severely iu eonseouince of the influx of Irish po ^ r . { Hear , hear . )
After a ' few . words from the Earl of Arundel and Surrey , condemnatory of the ce-urse of Lord Clements , '' Mr W . Brown congratulated Lord Clements upon enjoying the undivided honour of finding fault with the benevolence ofthe people of England , and tho exertions of the gprei-iiuient . As to the benefits which Liverpool had derived from thc distress of the Irish poor , who would have starved by the roadside in their on h country , it would , be , well to remember thai 10 , 000 of its inhabitants were at this moment reported to be suti ' ering from typhus fever , imported into that town by those unfortunate ami neglected wretches . Lord W \ Paulett , Mr P . Ainsworth , and Mr P . Scrope followed , on the same side : alter which the house reiumed , and the report was ordered to be received ou Monday . The house adjourned at half-past two . MONDAY . Jolt . 12 .
HOUSE OF LOKUS . —Briber * a » d Corruption at Electi ins Lord Broecium moved the following resslutiou on this subject : — "Thatitisthe bounden dutyof both Houses of Par . liamcnuo adopt , atthe beginning of the next session , whatever means may be most effectual for detecting and puBisliing acts of bribery and corruption which may bo committed during the ensuing recess at thcelectionof members of Parliament , and ^ eers of Scotland and of Ireland ; such offences being altogether subversive ofthe freedom of election , destructive ofthe independence and purity of tho legislature , leading to the moral guilt of
perjury in all cases , and tbe actual coininisuon , In many , of that most foul and heinous crime . That it is also thc duty of both Houses of Parliament to inquire of and visit with punishment all acts which may bo done dm ing the recess for interfering with the free choice of members of Parliament , of peers of Scotland and Ireland , by intimidation or otherwise . That it is the duly of bnth Houses of Parliauunt to inquire of all corrupt bargains , whether by compromise- or otherwise , made during the recess , for the purpose of preventing and frustrating the inquiry into sueh corruption or intimidation at elections of members uf Parliament , or of Scotch or Irish peers . the lWorm
In supporting tliticresolutions , he said : Act had at least one effect , it enabled you at once to detect bribery aud corruption . Before that act thehgal expenses of an election contest were so large that it waa impossible to say whether a member or a candidate had been anending money on lawful or on illegal purposes . The great evil , that of brtawUig UP out-yotcrs , was put down , in thc contcstiu which he ( Lord Brougham ) was ensagedat Liverpool withMr Cunning , tbe expenses were £ 10 000 , and so ne outvoters wero brought from the Land ' s-cnd , and others from ScotUnd . Tho expenses there were always Jfc'l 3 , 00 « on each side . Anv one might admit that he had spent £ -W , 000 in an election , and no cue could prove that it mi not lawfully spent ; but now
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i -451 , 600 was spent , it was known that it was unlawful , became £ 300 or £ 400 was " the utmost lawful expense since the Reform Bill . He could not remember thc scenes which occurred in 1841 , and which so tarnished the sharasterof thopeoplo aud ofthe legislature , without looking to foreign countries . Thny had seen with sorrow barges which had been lately made against men of tbe highest official station and character , wbich he was bound iu justice to bflicvc wtra groundless . He was constantly receiving letters from the other side ofthe channel , which contained most painful references to the subject ef elections . Why were we , said one of his correspondents , to sot ourselves up as purists , to say with the Pharisee , "Thank God . we 8 ro not as other men are , " and to hold that things worodone In France-of whish Englishmen were incapable ? Official corruption
( they go on to say ) , despicable and loathsome as it was , destrneHvo of the character of those against whom it was proved , and almost destructive of th » character of those against whom it was charged , was the only charge- and this greatest of all political offsnoes was tho receiving a consideration for promoting persons to offices— charge in which some of our statesmen were involved some time ago . When he ( Lord Brougham ) answered that , then camethe point of the nrsnment , —that a man who receives a bribe may contaminate himself and tho government who employed him ; but in what narrow limits was the injury done con & ncd . But , said his correspondents , look at bribery at elections , and tho buying and selling of men ' s consciences , and ask yourselves , as Englishmen , who look down on us , if you can compare the few offences of the nature alluded to with the whole .
sale buying and selling of consciences by your legislators and depositaries ef power , and that habitually ? Thu arguments against this offence were so exuberant that he ( Lord Brougham ) disdained 10 enter on them , and he would have recourse to but one of them . The man who bribed to promote the interests of his party would shudder arid stand aghast , if be was told that he was cncoumcing perjury . Let every man on a committee , and every candidate at an election aiid his supporters , no longer lay the nattering unction to their souls' that they were only guilty of the political offence of bribety , and not of encouraging perjury . He ( Lord Brougham ) said , that in every act of bribery they ran the risk of causing moral perjury , and in many Instances tho actual crime was committed . Of the 200 people in Hull , where the
system of head-money prevailed , every one was exposed to the hazard of having the bribery-oath administered to him , and he went to the hustings knowing that thc oath may be put , feeling that he has taken a bribe—and how many would refuse to take it ? not 5 per cut ; not 10 out of she whole 200 . The mode in which the oath was taken was most shocking ; and be had seen professionally tbe most dreadful spectacles of this kind . He considered the person who bad been bribed , and was prepared to stvear that he had not been , as morally guilty of perjury as a bkrglar or a foot-pad would be of murder , who was resolved' to kill any person who recognised him . It tainted the character of a man for life , and he was no lotiger . an innocent man " , or incapable ' of wilful perjury , after bo bad exposed himself to the certainty of
committing it , if hy accident the oithagainst bribery were to be ' administered to him . He agreed with his French correspbridcni , that it not only tainted the purity of bur le . glslatHrejbut irreparably injured the morality of the English iharacter , that this offence should bis committed wholesale . What he would' propose was this—that the riaxiraumamotiiit of expenses ; should be fixed , " supposing ' $ ' J $ ' 0 O or £ 1000—( although ' the halt ef that ought to : Su'ffloe . )~ an'd ' . tha ' t proof of more than that sum having beeri' expended by a candidate , should be ' deemed ' conclu . sive evidence of bribery . Let them ' adopt' that plan , and they would at oricp' annihilate " ' the ' practice . The adoption of his resolutions might have ' a " most salutary operation at this time , The approaching contests had an aspect somewhat ' new , ' because there never
was an occasion within our' memory , when' there waa « o great a dislocation of parties , so little regular discipline , and when what might be called " the regulars " bud so little chance ; but , ahu ! though this was a novelty , the prospect was not tbe less formidable , Per what might be seen , in consequence of the watch-words of'Whig and Tory , " " Liberal and ' Conservative , " no longerbcingfoundasin the olden times to divide tbe country 1 Why , men were to be found' coming forward , who were wholly unknown—probably well known , and as much trusted as known , in their own privat ; - ; secluded , and exceedingly select circle , but \ wholly unknown to their country at large ; that , some might say , signified little—but , wholly unknown to tho places for which thi-y were going to stand . and their addresses ' sl-. owing that thev
" were unknown , _ and that / hi * own ignorance of them did not ' ^ arguehiiiiself unknown , " for they came forward , one anil ail , ' with an apology forSoliciting suffrages in this pyedicament . '' He ( Lord Brobgliam )' had made inquiry ihto'abodt half-a-dozen of those cases , and he found that ho human bcing ^ h the place ' s where these ihi'h ' were jiraylng'for the greatest rriist . that could b , e rested in mortal hands— -that of being lawgivers—knew anything ab ' out tliem , save , perhaps , some member oif the profos . MOn ' tyWhich he ( Lord Brougham ) had the honour to belong ! spmJB attorney ; ' how long . known , to him . was another question ; but their intercourse possibly , though shbrtj'liad been , passiiig ' sweet— ( a laiigh ;)^ and as the candidate had brought with him a letter of credit ; there was no difficulty in quietly getting a resolution coma to , — "We , the ' pebple" —( a laugh )—" we ; fhV . pcoplo of Andover "— " we , the people of Barnstaple ! " or , as' the case might bo , ' * arc bt opinion that Mr Se-and-So is a fit
and propt ' r person to represent this place in parliament . " the attorney ran up a bill , snd the intermediate agent had his commission ; and the representative rcight be a fit man enough , but when better known he ' might not happen to represent thc place ; having had a taste of thc expense of the honour . It might be'ng with o ' worthy gentleman , ' who said , when returning thank * for being elected , '' Gentlemen , I have bought you ; but I will not sell you , " - " bear , hear , " « aid the electors , " we hope you will come again . " " Ob , no , " ho answered , " I car / t come again ; it cost too much for that . " ( A laugh . ) These gentlemen might nominally represent a borough , but really represented their own purse . Looking upon this election as a contest in which bribery was likely to represent a larger place than before—an election in which so many unknown men wwe coming forward , mciu only known as wealthy—he thought it right now to ihove formally thc first resolution .
• The Marquis of Laksdowke , although fully concurring with his noble friend that the subject was mostimportant , and that the moment was a fitting one for . pointing out the , grayity of the offence of bribery and . corruption at elections , and the unbounded mischief that never failed to . flow from it , did . not think the resolutions themselves expedient , because they only recorded an opinion which It was notorious their lordships already entertained . ( Hear , hear . ) As their lordships' sentiments on the subjects of the resolutions were already well known , and as he doubted not they would willingly adopt any measure that might be sent up to them next session for punishing such delinquencies and crime , in . conuectionwith bribery and corruption at elections , as the existing law was not able to reach , he should more the precious question .
Lord Brocooam , alter what had fallen from the noble Marquis , would withdraw his resolutions , hoping , however , that whatever measure might bo proposed next session would require from each member before being sworn a solemn declaration that no mousy had . been expended , promises made , or gift bestowed , by him or by any agent pr . frie . nd ^ of . hison bis behalf , to his knowledge , in order to . influance . the vote of any person at his election . A provision to this effect had been struck out of a former
measure , Resolutions withdrawn . Irish Emigration to Canada . —EsrI Orbi , in answer to a question from Lord Enniskillen , admitted that the emigrants who bad lately arrived in Canada from Ireland had endured deplorable sufferings , but declared that cyeryi . possible precaution had been taken to . allsviato those . sufferings , . which had arisen solely from tbe distress which had prevailed in Ireland , ¦/> The house then rose at a quarter to eight o ' clock . ¦ HOUSE OF-COM . WOiVS . ^ The ' -SrtiKSB took ' the chair at 3 o ' clock . . : : ¦
National Edccatios . —Lord J . Maskers wished to ask whether the new clause introduced into tbe trustdeeds ofthe national'schools'had the sanction of the government , and whciher . any applications for aid towards tho bnildingof schools would be refused unless the persons acting at trustees Agreed to these terms of tho trust ? He also wished to know if the government had announced their intention to give no preferment to any clergyman belonging to the established church of Ireland , unless he gave in his adhesion to tho so culled system of national education t
Lord 3 , UuasEix stated , with regard to the first question , tbat thu trust-deeds had been prepared in tbe same way as they hod been for some years past , and that there had been n > dispute or contention on tbis subject , Be fore tho present government came into office , in May of last year , a new proposition , and new conditions , had been made in the trust-deeds . In order to prevent these new conditions being carried into effect , which the committee of Privy Council thought injurious , they had suggested four different forms of clauses which might be adopted by the trustees . This proposal had been laid before thc Archbishop of Canterbury , who agreed in the object of tbe clauses , but wished the local committees should be at liberty to adopt them or not as they pleased . They also wished that , in thc normal schools , the clergy . men should have , tbe superintendence of the moral , as well as the religious , education . The last proposal had
been taken Into consideration by the committee of connoil , who asrecd to ad »> pt it . But with regard to thc clauses proposed as part ofthe trust-deeds , they bad submitted those clauses to his grace , as being necessary , in order to the admission of some laymen to the trustee , ship of the schools . As the committee of the National Society had expressed no objection to them , be trusted they would bo generally adopted ; indeed , they had been adopted in almost all the schools which ha i since re . ceivedthe old of government , Villi respect to the second question , whether preferment in Ireland was only to be given to clergymen who adopted thc scheme of the national schools , there wnsiio foundation for the ru . uiour . ( Hear , hear . ) Of course , every government had its own reasons for preferring a certain clergyman ; but any exclusion on the ground of non . adberoneu to the system of national schools was no part of their scheme , ( Hear , hear . )
Silk Whavisg .-Mi- B . Osborse asked whether anv mil for thc regulation of those employed in the trade at silk-weaving would be brought iu this session ? Mr T . M , Cibs-jn . said it was not intended to iutreduce any tew invasviie of that description in tbe present l .-ision .
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Tiik Wellington Statue . —Lord J . ussem . saidi- » Iu moving the order of the day for the ComuiHtea of Supply I wish to fulfil the promise which I made to the noble lord opposite ( Lord O . Bontii > ck ) , to state to-day the intentions of the government with respect to iho Wellington military memorial , ( Hear . ) Since the time when I last addressed the house I have had communica . tion with Her M : ijoityon the subject , and with thu illustrious duke , in honour of whom tha memorial has Inert erected . The substance of tho noble duke's reply , in an » . swer to mv inquiries , wa % that he considered it not a question for himself , but one to be considered entirely oa public grounds—( hear , hear , )—that many persons had
considered , and that the committee who proposed to erect the statue had considered , that its removal iVora the arch would be regnrded as a mark of disapprobation on the pnrt of the crown towards tho individual ; c * whosu honour it was intense ! . —( hear , hear J- that , for his owh part , be had had f ' . o many proofs of the regard and approbation of tho cro * n tu think that such was the intention ; but that -uch , in his opinion , would tnw been the general f cling . He therefore deprecated , upon public grounds , tbe removal of the statue . ( Hear . ) Thi » statement had been communicated to Her Majesty ; and I have the Queen ' s commands to say , that tho tit . » ernraent do not intend to take any further steps towards the removal ofthe statue . ( Loud cries of "Hear , hear . " )
After a short conversation as to thc late interventio * of thc Treasury in tbe Greenock Election , Mr Baine withdrew a notice on the subject . The Newly-discovered Disinfecting Fluid . —M ? Bersul asked if it was thc intention of the heads of aay department of government to take any steps for testing the efficacy of u flui . J rrcentlv brought into notice in litis country by a Frenchman ' , which was said to possess At cx-raordinary and valuable property of disinfectimj putrid animal nnd vegetable matter , and was also oppli » cable to sanitary purposes ? Sir G . Gret . said , th . U on receiving information ia regard to this Quid , he had expressed a desire that ,-its capabilities should be examined j and with thatview . hj 9 had caused information of its properties to be transmitted to the municipal authorities of several large towns , who might naturally b * supposed to have ihe greatest intek-sst in » ueh a discovery .
Increase op Expenditure on the Miscella keous iTtits . —On tbe question that ihe Speaker do leave tho chair , io go into committee of supply , Mr V . Smith called attention to the arrangement of the miscellaneous estimates , wMch he was anxiovis should have been submitted to a select c inmittcc . He wished to know whether anv alteration w-uld be made in tha next session . In the present session there had been an iucreaein all thrift estimates ; and , with tho exception o ' - Inst session , they had gone on increasing for se / - rsl years . On public works aud buildings there was a ? in .
crease iu im , as compared nith J 8 ? 8 , ot £ 316 , 009 . TujJ might pii' ] is ] is be accounted : ' or by the erection of ^ ibe new ffoufos of Parliament , In the salaries of puMip officer * , the increase in tbe same period was upwards of £ ' 2 ( 0 . 000 . Doubtless many new officers hid been ap « pointed ; but the business of tbe country had so out * grown its institutions that an entire remodelling was ne « cessary . On thu item of law and justice the increase was £ 432 , 835 ; there whs a proportionate increase in education and oilitr in-nis ; making a total increase . oC £ 1 , 328 , 886 sine . 1 S 38 . ' .
Lord J . Ri-ssell ssM tbey had not proposed any select committee un the stitj-. ctthi- year , because at the tima when tbe estimates w ,-re laid on the table it would feuve been too late to proceed uith tho necessary iuquirlei * Atthe same lime , there was great room for inquiry into tho subject , and if early iu the session a committ-M was appointed , he had no doubt that it might be possible to have some general principles laid down for the guidance of government , and the house on the mbject . ( Hear . ) Mr Ud . ve considered government pledged to an inquiry into the subject , though the pressure of business this 8 , Siion had prevented the carrying it into effect , Ho hoped , however , that a new parliament and new besoms swept c !« an—would search into all these estimates , which had been growing up so fast , and endeavour to provide some remedy . ( Hei-r . )
The house wentintu Committee of Supply , nnd Lord Clements took advantage of a rote of £ 60 . 009 for relief of distress iu Ireland to allude to on article in the ifor » inji Chronicle . He h ; id always looked upan tbe ' Chronicle aft u respectable paper , and believed it was an organ o £ th » government . ( Great laughter from the treasury and ministerial benches . ) Well , he might be mistaken—< ( hear );—but at any rate he was sorry to ise that paper trying to intimidate a . member ofthe house . He bad frequently said that tbe money advanced tb Ireland could hot be repaid , nnd he reiterated the statement on Satur . day hist . An lion , member had said that not only tha property of Ireland should be sold to repay tho money ( tdritneed , cut he had mid : he gentry of Ireland ought to ho sold for a similar purpose . ( Much laughter . ) It might be a matter of amusement to hon . members , as well as editors ; but he would repeat that be thought the money bad bsen badly administered , aud could not b & repaid .
The house then resumed , and the report was ordered to be brought upon Tuesday . The . hoKse then went iuto committee of ways . . nnd means , and several votes having betn agreed to , again resumed . Mr U & wES then moved the second reading of the New Zealand ( So . 2 ) . Bill . Alter brnfly reviewing tho history of the Sew Zealand Company , aad recapitulating tbe transactions which had taken place between it fend tbe government , ihe honourable gentleman adverted to tbe chief provisions of the bill . A special commission-: r wasappointed to superintend the affurs ofthe company . Tin ; treafury was empowered to advance to thc company the sum of £ 126 , 000 , in three yi nrs , out of the
consolidated iund , in addition to tbe £ 100 , 1 ) 00 already granted , end on tlie security of ihe lands heK by the company in . the colony . For the repayment of this advance the com . pany was to bo empowired to rikpose of all its lands . The company would also be enabled , if it thought fit , to relinquish i's undertaking within three months after the 5 th of April , 1850 ; . the sum of £ 268 , 370 15 s . to be paid to it in that case , in the way of compensation , for its pro . perty , being at tbe rate of 5 s . an acre on each of tha 1 , 073 , 483 acres which it possessed in the colony . The security for the proposcn advance he believed to be ample . The advance being proposed for the encouragement of colonisation , was ; to be made for ' a national object , and on conditions which he regarded as affording the best security for its re-pnMneBt ,
LorlG . Bentisck did nu intend to oppose the bill , but be could not let it pass wiihi . ut observing that itsprinciple was not iu accordance with the rule of action which tho government had laid down for itself at tbe commencement of the session , when it deprecated tho idea of her Majesty ' s- ministers becoming great money lenders , especially when the Ivans were to be made to " destitute shareholders . " . Yet this was precisely what the gov . ernmo . ut now proposed to io . But this was not the only , Instance in which the government proposed to no that at a late period of the session , wbich was in direct contravention to the principles laid down by them at an early part of it .
A discussion ensued , in which Sir It . Inglis , Mr V . Smith , Mr C . Buller , Mr Hum-:, . Mr Williams ; : Sir James Graham , Lord Ingestrie , Mr Aglionby and ilr Disraeli , toilc part . The last-named number observed , that though gentlemen opposite mieht be satisfied with tha arrangement that was made , it was , in bis opinion , equally important tbat their O'listituenU out of doors should equally understand the question . Towhomwai this grunt to be made ? The . t had heard at the commencement of the session of grants proposed to " desti . tutc shareholders . " Was this , he should like to know , a grant to " destitute shareholders J" ( Hear , hear . ) Who were these " destitute shareholders !'' Here waa a joint . stock company in distress . They wnsttd upwards of £ CeO , COO . Thej added thc common story of the
insolvent court— "that it was not from their own fault « ( Laughter ) . Ho remembered when this company issued a rcpart-1 , 008 pa „ 'es thick-charging their loss uot upon their own bad management , but on the infamous con . duct of the Colomul-office . But when the questio-i was discussed , what was the result « Much they talked of their misfjrtuncs , but not one charge against tbe Colo . Bial Secretary was substantiated ! They retired in icno . minous defeat ! To-day they talked of " not desiring to say one word which could be construed inlo a personal reflection . " This ill-used company This unfortunate company ! How were they ill . used t What Were their misfortunes ? They appeared to have had pretty pick , ings out of the public purse , already . They were now
offered more of the public money at 31 per cent whilst every ono was paying 5 . Ha had heard much of insults to Ireland , but the greatest in » ult ever offered was this ofthe Chancellor of ihe Exchequer getting up and d * daring that the security of Ireland was inferisr to the security of New Zoatend . It was only Ihe other » i , ht that they wire told by the Hon . member for UoreheMar that they had to consider whether tbey should sorcrn Z empire like pedants , or administer it , resources like s atesmen . But whilst so apt m , h his „ , „« , axJoB 19 Z right hon . gentleman . to-night was registeringTowl condemn , ion , and giving another proof of the Sue of protectionist principles . » " = »« Jueor Tho bill was then read a second lime
The Bankruptcy ond Insolvency lini ' » c „ - i . i the Court Of BBView , was carried by a maiorit , of tobi ' el 17 ^ - T CllU 3 t ' ' ** «™* rrinXe S it vice-chancellor , by a majority of 47 knVS " , , 0 lin & B 0 , no o «> er business the house ad . jourued at half-past twelve ¦ . ' clock .
TUESDAY , Jolt 13 . HOUSE 0 Y LORDS . —The Seduction and Prosfitu . turn 8 uppretSI on Bill , being opposed by Lords yfrovgharo , Denuian , and Campbell , as calculated rather to eueouragc thuii to suppress the evils it proposed to remedy , was withdrawn by tho Bishop of tforirfcb , nbo , in so doing , expressed his hope that the time would shortly avrire when an tmohji-ciionuble measure in relcrencs to thc subject would receive thc sanction of tlie legislature . Earl Gbet moved the Militia Ballot Suspension Bill , and Tha Eavlof littEKBOBouon , in a speech of considerable length , called the attention of the bouse to ih « impolicy of continuing to suspend the ballot for the n-ilitia nt a timo when England was so far bsltind all her neighbours in her preparations for defence .
EailGiiEY , ia reply , denied that England wa * unprepared lorn a r ; on the contrary , she was beittr prepared at the present moment ibmi ever , and slili further measures would be adopted calculated to place iho
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 17, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_17071847/page/7/
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