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tuul"u ? e"e 3 . . a Harvest man had 4 d . a day which enabled him m a week to buy a comb ^ fwhS ^ Hat to , buy acomb of wheat a man SnowTlS } work ten or twelve days . * *' ' m ' f « mti ™ 2 j Ballam ) , although fl £ wages are SfiSRS XT * by - * " ? ' of ^ limient whbf SayiatDnH y be supposed to have a view rather towards ^ imuushmg than enhancing the current rate , I am not fully convinced that they werenot rather beyond at ; private accounts at least do not always correspond with these statutable prices . And it is necessary to remember that the uncertainty of employmcnt , natural to so imperfect a state of husbandry must have diminished the labourer ' s means of subsistence . Extreme dearth , not more owim »
tp adverse seasons than to improvident consunn > turn , was frequently endured . But after even -allowance of this Mnd , I should find it di & cult Z resist the conclusion ,. that however the labourer Ms derived benefit from the cheapness ^ of man ufactured commodities , and from . many inventions of common utility , he is much inferior in ability to support ' . ' a family , to 7 us ancestors three or four centuries ago . " * I think , sir , I have said chough to convince your readers that the Editor of the Chronicle is not meeting the arguments of Louis Blanc in the manner in which they should be met . If the theory of the Socialist Is to be disproved by facts and figures , the facts should be facts , and the figures should be correct . I do not for a moment . , however , imagine that the Editor of the Chronicle sought to take ad"vantage of a stranger ' s want of acquaintance with
the obscurer parts of our history . I merely wish to ^ say that he has not- given the subject that attention "wnicb . it merits , and being ill-informed of the times and circumstances of which he writes , he throws -Out random statements , not because they are true , so much as that they are convenient for making out -a case that needs a support , refused by past history . and present experience . Between the Editor of the Weekly Chronicle and Hallam , it will not be difficult for your readers to choose the best authority . In conclusion , I may remark that ihe very fact of -an honest difference on such a subject , is as strong a proof as need be of the unnatural condition of things ; if society was making a natural progress iinder the direction of wisdom and experience , an able and impartial historian like Hallam , could not Lave made the sorrowful acknowledgment which I lave just quoted . Cromwell . - Hallam's History and Governments of Europe during -the . Middle . Ages . Vol 2 nd ., pages 521 and 521
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COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS . — GREAT LOSS OP LIFE . Great Bridge , seah Dcdlet . —Tuesday . —An explosion of fire-damp in the coal pits of Mr . Thomas Morris , of this place , occurred this morning . They are contiguous to the locality where the Stour Valley Railway and the Birmingham Canal ran closely jiarallel at Great Bridge . Soon after six o ' clock this morning the colliers ( men and hoys ) descended the shaft . They were ac--eompaniad by Thomas Pritchard , "the doggy , " who bore an excellent character amongst botb masters and men . It is said that on entenngthe shaft , and on arriving in -the mine , he had -with Tiim the safety lamp , and took every precaution to prevent -accidents . The depth of tho mine is 274 yards . There are in it seven roads , some of which are from * ixty to eighty yards long . About half-past sis an -explosion took " place , and the neighbourhood of Great Bridge was thrown intoaState of the "TeatCSt alarm . As soon as possible the shaft Was descended ,
and amongst the most active in rendering assistance to the unfortunate sufferers was Mr . Morris , the proprietor of the works .. Thousands of miners and colliers from all parts ofthe country speedily assembled on the spot , and no exertions were spared to ascertain the extent of the calamity , and render ; aid to those to whom further aid could be of anyser--vice . By eleven o'clock about sixty-two men and boys were taken from the pit ; _ of these eight were -dead , and many so seriously injured that no hopes are entertained of their recovery . The six boys remaining in the pit there can be no reasonable doubt are tilled , for so late as four o ' clock this afternoon the presence of sulphur was so powerful that men who went down the pit with the viewof giving assistance , were obliged to be suddenly drawn up , and when placed in the open air it was some time Before they recovered from its effects . It is thought that , at feast , no fewer than from twenty to twenty-five lives will be lost bthis unfortunate accident .
y Among the men who are killed was Pritchard , 'the doggy / ' who carried the safety-lamp . It is stated hy some ofthe survivors , that after examining the pit , and when the colliers were "brushing sulphur , " he unscrewed the lamp . To this they attribute the ignition of the fire-damp , and the fatalre-- sulis which ensued . Some persons in the neighbourhood go so far as to assert that the presence of sulphur in the pit has lieen notorious , and generally spoKen of for some months past ; but thiswould appear inconsistent with the general character -which Pritchardhore for discretion , prudence , and
good management . Various affecting incidents are related as having occurred within the mine at the time of the explosion . The dots usually employed in the roadways , and ihe driving of the horses are almost all dead or dyin " . One poor lad was found at the bottom of ihe shaft , ahorse , when blown up by the ignited vapour , having fallen upon him and killed him . Another bad , from Somersetshire , recently appren--ticed to Pritcbard , was among st the killed . Of the . seven horses in the pit only two were hrought up - alive . At six o ' clock , owing to the prevalence of vapour , the whole of the bodies bad not been recovered ; Imt it is expected that they will be brought up during the evening . One of the sufferers , a married jnan from Tipton , lias left hehind Mm a widow and nine children .
. The pit had not been worked since Saturday ihe greater caution was therefore required on cater ± as it this morning .
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HOTAT . POLTTECHXIC IXSTIIEIIOX . — Tfl Clothe inowlcdse in such a garb as to make it -nalatable to the Tisiniiuited is a Hang of some difli-3 nltv and , since the establishment of the Polytechnic institution , it has ever been the study of its makers to overcome this difficulty . The lectures on -Rotanv , by Mr . Graham , are in a form quite com--nrehensive to the beginner , and thereby induce him ia comm ence a study of this beautiful science . Hi SamcntalandSaturalPlulosop hy ^ octor Bac h-Coffner is expatiating on the method of ventilating SUv the steam-jet ( a subject of discussion in S Boise of Commons ) . The learned Doctor is in scries of lectures
^ L cnaaged deUvering a on Se aU-cMrossing subject of Light , illustrated with iS ^ ous ° experiSien 4 all bearing on the subject ; _„ a / . nnrtmles Ms discourse oy a splendid lllumina-SSS ^ e-W ^^ ^^ * ^ S-ic-ind the Bude-together , by which means the Sditorfare enabled to form their opinion of the IdSSages of each , whether m a commercKd Pomt of view , or for curiosity . } or tuose wno are Sous of spending an HOW of p leasantry , b ended S much sterling iaformatiop , Mr . R ?^ ll . kte ^ Drurv- ^ ne Ti ^ tre , is givmg a musical cntertS Whlcb bC design ates a "lecture on
Cha-^ e ;^ r ^ f ^ S ^ lt ! e fltr £ 3 dei | % comic style which apfear tO UO duly appr ^ at ^ hy ^ audience sVle ot ihe Diobama , BeGEXIS 1 MIK . Ufl -t ™ ££ v Mr Leifchfld put up to auction , at Garra-Sv ^ s SioSa , nJgentfs Park , together with theTtwo oraaa p ictures * The Valley ^ ofRos cnlam , S the Ses ? Oberland , painted by H . dosse . Sd « The Church of Santa Croce , at Florence Srfedby the Chevalier Bouton , now exhibiting ? wl The nroperty further included the powerful
S £ 0 fv ^ hich seventy ^ hree years wa , unex |* red IK rent of £ 2 W P « annum , and between £ 3 , ° 00 at S am w ^ s rweived annually at the doors . In ^ ^ r ^ uestion , the solicitor for the landan 3 Wer J ^ J ^ fauerson whopurcbased the prooW stated ttot a person ^ P prie ^ > ^ perty migU , ™ ^ rtbT purpose of erecting saasaB *^ -- pt »>*
first time in -pg uuu ^ ^^^ Theatre on Tuesday ^ en mg . ¦ &** £ * %££ was crowded , and the enthusiasuc ^ . ^ Sdkerchiefs greete ^ his apvvavmg ofbats auuM ^ iady Macbeth , pearance . ^; . ^^ M . _ One examp le of steady L ^ - ^ ffesssKS ggsi fs ^ p ^^ mueh prcacliJng .
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— — - — - * - - «" A JI \ J J ^» ( Concluded from Vie Second page J Aosteias Ateociix . —I have to add to the list of executions which have taken place in Presburg , under the auspices of the butcher of Brescia , Haynaa , one which exceeds in atrocity any of the preceding , and which has created a far moje powerful sensation among the people . ; An Evangelical clergy , man , named Kazga , whose eloquence as a preacher has long procured him bverflo wing ; congregations , has been seized , tried by court-martial , and sentenced to be hangdd for addressing seditious language to the people . The execution of Razga took place at four o ' clock on the morninsr of June 18 th ui viKue ciwieiueoi
mu . mc ot the people may be measured by the precautions adopted by the authorities . All the streets leading to the Castle were strongly occupied by military f the cannon on the bastions were loaded , with lit matches at hand . » o disturbance took place . It is expected thatthe retaliation menaced by Kossuth against Austrian prisoners will now he pat in execution .: " The Austrian government in Presburg is become one of terror . 2 fo greater service could be done to the cause of the Magyars . Razga , although young , was tne father of five children . He met his death with ' great firmness , deUvering a speech in defence of his conduct / and ended with "God bless the Fatherland . "
Fobuc Eeeidto cr Bohemia ; — ' Several arrests have taken place at Prague , where the temper of the populac e still _ remains threatening . Their loyalty is not likely to he freshened by a new levy of recruits which has just been decreed for Bohemia . No less than 19 , 000 Czechs are , in this , instance , to betaken from their native country and employed against the Hungarians , with whom they sympathise . Experience has shown that the imperialist levies are the most efficient means to recruit the Hungarian Honved regiments .
TRIALS OF . THE DEMOCRATS BT C 0 URT 5-MAETUI . Berus , Jdxe 23 . —The court-martial held to-day its first sitting to try the the democratic prisoners arrested in May . The state prosecuior , _ Schlitte , has laid the sentences at two years' fortress-imprisonment for Dr . Gehrke , nine months for Waldeck , Schoneman , and some others , and six months for the rest . The referendarius , Meyer , is at this moment making his speech in defence . The verdict is expected this evening . 3 fo hope is entertained of acquittal . . . —' ¦ A popular journal , the 'Urwahler / has been suppressed .
ENTBAXCJ OF THE PRUSSIANS ISIO MASSUE 1 JI AND HEIDELBERG . After the Prince of Prussia had defeated the patriots on the 22 nd inst ., near Waghausel , the troops under General von der Groben crossed the Necker , near Ladenburg and Mannheim , and in the course of tlay ni ght took possession of the latter , without opposition , a counter-revolution having broken out in favour of the Prussians , and the patriots having retired from the town , in order , it was said , to
march against the corps of General von Ilirschfeld . It appears that the second regiment of dragoons refused to obey the orders of Mieroslawski , and that the second call for recruits on his part has caused much dissatisfaction . Heidelberg was also taken without opposition by General Ton Schack . On the following day ( the 23 rd ) the Prussian troops quartered inKffiferthal , marched also into Mannheim ; but , after a few hours' rest , they left in pursuit of the enemy , who , by the latest accounts , was in the vicinity of Ifoekarsternach .
The armed patriots of Rhenish Bavaria have joined those of Baden , pursuant to the . plan of Mieroslawski . -By the capture of Hivschhorn , the Prussians gained possession of six pieces of artillery . It is not exactly known wnero General von Hirschfeld has pitched his head-quarters , but probably at Wicsloch . The corps under General von dcr Groben met with a determined resistance at Ladenburg , but they succeeded in getting possession of the town , though not at first ofthe bridge , which was strongly barricaded and defended on the side opposite to Ladenburg by seven pieces of artillery . The next " day , however , the -patriots threatened by the advance of Prussian ana Bavarian troops in all directions , abandoned the bridge ,
over which , shortly afterwards , the Prussians crossed to . Heidelberg , the garrison of which had previously withdrawn . The Prince of Prussia has issued the following proclamation : — "As the insurgents in the grand duchy of Baden continue to organise an armed resistance to the troops assembled on the frontiers for the purpose of restoring the legitimate government , and as they have already opposed them in battle , I hereby declare , as commander-in-chief of the Prussian army sent for the above purposes to Baden , that the entire grand duchy is placed under martial law . Accordingly , aU persons in the grand duchy of Baden endangering or injuring , by traitorous proceedings , the troops under my command , are amenable to the military tribunals . The
respective commanders of the army corps are empowered to take the necessary steps , and to confirm the sentences of death . " The Prussians have also taken possession of Bruchsal . The journals favourable to the insurrection depict in glowing terms the ardour ofthe republicans , and their readiness to make all kinds of sacrifices for the cause . -The French government received the . following telegraphic despatch from Strasburgh : — ' Carlsruhe was occupied onMonday by the Prussians . Two Baden regiments passed overto their side . The insurgents are concentrating themselves at" Rastadt . The Provisional government withdrew last night from Offenburgh to Friburgh . '
TVAB , IN HUNGARY . A letter of the 13 th inst ., from Cracow , in the Brcslau Gazette , mentions an affair between the vanguard ofthe Magyars and the Russians within the Salician frontier at Jordanow . The Russian Col . Megden was killed . 200 Cossacks were cut off and taken prisoners . Another letter of the loth inst ., from Cracow , mentions , as a report , an engagement in the Eng pass , between the advanced guard of the Russians and Bern . The Russians , numbering 6 , 000 , were beaten .
Reported Defeat of the Russians . —Vienna , Jcse 16 . —The great news is a tremendous encounter with the Hungarians . The Austrians and Russians are said to have been completely defeated , and to have left on the field the fabulous number of 23 , 000 killed . This battle took place on the 13 th , 14 th , and 15 th , in the large plain between Raab and "Weiselburg . It Lasted sixty-four hours . The loss ofthe Magyars is stated at 8 , 000 . The Austrians were commanded by Haynau , the Russians hy Riidiger , and the Hungarians by Georgey . Another affair , which must not be confounded with the above , and which was referred to in our
Vienna Jetter given on Wednesday , is mentioned in letters from Presburg as having occurred at Czorna . A brigade was sent by Sehlick from-Oedenburg , under General Wyss , in that direction . General Wyss was taken prisoner , and the Chlan Colonel , Baron Zcssner , killed . Sehlick sent out this brigade to cover his rig ht flank as he was marching to Raab . It was beaten on the 13 th instant . Some reports represents this whole brigade as having been destroyed ; others say that 4 , 000 men have deserted , en masse from Sehlick to the Magyars . What is certain , carts of wounded for three jdays have been continually pouring into Presburg and the places
ahont . Tiesxa , Juse 17 . —The news of the great battle bv Raab is not confirmed . On the other hand , the defeat of the Wyss brigade is established beyond doubt , together with all the details given yesterday . This severe blow to the Austrians is the consequence Of their infatuated supposition that the Hungarian people arc really on their side , and desire a restoration of the old state of things . The disaster , of Wyss arose from his trusting small detachments anion a hostile population . There is no other Hungarian news worth relating .
- e following interesting particulars arc taken from aBreslau paper : — " The cause of the unwonted delay in commencing operations is to be' sought for in the remarkable circumstance that thepiau of operation as agreed upon in common by the Russian and Austrian general officers has been betrayed to the Magyars , which is visible by the peculiar distribution ° of their forces . How this treachery was accom plished is still a secret , but there is an inevitable necessity for drawing , up a new plan for the campaign ; and this , too , is connected with great difficulttes , because already in the first plan all naand in
tural chances were taken into account , now drawing up the second these advantages must not be sacrificed , and although the fundamental idea of thp new plan must be . entirely changed , the Object £ lbe atiSned must be otherwise followed up . - ; The Poles taken prisoners , who were brought to headmiarte ^ are to be handed over to Russia , in order ? S to Siberia . This was one of theprmcipal conditions insisted on by the Russians when their intervention was required . . ; - , . The South Sclavonian Gazette contains a horrible account ofthe sack and carnage on the entrance of ^ f nSitsintoSeusatz . This important and
populous citv ofthe Servians has suffered bombaMjneni frwtho Magyar garrison of Peterwardein , wh . le le ^ t aSabfe atrocities have . been exercised tnemu-u _ . tte % TOge . v Paes under frtiHf SSer , ' cruelty , lus £ rioted without Jelhcbich . "JJJJSriete for several days in suc-SSSS ^ - ^ -. ^ bL on the ^ nfc-Tir ^ r- sppm d etermined to hold Saab at all eo ? RSf % l ( M > P 0 , men withforty Son TnTtheatre « re ? wf Shed , as well as the Vienna gate ^ and ^ the corn Sgazinehardby . There is a u ^ wto dge thrown ^ Sto rtipmnat . Of the main corps of theMagyars SShSSA bSKPX HUstrass , under Senberl andpartat Gdngo and Comorn , under £ ? anka Kossuth was for some days ^ m Raab , 2 h is the bhih-puvce of bis wife , and harangued rtenwule . General : Sass began operations from DuK tho 17 ti , and inarched against Epines .
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After his defeat at Kacz , Perczel retreated to Theresiopel . .. - .. The Pmse states that the corpse of Gen , Wyss , whose brigade was annihilated by tho Hungarians near Czorna , has been found . Letters from Bruck of the 17 th inst . in the « K blner Zeltung' state that the Hungarians are concentrate ing large masses of their troops in the vicinity of Oedenburg , whence it is feared they will make an attack upon Vienna . A corps of Russians has consequently marched from Brack to Oedenburg , and preparations have been made to destroy the railroad from Oedenburg to Neustadt , and thence to Vienna , to prevent the approach ofthe Hungarians , incase they should succeed in . defeating the combined Imperialist forces at Oedenburg . The Huufarians have meanwhile taken possession of Altenurg . They occupy the whole territory between the Danube and the Ueusicdel'Lake and Friedberg . Our last advices confirm the annihilation of the
corps of General Wyss ; and it appears , from the statements of the IColner Zeitung , that the operations of General Sehlick have been attended with equally unsatisfactory results . 7 Field-Marshal Haynau , intending to makeup for the small defeats which the Austrians had suffered on the island of Shiits on the 6 th , 7 th , and 9 th inst ., marched on the 12 th a strong corps to Vajka , and advanced on the 13 th on the banks of the Danube , while . General Sehlick had been ordered to cross the Danube to occupy Wieselberg , and to subdue the city of Raab . General Sehlick was preparing to obey these orders ,
when he found himself suddenly surrounded by a superior number of Hungarians , who attacked him with great violence , and took fourteen field-pieces , besides forcing him , on the 15 th , to recroas the Danube ,: and to retire to the vicinity of Altenburg . Above 500 men of General Schlick ' s corps , most of them natives of Galicia , deserted to the Hungarians . Field-Marshal Haynau ,. finding himself unsupported by Schlick ' s corps , regained his former position . ' Gaiicia . —News from Cracow to the 10 th . —The sonofDembinski has been arrested , at the order of the Imperial cabinet . He is to be a hostage , and Russia caused the step to betaken .
POLASD . ^ Wahsaw . —The Czar intends to take up his residence at Warsaw , where the corps diplomatique have alread y arrived from St . Petersburg . The Prussian envoy has gone there for the purpose of conveying the assent of the Prussian court to a new policy relative to Poland ; for there is no longer , a doubt that the Polish movement which is on the eve of breaking out will commence in the Prussian provinces of Posen . The report spread throughout the grand duchy that that province will be soon occupied by the Russians appears to have been invented for the purpose of misleading the peasantry , who are already in a great state of excitement , in which the Polish nobnity and clergy uphold them .
CANADA . Montbeai , June 7 . —The greatest excitement has prevailed throughout the city for . the past : two days , in regard to the tone assumed by the English papers relative to Canadian affairs . With the issue of the city papers this niorning , containing full details , the excitement was intense . The pirty in favour of annexation calls more foudf y than ever , and the greatest indignation and disgust prevails among the ultra-Loyalists . Appearances in : the lower provinces seem to justify the supposition that no appeal to arms will be made
just yet . The principal men of the Tory party desire that the result of the mission of Sir Allan M'Nab should be known before ulterior measures be resorted to . It is found , however , exceedingly difficult to calm the lower orders . The news will hurry on the National Convention . Were his Excellency to appear in this city , so frightful are the threats uttered against him , that it is feared he would be murdered . Should this feeling not subside , he may not be safe even at Monklands . It is in vain , however , to predict what an hour may bringforth .
UNITED STATES . The war between Austria and the Hungarian has excited deep interest among the Hungarians , Poles , and thtir descendants in this country , so much so that petiti'iBs are now in progress of-signatuve praying the government of the United States to recognise the " independence of Hungary , " as a separate nation . It is not probable , however , that President Taylor and his Cabinet will act hastily in the matter . In the meanwhile two great meetings have been held on the subject , one in New York and the other in Philadelphia . I send you brief reports of both , as the proceedings are calculated to interest European readers . /
Ihe meeting at New York was held in the large room of the Shakespeare H » tel , of the Hungarians and other Germans of this city , for the purpose of sending a deputation to Hungary with a flag , as a token of admiration of that nation ' s valour , and devoted love of liberty : also , to take into consideration the best mode of aiding them in their struggle against despotism . The chairman read an address to Kossuth , to accompany the flag , in the German language . The flag , which is in preparation , is to have a likeness of Kossuth on one side , and of Washington on the other , with the inscription' " Liberty , glory , independence . " It is to be a tricolour of green , red , an < i white .
A committee was appiintc & to draw up resolutions lor the intended meeting . The Philadelphia meeting was very numerously attended , and the proceedings were of a more decided character than those of the meeting in New York . The following resolutions were adopted unanimously : — " Whereas , it has always uniformly been the practice of the American people to hold meetings of sympathy with all people who have been struggling for the advancement of Republican principles ; and " Whereas , we recognise she desire of liberty as one of the first impulses of the human heart , and that he alone is worthy ofthe rich boon who has the courage to defend it ; and , "Whereas , n- e recognise in the present struggle of the Italian people carta ' s noblest spectacle , man contending against tyranny established by the custom of ages ; therefore ,
" llesolvcd , 1 : That as freemen , enjoying the inestimable blessing offree institutions , purchased by the pati iotism of our fathers , we cannot do less than extend the sympathies of our natures to our suffering brethren of Italy , and detest with all the feelings of generous hearts the usurping cruelty of the Fiench government . "Resolved , 2 : That every generous American should extend the hand of brotherly kindness to any portion of God ' s people struggling for the valuable rights of man .
" Resolved , 3 : That a committee of five be appointed to confer with committees from other districts of the city and county of Philadelphia , for the purposes of moving , at an early day , a mass meeting of the citizens in Independence-square . " Rev . J ; L . Burrows , J . S . Fletcher , A . C . Rankin , and O . Comraan , made able addresses , and on motion , the assemblage adjourned , to meeton Thursday night . It is contemplated to hold a " mass meeting" in the Park , New York ; and I ob ervc that a New York journal recommends the establishment of an association , to be calkd the " Society of Human Freedom , '' the object of which would be to promote human freedom in all nations , so far as may be
compatible with national treaties . That dreadful scourge , the Asiatic cholera , continues its ravages with increased mortality . At St . Louis the deaths are from 100 to 200 per week . At New Orleans as many . At Cincinnati , rather fewer , but still numerous ; and so in nearly all the western towns and cities . It is feartully destructive along the lower Mississippi and among the plantations , and also among the emigrants to California . In Texas there are several towns in universal mourning ; some places having lost more than half their inhabitants within afew days . General Worth died of the pestilence in Texas , and General Gaines , senior officer in the "United States army lias since become a victim . after an hour ' s illness , in New Orleans . Several of
the leading railway lines carty cholera medicnuv , to administer to any passengers that mig ht be attacked with cholera . This city , I am happy to say , has , thus far , been visited very lighrt y , and the public authorities are taking every necessary precaution . New York has suffered severely . The cases in -that city , last , week , were 242 ; deaths 90 . The latter Vary from ten . to twenty per day . Boston , Brooklyn , Albany , and Buffalo , have been lightly affected as yet ; but we fear an increase all over the country , with the excessive heats of summer . The Virginia Legislature have removed precipitately from Richmond to Fanquier Springs , in consequence of the prevalence of cholera in that city . The late President , Mr . Polk , is dangerously ill of the cholera at
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INDIA . . . The express from Agra has brought information , that Moolraj is to be tried at Lahore by commission , consisting of Mr . 'C . J . Mansel , Mr . R ^ Mont . "ornery , and Brigadier Godby . No fewer than three hundred witnesses are , " it is said , on the roll for examination , and if the evidence of all be taken . the trial will he protracted to a length seldom witnessed in this country , and which will find its on . y parallel in the proceedings against some . of the ^ traitors in Ireland . " Judging from the feeling displayed against Moolraj , I think it is very probable he will be hanged , if found guilty . . „„__ .
_„ „ . CHINA , , ; ' CANTON . —After the April expedition of 1847 , a treaty was entered into between the two govern-3 s , ratified : and interchanged , by which , at the S period of . two years from the 6 th of April , the S y of Canton was to be open to British subjects The time lias arrived for carrying out the treaty , but the Emneror has declined doing so . Acu , the ricerofoKanton . has publi heft to follows document : —
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" At twelve ' o ' clock oh the 8 th of this month I respectfully , received from , the Great Emperor the following expression of his will regarding the matter which I had represented to him by a special express —that your nation , namely , was deliberating about entering the city : — "' Cities are erected "to protect the people ; it is by protecting the people that the kingdom is preserved . That to which the hearts of the people incline is that on which the decree of Heaven rests . "' Now , the people of Kwang-tung arc unanimous and de ! ermined that they will not have foreigners en ter the city—how can I post up everywhere my Imperial order , and force an opposite course upon the people ? The Chinese government cannot go against the people in order to comply with the wishes of men from afar . Foreign governments also oueht ' to examine the
feelings of the people , and to allow free course to the energies of the merchants . You must , rigorously repress the native banditti , and not allow them to take advantage of the opportunity to create disturbances and trouble among my people . The foreign merchants come from afar over the great ocean , all to dwell in peace , and be happy in pursuing their business ; you ought also to extend the same protection to them , so shall the blessing of harmony be perpetual and abundant , and all will enjoy a perfect tranquillity ; Respect this . ' 7 '' You will perceive that the language which I used at the late Conference with your Excellency did not spring from an obstinate adherence to my own views . The Imperial pleasure which I have recived from afar does not differ from this determination of the public—a necessary communication ^
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THE MINERS OF THE NORTH . Durham . —At the-delegate meeting of the Miners of Northumberland and Ikrham , held at the Greyhound Inn , Clay Path , Durham , on Saturday , June 23 rd , the following resolutions were agreed to : —* "That a district public meeting of the Miners in the Wear Collieries take place on Pittington Hill , on Saturday ,:, Jim © . 30 th ; chair tak « n at threeo ' clock in the afternoon . " . "That a district public meeting of the Miners of the Auckland district be held on the Batts , Bishop Auckland , on Saturday , June 30 th ; chair taken at two o ' clock . " "Thata district public meeting take place on Saturday , June 30 th , at the Avenue Head , Seaton Deleval ; chair , taken at five o clock .
"That the chairman , M . Jude , write to Mr . Barratt , secretary of the United Trades , for thirty copies of the rules of that Association . " ' That Thomas Bell and William Dawson be the lecturers for the Type collieries for the ensuing fortnight ; and that Emblcton , Stoves , Wilson , and Hardy lecture for the same period in tho Wear and Tees collieries . " It havingbeen stated that tho owners of Byer ' s Green Colliery had ejected from their houses about thirty men , r who would not sign the iniquitous document—the " new bond "—which conditions that any man entering the union shall lose his employment , it wasresolved , " That each delegate use his utmost exertions to get them proper support ; and that the thanks of the . delegates are due to the Cowper miners for ihe advance of £ 110 s . for that purpose ; and it is hoped other collieries will imitate so praiseworthy an example . " " That a delegate meeting be held on Saturday , July 7 th , at Thomas Greener ' s , sign ofthe Cock , Newcastle . Chair taken at eleven o ' clock a . m . " M . Jude , Chairman .
Mazzisi, The Roman Tbiumvik.—We Give The...
Mazzisi , the Roman Tbiumvik . —We give the following interesting account of one of tlie most remarkable men of our times , from the Inverness Advertiser : — " In tho mingled moderation and dignity—the hig h and unswerving resolution which have characterised the councils and proceedingsand in the eloquence and cogency of argument and statement , which have marked the manifestoes and other formal documents of the Roman Triumvirate , may be traced the hand , and the presiding genius of the Triumvir , Joseph Mazzini , who is unquestionably the man of the crisis , and a greater or a worthier than whom old Rome never produced in her hours of peril . This gentleman is the same whose correspondence was so basely tampered with some years ago , by Sir James Graham—when , m forgetfulnoss alike of his character of a British
minister , and the honour of an English gentleman , he stooped to become the instrument of the vile espionage of Austria and the Pope ; and thus added a now descriptive phrase to the English language , not likely soon to die out , the ' Grahaming of letters . ' During many years of exile , Mr . Mazzini was a resident in the British metropolis , enjoying the respect and esteem of all who knew him , and supporting himself by his contributions to tho leading periodicals and journals . By his industry and ability he not only earned an honourable independence , but was helpful to many of his less fortunate countrymen ; and the unwearied zeal and labour which he evinced in behalf of the schools established for the
benefit of the crowd of outcast Italian boys brought over to London will not soon be forgotten . Very shortly before he was summoned from these peaceful and beneficent labours , to play so distinguished a part in the great drama of Italian affairs , ho contributed a series of papers , still remembered for their singular power and justness of view , to Lowe ' s Edinburgh Magazine ( thon under the management of tlie present writer ) , under the title of' The Pope and the Italian Question . ' It is interesting now to look back upon them , and note the accuracy with which all his leading predictions have been verified . If only permitted to work out his plans much might be hoped for tho future of Rome . "
Tins Ten Hours Bill . —A numerous meeting of factory operatives was held in Manchester on Tuesday evening , for the purpose of " taking into consideration the best means of maintaining the Ten Hours Act , and also of putting an end to violations of its provisions by masters who arc working by relays or shifts . " Mr . Tear , Mr . Charles Betron , Mr . Philip Knight , and other factory workers , took part in the proceedings , and earnestly pressed the meeting to unite with the factory hands generally in an agitation for preventing the carrying on ofthe relay or shift system . A resolution , protesting against
tho system , as a manifest violation ofthe Ten Hours Act , and as calculated " to place the adult factory hands in tho most deplorable condition , as they may be compelled to work any number of hours that the violators of the Ten Hours Act may think proper , " was carried unanimously , as were other resolutions , pledging the meeting to maintain and protect the Ten Hours Act from all attempts now being made to violate it , " and also to contribute the necessary pecuniary assistance for its due protection . " The feeling among the factory hands against the relay system is becoming stronger every day in all parts of the district .
Resistance to OrrnESsiou a Sacred Duty . —To resist wrong , even though it be clothed with a lie , calling itself " law" or " order , " is the universal rig ht and duty of humanity ; even to oppose evil is the part of every rig ht thinking man . If an enemy invades our country shall wc not take arms in its defence ? If they conquer and hold us in bondage for a thousand years or more , doth this give them a . right to govern us ? If then , and not till then , we acquire strength to repel their aggression , shall we be debavrcd from using that strength to recover our freedom , because formerly we were weak and unable to resist usurpation . Or if from unknown times wo have been enslaved , and our masters are of our own race , is this arcason for the continuance Of slavery ? Doth evil become good through long supremacy ? When the oppressors arc wrestling
with their oppressors , he , who succourctu tlieni not to the utmost of his ability , is a participator in the crime of the tyrant . CompulsorvTub-Payment of Letters by Stamps —The announcement that the Postmaster-General had determined to close the provincial town receiving-houses against letters pre-paid by money , is most important , as exhibiting the policy of the Postrofficeauthovities to gradually compel the public to use stamps in order to diminish tho labour of their officials , and thus save the . national expenditure . All late letter fees , the postage on all letters sent by midday , must , even now , be pre-paid by stamps , and in a few days every one ofthe hundreds of town receiving-houses in the kingdom will refuse all letters , even those for foreign parts , unless they aro pre-paid by stamps .
The Crops . —Prom all parts , East , West , North , and South , the reports concerning the crops of Great Britain and Ireland are most favourable . The rumours of potato blight in Ireland have ceased to prevails and each day the accounts abate nothing' of their , joy ful , but ciutious tone . Similar good news comes generally from the Western countries of Europe—from Prance , Belgium , and Western Germany j but from Southern Russia there are accounts of great famine , and of an apparent failure , even thus early , of the cereal crops . _ r Saw Too evbk such a Saw?—A wag sawing with a saw that was not tlie sharpest in the world , after trying vainly to saw with it , broke out at last as follows : — " Of all the saws that lover saw saw , I never saw a saw saw as that saw saws . "
A Gentleman . —There have been many definitions of a gentleman , but the prettiest , and most voeticis that given by a girl in New York .. * ' A gentleman , " said she , " .. is a human being combining a woman ' s tenderness with a man ' s courage . " Elihu Burritt , the American : "Peace" advocate , is understood to be in pecuniary . difficulties , caused by the small sale of ; the numerous works in which he is interested , i : [ Elihu is a canting dodger . If be is not lazy , . let him , go work at , the anvil . We are heartily g lad to hear that the . public are too sensible to : purchase his printed . trash . ; . The Duke of Norfolk ' s famous speech about curry powder has almost been equalled by an oration delivered at the Permoy board of guardians , in ¦ ¦ which a noble earl said that the workhouse was much too comfortable . The Dublin Post recommends his lordship to try the experiment ofliving ou twopence , and a half-favthing a day .
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• MONDAY , J we 25 . HOUSE OFLORDS .-Diplomatic Relations WITH SPAltf , —The Earl of Aberdeen brought the state of our diplomatic relations with Spain before the attention of the House . It was now more than a year since the Spanish government , acting on the sincere conviction that its existence was endangered by the policy of personality and hatred pursued towards it by our Secretary for Foreign Affairs , dismissed with indignity the British Minister at Madrid —a step which was followed by the cessation of all diplomatic intercourse between the two countries . Since that time , however , be believed that the Spanish government had repeatedly expressed its
desire to make the most ample reparation to England consistently with its honour , and he saw no reason , if that desire were met on our side in aproper spirit , why a mutual good understanding should not be arrived at forthwith . There could not be a doubt that the existing Spanish government had shown that it had both the power arid the will to govern the country in peace and tranquillity during a period of the greatest revolutionary excitement , and it was on the eve of amending ifs tariff on a principle which would admit our manufactures at much nv re moderate duties than those at . present in force . Wish tliMge observations he beg » ed to ask the Marquis of Lansdowne whether there was any prospect of a speedy renewal of our diplomatic and friendly
relations with the Spanish government . , The Marquis of Lansdownb replied that if the Earlof Aberdeen knew that the Spanish government had offered satisfactory reparation for their conduct towards the British Minister at Madrid , all he ( the Marquis of Lansdowne ) could say was that to his knowledge no such offer had been made . He would not enter into' the other questions broached by the noble Earl , but would simply remark that the concessions about to be made by the Spanish tariff were tiie necessary consequence of thespread of those more enlightened maxims of finance which were every day becoming more widely extended in Europe . And he trusted the same good sense which would be
perfectly consistsnt with their honour , would lead to the admission that they had been misled and mis-informed , as they no doubt were at the time , with respect to the personal conduct of Sir II . Bulwer . No dishonour coutd possibly attach to such a course and if it were pursued it would speedily be seen that there was no disposition on the part of the British government to exact anything more than the admission of their having bt en misinformed . The noble marquis also , in some explanatory observations , detailing communications with the French government on the subject of the original -intimation of sending the expedition to Rome , laid the several papers on the table .
Portpatrick anu DoNAGHAnEE . —The Marquis of Londonderry moved the appointment of a select committee—To inquire and examine into the expediency and advantage of removing the post-office packet station and » communication between the south-west of Scotland and the north of Ireland ; and to ascertain the public grounds upon which the safe sea passage of eighteen miles be ween the harbours of Portpatrick and Donaghadee is to be nowabandoned , and those harbours which have cost the country nearly £ 400 , 000 consequently ruined , in order , for the sake of a trifling saving , to substitute along sea voyage of ninety miles from Greenock to Belfast , which is now the object projosed by her
Majesty ' s government , and to report thereon to the house . After some general observations on the subject , the noble marquis concluded by imploring their lordships to grant the inquiry . The poor inhabitants on both sides of the channel had petitioned for a continuance of this means of communication , and he trusted a favourable answer would be returned to them , for the people naturally trusted much to her Majesty ' s great munificence and liberality . Would the government but advise her Majesty to visit Ireland , there would be raised such a cry of joy from one end of the country to the other , that party feeling would be entirely forgotten . The Earl of Cawoor moved the addition of the
words , and also to inquire into the reasons which led to the abandonment of the project of Post-offico communication between Millord llavcn and Waterford . " The Earl of IiAnDr . vGTO . v , from what had taken plnce on the subject when he was First Lord of the Admiralty , thought it one fit for inquiry . The Marquis of Clanmcajidii entered into a statement of the course which had been pursued , and the official inquiries instituted on the subject . The question had been thoroughly considered by the offis cers whose duty it was to examine into it ; and it wa , not for the purpose of saving a few thousand poundsbut with a view to the public service , that these packet stations at Portpatrick and Donaghadee were proposed t » be abandoned . The Eari of Galloway thought sufficient reasons had been adduced to show that a preliminary inquiry was necessary .
The Marquis of Londonderry , from the thinness of the House , thought he should be defeated on a division , and would therefore withdraw his motion . On the motion of Lord Campbell , the Encumbered Estates ( Ireland ) Bill was re-committed , pro forma , the noble and learned lord stating that on the third reading he should move an amendment relativa to the final and conclusive decision of the commissioners in certain causes . Earl Grey laid a bill on the tahle to provide for the administration of justice in Vancouver ' s Island . On the motion of the Marquis of Clanricarde the Grand Jury Cess ( Ireland ) Bill was read a third time and their lordship * adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Mr . T . S . Doncombb presented a petition praying for a measure for the regulation of mines and toliieries ; another praying for the establishment of home colonies ; and another complaining of the officers in the department of the Woods and Forests .
CoLiiEKY Explosions . —Mr . Wyld wished to ask the right hon . gentleman the Secretary of State lor the Home Department , whether he had received any official intelligence respecting the colliery explosion at St . Helen ' s , Lancashire , last Saturday ; and also when it was his intention to lay on the table of the House the papers containing the government ' s course , of action regarding the inspection of collieries ? Sir G . Grey replied that no official intelligence had yet been received of the explosion in question ; and was understood to say that the papers alluded to were in the House , and would be laid on the table . Transportation for Treason Bill . —The order of the day for the third reading of this bill having been read , Mr . Napier , on the ground that the bill was either totally unnecessary , or totally unconstitutional , moved that it be read a third time that day three months .
Mr . Spooner seconded the motion , and contended that it was an infraction of the constitution to pass an ex post facto law , the effect of which would be to aggravate , and not to mitigate , the punishment . ' At any rate , the bill was an inroad on the constitution , its object being to remove the doubts of persons who should have been still left in a state of doubting . Colonel Rawdos bore testimony to the upright conduct of * Mr . W . S . O'Brien in that House , and called attention to the fact that , six years ago , that person had moved for a committee on the state of belaud , which was supported by all the members of the present government . While all the grievances under which Ireland then laboused , the Callege of Maynooth excepted , still remained unredressed , he thought that these circumstances ou » ht to be taken into consideration in legislating in this case .
Sir G . Gasv denied that the bill would enable the government to aggravate , and not mitigate the punishment . Let the House say whether or not imprisonment for life , as a condemned felon , was not a severer punishment than transportation . [ Impartiality ov the Prrss . —The following is the "Tunes" ReportofMv . O'Coxxon ' s repl y to Sir George Grey : — Mr . P . O' Connor said , that when they considered how hastily the bill had passed the other House , and how hastily it had been discussed in that House , whilst those persons who had had tho subject under their patient consideration ontortainod a doubt upon it , he thought it would bo but fair for tho House maturely to consider it before they gave their sanetionto this bill .
The following is from our own Reporter : ]—Mr . O'Connor said , as lie . had before stated , he had refrained from taking any part in the debate , lest a single word falling from Mm might injure the case of those gentlemen who had been so ably defended by . the lion , and learned member for the University of Dublin . He had listened very attentively to the respective quibbles of the several professional gentlemen who had taken a prominent part in the debate ; but : he was not armed with any legal grounds for opposing the measure , however strong the constitutional grounds
were until he heard the astounding" admission of the right hon . Secretary for ihe Home Department , who had just addressed the House . ( Hear , hear . ) ¦ . - . Now , what were the arguments of that right hon . gentleman ? Wh y ; ! he ^ admitted "that > while the legal lords in another p lace , and the Attorney-General , in that House , had / assented to iia provisions hastily , upon . the . ground of mercy , and while .. [ those judicial functionaries and the Attorney-General had no doubt as to the power - of the Crown to substitute transportation for death , without any such enactment , that , nevertheless , the Bill was considered necessary in consequence of the grave doubts entertained by the Irish law advisers of the Queen ' s repre-
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sentative . ( Hear , hear . ) Well , thon , what was the legitimate inference tc be drawn from such an admission ? Was it fl > ot that the professional gentlemen engaged in this case from its commencement , and possessing the ; beat nieans of appl y ing the law ^^ s it stood , < h'd see a d oubt , and that the very preamble of this bill admitted the doubt —( hear , hear)—while the law lords and Attorney-General saw no * « 9 Then where the necessity for the bill at all ? or wh y set 0 fe the squinting and hasty - view taken by tlie judicial lord * and the Attorney-General , against the grave consideration of those legal functionaries who bare had the
management of the case from its commencement , and who muat have deeply and maturely considered it with reference to the existing state of the law as regards the royal prerogative ? ( Hear , hear . ) He quite- agreed with the hon . member for Warwickshire ( Mr . Spooner ) as to the imprudent , and , he would add , injudicious course pursued b y the Irish members in the debate , ( Hear , hear . ) ' It had merged into a perfect Irish row all thought of those who were most concerned being lost in a bit of vanity or selfish feeling . ( Hear , hear . ) He had before expressed his opinion as to the prudence of leaving the matter iu the . hands ofthe able and consistent
member for the University , who had had the management of the case from , tho commencement , and again he said , that any attempt to take it out of his bauds would but injure his clients . ( Hoar , hear . ) ¦ He had heard various opinions expressed by professional gentlemen , who took ix part in the debate ; all were equall y confident as to the soundness of their views , while it was quite certain that though all boasted of great professional knowledge , some had but a very limited practical experience . ( Hear , hoar , and laughter . ) He had his owu
opinions with regard to the legal question , but he . had abstained from stating them for the reasons before assigned , namely , Jest lie mi ght injudiciousl y injure' where he was anxious to serve . ( Hear , hoar . ) ' However , he would conclude as he commenced , by assorting that the right lion , gentleman ( Sir G . Grey ) had established the strongest possible grounds for rejecting this bill . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . S . Crawfoiu ) opposed the bill as dangerous to the constitution both in England and in Ireland , and urged that if there were any doubts in the case , they ought to be solved in favour of the prisoners !
Mr . 11 bvnoi . dk contended that those who opposed tho bill , only desired that the parties to whom it referred might be confined within the realm during her Majesty ' s pleasure , or that some lesser punish ment might be inflicted on them . On a division the amendment was negatived by a majority of 132 , the numbers 27 to 159 , and the bill was read a third time . Mr . Anstey moved an amendment to the effect that the prisoners should be confined during the Queen ' s pleasure or banished . After some observations from the Atiorney-Gexehal , Dr . Tower , and Mr . Dixon , the amendment was negatived by a majority of 125 , tho numbers 20 to 141 . On the question that the bill do pass , Mr . Lawlkss recommended to the government the expediency of pursuing a merciful course towards Mr . W . S . O'Brien .
Lord J . EussuLL said , however much the government mi ght have been tempted during tho debates on this measure to have referred to the offences therein dealt with as of the highest order of guilt , nothing had fallen from them in aggravation , and believing that if a li g hter degree of punishment than that contemplated , -were to be imposed on Mr . W . S . O'Brien , the peace and safety of Ireland would fee endangered , it was his determination to persist in carrying out tlie measure . Mr . Anstey put in a last word in favour of mercy and the bill passed .
Poor Relief ( Ireland ) Kill . —The House then went for the second time into committee on the Poor Relief ( Ireland ) Bill , and was occupied during the rest of the evening with the discussion of the first ( or maximum ) clause , and after dividing upon an amendment proposed by Mr . Stafford , which went to destroy the vitality ofthe clause , and which was negatived by 178 against 51 , tho Chairman , on the motion of Lord J . Russell , reported progress , and obtained leave to sit again at twelve o ' clock ou Tuesday . Mr . Hawes withdrew the Australian Colonies Bill ( which stood for second reading ) on account of an informality , and obtained leave to introduce another . ' ' Tuk Juvesile Offenders and-Smalt . Larcenies Bill was road a second time , after objections made by Mr , Pearson and Mr . Henley , tho consideration of which was deferred until the committee .
On the order for the consideration of the report on the Clergy Relief Bill , Mr . Brotiierxon moved that the House adjourn , which was agreed to at a quarter past one o ' clock . TUESDAY , June 26 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Royal assent wa given by commission to a great number of bills . Tue Borouoii of Birmingham Exemption from Rates Bill . —Lord Whauncliffe brought forward this bill , but after a short discussion it was rejected by a majority of twenty-seven . Parliamentary Oaths Bill . —The Earl of Carlisle moved the second reading of this bill , and after remarking that it was not identical with the measure rejected hy the House last session ,
proceeded to state the grounds on which he thought it entitled to the favourable consideration of their lordships . The substance of his argument was that unless there were some grounds of overpowering necessity to the contrary , in no case ought civil disqualification to be attached to reli g ious opinions , and in such a spirit all recent legislative enactments on relig ious subjects had been framed , for the political disabilities of the Roman Catholics and various classes of Dissenters had been successively abolished . The Jews , though admitted to municipal privileges , were the only religious community debarred of political rig hts ; but there was not , as far as he could see , a single valid reason upon which they could be refused a seat in the House of
Commons . The noble lord then combatted in detail the various objections against the measure , and concluded an eloquent speech by moving that the bill bo read a second time . Tho Earl of Eolinto . v admitted that the lapse of years and the extinction of families might have rendered necessary some alteration in the Parliamentary oaths , but tho real object of this bill was to remove Jewish disabilities , and enable Baron Rothschild to sit for London . That constituency must have known that the person they elected as their representative , however worthy in his private character and distinguished by worldly position , was really ineligible , because ho could not take the oaths prescribed by Parliament . This was , therefore , a retrospective measure . But ho objected to h > chieflv on religious grounds . The Jews suffered no
persecution in this country ; but the solemn duty of their lordships was not to permit those who did not believe in Christ to legislate for a Christian Church and nation . He moved that tho bill be wad a second time th at day three months . The Duke of Cleveland thought after Quakers , Moravians , and every class of IJisscntors had been admitted to seats in Parliament , it would bo a great hardship and injustice to exclude Jews , being Britisli-born subjects of her Majesty . The Archbishop of Canterbury believed the effect of the-bill would be to lower the character and obligations of members of Parliament , by making it a matter of indifference whether they belonged to the Christian communion . The events which had occurred within the last year made it imperative on their lordships to reject this bill . England stood in a peculiar position—a monument of freedom and social order—he did not hesitate to attribute her
pre-eminence among tne nations to her national ChristiaRity , which would ho grievously affronted by the admission of Jews to scats in the Legislature . The Archbishop of Dublin had always been a firm and unflinching advocate for the- removal of all religious disabilities . 'It was inconsistent with tho princip les and repugnant to ths genius of Christianity that civil disqualifications and penalties should he imposed on those -aho did not conform to it . Parliameatavy electors should belefttodeci . de for themselves the . eligibility of Jews to-, seats in Parliament j their blinds should be tied by no restriction , which nothing feut a strong , public , neces ? sity could "justify , and so such justification existed for the exclusion of the Jews . Their Lordships must either retrace their steps , and exclude from
office , all who did not belong to . the . Established Church , or they ' mast in consistency consent to tM abrogation of this , last restriction . The Bishop of Exeter opposed the bill . Jo , a , republic every citizen had an equal right to all franchises , diMihetioris , ' and bfiVfcs , but in a monarchy like ours , which rested , oil a distinct contract with the nation that th ^ Sovereign . should , ! ; maintain to the utmost the laws . of God and the true ; professidn of the Gospel , " ho one had , a constitutional right to any franchise or honour ^ unless he could serve the . ' Crown , ' in those , particulars , to which tho monarch had pledged himself . , , A Jew could not be a faithful counsellor ,--to the Crown ; in . maintaining the laws of God and the-true profession of . the . Cfospel , and therefore hehiuj no claim to the distinction now sought ' for him . -., ¦ .-. > The Earl of . Shrewsbury supported the bill so . far as it conteaiplated tUeomancfoattya of the Jew , but
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