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^ JULY 3, 1852- _ * THE STAR OF FREEDOM,...
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ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. FINSBURY. On Mond...
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CRIMES AND OFFENCES. The Late Garotte Mu...
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^ July 3, 1852- _ * The Star Of Freedom,...
JULY 3 , 1852- _ _* THE STAR OF FREEDOM , ______________ _v
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% _jSe _TOTCTKE _bottmanianeepublic . ie The Roumanians ; these valorous desce _ . da _ . t 3 of the ia / an colonists , whom the Emperor Trajarms had _/ _jjjed in ancient Dacia , have , in spite of several oi * one s of snbjection , preserved , with the male _lefmes ot ancient Home , not only the name , bnt , _f n the tongue of their ancestors . Their language i ' _^ idiom of the Latin , similar to that spoken hy r g _* r brothers of Mn , the Italians . Amounting in _ihaffl her to ten millions , they inhabit Walachia , OAloI-- t _Bessaral ) _* > tIie Bonkovine , Transylvania , _jjLjjanate , and part of eastern Hungary . All these _aUjntifu _. and fertile countries in a word , which form _jju valley of the Lower Danube , extend from the _fa . el Seatothehudofthe Magyars , and are now _^
jected to the triple despotic sway of Turkey , 3 > _asia , and Austria . We feel confident of not dis-, _u _jng our readers , by putting before them the _folhLjug correspondence abont this country , from which _w , T . will be happy to learn how numerous among the _^ p le ofRonmaniaarethe elements of power , and rjjTvr noble the use to which they intend to turn it . As _iform _* - _-.. ? they were one of the chief bulwarks of rnhri stendom and civilisation against Mahomedans land all the Asiatic invaders , eo they are determined j ff to become one of the strongest champions of
iEu _rcpean Democracy . In 1818 they were among _ilhe foremost to enter the lists with the war-cry of j"Justice - ' Fraternity ! Each for all , all for each !' iSiace then they concluded with Poland , France , Italy , and Germany , the fraternal compact ofthe iholy alliance of peoples , and unshaken in their faith , _fliej have never ceased preaching to their eastern _jjeiithbonr . tlie holy crnsade of right against lawless : jm _ bt , of the peoples against their oppressors . But let as leave the expounding of this text to our wellinformed friend , the Bucharest correspondent : —
ROUMANIA . ( Private Correspondence of "La Xation , " Brussels paper . ) [ Translated for the ** Stab of Freedom . " ] Bucharest , Walachia , 15 th April , 1852 . glE ] __ . T _ e "National" ( whose correspondent I was ) no | . ) B «* er appearing , I have recourse to yonr _coluross for tbe perusal of my task . Do not attribute my silence to my stpectatioa of the re-appearance of the "National , " or to my hesitation in the choice of another journal published in _' French . Neither must * you accuse me of neglect in this lelay . No . lay no blame on me ; rather blame tbe Rcvolu-; ion of February , for it has heen in some sort to us what railroads have been to commercial travellers ; it has put us rat of service .
Since ' 48 , indeed , all countries in continental Europe are alike—the physiognomy of all is the same . Apart from a few local facta , little fit to interest even . persons of the locality , the circumstances are the same everywhere . Everywhere the same fears , the same hopes , tbe same " provijaW Everywhere the people may be seen calm , resigned , con- dent in an approaching future ; and , on the other lad , the government uneasy , tormenting , cruel , and impotent . More than once have I taken my pen , to lay before you the state ofthis country , and the ' Nation '* has ever stopped me short by informing me thafc yon have before you sirring representation of what I would describe . In the countries where you live—in France
especially—{ here is always something new , or afc least the sight is varied , and furnishes wherewitbai to fill tip your columns 1 There , a 3 after the 2 nd of December , you have two great armies camped face to face—the army of reaction and that ofthe Revolution ;] and in both an infinite number of _turpr , each having its own banner . The 2 nd of December las but served to make the Democrats a little forget their puerile divisions , and to envenom more those of the partibb . of monarchy . Yon have , oa tbe one hand , the " Blanca "— Legitimists by right divine—Legitimists by national right , Orleanists , _fnsiomsts . Bonaparti _. ts , _Ratafoil— -I forget the clerical militia . On the other hand , the " bines , " the " reds , " of every shade ; you have the Socialists of every school .
Id this country all is of a despairing monotony . I find tot wherewithal to fill up a corresponde nee . The _Ronainians , priest , and lay man , soldier and citizen , townsman sn _ countryman—all desire one and the same thing : jusfee for all , fraternity between ail—Revolution . The enemies ofthe Revolution ( and they are not wanting evidently ) are not seen . They are , it appears certain , in c _ _-crvance near the frontiers ; they are the Turks , the Uasians , the Austrians . / To be sore , it is needless to say that here also is a government , and a few old children of
privilege , who make a band apart . But those , it is a justice owed them , have no will , no hope ; they have even lost their faith in the Russian protection . Their fear is great ; scarce have they strength left to whisper , like the trappists , in each other ' s ears : " Brothers , we must die !" That is the reason why the Roumanians heed them no Bore than if they never existed . With the rough common _ense of peasants of the Danube they say : " Let ns mind par business , and when the day comes we shall not he long h settling onr accounts with those gentlemen . "
let have they had this winter a few days of serenity . Oa tear ing tbe news of M . Bonaparte ' s exploit tbey took courage . They accosted each other with a smile on their lip , and congratulated themselves as if it were their own vork . Atthe Prince ' s palace the rejoicing was tbe same a 3 at the Elysee . I said a few days of serenity ; for their " oylasted hi little—their illusions soon faded away . They perceived—Bud it appears that ' _. it was thelt ussian consul who opened their _tjes—tbey perceived very soon , alas ! that the famous amp d \ tal was but a coup d ' main—a police saanmuvrepod at most to allow M . Bonaparte to waste the public wealth for a few months , in giving free course to his taste for sumptuous fetes— -in playing tbe great captain in the """ idsfcof his adjutants— -in tbe masquerades of Strasbourg
sa . Boulogne , and the assassinations of Paris—to dress himself ont in a general's uniform , even in an imperial Eantle , for a few months , a few days ; but that the campaign tfMessrs . De Manpas , Lon : s Napoleon , and Company , have _tatting changed in the situation , save having rendered it ! _ks durable , more precarious ; that if ifc had a little postponed the great crises which they dreaded for the month of May ( and thafc yet remains to be known , for wo are not yet in _llay ) . _ t would have given it amuch more threatening cba-Rcter , in taking from itall chance of apacific solution , which many dared hope before the 2 nd December . The eveuta of
December are , therefore , oonsidered here as if they never ere . I first thought that they were not known—far from it . The _Roumanians firmly believe in the triumph ofthe Re-) Dlntion—of what tbey eall " the great fraternity ; " that , -their opinion , nothing in the world can pnt ifc off for a ~ cond . Tbey consider the revolution so necessary , iiievinbie , that tbey speak of it a 3 of a thing nearly accom-$ _* £ ed ; and , indeed , they are tight in speaking so , since ueyhaveso strong a belief ; for , after all , what is neces-*» y for the success of a revolution ?—To believe it pos-* - »» , nothing else . ¦•
Really , the Roumanians , whom our publicists have not - "" _Sciently studied , are called upou to play one of the " _¦ " _aiDipal parts in the great drama of nationalities , . _solved upon leaguing together , and of sacrificing all , if j * oust be , in order to finish , once for all , with that eom-I * aeu and infamous " _-pro ' miscniste , " fruitless for the _de-Ktopment of the human mind , to which tyrants have con--ffited so many nations , in order to have each its own ex-« ence acknowledged , and to consecrate it for ever by the _« Pt _* sm of Democracy . Drama most terrible , afflicting , _piffle , and of wbich we have seen bnt the prologue iu
tu _*_ . pe .. - in fact » independently of the undeniable adiS y deri _* _'e- rom tbe geograhical position of their _teinrft i the P * 1 _* - * _homogeneousness of all the chil-» __ . ¦ I Iloum - nSaD country , independently of _themanly _ _ «!? I ' of _t _** - ' untiring perseverance , which are the "Jaw . _eimatksjaf the Romnanion' _snation ' alcharacter-in _tiem ; _fv _ als (> 'of that careless gaiety which never leaves _ttnsM f y 0 f dail 8 er - with the hel P - ° f which tbey wer almost a 3 pby , even in the mr > st rigorous weather , » M __ _, !_ r _^ - Vation 3 ofwar * Tbey possess virtues Clflllti ? _? T - ed in no other PWPM _. and which they S LIT 5 , _*^ - _^ fr Vtma position-to what one ai _rSin £ _ ,- . tett ,-, nature- Belonging to tbe Xi £ . « „ fam _^* 1 , ke their _«««« brethren , they _^ qui ck in conceiving , and embrace with activity all new - _£ - __ Sf _^ f _% K _* _TOMWl , 2 fhe first to enter th . great _SSi _ V « _^ _f _/^ _n * People , and perhaps surpassed £ n Li _ b 0 idn _- ess of their aspirations , by the _spon--- _'euufness andunanimit _* . nf _»_;„_ , n . __ _i . - ___ i _ .- __ . __
-2 X ??* - - the matk ' ° Q tne _^ her hand , living li- m . _ * - . u natt _ ns of tfa 9 eaBfc * tbey have borrowed from _««__ £ - ? _^ * i faitn oi Orientals , the belief in a sort _tiiSk t _w _i : - therefo »» _** _heu they set to work , they _^ _tbemselves mvmcible ; for Providence is ever with _fr-r-m- :., _? _* - ' * Godwaisifc S-ebistheR . amaniau's _jcry , SUch his gath . ring-cail . Si ortil _» _'" _Kspeakiag of the _consternation and iner-• t"e _ t . _« f "" _- ** _** *! reacftoanaires , I forgot to mention an -latin n „ t ° the general rule in the person of Mr . _Con-S T - This Personage-for we must do him _-ontuj : _" ; ed a great deal . Not in favour of the reaction _tefot _ _. _? rar - * he vishes lt * o ba believed that he is in _^¦ Uhi _^ - _i _/^^ S _^ _tbthoItevolntionista of MS . De * JIL * 2 r « K * i , Emocrat * _Revolutionist , Socialist—what vou ¦ _W- 11 -., l . C ! t - ? of _Rncbarest adopt him for its _candik cnit r _ ri- e - ™ mce at my Price * poor man ' . he will Wv i _? . paIns 5 ° r , on the day when Bucharest can lt oCa ate lor the first of
« - _*¦!_ u- _^ n _«*« _- _magistratnre tbo W 1 _? _- V _* tae , - » ne , believe me , will think himself very ____ - . f- owed t 0 ti & ' fel with •*•*¦ colleagues . fill , 2 ! f g even that he s _** < - become , like the _coquet-• _' nnceL . __" * Mr - stirbey , whom he wishes to supplant , _fetjth . p _gWCBOf _God-ergo , by tbe grace of _hislla-^ S _ 1 f _ _' and _tberefore by the graoe of his Highness p _* % iD _ Vi . - ! _, n neTer ¦» 8 ucn but in paribus , for the W _ _Tr n ¦ ui . be wa _** t ' mg . In fact , there are no longer t _sisw ! _/"" - _"Pahties ; henceforth all tho Roumanian toe . i . _ _T « but one Roumania . This new state as yet 111 q _* w pw J a _^ e map , I know j hut I find it engraved tt in t _ _T _^ and In tiie wUl of ten millions of men ; 1 find _^ " _rjtre . gth of things , and I feel myself obliged to "** I do - th 6 ltS existence . Geographers , too , will soon do *• ** _* mail _^ ey . Inustsoon re-make their maps , for they con * * **** if i ! . € rrate . _wita t el . _"a to Poland , for _in-A . Il _ . _?*? reew _' '' _- » . - ' . _JC ' . to fear yon will think I wish only to amuse , * _% _teis , ? n £ _y ° ttno information . What can 1 say if umm to be said ! The Roumanians are all busy
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preparing what they call their *•* affair , " and their work being done as you can imagine , a , huis clos , one cannot speak of it As to those who can work in broad daylight—their governors—I am equally unable to speak of them , for they do nothing . Unless , I tell you , thafc they continue their _arreBfcations and proscriptions , and that upon the most _fritoIous pretext . One of the most recent _viefcims of their persecutions is thafc most honourable man , Mr . "Winterhalder , - the head of one of the best libraries and printing offices of Bucharest , who has just been expelled without any avowed motive , to the great scandal of the place . All " are aware tbat in striking him thus , his ruin was aimed at for the sole pleasure of ruining also bis partner , whom Mr . Stirbey holds in ill-will , far more for the patriotic and witty letter he has addressed him in exile , than for bis having been one of the
most energetic members of the provisional government of his country . Unless , I tell _yoti , that they bave modified in WaHachia the law which regulates the dealings ( rapports ) between the colons and landowners , by ( which is needless to add ) aggravating the situation of the former . They bave reestablished capital punishment in Wallacbia , where from time immemorial it had ceased to exist , both in criminal and political matters . " . Vby , " I hear you say , " these faots aro of the utmost importance , and you reckon them as nought I" Your astonishment would be greater were I to tell you that , in this country , few peasants are landowners and therefore , save a few rare exceptions , are all mere colons . And the law of capital punishment being exclusively intended for conspirators aud Revolutionists , cuts off tbe head of every Roumanian .
_Nevertheless , my intention was nofc to mention this , and for an excellent reason ; no one here speaks of it , no one heeds those laws , * for no one believes they will have time to put them into execution , nor do even the legislators who made them believe it ; therefore do they seem to have nothing on their consciences , no more than if they bad done de V art pour V art . "What I am going to relate will give a just idea of these gentlemen's minds ; _j _* ou mu 3 t first know that they have laid up a good stock of arm 3 _, and have trebled the armed force of the country ; they have procured guns from Belgium and Russia , whereby they have well merited of the country ; for the Roumanians needed arms ; they have augmented " the army ; have put the gendarmerie on a footing of war ; they have formed a new corps of militia borderers ; and therebv also have rendered the coun .
try a great service , for it needed a stronger kernal of armed men for the great war which it will soon have to sustain . So true is it tbat in nature there is no insect , no worm , but bas its reason for being—its utility . But to tbe fact : the commission charged to provide for the armament of the country , had met to hear their reporter . The report read : One of the members , famous for the trade he has exercised during his long judicial aud administrative career , _famons above all for the manner in which he defended and justified his industry , for one day , finding the honesty of his proceedings was questioned , he exclaimed , " Parbtev . I if I sell my signature I do hut exercise my profession , for my father taught me nothing else butjniy signature . " i crave pardon for my digression , I needed it to point out my man .
The report read : This industrious magistrate , honest and moderate man , par excellence , the friend of order , and , therefore , the sworn enemy of _thoso brigands of Revolutionists , who probably prevented his exercising bis profession during the Revolution , all beaming with joy , thus spoke to hi 3 colleagues * . *« . la _bonne-heure J cettefois nous tenons noire affaire ; we are now well armed , let the Revolutionists hold up their heads if they dare . ' " We have no reason to rejoice , " replied another commissary . " I am r ither of _opiaion that we have" just done the most silly thing we ever did ; for those very men whom we ourselves armed to- < iay , to-morrow will be the first in hunting us ; but what can we do ? Decidedly our day is ended . * And every member of the commission repeated , "Tes—those very men will be tlm first in hunting us ... yes our day is ended . " Therefore they
separate in greater consternation than ever , breathing , doubtless , their old sentiment , " Brothers , we must die !" Certainly these good men are quite as honest and moderate as the greater part of the representatives of our so called Republican monarchies , and our Monarchial Repab * lies , as holy as the holy fathers ofthe Vatican , and yet they are to be pitied , so terrible is the fear which has taken hold of them . They undertake the voyage to Paris , solely to pay their court to _thelRoumanian exiles , their wives explore the capitals of Europe , and consult th . celebrated somnambulists on the chances of the Revolution ; every morning they relate and interprete tbeir dreams to each other ; they bave their fortunes told ; have masses made ; they ara in agony . Unhappy creatures ! if this state of things lasts , they will have expiated their crimes .
Enough—perhaps too much this time . In my next letter I shall have to talk to you of the Roumanians beyond the Carpathians , whom I visited not long since . P . S . —News ( to say the least unlikely * j is _Just brought me of a secret note which the Princes of Wallachia and Moldavia are said to have addressed to M . Bonaparte , invoking his protection ns counterpoise to that of the Czar . 1 believe nothing of the sort , yet , should it prove true , you shall be one of the first to hear of it , and at the same time be informed of the circumstances to which it gave rise .
Yankee Notions. A Late Mis3onri, U.S.', ...
YANKEE NOTIONS . A late Mis 3 onri , U . S . ' , paper contains a poetic description of a bowie-knife fight that took place in that neighbourhood . Tbe third stanzas ran as follows : — " The wretch then drew a shiny knife , Just like a maniac man , And in be plunged it to the hilt , And out the gravy ran . " _E-Opkmkni _asu _Adv-rtisembst . —A western editor , advertising his runaway wife in his own paper , goes into more particulars than he probably wonld if he was obliged to pay for his advertisement at so much a Hue . His wife , _Dorolhy , he indignantly advises the public , has eloped with a bandy-legged , swivel eyed , crooked-back , tailor . The artisan of clothes has taken his duck , and left a goose behind . —Boston Chronotype , U . S .
AN OMITTED SPEECH . The following omitted speech , supposed to be delivered by a return delegate to the late Baltimore Convention , afc the New York Ratification Meeting , we now present to our readers . The style resembles that of an ancient orator , but tl e matter is quite appropriate . Democrats , fellow-citizens , and spoil-seekers—hear me for my cause ; and be silent , thafc you may hear . ( Cries of " Go On . " ) Believe me for mine honour , and have respect to mine honour , that you may believe . ( " Oh Gas I" } Censure me in your wisdom , and awake your senses , that you may the better judge . ( " Why don't you out with it ? " ) If there be any in this vast meeting , any dear friend of _Oass— - ( Immense Cheering )—to him I say that my love to Cass was no less than his . ( Expressions cf dissatisfaction . ) If then that friend demands why I rose against
Cass , this . 3 my answer—net that I loved Cass less , but that I loved the spoils more . ( Cheersandhis . es . ) Had you rather Cass were nominated and be defeated , than that CasB were sacrificed to let the people crib ? ( Cries of "No No / ' and strange distortions of countenance . ) As Cass loved me , I weep for him . ( A voice , " Sow don't . " ) As he was fortunate , I rejoice afc ifc ; as he was strong with his party , I honour him ; but as he was ambitious , I boltoi" him . ( Murmurs over the house . ) There are tears for his love , honour for bis patriotism , and desertion for his ' ambition . ( Loud _murmuri . ) Who ' s hero so base that be would oppose the nomination ? ( Cheers . ) If any , speak—for him bare I offended . ( " Bould boy . " ) Who's here so vile that will not love the ticket ? if any , _spbak , for him have I offended . I pause for a reply . ( Sensation . ) None ? then none have Ioffend _. d . ( Loud Cheers . ) 1
bave done no more to Cass , than has been done to Douglass . ( Hisses from Young America . ) Tbe question of bis sacrifice is discussed in the Capitol ; his glory not extenuated wherein he was worthy , nor his offences enforced for which be suffered slaughter . ( Applause . ) Sero comes bis funeral ( a procession with banners here enters ) mourned ( 2 ) by Franklin Pierce , who , though be had no hand in his death , shall receive the benefit of his dying—as which of you shall not ? ( Enthusiastic cheers . ) Witn this I depart—that as I slew my best friend for the good of the party , 1 havo the same dagger for others , when it shall please my party to need their assassination . ( Great confosion , in the midst of which the speaker made himself scarce . )—Neiu York Sun . Judge _Dobclass ' s Orator-.- — He doubled up hia fist at England , and switched round among the Mexicans , like a horse in a poultry yard .
The " Royal Panopticon Of Science And Ar...
THE " ROYAL PANOPTICON OF SCIENCE AND ART , " _LEICESTER-SQUARE . A Saracenic or Moorish building has just reached its full height on the east aide of Leicester-square , and is beginning to excite attention . It is designed for an institution for science and art , under tbe title of the Panopticon , and is intended to illustrate a wide range of practical usefulness . The council of the Panopticon desire to promote tbe application of science to the useful arts ; to instruct , by courses of lectures , to ba demonstrated hy instruments , apparatus , and other appliances , in the various departments of science and literature ; to exhibit select specimens of work in the fine and mechanical arts , manufactures , and handicrafts , to display the productions of nature and art , both British and foreign , to illustrate history , science , and literature , by pictorial views and representations , accompanied by music , and generally to extend and facilitate a » reater love and knowledge of the ' _arts and sciences on tbe part of the public . _ _,.,..,, The cr >* an for the grand hall is to be as fine an instrument a 3 any ia Europe , and has been built by the Messrs . Hill , the constructors of the Birmingham organ , which
tbis is to surpass mpower . ___ _- ,, A _gigantic electric machine , more tban twice the size of any other extant , has been successfully _nuished by Mr . Marmaduke Clarke , the optician . A steam engine of ten-horse power , with a complete shop of mechanical tools , has been supplied by Messrs . Maudslay , Field and Sods , and which are intended to furnish a school for the artizan and mechanical student . . . The patent optical diorama is quite a new invention , and embraces several novel discoveries in optical soience . B y this instrument scenic representations , exceeding in size anything of the kind , ana divested of those chromatic imperfections which are inherent in the dissolving views are to be exhibited . There is scarcely any movement in nature _whish may not bo represented by tbis process , and a series of illustrations in a high style of art are stated to be in tbe course of preparation . Competent assistants are to illustrate practically , apart from tbe lectures , the _leadin- features of astronomy , chemistry , optics , and mechanics .
Election Intelligence. Finsbury. On Mond...
ELECTION INTELLIGENCE . FINSBURY . On Monday evening a meeting of electors of the Islington district of tbe borough of Finsbury was held at the Denmark-terrace Schools , to promote the re-election of T . S . Duncombe , Esq . The chair was occupied by _Thos . Hodgskin _, Esq ., and the meetibg , wbich was a very crowded one , received Mr . Duncombe with the greatest enthusiasm . The Chairmas , in opening tbe proceedings of the meeting , said that there was no opposition to Mr . Duncombe . in particular , but if there was he believed that the electors were prepared to return him at the head of the poll . ( Cheers . ) He read a letter from Mr . Bernal Osborne , expressing his regret at not being able to attend the meeting .
Mr . _XhKELiKG moved , nnd Mr . Ect seconded , a resolotion : — " That this meeting , highly approving of tbe political principles , and being grateful for the past services of Mr , Duncombe as one of the members for this borough , resolves again to return bim at tbe ensuing election . " Mr . Ddxcombr then rose and was received witb most vociferous cheering—he said , that if tbe kind f . eling which pervaded in that assembly existed through the borough , he did not think that , as reg & Tdfid bimselr , there was much necessity for a contest . ( Hear , hear . ) The Chairman had told them tbat there was to be a contest , but that there was no opposition to him . It be would excuse him for saying . o that was a dangerous doctrine to inculcate , ( Cheers . ) He had seen a good deal of electioneering , and if there was one principle more than another which be would inculcate
on bis friends , it was never to be over sanguine . But he would ask , why should there be a contest against bim ? He had been told that his votes and conduct bad been satisfactory to the borough—then why should there be a contest ? It was nofc consequent on tbe retirement of Mr . Wakley , for there were other candidates in tbe field before . What did it mean ? Five members , unfortunately , could not sit for Finsbury ; although he did not say that with 20 , 000 electors it ought not to have five members , for be thought it ought when he looked at boroughs witb two hundred electors returning the same number of member . ( Hear , bear . ) But he looked at the contest as if Mr . Wakley had not retired , and he looked at the gentlemen who were in tbe field , and who called themselves reformers —( hear , bear)—as the opponents of their old member , ( Hear , hear . ) He
wanted to know what he had done , that they should be brought forward to oppose bim ? What complaint was there against him ? The hon . member for Bodmin was one of bis opponents . ( Cheers and laughter . ) He saw by bis address that he was possessed at the present moment of the confidence ofa small but intelligent constituency , bat , nevertheless , the electors of Finsbury had sent him such a _requisition , they had been so pressing—( cheers and laughter ) —that he was about to leave Bodmin and came there . _Hlear , and laughter . ) It was very cruel to seek to deprive Bodmin of such a treasure . ( Hear , and laughter . ) Why not dispense with such a r . asure _, and let bim go back and console bis friends , who perhaps might tell another tale , and say to him , " Go back to Finsbury "—and so between two stools , before next week , he would come to the ground .
If anyone had any complaint to make against him as a reformer , let bim stand up and question him . ( Hear , hear . ) It was said by some electors that they wanted a change . ( "Hear , " and a _Jaugb . ) Really if reformers held tbat language to a man who had served them faiihfull y , it was time for every man who valued his health or his principles to retire from public life . ( Cheers . ) He believed sueb a wish was confined only to a few . He heard it said that his opponents bad been very active during the last fortnight , and that he had done nothing . In answer to tbat he could say ihat he bad been attending to his parliamentary duties , and be was sure tbat while be was there they would not allow him to be supplanted . ( _Cheen and cries of" No . " ) During the last fortnight most important measures bad been passed through parliament in connexion with the metropolis , such as the
Water Bill , and the Burials Bill ; hy dint of the metropolitan members sticking to those questions tbey bad at last got good measures . Supposing that instead of attending in parliament be bad been running up one street and down another , like a _doj with a _tiu kettle tied to his tail , asking for votes , be would bave been told that be was unworthy to represent the borougb . He had trusted to public opinion , and , if he might be allowed to say so , to public gratitude . ( Cheers ) He had no object in view in goinj [ into parliament but tbat of serving them . His public principles were unchanged , and be believed they were unchangeable . Mr . Duncombe concluded by stating that the election would take p ' a e early next week ; and if , as bad been said , be bad been a t : ue and faithful representative , he trusted tbey
would prove ifc by placing him at the head of the poll . ( Great cheering . ) Some persons then aBked several questions of Mr . Duncombe , but were met with great opposition , the meeting declaring tbem to be unnecessary . He , however , replied that he had not voted in favour of the grant to Maynooth , and would vote for its repeal , not from any sectarian-motives , but because he wa 9 opposed to all religious endow _, ments ; neither did he think the Roman Catholic Emancipation Act was a mistake , and ought to be revised ; and that if it depended on his vote few of the working classes should be without the franchise . and the right to voto for him at the ensuing election . The resolution was then agreed to unanimously .
Mr- J . H . Parry then moved , and Mr . Henry Vincent seconded , a motion : — " That for effecting the object now in view , this meeting pledges itself to strenuous exertions to place Mr . Duncombe in that position on the poll which he is entitled to occupy , and also to assist in returning him free of expense" ; which was also carried ;
_MEETI 80 IN BLOOMSBURY . ' A meeting to promote the election of Mr . Duncombe met at the Music Hall , Store-street , Bloomsbury , on Tuesday evening . Mr . Duncombe and Mr . Wakley were received with loud applause ; J . H . Parry , Esq ., having been elected to the chair , briefly addressed the meeting . Dr , Epps then moved a resolution to the effect , " That the long and faithful services of Thomas _Slingsby Duncombe , Esq ., as representative of the borough , his uniform and consistent support of the principles of civil and religious liberty , parliamentary reform , commercial freedom , economical expenditure , and local self-government , eminently entitle him to tbe support of the electors ; and tbis meet * ing pledges itself to use every exertion in its power to secure his re-election , free of expense . " He said they had
always found Mr . Duncombe advocating those principles which he now stood up so boldly for . He was one of the few who supported the Reform Bill , at a time when Reform was not popular , no bad opposed the Maynooth Grant ; and when the right of public meeting was assailed in tbat borougb , ho then , afc the danger of personal arrest , took a prominent p _^ rt . ( Hear , hear . ) He did tho same in tho dirty business of opening letters , until at last Sir James Graham was obliged to give way . Such questions as these so ably advocated should ensure every man being found at the poll on the morning of the election , and prove thafc no stranger had a chance of taking Finsbury by storm . He could not conclude without naming one more great deed of Mr . Duncombe ' s—it was his advocacy of the liberties of modem Rome , and his - _ Me defence of the glorious Mazzini . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Maclaren seconded the resolution .
Mr . Rogers , Chancery barrister ( a Conservative ) , supported the resolution . , The resolution was put from the chair , and carried by acclamation . ' ... ' , __ Mr . Duscombe , on rising , was received with loud cheers . So much had been said in his favour that there remained but little for "him to add . The last session had been a half and half one . One bad measure had , he regretted , been passcd--he alluded to the Militia Bill . This bill had bocn piost strenuously opposed by himself and his colleague , Mr . Wakley . ( Cheers . ) ; He believed that tho ' effect of this to but
measure would be not only an expense the country , , instead of the militia being called out to protect the people , it would he necessary to call out the police to put down tbe militia . ( Cheers . ) As to Protection , it existed only in name , aud he believed that any attempt to reimpose a tax « n the food of the people would be met by ; the unmistakeable protest of the unenfranchised millions' of this country . While he had the support of his old friends he felt that there was no fear that he would be at tho head of the poll on the day of election , in spite of Toryism o Bodminism , and notwithstanding the . influence of either the Mansion-house , tbe Great Globe , or tbe brewhouse . ( Much
cheering . ) , „ , - , _ _ Mr . Wakley was then loudly called for , and stood forward amidst great cheering . He thanked thom for their warm greeting ; although his political connexion would cease , he hoped to serve tbem again . ( Hear . ) ' He did not consider there was one man in the field worthy to be termed an opponent of Mr . Duncombe . What he had to ask was , that those votes which were intended for bim should be given to Mr . Duncombe . ( Cheers . ) . Thc meeting , which was graced by the presence of many ladies , separated , having previously passed a yote of thanks to the chairman .
Marylebone. On Monday Evening A Public M...
MARYLEBONE . On Monday evening a public meeting ; of the electors of this borough , registered in the parish of St . Pancras , was held at the Vestry-ball , King's-road , Camden Town , for the purpose of taking steps to secure the re-election of Sir Benjamin Hall . Bart ., and Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart , as members for the borough . . . Mr . W . _BitLKii , churchwarden , occupied the chair , and observed that the course which had been pursued by the present members for the borough had been such as to entitle them to the good opinion of all who appreciated tbe benefits derived from an honest and independent system of representation . ' _. »
. , _ . Mr . T . E . Baker proposed , and Mr . Dyke seconded , a resolution to the effect : — *« That the conduot bf Sir Benjamin Hall and Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart , as representatives for the borough of Marylebone , eminentl y entitles them to a renewal of the confidence of the constituency within tbe parish of St . Pancras . " Some'discussion took ptoce , in the course of which , Mr . Cooper observed that the conduct of the hon . gentlemen as representatives of the borough , had far exceeded the estimate he had formed of tbem before they went into the house . He was one who formerly opposed Lord Dudley Stuart at public meetings ; but since he had represented the
Marylebone. On Monday Evening A Public M...
borough of Marylebone , the electors could not mention any _soccasion on which he bad given a vote contrary to . their wishes or expectations . The resolution was unanimously agreed to . Mr . D . Frazer then moved , and Mr . Stock _' . on seconded —" That SirB ; Hall and Lord Dudley Stuart having for so long a period faithfully and honourably discharged their duties to their constituents , this meeting approved of ( he principle bf returning those gentlemen to parliament at the ensuing election free of expense to themselves _. The motion was carried , and was followed by a resolution ( proposed by Mr . _IIiixes , and seconded by Mr . Furness ) : — " That a Committee be formed for the purpose of ensuring the return of those candidates at the ensuing election , and to co-operate with other committees for that object . " It was then resolved— * That a subscription be opened in furtherance of the foregoing object , " and the business terminated with a vote of thanks to the Chairman .
_STOKE-UPON-TRENT . When the General Election occurs the contest in this borough will assuredly be a fierce one . Alderman Copeland , the Tory candidate , and one of the sitting members , is opposed by tbe Hon . F . L . Gower , brother to Earl Granville , who comes forward on the Liberal interest , in conjunction with J . Lewis Ricardo , the other member . The desire to oust the _Aldermw is strong amongst the pe > . ple , as he has avowed himself an admirer of tbe Derby government , has ever been neglectful of bis parliamentary duties , and is nledeed to opnose the Ballot . Although an aristocratic ,
Gower Is In Favour Of Vote By Ballot, An...
Gower is in favour of Vote by Ballot , and it is chietly on this ground tbat he is the more popular candidate . The intimidation on the part of Copeland and his Tory friends towards the electors is of tbe most insolent and disgraceful character . It is said that a large manufacturer at Longport has threatened to dismiss any one of his hands who shall dare to vote against Cope ' and , or in any way endeavour to promote the return of Ricardo end Gower . Even neutrality is to be punished in the same manner . __ As the authorities anticipate a riot , they have ordered military to be stationed close at hand !—Correspondent .
Crimes And Offences. The Late Garotte Mu...
CRIMES AND OFFENCES . The Late Garotte Murker in _Hulj ,. —Tho prisoner _Srtape , committed along with Smith for _ the murder of young Maplethorp , has made a confession to a fellowprisoner . " Its a bad job this murder of Maplethorp , " said Snape's companion . " Very , " replied the prisoner . " We did not intend to kill bim , but be died in five minutes . " A Crukl Wretch . —A few days ago a man named Charles Pike , aged twenty-four , was brought before the magistrates at Hammersmith , oharged with having cruelly ill-used a young calf . —A police-constable stated that while on duty at Notting-hill , he . saw the prisoner driving a co < v and a young calf which appeared to be about two . days old . The calf was exceedingly weak , and was scarcely able to walk . Tho prisoner struck it over the hoad , ears ,
and body several times with a largo stick , and , finding that the poor animal did not proceed along as quickly a . he desired it , be commenced pricking the calf under the tail , and also twisted its tail with considerable force , in order that it should increase its speed . , The prisoner continued to beat the unfortunate animal until ifc became quite exhausted and fell down upon the road . The prisoner then endeavoured to force the calf on by poking ifc in the ribs with the point of his stick , but ifc was . qute unable to proceed any farther . Witness interfered and took the prisoner into custody . —Mr . Beadon ordered the prisoner to pay a fine of 10 s „ or to be committed for ten days . —The prisoner said he could not pay the fine—Mr . Beadon : Then you'll go to prison and have bard labour .
Alleged _Tiolation by a PoLicEMAN . _—TbiscaBe , reported in our police intelligence of last week , has been again brought before the magistrates at Marylebone , and has resulted in tbe committal of the prisoner , R . Brown , for trial . Forgery . —At the Mirylobone police court , William Henry Cole and Eliza Marriott , the latter of whom had been out upon bail from the 16 th ult ., were _fc-YeugM , up for re-examination , charged with having been concerned in uttering forged checks , drawn upon the bank of Sir Claude Scott and Co ., No . 1 , Cavendi 3 h-square , and were committed for trial . ROEBERY AT THR GREAT WESTERN _RAILWAY STATION . —At the Guildhall , Thomas Jones , Charles Wright , and James Willis , wero committed for trial , on a charge of stealing a box containing books and other property from the Gmt Western Railway .
A Juvenile Thief . —George Smith , a boy of fifteeen years of age , was committed tothe House of Correction for three months , for stalling a tea caddy from the house of Mrs . Wilson , of Hatfield-streot . _Cnitn Murder . —On Monday an inquiry took place before Mr . W . D . Wasbrough , coroner for Berks , on the body of a child which had been found in Wadley fishpond , when a young girl , named Mary Westell , of Faringdon , confessed to _having been delivered of a child about two months since at the house of Christopher _Maisey , a saddler , near the Red Lion Inn , to whom she had been servant . After she was delivered he carried her up into a loft and covered her over witb bay , where she lay untiljhe next night , when sbe managed to get up and crawl home , and was afterwards attended by Mr . J . H . Barnefcfc , surgeon . She , in reply to questions , stated that she bad never seen any child , and
refused to disclose anything relating to the matter . A . each was then made at Maisey ' s bouse , and he was taken into custody , but afterwards discharged . In the further evidence of the girl _Weatell , Bhe stated tbat some bows after sho was confined Maisey brougbt her some tea and bread and butter , when she asked him to let ber see the child , and he then told her to hold her tongue about it . Through the exertions of Mr . James Jefferies , _poiico-officer , the piece of carpeting in which the child was wrapped up has been identified as belonging to Maisey . Other evidence having beon produced corroborative of Maisey ' s guilt , and tbe child being proved to have been born alive , the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Maisey and the girl Westell , " both of whom were committed on the coroner ' s warrant to Reading Gaol to take their trial at the next assizes ' . Maisey decamped very early on Monday morning .
Fa.Tal ; Colliery Accident.—Oa Satu Rday...
Fa . tal _; Colliery Accident . —Oa Satu rday , last a fatal colliery accident took place at Elton Colliery , situate between Bury anil Bolton , Lancashire , under the following circumstances * . —Four men and a boy were descending thc shaft in a cage , and wben they bad descended seventy yards tbe plug connected witb tbe winding wheel suddenly became loose , so that the engineer , having no longer command oi the rope , the men were immediately precipitated to the bottom of the shaft , a distance of sixty yards . . Two of the men , named Robert Unsworth and Fletcher Jackson , were killed . George Bradley bad his arm torn off , and there is not much probability of bis recovery . Thomas Piatt had his leg and arm broken , and be was injured in the back . Henry Chadbum _, a boy fourteen years of age , had bis leg and arm broken , and was otherwise bruised . Both the men tbat are killed wero married , and each bad four children . The plug has never been known to get loose on any previous occasion .
Swindling Extraordinary . —At the Dover quarter sessions , on . Friday , the Hon . William O'Brien Fitzgerald , alias William Bennett Sotbers , underwent bis ' trial for obtaining various sums of money to the extent of _£ 870 from a gentleman named Payne , a solicitor afc Dover , under fraudulent pretences . The case excited very groat interest , and amongst those on the bench was the Right Hob . tbe Earl of Carlisle . The prisoner had the appearance of a foreigner , and was well attired . His wife claimed the title of Lady Emily Fitzgerald , and represented that she was the widow of Gount Eltz—that her mother was related to the ninth Duke of Norfolk , and her name was Lady Ann Isabella Howard , and that ber father was General William O'Brien Fitzgerald , of the Guards . Suoh statements were false . Tho prisoner was formerly a member of the Stock
Exchange . Some four or five years ago the prosecutor was residing with his children afc Eyetborne , and while there he became acquainted with the prisoner and his wife . In the course of fast August he received a' letter from them . Both were confined in a prison afc Pau , in the south of France , at the base of the Pyrenees . The letter stated thafc they had fallen into an awful predicament , from tbe _negligence of their agent , who had failed to remit them £ 3 , 000 ; that they had the misfortune to lose 1 , 800 francs on their j ourney ; and that about £ _ 00 would set them right . The prosecutor proceeded to the continent , and found them prisoners , as they had dosoribed , in the prison of Pau . He took instructions from thom there as to their family connexions . They stated tbafc Lady Emily was the daughter of Lieutonant-General Sir William
O'Brien Fitzgerald , formerly of the Guards , & o ., and tbat they were known to the Earl of Carlisle and the Duke of Sutherland . The Sutherland children , she said , visited her mother ' s , but in consequence of their marriage not being sanctioned by Lady Emily ' s parents , the friendly interc-u « e with the Sutherland fami y had fallen off . "Lady" Emily added that her husband ' s mother was tbe Prim-ess Castaglioni . Tbey had been confined in prison moro tban twelve months , having been denounced as swindlers . Finding they were suffering great misery , prosecutor paid £ 450 for their debts , and £ 240 as a security to the Court of Appeal , for their appearance when required ; He pleadod for them at the Court of Appeal , and obtained their liberty . He thon brought them to Dover , and supported thom . They then asked the prosecutor for £ 40 to go to the north of England to see some relations , when tbey would soon got some money from them to repay him , The money was advanced , thoy
went away , and nothing more was heard about them . Their representations about being oonnected with high families and their agent were discovered to be untrue , and in the course of some seven or eight months they were apprehended at Barnard Castle , near Durham , In the prisoner ' s box was a letter , dated July , 1850 , from tho Earl Powis to Lady Emily , whioh had contained £ 100 sent to their relief . —The Right Hon . the Earl of Carlisle , gave evidence that his family were unacquainted with ' the prisoner or his wife , and thafc their representation of being related to the _Norfolk family was perfectly false . —Mr . Addison addressed tbo jury for the prisoner , and the Recorder having summed up , thejury found tho prisoner Guilty . —The prisoner said he was innocent of tbe charge . He oould have put some questions to the noble lord ' wbo had been ex . mihed which would have readily acquitted bim of false representations , but he refrained from doing so for tbe sake of Lady Emily's family . —The prisoner was sentenced to transportation for . even years «
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Tho House Of Lords Sat For A Short Time ...
Tho House of Lords sat for a short time on Saturday , When-the General Board of Health and the Metropolitan Burials Bills passed their second readings , and several other measures were forwarded a stage . ' " MONDAY , Jim , 23 , HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Earl of _SnAFTEsnunr presented a petition from owners of land in the neighbourhood of Copenhagen-fields , against the use of those fields for a cattle-market . Tl ; e Militia Pay Bill passed through committee , and was reported . Tho Commons' ammendments ' in the Patent . Law Amendment Bill were agreed to , and tbe New Zealand Government Bill was read a third time and passed .
t The Suitors in Chancery Relief Bill was read a third time and passed , and the Commons' amendments in tha Improvement of Jurisdiction in Equity Bill were agreed to . . " . Tho Metropolitan Burials Bill passed through committee , and several other bills were forwarded a stage , after which the house adjourned . tt _^ tt _.- -- TUESDAY , June 20 . ,, V _, _?? op _I-ORDS . -Tlie Militia Ballot Suspension , the Militia Pay , tho Nisi Prius Officers , the Metropolis Water Supply the Metropolitan Burials , the Board of Health , and the Pimlico Improvement Bills were read a third time and pa _.. ed , and several othsr bills having been forwarded a stage , Their lordships adjourned at a quarter past seven o ' clock . l * HOUSE OF COMMONS .-The Speaker took tbe chair at twelve o clock . Lord D . Stuart put a question in reference to tho case of Mr . Murray .
The CiiAXCELtoR of the E _ . cnr . Q _ _ n , in reply , stated that the matter was in tho hands of Sir II . Bulwer , who would use his beat , exertions to obtain information as to the evidence on which Mr . Murray had been condemned , but there wero reasons why such information should nofc be laid before the house ; and in reference to the _outrage on Mr . Mather , of which Lord D . Stuart had also spoken , lie added that Sir II . Bulwer had obtained from the Tuscau government a full recognition of its responsibility to protect British subjects resident within its territory . Sir _H . VEnxEr , on behalf of Mr . Anst . y , moved a resolution declaring that the lights of _British ' subjects resident m foreign countries to thc continued protection of their own g . _vmwn _.-V _. > ¦& . been violated in the persons of Messrs . \ vingate , Smith , and Edwards , the Scotch missionaries , - who were expelled from the Austrian dominions , and calling for . prompt and earnest measures on the part of ministers , Mr . D . Kinnaird seconded tbe mot on .
The _VuAUCBiion of the Exchequer said that tbe present government , in admitting tho right of Austria to decide what extent of religious toleration should bo allowed in her own territory , had followed tho policy of their predecessors . Tho claim for _compensation made by tho two expelled ministers had been disputed by Austria , and the items , on examination , were found indefensible ; but any lust demand , supported by facts , would be urged by our minister on the attention of the Austrian government . Lord _Palmebston oonsidered that as negotiations wero still pending , the assertions containod in the resolution could not be sustained , and recommended its withdrawal . Nothing was more conducive to the maintenance of peace
and the protection of British subjects residing abroad , than that questions of this kind , when they arose , should bo brought under di & _oua-ion , and that foreign governments should know that if the government of the day might be indisposed to press for redress , the House of Commons would not allow the matter lo rest . That Lord Westmoreland had not done all that he might bave done , was , ho thought , consequent on tho restraint imposed upon him from quarters to which he was obliged to yield . Messrs . Wingate and Smith had been cruelly and tyrannically used , and he was altogether incredulous as to the justification that they had violated Austrian law . Tho house then adjourned at four o'clock . _WEDNESDAY , Juse 30 .
HOUSE OF LORDS .-Tbo Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack afc half-past _twelve o ' clock . The Case op Mb . _Matum . —The Earl of Maljiesbi _/ ky laid before the bouse the conclusion of tho Mather correspondence , and stated that tho dispute had been satisfactorily settled by tbe ability and tne . of Sir Henry Bulwer . The House of Commons was then summoned to the bar , and tho Royal Assent was given by commission to ninetysix bills . Some other business was also despatched , and the bouse adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The houso met at half-past one o'clock .
Affairs of AEUFcirATBL _. —Mr . _Duxcombk presented a petition from certain Swiss residents , and others , in this country , complaining of the conduct of Prussia in interfering with the affairs of Neufchatel , whom , the petitioners state , is supported by the present government of England , and the Emperors of Russia and Austria , and tbat such conduct on the part of England renders the present Administration unworthy of the confidence of both the Crown and Parliament , and praying that the house would address her Majesty to refuse her signature to all treaties with foreign powers until the bouse shall have investigated tha matters charged in the petition , * also two petitions from Finsbury , against taxes on _knowledge . The Case oe Db Rose . —Lord D . Stdabi moved for a copy of the depositions taken afc _Qosport , in tbe case of Leopold dc Rose , who was sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour in November last on a oharge of begging . Mr . H . Berkeley seconded the motion .
Sir W . Jolliffe said that no representation of the matter had been mado to the Home office , where it would have received the fullest investigation , which he promised should be immediately instituted . Lord Palmerston thought the case was deserving of tha most minute investigation , and hoped that tbe government would redeem tho pledge now given . Lord D . Stuart , upon this understanding , withdrew bis motion , The house adjourned at four o ' clock .
Prorogation Of Parliament.' Thursday, Ju...
PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT . ' THURSDAY , July 1 st . Each Annual repetition of the _ceremony of the _prorsga * tion of parliament presents so little diversity from its prodec-. ssors , that there is now little left to be said of it . The Queen left Buckingham Palace about two o ' clock in the state carriage , preceded by tbe officers of tbe household and ladies in wailing . The cortege took the usual route , and arrived at the Victoria Tower , by which tbe Queen entered the house , at about a quarter pist two . After the ceremony , tbe Queen returned to _Buckingham . Palace in the
same manner . THE QUEEN'S SPEECH . My Lords aud Gentlemen , I am induced , by considerations of public rolicy , to release you at an earlier period than usual from jour legislative duties . The zeal and diligence , however , witb whicb you hava i applied yourselves to your parliamentary labours , have en- abled me , in this comparatively short session , to give my ' assent to many measures of high importance , and , 1 trust , of great permanent advaniagf _* . I receive irom all Foreign Powers assurances tbat they are 5 animated by the most friendly dispositions towards this i countrv ; and I entertain a confident bope that the amicable _, relations happily subsisting between the principal European , " states may be se firmly established as , under Divine Provi- _. « dence , to secure to the world a long continuance of tbe _bles-i _* sings of Peace . To tbis great end my attention will be un-1 « remittingly directed . . __ . .
I rejoice that tho final settlement o" the _aSairs of _Holstevaa and Schleswig , by the general concurrence of the powersrs chiefly interested , bas removed one cause of reoent differencece and or future anxiety . ,.,.,, The amicable termination of the di _ cus _.-. ns which _hvrwt taken place between the Sublime Porte and the Pacha olol Egypt affords a guarantee for the tranquillity ofthe East _^ t , . and an encouragement to the extension of commercial en _* ntG _* t ) T" _ fl 0 The refusal on the _parf of the King of Ava , of _redresw ,, justly demanded for insults and injuries offered to my _suD-D- ; lects at Rangoon , has necessarily led to an interruption o £ o £ friendly relations with that Sovereign . The promptitudele and vigour witb which the Govemor . General of India _haaaa _, taken tho measures thus rendered unavoidable , iavOTi merited my entire approbation ; and I am confident thatat , you will participate in the satisfaction with which ! havevei observed the conduct of the naval and military forces , * , European and Indian , by _wboso valour and discipline thehei important captures of Rangoon and Martaban have beeneni accomplished ; And in the hope which I entertain . hatiaC ; these signal successes may lead to an early and honourablfflle j
_Treaties have been concluded by my naval commanders * .: with the King of Dahomey and all the African chiefs whosoS' - riile extends along the Bight of Benin , for the total _abolioli , tion ofthe Slave Trade , whicb is at present wholly supupi pressed upon that coast . .... . . ., ., I have bad great satisfaction in giving my assent to thth . _< measure wbich you nave wisely adopted for tbo better orga * _gai nisation ofthe Militia ; a constitutional force , which bein _. un _, _! _, limited to purposes of internal defence , can afford no _jusju _** ground of jealousy to neighbouring Powera ; but which , ii , ii the event of wry sudden and unforeseen disturbance of m mi foreign relations , would at all times contribute _essentialSall ! to the protection and security of my dominions . Gentlemen of tbe House of _Commons ,
I thank you for tho liberal provision which you _hauiaw made for the exigencies of the publio service . The expendandi _fcuro which you have authorised shall bo applied with a dt du regard to economy and efficiency . The recent discoveries of extensive gold-fields have _pripnn duced , in the Austrian Colonies , a temporary _disturbannaniK of society , requiring prompt attention . I have taken stK bu « steps as appeared to me most _^ . urgently neccpssary lor u- ui _mitigatidivof this serious evil . _, I shall continue anxiousous to watch the important results which must follow froifroni these discoveries . I havo willingly concurred with youi » an Act , which , by rendering available to the * e « W ; within themotttt
ofthose Colonies fche portion arising _,.-Hereditary Revenue placed at tho disposal of parliameimeB ? n m ? _Imssion to . the Throne , may enable them to me me . tbeir necessarily increased expenditure . My Lords and Gentlemen , . I have gladly assented to the important Bills whioh yb M have passed for effecting reforms long and anxiously desUesiiii in the practice and proceedings of the Superior _Courtairtss Liw and Equity , and generally for improving the _admitmiii tration of justice . Every _measure which rimp _iaestbe fon for * and diminishes tbe delay and expense of legal _proeeeliie - _ii > _i < without introducing _uncertattyy of decision , imp _jring ing * ¦ ¦'¦'¦ ¦'¦ * _iS * A _' . _vX-, ¦ ¦ : " •' ¦ - ' _- oiU _.,.,...
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