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STATE OF PORTUGAL . Erery mail from Portugal brings evidence in gapport of the mew we have all along taken of the Portuguese qo ^ en . EYer y letter from Lisbon and Oporto exhibits the peoDle utterly inerednlonsof the sood faith of Donna Maria ; exasperated against the J&rekn invaders ; and either continuing the revolt insp ite of tte invaders , or giving nnmistakeable proofs of their intention to renew the straggle at the jjjst favourable opportunity . Wegivein another column the ?• Amnesty" pro-^ imed bythe Portuguese Queen . Oa tha face of
jtthe decree looks fair enough , but as anything like ^ np le truth or plain dealing is utterl y foreign to ^ esodofDonna Maria , the ink of the amnesty was gjareely dry when that worthy Queen took care to let her subjects know that her words were all fudge , Intended "To palter in a double tense , To keep the word of promise to the ear , And break it to the hope . * jn the first place the decree of amnesty was accompanied by a proclamation , in which Donna Maria fljs : — .
Portuguese!—Oar country hag presented to Europe ga deplorable spectacle of the e&dsun of Portuguese Hood , the destruction ol property , the dissolution of goeUi tie * , and all the ills that follow in the train of civil fir . The lore of their country and of liberty gave way , jnthe minds of all the Portuguese , before the fatal ainsiom that led them to take arms against my joral authority and the constitution of the kingdom . This is one tissue of insolent falsehoods . The insnr gentsdid nottake arms agai nst the " constitufioD , " but , on thecontrary , in defence of the " conititation , " which the Queen and her faction suspended and purposed to extinguish . The Junta did not take arms againsther " royal authority " though
jilt is what the Junta onght to have done . The "dissolution of social ties , " the "destruction of property . " and " the effusion of Portuguese blood , " la te been brought about by the wicked attempts of the Court to rule despotically , and in defiance of the public voice . For every drop of Portuguese blood thed Donna Maria and her faction must be held t tsponsible . . "Ihave resolved , " says the Queen , — To convoke the Cortes , and to direct that the elections thill take place after submission shall have been made , aaapablicorder reestablished in eTery part of the king , dam , and that the freedom of election , the unfettered aerdse of all rights , and the scrupulous , and impartial fxecotionofthe constitutional charter in erery one of jti provisions , shall be maintained .
Who will believe her promises and protestations ? Hadshe permitted the "freedom of election . " and the "scrupulous and impartial execution of the consiltutlonal charter , " tbe civil war would not have occurred . The palace conspiracy of the 6 th of October was farmed for the purpose of destroying the last restige of that constitutional freedom she now pro * fesses to hold in such deep respect . She next has a fling at the "chiefs" of the insurrection , who , she says , had affected to doabt her " royal word ! " Notwithstanding which , she says , her " generousfeel , ings still remain the same . " No doabt of it , as will be . ere long , fully manifested . She then reminds the " Portuguese" that the first duty is " fidelity to the constilution V " Her Majesty" must be blessed with
• morethan "forty-parson power" of hypocrisy to talk thus . Alittlemorehnmbug about her "kindly dispasition , " concludes this precious proclamation . According to the second section of the first article of the decree of amnesty , " all individuals under arrest in virtue of a warrant from any authority whatever , whether their indictment has been examined or not , shall immediately besetat liberty . " Of course , according to the plain construction of this " section , " the innumerable prisoners in the dungeons of Lisbon , together with the prisonersatSt Julian ' s , captured by -tie English , should have been immediately set at liberty . Oa the faith of this , most of the refugees on board of the British ships abandoned the protection afforded to them , as no longer necessary , and returned
to then * homes . But immediatel y out came another decree , declaring that tbe amnesty was not to take effect UHtil" after the complete submission of the revolutionary Junta of Oporto , and of the armed bodies who sustain the revolt . " On this , the unhappy persons who had incautiously left the protection of the British authorities were hunted out by the police , and most of them thrown into prison . The decree of amnesty was published on the 9 th of June , but up to the loth , inclusive , the prisoners , who , according to " section 2 nd , article 1 . " were to be immediately set at liberty , were still in the prisons of "Her most fmthfid Majesty . " So little faith have the good folks of Lisbon in Anything their blessed Queen says or swears to , that , says the limes correspondent , " thepatuiia or mob , shortly after the proclamation was issued collected in crowds in the lower streets , and amused themselves by insulting the loyal volunteers , and singing the
revolutionary / Hymn of Maria da Foitie . ' This led to a few blows from the volunteers and to some arrests , among others , the bellringer of St Paul ' s Church , who amused himself by playing the hymn with the church bells . " " In the evening some disorderly youths were singing seditious hymns and uttering riotous cries , which led to their being seized . One of them , after some altercation , was marched to the quarters at Janellaa Vendes , on arriving at the steps leading I to which he struck one of his conductors down , whereupon the others fired at and killed him . It was an act of quite unnecessary violence , but I do sot hear of any other death . " According to thesame authority , Donna Maria ' s man , "the King , " was hissed in the streets by the jagyetas ( "jackets , the name by which the mob are distinguished . ") These revelations clearly enough indicate the courseof future events .
The prisoners at St Julian ' s cause considerable anxiety to the Queen and her allies . According to the correspondent ef the lime * , —There has been a good deal of secret plotting for effecting their liberation by a coup de maoK , and { an attempt was even made to eonvey a supply of muskets to them . A reinforcement of British marines has beea found necessary to strengthen the guard . " Not the least violent amongst tile prisoners , " says the limes man , " is the Englishman , Salter , who fled from the service of the Queen of Portugal to the insurgents , and now exceeds the most rabid of the Patulia in abase of his late Royal mistress . The Marquis of Louie and Salter are on board the Trafalgar , and the latter has been severely reprimanded for his outrageous conduct . "
Sa da Bandeiraand the Condede Mello , mtu three hundred troops at St Ubes , have surrendered to the British , bnt the night before the surrender the great tody of the insurgent forces ( 6 , 000 vaeU tamed , troops , and 1 , 000 followers ) evacuated the town , and taking &dr arms vdth them , made off in the direction o / Evora The previous arrival from Lisbon stated that the Junta had agreed to accept tbe terms proposed by the British government ; we now learn that the Junta had refused to agree to the terms , and that all negotiation , with then * was at an end . Admiral Paiker bad sailed from Lisbon to reduce tbe Junta , his squadron consisting of the Terrible , the Sidon ( flag ) , the PlMBnix , the Bulldog , the Gladiator , the Geyser , steamers , and the Amazon corvette , two Spanish
steamers , and the French steamer Aaacreon . As regards bind operations , Spanish troops to the number of 12 000 men were on their march towards Oporto on the 11 th ; while Saldanhas and Casal ' s division , more than 8 , 000 strong , were a few miles' distant to th « sonth of the Doaro . AgainBt sueh odds by : and and sea , it would be useless to contend , and the Junta will probably succumb without a struggle . The spirit in Oporto ib good for resistance , and " not all the Queen ' s horses and all the Queen ' s men" could have secured the conquest of the city , unaided by the brigands of Spain , and the pirates of Britain . According to the latest accounts old Povoas had arrived at Oporto , and the forces under his com * oand would immediately follow . " Preparations were makingfor an obstinate resistance . We doubt , however , that the resolve to resist against such an overwhelming force as will be brought against the city will be persevered in .
From a private letter published in the Post , dated Lisbon , June loth , we give the following extract : — At the moment when the most barefaced tyranny was about to be pnt down ; when the straggle * of adversity were on the point of being surmounted , and the gates Of Lisbon might almost be said to have been creaking on their binges to admitted the liberators of an oppressed and stricken people—the veto of a nation , free in itself and conscious of the blessings of that freedom , is interfend with . The arm stretched out in aid of its country hag been crippled , broken , and paralysed , in a manner at once unprecedented aud unexpected . The English intervention is universally execrated , and the more bo now that the people see how utterly impossible it U far our government effectually to guarantee the performance of any promise * that might have been wrung from Donna Maria in her extremity . What has happened under the auspices of Eng land is only a momen . tary check , a temporary suspension , to the national cause : withdraw the fleet and the scene recommences .
The insurrection may be crushed , but the spirit of revolt will continue to flourish until either Donna Maria is driven from her throne , or the country is permanently occupied by foreign troops . If the latter alternative is adopted , England will rival in * bame and crime the destroyers of Poland . Englishmen , will yon permit this ? Will you suffer your government to rival the Muscovite miscreant ? Will jou consent to bear the stigma your aristocratic rulers design to indelibly brand upon your name ? Remember that , They who permit oppression share the crime !
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. " ; . , /;¦• ^ warin ;(; hinai ; ; ' * . ' ¦/ : ¦¦ ; £ . An ex ^ rdm ^' cxpress . ' in anticipation ^ the Overland Mail , has broughtfiles of papers from Bombay of May 12 . Calcutta , May 1 ; : China , April 25 . The news from India is unimportant . From China the intelligence is . of an unexpected and startline character ; notes than a renewal of hostilities between the English and Chinese . Attacks upon the personsaud property of Europeans is alleged as the justrfcation oflhe hi gh-handed course pursued by China Mail , published at Hong Kong On the 1 st of April General D'Aguilar issued an order directingthe troopsto embarkthatnight , ( from Hongkong , ) and notwithstanding it was then past four o clock in the afternoon , the entire force available
, somewhat under a thousand men ; togetherwUh their guns , material , and atorea , were all onboard ™« r alto , midnight : The naval force consisted of H . M . S . Vulture and * EspieBle , the H . C . armed steamer Plato , together with the Corsair , a small merchant steamer plying on the Canton river . Next morning , between two and three o ' clock ; the three ateamers were under weigh , the Vulture leading and towing the artillery lorcba , and two large Chinese boats , containing the Sappers with scaling ladders , « c . About nine o ' clock the Vulture entered the Bocco Tigris . The seamen wereat their guns , the troops told off for landing , and Captain Macdougali , running his ship as near the shore as possible , anchored within pistol-shst of the batteries on the Anung-hoy bank , having the formidable forts on the north and south Wantong Islands , within range of the othersMe . As the anchor was let go the boats were lowered , and in almost shorter time than it can
be described , a strong detachment under the commandof Major Aldrich was landed with the general , and the three forts of Anung-hoy , mounting upwards of 200 guns , were in our possession . The guns were spiked , and large quantities of ammunition destroyed . In the meanwhile Col . Brereton ; who had left the Vulture at the same time as the other force , proceeded with tbe troops under his command to the forts on the north ; and south Wantongs , and having entered them without opposition , spiked more than 280 guns ,-and destroyed their magazines . Jflus , in the coarse of a few hours these five formidable batteries , mounting upwards of 4 W large guns , bad been disarmed , and the safe communication of the expedition with Hong Kong so far secured ; and m effectingthese important objects , the utmost care was observed to abstain from offering personal injury to the Chinese in the various forts , and not even the most trifling article of property was carried away or destroyed by the troops . -
In the course of the afternoon thesteamers arrived at Whampoa . as did also the Espiegle during the night . The Vulture ' s draft of water prevented her from ascending higher , his excellency Sir John Davis , the general , and his staff , moved into the Pluto on tbe morning of the 3 rd ; the troops were transferred to the two smaller steamers and the boats of the Vulture , which were taxed by them , and the expedition ascending the river arrived about half-past june o ' clock at the barrier , a strong row of stakes extracting from bank to bank , with only one opening , and defended by four strong forts . The forts to the left were simultaneously attacked . The gates of both forts were blown open by the engineers , their garrison escaped by the rear , the guns were
¦ piked , the magazines blown up , and the boats , with the two columns under Colonel Brereton and Major Aldrich , supported by the steamers , pulled across to attack the forts on the other bank of the river . Here it was evident that tbe Chinese had determined to make a stand , and as the boats came within range , both forts opened a brisk fire of round shot , and , when they drew nearer , of grape . They wereiramediately replied to by the Pluto , Corsair , and the at tillery gun-boat-the boats with the troops pulling steadily towards the forts . The firing-continued until the men landed , and then , seeing the force formed on shore , the enemy abandoned their works by the rear . Theguns , all of them of large size ( one of copper , in particular , was 24 feet in length , with an 8-inch bore ) , were spiked , tbe magaeines blown up , ' butprivate property , as before , rigidly respected .
The expedition then continued its progress up tbe river , and the fort called the " French Folly , " situated at the commencement of the south-eastern suburb of Canton , was attacked , the gate blown in , and the guns spiked . At ± o ' clock , p . m . the' steamers anchored in front of the factories , and four other forts , the river defences of the city and the suburbs of Canton , were disarmed , by blowing in their gates , spiking their guns , and destroying the magannes ; making altogether upwards of 850 pieces of heavy ordnance disabled since 9 o ' clock the preceding morning . On the arrival of the forces at Canton Sir John Davis intimated to Keying that he was ready to confer ] with him at the British Consulate . Nothing could more significantly mark tbe altered position of the representatives of the two nations than the fact that the high imperial commissioners attended the snmtnons .
When Keying at length arrived , he was received at the landing-place by Captains Kennedy and Sargent only . Though Keying comported himself with his usual dignity and composure , those who had seen him under happier circumstances could not fail to observe a mortified expression , beyond his power of concealment ; - ¦ . . Theconferencewasimmediately opened , and lasted nearly three hours , the Chinese taking their leave about two o ' clock . In tbe afternoon it became known that Sir John Davis had submitted to Keying the only conditions upon which he would suspend the operations of the forces , and had given him until bix o ' clock , p . m ., the following day , for consideration . A strong guard of the 42 nd was stationed in the centre
of the street leading from the Old to the New Danish Hong , and at night sentries were placed at every access to the factories . The Consoo-houseatthetop of Old China-street had previously been taken possession of by a party tf the Royal Irish , and the passage at Hog-lane was shut up . Next morning thefort known as the French Folly was destroyed by Colonel Phillpotts and the armed boats of the Vulture . In the forenoon ammunition was served out to the troops , additional scaling ladders were constructed , and every preparation made for any service that might be required . In the evening , the asseciated volunteers , comprising nearly the whole of the British community , were inspected by Major-General D'Aguilar . At night , Mawquaaud Consoo-streetswere barricaded .
Keying , who in the meanwhile was engaged in the difficult task of persuading his councillors , requested aud obtained an extension of the time specified tor considering the conditions of the British plenipotentiary . At day-break , Captain Clark Kennedy and Lieutenant Dacosto , of the Engineers , were sent to the city wall , which they succeeded in scaling at two places , the height being about 23 feet , and ascertained that it was of sufficient width for the proposed military operations . They returned before six o ' clock , when , as no communication had been received from Keying , and the arrangements for an assault were completed , an intimation of their nature was given in a general order issued by Major-General D'Aguilar .
Shortly after the order was issued , the immediate bombardment of the eity of Canton , with a fearful sacrifice of life and property , was averted by the receipt of Keying ' s answer to everything demanded of him ; and this result was immediately communicated in t&e government notification . In the course of the same forenoon the Sappers and Miners wereemployed in removing the chop-house at Hog-lane Creek , as well as the objectionable buildipp erected against the garden walls , and in clearing the river front . While these operations were going on , the governor , accompanied by the consul and Captain Macdougall along with two mandarins , crossed over to Honan to examine the ground to be selected in terms of the 4 th article of the convention . Next day , towards
evening , orders were given to hold the Pluto in readiness to proceed to Fuh-shan early next morning . It appeared that the Chinese were attempting to evade the stipulation for the punishment of the aggressors on Col . Chesney ' s party at that place , and Sir John Davis therefore intimated to Keying that if the men fhen in custody for the offence were not produced at daybreak , the Pluto would be despatched to Fuhshan for the purposeof seeking redress there . Towards midnight a message was received at the consulate acceding to the plenipotentiary ' s peremptory demand . Accordingly , at 5 o ' clock , three men were brought to the Consoo-house , amandarin of high rank with other officials being present on the part of the Chinese , and the Hon . A . R . Johnston , Capt . Macdougall , R . N .,
Capt . Bruce , Messrs Gutzlaff and Meadows , and a number of others , on the part of the British . The men wereone after another bambooed by the Chinese officers of justice , and on leaving the Consoo-house , the mandarin , on being required to do so , explained to the people who crowded about the barriers why the men had been punished ; and it wa 3 added , that for a similar offence they might themselves expect a like chastisement In the course of the morning ( the 8 th ) a general order was issued for the Embarkation of the troops for Hong-Kong , and the merchants , apprehensive
of the consequences should they be suddenly left without military protection , met at eleven o ' clock to sign a remonstrance to Sir John Davis on the subject . Capt . Bruce , the adjutant-general , having by chance heard from a gentleman returning from the meeting of the alarm of the merchants , hastened to the Chamber of Commerce , and stated that it had been determined to leave the light company of the 18 th . The light company is still at Canton , and will probably remain there until the land on the Honan side is surveyed , the factory walls in some measure fortified , the remaining nuisances removed , and other minor arrangements completed . ¦
On the 6 th of April Sir J . Davis issued the follow-1 ing government notification : — I His Excellency h « r Majesty ' s plenipotentiary , &c , has the satisfaction to announce that at the last moment , and when actually waiting the assault on their city , the Canton authorities have assented to his reasonable demands , an « the impending ruin of this populous place has been happily averted . " The following are briefly tha head ! of tbe new agreements-It At the fixed period of I I I
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iwo years from this day , \ ( be * 0 th . of ., April , Jhe " , citjrjof Canton ihiill be opened to British subject ! . ' 2 . Her Majesty ' s subjects shall be af liberty to roam for exercise or amusement in th « neighbouring crantry without molestation , returning the same day , as at Shanghai , and any person molesting them shall be sevewly punished . 3 .- The aggressors on the two seamen in October last , and on Colonel Chesney and others at Fushan on thel 2 th March , shall be made examples of . The latter being . already apprehended , will be brought to Canton and punished in the presence of persons deputed by her majesty ' splenipotentiary . ¦ 4 . An adequate space on tha x T • ' . ' ; ,. . i i i . _ >¦ ft , « < % j . ^
Honan side ei the river shall be granted om lease to British merchants and others , for tbe erection of dwellings and warehouses ; and his Excellency will ascertain the site and extent before he tuits Canton : 5 . A site for the erection of a church shall also be granted on lease in the neighbourhood of the space now occupied by tbe foreign factories ; and spaces for burial grounds ihtli also be allotted at Whampoa . 6 . The flying bridge and another building between the two garden * ¦ hall be erected , &g desired , and sheda shall aot . be permitted against the walls . 7 . F « r the better preservalion of order , and for the general convenience , the river front before the factories shall be kept clear of boats . — By order , A . B . Johnston . . . . , British Consulate , Canton , April 6 . COCUIN CHINA .. The Cochin Chinese , like their kindred and neighbours , the Chinese , have come into collision with a liUropean power . The Frenoh ship VictorieuBe corvette , Captain Genouilley , arrived at IIong-Kong from Cochin China , having bean at Thouraine , with Commodore La Pierre , in the frigate La Gloire , of 53 guns , to demand . redress . for imprisoning the Jfrench Bishop . They were received apparently in a friendly manner , but ^ information . . was . given of some treachery , and of their hostile intentions , which was confirmed by the seizure of some papers , and great preparations in the forts ,, and five large Cochin China men-of-war , being in readiness with a
multitude of armed boats , which put the Admiral La Pierre on his guard . The French Commodore , in self-defence , was compelled to attack them , and after an hour an ! a half's bard , fighting two men-ofwar were blown up , two abandoned and afterwards burnt , and . the Cochin China Admiral's vessel was taken and burnt also . . The forts fired all the urn ? , but only a few shots hit . . After this event the trench frigate withdrew . From the , multitude of troops on board the vessels , andln Ihe forts , great slaughter must have been committed . Only two or threowere killed and some wounded in the French frigates . ' . .. _ .- . . CAPE OF GOOD HOPE ; '
Cape ef Good Hope papers to the 21 st of April Inclusive have been received , from which we learn that the Kaffir war is not yet at an end ; nor does it appear likely to be for some time " to come at least . Although much subdued , the hostile tribes carry on a bold , desultory warfare , to the continual annoyance and pecuniary loss of the colonists . The . new governor ( Sir H . Pottinger ) is prompt in his plans , and energetic in his movements ; but the Kaffirs are not only not vanquished , but seem determined to maintain the struggle to the last . . WESTINDIES .
The news from our own West Indian islands continues favourable : it is , however , of no mark—especially from the Leeward and Windward groups . ' Two schooners belonging to Nassau had been " fishing up" articles belonging to the wreck of the Tweed steam-ship , and , amongst other . articles , had succeeded in recovering three hundred bottles of quicksilver , of which there was , it will be recollected , a large quantity on board at the time this unfortunate ship was wrecked . ' .. ¦ " The Trent boarded the Brothers , of St Andrew ' s , N . B ., with timber , dismasted , water-logged , and deserted by the crew . She was in lit . 4250 N ., and long . 10 34 W .
. - FRANCE . The Chamber of Deputies have sanctioned , by a large majority the proceedings proposed to be taken against M . Emile de Girardin , editor of La Pretse , in the Court of Peers . The tumultuous debate which took place on this , subject , in the representative chamber on Thursday ; "has only served to stimulate the public curiosity for thejdistlbsures . of traffic in ministerial favours and patronage' which are expected . M . de . Girardin , although giving some documents , was understood to decline producing ' his case prematurely . ' ; • The Chamber of Deputies voted , on Saturday , the surn of 200 , 000 f . to "defray the expenses attending thai celebration of the anniversary of the revolution of July , . 1830 , by a majority of 225 to 8 . M . de Beaumont was the only member who spoke against thegrapt . He proposed that the 200 , 000 f . be converted , into bread-tickets and distributed to the indigent oi Paris ; "besides , " added he , " we are so
far from the revolution of July , and from the principles it established , that the celebration of its anniversary is a mere mockery . " Some popular movements in favour of the extension of suffrage and internal reforms of the Chamber are taking place . The central committee of the liberal opposition of the department of the ' Seine have adopted a petition to the Chamber having this object . A great reform banquet is ' also announced to beheld in the Italian opera house , at which six hundred citizens are ts join . Among the prominent promoters of this afe MM . Odilon Barrot , Gustave de Beaumont , Leon de Maleville , and Duvergier d'Hauranne . ' Similardemonstrations in tbe departments are contemplated . According to the existing laws these meetings cannot be held without the permission of the prefect of police—that is , of the government : an application for that purpose is about to be made .
Pabib and its Citadels . —According to an official return , when the whole of the citadels and fortifications round Paris are completed , the following will be the number of troops that will occupy that capital and its vicinity in the course of the present year : — Mont Valerian 3 , 000 men , of which two companies of engineers and one company of foot artillery . 2 Charenton , 2 . 500 men , one regiment of artillery and one eompany of engineers- 3 . Tory , 1 , 800 men , two companies of artillery and engineers . 4 . Romainville , 2 , 000 men , two ' companies of engineers . 5 . 1 ssy , 1 , 000 men , one company of artillery and one company of engineers . 6 . Bicetre , 1 . 2 C 0 men one company of engineers . ' 7 . Montrouge , 1 , 000 men . 8 . Vauyes , 900 men , of which one company of engineers . 9 . The four forts of La Double Couronne , St Denis , de
la Breche , and Stains , 3 , 200 men , one company of artillery . 10 . Fort de l'Esti 800 men . 11 . Fort d'AubervHlier 8-les-vetu 8 , 1 , 100 men one company of engineers . 12 . . 1 Fort de Noissy , 1300 men . 13 . De Rosny , 1 , 000 men : 14 . De Nogent ; 1 , 500 men , one company of engineers . 15 . Citadel de Vincennes , 3 , 200 meoj of which four batteries are artillery and two companies of engineers . The Parisian citadels and forts will occupy an army' of 24 . 800 men , which , with the garrison of Paris , ' will form a force of 60 , 000 men , cavalry , infantry , and artillery ; and 1 , 262 cannons , 80-pounders , mortars , &c . The above force is exclusive of the National Guards . The population of Paris and the Faubourgs is upwards of 980 , 000 inhabitants , besides 70 , 000 foreigners , of whom the English residenis are above
25 , 000 . On Tuesday , M . de Girardin was called before the Chamber of Peers , topresent his explanations and defence . M . de Girardin repudiated the charge of intending or committing any offence or disrespect of the peerage , bat admitted committing both against the ministry . The Chamber having heard thia protest , resolved itself into a secret committee to give judgment , when M . de Girardin was acquitted by 134 votes against 60—majority , 74 . :
. SPAIN . The Gaceta publishes several royal decrees of a financial nature , which that notorious speculator , M . Jose Salamanca , has suggested and . countersigned . One of them orders the commanderies or property of "the four military orders , and that of St John of Jerusalem , " ^ to be sold by public auction , it being officially valued at 142 , 560 , 247 reals .. The property is tb . be paid for by the purchasers in three per cent , titles , with the current coupons , ~ at three periods , the last extending to two years . Another decree re-organises the department of the finances . AH accounts agree in stating that General Serrano will be speedily appointed to the captain-generalship of Madrid : : . The ranks and grades granted during the regency of General Espartero are about to be confirmed by the government . ;
PORTUGAL . THE CIVIL WAB . The Nautilus propeller arrived on Tuesday morning at Liverpeol . She left Lisbon on the 15 th , and when in the mouth of the Tagus received a despatch for government . She brings news that Sa ) da Bandiera and the insurgents of Setubal have submitted and acknowledged the Queen ' s authority . It was announced on the 14 th that they had surrendered their arms to Viahaes . and the allies conjointly .,. The Jackal war-steamer arrived same day from Oporto , with intelligence that the junta positively refused to submit , and had rejected the complete amnesty . The receipt of this account of tha junta ' s contumacy would quicken Admiral Parker ' s movements , and it was believed that there would bo no real resistance ,
and that opon the first serious shot , being , fired [ against the town they will surrender . ' Admiral Parker , it appears , has strongly recommended the government to urge Saldanba to listen to no reprcsehtations whatever proposing an armistice , but to use his utmost endeavour without delay to enter Oporto . General Concha ' s army , of 12 , 000 men was close to Oporto , while Saldanha ' s and Casal ' s divi-1 I sions , more than 8 , 060 strong , werea few miles' < M » . tant to the south of the Douro . The second Spanah General , Mendei Vigo , was at Viana , 37 miles , north of Oporto , having reinforced the other garrison of Valenga , which he haB left behind him . and the bar of the Douro was blockaded by the combined squadron . " The following is a copy of the 1 DECREE OP AMNESTY .
Seeing the necessity oi putting an end to the calami- ] tl « i that desolate tha kingdom , and of preventing the evilt that must be occasioned by b continuance of the civil war ; and animated by a desire to fulfil the first and I il *
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W » t m Perlou $ ; io ^ y . dutiei by employing alette means m ray power to ' termlnato these faial '' di 88 enslon « and Vo oincillata the good will of all the Portuguese , who since the foundation of the monarchy have always distinguished themselves b y their fidelity to their . Klngs . my auguit a e 8 lor 8 —Ihave resolved , after consulting my Council of State , to decree as follows : — - Abt . 'I , There is hereby granted a full and complete amnesty for all political-offences committed since the 6 th of October , 1846 , and everything shall be burled in absolute and perpetual Bilence . ; . ¦ ¦ : u- ; .. 5 1 . All proceedings instituted on account of these offences ,, " 1 whatever stage they mBy ke , are declared null and void . ., ; ,- .. -., ,, . ; § 2 . All persons who may have been arrested , by virtue of any . mandate or . authority whatsoever , whether legal process haB been commenced or . not , " shall be immediately set at liberty . ' " - ---
$ 3 . All persons who , in . cons « quence of . political events , or of the extraordinary measures adopted by the government , shall have . been , obliged to quit the territories of the ki ngdom , shall immediately enjoy their liberty , with the power ^ of returning tirtheir country and to this end the government will ifiirhlsh them with the necessary means . ¦ A * TII —AH those Hh ' oVstrice the aboyenained Gth of 0 ° M haUhMebeen . deprlved of the military rank to which they were legally entitled , or o f any other function or employment , that , according to the constitutional charter , or the express provisions of the existing law , could not . be taken from them eicept under the sentence of a competent tribunal , thail bo immediately reinstated in all their titles , functions , and employments . J 4 All . personswho , since the said 6 th Obtober , shall have been depnved of . their titl . i , or of imj other honorary distinctions , shall also be reBtored to all their ho nours , titles , or decorations . " '
My Ministers and Secretaries . of , State , In their re . spectlve departments , shall carry out and watch over the execution of the present dec . ree in , all Its provision ' s . From the PalBce deJas Necessldadesi this 23 rd April , 1847 t ( Signed ) . ' , ' ., " .. .. . TheQwebn . , ( Countersigned ) , . .. ' . ' " ' : , FBANcis ; o / TAVi ^ E 8 0 B Almeida PboenzA-jConde DE TOJAL—MAKOEti DnABTI LElTAON--Il , DE . roNsq LEoroibo Batabdo . ., ' ¦
¦ ¦ i ¦ -. ¦ : - „ . ' SWITZERLAND ., ' , ' ' . 4 ° y » ces from Switzerland report ; the progress , of th «_ liberal cause in most of the cantoris . ; The grand council of TessJnp has pfohouncedagainat the Ultramontane League , ' and the deputies to be ' sent by tliat canton to the Diet have received instructions ' to support all measures directed towards its dissolution . The French ambassador , M . BoisIeComte , lias had "n . audwnce of the council , of state , at . Lugano , at whioh , howovor , no . hing iyoh plapo ' to inilxonob tho ' decision , of . ; the couricil against the league . The canton of St Gall has given a similar instruction to its deputies . ;"; . : / \ , : ' ; ' \ ' : V : : " / The Swiss Catholic fiazette ^^ contains the follojving under date Lucerne , 14 th , instant : — ' :, " The committee charged with ; preparing the instructions to bei given to the Diet , agreedyesterday to propose the following resolution to the Grand Council : — " The deputation will declare to _ the Diet that the Canton of Lucerne is opposed to ° aH intervention on the part of a majority of . 12 Cantons , » n the afiair " of the Cathbliu League ' and the 'JesaltB , and will resist with arms all
attempts to enforce the execution of any decree the Diet may issue oh ' the subject . " ... The Augsburg Gazette of the 17 th instant states , 00 the credit of a correspondence from the Rhine , that the three conservative powers have determined to prevent at any price , and even by means of an armed intervention , the explosion of a civil war in Switzerland , which might bo brought about by the resolution of the Diet tending to expel the Jesuits , and dissolve the league of the Catholic cantons .
. ,,,. - ;• .., GERMANY . . " ' ' _ Bbrus . June lC .-r-About half-past four tkis morning ! the Curie decided the important question , with the majority of 220 to 215 , that the Jews should be considered eligible for holding all public offices whatsoever . The Diet is prolonged for an indefiuite period , as much business still remains to be concluded . The decision of the Curie of the Nobles , as we have before stated , wa 8 not in favor of . Jewish * emancipa ti 6 h . The trial of the prisoners charged with having taken a part in the latePolish insurrection is fixed for the 1 st ' of Julv . ' - ¦ : v
^ Food Disturbances at IIamboro , June 17 . — The disturbances which nad commenced here on the 15 th were renewed last night with increased vigour ; The newly-restored windpwi , which were broken on the day before yesterday by a riotous mob , were again smashed to pieeea . The military were called- oat about half-past'iiinej and were assaulted' with a shower of stones ; they were compelled at last ' to make use of their weapons , and many porsons were wpunded ; one soldier was killed ahd another had his leg broken . The Senate had an extraordinary meeting . This morning the police forced the market dealers to sell the potatoes at a reasonable price ; *
, . TURKEY . The' Journal de Constantinople repeats-its ' assurance of an arrangenieut being concluded between the Porte and Persia , and that all that remained to be settled was the delimitation as regards the wandering tribes of the frontier . The same journal states that favourable accounts had been received ot the expedition against the tibels of Kurdistan . The rebel chief , Bederhan ' Bey , is stated to have been abandoned by most of his partisans , and to have shut himselfup in a fart , with only 200 to 300 men . ; ' , . A fire broke out the other day at Tatarala , one o / the Ruburbs of Pera ; three hmidred houses were burned . ; A subscription is being made for the sufferers . ' ; ' . ¦
.- ¦ :::,.: la PLATA . ' ¦' -: ¦ ¦ ••¦ . The Minstrel ; arrived at Plymouth ; sailed' from Monte Video on the 16 th of April : at that date , Oribe continued to invest the city . The blockads ot Buenos Ayrei was kept up by the French and English forcei , but trade was nevertheless brisk thero .
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Ingenious Swindlino . —We read in the Gazette des Tribunaux : — " It is the usage of Parisian tradesmen to address to all persons whose banns of marriage are officially published : prospectuses and circulars , containing offers of merchandise of all descriptiensfrom the . humblest article of household furniture up to carriages and diamonds . . A brace of clever swindlers have just contrived to take advantnge tf this custom to make a great many victims . A short time since a notice was published at one of the Mairies of the marriage of the Vicomte Adrien de J with the Countess llermingarde de K , and the same notice was repeated in the church by the cur 6 of the lady ' s parish . Immediately the Parisian tradesmen obtained the address of the
bridegroom and bride , and pressed on them their offer * of Bervice . The viscount lived in a splendid apartment in the Rue de Provence , and the fair countess occupied an apartment in an hotel of the Faubourg St . Germain , where she was under the tender care of an affectionate mother . After a great many entreaties the viscount graciously consented to purchase a splendid set , of diamonds and a silver table-service from ( tradesmen in the Palais Royale and the Place VendOme ; from other persons he accepted five horses , a coupe , one of the carriages called Americainet , household and personal linen , a complete wardrobe for himself and his domestic , and a splendid eorbeille for his bride . The lady , on her part , also made several very extensive purchase ? .
Neither , however , undortook to pay before the conclusion of tho marriage , the' viscount pleading that , having only a paltry income ef 20 , 0001 ' r ., he , first required to finger the . l . OOO . OOOfr . fortune of his future wife , and the 300 , 000 fr . which his parents were to advance him , towards the expense of setting up an establishment .. Bills , however , wore offered and accepted . . A few days after the tradesmen were much , surprised to . discover that tho viscount and the countess , and the mamma of the countess , had all suddenly vanished . . Inquiries having been set on foot , it was discovered that the viscount is a Greek , who had ; been expulaed from a . watering-place for cheating at cards , and that the countess is a simple actress , and was lately engaged at the Theatre des
Varietes , ! TheLworthy couple are , it is believed , at Baden-Baden or Homburg . " , . . Spanish Robbers . —The Valencia diligence was robbed a lew dayB ago near Cuenga . The chief of the thieves seems to hav . e been quite an orator . The passengers not having produced of theirown accord sufficient to satisfy his demands , he represented with the air of a man defrauded of his dues , and treated shabbjly , that really this was a small number of watches for so respectable a party ; and that , ; however much it went against his grain to commit anything in . the shape of violence , the principles of duty would force him , to proceed to commit a few ' little .-atrocities , unless the gentlemen , present consented to conduct themselves in a handsomer manner . This digniiiud
j appeal to the cousciences of the passengers did not fail of producing an effect . -They searched thw trunks and pockets a second time , with more ( iiili-1 gence . Sorae ounces of gold , some jewels that hadl escaped their attention at first , wero drawn forth to light and handed over to the bandit . lie was contented wjih this supplementary addition tothaspoils , and rofeained froBi 4 lio little atTocitiea he- had re- Uctantly , been ebiigeU to throw e « t a hint oi ; nevertheless , he could not refrain fiwn observiag that it vaB always ^ safer , as well ashore becoiaing , upon ttie 30 . occasions to speak the truth at once . 'Ike Barcelona diligosce has been robbed at the iim of the Arengada , four or fiv ^ miles from Cervera , by a I
baud of ten turned m . en supposed to be part of tho rebels that wero procettling to the Lower Sogarra . TheBayonne mail , was stopped by brigades at the very , gates of Maojcidj an'd pillaged . The public cor-1 resi'ondencewaaicsneoted . aai it always is by these gentlemen . . .... . LiMKBicK .-iOn Wednesday ' . night oleven armed i men attacked . tho house of Dtvyjd Ryan , of Bulgudih , tenant ot Lord Carbery , between " Bruff and KilmaU [ lock ; having BmuBhed the windows and s . ashoa to E ieces , they effected an entrance , and robbed the ouse of everything they could lay hands on . The Stamford Mercury says that two or three persons have taken up their abode on Bray ford Water , and live with tueir families in email covered llfiflhing boats ,-
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¦ : ' !; : HpUSB OF C 0 MM 0 K 3 . [ The Importance of the question of Public Health Inouceg uB to insert In ' this week ' s impreision an abstract of the debate on the Health of Towns' Bill , on Vtiinj . the 19 th inst ., which our publishing arrangements prevented being given at such length lastweek . J Hbaith op Towns Bui , . —On ' the order of the day being read , for going into committee on this Dill , " " ' '¦ •¦ : ¦> . - ¦ - ¦ . ¦ Col . Sibthobp moved -that the house should go Into committee upon It that day . six months . He objected to every clauio In the bill , but chiefl y to the appointment of commissioners , arid above all of two paid commissioners ; ( Laughter . ) , Such appointments would give great patronage " to the government ; and heiooked witU jealous ; on all governments . ( Much laughter . ) Ho also objected to the bill on account of tbe expense it would OCCASlon . " '"' ' ' ¦
MrW . WIH . UM 3 said that he would oppose tbe bill if it did not extend to the metropolis , nhere it was most called for . He did not think the noble lord would meet with any opposition if he Included London . That objection bping removed , he would support it . Mr'Newd ' eqate ' objected to tbe bill bteauieit wag Introduoing a new principle , which , he believed , had received ' the name of ths tentative principle . He also objected to the large discretionary powers which it gave to the commissioners , ' and to the power which it gave of taxing outlying districts which would receive * no benefit therefrem . ' The bill gave the orders in council the
effect of acts of Parliament , which was montobjuctionablu inpriftclple . It gave the inspectors who weretobeapptinted thi ; power and the right of being present ' at tbe meetings of the corporation ; thereby introducing a 6 >§ . torn of government espionage which was contrary to every principle of the English constitution . He believed the object was to break up the institutions of the county , and to introduft the continental sjstem under pretence ¦ ProvW « ig sanitary regulations for towns . For these reasons , he eallud on the house not to penrit the sharp ena ot the wed ge to be introduced , and to resort to the introduction of a principle new to the British constitution . ¦ ¦ : ' ¦' . . -.-.. .
_ Mr RoEBnoK nlwnys felt suspicious when appeals to tnepOQket OP to the feelings were uiide ' ! b y gentlemen oppb ' iite ' ; Tho present bill contained a Very important principle , and deserved to bo considered without reference to Clap-trap politics or party'feelings . ( Hear , hear . ) The hop . gentleman seemed to be vtry much afraid of the principle of centralisation , but that principle " merely meant that the parties carrying the law into efftnt were to be immediately rfiennnaihln tiV Vartlamcnt inatsad of to small sections of the ' community . The undigested and contradictory mass of things which it was the 6 bjeofof the present bill to reduce into somothing liko order / arose from the circumstance of its being raised up piecemeal , and not on any certain plan founded on experience ; and the noble lord deserved the thanks of the
community for his boldness in endeavouring ' to unite , concoct , and arrange , the ' scattered fragmints . But the noble lord had omitted the place of all others which required his care—namely , that which bad St Paul ' s for its centre . He believed that if he took fiVurn miles on each Vide afSt Paul ' s , It would include 2 , 0 ( 10 , 000 ot people . Now , he was' ready to join the noble lord in his crusade against "filth , stench , and the death-stealing peBtlleuce ; " but when the gallant knight came to London ho seemed to be afraid of it as of a phantom . The noble lord was ready to deal with Gloucester , and no abominations In Birmingham were to resist his interference , but when he came to London he struck his flag andcut-i- "• . ¦•¦'¦•¦¦¦ ¦¦ . '¦ ¦ .. ' An Hok . MrMBBR . —Hisstick . ( Loud laughter . )
Mr Roebuck . —Thephrase was so vernacular that it described with perfect accuracy the ignoble ( light of the noble lord . He would put it to the noble lord , what hud he to be afraid of ? He took shume to hims . lf that the abominations of the London corporation bad not been put an end to long ago . When the Municipal Corporations Bill was before the house , it was shown that the corporation of London waB more foul and corrupt than uny other . ( Hear , hear . ) He was not afraid of Templebar , arid why should the noble lord be ? He could riot tell what tbe cause was , for he could not suppose that one of the members for London had influenced him . He did not shrink from dealing with his owu constituency , with Huddersfield and Sheffield . What peBtilent innuence , thcn could prompt him not to de : il with the tilth oi
London ? Why should not the ' inhabitant of London hiivofresh air ? Why shouldhc not have an honest per . son to inspect his sower and to look to his gns-pipe 1 If St Paul ' s and the four miles around it were in New Zealand he should say it wiis tattooed . ' He would , therefore , ask again why were the corruptions ol London to be exempt ? ( Hear , hear . ) Let not the goveruirient be deterred by the name of the City of L ndon . Time was when that city was the centre of all that was good and noble in this country— . when , as in' 1610 , it was loreinost in tho fight of freedom ; but bow it was nothing more than a mass of congregated individuals , bound together bytrado and the ordinary mercantile transactions ot life ; but which , from its density and immensity , required fie most sedulous and careful consideration of the Commons House of Parliament
Mr Hobsuak regretted the delay which had attended this measure . The noble lord ( Morpeth ) , in introducing it , while he showed that it was a question of humanity , of economy , and of comfort , sho wed , also , that it was one of pressing necessity . 50 , 000 lives were , tbe neble lord told them , sacrificed every year this measure was delayid ; mid in London 8 years of life , and in Liverpool , 18 , were lost in tho life of every individual from the want of proper sanitary regulatiens . This , then , nan net a mere question of comfort , but of life ; and it was the duty of government to incur uny amount of labour—any amount of risk or responsibility , rather than have cousented to a change ' which so materially interfered with the object oJ tha bill . What was the nature of the opposition to tho measure ? There had been but 22 petitions against it .
. with 287 signatures j for altering it , 1 G petitions only had been received , having 836 signatures ; while , in favour or the bill , 105 petitions had been presented , hnviug 818 , 000 signatures . ( Hear ; h « ar . ) . That London especially required some measure was proved by the evidence of Mr Brodie , Mr Walker , and others , who had told thero , that in consequence of the overcrowded state of the graveyards , and of tbe neg lect of sewerage , the air and the wattr were poisoned , and that the malaria tbusgint--rated was the cause of thousands of deaths . Notwithstanding that the necessity for such a measure hud been for years apparent , and though the subject had been annually brought forward for the last seven years , some difficulty lmd always intervened to prevent its
enactment . He' wished to know from the uoble lord what were the difficulties which now stood in the way of a bill for whioh the general necessity could not bo denied 1 The great fault of the Whig government was , that they were alarmed at tbe appearance of every difficulty , lit this , as in other mutters , tbe country suffered from their vacillation and want of decision . What answer could their supporters return to their constituents when they were asked what advantage had resulted from the transfer of the reins of government from the bands of Sir R . Puel to those of Lord J . Russell ? They eould not deny that , while under the government of Sir 11 . Peel liberal prineiplvs had steadily progressed , under that of Lord J . Hussell they had as constantly receded , ( Uear , bear . )
Mr Bankes considered that this bill neither' answered the large promises that had been made , nor tbe petitions that had been presented on the subject ; aud that it was not what it profoasod tt > bu-a great and general measure—since it omitted the metropolis ! of the country , and many - other parts as well , unless specially included . Now , he contended that , if it were a goud measure , it ought to bi ! extended to all . Tha lion , member for Bath had so well pointed out the impropriety and the inconsisleney of omitting Loudon from the operation of tbe measure durisig , he regretted to say , the absence front the house of tbe noble loni . ( Morpeth)—who , for aught he ( Mr Bunkes ) knew ,, might havu . been dining with tha Lord Mayor —( a laugh)—that he felt it to be his duty to ¦ nform the noble lord of the objections which were taken to the measure by that honourable member . ( Cries , oi "Oh . " ) Tlie lion . gontleman ( notwithstanding this expression of dissent ) reiterated the sentiments of tbe lion membtr for Bath , and expressed his concurrence in them
generally ; excepting the stigmas of moral corruption ami incapacity which he bad cast upon tho corporation of London . The only question regarding them nag , I whether or not they ought to be omitted from ' . bcbilU I Whv include York and omit London ? Was it because J ' bis right lion , friend the Lord Mayor of York 8 Kt , ou that , \ and the Lord Mayor of London « o the other , aide of the f h u « e , that York waft to be feaed from untyhglosome j smells and London to , retain them ? ( Laughter . ) . The I first few elaus es of the bill prwUed-for the appointment I of commissioners and inspectors , mil ) for tht > pa > iutut ot tb « ir salaries . So . with olkvr bills before tliu house , which seemed to . bo druwu sfter one foiin , and tho dis-1 enssingot which , in . that house he thought a great , waste of time . If tkAQill shotti'l pass in its present form , U certainly would creivta & great deal of jealou&j in tbe country . Biit lie did not think tha noble lord Qpul . 'i j carry it , eieir . pthigthfc metropolis , » hile he believed the noblo loniwas pledged » ot to alter * ho measuru in tlwt respect , tf not , let Mm get up aud say so . ( Jlear .. ^ I ¦ = ' I I I | .
Lord UtoRPEtu said , that altho » y ; h thegovrnincnt hal not bceu treuted in , a vtry friendly or candid spirit . ia thai coum of that aighl ' s uiacussbu , be corfessed tliat his own anxiety whs entirely wrapped up in the sublet and I the measure Usttf . ( Huar , baar . ) Since he proposed it he bad been exposed to mnjih attack , of . which * however , I b . e did not complain , for ft was the natural consequence I of a measure affecting scsinny various . ii 4 erests . He had I bten nttueked , in the fri 4 t place , fo ; includiug tbu metropolis ; aud he was attacked more copiously now for ex . eluding it . ( A laugK ) He fully concurred in tbe assertion xliat the metro )»\ U 8 requii'ud snnitncj iuavrovemeat , and legislation as much , at least , as any otlier part of England . ( Hear , hear . ) If his own iuuuiries touldhave
lift any . doubt -upon his mlad , all th « represeDtations and even tho reiwoaches he liad since tesuiyevi upon that subject woalu have entirely removed it . ' Ue was now ! af ked if lie was pledged toexelude the metropolis . He had already oistinctly deriarid tbut U wasbi * intention to exclude it from the pwsent biU , oud . lie comu not therefore with good faith consent to its inssrti . en He was also asked wh y he had excluded it . Why * . ( The noble lord ' s I momentary hQBltatlon in replying to the question called forth a burst of laugjbter from Colonel Sibthorp , which was joined in by a few others . ) He had only to appeal to I Tfhut had taken place in that home during tbe session , to \ the mtBBurei that had been Introduced—none , be admitttd , of great importance , altbougb , owing to ttw cir ,
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v ? ii ? 5 ? » . of Ireland , of a more presslnj , ' natura ' thaa the pr « Bent ^ u 6 ^ antly- consented , he must say , to the deferring of that portion of the bill which related to the metropolis . ( Cries of / Oh . ") He stated , the simple trutb . He felt that mere was not time , to deal with the extensive andim . portant details which legislating for the m . tropolli in . volved .. He felt thatbehad . no option ; that there wat not time for the con . idemlon of all those special provi . slons , and that all he could hope io do wai to pj « tha measurejn tbe prewnt shape . ( Hear , hear . ) Th * honourable member for Cockermoath asked why he bad not introduced provisions on the subject of intermurat interment . Independently of the circumstances he had already alluded to , the discussion of that . ' evening showed him that he had quite enough on his hands —( laughter ) —and if he succeeded in carrying tho bill in its present ftbape he should have accomplished no mean achievement . ( Hear , hear . ) So fur , then , from evading , he court ed r > pToacbeB , for he hoped that' public attention would thereby continue to be directed to the subject , so that
next jear he , or whoever else should more worthily fill his place , would , be compelled to follow- up and complete what was now left undone . ( Hear , hear . ) Those wbo considered that in postponing a portion of the task he was consulting his leisure and his ease—(" no" )—had littla idea of tk's life he had led sinee last Easter —( a leagb ) -ior of the dmbs of commuTacatioDs which he had received since then , and which , he must say , had fixed in his mind a steady determination to do what he could , when * ever and by whatever means he could , to promote tha ( treat work of salutary improvement . Those communi « cations showe * not merely a general apprehension , but the actual presence , to a great and increasing extent , of fever and disease in its worst forms in almost every part of the country—aggravated , when not wholly caused , by tbede 6 ciency of our oanitory regulations , which it wbb
the object , as hie hoped it would be result , of this measure to remed y ; and represented a waste of health , and strength , and happiness , and even life , at » n accelerated rate , notaraongthe weulthitrportionotMciety , butamonff those whose lot was east amidst hardships and privations , hard-worklpg mechanics and labourers , ^ who endured most suffVring am * underwent most toll . ' When he last addressed the house on this subject , he quoted the quarterly returns of the registrar-general relative to the health and mortality of the country , They included 117 districts , rind' enmeup to the Slsfc Mnrcli , Ho then gave a very painful picture of the : public health , buc he reiiretted to » ay . that the returns for the last quarter showed a considerable incnase Iuthe mortality . The registrar-gsm-ral stated that in thesummer quarter of 1846 the mortality was greater than
it bad been in the eeven preceding quarters ; and U >« winter quarter , ending 31 st March / 18 * 7 , it wai still greater . Tbe number dying in the districts from which returns had been made , was 5 & , 10 S ; being ' 6 , 030 above the average . On the whole , the health of London was below the average , and , although that might be attri . buted in some degree to causes whioh were accidental and transitory , it was evident that the health of the country was at least stationary , or pei haps-, retrograding . He did not mean to go , at length , iiito tbe clauses or special provisions ; but he trusted that 1 when the proper time came he should be able to show tbat although the bill provided for central sup . rintendenoe , it Aid not seek to supersede leal agency ; time its great objeot
was to employ local agency , not io fetwr it , and to give it such advice and assistance as could only be afforded by central wisdom and experience . He should be ready , when they got into committee , to discuss alt the Bpecial clauses and provisions , but he hoped ana trusted that tbe house would not obstruct the preliminary stages of the bill . He owned he felt great anxietyoni the- subject , not grounded on party or personal consideration , or on a wish to procure credit for the government , or fer himself as an individual member of parliament ) but on the afflicting accounts which he was daily receiving from , every quarter of the country , and which he confessed bad produced such an effect on his miud as to make him implore tho house to consent to going iuto com . mittee .
^ Mi' AIileb gave the government every credit for good intentions , but thought tbat the bill had better be held over until next session . He objected to the exclusion of London , and put little faith in the promise tbat the metropolis was to be made the subject of future legislation . He remembered tbat when tbe corporation reform bill passed , London was excluded vith a promise tbat a special till was to be brought in for itself . But from , that time tO' the present nothing had been done , and therefore be had little faith in the promises made on tbe present occasion , ^ ( Hear , hear . ) The Earl of Lincoln intended to vote for going into committee . With resptct to tbe exclusion of the metropolis from the bill , he believed he was responsible for tbat exclusion as well as tbe noblo lord . His reason for wishing tbat London should be left out wae tbat
the complicated machinery necessary for the metropolis would be ill-adapted for the provincial towns ,. That objeotion applied more to tbe measure which be ( Lord Lincoln ) introduced than to this , because the machinery here was different with a greater central controlling power as wollas compulsory powers , which obviated the inconvenience of local acts and of local commissioners , which complicated the question as regarded Loudon . Hating urged on the noble lord' to omit London from the bill before he saw it , he was bound to say now that he had seen it , that its provisions were applicable to that city . Still , he did not mean to say that he approved of the machinery of tbe bill . The
noble lord had gone far beyond the principle which he laid down in his speech , which was the maintenance of local authority and superintendence , assisted b y central authority . ' But he ( Lord Lincoln ) feared he bad exceeded that principle , for the proposed centraliautbority would entirely control , and not merely assist , tbat which was local . When he urged tbe noble lord to exclude London from , the bill , he did not mean to-exclude it altogether from sanitary regulation ' s , for it stood more iu need of it . than any other city ; undhe gavea proof of his opinion on this point ; for although in the bjJl he bad introduced , London was not included , ytt ,. at the time that he left the Woods and Forests , he was preparing a bill tbat nas to apply to London only ..
Sir J . IIankeb supported this bill , becauso he represented a town which was in the worst possible sanitary condition ; and be hoped it would be practicable for the government to carry a measure of sanitary reform this session . ' Mr Hbnlet should not vote for this bill , particularly as the noble lord said that it did not apply to thesmal district * , whereas it applied to every place where there were 300 inhabitants who presented a petition to-be included in its provi 6 iens . Unless all great towns were included in a bill , it was hopeless to expect any graat measure of sanitary re ' orm . This tneusuce wasnot a judicious one , and nas so framed thiit nobod j .. knew . what it was about .
Mr Hudson protested against tbe exemption ; accorded in favour of London from the operation , of . the proposed measure . If the experiment wire to be tried , let iu be a national one . As to the people of Yorksh ire , though they ware favourable to improved sanitary regulations , be did not believe that they would at all approve of the present bill , which was nn entirely new oue , containing provisions of the most objectionable nature . He hoped the measure would not be pressed this-, session , hut that the noble lord opposite would , during the , recess , devote his mind to the preparation of a measure oi ' . a comprehensive and effectual nature , free from . the spirit of centralisation ,, of which the country was sick , uucl of all taint of jobbery . He thought the towns might vapy well be left to manage their own affairs .. Mr 8 . Denisom said tbat he could state tbat th * whole of the West Riding of Yorkshire , was decidedly in favour aEthabilk
air ilujiix , in tbe midst of tha load . cries- far a di % ision , declared that , in his opbuon , tbe bill sew under ; consideration was most vexatious suits provisions , aud i anomalous in its regulations . It was iuipcssille that . this bill , which was so full of difficulties and- inconsistencies , could pass in the present session , aad therefore , ! if Colonel Sibtborp went to a division , bo ( aflr Muntz ) ' should be obliged to vote with Mm . ; Tbe . house then divided—; For tho motion , ... ... isx ! Io » -tha amendment . . „ . . „ . , '" m
m The house then itent into committee , jjw > forma , and . the further consideration of . the bill was postponed till the following Thursday . MONDAY , Jone . SJi . HOUFSX OP LORDS . —Their lordships sat for a short jUime , aad went through , a considerable amount of rant * 1 tine business . The royslaasent wa& $ iven . by commission ' to a gnat number of bills . HQ 1 SE Oif COMMONS . —HcChblw-ie mnde a start ' statement in replx to . that mado hy . Mr C P . Vttlieiv ' ou IFnwlay night , thargiag him wittt . vhav . i 2 s put questions to I Sia-ff . Lenis , whilst under exsminatsoa before the Anrdoaer committee , which were not o&iyg irrevtlan ^ so tho t suJqeet of inquiry , but which , involved matters ti a prtvate character , allusion to wiith uas improper ,-and un-11 warrantable . In exeulpatsBfr hiraself from this , charge , I Mr Christie read documents * to , Bkw that Mr IHlicrs in tX quoting them against hint Uadnilfull y suppressed those I portions whioh were in lijs $ lt Christie ' s ) israxar
Lord Couwenai , the chabawn of the Aadover Commitlee , wA Mr DisKA 3 si , i | paid a high complimont to the ability aci temper sho , wn by Mr ChriBtie ie ; thnt committee , and the matter duoppeo * . Raij » tsat BiLL . ~ -y > Stbott tho Railway Commissiones ; then mode ^ t . wo . bours' speech in explanatlen of the alterations iatjoductd iuto - ihis bill , and tho regula * tiona contained li \ i , t , which he wou » d up in the follow . ixg manner . H . o . had now gono ^ hvoagh this bill ; be I b \ d stated to Oje house its contents , and the intentions 1 oi those by wheat it bad been ftaued , aud the objects I and inten »\ on& of the government with regtrd to thia I measure . It bad been expcoAed that tbe bill would havo I passed at an early period o | this session , b * t owing to
the unexpected pressure « rfbusiness upon tlie hwse connectcd with the state of Ireland , —th « emergency . of that country not admitting : the measures being delayed , —the bill had been postponed frommontb . to month . Great opposition was likewise offered to the bill , and tbe gcvernroent had received information that tf . o parties opposed to it wer » determined to oppose it by ail means in theirpower , and todelay it by all the expsdients which the forms of the house would allow . TJnder these circumstances it was clear , that at this period , it was scaroely possible that such a billceuld undergo consideration , and become law , without involving great delay and great inconvenience at this period of the seosion . The government , therefore , thoughUbat theywoiiaactwiKl ? tsnotw « • -- -i ^ riJKr ^ N .. ' .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 26, 1847, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1424/page/7/
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