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    • "MOrRIR POTJIt LA PATRIE'
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      ¦"> S Aksuli10s Of The Marseillaise . 1 ...

      ¦ " > AKSULI 10 S OF THE MARSEILLAISE . 1 HYMN * ( From Howm ' s JotrsKin . ) Cose on , ye eone of France , to glory , The d » j of fetdom I * at hand ; ¦ frith , flaunting banner stained and gory Igiinst yon comes the tyrant-hand ; poyou not halt by field and forest f he murmur of the ruffian foe * fle ceaes your home * to overthrow , To SU your hearts with woe the merest ! Arm , M ™ I J valiant men ! Unsheathe tho righteous eword ! Kirch on , march on ! the tyrants * blood Like waters shall be poured .

      ^ fcst seeks this horde , these tons of serfdom These tools of king ? , confederate-crime t ' for whom are meant these bondi ignoble , These fetters forged in ancient time f On us , is Tit . de this fierce aggression ! 1 st righteous anger £ n us burn 2 'lis we that they weuld dare to spurn And bowbenesth tbeir old oppression \ * Ann , arm ! ye valiant men ! etc . What ! shall the cohorts of the stringer lay down the law within our home ! What ! snail the mercenary legions Oar hauchty warriors overcome f great God ! shall hands by chains " degraded Have power to make us also slaves ! Saall we behold , by despot-knaves Oar fate controlled , our rights invaded ! Ana , arm ! ye valiant men ! etc .

      Ye tyrsni * tremble , false and crael . Te curse aad shame of all mankind ! Tour parricidal schemes , ye crafty . Their proper fate , at length , shall find ! And if , in deadly contest closing , Our neble , youthful heroes fell , The earth fresh thousands forth shell call , Aad rouse ierself your power opposing * Arm , ana ! ys valiaxi men ! etc . As warriors , Frenchmen , brave and noble , Go forth » and wisely strike the blow , Yet spare the abject slave , misguided W"ho 5 s compelled to c * ll you fOG ! But spare no despot blood . pollated ! Xor spare the tools of fraud and force , Those tigers who have no remorse By deeds of tyrann-v imbruted !

      Arm , ami ! ye valiant men J etc . Oh , love of country , tsered passion J Do thou tbe snn avenging guide ! And Liberty , dear mountain maiden . Go tflon , and combat by our side ! Oh sake , oh make , oar benner glorious ! And aid with thy heroic tone , That as they die our foes may own Tby trioHpb , and oar canse victorions ! Arm , arm ! ye valiant mea ! Unsheathe the righteous sword" ! March , on , march on ! the tyrants'bloo 6 " Like waters shall be poared !

      "Morrir Potjit La Patrie'

      " MOrRIR POTJIt LA PATRIE '

      t OK OUS COCKTST TO DIE ! By the loud cannon ' s fierce commotion France calls hf r children to the strife ; On ! says the soldier ' s warm devotion ! Oar mother 'tis that needs our life ! ? or onr country to die I fer our country to die ! Is a glorions fate for which brave men may sigh For ns , my friends , who poor and lonely , Wkohere unseen mast yieH onr breath , Tor France , aed for her freedom onl y , We can at least devote oar death I Tor our ceuntry to die ! for onr country to die ! Is a glorious fate for which brave = iea ia » y sigh » vrEvAtft Joartah

      King Shite

      KING SHITE

      "HtSmithl" exclaimed the King . " That is enrions , Meed , and very remarkable , that the first to welcome se should be a Mr Smith , since the assumed name by Shich I eieapsd from France was Sjarz ; and , look . ' ± ii is my passport made out in the name of Smith . " Trssss . — . March 6 th , 1348 . Said great Kins Smith to great Gnieot , 'Does Vir tue dwell in this world below ? I ' re travelled much , but never found A true , good man above the ground . How shall I curb this folk of mine—This rampant , raging herd of swine * To rule this people , what shall I do ? Tell me , Gnisot—tell me true ?'

      ' The pe « ple . * —bah ! ' said great Gnisot : — 'Bribe the needy , high and low ; Pay thf m , tickle them—scatter wi & Star and ribbon to p / ease their pride y Give t ' sesn ph « s , give fhempelf : The Isw of man is tbe love of self . Every conscience may be sold , Every meahas his price in gold . * Said great KiRg Smith to great Gnisot , ' Thou art the wisest man I know t Honour and virtue are mitt and eloud ; The looks for goodness in a crowd ? Inborn rillany dwells in man , And we win work it as we can : — In one hand bribes , in tbe other a sword . And Smith thall role , unquestioned Lord !*

      So great King Smith to great Suiiot , Opened the sluice for the mud to flow , And cast about for needy knaves , GroT-elHng spirits , fawning slaTes—Paid their price , and ruled the land With a strong and systematic hand , TiU the world avowed with stress and pith , There was never a king so great as Smith . Said great King Smith to great Suieot , ifoney * s the only god below ; And all my little Smiths must wed "Wives with money , or Isck their bread / Said great Sassot , ' The trutk is plain ; There is a glorious prizs ia Spain—Ons bride to H & ke , and one to ma , And cash in hand—howlncky we are !'

      And great King : Smith and great Gaizot Played tbe trick , as ill men know ; And never dreamed , ia their great delight , There was a day for the losgest night—Sever dreamt that in human hearts , There lurked a scorn of treathefona arU Or tkat Retribution ' s arm of pith Might do its duty evea on Smith . Said great King Smith to great Guizot , 1 1 hear a monnnrlnj rrora below . ' Said great Gnisot , « The troops arestrocy , Oar game ir curs—there ' nothing wrong z ^ e ' 11 tend some grape-shot into the town"e ' 11 keep the restless people down . "VTernle , oh King , on a deep-laid plan ; ^ Te know the worthlessneos of man . *

      But grtat Kinj Smith and grrst 6 uii 9 t Made a fearful blunder , as we know ; The Virtue scorned , the Truth denied . Surged o ' er the land in a living tide-It swept Gukot elean out of the track , "Wilt all his system on his back , And awakened Skits , as he doted and dreamt , And smothered him in tbe world ' s contempt , t & Taxpa Slue .

      Fatal Fall Reoit A Weidow, Asd Heastcess...

      Fatal Fall rEoit a Weidow , asd Heastcess Robbery . —An kquestwasheldby Mr Bedford , at tke Two Brewers . Jermyn-street , Si James ' s , on the hodyof William II . Greengrass , aged 28 . The deceased was foreman to Neville and Sons , batchers , of Oxendon-street , and resided with his wife over his employers' stables , in Apefe-tree yard , St James's-Equare . On Friday evening the deceased was maki » e merry with a few friends , in consequence of its heicg the annirerHry of his wedding-day , and about eleven o ' clock he took & lighted candle and went np stairs to the loft above , for the purpose of tying np a large dog which he kept there ; He was heard to be ranmng across the loft , as though playing with the anirsa ] , but in a minute afterwards there was a

      aoise of ghis breaking , followed ty the falling of a i-eary substance in the yard . The deceased ' s wife Sad irieids ran nnt into the yard , and found the de ^ Biased lying on the stones under the loft doer senseless , and bleeding from a wound in his Bead . He rso conveyed into the houte , and Mr Tothill , surgeon , attended , but life was quite extinct , he having fractured the base of his skull , aa also his spine . Sb . orr ] jr after tbe deceased had been removed into the house , it was discovered that his watch ( which he had on at the time of the accident ) was easing , and some silk gowns , belonging to his wife , hia also been purloined . Suspicion attaches against two parties , Elsie and female , who assisted in carry ing the body , and the police are in quest of them . Verdict— ' Aettdeatal death . '

      Death of a Fobuj . ve-teixzb . —Died , on the ltni lit ., in his C 9 tk year , at Ey ton , near Bulkinf ton , W . Saunt , better known by the name of Billy Bellison , a Eoted fertune-teller and astrologer , who possessed considerable inflaence in his calling , not alone in his c ? n immediate locality , bntitis an undoubted fact , tsat many apparently respectable persons , both male and female , have come ia their carnages from a disfence of from twenty to thirty miles for the purpose « obtaining through Lira a peep into futurity . He ? as died possessed of considerable freehold P « perty la Boikington , together with somewhere about £ 600 ^ readymonev , the irhole of which has been obtained from the gullibility of his { hick-headed custoten . —Coventry Paper . T , fcome seed wneat has besn imported into London * rom New South Wales . It his been determined to erect a public monn-^ ent to Ha rvey , the discoverer of the circulation ot « e blcod , in Folkskme , his natiye town .

      Great Meetikq Op The Socialists Dt Losdo...

      GREAT MEETIKQ OP THE SOCIALISTS DT LOSDOK . t „ J * « "Sf * * " aeWto the Literary Institution , JtaS , 6 ? J J ° " eahaa 00 nrt-r 6 * ' o ^ rWV , the 24 th ?™ * f , ^"„ Pr ° « Ional Government ef L ^^ f ^ E 0 glhl 1 * " *** " * - >** exposethe lj norance of the Tun . and other jonrnel , rejecting it . HrSoB « Owen was unanimousl y elected I \ e ^ - f T \ , f « B f ™ crowded to excess-many mMnllo f f ^ — , ^ thc greate , oracrTfa ; maintained thronghont the whole proceedines which lasted until half . past eleven o ' clock . pr 0 C " mngB ' wluch The foUowing is an abriagemsBt of the preceediEgg : — TheCnAiBHAK oaened J * i « -t *« . _ - «

      bysajlng-It ha . been 6 aid hat men are bom equal . They ought to be , but hitherto they have not been . It has been said that men at birth hare equal rights . This should be a truth , but hitherto « hat been very much otherwise . The Infants of men ana women , who have fer generations lived in the fear of poverty , and amidst imferior and vicion * circnmstances , cannot be born equal to infants of the progeny cfpAT * nt « , who for geosratfong have Uvea amidst the bestcircumjtancei that the present Irrational system paa create . Men bora to inherit poverty , and the honrly influence of vicious circumstances , have not had the same « gkt « as those born in the midst of affluence , and sur . rounded from the hour of their birth with th 9 best of everything for maa that wealthwithont rational

      , ideas , can give . ( Hear , hear . ) The American declaration of independence is , therefore , not true , but it ought to be made so . ( Cheers . ) I will now give you my ideas of Independence . Man , as well as all that has life , has been created to desire happiness . It is the right of man , therefore , to have as mnch happiness as the materials passeised by society , properly applied , will give him . ( Cheer * . ) Society now possesses all the materials ta ensure from birth the happiness of all without contest or competition . It has a superfluity of land , labour , scientific power , skill , aad capital , to create illlBitable wealth beyond the wants of all . whenever these means shall be applied tinder tho guidance of practical man , having common sense and moral courage to do tbeir duty to their fellow-nen . ( Applause . ) Society alto possesses

      the cnost ample means U ensure from birth a good and valuable mental , moral , physical , and practical character for every one . It is now of tho highest laterest for all , from the highest to the lowest , withont one exception throughout the human race , tkat measures be immediately commenced to create this Wealth . And tkla charaeUr for all . Many doubt the peseibility of creating a good practical character for natioas , and yet , as the fuedaaental principles of human nature are now known , when these shall be applied to practice under wise arrangements , it will be an « a * j task to ensure an useful and valuable character far all . These principles and practices bare been hitherto unknown , or nnatttnded to , by all nations aad people , ex . ceptby Lyeurgus and his Spartans ; and yet the

      knowledge kow to manufacture from birth a soparior character for the human race is by far the most valuable knowledge that can be acquired , ( Hear ) The term manufacture is advisedly used , fer the formation of character is as mnch a manufacture frem the infant material as any fabric from aar material ; and like these , with care and properly constructed machinery , it maj be well manufactured , or by neglect and ill . coaitructed machinery , it may be « ade greatly inferior , and spoiled for all valuable or useful purposes . This is a manufacture , the art of which is mora important to acquire than the knowledge of all other manufactures nulled . The misery or happiness of the human raee will depend npen the progress which nations make in applying this knowledge to practice . The governments of tbe world are

      new ignorant ot this manufacture for cny valuable purpose ; they know how to force on the world an inferisr character for both rich and poor , but they are destitute of the high acquirement in principle and practice to enable them to create a good and superior character for man and woman , with full developed facultits , physical , moral , mental , and practical . ( Hear , heir . ) The permanent interest of all should be now attended to and secured , instead of that interest being opposed and sacrificed to the faliely imagined interests ofsfewnow very ill-iaformed and misplaced families ; but families , according to my views of man and society , are more to be pitied for their false and artificial educetios and position than to be blamed or punished . ( Cheers . ) But true it It , the time has arrived when these fawiues can

      no longer govern the world ; when for their own happiness , and that of the population of all countries , they ought no longer to govern those countries except nnder new laws derived alone from nature , forming a new constitution for the government of the world , —a constitution la which the well-being , well-doing , and interests of all shall be greatly secured , —not by a nominal equality , as in the United States of North America , but by an enlightened practical equality , Bade so evidently beaeficial for all that it will remain unchanged as long as human nature shall exist . ( Loud cheers . ) The outline and detail of such a constitution shall te submitted to you at this meeting , fit was circulated in the shspe of a smsll pamphlet . ] My own calsa conviction is , that the falsehood , injustice , and cruelty of the

      old system which has hitherto governed the world , are so glaring to those who can observe and reflect , and so unbearable to the mass of the population ia all conntries , that it has become impossible for any amount of force or fraud , opposed to the uprising of the people of the world and their magnificent and disinterested moral conra » e , to maintain it longer In any country or among any people . ( Immense applause . ) The time has therefore arrived when , old things shall pass away and all shall become new . ( Cheers . ) Rejoice with me , my friends , that as length we are now witnessing tho termination of that old werld of folly , crime , and injustice , that It is now dying its natural death ; and that It will be speedily succeeded by a new and glorious system that will secure the happiness of all .

      [ Mr Owen concluded a speech which occupied upwards of an hour in delivery , amid vehement cheering . ] Mr A . Cahtbeil said he would speak what ha felt and knew to be csrrect . He avowed himself a democratic socialist , by which he meant that the whole population shosld be provided for , from herHaje-ty and her court , down to the lowest pauper ' ; and he ( Mr 0 . ) , felt quite certain that a change was inevitable , even for the benefit of the higher classes themselves , as he was sure all of them , under the social system would be much happier than they could possibly be now . ( Cheers . ) The trades of London had commenced an industrial movement before the revolution in France had been thought of . A congress of delegates had met for several weeks , aad from the facts submitted by them , it appeared that about one-third of tha working classes were unemployed , one . third about half-employed , and those who had work had not for their increased labour ( except in a few

      instances ) , wages to obtain the nsestsariee of life . ( Hear , hear . ) These men bad all arms , that is—every man had a pair of arms wliieh he is desirous of Mine ; in the production of wealth b y the cultivation of the soil , maau . factures , & c , and for its distribution for the benefit of all . The government and the higher classes were not aware of their danger . They were resting upon a volcano , a mine of gunpowder , which In a day or an hour might be exploded . ( Hear , hear . ) They were not aware of the feslings rankling in tbe bosoms of the now quiet masses , or they would endeavour to eSWct a peaceable change in the present wicked system . ( Loud cheers . ) The London trades were resolved to submit their case to the government . He ( Mr C . ) was a delegate to their congress , and had been requested to prepare their report , If the government did not accede to their suggeitions . other measures would then ia adopted to effect a change , as it was scarcely possible for human nature longer to suffer . ( Cheers . )

      MrLLoiD Joras and Mr H . HbtikisgtoK tnen addressed the meeting , exposing the ignorance of the Tikes , in its violent , but still Jesuitical attack on Socialism , and a true version of the principles adopted by the English Socialists , and the practices proposed to be founded upon them , providing far the well-belag and happiness of the whole human race , without exception to sex , class , party , sect , country , or colour , was given io the meeiicg . in the skape of aaaadrees , adopted by the Aanaal Congress of Socialists , held in Leede , In 1810 , the reading of which was listened to with the greatest attention , frequently interruptod by loud bursts of applause . ' The meeting was subsequently addressed by Messrs J . Biobv , J . VTatsoh , Coass , Edwabds , BaoHTEaBE O'Bkien , and others ; aad the following , among other resolutionswere adopten : —

      , ' That this meeting having beard the explanation of the Social system from its founder , Mr Owsic , in centradistinction to Socialism as represented by the Times , newspaper , is of opinion that it is a highly just , moral , and philanthropic system , well calculated 10 work out the physical , mental , moral , and practical emancipation of the people of this and other countries , without injury to any existing class or interest of ths community . ' _ An Address to the Provisional Government of France was adopted , and Robert Owen appointed a deputation to present tha same , together with a moflel constitution for

      all countries . , Petitions to both Houses of Parliament were also adopted , setting ( orth that during the last thirty years the SosiaHstshad sresented hundreds of petitions , praying s searching inquiry into their principles . That the papulation of these islaads were in & state of great cis . tress and all classes in imninent danger , and praying again to be beard , and their plans , if found beneficial , to be adopted ere it'is too late . Th 9 petition to the House of Lords was ordered to ue ¦• nt to the Lord Bishop of Oxford , and tneR . v . H , Smith ( a Clergyman of the Established Church ) volunteeredto take it to his personal friend tbe Bishop , for

      that purpose . .. . „ . j The meeting , which did not breakup till near midnight was one of the most orderly hut enthusiastic cha-S thronghont , and it was said would be followed by others of like nature throughout the kingdom .

      Address Of Robert Owen To The ***>**">¦ ...

      ADDRESS OF ROBERT OWEN TO THE ***>** " >¦ NATION , ON HIS ARRIVAL IN PABIa . Pkiebds asb Fellow Mek , ---I congratulate yoa on the attainment of a position new in the history of nations ; one that wiU « sW ° f ° " accomplish more for the population of the world ,, tnan has ever been effected by any people , ancient or modern . Enemies to human progress assert that your prov - iional government has rromiiedmoM than it is posiiwe for any men to perform . Heed them not 5 They ha « no knowledge of the principles orrationalpracticv B nh . cn can effict these results ;

      Address Of Robert Owen To The ***>**">¦ ...

      They say it is impossible to give advantageous employment to all ; to make all wealthy ; or to make all ac quire good habits , and make them intelligent and rational in mind and conduct . This is a libel of the Ignorant on human nature , and In aa excuse forthow who govern society , for the miserable condition to which , with the most abundant means to ensare happiness , they have brought the mass of the population , even in the most civilised nations . Those who are experienced know that by plain , obvious , practical measures , arrangesaente may be now formed ta give permanent beneficial employment to all ; to well educate and form the character of all , and to well place all , amidst virtuous and superior circumstances only ; so far as men when cordially united with their fellows en rational principles can ereate and control cireumstaeceB ,

      These rejul b are all that the human race can rationally desire , and will be sufficient to ensure the happiness of all on the highest attainable state of equality . My visit to Paris is solely with a view to assist you to accomplish these practical results , In the expectation that the success of your example will speedily influence all nations . Universal charity , kindness and goodwill , real liberty , equality , and fraternity , for the human famil y ; one in interests , and desire for each others happiness , ROKEBT OWEH .

      Trade Societies, And Their Bearings Upon...

      TRADE SOCIETIES , AND THEIR BEARINGS UPON THE PRESENT TIMES . A meeting of delegates from various branches of The Journeymen Steam Engine , Machine Makers , and Millwrights' Friendly Society , ' has been held in Liverpool during the past week , at which so many of the elements of good order and friendship were exhibited , as to induce a belief that & slight notice of the objects and general principles of the society itself will be acceptable . The society was established in Manchester in 1826 , and composed of persons employed in the above men . tioned branches of the mechanical trade , such aa were censidered good workmen , good moral chat actera , and having a just claim to the trade from servi *

      tude . The advantages held out , and the certainty of having those advantages secured to each member , produced a rapid increase of numbers , and there are , at the present time , ninety-three branches , extending over Great Britain and Ireland , and numbering about 8 , 000 members , with a fund of nearly £ 26 , 000 . The objects of the society are to unite each other in the bonds of friendship , and to assist each other in cases of necessity—such as relief when out of employment , in cases of death , in superannuation , or in cases of accident , snch as wonld render a member in * capable of earning his livelihood atterwards at his trade . By the standing rules of the society , a free member out of employment is entitled to receive £ ? 10 s . in one year , at the rate of 10 s . per weak for ten weeks , and os . per week for the other ten weeks .

      On the death of a free member , his widow or nexi of kin is entitled to receive £ 8 ; or on the Jdeath of a member" ? wife , such member is entitled to the sum » f £ 3 , the remaining £ 5 to ba paid at his death . Any member meeting with an accident whilst following his employment , or whilst engaged upon the society ' s business , so . ' as ever after to disable him from following hej of the branches ; of trade mentioned in the rules , will be entitled to receive £ 100 . Any free member being visited by epilepsy , apoplexy , paralysis , or blindness . rendering him incapablo of following his employment , if such visitation be not brought on by drunkenness or misconduct , he is entitled to receive £ 50 . Any member above fifty-eight years of see , and having been 18 years in the society , is entitled to receive 5 s . per week until his death , and is allowed te earn any sum in addition , provided it does not exceed 10 s . per week .

      The contribution paid by each member per week is eightpence . Another great advantage of the society , is the facility which is rftorded to members in the removal from one town to another in search of employment . For instance , a member may fall out of work , and through the slackness of trade in the locality where he was working , not be able to obtain a situation , he can then , by applying to his branch , obtain a travelling certificate , wherety he will be enabled to get relieved from town to town in search of another situation ; and wherever a branch ef the society is held , or where any' of the members may be working , he is at ance recognised as a brother , and every means are used to procure him a sitnation .

      The meeting of delegates alluded to was convened chiefly for the purpose of considering the propriety of increasing the allowance to unemployed members , and was rendered in some measure necessary , in consequence of the continued prostration of trade , and the great probability of its revival being yet at some distance . Armngother important resolutions for the management and stability of the society , it was resolved to increase the allowance to unemployed members . 'to 10 s . per week for ten weeks , and 7 s , per week , until the recipient should obtain employ . Such are the leading features of a society , the ex * istence of which cannot be too widely known . 22 nd March , 1 MB . IIcmi > hrev Johnsok .

      To The Calico Bl06k Printers Of Great Br...

      TO THE CALICO BL 06 K PRINTERS OF GREAT BRITAIN ; Fellow Workmen , —We appeal to your sympathies on behalf of Mr John Neil , who now holds a two acre allotment at O'Connorville , but who will be compelled to sell out for the following reasons , unless something can be done to assist him : —There had been an unprecedented depression of his trade for a great length of time previous to his removal to O'Connorvillo , daring which he was nine months out of employment , and at the same time having had a considerable deal of sickness and a death in his family ; he was consequently compelled to draw the greater part of his help money , for the purpose of removing hia family from Hey wood

      in Lancashire to his location , and the purchasing of a few indispensable articles for immediate use . ' This , together with the demands lately made upon him fer debts contracted under the above circumstances in Lancashire , has rendered him unable to purchase manure , without which it is impossible for him to hold this allotment ; and if those who can afford to contribute a trifle will be kind enough to do so immediately , they will be the cause of establishing in comfort and independence , agood . honest , and industrious man . Let it be done immediately , as the season is already far

      advaneed-Make your Post Office Orders payable to Mr John Neil , at the Rickmanwerth Post-office . Peter Hot Jambs Wnsoir Hesrt Bascropt James Raplbt James M'Grkgqos Crayford , March 20 , 1 S 48 .

      Cactiok.—The Public Are Informed That Wm...

      Cactiok . —The public are informed that Wm . S . Thomson ( late teacher in the Chartist School , Hamilton , Lanarkshire ) , hasabscondedinthe most disgraceful manner . Some time ago , he made application to tho Land Company ( the school being vacant St the time ) , to become teacher , presenting testimonials of an old date , we thick from Lietaabagow , though subsequently he was in Stonehouse and Blair . We , thinking him well qualified , gave him the ichool . He joined the Land Company , and became a very turbulent member , but failing in hia object of becoming secretary , we soon got rid of his presence . For a hypocrite's cloak he joined the Total Abstinence Society—got the scholars under his tuition to become abstainers . He set a subscription going amongst the adult members to purchase medals for the

      their encouragement . Before subscription was finished , ha returned to his old habits of drunkenness and , since that time , has gone from bad to worsehas taken in some of his brother Chartists for a good round sum of money . He had an only daughter who waa married on Frida y . He convened his pupils together on Monday . Collected their wages , T 5 hieh were paid him in advance—dismissed them—emptied a box put np to receive subscriptions for the medals , and went to Glasgow to see his dying mother , and has not returned , leaving the Land Company minus of three months rent , the baker and spirit-dealer unsettled with for his daughter ' s wedding . You would much oblige if you would insert this caution , thati ; honest people may be put upon their guard . I remain , sir , your obedient and humble servant , Archibau ) Waikjsu ,

      secretary , Hamilton . -,, Packbt-bhip Struck bt Lightning at & ea . — ine packet-ship West Point , Captain Allen , which failed from this port on the 27 th January , arrived at Jsew York on the 8 : h instant , after a very sever © P ^ se . When in lat . 3830 , Ion . 67 , a * one am ., on the 13 th ult ., the ship was struck by lightning seven times within an hour , each time the Huid passing down the mainmast . The whole mast appeared to throw oft sparks like red hot iron when struck by the smith s hammer . Most of the watch on deck felt the shock severely , Two men were instantly killed . At the fifth shock Captain Allen felt himself nearly brought to the deck , so powerful was its effect , although at the time he was fifty fcefc from the mainmast . The names of the killed were John Armstrong , of New York , and Marcellus Robinssn , of Rhode island . two

      Brutal Istesiiok of thb Police . — Tho undersigned friends attended the meeting on Stepneygreen on Tuesday last , where there were swarms oi police in private clothes . After the above meeting was over , we crossed from the green towards the Royal Oak public house , when two of the above gentlemen were close at onr backs , and the conversation between them was this : — There were plenty of them there , and they should like to have had the opportunity of pulling out their truncheons and slaughtering the people . ' We made answer— 'there a base wretches , ' and tbe reply they made was— ' they should like the chance ot mowing us down . ' Mjr friend said * try it on , for I am prepared for you , when the cowardly wretches sneaked away . " trust that the people will take a lesson from the brave Parisians , and be prepared to repel the blosdy intentions of their enemies . —Yours , F . Lepevbh . subsecretary , Whittingtoa and Cat branch . —Wl UiAM Beacksk , member .

      Imperial Ijaruanmfu

      imperial ijaruanmfu

      Eviction Of Tenants

      EVICTION OF TENANTS

      SPEECH OF P . O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P „ IN THE HO ^ E OP COMMONS , ON FRIDaV ' thE 2 fxH O ? MARCH , Mr O ' Connor said , Sir , I never heard such an apology as that offered by the hon . member for Northamptonshire for the criminal neglect of the government . Whatl tell me that the notice of these brutal murders , committed wholesale by exterminating landlords , and published at an enormous expense , is not sufficient to warrant government interference ? What notice are they to have ? What notice is to be sufficient ? And then the Attorney-General gets up , and in & most cold and heartless speech , —( oh ! oh !)—in a cold and heartless speech

      tells us that there is no law upon the statute book to meet « ich cases , and that tbe only remedy is by civil action against the tyrant aggressor . ( Oh ! oh !) He repeated it , and he looked with horror and disgust at the cald and indifferent manner in which that house treated those barbarous murders in Ireland . ( No , no . Oh ! oh ! and groans . ) They may ' oh ! oh ! but i t > as a fact visible to the world , and it was also a fact , that if the Irish landlords wanted a law to aid them in their exterminating barbarities one would be speedil y discovered , invented , or enacted , to aid them . ( Oh ! oh ! and groans . ) Why then talk of ignorance of those facts , with not only the printed evidence before them , but with a

      thorough knowled ge of their existence since 1822 , and then the law-official of the government to mock us with the announcement that the ejected slave had his remedy against the exterminating tyrant who most probably was a justice of the peace . But it is only a part of that system by which Ireland has been governed , and he would tell the noble lord opposite , and his colleagues , that they were an exterminating government , ( oh ! oh !) a crucifying government . ( Tremendous uproar . ) Andbe ( MrO'Connor ) felt his blood boil as an Irishman , when he was oh liged to stand there and plead in pity for his country ; but if all were of his mind , their dominion would not continue Jong . ( Oh ! oh !) Ay , they

      professed to legislate for Ireland , while hundreds of thousands , yea , millions of his countrymen perished from famine created by misrule . ( Oh ! oh !) Was it not so ? And what would be their maudlin sympathy , if they heard of one tenth of that number dying in battle . Well , there was no law to meet this wholesale extermination produced by famine . They were tender and solictious about the pockets of the landloids , they had a parish coffin with a false bottom , ( Oh ! oh !) to mock husanity with a semblance of decency . Hundreds of thousand * were permaturely consigned to the cold grave ,- no , not to the cold grave , but scattered upon the face of the earth-( Oh ! oh !) ' Unhouselled , unappointed ,

      unannealed , '' with account unsettled , ' men , women , and children devoured by dogs . ( Oh ! oh ! uproar , and groans , ) Men , women , and children devoured by dogs , and , if you doubt it , read Mr Cumming ' s letter to the Duke of Wellington . Would the English landlords tolerate such atrocities ? No , they would be the first to rebel against ssch atrocities imposed under a foreign yoke . ( Oh ! oh !) And rely , as the right hon . member for Tamworth says , upon the moral force of that House for correction ! but ho ( Mr O'Connor ) would ' nt give a straw for your moral force —( oh ! oh ! and great sensation)—not a straw , it was impotent against oppression , Ireland is your Poland , ( Oh ! oh !) You express sympathy for Poland , but the condition of Ireland is worse than that of Poland . The air of Poland is redolent of the fresh smelling blood . of the martyr slain in battle , in defence of his country ' s liberty , while the putrid

      atmosphere of Ireland stinks from the effluvia of the wasted bodies of famished slaves . ( Oh ! oh ! and groans . ) They may ' oh ! oh ! ' and shout , but he didn't care a pin for their * oh ! oh ' s ! ' his only feeling was that of indignation , that an industrious , moral people , with a genial climate and fertile soil , should be obliged to appeal to the stranger for redress or support . ( Oh ! oh !) Let them look to what was passing around them in other countries . ( Oh ! oh ! and uproar . ) Let thera look at what was passing around them , and take warning , as the time was fast approeching when a brave people would cease to be beggars at England ' s door . ( Oh ! oh !) He ( Mr O'Connor ) didn't care a fig for their ' oh ! oh ' s ! ' and would conclude by telling the hon . member for Northamptonshire , thathe disdained to accept his apology for the atrocities of the British government . ( Oh ! oh !)

      Sir Harry Vernet said , that as long as he had had a seat in that house , it was never his fate to hear so gross an attack upon the government and institutions of the country , as that of the , hon . member for Nottingham . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He was shocked at hearing the hon . gentleman threatening that house with the occurrences that were going on around them . ( Cheers . ) And he begged to teli him that the charges against the government were unfounded . ( Cheers . ) And that the people of this country would rally around the institutions of this country , and twine around them as the ivy around the oak . ( Loud cheers . ) And he trusted that it would never he his fate to hear such another speech in that house , as that delivered by the honourable member for Nottingham , which was unfounded In fact , ami violent In the extreme Loud cheers . )

      MONDAY , March 27 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Administration of Oaths , Arc ,, Court ef Chancery , and tho Queen's Prison BttU , were read a third time and passed . A conversation , originated by the Duke of Richmond , relative to the distribution of "Peninsular medals , eccopied the remainder of the sitting , which terminated at half . paat five o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —An unusual quantity > cf private business wag transacted , including railway aad other bills .

      Apfaibs os Posind . —Mr Anbtee gave notice that < en Tuesday , the 4 th ot April , ho would more that an humble addreSB be presented to her Majesty In reference to the late Important political events in Austria , Poland , and Prussia , praying her Majesty not to consent to any new territorial arrangements that would not secure to the Polish peop le the full enjoymonfc ot th » lr lawfel liberties . A new writ was ordered to he issaedfoi- Davenport , ia the room of Kr Somilly , who has been appointed to tho office of Solicitor-General . The Chairman of the borough of Syde election commltteo reported that Mr Cartels was not -fioly elected . Tbe Chairman of the Sligo election committee reported that Mr Somers was not duly elected , A oew writ was ordered to be issued for the borough . To a question frosa Mr E . B . Roche ,,

      Lord J . Bcs 8 EK < stated that it was the intention of the government to bring forward this session a Regis , tration ( Ireland ) Bill , and a Bill for the Eeform of the Irish Orand Jury system ; hut he could not name tho precise time when thoy would bo introduced . ISC / HE Tax . —The CHtNCEitoa of the Exchequer then moved the order of tho day for the committee of tUe nhole bouse upon this bill . He observed that the zaember for Monlrose proposed to refer It to a select committee . This was a very unusual course to pursue , and one attended with great difficulties , and he hoped it wonld not be persisted in .

      Hr Home said the course might he unusual hut so were all the proceedings upon this bill ; indeed , they were more than unusual , they were ' most unconstitutional . ( Hear . ) He put it to the house , now that it had become a certainty that this was to be a perpetual tax , whethsr they would not endeavour to secure some modification of its provisions , bo as to make it more generally acceptable . He appealed to the house now for the lost time . H « had supported this bill when It was first proposed as an experiment and as a temporary measure of finance . But circumstances were now altered . The principle of a direct tas was established , but It was found to be levied unfairly and unjustly . The whole country cried aloud against it , and he trusted the

      government would take this , the last , opportunity of meeting the people ' s requirements , He wished to say some thing as to the character of this bill In respect of some of its details . In all other cases , taxes were levied by officers directly responsible to the crown . The machinery under which this tax was levied was , however , of a very different character . The commissioners appointed to carry it out were appointed by the land tax commissioners , who were themselves appointed by members for counties . What political influence mus 4 not this arrasgement give to aparticular party ![ Let them look at the questions which these commissioners made people

      answer . Why , if a merchant could gat appointed ono of these Income tas commissioners he might make himself acquainted with every detail of a competitor's business , and do him infinite damage In his trade , He denounced the machinery of this bill not alone as inquisitorial—it was oppressive— it was cruel . If they sent the bill to a committee up stairs , something might be done to render it more just and leas offensive . What he wanted was to save tho capital of the country , Leave the goose , he said , to lay the goMon eg-gs ; take your shore of the eggs , but leave the gooso . ( A laugh . ) Hr Rceinson seconded the amendment .

      The Chancellob ofthe ExcnEQura had boon In hopes that after the division on the motion of the amendment of Mr Ilorsman that Mr Hume would not havo brought forward this amendment . Tho subject of a modified scale had been most maturely considered by him , but the more deiply he had gone into tho subject , the more clearly had it appeared to him that any alteration presented to his attention , or which hud occurred to his own mind , would only render the tax still more unequal , and still more inquisitorial ihm the present system , In

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      vindication ofthe liberal character of tho impost , as now collected , he mentioned that In South Carolina , an Income tax was levud on exactly the same principles , alike from . real property and from professional and other incomes . After repeating many of his former statements in favour of tho coarse the ministry are taking , he concluded by opposing the amendment , in which he was supported by Messrs Teelawms , Cahteh , Mitchell , Newdeoate , Gouxbcbn , Cardweli , and HoatiUN who considered , after tbe decision of the house on bis mo . tion on a former day , that the better way would ba now to let the iticome tas pass , and that the house should address itself at once to a revision of the whole income and expenditure ot tbe country . The speakers in favour of the amendment were Messrs J . Clay , S . Cbawfobd , Ubqdhabt and Akstst . The house then divided : —

      Some observations from Mr Cabdwell led to mutual explanations between himself and the former speaker , and the house divided , the numbers being 28 i to 73 , majority against tbe amendment 221 . A second division followed on the main question , when the numbers were 323 to 12 , majority 311 * , and the house went into committee , went through the bill , and the report was ordered to be receive ! this day Mr BeeespoBB submitted an amendment , limiting the operation of the bill to two years , but did net press bis motion to division , Oa the motion of tbe Loud Advocate the select committee on the Law of Ent & il ( Scotland ) Bill was nomi . neted , and on its being proposed to substitute the name of Mr J Stuart for that of Mr Ewart , the bouse divided 68 to 32 , in favour of the latUr . SirDn Lacy Evans moved fer leave to bring In a bill to alter the periods of payment ef taxes by parliamentary electors ,

      When Mr Fobbee moved the adjournment of the house , nhich again divided ; Ayes , 12 ; noes , 61 . The bill was then brought up and read a first time ; as was , also , the Administration of Oaths , & c „ Court of Chancery Bill . —Tho Insolvent Debtors' ( India ) Bill was read a second , the Borough Police Superauuatlon Fund Bill a third time , and the Stamp Duties Assimilation Bill committed , when the house adjourned al one o ' clock . TUESDAY , Mabch 28 . The HOUSE OF LORDS sat for a very short time , and transacted some merely routine business .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS —Petition for the AbotiTioH op tab Honss ov Lobd 3 . —Mr Waxlsx , aft » r the presentation of various others petitions , presented one to which he tegjed the attention of the houss , It was from John Beale , of No . i , Grosvenor . cottsges , North-end , Eaton-square , London . The petition set forth that he considered the country as being in a most critical state , end that what has been going forward in countries elsewhere was likely to rouse tbe masses of this into action to seek for what they considered likely to he beneficial to them ; that poverty and wretchsdness almost indescribable existed amongst the people ; that one of the causes of discontent was the defective

      character of the representation of tho people in the House of Commons ; that another was the fact , that whether in the cburcb , the army , the navy , tbe courts of justice , the colonics , or any place of emolument , at home or abroad , they saw them all reserved for and filled by the scloas of wealthy farailes . The petltionsr , ' therefore , prayed for the establishment of Universal Suffrage , nnd of secret voting in the election of representatives of the people . He prayed that the chnrch property should be applied to tbe reduction of the National Debt , and tho produce of tbe crown lands to the same purpose ; that all sinecures , gratuities , and pensions should be

      abolished , except for meritorious services ; he prayed far the reduction of the army to the same footing as that on which It stood at the close of the last war ; for ine reduction and arrangement of taxation on a new scale ; for the abolition of the laws of entail and prlmogcniture ; for the separation of Church and Stato ; for a reformed system of currency ; and for the abolition of the House of Lords . ( Great laughter . ) The petition stated that one representative assembly was sufficient for national purposes , and he prayed that his very reasonable requests —( ffreat laughter )—mig ht be taken Into the consideration of tho house .

      Sir R . Inolib rose to order . He begged to move that the hon . member bo instructed not to bring up this petition , in consequence of its containing a passage of an objectionable character . Mr Hume apprehended that it was not competent for & mtmbsr to make a motion to prevent a petition from betnj brought np . The Speaker said that an objection could be taken to a petition being brought up , if it was found to be infermal in its character . He understood the hon . member for the University of Oxford to say that the petition was informal in its character , and that , therefore , he objected to its being brought up . ( The Speaker here read the standing order on the subject , which was to the tffeot , that all petitions should be received which were not informal in their character , and did not contain matter contrary to the rules and privileges of the bouse . )

      Sib R . Ibglis said that the smiles or more than smiles with which the petition had been received might of themselves have been a sufficient antidote to the evils which it contained , and ho might have been content to loava it to the way in which it had been received by tho house , but for a particular passage . The Speakeb asked it the hon , member objected to the petition upon either of the two grounds stated in the standing order ? Sir R . Iholis conceived that no individual had aright to petition that house for the abolition ef the House of Lords . If that was a sufficient ground for objecting to the petition , ho would persist in bis raotien ; if the Speaker said it was net he should desist , and apsloglse to the house ' . but , accerding to his view of the matter , the house could no more receive a petition for tbe abolition ofthe House of Lords , than a petition for the abolition of the monarchy . ( Hear , hear . )

      Sir J . Gba . ha . si submiuel to the hon . member for Oxford whether—without intending it—he had not placed the Speaker in a rather invidious position . ( Hear , bear . ) His hon . friend , as ho understood , had left the Speaker to decide whether the house should receive the pstition . Now he ( Sir Jf . Graham ) was of opinion , that this was the duty of the house itself , and not of the person who filled the distinguished situation of Speaker ! ( Hear , hear , ) He would suggest to the hon . member for Finsbury to state to tbe bouse again on his own responsibility what appeared to him the prayer of the petition ; and when the attention of the house was distinctly call « cl to it , they could then decide whether they could receive it or not .

      Sir Augustus Clifford , the Gentleman Usherof the Blaek Rod , at this moment appeared at the table and desired the attendance of tbe house at the bar of the House of Lorda , to hear the Boyal assent given by commission to various bills . The Speaker , accompanied by nereral members , accordingly proceeded to the House of Lords . Tho -Speaker , on this return , announced to the house the titles ofthe bills 4 o which the Royal assent had been g iven , Mr Waklev said ho believed the impresslon of the house was , that he should read the petition which he had presented , and which the hon . member for the University of Oxford " had objected to . ( Cries of 'No , no ! ' ) Bo assured the house that the petition was in due form , and that , so far as he kaew , there was nothing objectionable in the manner in which tbe petitioner expressed hia views .

      Mr Home thought the best way wonld be to have the petition brought up and read at the table . If there was any matter in it of an objectionable character it would then be competent for any member to object to It . The SrEAKEE . said , that the house must first decide whether the petition came within the rules of the house , If it contained anything contrary to the rules and privileges of the hcuee , it could not be brought upj Mr WaeiiET said , that the passage to which objection mm made was aaTellows : — ' Tho petitioner also prnyefor the abolition ofthe House of Lords , considering that one assembly of representatives , duly elected , is quite sufficient for all national purposes . ' Mr Hume thought the whole petition should be read .

      Sir G . Gbgv said , that as it was only one paesage ef the petition to which the hon . member for Oxford objected , he thought the time ofthe house would be much more usefully occup ' ed than in reading it all . ( Hear , hear . ) Many petitions containing opinions in which no individual member of that house concurred had been receives , and he really thought it wonld be attaching too great importance to the present one if the house wero to reject it : he hoped , therefore , that his hon . friend the member for the University of Oxford would not insist on dividing the house . Tho passage objected to was then read at tho table .

      Sir It . Inglis said , that if an analogous petition were presented to the House of Lords , praying for the abolition ofthe House of Commons , he apprehended that the House of Lords would not receive it ; neither would the House of Commons reaolve a petition for the abolition of the monarchy ; he , therefore , did not see why they should xeceWe this pstition , opposed as it was by almost the unanimous feellngr , principle , and opinion of the house ; he should , however , be content to have let it expire with the effervescence of the moment , had It not

      been that the hon . member for Finsbury , by hia tone and mnnaer , and by his running commentary on the petition , seemed to invite attention to it—at least , the attention of those who had had the advantage of hearing it ; and that he appeared to identify himself with the sentiments expressed in it . ( 'No , no , ' from Mr WakWy . ) He , therefore , wished the house to express its judgment whethar it was consilient with the duty of tho mints , ters and the great leaders ofthe Opposition , thatthty should encourage this species of petition by giving it circulation .

      Mr Huhb said , that in his opinion a more absurd reason could not be given for tbe rejection of tho petition than that urged by the right honourable baronet , the member for the university sf Oxford—that the petition could not be received en the ground that it was opposed to the general opinion of the house . ( Vhy this wan tho very hind of petitions which were required , and which the house ought to throw its doors wide open to reeeive . ( Hear , hear , ) Petitions which agreed with the house were not petitions which were required . It was tho duty of the house to receive every petition which was sent to it . If once the house were to begin to refuse petitions , where would they draw the line of distinction ? ( Hear , ) The house was perhaps not awaro that the petition was signed not by some ignorant Chartist , but by a gentleman who had gono through tho university , and was now a clergyman of the Church of England . Ho thought that it was the duty of the house te receive petitions from all

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      portloHs ef the people , whatever might be the sentiment g which thoy en pressed , SlrjAHEB Graham said that he waa extremely sorry to bs compelled , by the coarse taken by his honourabla friend tby membor for tho University of Oxford , to pronounce » n opinion on a matter of euoh extreme importance . He felt as anxious cs any hononrsble member in that house to off . r no obstruction to the presentation of pstitions , and he was rejoiced that the house had allowed > he petition to be read , because without hearing it he did not think that they oould deliberately pronounce as opinion whether they could sanction it to the extent of allowing it to lie on tbe table . He agreed with his honourable friend that it would "be inconsistent with their loyalty to the sovereign , and with the institutions

      of the country , to receive a petition sesking for the abolition of the kingly government and the substitution of a republic . Tbe form of government established in this country was a government by Kin ? , Lords , and Com * mons , and bo thought that a line should be drawn , and that no petition should be allowed to lie on their table which dealt with tho fundamental principles of the go . vornment . He had not had t ( m * to weigh tho matter with the care which It required , but he felt that tbe government of this country was no less a kingly govern * ment than It wai one formed by two houses of parliament also , and If a petition for the abolition of tho former conld not be received , neither could tbey receive a pttitiitn for the abolition of one of tha houses of tho legislature .

      Mr Bbioqt suggested that petitions against the admission of bishops into the House of Lords were received and yet tha spiritual Peers were as mnch a portion o £ the constitution as the temporal Pews , ( Hoar , hear , ) Moreover , he thought it would be practically useless to attempt to exclude petitions , for thle had on former oeeaslons been attempted in vain , Mr O'Connor said : Sir , I do not rise to ask whether this petition is the production of an enlightened Chartist or an ignorant Whig ; but I do rise for the purpose of telling the hon , member for Montrose , that nothing has gone further to create distrust between this house and the people , than the fact of some honourable members having ' one tone and one language for this house , and another tone

      and anotner language onts'de this house , to gain popular applause . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr O'Connor ) would blush if he was capable of using one language in that house , and another outside . ( Hear hear . ) But he would go farther , and remind the hon . member for Montrose , that his name was one of the seven wise men , that appearedjappended to the original document called the People ' s ' Charter . ( Great laughter . ) And as to the Chartists being ignorant , he would remind the hon . member , that when speak * ing to them at public meetings , he has declared that they were the best educated and most enlightened of all classes , ( hear , hear , ) and therefore he { Mr O'Connor ) did not like to hear his own order charged with ignorance . ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) And as to precedent , the right hon . baronet ( Sir

      James Graham ) , who appeared to be very sensitive as to the rights of petitioners , said that he could not find any , or that at the moment he couldn't think of any , but he ( Mr O'Connor ) would furnish him one from a very hig h * authority—the noble lord at the head of the government — that noble lord , in 1885 , upon the Lords ' amendments , in the Municipal Reform Bill , declared , that if ever the time came when a collision between the two houses should be canavdered necessary , that he should not shrink from his share of the responsibility . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , there was a precedent , and a very strong one , and from a very influential source , hut he had merely risen for the purpose of protesting against the doctrine , Jthat the Chartists were an ignorant claaSi Laughter . )

      Mr Hohb hoped that he would be allowed to explain . He challenged the honourable member for Nottingham to state a siogle instance in which he had made assertions out of that house that he did not uphold in it . Ho was not , ho begged to inform tho honourable member * one ot thoie who was in the habit of suiting his language for the occasion —( laughter)—and , as to his saying the Chartists were an ignorant body , he had merer said any such thing . Ho had taken occasion merely to remind them that the objection did not He against this petltio & that had been so often taken bsfore when similar petitions were presented , that it was not a petition from an ignorant Chartist , but from a clergyman of the church of England . ( Hear . ) Mr M . J . O'Connbll spoke In favour of the reception of the pstition , drawing a distinction between the abolition of the peerage and of the monarchy ; inasmuch , as to advocate the former out of doors would not be illegal , whereas to advocate tha latter would be treasonable .

      ( H » ar . ) DrBowKiHG , amid exslamations of 'Oh ! oa ! ' ex « pressed a similar opinion . Mr Newdeoate declared his cordial concurrence with Sir J , Graham , and asked whether it would be legal to attempt to induce the crown to govern without either Houss of Parliament . Mr "Wasxkt said he did not concur in tho prayer for a change in our form of government , for he believed that the country enjoyed as much liberty under the prosent constitution db it was possible to Btcur ? . ( Hear , bear . ) But , at the same time , he declared that it was useless to present pstitions to tbe house , as tbey were received with so little regard . ( Oh , oh . ) Mr Aqliohby warmly protested against this assertion , and declared , on the contrary , that petitions were most fairly treated and attended to , ( Hear , hear )

      Mr Ladouceeee hoped the house would not be feroeol to a division—( Hear , hear)—because he feared the decision of the house might be misunderstood . ( Hear . ) Because certainly he and his right honourable friend ! the Hosae Secretary intended to vote for the reception of the petition , deeming it quite ^ needless to declare that entire disapproval which he did not doubt tha house entertained with respect to the prayer of the petition . ( Hoar , hear . ) Sut as it was not disrespectfully , worded with reference to the . other house , he did not think it should be rejected—for petitions were daily received praying for the abolition of the Chnrch , the expulsion o £ the prelates , & o „ and he was persuaded that the dis . approval with which such petitions were received in the house only represented tbe disapproval with which such opinions wore received out of doors—( Hear , hear)—nor did ho doubt that it was the firm persuasion of the immense majority of the nation that , nnder the existing form of government , they enjoyed as large a share , of liberty as it was possible to secure . ( Hear , hear , )

      Mr Nafies hoped tbe house wonld net be driven to & division —( hear , hear )—as the house entertained petitions for the repeal of the union —( hear , hear ) a mattes Tf hich was , if possible , less in the cogniianoo of the house than the abolition of the House of Lords . ( Hear , ) Sir R . Ihglib said he was rojoieed to hear that the house were unanimous in repudiating the prayer of tho petition t * 1 th respect to the abolition of the House of Lords . ( Hear , hsar . hear . ) Under those circumstances , as he had substantially succeeded in hia object , he would withdraw his opposition to tho reception of tha petition

      Fobcibls Ejections in Gaiway . — . Sir & . Gbey said , that with regard to the destruction of houses in Galway , which was brought under the notice of the house onFrU day night by tho hon . member for Stroud ( M * P Serope , ) ha had expressed an opinion that the govern , ment would soon ba in possession of information from the Lord-Lieutenant , He had that morning received a letter from his noble frUnd , who had seen the notice that had been taken of this case and had expressed his surprise—in which ho participated—that the members of the government should harejbeen ignorant of the measures taken by the Irieb . government , information of which procsedings bad been forwarded to them some tima ago , and which Lord Clarendon expected they would hare detailed to the house , Every inquiry had been made for the letter in which Lord Clarendon had made this communication , but in vain , and it must havo

      been lost . The moment his noble friendheard of this case —which was reported to him by an Assistant Poor Law Commissioner ( who had since died , ) before any statement appeared in the Galway Meiccry—he determined to take those measures which it was competent for him to adopt for the punishment of tho parlies who wore alleged to have perpetrated the eftenco in question . Considerable delay took place in consequence of the death ef the Assistant Poor Law Commissiener referred to , but on tbe appointment of Major M'Kle to succeed him , he was Instructed to institute an inquiry npon oath , which was before the house . Directly the report was brought before the Lord-Lieutenant he consulted the law officers of tbe Crown , who were of opinion that the government could not institute legal proceedings against the parties . Lord Clarendon then recommended to the Lord Chancellor that Mr Blake ' s name should ba

      removed from the commission of tho peace . This reconu mendaHon was Jnot immediately adopted , because , in compliance with the invariable custom , the Lord Chancellor transmitted a statement of tho occurrence to Mr Blake , in order to afford him an opportunity of making any explanation . ( Hear , hoar . ) He regretted to say that a length of time elapsed during which no explanation was received from Mr Blake . When the explanation did arrive it was considered unsatisfactory , and the name of Mr Blake had been struck off , ( Cheers . ) Mr St George , a member of that house , had also been implicated in the aff air , and had been written to by Lord CIa « randon , andhe ( SirG . Grey ) would " take tho earliest opportunity of informing the house of the result of that application . Meanwhile the house would perceive that the government bad taken all the measures in this case which it was competent to them to adopt . ( Cheers )

      Railway BoARD . -Mr Banb . es then moved that In the opinion of the house , the powera , rhjhts and authority now vested by the act 9 and 10 Victoria , o . 105 . in tbe Commissions of WW , ™ 7 8 ° " ? ul . . * . to secure their efficient execu tion at a greatly diminished rate of chart The expenses of the Railway Board had , increased from £ 1 , 972 to £ 17 . 000 . As this expendlturo . was mere surplu ^ , It ou ht to be cut off f «*« WL The Chasobllob ofthe Exchequer explained that the Railway Board had only been created at the express rseommendation of committees of both houses ; its president , Mr Strati , had lately ceased to possess a seat in parliament , and a vacancy being thus occasioned , tho government had determined to appoint in Mr Strutt ' aroom an unpaid member of the Board of Trade , with the view * ascertaining wk « thertho saUwaj busU

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 1, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01041848/page/3/