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      THE CIVIL WAR IN PORTUGAL . « 1 « 1 BS-I- * - SOVKBSJIESl ' a ABMEB tSIERVKSTlOX . & p \! mersion ' s protocol an horising the war of the ' nas ' anadru pla alliance" against the Portuguese people . - ** forth that the National Junta of Portugal bS W '' refused to put an end in the civil war . " and on * . t . ik . t ground justifies the infamous armed intervenffia « " leader" i" - ** week ' s Star we J ^* raoW the fa l sehood of Palmerston ' s assertion : SSSS . however , there may be no mistake , we here -nr-nrTn t , in fall , t & e terms proposed by Col . Wyldc to S X Ju nta , with the Junta ' s reply , and tne terms j ^ ij ^ po sed by that body ; the a-ceptance of which by leleV * won ' ' n : 1 Te P utsn •'*•*• to tbe civil war . vs vsri- » «* o * umit .-coi . 8 sfi . wtlos to the jdsia OF OPOKTO . Her Maj . aty ' s ship Ghdiator , May 7 .

      j jjer Most Faithful Majesty the Queen of Portugal riog acceptei the mediation of the allies , for the pur-^ f effecting a reconciliation between the parties at *{ tie *** - ° PP osed * ° ^^ otn * ia anns . »« - of putting an S Isi the civa W * * nica -mhappily exists in this ( Oi ( ottottj . * Marquis de Hespana and myself havo been jj jjnta issioaedby our respective Government * , and duly b . n thoris *^ by the Goreranent of Her Most Faithful it VMtStv . to announce to the Junta of Oporto the amuesty ft « B (* Her Maj-sty generously is pleased to offer to her p' plje *'** f ° r *** P nr se a- *** wl > ich it is lit * beneroltnt 5 s ju tention to carry into full effect as soon as tranquillity , 1 juil haieleenratored .

      " *[ hae conditions , a copy of which I have the honour to g . fliclose herewith , are considered hy Her Most Faithful j jbj-sty's allies to be just and ample , and to provide for j . jay interest , personal or national , which the Junta can jj jgj -jmate ' y put forward , and that any ohject which a « patriotic Portuguese can have at fceurt will he secured V ly the fulfilment of these arrangemeuts . Her Britannic Majesty ' s Government cannot , therefore , fi fjr a moment , contemplate that , after having been ac ., -jjjnted with these resolves on the part of the Queen , i is Junta should hesitate in accepting them , for by so I j-ing they would incnr a heavy responsibility , ana would J jnflict on their country great and lamentable evils with , o « o- aay reason which the judgment of the civilised t trorH would pronounce to he valid . I avail myself , & c ,

      To his Excellency the President and Junta of Oporto . COKDITIOSS EKCLOSED IS THElBECEBISa . 1 . A full and general amnesty for all political offences 4 committed since the beginning of October last , and an ; jtomediate recall of all persons who , sines that tins , live been sent out of Portugal for political reasons . 2 . An immediate n vocation of all decrees which have Jsa Issued since the beginning of October lest , and dach inKnge npon or conflict with the established laws sd constitution of the kingdom . t . A convocation of the Cortes , as soon as the elections , « Uch stall take place without delay , have been accomp ^ ti . I . Tha immediate appointment of an Administration , jsmpased of me » not belonging to the party of the ( steals , nor being members of the Junti of Op' > rto . ASSwEB O ? THE JHSTA TO UEUT .-COL . WItDE .

      lUastrious aad Excellent Sir—The Povisioual Junta of 4 » Supreme Government of the kingdom , ia the name of fte nation aud the Queen , have received the note which jiar Excellency has been ph-ased to communicate under Jsteof tbe « th inst , enclosing a copy of four articles , thicb . on the part of the Government of her Most Faithfill Majesty , in ace -rd uith the British and Spanish G » - Tos-neats , were considered as expedimt to tff-. ct a j-ec-mc-tia tipn of the two belligerent -parties , and pnt » n end to the civil war which unhappily weighs upon this country .

      The Janta , ptnetrafe d by the most sincere and cordial desire to co-operate as much as its means would permit ttiei annate in an equitable manner these evils , and to sre the national liberty and the honour of the Throne , aaraiiteed by the Portuguese constitution , gave to the ammtmlcition all the consideration which it merited . is well as the articles which were enclosed , hut uihiek mettle ' eiS cannot produce the desired effect tct'l & out explats & ms , improvements , and additions which I have the honour btnmstrit to ijottr . Ex « u ' e . > eij 1 for the pnrpase of bring presented to the Government of her Host Faithful Hsjesty , as those which the Junta considers to he conditions Kxntia ! to its acceptance .

      The conference * which have taken place between your Excellency and the Commissioners of the Junta , would have informed joa « f the reasonable and weighty motives which the Junta have for believing that this reconciliatioa of the Portuguese family should be based on gu . * .-raotees real and e ^ sient to tranquillise all minds , and Tiaoti aery doubt of ; he true and benevolent intentions afher Moit Faithful Majesty ; it being their conviction that ocly in this manner can be avoided tbe continuance af evils which , afflict the conntry , as otherwise the Junta might be accused of improvidence , not only in the eyes of the nation , bnt in that el the whole civilised world .

      The Junta takes this opportunity of assuring your Excellency of its high consideration The Conde Das Ant as . President , Jose da Suva Passos , Vice-President . Fbakciscode Paula Lobo B'Avu . 1 . Antoj . ioI . ci 3 deSeabba . SES » STIAS D ' AtHfclDA E B & 1 T 0 . JcstisoFebbeiba Pisto Basto . 9 porto , Mayl 3 . AlTICtES raBSESTED bt tbe Paovrsto-fAi . Jouta or TBS SCPBEHE GOYESSHEST OF TEE KlVGDOK TO THE Cohkission or her Beitaksic akd Host Catholic Majesties . Art . 1 . ( As above quoted . ) Alteration presented by the Junta . —There < hall be perpetual oblivion of all political facts and political opinions originating from the events of the night of tbe 6 th

      of October , 1846 . The persons who were then arrested fir political n-. otivas shall beset at liberty , an * * those who Fere sent ont of the kingdom shall ba immediately recalled . An end shall likewise be pat to all processes originating froai the said events ; all sentences passed « a isdividnals compromised in these affairs shall be considered null and void ; and all decrees of dismissal from military and civil posts , place ? , tith s , or decorations , published by the Ministers of her Hajesty posterior to said eveats , stall be declared as cot having taken place . Art . 3 . ( As above quoted . ) Alteration substituted by the Junta . —All decrees which 1 » vb been published by the Ministers of her Majesty from & e 5 th of October , 184 G , which infringe the constitution , hn » 5 , or regulations then existing , shall be immediately MToied . Art . 3 . ( As above quoted . )

      Alteration presented by the Junta—The measures ne-Mssary for the election of Deputies to the Cortes General and Extraordinary shall be commenced within thirty days after tbe nomination of a ministry that merits the confidence of her Majesty and the nation . The decree of the 37 th of July , 1846 , shall be implicitly observed in all its ProrisioHs respecting the elections , as well as the po were , general aad special , for the revision of the constitutional * a » ter explained in Art . Ho . 37 . The meeting of the Cortes to take place , without any possible deviation , within fifteen days from the termination of the elections in all parts of tha kingdom . Art . 4 . ( As above quoted . ) Alterations presented by the Junta . —Her Majesty will name a ministry composed of persons who merit her coafidence an * l that of the conntry ; and into which , consequently , cannot enter either Cabralistas , or individuals ^ ho took part in tbe unhappy events of the night of the < ih of October , 1846 , or who have been notorious for

      t-Sgiavatmg their consequences , or nave given their aid aad assistance to the system unfortunately followed by the government of her Majeitj posterior to those events . -I ' d member of the Provisional Junta pretends , or can pretend , to form part of the new administration . Admtiosal Axticles mlesenrd bt the JrsTA , AHD COSMDERE & AS CoSDlTIOHS SECESSABI TO BE ADDEO TO THB FO 0 E PJ-ECEDINC . Art . 1 . The constitutional charter , the laws , and other dispositions existing previous to the night of the 8 th of October , 18 * 6 , shall be immediately put into fall execution , for the purpose of securing to all citizens their rights and constitutional guarantees .

      2 . The regulations and decrees of the Provisional Junta of tha Supreme Government of the kingdom . dated 20 th of February , 20 th of March , and 28 th of April , W-7 , relative to the officers of tbe Royalist army , shall be inviolably maintained . The Government of Her Majesty nil continue to giv « to them the same consideration vrai . h they merit from the Junta . t . Tha pensions granted by . the Provisional Junta to tha families ot individuals , civil or military , who were victims to their attachment to the national cause , shall

      be continued . The persons to whom these pensions are applicatle , according to the decree of the 16 th of Novem-•** ¦ , 1816 , shall have the right to claim them . ¦ All regulations respecting the diminution or abolition of taxes and imposts publiihtd by the Junta shall < featinna in vigour until the Cortes shall definitely decide -pan them . The loans made by the Junta , or their lelegates , in nwney , corn , or effects , destined to support * e national cause . thall be paid ; no matter whether they *«• received before or after our several decrees autfco-^ h-S-hro .

      *• Her Hajisty the Queen will < -ei ; n * o change » e • ricerpil ofticers and e-npIop « *> f the royal honsehaM , abstituting for them persons who profess the same poliiscsl opinions as the newministry about to be organised , a * U the cmstom in other constitutional nations . 6 . The nomination and promotion of officers of the * ttny and the fleet named by the several decrees of the ftwisioaal Junta shall be maintained , as also aU decorations and titles conferred by tbe Junta . 1- AU forces of the line , as well as National Regulars , which obey the Provisional Junta of tha Supreme Government of the kingdom , shall be maintained until the Sortes past a law to regulate the public force , and provide a due organisation . Thois forces will form the Swrisoni of Lisbon and Oporto . The fences now subject * o the Government of Lisbon shall be distributed in the provinces , as may most conveniently be done for t & e pre- , trration ef peace ami public tranqaillitv .

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      8 . There shall ba no commander-in-chief . The Command of military divisions and of the forees of the array shall be confided to generals and officers who have gives proofs of thek adherence to the national pronuneian «» t * or who have not shown hostility to it . 9 . The administration which is to be immediate ! v formed shall publish , and cause to be executed , all Act s necessary for the fulfilment of the conditions presented by the commissioners of the Government of her Britannic Majesty and of her Catholic Majesty , with tho alterations proposed by the Junta , and the additional articles presented to thrmby the said Janta . The Junta , seeing that several articles are fulfilled , and tho constitutional liberty of the kingdom secured , will consider its mission as accomplished and ended

      Palace of the Provisional Junta of the Supreme Government of the Kingdom , Oporto , May 13 , 1847 The Conde Das Ahtab , President . Joss Da Silva Passos , Yice-Prcsident , Fbascisco de Paula Lobo D'Avila . Astokio Lois de Seab & a , Sebastian D'Almeida e Bbito . Justiko Pebeeiba Piwio Basto . We have been favoured by a Portuguese gentleman with a copy of a printed paper , entitled , —

      "THE PRESENT POLITICAL CRISIS IN PORTUGAL , SUBMITTED TO THE IMPARTIAL AND ENLIGHTENED PUBLIC OF GREAT BRITAIN . " The wbole of this document would occupy nearly four columns of onr journal ; bnt its repnblication in full is unnecessary , seeing that the facts therein stated are familiar to our readers , and we last week anticipated the arguments based thereon . We shall , therefore , limit ourselves to a few extracts , which will show to- « our readers that we have faithfully

      represented the Portugnese question , aad that our views are in perfect accordance with those of the popular party in that country . The ^ aper before ns commences with a notice of tha overthrow in 1842 oftuo Constitutional Code of 1 S 33 , brought about by the intrigues and open rebellion of the notorious Costa Cabrol . Nest we have a notice of the restoration of the Charter of 1826 and the appointment of Costa Cabral as Minister of the Interior . We quote the following graphic picture of

      THE ADHtNISTBATIO-V OF THE CABSALS . Costa Cibnil and his brother Jose endeavoured to strengthen their party and promote their own personal interests daring the whole period of their fatal administration . Tbeyincreased the number of their adherenU by turning cut of situations persons who had dared to express their disapprobation of what was passing , replacing them with others en vthose instrumentality they couldr « ly . They created new ofiices for the admission of their own tools , in various ways increasing the public expenditure , with tbe view of satisfying the ambition , or lucre , of those who had served tbem in the elections ,

      and of whose services they might again stand in need . They also conferred appointments , titles and honours upon individals who had in these and other respects assisted them ia their plans ; while it was a notorious and scandalous fact , that in order to promote their own pecuniary interest , and that of their friends , many things within the gift of the government , even including church livings , were often sold to tha highest bidder . A league was formed with the jobbers , through whose intervention the tempting contracts with tbe government were made , in consequence of which the Treasury was surcharged , and , in several instances , the ministers and their agents pocketed large gains .

      Never was such a state of social degradation—of national humiliation—witnessad . The government had taken upon themselves the responsibility of enacting laws through the medium of decrees , one of the most offensive of which was that of the 1 st of August , 18 U , in virtue of which they placed at their own disposal the fate of judges , public professors , military officers , and civil functionaries , by arrogating to themselves tbe power ot prosecuting them without the previous existing legal formalities . At ihe sams time , the public expenses went on swelling , as well as tbe gorerament debts and loans ; and , to crown all , with tbe view of meeting these unnecessary contingencies , a most absurd , vexatious , and anti-national plan of taxation wat r < sorted to , and , with the view of supporting this abominable machinery , financial projects of the most disastrous kind ushered f orth .

      The electionsoflS 45 resulted in the return of that mest corrupt Chamber , mostly composed of creatures of the Cabrals . The base and tyrannical acts of that Chamber produce ! the memorable peasant revolt in the province of Minho , which gradually extended over the entire kingdom . The Cabrals fled , and the Dafce of Palmella was sent for and a new administration formed . Relying upon the Queen ' s pledges , the armed people returnd to their homes . The Cortes was convoked , and the Palmella Ministry gave evidence of an earnest desire to secure the freedom of election , but a few days previous to the

      time appointed for the elections , and at a moment when the country was in a state of perfect tranquillity , a coun d ' etat of the Court overthrew the Ministry . Theextraordinary events of the night of the 6 th of October , and subsequent events , have been several times narrated in this journal ; suffice it to say , that from that time civil war has raged in Portugal , occasioned solely by the wicked conduct of the Court party . As an illustration of tbe manner in which that war has been conducted by the partisans of the Queen , we give the following extract , descriptive of some of the ATiSOCIIIES COMMITTED BY THE OTOES ' s GENERALS .

      The Government of Lisbon , after the action of Torres Tedrae , was induced to believe that tha whole country wouldbend in submission to them , never refltctiog that the opposition was general and not confined to a faction , and in this belief the tyranny of the men in power increased , and was carried so far that they shipped off the brave prisoners of war taken at Torres Vedras to the sickly climates of Africa , orders having been previously given to deprive them of their baggage aud effects , guaranteed to them by the terms of the capitulation . This act of a despotic government was preceded by others , mow particularly that committed by Saldanha in the town of Torres Vedras , which he allowed to be

      plundered by his troops , and the inhabitants treated ia the most brutal manner . Similar conduct was observed on the part of the Court general , Cazal , who , in the town of A ^ Tblla , all «* wed quiet inhabitants to be assassinated in cold blood , after they had been plundered , and after toleratine acts of barbarity at Constantim and Til . laraadeilo , at Villa Nova allowed considerable robberies to be perpetrated , as well as in Braga , where , after MacdoneU ' s guerilla had withdrawn , he permitted a great number of defenceless persons to ba assassinated . For atrocities of this kind the Court created him a Count , while the people nicknamed him "The Assassin of Agrella . "

      These cruelties excited the public mind to a pitch of frenzy , and , consequently , added to the strength of the popular forces . The expedition from Oporto to Algarve struck the Court party with despair , and induced them to look for foreign intervention . A new administration w > s then named , composed of five individuals , fourof whom are decided Cabralistas , and , consequently , utterly destitute of the confidence of their countrymen . THE SEW Ifl . N'ISTRT ' S ISQCHITOBIAL TOBTOKES . What is seen at broad noon-day , ay , and fearlessly

      canvassed , teo , is , that the policy of the Lisb :-n Government has not changed—that the same system prevailsand that no regard is paid either to the rights or the wishes of the great body of the people . The same persecution against the popular party goes on , nay , it is even more embittered . With so violent a hand are thing * now carried en , that it is reported that an inquisitorial Court—a kind of star-chamber—exists in the police barracks of Carmo , in Lisbon , of which Dcm Carlos Mascarenhas is the commander , wh : re , whenever persons , suspected of being inimical to the views of government , are brought , they arc imprisoned , flogged , and tortured .

      If the Ministry of Great Britain have not been able , or if they have not wished , that au end should be put to such brutal and execrable proceedings as those above sketched , at a time when tbe Court and tbe new administration in the Portugnese capital almost for their very existence depended upon British mediation ; if those , who profess to be interested in the welfare of Portugal , hitherto have never encceeded in inducing the ruling power to respect the rights of the nation , and see that the Popular part ; were heard and treated with that consideration to which , under all circumstances , they are entitled , how can it now be expected that a fair and impartial mediator , however powerful and influential he might be , would be able to obtain from the Court auything like a substantial guarantee that offers and promises of conciliation will be observed , in good faith , in case the Popular party should lay down their arms !

      A defence of the character and conduct of tho patriots ia followed by an examination of the " terms" of peace submitted by Colonel Wylde and tbe Marquess d'Hespana to tbe Oporto Junta . These " terms , " together with those offered by the Junta , we hare reprinted in the preceding column , the perusal of which will satisfy ail reasonable and honest men of the inefficacy—if not treachery—of the propositions aubmittsd by Colonel Wyide . and the justice and sound policy of the counter-offers ef the Junta . We give the following

      XIFLT TO A CALUKKT . It has been given out that tbe leaders of tbe National party , and principally the Count das Antas and Viscount Sa da Bandeira , would gladly have accepted the proposals offered , and that they would have tendered their inbmissioa if they had not felt afraid of experiencing the resentment of their own party . There can be no hesitation in pronouncing this to bo an atrocious calumny , no doubt invented for purposes the most iniiditius . There are letters in England from these two distinguished officers , addressed to tbe agent of the Junta here , which prove tuite the contrary . We quote in full the well-written and ably-reasoned conclusion of this excellent

      ATrElI . JO TSE BBITISH FEOflE AGAINST THE BIITIiB GOVEESMEST ' S AHMED INTERVENTION . So long as the Court party entertained the least hope f being able to crash the popular movement , they naver thought of soliciting British interference . No sooner , however , was that hope lost then they bad recourse to foreign cabinets , asking assistance in order to overcome opposition and cause tbe refractory to bend to their will . This is what Costa Cabral himself , as the representative ef Portugal , has long been doing in Madrid . Tb ' rs ifep deeply implicate the Queen . What

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      affectionate regard can the people entertain tot * htr , after forei gners have been called in , in . her , Mojes'ty ' s name , with tho vietv ef stripping the nation of . its rights ' and reestablishing anabioluts sway ? Can-it be believed that this was spontaneously done by the Queen , when she herself , without external aid , might anon have restored tranquillity , as she has done in other critical moments , by naming a ministry having public opinion in its favour J Lord Palraerston , on the 28 th Inst ., from his pl « e » In Parliament , assured ilieljbvralau-1 honourable niemlu-r , Mr Hume , " that tho government of her Majesty , in

      conjunction with those of France , Spain , and Portux-ri . were engaged in measures which had for their < ii < j < -rt the partfication of Portugal . " Now , what necessity was tlKte for these mea > ur-s , when tho Queen herself , by ono tingle political ant of her own . could have pacified everything ? What plea—what motiv * . then , is ther ' which can justify an armed foreign intervention in the internal dissensions of Portuj-il ? What reason s there which now induces the British Minister to change that policy of non-interference , not . long ago so solemnly avowed in Parliament ! Has not Europe already had examples tnouglt of the f . \ tal cous * quences of one nation meddling io the internal concerns of another ?

      Who could believe that the government of a none and free nation , Ilka Great Britain , would wish to follow the example of th » De « p <> tlc powers by becoming the principal instruments to subvert the Liberal institutions of Portugal , and by supporting a regime detested by tbe wholo country ! Who could believe this , after tho declaration ma'le in Parliament by the British Ministers themselves , on the 28 th of last February , as n-ell as on the 3 rd and 4 th of May . avowiag their intention not to interfere—a dficlaration thus deliberately repeated and confirmed , arid one which the Liberal party in Portugal eonsulered as bein ? entitled to their fullest confidence t The example of interference now set clearly shows the reliance to he plf > e-d upon the " moral guarantee" ef the British government is extremely slender .

      In whatever li . cht this subject is viewed , it must be evident that an armed interference , unditrtnbtrn hy foreigners , can never heal the wounds of Portugal , whiU it must brinp numberless misfortunes upon tho country . Those , in whose name the Junta speak , nek only for security in reference to the future , and that th-y may e « allowed tha enjoyment of those rights and social bene , fits which constitute the proudest boast of others . Their only aim is to shield themselves from tyranny and oppression . And who is it now that seeks to rivet thi-ir chains ! Who is it that stands at the bend of the league no . v forming against the future peace , tranquillity , an < 1 prosperity of Portugal ! :

      With what astonishment and alarm will uot the Portuguese behold Great Britain , their . oldest ally , now as-Bailing the rights and independence of that very same people , among whom , when contending against the colossal power of Napoleon , she found support and co-operation I Never ought it to be forgotten that it was to the people she then appealed , for the Court was in Brozil , and the country in the hands of the French . Is this tbe rrturn the Portuguese people had a right to expect ! And who shall answ- r for nil the calamities likely to ensue ? If the object of the Convention is the unconditional submission of the Portuguese people , it will be necessary to occupy the country in a military manner ; but that occupation cannot last last for ever . And when it ends , who can tell what may follow * But . in the . mean * while , commerce will suffer , and the future destinies of Portugal become endangered .

      The final question now to ba asked , and addressed to the good sense of the British public is , whi-ther it is the wish and the interest of a governnsentlikc that of Great Britain , professing to be founded upon liberal principles , to set the first example in the annals of Portugal . of British subjects shedding the blood of their best friends and their oldest allies !

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      MOVEMENTS OF THE WEEK . A very pretty quarrel is just now engaging the attention of our Parisian friends . In the course of ' * fc year a new ministerial journal was established , bearing the title of VEpoque , which was generally givei . out by its conductors to be more especially the personal organ of M . Guizot . Notwithstanding the regular advantages which this paper enjoyed from its admitted ministerial character and other still more soUd advantages , which it was believed tn share from funds disposable by all ministers in

      France , it languished , and finally failed . In its dying hour , its list of subscribers , and other property and advantages , were bought by M . E . da Girardin , the editor and chief proprietor of La Presse , who , thereby , was let behind the curtain of its stage machinery , and necessarily allowed to share the secrets of its past history . M . de Girardin was then the friend and supporter of the Soult-Guizot cabinet . He is now its most bitter enemy and unnitying assailant . Prompted , as it should seem , by a spirit of political hostility , he has lately , in one of the leading articles in La Presse , affirmed , that until its final absorption by La Presse , the Journal

      VEpoque had derived a part of its gams from " selling privileges of theatres" ( that is to say , government licenses or royal patents for theatres ) , " promises of peerages , and of titles of nobility , crosses of the legion of honour , audiences of the ministers , and even ministerial favours , " the meaning of all which is , that the said journal dispensed the patronage of the State for a pecuniary consideration ! For this statement M . de Girardin has been summoned before the Chamber of Pccis . The Presse not only affirmed that promises of the peerage were sold by the Epoqite , but that there was a regular tariff or market price for them , fixed at 80 , 000 f ., equivalent to £ 3 , 200 sterling 1

      Marshal Bugeaud has resigned the governship of Algeria . This wholesale butcher will leave behind him in Algeria a name for ever rendered infamous by the atrocities he directed against the natives up to the last day of his power . The razzias , the laying waste of the country , the de & truction of corn fields aud date trees , the carrying away of sheep and cattle , and the dreadful and sanguinary episodes , among which the suffocating of the Arabs in the caves of the Dhara is only a single instance , combine to exhibit the Marshal as one of the most murderous

      miscreants that ever lived . His last act of assassination and destruction is recorded below . He has won for himself the execrations of mankind . By way of Paris and Madrid , we have news from Portugal to the effect that the Conde das Antas had been taken prisoner , with 2 , 000 of his followers , and that all the property of the Junta had been captured by the blockading fleet . Up to the time of closing this portion of the Star , we have received no particulars of these alleged serious events . The French Ambassador at Berne has been

      insolently threatening a French and Austrian intervention to put down the Swiss Radicals . The Pope ' s turn will come next . Everywhere the league of governments conspires to forcibly arrest the march of freedom ; thereby provoking the nations to a frightful retaliation , which cannot be much longer delayed .

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      WEST INDIES . Baebadoes . —The Islam , arrived at Liverpool , brings cheering accounts from this island . Tho advices , which extend to the Gtli of May . represent the weather as beautiful ; the yield of the crop exceeded the expectations of the most simguinc . FRANCE . An incident of considerable interest occupied the attention of the Cliambar of Peers in tbeir sitting of Thursday . Count de Pontois brought under the notice of the house an article published in the Presse of May 12 ' . h , in which , amongst other charges , it was asserted that promises of peerages had been given by the Ministry , and sold by the persons to whom they wero accorded tor SO . OOOf . each . The noble peer described such an allegation to ba a gross

      insult to the Chamber , aud concluded by moving that M . E . Girardin , the responsible editor of the journal alluded to , should be summoned to the bar of the house to answer for his conduct . After some discussion , the Chamber agreed to this course , with the addition , that , as tho party implicated was a member of the Chamber of Deputies , the resolution of the house should be communicated to that body . ^ to enable it to decide whether it would cive permission for such appearance or n it . In the Deputies ,, a messenecrfromtheCharaljcrof Peers brought ap the resolution spoken of ab » ve . It was ordered to ba printed , distributed , and sent to the bureaux forexacouvuaittco

      mination , with a vies to having a appointed to advise what should be subsequently done . A committee of nine was subsequently appointed , the majority of whom are for delivering up M . Girardin to the Peers . On Tuesday , M . Uirardm attended a meeting of the committer , and entere I into explanations respecting the facte which had induced him to publish tho incriminated article , remarkim ; : " A & tothe allegation madeinthe lVmeof thel 2 th of May , I maintain Us strict exactitude ; and if 1 think fit at prssent to say nothing more I do not , on the other hand , retract a single word of my former assertion . I declared that promises of peerages had been sold . Tho Government may deny the fact , as it has denied that the office , of referendary at tho

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      Court of Accounts was sold , as it has denied that the privilege of a third lyric theatre was accorded to a journal ( the Epoqw ) which obtained fur it lOO . OOOf . U way , m . facVdeny , everything ; but- .. between the denial of ministers havmean interest to deny every thins , and the affirmation of a deputy having no interest to say but what is true , the Chamber and the conntry will decide . 1 have no fear as t <> tbe rc-sult , and should a atrosple arise betr-een the Ministry and myself , I certainly shall -ir . it give way , hilt stall defend my assertion , not only in the Chamber to which I belonsr . but in the Chamliorof Peers . " The Chamber on Monday and

      Tuesday was engaiied upon the subject of the extraordinary credits demanded by tbe government on this account . Instead of manif ' estin / r a more and msre settled condition , the immigrant population of that colony seem to exist with safety only when a sentry box is nt their doors . The augmentation of the military force necessary for their protection has in-•• Teased in a much higher ratio than the colonists hemselves . In 1831 tho military force in Alpena was , in Mai amount 18 , 000 ; in 1831 , it was 30 , 000 ; in 1838 , 48 000 ; in 1841 , 70 , 000 ; in 18 * 3 . 16 , 000 ; and in 1846 , 101 , 000 . There is now a still further increise demanded by the government .

      The Monitieur Algerien publishes an official an « nouncemenl of the resignation of Marshal Bugeaud of the governorship of Ahjeira . Of his concluding aavime achievement the National ' s Algiers' correspondent gives the subjoined additional particulars , n a letter written the day aker the Marshal ' s return from the Kabyl mountains : —• Sttvernl villages were carried , they may indeed be c . lled towns , for ono reckoned a population of above 6 000 souI '' Mrtiey wero defended by towers , The Sinr-• ihal himself ordered the devastation— -U had been 8 u > rced that the tiring of three guns should be tho

      signal lor tbe cessation of the pilings — the troop ? , curried away b . v their ardour , rushed to the villages , nnd sacked « vtry where trinkets , jewels , precious clothe 5 , curpi-ts , goods of all sorts , arms in abundance , and gold aud-silver in prufusir . ii , became their prey—the booty was immenso . Innumerable jars of oil were broken ; » trcams of oil then spread in all directions , and the conQ .-turathin kindled in the houses soon reached that »• ctt of eminently combustible liquid . It was a horrible scene . All the inhabituntj who were ou the soldiers' passage wore put to the sword . Amidst this abnckinK confusion tha Marshal saw a ICnhjl chieftiau

      of athletic stature running to him . and by hisgostnrts ami cries , nsklhfr to see the commnndtr of the French army . He had como to demand that the devastation be put an end to , tendering the submission of his cnui . trjm .-n . There wns in his voice and face such sorrow and sincerity , that overcome by his prayers , the M ' -. v > hiilmiltredthe three guns to be flrou , when the pil age and devastation ceased , to the great regret of the Marshal , who , as he observed hist night on his terrace , would willingly have bein more vigorously attacked , in order that he might hare destroyed more , snd indicted a more severe losson ,

      SPAIN . The "Madrid Ga % etu > " publishes a Royal decree ititliorizin-r Dom Manuc ! Godoy , Prince of Pi-ace , to rVturn to Spain . ' Another Royal decree conferred on the legitimate descendants o ! ' the Duke do Builcn the rank » f Graudeeof Spain . A tkird decree signed hy the Minister of Finance , partly established the decimal system *» f coinage . The King still continued at the Pardo . Tiie ministers had made another fruitless atti-nipt to prevail , on bim to return t ; i Madrid , and it appears that ho intended to remove to Valiadolid . M . Pacheco and Count de Thnmnr

      regulated , on the 1 st , tho conditions of the intervention in Portugal , as far as Spain was eovicuvncd . Spain was to place fourteen thousand men at tiie disposal of Queen Donna Maria , and to pay those troops as if they were iu her service , and Portugal undertook to complete the extraordinary allowance . A column , commanded by Brigadier Lersunili , ! ind already entered Portugal on the side of Tuy , and compelled the insurgents to raise tho siene of V .-i lenztdo Minho , whicii was then occupied conjointly br Spanish and Portuguese traops . Some food riots had broken out at Grenada , but m > t of a very seriou < character .

      SWITZERLAND . THRBiTRNKD FRENCH AND AUSTRIAN INTSUVESTION . The Swiss j-urnal , the Ilcrvclie , publishes a note of M . B- » is 1 c Comte , the French minister in Switzerland , to the Swhn vowt , and i he replv of tha pre aidant . M . Bois le Gomtc conveys the imiircct menace that' in the event of any new violation of tiie prrinciplea of the federation , the French government will- intervene in accord with Austria . This note , it appears , produced so diiiaitrroab'e an effect , that the French minister felt it necessary to declare that it was rather to be regarded as a Ictt r of counsel than a formal diplomatic communication ' . Letters from Geneva say tiiat M . James-Fazay . who led the revolution of last autumn ,-is elected as the president of the government of that canton .

      GERMANY . Austria . *—The diet of Prague has , by a majority of 80 to 7 n-solvt-d to send an address to tho Emperor of Austria , entreating hira to modify tho censorship of th « public press . Pbus < ia —The debate in the Chamber of the Three Estates , on the demand for an annu' < il « r trrenn . il c n vocation of the diet , was brought to a close on th-: ' 2 : id inst . . by a unanimous vote in favour of forwarding a petition to the kimr . praying him to convoke the diet every two years . Previously to tho mineral vote , which was in accordance villi the i * e ; ort nf the . committee of the house appointed to examine the question , one was taken on the amendment proposed by llarnn Von Vin ' cUc . to the effect that the periodib . tl convocation of the diet was entirely bsssd on ri-rlit and promise * of a date anterior to Feb . 3 . Thi ? amendment was carried by a majority of 13 . ITALY .

      R ( -jie , May 23 . ' —The leading event of the . week here is the death of the great tribune of tho Roman people , Cardinal Micara , who expired on the 2-itii . Micara was the terror nf the retrograde factum ; he was known to advocate most swecpimj reforms , includii-g an agrarian law for breaking up entails , and reconstructing the tenure of land in the Roman territory . The consequences of the creat banquet in the baths of Titus , and the ( confiscated ) report-of the speeches , are still perceptible . The King of Naples has sent his compliments to Marquis Dnijionetti ( a Neapolitan ) , who spoke the opening oration , requesting uV > presence at court ; the orator declined ; whereupon Ferdinand II . called on the Pope to expel him t : > the frontier , where relays of nans d ' armerie were ready

      to escort him from Terracinn to the Caste ! novo Pius flatly refused to commit such a breach of has pitality . ' Here tho matter rests .

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      SficiDE os thk South Westers Railway . — On Wednesday morning last , a yoini |» woman and a min , a siraiver to her , wero standing near to each other on the bridge which cros-es ihe Wandsworthroad over the South Western R » U .. ay , near the " Plough , " at P > attersea . Tiie young woman opened a gate at the side of the bridge , and as tho express down train came in sight , she ran down thebiinkand turtsw her . * elf upon the down line of rails . The line taking a curve concealed her from the view of the driver until the train w < ts almost upon her . Tiie driver called ti her to get out of the way , bnt almost momentarily-what is termed the "guard" of the eii !> ine struck the unfortunate creature and hurled

      her a distance ol thirteen yards . She was thrown into a sma 1 watercourse by the side of the lino . The engine had struck heron the face , inHiciinu : a u . ish extending from the forehead t- > the neck , flor right arm was completely smashed , and the thumb and fore-finger of the left hand were cur-off . She was taken , still alive , tn the Wandswoitii Union , where she surrivedonly ten minutes after her ; ul :. iiss ; on . There was nothing found npon deceased to load to her identity . She is a remarkably fine » iv > wn wv . nian of about thirty years o mo , has dark brown hair ftiul eyes , and very pleasing features . She was dre-s * . vWy respecta ' lv . Her handker- 'hief was marked , "F . C . A .. "; ,-nd her linen" J . A . " Tho body lies ut the union , awaiting the inquest .

      DitKADKUL Accident . — -A dreadful ' accident has happened at Partucwynidd forge by the bursting of a boiler . The scene was really terrific ; one huge piece of iron passed through tho roof of lite force . carrying everything betoro it , and several stones and bricks dr pped on tho roofs of tha houses near ; and the windows were all broken . There were altogether tittesn persons scalded nnd othrrwise injured , ten of whom are now under medical carp . Co operation . —NationalCo-opkrativf . Lamd C < mpa . w . —Sir , —Among the many efforts o . ' the pefiole for their own progress in social happiness which I see registered in your Journal , I have not seen a notice of ono which I trust will prove the inuaii . s of the social and political regeneration of thousands of our

      countrymen . 1 allude to the National Co-operative Land Company , which has now been started two years , whicii has nearly 18 , 000 members , nnd abmt £ 30 , 000 . I saw some time ago in your Journal a letter from a gentleman of Cork , calling upon us to form an Anti-Land-Law League , to enahlu the Irish people to set possession of the land . Now , hew is an Anti-Land-Lft \ v League ready formed in shares of £ 2 lOs ., £ 3 15 i , and £ & each , which entitle the holders to be located on two , three , or { oar neves of land , with » cottage and outbuildings , ami a capital of £ 10 ., £ 23 10 .-., or £ &> , to start with , all placed i * the tenant ' s lunds , with armt-clmrge atthe rate-of S & per oont . on the satiny ; thus making him independent ; « f tho landlord , and giving him a vote for

      the election of th & w who make the laws which give j rUeto Anti-Corn-l-aw and Antt-I / viiu-Lnw 1 / . agues . Now , this blcwing to the-poor man may b * - curried out in Ireland as . veil as Englaad . if the people of thatcountry can . find men willing to try it . Thirty-five fnemen took possrs-ion of iho ' r homes on tho 1 st of May . Upwards of £ . 1 , 000 was paid to the treasurer a few weeks since , ai any one by . looking over the AlirtAern Star newspaper can sec ; so that some men hive hop « of their regeneration through tho land . Englishmen and Irishmen , see the effect of co-operation , and determine to carry out that principle still moa . ——A Constant Reader op toot Journal asn Sobbcb Baa to the Land . Oompany . —Houitt ' s Journal . The American Bible Society last year distributed 626 , 816 copies of the Bible aad . New Te ^ fime & t *

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      ' " ifwfDAT , JnwiT ? . ~ .. jroCTSB OF LORD * - —Tho B * rl of Ellrhhobopoh alluded to cerUin rnihours whleh wore in circulation ef tho Prince de Joinrllla being about to be sent to command the French fltoton the coast of Portupal , and asked whether , if any combined opi-ration on tin p-irt of the fleets of Spain , England , and France ilioaW b ? necessary , tho command of the combined sqnadn-n should devolve upon the prinet- , as tha naval officer of highest rank on the station ; m other words , whether , iirtf . io event of such an operation boing resolved upon . lu-r Majesty ' s ships in the Tagus . hould . be put under the dlrtwtlon of th . Prince do Joinville ! The Marquis of Lansdoitse stated , in reply , that no information had reached the Kovttnmontof any intention on the part of the French fforcrnnnmt to assign tflO Command of the French fleet on the Portuguese coast to tha Prince de Joinville .

      ( A . similar question was put in the House of Commons by Lord G . Bentinck . and answered by lord J . ltussellin ft similar maimer , } The Poor Removal M . l passed tlnougb committee The Bishop of ExETzn then put certain- questions to tho Marquis ofLANSDOWsg respecting the Rorernmeiit compact with the dissenting i . ody in the master of e . lucation , and succeeded In olieitintr tho fact that all persons exercising scclesiastical funetJons , whether members ol the Church of England or not , wero to be excluded from the office of school master under the new snhen : e . The Representative Peers ( Scotland ) Bill was read a second time . Tho other btainess before their lordships was principally of a routine character , and various billshuring been advanced a stage ,, the house adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS _ Tee Hulks—Colons ! RoLMiSToj . asked when the report nnd evidence on the hulks ut Woolwich would be lold upon tho table .

      Sir G . G & E 1 Suid { bat tl ! 0 rep 0 rt und evjdunce werc very voluminous ; that bo had not yet had time to go through them , hut thlit whan he h » d ho would lose no tune m lading the whole , or such portions its seemed necessary , before the housn , A ' oiH-otK - IstAMD . —riscnnnt Mahos raid that it appeared from the pap ?™ before tho house or . secondary punishments and transportations , that Norfolk Island was to be abandoned as a penal settlement . He wished to learn what it was intended , in that cane , to do with Norfolk Island ? ' Mr IIawes said when tho present Lieutenant-Governor of Tan Die-sen ' s Land left thiseountry , he took with him a discretionary power to break up die utnhliBhment at Norfolk Island , No tidings of what had been done had yet been received , so . that it was out of his ( Mr lluwes ' . «) power to say more than that tha matter was left to the discretion of tho lieutenant-governor . In case Norfolk Island were abandoned as a penal settlement , proper precautions would be taken ihat the public buildings , such as they were , did not fall into ruin .

      I ' obtdgai ,, —Lord G . Bb . vti . vcx requested Mr Hume to postpone his motion on the affairs of Portugal from Thursday until Monday , supposing ministers were willing to give up that day instead of Thursday . The correspondence was expected to be voluminous , and as it would not be in . the hands of members until Wednesday , which was a day of morning sitting , it seemed 'hardly possibl « tint time would b « afforded for studying the documents , that mum bora might become masters of the cas" . Mr IIoms could not consent . IIii motion had b ; - « n fitted by general agreement for Thursday , and no man had at one time been more anxious f . ir the discussion on an early day than the noble lord and his friends . ( Hear , hear . ) If the correspondence wero ready or . Wednesday morning , members would have 24 hours to con-idtr it before the nw . ion was brought on on Thursday evening , which , under tho circumstances , seemed suflieh nt .

      Secondary Punishments . —Sir Fitzroy Kiliy said that he understood it to bo the intention of the coverninent to substitute for-transportation some system of imprisonment r . ud compulsory labour either here or abroad , and exile . Now , sentences of transportation mi-, 'Iit be passed upon offenders for seven , ten , fourteen , nt ' tcen , twenty , or twenty-one rears , or for life ; and he wkhed to know if tha government intended to substitute some fixed and specific period of imprisonment , compulsory hhour , and exile , having reference to the graduated scale of sentences of transportation , or whether the period of punishment was to have reference to the circumstances of tacit cast ? Sir G , G » et said it was tho intention of the government that the minimum and maximum of . the term should have respect t 3 the term of transportation , but that it should bo in the power of the convict , by his own good conduct , to shorten the term of his punishment .

      Elections in Ireland —Mr Younq asked a question relatiag o the rumoured postponement of the assises in Ireland , find , alluding to the inconvenience arising out of thi .- present mode of holding elections iu Ireland , and particularly the duration of the polling , inquired if the government were inclined to take the subject into consider . ition , Mr LAoorciiEitE , in answer to the first part of the question , stated that th ; suhject had receivvil the considt-ratiqu of the judges in IreUud , hut lift sound that they had not come to a decision on the question of postponing the assizes . With l-isp-sct to ' shortening th-

      duration of elections Id Inland , in the uveiit of a liissolution , tho subject had . been dellnerated upon by the government , and lio confessed thnt . ' . s regarded counties there would be cenviderable difficulty in shortening the duration to one day hy tho appointmrnt of a greater number of polling places , without at tho same time making important alter . itioss in the whole of the election system of Ireland . nerrgv . > ttou \ th .. < . not betnin t \ ie power of the go / eminent , owing to the pressure of Irish business this session , to introduce any measure to the house involvin-, ! the wholo of tha electoral system of Ireland . With respect to the boroughs of Ireland , however , the case was different , and ho entertained hopes that it ml . lit he possible to introduce a bill for shortening tho duration of elections to one day . In the present state of Irehmd . wiih respect to the public health , it was undoubtedly desirable to do as much as possible to shorten tho duration of elections , and he hoped to introduce a measure which should receive the assent of both sides of the house .

      Tiie Late Sia . EaudiiBY Wastyr . —On the notion that the orders of the day be uow read , - i ! r Sfuo . yek called the attention . of tha house to the correspondence which had passed between Mr Gladstone and the Cotomal-oiliee , and between tho present Sir Eardley Wilmot and ihe Colouial-ulnce , relative to the recall of the late Sir J . Eardley Wilmot from the government of Van Diemen's Land . His ohject in so doing was to rescue the character of the late Sir E . WiL-not from a charge w !« ici that lamented gentleman never knew to the hour of his death , but whicii had b-jen made to the Colonial office hy three individe , ils , of whom only two hid given their names , and whicii hud induced Mr Gladstone to recall him ( rem his government , and to inform him that , on account of , ( certain rumours which had reached his ears relative

      to his private life , " he could not he " recommended for the resumption ofaotive duties in any other colon ) in tho service of tho Crown , " Those rumours had since been strictly examined into and proved to bo , in every paru ' euiar , entirely without foundation . lie made no charges against the official parsonages ' connected with the Colonial Department , as his only object was to rescue the character of the late Sir 13 . Wilmot from the malicious and groundless slanders directed against it . He deeply lamented that Sir E . Yfihnot was deprived of the gratification which ho would have derived from his acquittal from the foul calumny east upon the purity and . integrity of his private life ; ind ho made this statement to the house for the saku of S-v Surdity's family , who were anxious to have his memory rescued from tho atrocious slimier , that he had been habitually

      s tuilt ) ' of I'iulatiag the moral dei -eiieies of social life . His acquittal from all and any irregularity , impropriety , or Immorality In . lis private li . 'o , had hem certified hy the late and present Protestant Bishop ' ¦( Tasmania— -by its Roman Catholic Bishop—bj ? ihecler-jy « f i * cry denomination—by all the highest military , le « il , aud civil authorities—and by every person of station and etJiii- 'Utiuii in Van Diemen's Laud . Lastly , it hud bsen certified by Mr Gladstone himself ; and all that he ( iUVSpunuer ) now expected was , that some of Mr Gladst ' -tn- ' s colleagues in tho late admini-itraiion would express their concurrence in the view which that right hen . gentleman had taken at last of tho scandalous manner in which the name of the

      late Sir E . Wilmot had been introduced . He lamented excessively that the present Secretary of the Colonics , Earl Grey , in his em-roip . > adence with the present Sir E . Wilmot , had declined stating that he had received from Van Diemen's Land documents containing a full vindication of his father ' s character , and that he had gone oul of his way to declare that he ful ' y approved of 'he public reasons which had induced Mr Gladstone in recall him from tha government of Van Diemen ' s Laud , nnd that he could not advise Her Majesty to confer upon his father any other government or any civil decoration , as a com » pensfltlon for the cruel calumnies to which he had been exposed .

      L-ird I . aooKG and Mr Deceits , as members for the couuty of Warwick , spoke in the highest terms nf eulogy of tho pahiie and pvivat * character of their late colleague , Sir E . Wi ' mot . Sir lv . P-ut , expressed , both on behalf of Mr Gladstone and himself , a sincere conviction that the information furnished to tbe Colonial-office respecting the notoriety of th * immoralities of Sir E . Wilmot ' s private Hie , by three persona of unexccptionaMechui'f . ctcr eonnected with the colony of Van Diemen ' s Land , and acting independently yt ' t ' ath other , was entirely erroneous , and that Sir E . Wilmot was therefore entitled at their hands to an explicit declaration thai tho charges made against him were , in everv respect , false nnd slanderous .

      Lord John ltusse » concurred in the conviction that the charges a ;; r . inst S ' n E'rdloj' . sijrinite character wers utterly unfounded . Earl Grey ' s refusal to appointhim to another colon } had no re & roiicci to these thaiges , but solely rested upon the noble lord's estimate of his fitness for the administration of a colonial govern , mottt . Mr V . Smith , MrNewdegate , Sir J . Graham , Mr Hawes , Sir C . Douglas , Mr Curteis , Mr Borthwick and Mr Horsmail , after expressing tbt-ir conviction lhat Sir E . Wilmot ' s character was comoletely cleared , criticised the conduct of Mr Gladstone and Earl Grey with reference to his case .

      Captain Gladwohe defended the conduct ofhisbrother , who deeply regretted that these charges had ever been made , butjtho was compelled to make them on ac . count of the high authority of the parties wh * garekUa information ,

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      Mr ItotBucK ( ronton to W vwh > 'he names ofthoga three calu mniators wrru whhlieK fr m use / nng insisted . hath was not to Be tolcraten . »' " * t ¦¦ 'o governors of . oar . colonies should be . sacrificed . tp ., lk » ; eerat « aUca of persons "high in authority , " ' wio ' cnoMW wb . sp » r their charact ers away . The conversation was continued by Mr Hope , Ut Escott . andMr M . Hilnes . ar-d took up nearly tha Whole of the ercnin ? lo the exclusion of almost nil ptiW / o bosinesg ; and ultimately terminat-d i „ declaration by Sir Robert IngHs that everyh dy was ri ght in the matter .

      Registeki .-ig Bi-rna , & c . ( SomaiiD ) Dili ,. Mas . sugb ( Scotland ) Bill—The Lord Advocatb then ro ^« to move thatthe hon * e should nsolvc itself into committee upon these bills that day three m « mthj . No doubt the measures were of the greatest importance to . Scot * land , and as he had not yet had an ' opportunity of explaining the uronnda on which fie- had nislted to introduce them to the house , nnd on which lie now wished to withdraw them . he would proceed Briefly to explain what those rsasons were . The first bill relaled to tho esta « blishment of a registration system fo ? births , deoths . and marri .. g * s , and the importance of such nn establishment as furnishing statistical information could not bo doubt"d . In introducing such a measure , it was impos . Bible for him to overlook the circumstance thnt for tea years a system of registration had prevailed in Eng land , nnd of course it was his wish t « t see how it had operated in England , and to assimilate the measures as much as

      po-sible . On referring to hi * rurht honourable friend , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , he told him that h » would consent to do for Scotland what he diff'br England — that that part of tiie vxptnses of the system which in England was borne by the Treasury , he was willing tho Treasury should bear for Scotland ; hut beyond that ho could not go , and he . eonld not iu Scotland provide out o £ the Treasury for that which was paid in Enslnnd by local taxation . In England thein-ms pn'd out of the Treasury were tbe expanses of tin * central department in Bondoa ( which , of course , would correspond with some central department in Scottosdj , n . id the whole cxpenso-of fta . tionery , whilst tiie oxpens ^ s consequent upon the-rrgistaring ; wwre borne by tlu- pari * h . Tho cheapest mid-most convenient mode would het ' e adoption . f a parochial

      ntisdssmvtit instead of a new valuation . He would now allude to a subject of great importance , namely , the law of Scotland as regarded marriage . The law of Scotland n-quired only that tho panics should agree to become husband end wlfo , and required no civil or religious interference in addition . In come respects the prlneip ' p of the law of Scotland mWht he riirht enough , hut in other- it has produced great evils and inconveniences , for the marridjti' might he proved hy act » showing nn inten'ion of marrinc .. between the pirties . One case of gre-t importance would be remembered by the > . ousa —it was a ease which had given rise t * onn of the aHest judgments that had ever been delivered on thai subject . A gentleman , who was afterwards of high title and property and princely est .-it-v contracted niairiage , by

      writing , with a lady in Scotland , in 1802 or 18 ' ) 3—tho only contract was an int .-rchang- of writings . The gen . tinman subsequently name to Eneland . and in 1808—being « man in tha * . respect of no honsiur , and thinking , perhaps , that the evidence of his marriage had been lost , whereas it had brcn carefully preserved—paid his addrnsses to a lady belomting to one of th * first families in England , and was accented ; but the lady was not married a year when the marriage was annulled at tho suit of the lady who was the consenting party to the fir . « t marriage . P-. rtunatfily there nras no issue to tho second marriage . The n-xt case to whicii he referred was that of a jt ntlem .-m who lived with his servant for vmny y < -ars . He finally resolved to marry her , and tho ceremony took place in this form : —• " I acknowledge this noraan to be my wife" It was not proved that tha woman mad * any similar declaration Sho did not

      deny the marriage , and the gentleman left the room . He went out about his fa » m for a few hours , returned to his room and shot himself flepd . Tarjous questions arose on this marriage . First , as to his insanity ; but it was prov . d that he was perfectl y sane . Next , as to 'ha validity of the marriage . ; whether it was his intention to marry the woman , to leave her his widow , and thus disinherit the children of his former marriage ? It was decided by the jitdees that the marriage was goad , and the childn-n now inherit the estate of more than £ 20 , 008 a year . He did not believe there was a country in tho world wherein the law on this sublet stood on sonarrow and unjustifiable a buis . He did not propose to interfere with anj- marriige facie eccJesias , hot would reduce marriages to two classe *—by r .-g ! ster and- by th » church . He moved that tho hill he committed that day three months , in order to avail himself of another session for its consideration .

      Mr Pobbes was elfcd to see the gw « w > cwt had not endeavoured to thrust this bill down the throats of tha people of Scotland . The people of Scotland ohjfcted to the hill , because it contained many harsh and oppressive provisions , and presented an almost insuperable bar to anr poor man being married according to the rites oi the Church . Ha hoped that thc-y would cmtinue to petition asainst it until Parliament consented to give effect to their wishes . The motion wa < then agreed to , k TWfiber of Mils wen- then forwarded a stage .

      Accidents on Umlwats . —Col . Sjbthobpe gave notiee that on the first day of supply he would call the attention Oflloc ilajttfitj's Government to th « J Increased number of acciihnts which had recently occurred oa English railways . Within n period hardly exceeding three weeks SHven-een human lives had been lost in this minner , and in the greater number of instances from negligence , or from causes which might without difficulty have been , obviated . It was the duty of the gevtrnment to inquire actively into this suVjcct , and to take immediate steps to ensure better regulations on railways for the future .

      Mr IIddsos was exceedingly plnd that the acute mind of the gallant colonel was about to be directed to this suhj- 'ct j but he hoped that if he was disposed to make the government responsible for the unfortunate acei . dents occurring on railways , he » ould also suRgcst some of those precautions which hitherto the directors of railway companies had been unable tn discover . The house then , at half . past 12 o ' clock , adjourned . TUESDAY Jonb 8 . HOUSE OP LORD ?! . —Elections ( Ibei , and ) . —The Zarl ot St Germans said that , as a dissolution of parliament was nigh at hand , he should be glad to know whether government contemplated any measure for abridging the duration of elections in Ireland , and ' thus limiting the scenes cf confusion usual in average , times , but which were likely to be infinitely n . ore confounded under present circumstances .

      The Marquis ofLANSDownE replied that the subject was under the serious consideration of tho gymoment , hut it had been deemed desirable to connect it with a genera ! measure having reference to the franchise . The Royal Assent was given , by commi-sion , to the Factories Bill , the Naval Service o- Bo . ts Bill , the County Buildings Bill , the Poor Relief ( Ireland ' ) BUI , the Landed Property ( Ireland ) Bill , and a number of private bills . Th » bills on the table were advanced a stage . The house adjourned at six o ' clock HOUSE OP COMMONS . —Lord J . Russia , In answerto Mr Bankes , replied that it was his intention to move the furt'ier suspension of the corn and navigation laws until the 1 st of March , but that he did not contemplate the adoption of an assize of bread .

      Affairs or Poutcoal . —Lord J . Russell asked Mr Hume ts postpone for one day his notice of motion with regard to the affairs of Portugal . Ho agreed to give Thursday for that purpose , but , at the same time , he thought it more d . siivjble thnt the question should bo brought on on Friday , for though every possible expedition had been used , the papers relating to tho subject would not he ready for the use of members till Wedntsdsiy . Under these circumsiances , he would ask his hon . Iriciid to bring on his motion ou Priday instead of ; Thursday . Mr Home said when the nohle lord asked him on Monday to postponehi » motion , hethoceht thnt fortyeight hours was time enough for members logo through the papers , and ho consented ; but . now that he fouud they required three weeks to prepare , h >< thought thnt was not time enough . He would not , therefore , hesitate to agree to bring on his motion on Priday .

      Lord John uussem . —• In that caw the adjourned debate on the Prisons Bill will be taken on Thursday . Lord G . Bentisck said as there was no probability that the debate would bo over in one night—if the papers took three weeks to prepare—Lord John Rosseu— -Three days . Lord G . Bentinck—It would be better to postpone tbe motion till Monday ; Friday would he an inconvenient day , for it was on that day that her Majea ' y ' s bull took place . ( Laughter . ) Mr Home would keep Priday for his mo'ion .

      Case op Mr Dkew , — Sir P . The-ioer called atten- - tion to the petition of Mr G . Drew , who , b .-. ving filled i the office of clerk to tha Southwark and Brixton Court t of Requests , and having exchanged it on the application a of the commissionirscf that court for tho olka of their r assessor , had not been appointed to the situation o £ i £ judge in the New County Court for that district , and had id uot received any compensation for the loss ef the office ee which he had abandoned and which ho was entitled te t » hold for life . He rcf . rred to the declarations of the he Attavnt j-General and o ' -her official personages inPar-irliament , for the purpose of showing that there had been en

      a gross breach of the good faith of that house , iu not ap-ip--pointing Mr Drew to the office of Judge of the South warfc . rfc : and Brixton County Court , and contended that the Lordirdl Chancellor had » o vquUable right to appoint Mr Clive to to > that office , with the duties of which he was totally un-m-. acquainted , when another gentleman , who had esecutedtedl tbem for more than twenty years , was well qualified tel te » perforin them . He concluded by moving that a c » py ofy off a letter from the Secretary ef State for the Home De-Department , approving of the appointment of Mr Drew » 0 f » o > betheassjssorofths Sonlhwark and Brixton Ceart oft oft Requests , under the act 8 and 9 Tictorla , ebap . HW , be , bee laid upon the table of tho house .

      Sir ft . 8 bex had no objection to grant the p & perper , ? , which Sir P . Thesiger had moved for . He denied IbaltbaW any injustice bad bctn done to Mr . Drew , or that an ; an ; i ; Parliamentary pledges bad been violated in his easaasee and » aid that Mr Drew , so far from having a shadow ow co right to the appointment in question , wns absolutelutell excluded from filling it by the bill for the reoovenvew of small d « bts originally brought in by ihe late govenveni m . enc A passage of arms then took placo between tho pn prr sent and ex-Attorney-Geuerals , and at half-past eigleigljl o ' clock , after a few words from Mr NsviOEOAtB , Tbe motion was agreed to . Mr MorvATi was in tho act of moving for tbe appolrpoki meot of a Hlect committee to inquire into the eperntirntili

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_12061847/page/7/