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FRANCE . In the Assembly of Thursday week _U- _& - * _fJ ? put the questions upon the imprisonment of M . _Prondbon . In tbe l _£ t week he said citizen Proudhon had been confined with the utmost . rigour , _without being allowed to communicate With any of his friends . He held in his hand an opinion given by several lawyers , who stated that the course adopted toward Proudhon was clearly illegal . And he therefore came forward to ask the ministers to account ""for the arbitrary proceedings to which the p risoner had been submitted . M . Babtj . ot , ia reply , admitted that •* ' reproach
mi g ht _bs addressed to the administration for its conduct , but that such reproach must be that of too great leniency rather than that of extreme rigour . He would ask the Assembly whether the greatest lenity had not been shown towards M . Proudhon , who , after he had been condemned by the Assembly and by the justice of the country , might have been seat to a common prison , but who , _iastead of this , had been left in Paris , free to be visited by all his
friends . Instead of making use of this toleration he had continued the very course which had already rendered him amenable to the laws of tbe country . This state of things had lasted upwards of fortj Says , when it was at length determined to prevent SI . Proudhon from seeing his friends . He had not been placed in solitarv confiiemeut _, but placed with Other persons _suffering punishment like hirasetf . The government had been kind to him , and by now withdrawinjr their kindness tbey only lefs him to be
treated as other prisoners . - M . Boxsset followed , and . amidst many interruptions , quoted a passage from a _woik written b y Louis Napoleon while at Ham , in which he justified his attempts at _Strasbourg and _Bourne by the uupopularity and oppression of the government of Louis Philippe , fie concluded by moving an ordre du jour motive , blaming the conduct of the mi
Timers . . After a few words in support of the motion by M . Pierre Leroux , the Chamber _negatived it . Paris , Sunda y . —The debate in the Assembly yesterday , during which one of tbe most decided acts of the present government was discussed , concluded hv a vote in favour of the executive . ' Dj jour worst now , ' said General _d'Hiutpoul to the _membets of the mountain ; _« we are ready for you f and in this tone he seemed to express a w * sh that
the democrats might attempt something to enable Mm to crash them . The fate which attended these questions has convinced the Mountain of their total _Itck of power in the Assembly ; they have therefore determined to sign a protest every time that an unconstitutional question , as they consider it , passes Thus _the-Voix du Peup ie ' records this morning , that at a conference of the Mountaiu held yesterday , it was determ _' med to place on the bureau of the president a protest against ihe military organisation of Trance .
In opening the debate on the subject , M . Pascal Dupbat commenced hy saying that it was no parly question that he uow dealt with , hut one which was in such close connexion with French institutions , that it was a vital one for all . He denied the right of government to pass the decree without referring bo important a matter to the Assembly . He admitted that under the empire , the restoration , and even the government of July , the military organisation of the army had often bem changed by decrees and ordinances , and so under the provisional government ; hut until regard to the latter , he _endeavoured to show that it was the sole governing power at the time that its decrees were passed . These
decress of the empire and successive governments never had gone so far as those of the present cabine t , and never before had France been entirely enveloped , as it was now , by a military system . The Constituent Assembly , when it _chang-d the system of great captaincies after the first revolution , had nou ght in view but to de-troy toe great provincial unities which weighed upon the central power . This idea , was contained in spirit , if not in ¦ woids , in the constitution of 18-18 . It was from these considerations that he ( M . Pascal Doprat ) considered the decree of the 12 ih inst . as illegal , and in direct opposition to the spirit of the institutions Of France . It was a decree which must be
Characterised as highly dangerous , forming as it did a number of new centres , wbich might become threatening at a future period . He would ask what Were the dangers which the executive meant to guard against by the present measure- He knew that there were departments which caused the government some anxiety , but no one could assert that plots existed all over France to overthrow the republic- He conld well understand tbat certain departments shonld he placed under the care of a military governor-general at a time when elections were pending . - But why ex-lend the circle all over the country ? Why were Rennes and Nantes united under one " head , when these towns or these _departments sent to the Assembly such men as Benpy , Mole , de Kerdrel _, and Parisis—men who were firm
allies of the government ? What reason , iu fact , Could there be for treating France as Russia had done Poland , or Austria Hungary ? It was not fear of insurrection that was the cause of this measure , bnt a desire on the part of the chief of the state to increase his power , by pleasing and winning over the army to him , whilst by other means he ruined the authority of the national representation . Here M . Duprat made allusion to the ' Napoleon , ' the journal which certainly represents the Elysee , and of which several articles were attacks against tbe Legislative Assembly . Had not that journal , said he , stated that it only depended on the republicans that Louis Napoleon should choose the part of bis oncle ? A Voice on the Left . _—Soulouque . ( Laughter . )
M . Dupbat ( continuing ) . —Or that of Washington . Great Inlerrnpiion here ensued , after which M . "Duprat concluded by calling on the majority to defend the institutions of the country . JI- _d'HATrrpout ,, in reply , said tbat his answer would be divided into two parts , involving the question of legality and that of expediency . With regard to the fi st paint in consideration , he would say . that the territorial divisions created by law bad not been disturbed , and t ha t a s for the command s given to the generals , there were many cases that he could quote in support of the government measure , when similar a pp _ointments had b ee n made , all of them by
decrees of government . Wiih regard to the question of _expediency , ( continued M . d'Hautpoul , ) I Will tell you that it is very natural for government , which is called on to watch over the state and constitution , to take under its own responsibility , subject to the approval of the Assembly , all means wbicb prudence may dictate for the purpose of averting misfortune . Far be it from me to seek to create fear , or darken a picture which is but sombre already . "Demagogic factions are everywhere on the movt ; secret societies conspire on all sides in the dark , and seek to insinuate subversive doctrines amongst the people , hoping that they may attain a compleie cataclysm . In this situation , gentlemen ,
government must place itself on Us guard . It were inexcusable not to do so ; and the Assembl y would have the full rig ht to make it accountable for neglect . "What have we done in appointing three generals , _unless it be to give more unity , more action , and more rapidity to the movement of troops ? . We were desirous that , if it became necessary , these generals mig ht immediately centralise their troops , and take all the necessary steps . They are not above the authority of the state , as M . Duprat hinted ; and these generals , who deserve all our confidence , and wbo have proved hy their long career tbat they were worthy of that of the conntry , do not require your notice to know what their dnty
is : their patriotism , devotion to onr institutions , and love of order will inspire them in tbeir conduct . I can conceive this measure being unpleasant to certain minds , that the men who wish to see ns asleep are not pleased at our precautions , bnt be convinced of this that the government is on the watch and will not be surprised . The measure that we have taken is not aggressive , and does not compromise the interests of any one . It does not threaten liberty , but on the contrary , s t reng t hens i t , if any ill-intentioned men should raise their hand against it . AH good citizens mu 3 t therefore rejoice .
Government and the majority of the Assembly de sire the same thing , — -the maintenance of law , the constitution , p ubl i c order , and security . It is on this ground that ths government has taken its s _* -and , and it is certain of finding _sapport on these benches where the purest patriotism exists , where every one understands his duty , and where all are anxious to justify the confidence iested in tbem by their fellow citizens . For our part we shall not fail in the duty of which I have just spoken ; we shall Watch always- we shall remain on the breach , and _ge-rer retire whatever clamour we may hear .
This peroration excited grew laughter from the _MoanUi _** , upon wbich M . _d'Hantponl turned _tofffiTflS _Ibose members and used tho expressions I
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have _quoted at the commencement of my letter , ' We shall always be read y ; commence wheuever you please . ' . An immense « proar followed this outburst . _rCries of order from the Mountain weie foll o _wed b y such a tumult that it was some time before the pr e siden t could get a bearing . ; . On d o ing so h e blamed the minister for the words lie bad usedV arid begged of him to explain . M . d'Hautpoul . did so , b y rep lying thathis words were addressed to those who , en the 15 th of May , had invaded the Assembly , and toithose who in June , 1 * 848 , had reddened the streets of Paris with blood . ¦ ' _j > General Fabvbr followe d " , : and also blamed tbe system pursued by the government . MJD- Lagrange also spokeic the same sense , and ultimately the Assembly passed to the order of the day _Uvft 37 arjainst 183
. , In support * of the argument of M . d'Hautpoul , the - « Napoleon' of this morning says :- The government , having received from the prefets advice that disturbances might break out in the provinces , has thought necessary to send lieutenants-genei ai to the _« ast , the centre , and the south , in order that peace amy be the better _eaaured . ' The 'Sieele' says to day to the President , Well , now that you have ensured safety in the country , what are you about to do ? ' The ' Sieele' nnd many others want to know when tbe action of which so much ws said in the late message ofthe republic is lo be shown .
M . _MouiiARD _. t he editor of * La Liber i e , ' has heen sentenced by the Court of Assizes of Paris to imprisonment for three months and to a fine of 2 , 000 f . for having , ou the 16 th of January , published a seditious libel calculated to excite hatred against the President of the Republic . The ' Voix da Peupie' is seized almost daily . The Socialists are displaying the greatest activity in Paris with a view ta the approaching elections . In each arrondissement _meetings have taken p lace , and delegates been appointed . These delegates , to the number of fifteen for each arrondissement , are
intended to form a central committee , whose duty it wiil be to examine the c _' aims of candidates , and propose them to the Socialist electors . The delegates have a busy time of it ; they are occupied , amongst other things , in examining the claims of candidates for the representation of Paris , who declare they have been lately converted to Socialism . The democratic socialist committee intend to bring forward as their candidate in the Hautes-Pyr enees M . Dev i lle , son of M . Deville , condemned by the High Court of Justice of Versailles ; in thc Ariege , M . Pilhes , brother of one of the persons condemned ; in the _Haute-Lsire , M . F . Moigne , brother of another condemned person ; and in the Neiver , M . C . Gambon , brother of the M . Gambon who was condemned .
Monday Evbning . —At the commencement of the sitting of tbe Legislative Assembly to-day , the President ( M . Dupin ) announced that the total amount of credits already voted by the Assembly , for tbe y ? ar 1849 , exceeded the amount of the receipts by no less a sum tbat 268 , 000 , 000 francs . This announcement created a great deal of astonishment and agitation on both sides oi the house ; upon which M . Dupin again rose , and said that he was surprised to find that this announcement had come unexpectedly on the members . The fact was that
the Assembly had fallen into the habit of voting partial credits , which , though small when taken separately , mounted to large sums when united . This communication led to so much agitation and conversation among the members , that it was soaie time before the regular business could be resumed . The Assembly then proceeded to the adjourned dis . cussion on the Public Instruction Bill . A warm debate took place as to whether the inspectors ot the co'leges should be nominated by the superi or council , er bv the Minister of Public Instruction .
M . ue Parieu , iu the name of the government , contended that tbe nomination should be made directly by the Minister . M . Thiers spoke no less than three times in opposition to AI . Parieu , and in favour of the nomination by the council of the University . The discussion was one of the most lively of the session ; but ultimately the Assembly decided by a large majority against M . Thiers ; so that tbe nomination is given to the Minister . Tlie Left and a portion of tbe Centre voted for the government proposition ; the Right voted against it . The result created a great sensation , and is a severe blow to the Church party . The sitting was suspended for a quarter of an hour .
'La Patrie' says tbe government is a good dea " occupied with tbe attitude of the Socialist party in the east and south of France . A great number of strange workmen have arrived at Lyons under pretence of seeking work . The plan is said to be to cause disturbances on different points at the same time in order no divide tbe forces ofthe goverement , and then to strike a blow in some centre . A letter from _Nimes states tbat the operative locksmiths in that town have struck for higher wages . The idea suggested by M . Emile de Girardin of a general illumination in Paris on the 24 th February by all ilie opponents of the government , has been unanimously rejected by tbe Socialist Clubs , ' lest the agents of the police might take advantage of it to create a disturbance . '
The ' Moniteur du Soir' states that the Attorney General ef tbe Republic lias ordered the seizure of a b a llad , entitled ' Un heros Cosmopolite . * A warrant has been issued for the arrest of M . Constant Arnould , the author . Paris , Toes-day . —This day a division took place on an amendment to the Educatiou Bill proposed by M . Fayolle , to the effect that primary instruction shonld be obligatory , and gratuitous for children of both sexes . This amendment was rejected by 436 to 179 . The House adjourned at half-past six o ' clock
The Minister of Public Instruction has , by decr e e , suspended M . Emile Deschamel , a professor at the Lycee Liuis-le . Grand , for having published , in the last number of a periodical called tbe ' Liberie de Penser , ' an article entitled Le Catholicisme et le Socialism e , ' containing attacks ou the Catholic clergy and reli gion , _tDgether with a . profession of Socialism . General Lapene , commanding the department of the Drome , has issued a proclamation , in virtue of the state of siege , forbidding all political banquets , meetings , processions , or _demonstrations of any kind , co n t ra r y t o p ublic order , to t he Cons t itu t io n , or to religion or morality .
A demonstration was attempted during tbe carnival at Tulle ( _Correzc , ) where the Socialists prepared to parade the streets in costume with chains round their necks and with scythes in their bauds . The authorities interfered , and instead of 800 , as intended , there were only thirty to forty . When summoned to disperse they resisted , but the ringleader was , after a scuffle , arrested and taken to prison . The Socialists in the _Yosges have obtained a triumph . Tbe Municipal Council of the town of the Bruyeres having been dissolved , a new election took place on the 14 th inst ., when the entire Democratic list obtained the majority . Two Socialists were convicted before the Police Court of Paris on Tuesdav of havin-f concealed
arms in their possession since the 13 th of June . One was sentenced to two years' imprisonment and a fine of 200 f _., the other to four months and 50 f .
SWITZERLAND . Letters from Berne of the 15 th state that Mszzini has left _Switzerland for England . A letter from Berne of the 14 th inst . in the 1 Knlner Z-itung' states that B-ron Wildenbrucb , the Prussian agent in Switzerland , has informed the President of tbe Confederation of the demand of Prussia respecting the execution of the resolutions of the 20 th of July and the 19 th of November , according to which the Swiss are bound to expe foreign revolutionists from their territories . Th » President ' s rep ly was that the said resolutions should be conscientiousl y executed , and that the refractory spirit of the canton of Geneva should be humbled to the \ m \ of the law .
It appears that the Grand Council of the canton of Vaud approve of the resolution come to by tbe Federal Council relative to the refugees ; but this approval would seem to be set little value on by the ' Patriotic Association' of the same canton . At two meetings latel y held , one at _Yv e rdun , the other at Lausanne , resolutions were unanimously agreed to , to the effect that tbe Federal Council should be called upon to foilow a more independent and'more
firm policy with respect to foreign Powers , particularly with reference to the refugees . These resolutions mi g ht appear of little consequence , were it not for the fact that the Patriotic Association , composed as it is of persons many of whom belong to the secret societies of which the Count d'Horrer has given so graphic and interesting an account , is in itself a power , is in active correspondence with almost all the secret societies in Switzerland and abroad , and has extensive ramifications everywhere . GERMANY . A decree of the 12 th inst . prolongs the state pf
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si ege and of courts-martial for the Grand Duchy * f ( Baden for another term of four weeks .
ITALY . Letters from Home of the 5 th , quoted by the « Statute' of Florence , say , that on the first day of ; the Carnival processions in the Corso , which are held during the last eight days of the season , the Corso was quite deserted and not a carriage was to he seen , and that on the second day about twelve or fifteen carriages only made their appearance—the general feeling of the inhabitants being against festivity- as there is hardly _^ a family but has suffered from dismissal , exile , or imprisonment of one of its members . The' Concordia' of Turin slates that on 1 thc 4 th a sbirro , or Roraan ~ po "iceman , was stabbed to the heart while engaged tearing off from a wall an inflammatory p lacard , which the Concordia ' g ives at full length . It is a recapitulation of late events in the language usually employed by the Red D-mocratic Socialist party . !
The above is from the ¦ Times . ' The infl-. minatory placard' alluded to is probably the following document , supp lied by t he corre s ponden t of t h e * Daily News' : — THE CARNIVAL OP 1850 . ' Let us console ourselves ! The paternal bowels of the priestly government are moved to tenderness ! It presents us with half a carnival . —An envenomed irony ; the oppressors says to the oppressed , ' Amuse thyself amidst th y si ghs . '
' The ancient tyrants of Rome oppressed the people , but they gave them bread and shows in order not to hear the cries of their victims . Tbr priests have poured grape-shot upon tbe _peop le ; they have proscribed and imprisoned many ; tbey impose taxe 3 ; they turn away emp loyes , and rob tbem of their pensions ; they . dismiss _workmsn ; they deprive the people of bread ; but they give them shows . The barbarity of the priests is greater than that of the ancient tyrants .
• They have said amongst themselves , ' Rome now sees clearly ; the people recollect that Christ died on the cross to break their chains , and that we rivet them anew ; that Christ and the apostles did not preach humility from gilded , carriages ; that they desired to give all to the peop le , whilst we only seek to fatten at their expense ; that they spoke to the intellect by the power of truth ; but we speak with lies and canons . . . Christ , h o wever , was net a king , as we are . By imitating Christ we should lose our temporal power , our luxuries , our debaucheries , our women ... Let ns abandon Christ and imitate Nero . Charity is the law of Christ ,
ours is egotism ; nothing for the people , everything for us . Rome is indignant ; her dignified deportment is a continued protest : we must deprive her of this deportment , whi c h re n d e rs ber su p erior t o us al t hou gh conqifered—let us give her a carnival ; let her but put on the mask of happiness and her protest is null . No one will g ive farther credit to her grief , to her oppression—it will be said , Rome amuses herself , Rome keeps her carnival , Rome is happy ! Our lies will be thought truths , her truths lies i' Thus have they spoken to each other , but they have forgotten one thing—it is the people wbo will have to sum up their account .
• The municipality echoes the words of tbe priests : woi " hy of its creation by Oudinot it deprives the labourers of a part of . their daily wages , a portion of their bread . . . It invites them •<> the carnival . It is of course just that the people must pay with their bread for the ooining of the memorial which that assembly of Cossacks presented to General Oudinot , in the name of the Roman people _, thus honouring with a solemn lie the most l ying General iii the world—is it not all fair ? The people have the carnival—is that not _ensugh ?
' Let us console ourselves . The Pope in his last encyclicasays that our brothers , who died forthe defence of Rome , expired in the arms of filth y prostitutes . . . He calls prostitutes thc sister who raised ber dying brother , the mother who closed the eyes of her son , the wife who embraced her husband for the laBt time ! ¦ . . He calls prostitutes all those who by succouring the wounde . i obeyed the law of charity and love , the law of the Gospel ! . . . He calls prostitutes all those -who admired or pitied tbem » Prostitutes all the women of Rome !"
• But what does all this si gnify , O women of Rome ? The priests give us a ca ~ nival : you must forget your brothers and the woes of our country , you must swallow the cup of insult , you must pretend to be happy and renounce the gentleness of your feelings to pay _^ court to the few disgusting ecclesiastical concubines who will go and parade in the Corso ! * You , O people , are oppressed , weighed down with chains , hungered , calumniated—but what matters it ? The priests give you a carnival—the carnival must content you and fill you ; at least such is the will of your fat masters , whom God preserve for trie hour of your just and solemn judgment !
' Hunger and half a show ! Oppression and derision . Such are the paternal intentions of the priests ! Let them still deride aud oppress . Our determination is strong . That hour aud that . judgment will be our reply to their irony , thai will be tbe true and spontaneous carnival of the peop le ! « Viva the 9 th February , the anniversary of our republic !' .. ' . It is said that this appeal , t he con c _ludi n g s enten ce of which contains an insinuation by no means reassuring for the ecclesiastical party , has been
forwarded to Portici for the perusal of his holiness ; but it will most likely never reach its destination as the net-work of espionage around the person of Pio Nino takes care to stop all objectionable documents _.. Its effects here—if , indeed , any such appeal was necessary—has been to render the majority of all classes unanimous in their refusal to camivalise —a refusal comprising a considerable sacrifice of pecuniary interest on the part of shopkeepers and lod g ing-letters , who Hsually derive ' . 1 good profit from their balconies , seats , and stands in the Corso , and who have not put up one o f their ornamented and festooned boxes this vear for the accommodation
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. UNITED STATES . By the Royal mail steam-ship _Niagara , Cap ta in Ryrie , we have advices from New York to the 5 ih , B _> ston to the 6 th , and "Halifax to the 8 th inst . The most interesting event in the transactions ofthe-United States Congress is the introduction of a series of resolutions iuto thc . Senate by Mr . Elby , These resolutions propose an amicable arrangement of all the controverted topics between the free and slate Stales . The first maintains the . admission of California into the American Union , free from any restriction on the exclusion or introduction cf slavery within iis limits . Inthe 2 nd resolution itis provided that territorial government should be
established by Congress in the territories acquired from Mexico ,, without tbe imposition of any condition on tbe subject of slavery . The 3 rd and 4 th resolutions contend that the western boundary of Texas be fixed on the Rio del Norte , from its month to the mouth of the Rabine . The 5 th and 6 th assart that ' slavery ought not to be abolished in the districts of Columbia during the existence of the _institution in the States of Maryland without the consent of the people of the district , and a just compensation to the owners of the slaves , and that the slave trade , under cer ta in condi t ion s , should be abolished within the federal district _asj-epu _^ _uant to the common feelings
of mankind . In the two final resolutions it is urged that provision should be made by Congress for the more effectual restitution of slaves in any State escaping into any other State or territory ; a _' nd that Congress has no power to prohibit the trade in slaves between the several States , that being an arrangemen t t o be deci d ed , according to tbe principles of the Constitution , by the particular laws of the States themselves . The resolutions were sustained by Mr . Clay , in a speech of masterly eloquence arid ability , which produced a strong sensation on the Senate ; the y were ordered t o be m ade the s u b j ect of spe cial consideration in the Senate on Tuesday Feb . 5 .
Terrible Explosion at _Aew . York . —The boiler of Mr . Taylor ' s machine shop exploded on the 4 th of February , by which 50 persons were killed and 80 wounded *—The ' Weekley Herald' iu its account makes the following extraordinary statement : 4 As soon as the explosion took place , we are informed by persons who witnessed the catastrophe , that the whole building , which was six stories in hei ght , was actually lifted from its foundation to a hei g ht of six feet , and when it reached that elevation , it tumbled down , crushing in its ruins a vast number . ' It then
goes on , « So great was the force of the _explosion , that fragments of the building were scattered in every direction : the windows in the nei ghbourhood were broken ? and a large portion of the front wall of the fated building was thrown with tremendous _p- > wer into the bouses opposite . In fact , the building was completely wrecked , hardly one brick being left standing on another , with the exception of a solitary piece of wall eight , o r ten fee t hi gh , a s if to indicate what had been . So dreadful was the ex " * plosion that " tbe windows in several bouses in Pearl-
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street were broken . Even the sashes of 351 were smashed . A gentleman who was looking on at the t ime , informed us that the explosion was like the reports of two cannons fired in quick succession one after the other . Doubtless the second report was the crash ofthe falling ruins . Immediately after the explosion , fire burst from the promiscuous heap of bricks and beams , and human bodies were seen with legs and arms' sticking out—some of them dead , some living . The fire alarm for the district was first given , and then a general alarm , whi c h brought the firemen from all parts of the city' the scene of desolation / Inquests were being held on the bodies as soon as they were indentified . ; __ .. _ . __ ,. _„ ., . .. . ,
' News has been received by the Empire City froni California to Dec . 31 . The Assembly met on the 17 th . and Governor Burnett was inaugurated governor on the 31 st . The Assembly met and elected Senators Fremont and Gwinn . Governor Burnett ' s message congratulated the citizens on the formation of the state , and on government excluding slaevry . The mining operations have been suspended in consequence of snow and rains . ' The _constitu'ion was adopted , 12 , 000 being in its favour , and 8 , 000 against it .
CANADA . In Quebec the Annexationist candidates had been defeated . A despatch from Earl Grey , under date Downing-street , January 9 _; h _, appears in the papers . He approves the dismissal from service of those who had signed the annexation document . The remainder of the despatch we gire at length : — ' Her Majesty confidently relies ou the loyalty of the great majority of her Canadian subjects , and she has therefore determined to exert all the authority that belongs to her for the purpose of maintaining the connexion of Canada with this government , being pers uaded t ha t t he permanence of I h at c o nnexion i s
highly advantageous to both . Your lordship wil " , therefore , understand that you are commanded by her _Majesty to resist , to the utmost of your power , any ' at t empt which may be made to bring about the separation of Canada from British dominion , and to make known in the strongest manner her Majesty ' s displeasure with all those who may directly or indirectly encourage such a desi gn ; and if any a t temp t of this kind should take such a form that those who are guilty of it may , according to such advice-as you may receive from your law advisers , be made responsible for their conduct in a court of justice , you will not fail to take the necessary measures for bringing them to account . '
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NATIONAL REFORM LEAGUE . In the absence of Mr . O'Brien , who is now on amissionary tour in the north , Mr . Hart has been engaged to deliver the usual Friday evening lectures at the _John-street Institution . On the 15 th inst ., the subject of his oration comprised a review of the principal Reform movements of the day , and a critical ex amination of the doctrines and princip le s they envolved ; together with the results which might be predicated of them . The lecturer observed , that Thoma s Carl yle had said that the people had aright to be well governed . He considered they had a right to govern themselves ; but an uneducated
peopie could not govern themselves well . Social and moral eleva t ion would give them political power ; but a people morally and socially enslaved could never be politically free , Witb regard to universal suffrage , i t was , abstractedly , a righ t , and not a priv ile ge ; bu t w o uld t he ma s ses o f o ur country use the power ofthe franchise well ? Minorities , and not majorities , have always governed , hitherto . Look at France : a minority governed there , ev e n with universal suffrage , b e cause t here were so l ar ge a class of dependent voters , and so many who were i gnor a nt of t heir rights , and what constituted their true interests . He much feared that the case would not be much better in our own country . It must
be confessed that vast numbers of the _people were intellectually , morally , and socially degraded ; bnt ne must not blame them for it . Society , as the whole , must be blamed : it had committed a wrong and a sin , ia neglecting and ill-treating so many of her offs ' _irititj , and society must submit to pay the penalty of its crime ; paid it would be , some day ; for no sin , whether committed by society or b y an individua ! , ever went unpunished . With respect to t he ballo t , he should be sorry to see it introduced with a limited constitiiRncy ; and if the suffrage is a ri g ht , t hen a man oug ht to be allowed to exercise the right as he pleased , either openly , or under c ' ovrr of the ballot . Financial Reform was loudly called
for ; and the people had a right to be cheaply governed ; but as the bulk of the taxes were paid by the middle and upper . classes , a mere reduction of taxation would he of very small benefit to tbe working classes : nay , if brought about by a reduction of the army and navy , it mi ght do them a positive barm , by increasing the ; numbers in the labour market . Fur his part , he would rather see any coat than ai'ed-coat ; but it was better to be a soldier or a sailor , than the inmate of a gaol or a Union workhouse , to which pkces many of them must be driven , if disbanded at the . present time . To he sure , they could be kept at Od , a day there ; whereas now they cost Is . 3 d , ; but this savins would not
go into the pockets of the wealth producers . _Entigralion was a favourite panacea , for relieving the distress among bur population ; _snd there was little doubt that the majority of those who found their way to our colonies would be benefited ; but what is to be done with those who could not proc ire the means of transmission ? Besides , w h y sh o uld we be so anxious to get rid of the men who produced our wealth , why not send away those who did nothing but consume that wealth ? Let the rich take their turn in clea i . ig the wilderness , and sowing the
germs of civilisation in tbe nethermost parts ofthe earth . _Cou & idering the kind of life many of ihemnow lcd , he had no hesitation in saying , that they would be both morally and physically benefited by being obliged to fulfil the primeval curse of earning their bread by the sweat of their brows . Emigration alone could not cope with the existing distress , it was only tampering with a chronic disease ; and , for his part , he would rather that tbe crisis should come , for then he believed the remedy would ef . me also . After , allusions to other plans , of reform n o w mooted ; the lecmrer . went oa to describe what he
considered to he the re _' orros most calculated to benefit the whole people , and not merel y classes or sections ofthe people . He touched upon the doctrines and principles of the National Reform League , and especially adverted to the desirability of making the land of the country national property , and putting the currency upon a proper basis . He considered the question of currency reform the most important at the present moment , if the two could lie _separated . He wished the peop l e w o uld give t heir attention to . the action of our present monetary laws more than they did . An idea prevailed that the currency question was abstruse , that it required great depth and power of intellect to understand it ; and
so they left it in the hands of such men as Sir Robert Peel and Jones Lloyd . But really , the way in which the present system robbed the wealth producers was extremely easy to be seen , however much political economists bad _mystified the general subject of tbe ' ' currency . A very little attention would enable any one to see how injuriously the present system of money restricted the demand for labour , by making that demand to . depend more on the : quantity bf money in the market than , on the real wants of the people . _Thej lecturer here expatiated on the absurd " anomaly of over-production , which was principall y caus e d b y the want of a proper circulating medium for the exchange of
wealth , and illustrated the action of the present currency by a supposed case" of all the shops on one side of a street being . filled With manufacturers , and all those on the other side w ' th food ; ' ihe space be . tweeii being occupied by p licemen with drawn cu _tlases , prohibiting the holders of the goods on either side from exchanging products with each other , unless for every pound in value of their goods , they first produced a pound value of a scarce metal _, or a bank-note representing it . . With a symbolic currenc * fairly representing values , and having no intrinsic value in itself , consumption would go hahdin-band with production ; but consumption must always be greatly restricted by a gold currency . After alluding to the existing antagonism of the aristocracy nnd the money-class , and of the
opportunities which this struggle ont red to _th- - peop ' . e for enforcing their own rights , the _lectu er coneluded by reading letters from . Glasgow and Newcastle , describing the' cordial reeeption which- Mr . O'Brien had met with at those places ; On the 3 rd he had expounded the objects and principles of the Nationul Reform League to an audience at New * castle of not less than 900 persons , who applauded hira . At Glasgow he had . held excellent , m . e ' . ing 3 in an Unitarian Chapel , and Mechanics' Institute . He had also received a pressing invitation to lecture in Greenock ; and Branch Leagues were about to be formed in all these places . Mr . O'Brien ' s intention is " to visit Edinburgh and other" large towns in tb $ north , previous to returning to the metropolis .
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nfectlon , ani liy the abuse of mercury : _urimarr anil ji _nfectlon , and " by the abuse of _merctu-y ; primary and se . condary symptoms , eruptions ofthe skin , sore throat , inflammation ofthe . eyes , disease : of the bones , gonerrbak gleet / _wtristure , Ac ., are shown to depend on this cause Their treatment is fully described la thU section . The effects of neglect , either in the , f ecognitieri of disease or ia . the treatment , are shown to be the prevalence ofthe virus in _thesystem , which soener or later will show itself in one of the forms already mentioned , and entail disease in _itg . most frightful shape , not only on the individual himself , but also on the offspring , " Advice for the treatment of ill _Uicjb _diseasos aad their consequences-is tendered in this sections _, whieh , if duly followed up , cannot fail in effecting a cure This part is illustrated by seventeen coloured _engravinas . ' fart tke Fourth ' Treats of the prevention of disease by a simple application hy which the danger of infection is obviated . Its actien i * . simple , but sure . It acts with tbe virus ' chemicall y , an ( j destroys its p « w « r on the system . This impertanfc part ofthe work should be read by every young man enterinE into life . 6
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THT ERE YOU DKSPAIR . HO LLO WAY'S PILLS . Cure of Asthma . Extract of a Letter from Mr . Benjamin Mackie , a respectable Quaker , dated Creenagh , near Loughall , Ireland , dated September Uth , 1813 . ItEsrECTED FitiESD , —Thy oxcellent pills have effectually cured me of an asthma which afllicted me for three years to such an extent that I was obliged to walk my room at night for air , afraid of being suffocated if I went to bed by cough and phlegm . Besides taking the pills I rubbed plenty of thy Ointment into my chest night and morning . — ( Signed ) _Bexjasiix Mackie . —To Professor Holloway . Cure of Typhus Fever ivhen supposed to be at the Point of Death .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 23, 1850, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_23021850/page/2/
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