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      "Andi Kitt ¦ war , at least in words ( And—thsnldajy chance so happen deeds , ) With all who war with Thought !" -1 think I hear a little Mrd , who sings The people by-and-by willbe the stronger . "— Btso «

      THE AMERICAN AGRARIAN REFORMERS t IFrom Young America . ) 1 Conthdtdfrom o * r l « tU ]

      THE THOBOUGH PR 1 SC 1 PLE 5 OF POLITICAL SCIENCE , OB RIGHTS AND WRONGS , SPECIFIED , ANALYSED , CLA 8 SIKID , AHC COSTBASIED , Stunting ti » Cao » o * Good , of E « W , and it * Remedy . life . —vioixkcb . The rigbttslifeis also equal , individual , and inalienable AsiiU eqnU . nonuincanclaiiD a greater tnjojment or protection of it than another ; as it is indh id « : d , no port ion of mankind can combine into an army or any corporate body , except in defeushre war ; and at it is inalienable , it cannot be destro . ed by capital punishment , or in any way whatever , except in self-defence . So man can make a chattel slave of another , occasion his death by murder or offensive war without becoming the archcriminal of the earth !

      AhireJ--oUierj ' n another fora of the alienation of the right of life as a substitute for tbat of others . There * fore , it i « the £ nty of the whole people of a nation , to organist as a standing army , to that it will be the right and dnty of those in the locality invaded to repel the invaders , while rapidly reinforced from neighbouring regions . Thus man vroalj destroy life only in self-defence at- their homesteads , and soun terminate a war with the least expense .

      tlBODE . —SERVITUDE . Labour or projection is alto in > qua ] , iudividc «] , and 1 inalienable right and duty . As nature has created all j with tbe same nantt nt'd hanis , and surrounded them with a sufficiency of raw auawiial , all should labour equally for a subsistence . As nothing bat labour ran tarn the crude product of nature into the necessaries of life , all who subsist by any other means thin labour irust lire upon tbat of ottos . It is a most outrageous system of nj

      Bat it is not incumbent only on every man to labour equally , bnt also individually . For men will avoid labonr in a community of labour and property as we'las by substituting tbeir illy accumulated property in its stead . As the combination of labour destroys its identity , as well as that of property and tbe stimulus to duty , each man should labour in an isolated and individual capacity . There is a natural tendency to a division of labour , whica also requires a division of capital and materials . There is no mure advantage in the combination of labour by the capital of others or of the labourers tbeinsehes , than there is in the combination of sovereignty in parties 0 : ' of tbe domain as common property .

      Let each producer , with his own individual homestead , capital , tools , materials , and labour , perform a certain art , aRd the series of dependent arts aad wants will propel him to do fefc part « T else all will stand 6 tiH , Thus all will be both checks and dependents upon each o . i . er . The advantage also « . ' a common motive power to propel machines of different arts can be obtained under tbe individual with more certainty than « inder tbe communty system . In eesnmuiiity eacb -rou ' s duty will be too macb prescribed by the wills of outers . B'l * . in co-operation withont combination the demand for each man's fabrics or products niil command Mm to do his duty . But should the electric or other motive power be as cheapen a » m&il-&s large scale there will be no we in ' . he concentration of so much machinery in one establish meet , co injurious to health , with perhaps a few exceptions .

      As the right to labour is also isalienable , it is violated by involuntary servitude , lme ,-er wages , or pronUucn-¦ gery . B > th labcnr and its product are alienated as nmen by slavery or hire , as sovereignty is by suffrage , -or lift is by soldiery . It would s-ceai that there could be no m- < re ouirngeoai act than tfcet of one portion of nisnfeind usurping the whoU of t ' . ie surrounding elements -and of extorting a tribute from the balance for the use of them ; but t « force them also to perform all labour , and to make even chattels of the bodies of their fellon cretorrs , completes the climax of tyranny and crime .

      The inhuman treatment of slaves , soldiers , sai' . ors journeymen , ecd all the evils of-slavery , hired labour am hirelings , dsclare tbe visnam ol God in giving tnai dominion only over the " beast * of the field and fowls e the air , '" bnt not over each other . As the right to lauou is also equtl , individual , and-inalienable , mankind mus organize into townships in the proportionate comber ¦ with an equal share of the soil , so that they can be ; oin tbeir own landlords and employers , producers and « Ks tribmors , noun * JLCNPX 08 DBT .

      Bnt of all their rights , there is none in which mankind -should be more strict in the application of tbe principles of equality , individuality , and inalienableuess , then tbat of the right of Domain . Fur the nil effects ef the monopoly of the soil is not so palpable to the sense . " , ; ¦ aiihough it-is the : ' mndati . < n of the monoply of all tlitir ethtr rights , end so much so , - that until landless prosJncers can see it , landlords vril ! ever command their : igiits of life , sovereignty and labour . Man ' s &qual ¦« vants and purvers of production mo < t forcibly declare that each one j * entitled to an-equal share of as much ot ; tie earth as he can use ; that-be should hold it too , not of government , bnt by act of envsten-. e , and the gift of <> od , who has granted and convened it to him only on the condition that he shall improve it , and carry forward i bisicreation . He sballfcolaittco , in an insolated : uid indiridual proprietjisbip . and not as undivided interest as in a ccmmuHiu of property , for , with a fewexcep-l

      tiocs , man cannot labour and -consume so equally in partnership as in isolated families without dissention , i and <; end « ring tbeir rights imperfect . Neither should ' there ever be any alienation or transfer of each mac ' s ' tfcare-of domain , except in an tocitable txchan ^ e or - tale tc a laudltss mau . It is only necessary that each . man should ev < n- possess a share of the dom .-iiu , -no matrtrio * often l » e may exchange it ; for thereby he Can ever be tree to change his locality ; sj that emigration may even be more facilitated under 'liis I system ihan under the present monopoly of liie ; land . The right < ti > domain wiil 4 > e much preserved by a universal survey of the earth \ yg fee caidiral points , ; into the cuantity each of the human race is now en- ' titled , with provisionifur its gradual division down Cu tbe minimum quantity , and the or < Jer in which tL « members « f a family should possess it , if they do no : choose to emigrate where they can get a larger proportion .

      PSOfiCCIS , —I > R 0 FlTM 0 \ Gti 5- . But every reason that enforces the necessity of the strict application of the equal , individuaJ and inalienable , property of aright to sovereignty , liie , labour , and domain , applies with equal f « rce to tbe rigltt of mau to the products of his labour . The capacity of all to produce ; equally in some art , determines the right to product : to ' se also equal ; and all the reasoning for the individuality ; ol labonr proves tie same for the product of labour . As scan mingles his labour with his iniproceairnts and jcoducts , he should be equally tenacious of his right u , tbtm as of the soil . As e-, . cli man ' s skil ! is more limited tbaa his wants , the mutual exchange according to cost ' eiiiis surplus produets , is no iliemition of tbeui any ' mere than an exchange of farm *; but it i « the cntfiual I txchaage constituting pofitmongcTj which is tbe great : eril that Tiolates this rignt .

      EE 1 CCDT . Thus , the remedy for the evil of society , consists in Jheeitatii 6 bment of rights upon the true principles of their equality , individuality , and ins . UtnaWer . ess . As the right ct sovereignty or will is fnunded npun the mind it is the irtt tight tlvat should be cstabU < heQ upon these principler . But as the masses are still ignurant , intermediate er eliding measures of reform must be taken bp ihe intelligent Aw . Snch are now actually agitated by the National Seformert , bv pledging to vote for none but those who wiUsapport tbeir measures ; and thus b y holding the balance i" 2 tween parties , coni {> el the press and gu" . ernment todisi . 'xninate tlu-in . Tliou ^ h it is a perfect wrong to di \ szile sovtrei ^ n ' v ; . » vt , as ilie intelligent :

      lax can decide the balance , tbeie is aiuch power in tfte tsllot , ss ofiice is sought fur ou account uf the n ! ary a ; well as tbe principle . Uut mankind : * i ! l soon learn that legislation should be exeicis «< l \ y each man in proper i't'RSO . V , and trill organize into towttihip * and constitutionaJly establish themselves in their equal , individual and inalienable rights to sovereignty . Hie , labanr , d < Hiizia and products ; partaiie ia pr » scribing their rule <> f action : protect aad p » fjie- ' tuate eath other in their homesteads , and secure each ' - ctitter in the full amount of thi « ^ roduet of their labour . Thus every man will become bU o « lesislator , land , lord , ami employer . Every right will tn . lv be , n « de free—sovereignty , free—life , Jree—labour . * fr «—and prodscts . free . . ,

      riEiCKT Mrm or iuLmft 4 L science . ! n eompiring these views of the nature of rights t wiosgs , and remedies with Elavkstone ' s Comnientariw ' M tb * most laitbfu ' . rc-fleciiuti « f the jniiuiplts upoa which Uie present era of monoplcy is founded , there is a striking ecnisrajt . Hit whole dottriue is founded ujiud tte tvil jiriii < y . j , le * of inetju-jHiy , combimtioD , aaO in . alitnablenesi , as exhibiteii in ¦ graJaattd scale of il : is « cs , corporations , officm , professions , and cniploynient * . lnit ? adof representing sovereignty as exercitlble only by ( each man in person , he contends that it is vested in kings ,. lords , and certain con « itutional acts , and tbat the people I Wve onlva "rtsiduary right" in connection with the ! dtgraaing privilege of petiti . 11 and urajcr . i

      There are , howevtr , » setUs of jiioueer wiiteKcon- ' jiEually advasciuij upon each other in a truer know- j led ge of political stience . In our own Declaration of j Ind ependence , there U an advance by the expression j » an is endaned * hfc certain inalienable lights , that ] monff thete are liie , liberty , arid the pursuit of happi- j nets ; aUhoug u i ! . e two latter of these terms are too inde finite for ipetific names of rights , u % well as " equality , UDerty , safely , $ property " used in the French cou"isuBon of 1795 . Eqn » lity , as here shown , is a sufficiently ^ nite term for one of the properties of a right , bat not ora rr » b : . The term liberty should be used to designate ** e «« -ciee and enjoyment of every right . Safety is too ^ £ 0 " , * rA pnijitrt jr ihould on ' y b * allied to innnjmate

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      tbingB , and no : to the penonnl qualities of man b y sacrilegiously reducing them to chattels . Thus two of the great properti s of a right , « quslUy and inalienableness , have been gradually , bnt vaguely developed by such as R isscau and Jefferson , But it is George H . Evang who has developed them in definite and bald relief , and applied them to the well-defined risht of domain , which leads to all other rights . The remaining property of a right , individuality , the writer of this e » say hat developed ; but had been anticipated by Josiah Warren , supported by Thomas and Maria L . Varny . But he claims the application of thtra as the thre- constituent elements of a ri ght , to . all the right * , with . his improved classification , &c , of rights and wrongs upon Blackstone ' a . If this is the true nature of rights , Robert Own has erroneously ashamed that individuality of rights orprivat « property is the great evil , und by contrast that a comma lity of rights and property is the gn at remedy . Lewis Masqceiuer ,

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      MOVEMENTS OF THE WEEK . The only Foreign news of importance is that from Spain . The full detail we have given below of the doings of Queen Isabella , renders comment superfluous . It appears that the Government having been informed that Queen Christina intended to depart from Paris for Madrid on the 5 th of April , had decided that Her Majesty should not be permitted to re-enter Spain , and despatched to her in all baste General Manuel de la Concha , to dissuade her from undertaking the journey . It was even said , that if she persisted in that resolution General Concha was invested with full power to arrest her . The Gazette of the 8 th rontains two Roval

      Decrees , oueappointing the Duke de Valencia ( Narvaez ) Ambassador at Paris , instead of M . Martinez de la Rosa ; the other appointing M . de la Torre Ayllon , Envoy Extraordinary 10 the Court of Lisbon , instead of M . Gonzales-Bravo . An amnesty is talked of , to include Espartero , Van Halen , Ruize , and others . Accounts have been received from Lisbon to the 5 th , and from Oporto to the 8 th inst . No change of any consequence has taken place in the position of the belligerent parties . The great feature of the news is , that the Queen ' s cause was becoming still I more hopeless , and that its weakness was too pal-¦ pahle to he concealed .

      j Letters from Constantinople of the 27 th tilt , I annosnee that the Gr eek affair had made no pro-; gress since the last dates from thai capital . The ' question , it was believed , would produce serious : complications . : There have been arrivals from the United State ? , ; bringing rumours of battles , defeats of the Aineriicans , &c . j but no certain intelligence . Au insur-¦ wction had broken out at Venezuela .

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      Archbishop of G' nrdove , Patriarch of the Indies , hag also , it is Ik lieved , been relieved from the care of directing her Majesty ' s conscience and presiding over her nrivate devotions . That very useful friend of M , Bresson , Senor Arana , Intruductor of Ambassadors , and supreme despot ot the diplomatic box , has been , or is to he , turned to the right-about . His wif 8 will , no doubt , share the fate of her worthy husband . An officer of Halberdiers , named Melendes ! . has been dismissed . A new private secretary has L'een appointed to the Queen . It appears that , shortly after the Queen issued orders for the partial purifioation of her household , bv the dismissal of the Marchioness of Santa Cruz ,

      this wnrthv ladv and her champion , with the terrific name of Cumbres Altas , retreated to the private apartments of the King-Consort , to consult and condole with bis Majwty on the gloomy prospects b * , pre them . The Maiquesa was n ot long in convincing the weak-minded young man that , though Iho Queen was undoubtedly mistress < f her kingdom , aud had power to bring about Ministerial crises , and resolve them , dismiss her Cabinet , dissolve the Cortes , make peace and war , and decide , finally and irrevocably , on these and such like trifles , yet that the more important rule oftheohamberoiiaids , ladies ol honour , Ac , belonged exclusively to his Majesty—that the Queen might , according to the constitution , rule tbe nation , hot that the Kins was master of his house .

      The enemies of the Marchioness maliciously hint that her ladvship meant to be sarcastic in thus dehning the peculiar duties of his Majesty . However that may be . his Majesty admitted the soundness of her arguments , and declared he would protect her . He advised her , therefore , as well as the others who were in the same situation , to remain firm at their posts ; and , if the Queen reiterated her orders of dismissal , to say that they had received the King ' s instructions to continue as before in the performance of thiir duties . The Queen , in the meantime , was made acquainted with what was going on ; and , on passing through the ante-rooms , asked -shy these people Had not quitted the palace , as she had directed . The Marchioness declared , without much ceremony , that they were there in obedience to the lung ' s orders , and that there thev were determined to remain

      Notwithstanding her respect for royalty , it is reported that that lady 'tinted something abnutplots in which the Queen was concerned . * Plots ! ' exclaimed In r Majesty , 'it is you and younsthathavo been plotting nil your lives . It is you who are plotting , and in the KinR * 8 apartment . But we shall soon see who cotnmonds in my father ' s house . ' She then sent for the Ministers , who informed her tbat she was undoubtedly perfect nmtressof the palace , and at liberty to dismiss cr retain such of her attendants as sin ; thought proper . Thereupon ensued the sccnu which 1 noticed yestenlay , bttween M ;> z \ rredoand the Marque ? a , which , I am assured , wai one of much mure violence than what Idescrib ? d , at ) d which terminated in the exeunt ontnes . The King failed at the critical momeut to give an ex « np \ e crt the energy he had recommended , and his fair protegee was put to the door .

      Some few days before the last palace row , her Majesty asked the Marchioness of Santa Cruza to procure her a copy of Cortina ' s great speech in the Cortes , as she had beard a great deal about it . The Marchioness told her it was all nonsense , things about ' liberty , ' independence , ' and stuff of that kind , * nd so indecent as to be unfit for her Majesty ' s eye . ' Well , but I wish to see it . and read it , ' replied tbe Queen , ' because a certain friend of mine praised - i 5 3

      it much . ' Please your Majesty , ' said the bewildered Marchioness , ' it is all on mathematics , mensuration , and snch branches of science , so that your Majesty will not r « able to understand a woH of it . ' 'Ah ! ctnfess that you don't wish to give it to me —bnt look here , ' taking a small neat pamphlet from an ebony box ; ' a friend whom I esteem very much s ave it me two days ago . 1 have read every word of it , and what is m -re , I understand it well , and I think Cortina is quite right . '

      The Marchioness looked aghast . She retired to her room , called a meeting of the tawmUa , and announced the awful fact that the Queen must be mad , as she had taken to reading the speeches of the TVogresiata deputies ! A letter has been intercepted , I am assured , from Maria Christina to one of her confidants in Madrid , from which it would appear that the plot alluded to in my yesterday ' s letter was organized by her . ' Let tbat mad creature alone , ' she says ( speaking of her daughter ); ' give her play enough , she shall soon be made to see hr » w we will settle her . ' The ' settling her' can mean nothing except a repetition of the 7 th « f October affair . Fot this Mana Christina is capable ; but her late purchases in the French funds must have clipped her wings a little as tar as the ' sinews of

      war' are concerned ; and , if another revolution be meditated , that very disinterested , frank , and generous old gentleman Louis-Philippe , must 'down wita the dust' himself . Whether in his latter days he is capable of such generosity remains to be seen . Times , however , are gone by for 7 th of October affaire . Tlse people believe that the Queen is with them , and auainst the < amarii ! a , and the Queen seems to re 5 fur protection on the attachment of her people . No human being can tie more execrated , more loathed , except , indeed , it be Louis-Philippe , his minister , or ambassador , by the masses , than the Duchess de Rianzarcs ; and lain assured , by a man who knows Madrid well , that if any such ' a * tempt were made , £ 0 , 009 people , men , women and children , would fly to arms to protect the Queen against the camarilla .

      ' Que me dan por loca' said the Queen the 0 ' . heday , in answer to an insolent observation of one of the ' Archangels ruined '— ' Quc me dan por loca , ch ' — Veremos , xtr-emosquUttes nos /« oo « j « They say I ' m mad , do they ? Wait a wile ; we shall see who are the mad people . The joy « prea < l by these dismissals is groat indeci The people are delighted at the heavy blows struck at tbe wretched camarilla that actually kept the Queen captive . For the first time since the iliomeiiei ! return of her mother , in J 844 , the Queen is received with enthusiastic vivas by the populatum as she passes through the streets of Madrid . On

      Sunday la ^ t her Majesty walked on foot for an hour or two in the crowded promenade of A tocha . She was hai l ed with the most enthusiastic vivas . It would be difficult to paint her delight at this demonstration of the public joy . Notwithstanding the rather plain and inexpressive -character of her countenance , hti face became nbsolutel y agreeable , and her eyes beamed with pleasure . She returned home in an otien carriage , with her cousins , the daughters of Win Francisco de Paula , and her uncle , ' and was hailed in the same enthusiastic manne- as she drove along the Calle Alcala ; and the most unbounded

      joy was given expression to as she poached the Pucrta del Sol , and swept along the CaUe Mayor . She wont to the theatre the game ni » ht , and , as she entered thu royal box , the entire audience stood tip and saiuted her . The clapping of hands , waving of handkerchiefs , and shouts of Viva mv . nra joven Ueina ) Yitia utnsifa ll'ina ' . vnslilucioncil ! ' were again and again repe ited . The tears stood in the Queen ' s eves with delight . Yesterday she attended the bull-light . Site proceeded to the Plaza de Toros , abnnt '> o ' clock , injui open carriage , with her uncle by her side , lr ; t still uuaucompauivd by her husband , without escort , and with only one or two attendants on horseback , but not a sui « le soldier . S :: e was dressed as a Spanish w-rnan ought to be when going to the buU-fi-lit—a

      whitebl . tnde mantilla merely attached to theconib , and fallins over her shoulders ; and a small red rose in her hair was her only ornament . She enterod her box soon alter "> ' clock ; the performance had abend v begun . It was for a moment interrupted by the immense asuemblaue rising up and hurstinc forth into j one loud shout of 17 m Jet lldivt ! ' Vina ? a Ittina \ iJuiuritvcloiutlV On her return to tlie palace . 1 he j same eric ( it ' i ' ioa ' a llcimi Vonstitucimml ; ' l ' , V «! hi lleina iJbrel' hailed her as she drove along . Slu >' Uilly apprecsatcs the spontaneous , unbought effusions ' of popular enthusiasm ; and must now see the dif- j ference between it and the significant silence she everywhere mot with the whole time it was believed ' she afforded countenance to the intri gues of the ' ¦ wuiaviU'i .

      >| ) j : k r-u . \—niK . / ieex and tiik " Ai-osms "—the MOJ . KKY I . 0 UXT . j 1-aU'iy the usual cetomoiiy of washing the tVeUfj twelve poor persons representing the twelve apostles , took place at the Palace . The King operated 011 twelvf old men , as many female Apostles ( this ad < li- ! tiou does civdit to Spanish gallantry ) beitijr supplied : tor the tjueui . Her Majesty , accompanied by a Lady ' ot ' Honour ,, gorgeously attired , who carried a silver basin , sprinkled gome water over the loot or each wiinan , wiriinj ; it with a towel which she carried in

      Ler haud , » iu < then kissing it . She appeared stlitlie time much auiu « .-d at the part she was actini' . The King , on his side , a towel tied round his kins to i-ave his trowsers . pel fornii d the same duty for liis male disciples . Nothing could be fairer than this , ' hut the Kiri » appeared anything but delighted . Alter this operation , the twenty-four Apostles " sat down to ial )! e , to he waited on by their royal attendants . The ' < » uee « . t merely went through the form of putting the ; ¦ lilies on tuef « iWi'aiid ( Cariyinj themawar , which kUc ¦ did with a smaWie > s that would have tlone credit to !

      any l . tmdou w . iiter , only dropping one dial * ( spinach ; we thought ) which splashed the noble calves of an ! embroidered « rande us » M , patent oil £ Z " !™ l ?" ''" ' 'Possession , a feeling oil shame prevents bn assuming his title 1 mi-lit a . St aoiS , ' . ' ^! " " le - «» liam , a ? that ! the 1 < tuecn . who has a sood deal of drafter ; of her ! not-iesbtUie temptation < it adding the fetter " « 'i

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      to the name of Mon , bis title being CondudoMon ; Now though the simple word " Mon" is a sturdy emphatic monosyllable in itself , and has nothing to be laughed at , the word mom is irresistibly ludicrous particularly to those whohave enjoyed the advantage of seeing the wnvtky ex-Minister of Finance , and . ^ being interpreted , means nuthing Jnore nor less than monkoy ! " It is not , therefore , extraordinary tbat tho worth y son of I'elayo should be in no barte to exhibit his parchments . Count Monkey ! Ji done I l ' J

      GERMANY . According to the Augsburgh Gazette , fears had been entertained at Vienna of disturbances in couscquetwc of the high price of provisions , and on tho night of the 1 st of April the number of patrols bad been doubled , and the garrison ordered to be in readiness to turn out . Austria , says the Courrier Francais , threatens to secede from the Germanic Confederation should the iatter grant freedom of the prss to Germany . This w . » uld be a most fortunate event lor the confederation .

      M . Ronge . —A letter from Breslaw of ihe 3 rd . says :- "In the month of March , 1846 , M . Rongo was condemned to a month ' s imprisonment , for having pruached at Magdeburg without the permission of the authorities . It was thought that the rxecu . tion ot this condemnation had been abandoned by the government but such is not the fact . The day before y esterday M . Itonge received from the policu of Breslaw an injunction to undergo the sentence pronounced against him , and yesterday he rendered himself a prisoner . Upwards of 2 , 000 persons acenmpamed him on his passage , crying , ' Ronge f . r ever ! ' ' Religious liberty for ever ! ' But this

      demonstration gave rise to no disturbance , " SWITZERLAND . The Swiss journals have brought a manifesto by tho seven Catholic cantons , demonstrating against tho suppression of the convents , under the decree of the Grand Council uf Argau of lfth of January , 1841 . The almoBt undisguised menaces addressed by the League to its " faithful , dear brothers of the Con-! federation , " have excited a lively emotion in the { liberal e&ntons . We learn by the same journals , that j tho vote for the new constitution of Bale Town took 1 place on the 8 th . The number in its ' avour was 1 , 448 ' out of 1 , 027 .

      POLAND . Wausaw , March 29—The arrests of persons politically suspected still continue . Twelve citizens from the province have been lately brought to the citadel ot Warsaw , who , it is affirmed , have read a prohibited work . Some rigorous measures of the police have lately made travelling by railroad very difficult . Noi body can travel without a passport , even if he has only a few miles to go . Passengers on their arrival are ¦ often subject to personal examination , so that the

      i nolice may ascertain whether they have any-prohi-I bited publications . I An alarm of intended insurrection has been raised I at Lemberg . Precautions were taken there , an i at s Posen , to prevent the ruraouredjming . The misery in some parts of Galicia in extreme . Espionage has increased to a frightful extent . DistresB drives many a poor person to this infamous trade , which is highly remunerated . Formerly , tbe pay of spies at Cracow amounted to 9 , 000 florins annually ; . now . it is as much as 40 , 000 florins .

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      POLAND'S REGENERATION . The Democratic Committee for Poland ' s liegeneration acain assembled on Friday evening , April 9 : h , at the Chartist Assembly Rooms , Dean-street , Soho ; Ernest Jones , Esq ., in the chair . The following officers were unanimously re-elected . Ernest Jones , President ; Feargus O'Connor , Treasurer ; G . Julian Harney , Secretary ; T . M Wheeler , Sub-Treasurer ; and J . Moy , Financial Secretary . On the motion of Messrs Doyle and Worcell , a vote of thanks was unanimously awarded to the President . The following new members were elected " . —John Robertson , John West of Macclesfield , and Thomas WebbofStocknort .

      In the course of some conversation on financial matters , Mr G . W . Wheeler said tbe committee hat appealed to the country for pecuniary support . As he considered example should always accompany precept , he suggested that the committee should commence the subscription , he , therefore , would put down his shillinsi . This example was followed by several other members , and thesura of Beven shillings and sixpence was subscribed on the spot . The committee then adjourned . On Thursday evening , April 15 th , the committee re-assembled at the ab : ive room ? . In the absence b { the president , Mr J . Shaw was called to the chair . The secretary read a communication from Mr Smith of Glasgow , enclosing two » tiiilinj . » . The letter was received with much satisfaction . The Secretary brought up and read the " Address , ' given below . On the motion of Messrs Clark and Milno , the " Address" was adopted .

      On the ination of Messrs Clark and G . \ V . Wheeler , it was resolved that five hundred copies of the " | Annual Report" and " Address" just adopted be printed together , in a fonr-paged pamphlet , uniform with the pamphlets previously printed by the Committee , and that copies be sent to Lord Palmerston , the principal members ot" Parliament , the honorary members , and friends ol' the committee . The committee then adjourned to meet ayain on the first Wednesday in May .

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      THE DF . MOCRATIO COMMITTEE FOR POLAND ' S REGEiNERATION , TO THE PEOPLE OP GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . Friends , —We have placed before you ( in our annual report ) the exact position of this committee ; and at the same time have indicated the means by which you may make our mission a reality , productive uf unquestionable advantages to the Polish cause . It is for you to determine whether you will s ; i strengthen our hands as to enable in to perform the part , of efficient and successful workers in the cause of Poland ' s Regeneration . . The necessity for popular agitation to compel the British government to perform a part in relation to Poland worthy of the honour of this countryhas

      , been suffi « iently proved by the conduct uf the ministry and legislature on tlie occasion of the discussion of Mr Hume ' s resolutions respecting Cracow and the Russo-DutciiLoan . Mr Hume ' s resolutions , which weru published in this committee ' s '' Monthly Report" for March , denounced the contiscnticn ot Cracow as a " manifest violation of the treaty of Vienna ; " and after reciting the payments already made by this country on account of the Russu-Dutch roan , the lact that those payments had been undertaken in consideration of the general arrangements ot tho Congress of Vienna , which arrangement had been violated by Russia , concluded by declaring that '' the payments from this country should be henceforth suspended . "

      After three nights' discussion , the above resolutions were withdrawn by their mover , a step the propriety of which may be severely questioned . True there was a probability that had a division been ' taken the nvvjority . in obedience to the wishes of thi Ministry , would have voted the " previous question , " but if .-0 , the evil of such a decision would have CiUTK > d with it Us own correction . Had a "divu siun" taken place , the people of this country would have then known , accurately and completely the men who would dishonour England by pvoclaWm her vassalage to the Tsar . " They who are not wit h us are against us , " and the teuiporisers and fal . * e Jneuds ot IMsiiid should be repudiated with those dastards and woishippovs of despotism who avow tbeir admiration of the Autocrir . and his fellowtyrants .

      Mr Hume s resolutions were opposed by ministers on the ground that the Government had already protested agDinst tho annexation of Cracow , and that tiieiefore . it would be useless and undisnilied to pass resolutions on the subject , unless the House of Ccnnninris was determined to follow tip words by acts , I his Wlrut !; bnt the same objection applies to the niiiiisti'rial " protest . " If words are useless unless followed b y a decisive course of action , then , accordincto the Government ' s own . showing , Lord Palmmton ' s " protest" was a wretched farce . As rea . irda the payments made bv this country on araoUHt of the Runo-Dntclt loan , ministci ' s justified tie cntimiance of those pavments princ - ually w the ground that , to cease paying the mltni . sum ot ; i tew score thousand pounds yearly would be shabby notwithstanding that Russia had

      broken her share n ( the contract which , to j-ivtlic least , was intimately connected with these pavn-Vnts Ihe sum already paid , ami to be paid , is altogether not so paltry a sum . From the year tell } £ , the year l ; slo , b . n ! i inclusive , thesura paid amounts to "three millions tluee hundred ami seventv-tmir lliuusaud tour hundre d and seventy-nine pound * sterling . " The liquidation » . f the principal and interest of the remaining ( ia-. tofthc loan will require further annicl pavments Ironj the llritish trensurv till the year I ! U , > , amount-in : to " three millions nine hundred ami seventeen thousand one hundred andei-litvseveu pounds steriins , " making aii average jbreacii of the Hundred years ot seventy-two thousand nine hundred andsixteuu .-pounds , and the total a ? -ie !; ate jayment sevkn . miiu 4 , O . \ h TWO IIUNIIRKD ANU MNK 1 YUXE THOrSANH SIX IIU . NDRKH , \ . \ D S 1 XTY-J 1 X I'OIXD . S

      . MTKItUMi . Our rulers appear to be tlioruushly obtuse to th « something worse than " shabbiness , " " the gross wickedness of taldii" tJiese enovmous sums from the impoverished people of this country , to save the over Jl'jwiiiS touvisof the imperial piund . rcr of empires , who alone should be responsible for tlie debt duo tu vhe Dutch miDic y . juubers . . Ministers wero kindl y assisted by the arguments of Sif YWlham Moleswwth , the meek liberal M . P . for SOv'tUwark , who undertook to prove that tlie money paid by England ou behalf of Russia and Holland , \ "m paid on account of certain colonies seized Horn Holland , and retained by this coui . fiy . Tim explanation , if correct , only strengthens the argument « cli !» vc ever mftii H ained that the arr « np ? .

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      menta of 1815 ahout . t ta totally abrogated . If , some generation or two bwM , the English government deprived Holland ol hvr lawful pos ^ sions , and ultimately sancfcifietl the wrong by compelling Iloiland 0 accept a pecuniary vomponsatiun instead of returning tne stolen property , making that compensation nlLWr . ! * ? . * 1 ' ! l \ m ]! f 8 um Mtracted from the h ™» I le Liu ? ll ! th P ^ 'p le , who had no voice in SSfnfT' tllia do «« otmeBd . he matter for m add& 1 8 e 0 Utlt . ' y ; on «»• contrary , it forms nntin 5 ? rOaS ° " 0 V tlleir repudiation of the ^ i submit fr Cnt - lta Pl « « tfiat if the people < vill suomit to it , nenerations yet unborn will be plundered to pay this debt fur L , hSSf p „ .:. ^

      yne tnng , howevn- . \» pretty oertaii that hm 1 . ' ore the year 1915 . Kn « land will-he & or won S We hope and believe tlw latter . We hiive m faith ttatlon ^ le ^ . rtuttin . 0 thopcoalewill W . heir am again , and n so , we doubt nut that they will and Dutch money-tr-ffirkers ( supposing either then to exist , a very doubtful matter ) with a wi pe of the sponge . The leaders of the " ProtoctionisLs , " Lord Geor « e Bentmckand Mr Disraeli , signalised themselves by their rabid denunciations of the Poles and their disgusting laudation 0 Poland ' s oppressors . With an assurance that could have been produced only by a combination of the grossest ignorance and insolence Lord U . Bentinck read to the House of Commons what be called the revolutionary constitution of Poland . The document he read wasanactorsatiizmir

      ; he insurrection , in whin the penalties of martial law were necessarily included , liut this was no Constitution . The Cracow Manifesto , the precursor of the intended OitiiHtitution—proclaimed the nrinbrtta M -f . r «* rtternity , Justice and Mercy , S ™ S ^ nifesto Lord George Bentinok found i Iff . 'r , !?' , , ! ' 1 ^ i 0 - With unblushing etirontery ' hm lon ' ship" said : — Fmn « or «?' A "f "' " ^ than k the mild , the clement Emperor of Aurtrta ; 1 thunk tbe just King of Prussia ; and I thank also the E mperor of Hussia . I thank tho Three Powers that their too long forbearance has at last given way to the ' mercy of decision , ' and that they have smothered this d « u of revolutionists , who promised to keep Europe sont ' imaUy in hot water , whilst they were ruining theirown country , and disturbing the peace of their neighbours 1 "

      Well might the house resound with , derisive hughter , while listening to "his lordship . " We trust his words will be remembered . Lord G . Bentinck aspires to be tlie Prime Minister of this country ; it is well , therefore , that the Enaliah people should know lm true sentiments . The despotic sym-) athi * 8 of Lord 6 . Bentinck sufficiently exhibit the s : rt « f " Protection" the people may expect , should he and his party ever acquire power . Mr , Disraeli , not content with prostituting his talents to au elaborate justification of the faith-breakin ? acts of the objects of his iidmiration , the despotic d < j'poilm of Poland , descended to the pitiful memness of insulting the we ik and fallen . With " an assumed oblivionsness of historyhe insinuated that

      , Poland had produced no preat men . In reply , it may suffice to name Sobieski , Copernicus and Kosciu 8 ko , but we should add that these stand not alone , they are the representatives of warriors , philosophers and patriots , that may compare with , the truly great of any nation . It is not true that the struggles in Poland are the efforts mer .-ly of " a subverted aristocracy endeavouring to regain power . " The insurrection of Cracow was the work of men who earnestly desired the liberation and happinass of all classes ( if Poles , and their Manifesto faithfully represented the intent and object of the insurrection . Mr Disraeli ' s speech will not , however , injureany one hut himself . That speech stamps him the apologist of despotism and the enemy of progress .

      "' Tk true , 'tie pity , and pity ' tis 'tis true . " In accordance with the wishes of several Polish friends we here reprint the petition prepared by this committee , adopted at a public meeting , and presented by Mr T . S . Duncombe to tho House of Commons in the course of the debate on Mr Hume ' s resolutions : — To the Hcmowabk vhe Commons of Great Britain and Irelaivl , in Parliament assembled , — Sheweth : That despotic governments , foreign and hor . iile to the people of Poland , have by brute force and cruelty reduced the people of that country to a state of slave r and misery unexampled in the history of civilized nations .

      That this melanchol y fact has been rcpeaudly brought under the consideration of the British Parlianitnt . but without producing that energetic action on the part of the British Government in behalf of the l ' olish nation , which , in the opinion of your petitioners , justice demands . That the recent forcible annexation of Cracow to the Austrian empire was ., in the opinion of jour petitioners , so gross a violation of the treaty of Vienna as to render that treaty no longer binding upon the several states of Europe , _ That your petitioners must express their dissatisfaction at the courst taken by Her Ji :. j . > sty ' s advisers iu relation to th « confiscation of Cracow . When faithless powers , whose only trust is in brute force , have to te dealt with , it i « the opinion of your petitioners that acts , not words , should declare the will of this great nation

      That while vour petitioners desire the continuance of peace , they nev . rtheless ardentl y desire justice to the oppressed at any cost ; they , therefor * , earnestly pray your honourable House to address Her Majesty tlie Queen , that she will be pleased to direct her ministers to forthwith cease intercourse with the governments of Ru « i ;( . Austria , and Prussia , and to take , with the coneuvraice of Parliament , such otht-r steps as may be deemed most advisable towards en-uring the restoration of Poland to the full extent of her aucicnt boundaries , and scouring to the people of that country ihe full power to establish institutions indtptnflent of foreign control calculated to secure the rights and happiness of the entire Polish people . And your petitioners , &c , &c .

      It is upon the broad principles laid down in the above petition , that this Committee bases its agitation on behalf of Poland . The confiscation of Cracow and the payment of tribute to Russia , in the shap e it the Russo-Dutch loan , are questions of minor importance , compared with the great question of Po l and s right to independence as a nation . It we protest igain * fc the confiscation of Cracow , it is because we reuard that act as the crowning crime of the Jon ? list of atrocities perpetrated by Poland ' s assas 9 ins . M we protest against the payments made on account of the Russo-Duteh loan , it is because we

      hold our country to be dishonoured in payin ? tribute to , or on behalf ot' tho arch-onemv of libortv . If we riiuimd the British Parliament " that the Treaty ot Vienna has been utterly vio ' atcd by the despotisms we do so to remind the British government that thev have no longer any excuse for respecting a set of arrangements which have ever been odious to the people of tins country , as well as cruelly unjust to tie people ot Poland . In common witli the Poles themselves , we protest against all the wrongs of whicu Poland has boen the victim from 1772 to the present time .

      liie British government affect ? to found its tnroign policy upon the principle of" non interventi . m ; but the truth is . it interferes when it should let abne , And is quiescent when it should be active . Spam and Syria , and the Republics of the River 1 la'e , present notable instances of Hritish intervention—we regret to add not much to the credit of this country . At this moment , the government is about to interfere in the : iff lirs . of Portugal , for the purpose ot ' nv . iintnining a worthless Queen on the throne , in spite of the wi « hcs of the people of that cutintrv . In the case ot' Poland , action is held to be out " of the question . Why so f WJiv this distinction between Portugal and Poland ( Because in tlie case of Portugal , Hritish intervention is employed to protect ilnanflt mm ¦ ¦•• l . » . i < . n . * til . 1 . * despotism wheroas in Poland

      ; , , intervention could only be employed in favour of the people . It is this system of protecting kinss and queen * , awl " - ''it '"? against the people , which has brought so mtuli odmm upon England , the people of Him countrv suthirinu in character for the sins ol their arktocratfwil and H ' respoiHible rulers . A truly national go . vcrnment , a government really representin g the people ol Knglaiid , would leave the Portuguese to settle accounts with their rulers in the wuv thev deemed best ; at the same time , such a government would at once interfere to save Poland from further suffering , by compelling the cutthroat robbers who have despoiled her , to retire from their prey , leaving the 1 ohsh people to the enjoyment of the blessings of freedom iiml self-government .

      I hat the British Government will not take this just and honourable course is fully evident ; it is , therefore , necessary that the fricuds of Poland should unceasingly labour to pronmto that state of public opinion wliii-h will insure national action in tlie right direction whenever another Kuroucan struggle comes , or so soon as tlie liiitish people have acquired their own rights , and with those rights the consequent power « f controlling the \; ovevmncnt . Wo have spoken of another Kuropran struggle ; that struggle will certainly come , lhsj . ite the dreams of" permanent and universal peace" indulged in bv certain

      enthusiasts , that ini'leniiim U not yet nigh . On the one hand , the people are determined to be free on tiie other , the despots are determined to ' maintain their power ; " might makes right" is thd .-erewl ; they will , therefore , irse the force with wliich tliey arc armed to beat down the people War therefor * , sonner or later , is inevitable . The question is not . shall there be peace or war ? but whether tliU country shall take the * itU > of the rp . reworsor t J oppwwed ? The British people niurt decide . Vor ! i ^^ S ^ S ^^ sst ^ Kei ?^^

      nu -i in ' f . " th V le ! imaut : eof Km 1 «™ Europe must . and * , n marc . n onffai . Tlw g | . mesauure us that with or without the aid of . he wo king classes ot tins country the propaganda for louuuis l estoration will advance . It 1 » in the power 0 ! the people to stamp the movement with a tlcmooratic character and ensure that its end shall be me triumph ot democracy ; but it they regard the movement v . nkapath y ami short-sighted ptwijijice ,

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      tliiiii otltcr oUsse * ma > iulltienee its character , and it results may be less favourable to humanity . Let n one aupuose that tho question of Poland ' s regeneration is not intimately connected with the progress o £ popular power and freedom in this country , 'fh © " Cracow Manifesto" combines tho " People ' s Charter" with measures which would necessarily follow the enactment of the " Charter . " The propaganda of the " Manifesto" is the agitation of the " Charter ; " therefore , by giving a helping hand to our Polish brethren , we aid them in their struggle and at the same time advance our own cause : we win the fraternal affection of the people of other landg , Rn 4 pr-tve ourown worthiness of the freedom we aspire to . Forward , then , one and all ! " Froedom ' s battlo once bsgun , BequcAtU'd by bleeding sire to son , Thoush bsfikd oft , is ever won : "

      si gned ob behalf of the comraitce , Ebnbst Jonks , President . G . Juius llABXEt , S : c . London , April 15 ib , 1847 . ¦ ¦ ¦ —1 j —

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      Monday , April 12 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —lord 3 . Rusbeu gavfr notice for Thursday to move for leare to bring in a bill for the suppression of vagrancy in Ireland . Mr . iMB'jucnEUE again postponed his motion for leavd to bring in s bill for the rcclRmation of waste lands in Ireland , which stood in the ^ notice" paper for Tuesday to Tuesday next . Scrgeons and Patmasteks . —On motion that th » house go '" to Oonunittao of Supply ,

      Sir Howard Dopolas called the- attention of tho hont * to tbe case of medical officers , surgeon * , and paymasters of reglmentH , who had not been included in tbe warrant issued in Jul y , 1846 , with a vl . w to securing an "improved retirement" to all officers of the regimental staff . Mr Fox Macle thought thnt a much stronger case should be mado out to induce Die novecumcnt to depart from the warrant in question . The homo might roty upon it that the government would pa ; that attention to all officers connected with the service , which was consistent with the finances of the country . . After a few words from Mr Hume and Colouel Lindsay , the subject was dropped . Abm * Grievances . —On the motion that thb Speaker leave the chair ,

      Sir De La « Evans , after drawing the attention of the house to a comparison between tlie military and naval expenditure of Franco and that of this country , in . refutation of the assertions frequently made by Mr Hume and other . " , to the effect that this country was uanecensiiriiy extravagant in reference to these two services , and aftiT quoting Mr M Culloch , to show that it was erroneous to place the soldier and sailor in the category of non-productive persons , called attention to the Treasury regulation respecting ration stoppages in the colonies , to the propriety of amending the 72 nd ciause of the Mutiny Act , to the claims of old Peninsular officers who had sold their commission !! , to the medal to be granted for that war , ;> nd to a variety of other mat . ters connected with the service , and concluded by moving an address to her Majesty , praying that she might be graciously pleased to direct an Impartial inquiry into all these matters , with a view to the correction of tbe abuses connected with thorn , should such correction appear expedient .

      Mr Fox Maule would refrain from following the honourable and callant gentleman through tvU the topic * which he had introduced into his speech , and which compreheoded almost every species of complaint that bad ever been made in the bou « e in connection with the service . He would remind the honourable and gallant gentleman , however , that a vtry great deal had been re . cently done to improve the condition of every department of the army , and begged to suggest to him that it was inexpedient , whilst the Government was doing all that lay in its power , consistently with the financial state of the country , te place the urmy , in all its ranlss and grades , upon a better footing than heretofore , to ride a willing horse , i not to death , at least until he could jo no further . The eonvtrsatioB was continued by Colonel Lindsay , Mr Hume , and iMr Williams ; after which , the motion was withdrawn .

      Navt Estimates . —The House then went into Committee of Supply upon tho Navy Estimates , whereupon Mr Williams called the attention ef the committee and government to the inefficient state of man ; of tbe ships in the service , and inveighed against the yearlyincriasing estimntos for the naval departments , which he mainly attributed to the gross jobbing which took place in the docltyavJs , and to tlie extravagant expenditure ot which they were the scene . This gave riso to a lengthy debute , which ended in nothing . The estimates underwent discussion and were subsequently agreed to . The house then resumed , and the report was ordered to be received on Tuesday . The report on the Army Service Bill was then brought up and received . The bill to be read a third time oa Thursday . The other business was then disposed of , and tk « House aojourned at half . past one o ' clock . TUESDAY , April 13 .

      HOUSE OP COMMONS—The Speaker took the chair a . 4 o ' clocU . Government Scheme of Education . —Mr T . DuscoKBt gave notice , that on reading tho order of the day fora committee of supply , he should ruo » e that previous to any grunt of public money bung assented to by this house , for the purpose of carrying out the scheme optional education , us developed in the minutes of tbe Committee of Council on Education in August ani December last , which minutes have been presented to both honsfs of Parliament by command of her Majesty , a select committee bo appointed to inquire into the justice and expediency of such scheme , and its probable anuual cost ; also , to inquire whether the regulations attached thereto do not unduly increase the influence of the Crown , invade the constitutional functions of Parliament , and interfere with the religious csnvictious and the civil righto of her M ; i je $ t >' * subjects . The cummitbe to report tbeir opinion with the evidence to the house .

      Kegutbation of Yotee 8 , —Mr Waipoie moved for le : » ve to bring iu " a bill to amend the law for the n-g" " tration of persons entitled to vote in the election of members to serve in Parliament for England and Wales , pursuant to suggestions contained in the report of the committee on votes of electors . " The object of this till was to prevent the wholesale objections wliich hail been frequently uiaCein counties to voters possessing bom fide qualifications , and to give to such voters a right to remain on the register , without being exposed to frivolous and vexatious objections . He proposed materially to alter the raschinery of registration . First , he would give to those voters who had once proved their votes tbe

      privilege of remaining on the register , without being liable to these objections in future ; and if objections wtre wade , the objector shenlil he under tlie liability of a heavier penalty . The second object , which would be a great improvement , was to draw a distinction between objections vesting on merely technical grounds , « ad those which went to the merits of the qu ^ Hncaliou . Toe third object was to give to the revising barristers greater powers tlnu they now possessed of correcting and purifying the register . This bill was entirely in accordance with the suggestions of tlio committee of last year , except that their first suggestion h : id not been included . Leave was given to brine in tlie bill .

      Retail Beeu-uouses . —Mr Mcstz ntovtd for leave to bring in n bill to enable retail brewers iu tUcmiiland coumi « sto keepopen their houses til ) twelve oVlockat niglit , the same as the metropolitan retail brewers . He also presented a petition signed by between 700 and S 00 retail brewers or the midland covwitics in favour of the measure . These traders were of opinion that they mn unfairly dealt with in beinu obliged f . close their placeg of business at eleven « . ' clot-U at tight , instca-1 of at twelve o ' clock , when the licensed victuallers closed their lio ^ es . Tlie result was , that persons who were drinking in the houses of the retail brewers went to finiih the evening at the licensed victualler ? , aud paid the latter

      money which they ought to leave , with the former , ( Laughter . ) He could not see why the retail brewers of Londwn should have tlie privilege of keeping open an hour longer than their fcllow-trnders living in the large pro- ' vincial town * , ltwmaid the hours were later in tli « metropolis , but though this might "be the case as fur * s thn nobility and gentry were concerned , it did not apply to tlie working classes . For his o « h part , he thought the privilege of being allowed to sell beer given to the retail brewers in the tivst instance was an injury to tbe licensed victuallers , but win u tlie house , did give them that privilege lie could see no reason why the further right for wliich they now « ought should be refused to them .

      MrOEoKGK fluEVMM , as the lion , gentleman Ud stated his grounds tor introducing the bill so very MiorUy , l » wild be equally brief in the observations * hi , ) , be * ho « u oftwnpon it . lie iliuuglu U wa * hardly worth while to agree to the introduction of the bill , seeing tbat it would be impossible for him to consent to it , farther Fogress . The law of the 3 rd und 4 th of Victoria , chap , bl , hxe . l thvi-tt ptnods . luring which these becrsho | ' «_ for anch they wtre—< hcvi « - )_ mi sht be kept open , lie flidnot mean to throw auy reflection on them by calling them temhop , bewuw lu- believed that in Shiieheif * r » nd ¦

      several other huge towns the greater numbtr of them wtre respectabl y conJucti-d , but they were still of * class vti'y distinct from the houses k . pt by the licensed victuallers By the act which he had just mentioned , the tvtaih brewer * weve allowed in London , Westminster , and the metropolitan districts , to kuep upen their houses until twelve at night , i ,, | , c large towns tlmy could kepj'them open till eleven o ' clock , and iu the country until ten ci ' clock . The proportion ottlis lion , xtntleman was , tbat in nil ca&es where thsae persons were now allowed to keep their places of business » p >; n to eleven they hh-juld hereafter-keep them open until tivelvo o ' clock . He could

      see no reason Tor Uuturbing tlie existing arrangement in that manner . I'mUr the efficacy of the supervision of the metropolitan police , thu intension now allowed was not likely to be improperly exercised , and in Birmingham and some of the other large towns , the police he had no doubt wero very clncient . When the kon . geint . r « ai > , howtver , proposed 10 exten-1 hit bill to all towns ha » io « 50 , 00 ( 1 inhabitants or upwards , he ( Sir George Giv , \ fill it hi « duty to resist the motion , ana he should , therefor * . oppose the introduction o { the bill . MrMn . wtssid he should feel ft UU duty to tt . fce tU - * en » e of thehoute on tho <) 'n"stion . T ) : e Yo \ nt divided , when the numbers were—

      ^Fo Reign Melliijeme,

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      FRANCE . On the . lood question tbe Hfjonnc says : — " In all the neighbouring markets , without exception , which supply Paris , there has a $ ain been a considerable rise in wheat It varies frem 2 f . to 4 f per hectolitre . The supply was not sufficient at any place , even lor local consumption . Private purchasers were most eager , and the raiilers who had abstained from purchasing during the Jftst month could not obtain aay . At other markets , the growers , not conceiving a rise of 5 r " . to Of . per sack tote sufficient , carried away both wheat and samples . Such was i the case at On ' eans . At Provics a band of women I came irom the environs and vociferously quarrelled with the millers to obtain some loads oi-wheat . "

      : Letters from Paris state that " neverin the me-¦ mory ofmtn was a ^ pring more propitio us in France : than the present . " j The Laik Cons Riois . —The Patrk announces . tbat the council of ministers had deliberated durinc . three days on the fate of the three iudividuals con-. icted of « aurder during the corn riots at Bnzansiis , land capkally sentenced bv the Royal Court ol Cbateauroux . The order tb execute them was said i to have been forwarded on Friday to ChateaurourAj ' , the Minister of Justice . SFAIX . j lots © f res at auraiD—graxd kimi-ol'I op tiik camarilla !

      ; . ' ; ' ! j ; ; Queen Isabelh is going a-head . After har ' rag j kicked cjtit the Trench Cabinet , she has made a clean sweep of all its parlizans und accomplice * . It is _ not . often we trouble our readers wi : h ihe < ioin » s i of royalty , at home or abroad , but &etc ' ilo < riug from 1 the correspondence of the 77 t «« istoor ^ . d to be j omitted . Madrid has not witnessed suth fun lor . many a day .. j __ Madrid , April 4 th . —Nothing bat weeping , waii-, ing , and gnashing of teeth at the Royal Palace . Tho ; Marchioness oi Santa Cruz is in the uepih of tribula-• tion . Egana is bowid down by u grief that admits i not of consolation . And a sort of Master of the Uorse , cahallmze manor , who bears the awful name of High

      Tops or Cumbres-Allas , isfrantic * rith despair . They have been ; : li but ticked out of the palace . As is die generalenstom with tranquil persons intending to get rid of servants whose fidelty is more than suspected , quiet notiee was siven to the above worthy trio to pack up and be off , and make room for their betters . fl ; e Marquesa , though she had -some suspicious -of a calamity threatening her , yet never thought that the roun ? ( iueen v % ouM have had courage enough to 4 is-» nhs one whom sympathetic tusK'S and congenial liabitshad rendered so dear to Maria Christina , and was absolutely stunned when she-received the order to take herselfoff quietly by the dour , bhe tuclie < l « p her cowu , and harried tothe » r « uiid-flor ) raparimea 3 ts

      —the li . wir i « gions of the palace , where Egana ' s occupations so fitly keep him—to : mnomiee the awful tidings to the Rodin ( see i- Jr . if 7 > .-fii «) of the royal housetold , and ask for counsel . Alas . ' . Rodin had just received a similar message , and was actually making his way up tlie intricate aud . gloomy staircase to uuhosom himself to his faithful and faded friend . They met halt-way . * lam lost , ' shrieked the Marquesa . 'So a * a I , ' growled Spana . ' After all my services to be treated thus ' After my deeds ic the Congress — after having brought in Mon aud 5 'idal , to be thus turned , like Cain , on the wide world ! Wo : w «! If . won't end

      here—it won't end here . ' 'Where is ( Jumbres-AUas ? ' ' Where shouid he be but iu tbe stable ?' To the stable they glided , ami there they found the worthy official taking a last and heart-breaking farewell of ihe royal horses . ' You . too ' . ' cried the marchiooess . ' Yes , ' neighed tlie late Count < . f F . st-iu-Face ( runonrostro , ) ns « - . Marqu i s of High-Tops ' ( Cambres-Altas ) . Grief overcame the three ; and so bitter was the anguish that the very helpers wtre melted- ' We won ' t stand this , ' said the Marquesa . After some consultation it was decided that they should refuse to obey the notice to 'l"it , and struggle to the last .

      The Queen , after bavin ? given the order for the dismissal of the three worthies , lelt quite at ease , her spirits tranquil and her conscience satisfied , as one generally does after havit > e performed a meritorious act , and thought all was right . When the hour came yesterday for her nsual promenade , she wa 3 amazed , on passing to the antechamber , to 9 ee the Marchioness of Santu Cruz in the same place ; and , on inquiry , she was further informed thnt th * intendant of the palace , and the representative of the Royal Yahoos , were rebellious to her authority . Her Majesty entered her cabinet without sayinsi a . word . She sent for the lirst stray minister that eoiilU be laid hands « n . Mazurrcde and Salamanca were the first caught .

      ' 1 fcav p ordered tiiosc persons to be dismissed , ' said the ( iueen , ' and why are they still here ? In half an hour let the palace be cleared of them . ' ' To hear Ls to obey , ' answered the obese Mars of thu Spanish army . Egana , Cumbie « -Altas , and ( lie Marcliioaess , were summoned , and the oid < tr of the Queen communicated . The Marchioness , wlioee imagination recalled those delightful nights of card-playing and hot suppew with tie . Munozes , tin Jitudia , Tcresita , ««< the rest , wLeu Maria Christina was first enamoured of her gallaut guard .-mau , could not relinqu-slj , witliout a struggle , the last hope of seeing the revj . val , in some way or other , uf tlio * e nOtb-t ainhi - wun » -

      Siie refused stoutly to leave her po 3 t . The minister * insisted ; and thereupon commenced a scene of recritnination , of bitter reproach , aivi of violence , whuli , however it excited the parties affected , goseipers say , afforded the highest amusement to tlie young and royal persou moat intci-e * ted . All was in vain . " The Marehioiiess —who looked ierodously at ho- nails , and then venomously at the fat fact- oi Majun-edo , as if'Us longed to brjHg both into contact—the Master ot the Horse , and the Intendant , were , without more ado , ijected from the Royal Palace . In addition i « these dismissals , the Captain of the Halberdiers . Senor de Rubianes , han hcen also marched to the nclit-about .

      liie pardoning live condemned men , and the dts missal of the persons just mentioned , are acts as meritorious as Her Majesty could perform chirin » the last and most solemn woek ot Lent . It j s to lit ; hoped that Heaven will reward her . Notwithstanding her being the daughter of the niece of Louis I'iiiippe , and in spite of the bad example constantly belore her , these acts yet show tkat the youthful Isabella bus a sense ol ' tcctitudc and propriety , ar . 'l a generous instinct . IJOISO , COISO , G' » XE !—WHO WKAIiS TUB KREECIUlt ?—CJrRISIISA r » A nAGE ,. ISABELLA SOT SO MAD—M'DDKs I'OPOLARlIlf UK THE QUEEN . Madbid , Apri } «) tb .- 'i'be Q . yeeii ' a conte » sor , ( lie

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 17, 1847, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1414/page/7/