was at the prese postou to ult Late farms. Ireland, and to turn vat se slabem. therefore, persons #20 283 m. (5) 20¢j in improvements were met 201..6s that tenast right bo1 be secured by AW. The debate was a groed, ani autóh of April the second reading was carried by 145 to 20 March 28. Mr. Pankes subs itteni a resolution, expressing an opini at at the retirement of Mr. Srutt inn afforded a favourable opportunity for 250listing the Railway CommiSSION, and returning its functions to the Board of Trade, with bad little to do. what the free-trate measures had been carried. -The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that the formation f the Railway Board had been forced on the Government; its expenses had been 12.0001. a year; and, as its business had been increasing, Le did not think it would be possible to reduce the expense to any very considerable amount. But it was not the intention of Government to fill up the vacancy caused by Mr. Strutt's retirement. It was proposed to put some member of the Board of Trade as an unpaid commissioner, and thus the experiment would be tried whether the duties of the commission could not be performed at a diminished cost. - The .. PANE -Mr. Hime 4 up so large an ... 110cmeat thes for the army be The amendment was # 45. I: Committee on the JEWISH Apr 21 DISABILITIES B en classe 6, by which Jews are cicluded from the offices of Lord Cat: s to which and other Roman Caths are toel ble under the act of 1929. Sir H. Willingby moved the Or any of the f Doving words : ofer in the gift or appointment of her Majesty, her heirs or successors, to which the ap cintment or recommendation to any office or preforment whatever in the United Church of England and Ireland, or in the Churen of Secland, may belong." -Lord J. R.sed opposed this amendment, which was lost by 196 to 99.-Sir R. In is then moved an amendment to the effect that my Jow should be a judge of any of the curts of law, or a member This amendment of the Privy Cousel was lost by 203 to 94. The other clauses were agreed to without a division, and the bill was ordered to 4 24. Mr. yught for ward a resolution for the purpose of abolishing the distinction between the EPISCOPAL FUND and the Common Fund in the hands of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. An act was passed in 1836 providing that a portion of the revenue of the richer sees should be appropriated to the augmentation of the poorer bishoprics; another act was passed in 1840 which provided that certain episcopal funds should be applied to the increase of small livings; and by a third act, passed in 1841, a distinction was made between the two funds. Mr. Horsman's object in seeking to have them joined was to provide an increased number of working clergy in preference to new bishops.-Lord Ashley seconded the resolution, not from any desire to impede the creation of an additional body of bishops, but because he felt that, whilst additional bishops might be desirable, additional clergy were absolutely necessary. Sir G. Grey, without controverting any of the arguments of the mover or seconder, thought it unwise to adopt an abstract principle.-Sir R. H. Inglis thought it would be injudicious unadvisedly to amalgamate the two funds.Lord J. Russell found no fault with the resolution as an abstract proposition; but he was unwilling to agree to the resolution, for he did not know to what the Government or the House would stand pledged if it were carried. The motion was withdrawn. April 5. There was a short discussion and a division on Mr. S. Crawford's motion for the second reading of his TENANT-RIGHT Bill, which was rejected by a majority of 145 to 22. April 6. Mr. F. O'Connor moved an address to the Crown, praying her Majesty to extend her royal pardon to John Frost, Zephaniah Williams, and William Jones. -Mr. Wakley seconded the motion.--Sir G. Grey declared that, of all other offenders, those were the men that least deserved the sympathy of the House or of the country, and met the motion with a decided negative.-The House divided-For the motion, 23; against it, 91. April 7. Sir George Grey drew attention to the state of some portions of the United Kingdom in which all the limits of fair discussion were exceeded, and language indulged in of a seditious and even of a treasonable character. However unwilling to interfere with speeches or writings of an exciting character when not likely to prove mischievous, the Government could not close their eyes to the danger under existing circumstances of suffering such proceedings to continue as had marked the conduct of the Irish Confederation, and which had already sub jected some of its members to prosecution. The right hon. gentleman explained the nature of the law of treason, and the difference between that law in England and Ireland; the 36th of George the Third, which considerably enlarged and extended that law, never having been extended to the latter country. It was right that the law in both countries should be the same, and with some modification he proposed to extend it to Ireland, reducing the punishment in all cases, except those of imagining the death of or levying war against the Sovereign, to transportation for life, with a discretion in the judge to reduce such punishment to any shorter period not less than seven years. This law, so framed, was to be applicable to the whole of the United Kingdom. right hon. gentleman concluded by moving for leave to bring in a bill for the better security of the CROWN AND GOVERNMENT of the United Kingdom.-Mr. John O'Connell opposed the motion, as did Mr. Hume, but it was supported by Mr. M. J. O'Connell. The House divided.-For leave to bring in the bill, 83; against it, 24. The Sir Wm. Somerville moved the second reading of the LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND) Bill, with a view to refer it, at the request of several of the Irish members, to a select committee.-Sir Wm. Verner moved as an amendment that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Some further discussion ensued, but eventually the bill was read a second time, and referred to a select committee. April 10. Mr. F. O'Connor presented the "monster petition of the Chartists, praying for annual parliaments, universal suffrage, vote by ballot, equal electoral districts, no property qualification, and the payment of members. Lord J. Russell then moved the order of the day for the second reading of the CROWN AND GOVERNMENT SECURITY Bill. Mr. S. O'Brien rose, but not, as he said, for the purpose of opposing this bill on personal grounds. He was not to be put down by the proceedings which Lord J. Russell had directed against him, nor would the Government extinguish national feeling in Ireland by wholesale prosecutions. He professed his loyalty to the Queen, but not to the Government or to the Imperial Parliament; on the contrary, he would do all in his power to overthrow the one, and dissever the other. -Sir G. Grey had entertained some hope that Mr. O'Brien would have disavowed with that indignation which a loyal subject ought to feel the imputation cast upon his loyalty. What, then, was his pain and regret when he found Mr. S. O'Brien professing lip-service allegiance to his Sove Api 12. The crier fa into committie ca the CROWN AND G3VERNMENT SECURITY . biving bren real.—Mr. R. OGurne, M» EGGaur, Mr. G. T.mpion, and Mr. Home, renewed the opposit. 7. Te I was mably directed against the provision for punishing open and alvised speaking trason. - Lord J. Rumeil terminated the discussion by declaring his willingness that 'he clause sh uid only have a tempo)rary operation so far as regard. 1" opca and advised speaking." The Ilique then went into com rittee, and a discussion was continued un il the tour of six arrived, and the chair vacated. April 13. Mr. Thornely, as chairman of the committee on public petitions, presented a special report on the su'ject of the CHARTIST PETITION, from which it appeared that the number of signatures attached to it, instead of being 3,706,000 as stated by Mr. F. O'Connor, was only 1.975.496; that many of the consecutive sheets were all in the same handwriting, and names attached of distinguished individuals who could not be supposed to concur in its prayer. Amongst such H. the & her Majesty, in ica Rex-April 1st.' the Lim, & vanety of names ani pases wika, though the firm of signatures, and m * The sizler reported, the Cumwood schuurd ofrading the Huse, and the testy and the decency er own proveedings, by reporting. be added that they were SLATIONS Minning to do acman being. Mr. F G annur said he shoul: OnPri mute femree to vestigate the homer, and of the H ase st. Scatted that the petit a bad received the signa2 persons he would taken a very it time to produce a petita sered by diable or treble r ́—Mr. Ta ruely det-nded the 1 of the 1an satoa made by the is emploved for that purpose, and, therence to a previus statement of Mr. F @ Cottir, that the petinen weighed 5 toes, stated is weight was only 51 rat —Vr. Origiga begged tɔ afirm, withot fear of ec mare dintradiction, that tree and taken every pains that be no mistake on the subject. swa arvonice had been directed to matter trim the very moment the bia. member for Nottingham made the s statement that the petition was signed by five miles and a half of perOn investigating the matter he had ascertained that of every 100,000 signatures 8.20) were those of women. He di nxt wish to throw ridicule on the petition, but he did wish to throw ridicule ani clar en Mr. O'Connor, and he for one should say that he should never beleve that gentleman again.—Mr. F. O'Connor, atter again speaking, left the Hoase, and, from his declaration, that he would seek eisewhere an explanation of one of the pots at issue between him and Mr. Cripps, several members expressed an appretension that he intended hostile proceedings. A messenger was despatched to summon him to return, and he was subsequently ordered to be taken into custody by the Sergeant-at-Arms. On his reappearance, after an address from the Speaker, and mutual explanations between Mr. Cripps and Mr. O'Connor, the latter gentleman said, that, seeing the feeling of the House on the subject, he should abandon his motion on the matter of the petition, which stood for the following day. Mr. Fagan moved should, upon Tuesday mmittee to 17th a the House solve itself nsidera-les II. c. 7, entitled An Act for Provision of MINISTERS in Cities and Corporate Towns, and making the Church of St. Andrew's, in the suburbs of the city of Dublin, preservative for ever,' with the view to the repeal of so much thereof as relates to the provision of ministers in cities and corporate towns, and to provide from the ecclesiastical revenues of Ireland a substitute in lieu thereof." After some discussion, the House divided, and the numbers were -For the motion, 73; against it, 149. Mr. B. Cochrane moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the COUNTY COURTS Act in some particulars. The alterations which he would propose were, that no debtor should be imprisoned except in a gaol in which there was a debtors' side; and that the punishment for contempt should be limited to a fine of 21. --Sir G. Grey offered no opposition; and leave was given to bring in the bill. April 14. The CROWN AND GOVERNMENT SECURITY Bill was opposed by six divisions, of which the only one involving an important point was whether the words open and advised speaking "should be retained in the third clause. The numbers were-For the alteration of the clause, 79; against it, 188. April 17. On the reception of the report on the CROWN AND GOVERNMENT SECURITY Bill, the Attorney-General submitted a proviso that informations must be sworn within six days after the commission of the offence, and the magistrate's warrant issue within ten days from that period, which, after a debate, was carried by 142 to 30, majority 112. Several other amendments were moved by various members, but negatived or withdrawn. FRANCE. The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved that the House should go into committee to enable him to submit the following custom duties, in lieu of those now payable on the importation of copper ore, 1s. per ton; regulus of copper, 1s. per ton; old copper, fit only to be manufactured, 2s. 6d. per ton; unwrought copper, viz. in bricks or pigs, rose copper, and all cast copper, 2s. 6d. per ton; copper part wrought, viz. bars, rods, or ingots, hammered or raised, 2s. 6d. per ton; copper in plates, and copper coin, 28. 6d. per ton; pig and sheet lead, 2s. 6d. per ton.-Sir C. Lemon moved as an amendment," That a select committee be appointed to inquire into the effect of the existing duties on the importation and production of copper ores.' The House divided, and the numbers were-For going into committee, 102; for the amendment, 35. The House then resolved itself into committee, and the resolutions were agreed to. April 18. After another long debate, the CROWN AND GOVERNMENT SECURITY Bill was read a third time, upon a division of 295 in its favour to 40 against it. April 19. In committee on the GAME CERTIFICATE (Killing Hares) Bill, Mr. G. Berkeley moved that persons not having game certificates should not be permitted to kill hares with fire-arms, on the ground that it was unsafe to encourage the use of fire-arms by the lower orders. On a division the amendment was carried by 49 to 44. April 21. The Royal Assent was given to the CROWN AND GOVERNMENT SECURITY and various other Bills; after which the Lords adjourned to the 4th, and the Commons to the 1st of May. FOREIGN NEWS. In the early part of the month of April the Provisional Government has been chiefly occupied with receiving deputations, and the populace in planting innumerable "trees of liberty." On the 27th March the Italian Association went to the Hotel de Ville, when their President Mazzini read an address, offering and soliciting sympathy; as did a party of some hundred Spaniards, whose mouth-piece was Salas. M. Lamartine replied to both with courtesy but moderation. On the 3d April he gave audience to the Irish deputation. Mr. Smith O'Brien read the address of "the people of Ireland; " Mr. O'Gorman that of the trades of Dublin; and Mr. Meagher that of the inhabitants of Manchester: an address from Liverpool was also read. M. Lamartine replied to all in one speech. After expressing his sympathy for Ireland, he avowed that, not being at war with Great Britain, the Provisional Government could not hold out to the inhabitants of any portion of that United Kingdom promises of aid in any attempt to separate itself from the rest. On Sunday the 16th Paris was the scene of a very extraordinary demonstration, which seems to have been quite unexpected by the public, though foreseen and successfully provided against by the Government. The object was nothing less than to overthrow the Provisional Government, and to constitute for it another, consisting of Blanqui, Cabet, Raspuil, Leblanc, and other communists. To this end it was resolved to summon the trades of Paris and its envirors to asselbe at the Champ de Mars. The assem age comprised 12,00 15 000 men, under. It is said, the direction of M. B'anqui himself. Another party in the Champs Elysees is said to have been presile over by M. Chet. From those points they were to proceed to the Hotel de Ville to deasad the instant changes in the Government. Those who anticipated the attack of course adapted measures of repression, and accordingly the générale was besten in all quarters of Paris and in the banlieu early in the forenson, and with such effet that before twe've o'clock 60,000 National Guards were e centrated on the Hotel de Ville, and supported by some pieces of cannon. Along the Quays, the Boulevards, and the other principal streets on the north side of the river, were assembled 160,000 more, including 40,000 of the National Guard of the banlieu suburbs); and 20,000 of the National Guards Mobiles. When "The Trades" had arrived near to the Pont Neuf they found a dense mass of National Guards, who refused them permission to go further, and the plot was crushed without a blow being struck. On Tuesday there was again an alarm, but the tone of the National Guards had become firm; they assumed that they were the citizens of Paris, and boldly declared that no émeute or disturbance in their city should be committed with impunity. On Thursday the 20th a "Great Fete of Fraternity passed off satisfactorily. Upwar's of 250,000 armed men and more than 300,000 spectators were mixed together during seven or eight hours, without accident, and, one might almost say, without confusion- certainly without an instance of bad or unkind feeling. The Times correspondent thus concludes a long account of the fête :-- The National Guards under arms amounted to a full quarter of a million; the troops of the line to 15,000 or 20,000 men (who could be doubled in twenty-four hours). The utmost cordiality and good-humour prevailed. Still the recollection that there are Communistes and Terrorists and Exaltés will obtrude, and leave upon the mind the sad impression that strife is still possible. 'La Liberté' calculates that there are at least 100 clubs which meet nightly in Paris. Supposing that those clubs can each contain from 800 to 1,000 members, it would appear that 90,000 persons assemble in Paris every afternoon to discuss more or less seriously the destinies of France." SPAIN. An insurrection took place in Madrid on the 26th March, There was nothing unusual in the appearance of the city up to a late hour of the afternoon. The queen passed through the square at the Puerta del Sol at six o'clock, at which time there was no disturbance, but almost immediately after she had passed there was a simultaneous rising in several parts of the city. A well organised plan had been forme! to overthrow the ministry by means of an insurrectionary movement, in which it was expected that a considerable portion of the military would have actively or passively co-operated. The leaders of the movement having subsequently discovered that the troops were determined to resist, countermanded the orders they had given to the people. The latter, however, who had been wrought up to the highest pitch of excitement, declared that they were betrayed, and that they would fight even without leaders. They accordingly commenced erecting barricades, which were completed in an incredibly short space of time. Fighting continued without intermission until three o'clock in the morning, when the military were suc. cessful on all points, and a number of the insurgents were captured. Two hundred persons, civilians and military, are said to have been killed, and a vast number wounded. An English gentleman, named Whitwell, was mortally wounded on his way to an evening party. The Madrid Gazette of the 27th contained two decrees: the first suspending the constitution throughout the entire monarchy; the second commanding that the insurgents captured during the preceding night shall be forthwith tried by court-martial. The Captain-General published a bando commanding that all persons possessing arms should deliver them up to the authorities. Every day adds to the violence of Narvaez. Persons of all ranks and stations are daily sent out of Madrid on suspicions of conspiracy, and banished without trial. The Madrid mails of the 14th bring intelligence that the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier have been banished to Seville. |