THE NEWSPAPER. 





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[1844. 



the com- 

 Z-u^U, of •*>P er, . e f in ? f Yndeed the Government should 



^■T*5£«* iatter * who t n ? •W !r 



°? ,L acase to join Count Bomfim. In short, 

 10 8 " f the Government is extremely critical, and 

 «* *22i? is no longer considered an unimportant one. 

 ^c • ofWBen ^T t i 8 stated in a letter from Berlin of the 

 G * RllA u N1 prussian Government contemplates a treaty 



* ^^ with Portugal. The treaty with the Umted 



* €m ^Mit is supposed, come into operation in July. 

 ^ n uo in English and German, and not in French, 



11 ■ d ^Z been the case with treaties—We learn 

 •• ia r ^! e that the desire to invest capital in the Ger- 

 from C*** 1 . ^ thftt the ap pii cat ion for shares 



^^Ztd road from Cologne to Crefeld, for which 

 2 400000 Prussian crowns were required, amounted 



to 



Costoau, 



M. Von Haber 



ndereoing his sentence of six months' imprison- 

 vTn£ out of the late unfortunate duel with 



•W^OMVroins ; and for the road from Bonn to 

 T»» for "bich three millions and a half were wanted, 

 to Upfc.tions amounted to 18 million s, 

 * now undergoing 



^^^So^in the fortress of Babenhausen. 

 5l learn from Munich that the King of Bavaria has 

 Klkhed a decree, in virtue of which Protestant soldiers 

 £ to be no longer forced to be present at the service of 

 tk! Roman Catholic Church, or Catholic soldiers to 

 attend on the occasion of religious ceremonies in Pro- 

 testant churches. In cases of religious processions, how- 

 ever they are still to be called upon to form the line, that 

 fainc considered a service of public order, and not iden- 

 tifying them in any way with the religious character of 

 the proceediDgs.-Typhus and scarlet fever have been 

 raring with fearful violence for some weeks past at 

 Munich. The schleim fever, a species of influenza, has 

 «lso Bade its appearance there, and committed extensive 

 ravages. The Prince of Saxe Altenburgh has lost two of 

 his children, and seyeral other noble families are plunged 



in similar affliction. 

 Holland.— A remarkable]"event has just~occurred in 



this country. For many years after the revolution of 

 1830, by which Belgium was separated from Holland, the 

 large expenses to which the latter country was subjected, 

 obliged her to have recourse to annual loans. This excess 

 of expenditure was occasioned chiefly by the necessity of 

 providing for the punctual payment of the interest on the 

 public debt, as the whole burden of it fell upon Holland, 

 even for that portion for which Belgium was ultimately 

 to be responsible under the treaty which acknowledged 

 the independence of the latter kingdom. Since the final 

 adjustment of the debt between the two countries, Hol- 

 land has been seriously occupied with the re-establish- 

 ment of order in her finances, with the view of making 

 a permanent provision for the annual interest, and also 

 t reduction of her Five per. Cents, to a ratemore in 

 accordance with the diminished rate of interest 

 which money bears in the country. The chief 

 vesture proposed for this object was a property tax ; but 

 si that form of taxation was felt by the Government to 

 be objectionable in a country already so much burdened 

 by taxation, it was resolved to make an appeal to the 

 patriotic feelings of the nation, and the capitalists were 

 invited to subscribe voluntarily to a loan of 7,000,000 

 guilders m a Three per Cent, stock at par, which would 

 .Ornish the Government with such a sum of money as 

 would enable them to reduce the Five per Cents., and 

 supersede the necessity of a property tax. This appeal 

 J" been fully responded to, and the whole amount has 

 oeea subscribed. Even in Maestricht, and other towns 

 which have been declining ever since the separation from 

 »eigium, almost everybody has contributed, although they 

 »ouid not have been subject to the income tax. 



Italy.— There are no authentic accounts this week of 

 »7 importance connected with the movement in Italy. 



ilah k sons of the Austrian Admiral, Bandiera, were at 

 ^ where S. Mazzini, the chief of Young Italy, was 

 ^pecteo- from England. Sicily was in a disturbed state, 



»ent t 1Qary P recauti <>ns had been taken by Govern 

 * to prevent an outbreak. The Papal States are 



iafluen^r eC t n0U8 8tate ; and U is ^moured that several 

 •*bscribed bltanU ° f the northern provinces have 

 demandin \ m{e t0 tlie Austrian Ambassador at Rome, 

 feltro be u t H ^ Le S ations of Romagna and Monte- 

 P»7 to Romp I t0 L Tuscan y> those provinces engaging to 

 Cardinal* Ute for the support of the Pope and 



imposed unTiT^ t0 the amount of the taxes now 



Tunis is Ik °1 ^ ne dispute between Sardinia and 



Englani-^Th f t0 De arranged under the mediation of 



u Milan nn \k fourtn scientific congress is to take place 



»ri«inallwiL , , th September, instead of the 15tb, as 



^mblaVi ' and wiU conti aue for 12 days. The 



»* number f XpeCted t0 be exc eedingly numerous, from 



1 iatendin° . p€r ? ons whose names are already announced 



,,0 *ernmen? \°k P resent - The Lombardo-Venetian 



■fence of \n Munici P alit y> and the Academy of 



iiiiant r P rl ♦• are makin g every preparation to give a 



a ^menu w n \ t0 the * isitors - Amongst the various 



^and nanm u- are m COn templation for the occasion 



m ** custom ' and radng accordin S t0 ancient 

 >nza and Pavi *** 8 P oke a of, as well as excursions to 



'axRcg f~\ 

 3 "th ult ini r acconnt8 from Athens come down to 



io « the ■Vr.?« u,i 7\ 0n that da y Kin S ° th0 closed in 



**ed thl fn J?" ° lbe Natit >n a l Assembly, to which he 

 *** work ^ address :.-« I am rejoiced to see 

 ? htt <> a do e , Constit utionai Charter of Greece 

 r to teal it h» e *'k l P resent myself before you in 

 titution^.thL pr " cribe d oaths. I desire that the 

 11 aud the Ki **!! dnd indi88oluble tie between the 

 erit y of GrJ 18 DQ i? y P rodu( ' e and consolidate the 



recce. The task for which I have con- 





voked this National Assembly being fiuished, I declare it 

 to be closed." The capital was illuminated in the evening. 

 Turkey. — Accounts from Constantinople of the 27th 

 ult. state that the concession made by the Porte to the 

 British and French Ambassadors respecting relapsed 

 renegades was considered the most important diplomatic 

 achievement in the annals of Turkey, being the death- 

 blow to Ottoman fanaticism. Hardly had the question 

 been settled, than the Russian Minister addressed a note 

 to the Divan relative to the outrages committed by the 

 Albanians against the Christian population in the district 

 of Iscupe. The Russian diplomatist, it appears, assumed 

 a high tone in his communication, and gave orders to the 

 Captain of the brig of war in attendance on the embassy 

 not to fire the usual salute in honour of the Sultan, as he 

 passed by the ship on the 22d on his way to the mosque. 

 His Highness reviewed, on the 25th, at Scutari, about 

 15,000 troops of all arms, intended for Albania. Hussein 

 Pasha, the governor of Widdin, and the celebrated de- 

 stroyer of the Janissaries, had been summoned to Con- 

 stantinople, in order, it was believed, to take the chief 

 command of the army of operation in Albania. A portion 

 of the fleet had been equipped, and several light vessels 

 ordered to cruise on the coast of Albania, and co-operate 

 with the land forces in restoring peace and tranquillity in 



the country. 



United States. — The Royal mail steam-ship Cale- 

 donia arrived at Liverpool, on Monday, from Boston and 

 Halifax, which ports she left on the 1st and 4th inst. 

 respectively. The news is chiefly confined to the annexa- 

 tion of Texas and Oregon, and to the reduction of the 

 tariff. Two Texan envoys, Henderson and Van Zandt, 

 had arrived in Washington to conclude a treaty for the 

 annexation of that republic to the United States. This 

 however was supposed to be a scheme got up with elec- 

 tioneering views, and for the purpose of damaging both 

 Mr. Clay and Mr. Van Buren in those states where the 

 absorption of Texas and the Oregon are popular. The 

 friends of Texas assert, with the most perfect confidence, 

 that the American Senate will ratify the treaty ; adding, 

 asif,by "authority/' that, in the event of a refusal to 

 ratify, Texas will immediately cast herself into the arms of 

 Great Britain, where she will be promptly and cordially 

 received. In regard to the Oregon, the subject of its oc- 

 cupation is still discussed with some violence. A general 

 impression prevails that the United States has a title to 

 the territory up to the 49th degree of latitude, and that 

 no proposition which falls short of that degree will be ac- 

 cepted by the people. It was said that Mr. Pakenham 

 was instructed to give up the Oregon on condition of his 

 obtaining a modification of the tariff. General Porter, 

 who had filled some high offices in the State Legislatures, 

 had died at his residence, Niagara Falls, in his 71st year. 

 Advices had been received from Monte Video, twenty 

 days in advance of the previous news, but nothing is 

 stated except that the war between that Republic and Bu- 

 enos Ayres was still in statu quo, and nothing had oc- 

 curred indicative of a speedy change. 



Brazils. — By a recent arrival from Rio, of the 28th 

 Feb., we learn that there had been, just previously to the 

 packet's departure, a total change of Ministry, caused 

 by the Emperor's refusal to accede to the request of the 

 Prime Minister, Carneiro Leno, as to the removal of 

 Senhor Saturnino from the post of Inspector-General of 

 the Custom House. The present Ministry, formed 

 under Senhor Torres, is said to be more favourable to 

 the formation of a treaty with England than the former 

 one ; still the expectation of any early beneficial conclusion 

 was not over sanguine among the British residents. At 

 Rio Grande matters were quiet, but making slow progress 

 to a permanent re-establishment of order and peaceable 

 Government. The papers state as a proof of the encou- 

 ragement given to the slave trade in the Brazils, that ad- 

 joining the house at Rio, to which Captain Willis, of the 

 Frolic, had been carried for his recovery from the severe 

 wounds inflicted upon him on the 5th January, near San- 

 tos, by several ruffians engaged in the slave trade, there 

 exists an extensive "baracoon M for newly-landed negroes, 

 generally from 300 to 500, and at a few hundred yards 

 from thence two more baracoons, one for adults, and the 

 other for boys and girls. The two latter adjoin the Em- 

 peror's garden, surrounding a small bathing villa, where 

 both the Emperor and Empress repair frequently for sea- 

 bathing ! The baracoon for the children is secured from 

 theft by an immense quantity of broken glass placed con- 

 spicuously on the top of the Emperor's garden wall, an 

 open barred window actually looking into the baracoon, 

 where the slave children are seen grouped around from 

 the Emperor's gravel walk. Captain Willis is slowly re- 

 covering, but the wounds in his head still remain open, 

 and he is now at sick quarters. 



stated that on the 1st of January this year there were not I 

 than 60,000 British subjects domiciled in France, and 50,900 

 residing- there temporarily, or passing through it; and of these, 

 a very large number were debtors avoiding service of process 

 from their creditors.— The Bill was read a first time. 



Friday.— Messengers from the Commons brought up several 

 railway bills, which were read a first time. — The Earl of Rose- 

 bery presented a petion from Berwick-upon-Tweed, against the 

 Dissenters' Chapel Bill; also a petition in favour of the bill.— The 

 Earl of Radnor presented several petitions in favour of the same 

 measure. Petitions to the same effect were presented by Lord 

 Auckland, the Marquess of Normanby, and Lord Brougham. — The 

 Bishop of Exeter presented several petitions agar the bill, 

 and said he would oppose the bill if good reasons for passing it 

 Mere not brought forward by its supporters. The right rev. pTelate 

 also presented a petition from a body in Ireland, styled the Presby- 

 terian Church in Ireland. If the petition had come from a body so 

 styled in Scotland, he would not have objected to it; in Ireland 

 there was no Presbyterian Church recognised according to the canon 

 dated 1603, and which was promulgated in Ireland about thirty 

 years later.— Lord Gosford gave notice that on an early day he 

 would call attention to the state of public works in Ireland.— The 

 Marquess of NoRMAKBYgave notice- that on Monday he would call 

 attention to certain omissions in the papers recently laid on the 

 table relative to Gwalior. 



parliament. 



HOUSE OF LORDS. 



Tuesday.— The House of Peers resumed its sittings this day, 

 after the recess. — Lord Cottenham postponed the second reading 

 of the Debtor and Creditors' Bill to Monday next, at the request 

 of the Lord Chancellor.— On the motion of LordMoNTBAOLK, the 

 Forestalling, dec, Offences (Ireland) Bill was read a second time. 



Thursday.— Lord Normanby corrected a misapprehension of 

 what he had said on a previous evening respecting the appoint- 

 ment of Mr. O'Brien as stipendiary magistrate in Ireland. It had 

 tcone forth that his objection to that gentleman's transfer was 

 because he was unacquainted with the county to which he 

 had been sent, whereas his objection really was because Mr. 

 O'Brien was too much connected with that county.— Lord 

 Campbell brought in a bill to enable actions to be brought 

 into English Courts of Justice against British subjects residing 

 abroad, in cases in which the cause of action had arisen in this 

 country. He proposed that the process of the Courts here should 

 extend to all English subjects abroad; and that when notice of 

 action should be personally served in a foreign country, the 

 debtor should be liable to the action in like manner as if he had 

 been served within the jurisdiction of the Court. His Lordship 



HOUSE OF COMMONS. 

 Monday. -The House re-assembled this day, after the Easter 

 recess. New writs were moved for Huntingdon, Exeter, and 

 Woodstock, in the room of Sir F. Pollock, promoted to the Chief 

 Baronship of the Exchequer: Sir W. Follett, transferred from the 

 office of Solicitor-General to that of Attorney. General ; and Mr. 

 Thesiger, who has been appointed to succeed Sir W. Follett as 

 Solicitor- General.— Mr.WrsB asked that the second reading of the 

 Irish Franchise and Registration Bill, which was fixed for Friday, 

 should be postponed for a fortnight, in order to give the Irish 

 Members and their constituencies fuller time for its considera- 

 tion.— Sir R. Pkkl was strongly opposed to postponements, at it 

 wasted the earlier period of the session, »nd threw important 

 measures over till the close, when they either received hasty con- 

 sideration, or were abandoned. But, in order to e\ nice his de- 

 sire that full time should be given for the consideration of thie 

 measure, he consented to the postponement of the second read- 

 ing from Friday till a future day, of which notice will be given.— 

 On the motion that the House should go into committee of sup- 

 ply, Mr. M. Gibson called attention to a petition irom Manches- 

 ter, presented on the 1st April last, complaining of inconve- 

 niences endured by the mercantile community of that town from 

 the Post-office arrangements.— Sir G. Clerk stated that the Post- 

 office authorities were anxious to remove the grievances com- 

 plained of, but were impeded by obstacles in their arrangements 

 with the railway companies.-Mr. M.Philips, Dr. Bowhino, and 

 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, added some observations on 

 the subject, the latter intimating that Manchester, with a little 

 patience, may ultimately obtain what it wanted, without com- 

 pelling the Government to submit to the exorbitant terms de- 

 manded by the railway companies.-Sir R. Peel added, that the 

 railway companies would best promote their own interests by 

 showing a disposition to give every facility, on fair terms, for the 

 conveyance of letters.— The subject, after some further conver- 

 sation, dropped.— Sir R. H. Inolis asked if the Government were 

 contemplating any measure on the subject of parochial asaeaa- 

 ments.-Sir J. Graham replied that the intended amendments of 

 the Poor-law, especially on the law of settlement, would neces- 

 sarily involve, as a consequence, an amendment of the law rela- 

 tive to parochial assessment. If, therefore, at some future time, 

 he had the honour to fill the situation he now occupied, it would 

 be his duty to submit such a measure to the House.-Tne House 

 went into committee of supply, and several votes were agreed to. 

 -On the vote of 59,350*. for salaries and expenses of officers of 

 both Houses of Parliament, Mr. Hume moved the reduction of 

 the vote by 15,000*., being the sum demanded by the House ^oi 

 Lords for their proportion of the public funds. He said his reason 

 for refusing them the sum required was, because their Lordsnipj 

 will not condescend to furnish their bill, item by item, to the 

 Lower House. For the full vote, 69 ; for Mr. Hume's curtailment, 

 13 • majority, 56.— On the vote for the salaries and expenses or: 

 the Exchequer department, Col. Sibtiiorp gave notice, on some 

 future day, to move an address to the Crown to remove, aa 

 speedily as possible, Lord Monteaglefrom the Cornptrollership 0C 

 the Exchequer. He should claim this saving to the public on the 

 ground that a more useless office, and a more useless person to 

 fill it, never existed.-On the vote for 15/4/. for Queen's plates to 

 be run for in Ireland, ftfr.Wtl4.lAMa objected to it on the *" ™ u » 

 plea that horse-racing encouraged gambling and jm™*"™^ "} 

 that country. On a division there were -.-For the vote, 45; against 

 it, 13; majority, 32.— The Chairman having reported progress, 



obtained leave to sit ag*in on Friday. r--. = »»r 



Tuesday.-ln answer to Mr. W. O. Stanley, Sir J. Grahaic 

 stated that he had taken measures to have the }ate disgraceful 

 state of the prison of the Court of Requests in Birmingham 

 changed, so that it was now regulated in a » a » ne ^* rf "f!25 

 to the Mayor and Recorder of the borough.-Mr \*ysb moved 

 for a return of the names, offices, places of birth, paries, and 

 ages of all persons holding offices la the Customa, Excise, an d 

 Post-office departments of the United Kingdom, with the : dates 

 of their appointment, and present location, his object being to 

 show that Ireland had not a fair share of offic.al Patronage - 

 Sir R. Pekl decidedly objected to the production of "cse yoin- 

 minous returns. It was objected to by Mr. W yse that t he ^Post- 

 master-General in Ireland was not an Irishman; true, but tne 

 Postmaster-General in Scotland was an Irishman. ^» *«°» ™ 

 head of the Irish police was said not to be an ^^"i.^X 

 very last time he had appointments connected » ith he pohce 

 force in England to dispose of, they were two m " un ^ e r r ' c ° n J 

 f,rred on Irishmen. Look to the unite* eervi ce; S ir » ugh 

 Goueh. lately appointed Commander-in-Chief in India, was an 

 Sfman a' to'the return called for, there were no less > than 

 22 000 individuals connected with the various public depart- 

 ments of the Customs, Excise, and Post-office; and what 

 member of the House would venture to move that such 

 returns if granted, should be printed i He protested against the 

 aturdity o g f an inquisition into the nativities of individuals who 

 were subjects of the same united empire, and which, if gone into, 

 would onlv perpetuate angry feelings.-Mr. French supported the 



motion.— Mr. Hijib objected to it, as keeping up a useless feeling 

 of nationality; but thought that, without reference to places of 

 birth there should be lists of every individual receiving public 

 pay, 'for the public information.— Sir C. Napibb was of opinion 

 that', in public appointments, the question was not whether the 

 individual were English, Scotch, or Irish, but who had the most 

 interest.— Mr. Wabbcbtov, thought that a list of applicants, 

 rather than of successful candidates, would be the most useful 

 return-— Sir R. Pebl remarked that in that case the objection 

 would apply with tenfold force, in proportion to the number of 

 applicants.— Mr. Wysb, after a few remarks, suffered his motion 

 to be negatived without a division.— Mr. Wysb then moved for » 

 return of the amount of Irish income which is assessed to the 

 property-tax in Great Britain, distinguishing the amount charged 

 under each schedule ; hut he withdrew it on the intimation by 

 Sir R. Peel that there were no official means of granting it.— Mr. 

 Alderman Copbland next moved for various returns conn f^7 

 with the working of the Anatomy Act, which he consiaereu 

 to have been injurious in its operation. — air **f natam » 

 ham objected to the motion. The schools of ^ana jr 

 were sufficiently and regularly supplied; al •„ " n t ha^ the 

 public decency were avoided ; and it was his °P'"'° nroductioIl 

 greatest possible inconvenience would arise ^J^MttrloTe 

 of the reports to which the ^^"^^Mr. Hcmk brought 

 conversation the motion was wiihura wo. , aD ., robat ioa 



forward a resolution pledging the House to a formal approDauou 





