The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-29 00:00:00

seeks or

actions of of the ministers would have been shown urs before
all Europe. And when the organ ef such a governsh gent
presumes to stigmatise as a body of liars 18 Eugli
dolmen of unimpeachable character, and forming a highly re-
spected branch of the British service, it is difficult to suppress
a strong feeling of indignation. Among the
English resi-
dents in', Madrid there abut one feeling
Bayonne ae
It
outrage e
oanti insult to themselves and to their government.
is onf the many instances which the Spanish govern-
ment has recently given of the spirit by which
insults hea theyped upon
sre lc-
', tuated towards the English. The gross
our minister here I have already alluded to.
Considering these repeated demonstrations of hostile feel-
ing against the English by the government of Narvaez, and
the absolute power with which that person is at present in-
vested, the total absence of all British *hips of war from the
coast of Spain, which could afford protection to the many
English inhabitants of the principal ports in case of a revo-
lutionary outbreak, is a fact which demands serious conside-
ration. I b,lieve at Mr. ulwer has in his late destches
to Lord Pslmerstonth 13
drawn attension to this subject ; apand in
all probability a portion of the squadron under Sir Wm.
Parker, consisting of a frigate and a few brigs will be de-
tached, so that an English ship of war may t
be stationed at
Barcelona, another at Malaga, and anoth
A royal decree of some importance has been issued
through the Ministry of Finance. The vast amount of
arrears of taxes due to the Treasury is well known. The
decree forgives 70 per cent. of such arrears up to the end of
1843, provided the remaining 30 per cent. be paid in metal
before the lit of next July. Amara subsequent to the com-
mencement of 1844, will not be distrained
dayroe 30
per cent. be paid in metal before the same . Those of
the former class of debtors who do not pay the 30 pee cent.
will render themselves liable for the whole amount ; and the
latter, in the some ease will subject themselves to distress for
Ithe remaining 70 par cent.
Other decrees are published in the Gazelle, granting
Fulgosio, Captain General of Madrid, the grand crow of San
Fernando, and promoting to the rank of mariscal de campo,
the Brigadiers Calonge, Soigne:, and Le err rsendi.
The carnets web r Beanies, who haecently penetrated
through the Pyrenees from France, have
any bad a brush
c onse• with
the Queen's tresops, near Sagas, without result of
quence. datedttecl Idasgoret has issued a carlist pro-
clamation April 1, which contains no now feature.

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ta suffrages
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that which
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hwrih married,pni,
might
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position of being reunited by the
bt
the e princes, necessary
m
beeae
af havingreducedd advantages
being deplorabletaionbeetltteophs'are''.;
law, cannot be thought of ; Spain is deprived of the politiesl
tore hu-band of the Queeu m
princes ~ f the Seani.,h race, wheat no law, renunciation, ,the
treaty had deprived of their ultimate rights of successiona oe
the throne of Sp ,in, the choice of the Ctn. en (at least far
o
as the exclusion of the three sons of Don Carlos was in"opse
ration and force) csmir to le between the Duke of Cadiz op
e
Duke of Seville, and the C aunt Trapani. You know,thme
; alfruww:augraratilyiutisaapeoirot
fo'nnlidtinost amptjAinitv iw'l
a'
contributed,e egnymnhy.ailetnugli.rf,a.l°:f tiihyle ;nisi ,
and that of the Queen your daughter, I have eereteeil"7l,l
deary.eu
eu niece,
tthath..
quality as Spaniards, born and educated in Spain, gave
le lit ved them worthy of the Queen's and your choice falling
adlivu4ntUgyoue
them
mIl them.w
should prefer your own brother; you have even stated that
this preference had ofun been expressed by the Queen y
it depended on us, to; facilitate a Union which you sppenred
datuogydeshmitcriedaa,nudnduwthr, haiitnchtow we
as
ru
closec respects. parents
e tit.oh.hi
~a Butnsidhe
o ittiireh nue "eve: ifwithout
e
done
ti
to share
never entered
yourteo nt de
attention,
the idrnomtno
the
ugheon :
up:he
have
lute twiaoglnru,lcdcfy.
prince, an entire stronger to Spain,
of the Queen your daughter, or to transfer the
crown into a family other than its own. It is for the interest
of the crown, for yours, and for that of Spain, that I ie.
lonely repeet this counsel to you. leis not the less the interest
of France, which is so deeply interested in the greatness and
the prosperity of Spain, to preserve that lively fliend,hip
which has united the two countries to this day, which is
now so precious to both, and so necessary fur the mainte-
nance of the peace and repose of the world. I pray you, my
dear niece, to he my interpreter both with the Queen sae
the Infanta, your beloved daughters' in expressing to them,
on my behalf, me wishes for their happiness, and the affee-
-1 tionate friendship which I entertain for them from the
depths of my heart; and, for yourself, believe the sincerity
of the sentiments without ich I subscribe mesele my very
deer 'Ott, r and niece, yuMaierty's most affectionate bro-
ther anti wick, Louie Pewee&
TO HIS ?SSA ESTY THR KING OP THE TRENCH.
Madrid, June 23, 1846.—My yery dew Uncle,-1 re-
ceived yesterday, by M. Brrsson, the letter which your Ma-
jesty had the goodness to address to me, awed the 16th of
the prevent month. If, every time that I receive these
marks of your goodness, I feel the most lively satisfaction,
I cannot conceal from you, my dear uoc!e, that this, which
I have just received, his at this time proved to me a great
source of bittermes, because I perceived by your words
that your heart has been irritated and wounded by the
language and the controversy which has arisen in the differ-
ent journals, in consequence of the article wri'ten by my se
cretary, M. Rubio. lain motive in writing that article was
pure. He would never have written if a deputy (sic), who
has the fortune to approach you, and to be your minister,
had not dared to pronounce, in the Chamber of Deputies of
France, words which could be interpreted here in a sense
very unsatisiactnry to myself. You know, my dear un
was
cle,
the preference which welled given to mybrether Trapani
the result of the conferences at Eu; and it toss to this fact,
too well known, that M. MOO.> wished to refer, and not to
other matters, for he knows how to respect kings and royal
persons as a good and true Spaniard. You have had the
goodness; my dear uncle.verecell tome the different conversa-
tions we have had en Tamale respecting the marriage of my
daughter. Our hearts were there open. Your niece spoke
there with all the freedom that your goodness and friendship
permitted to her. Yes, I recollect, with sorrow, that it was
there I was made to perceive the utter impossibility of a
marriage between my daughter and one of the princes of
your family. In such a union I thought I could seethe
happiness of my Isabella ; and it was only her happiness and
that of Spain which I sought, and shall Peck, in her mar
riser. A prince who may render both Spain and my
daughter happy was, and is, my principle. If a Bourbon
combines these qualities, I prefer him; if not, I
should prefer another prince ; for it is my duty
to consider this question as a mother and as
as a
a
Spaniard. I doubt not that your excellent heart
father, and your love for France, will make you recognise
the justice of these sentiments in the heart of a mother
aud of a Spaniard ; and that you may be sure no other
interests, no hostile feelings, could make your rimsinterests,
act in the manner that it has been erelcaeouree to mak
edu-
e
you believe. A catholic prince, religious, moral,
cated, is what I desire for my Isabella, provided
she be content with the choice, for I do not conceive that a
as mother h the right to interfere with her daughter's
heart
free-
-1 dem in such circumstances. I appeal to your excellent
if I can do otherwise. You tell me in your letter that neither
you nor your government have ever had the thought of im-
posing anything either upon the Queen, upon Spain, or
myself ; and that it was in the way of advice for our interests,
' and for the interests of Spain and France, that you told me
that the marriage of my daughter should be with a Bourbon.
I shall be very happy if those interests can be conciliated, for
I yield to no one in • desire to see the two nations prosper,
always united. I thank your Majesty for the sentiments
you hays expressed towards my children, and I offer to you
their homage. Believe, my dear uncle, the affectionate sen-
timents with which I subecribe myself your most affectionate
and dutiful niece, MARIA. CHRISTINA.
LETTER TROY LOUIS PHILIPPE TO CaIERN CHRISTINA.
Nenilly, June 30,1816.—My very dear Sister and Niece,
—lf the publication of M. Rubio aroused painful feelings
within me, which I thought it as well to express to you, I
avow that I do not find in the letter I have just received
from your Majesty that satisfaction which 1 sought for. You
speak to me of ' the speeches of fd.Thiers as being called foe
some public explanations from your secretary. You alone
are, doubtless, able to form a jitigment on the necessity of
such explanations ; but I, in my turn, may find it strange
that, when it is a notorious fact that there is not the slightest
unison between me and M. Thiers, nor between him and my
government, which he is well known to oppose, we should
find ourselves exposed to assertions as false as those of
which I complained to you myself. But what weuld
you have me think to-day, my dear sister and
niece, when I find the following sentence in the
letter you have just addressed to me ? Yoe are
"
aware, my dear uncle, the preference given (glean
arait, result
donnee) to my brother Trapani was the
of the conferences held at En, anti it is to this too well-
known tact that M. Rubio alluded, and not,to other things;
for be knows how to respect kings and royal personages like a
good and true Spaniard. I must recall to your memory, as
the above sentence shows me that sour recollections
to Ennaar
quite complete and exact, that the preference given
brother, the Count of Trapani, bears a date much an' ins
to
at
the visit which the Queen of England deigned top sy me
Eu, and I may add that you know, or at least that you
ought not to have forgotten, that you manifested a desire for
Rik preference before the time when the King of Naples,
your brother, recognised your august daughter ; and that it
M i accordance with this desire, manifested by youra-
jWesty, n that we set on foot the negotiations at Naples, which
ended in that negotiation. I must also tell you, my dear
niece, that these friendly visits of the Queen of Eng-
land to Eu were by no means what are styled
conferences in diplomatic language; and although
the two Ministers of Foreign Affaircs, who
to were
u in
our suite, naturally took advantage of the occasion des
the political interest of the two countries, it is nevertheless
a well-known fact that no protocol, or any other notification
whatsoever, was made in consequence thereof to any other
power, and that assuredly the Spanish government did not
receive one from either of the two governments whose mi-
nisters met at Eu. But this supposition of conferences held
at Eu implies a still more etriking contradiction than all the
°there ; for if such confererce had really taken place it would
have consisted only of France and England,
naturally follow that it the preference given to Count Tra-
pani, or all other princes, descendants of
Philip v., coo
really the result of the coeferencee at EU, 'England would
have acted conjointly with Franco in this pretended coercion
exercised towards Spain, and your Majesty to im-
pose upon them, in favour of the Prime, your
brother, that preference which, according to M. Rubio,
has made you suffer a martyrio ter.sisiga But there
is another fact which bears upon the thi I "es_
to recall to your memory, namely, that when in our Moto
conversations I convinced you that, notwithstanding all our
affection for you and for the Queen your daughter, it wet
not amongst my sons that a husband for her was to be founhd,
your first thought fell very naturally upeu your brother, t r
Count D'Aquili, the elder brother of Could
q Trapani, oes
at it was onl when d'Auila bad declined
htlte
verturoes made yto him by the Count King of `Salk., coneformate
to your wishes, and long before his departum for th Breut
that the King of Naples, took upon himeelt to or
Uo,u;
Trapani of ur intentions respecting him. It is %beret!, ,
in vain, my dear niece, that i endeavour to make out wili
M. Rubio means by the " Solemne redo data so2.2st
el origen yel spay° de aquella candidature. 6
compowd his refutation of the speeches of M. Thiers,
~0
not Matticiently calculate the tearing of his insinnan eoe
coma,wl ia: lw
becauseish to all
oteislolo yout
oaPhoe es thiefo, het dwe ren sister.sM.
.t :is:
and of the serious embarrassments which he putef
impossibleou in endeavouring to exempt you from •elist
ova&
to deny, in a ciudidateship which _
so
Doi
happily, and I believe most unjustly, the ohject of
hS
definon ofour duties is very incomplete. p.,_7....r,-,
doubt, "as a mother and as a Spaniard," e or. ,te
willingly ; but be it expressly understoed that it tionie
luoniseneos'thihvoe'esq..sueeYdtoiaousatooefllstmhpeossissrde'mmaryiyd.agearejeifooorthieQuee' etonhgaltsosyelsbellaa:i_eti::ll.ga..:;
especielly as 's Queen:elether of the reieninsg etlair. :
Spain," and with due coneideration in their Mims t, o,‘:
the great interests which appertein to an *et
sotto
be rear
itneertanee. Marriages of this incur,. arch no oe
tsiaistedsoai.ssteprsis.thateo siumfopleicciressiivir,,,st
streooli and btaoility to het throne, be amine
marriage uf a Queen of SAM in litt'el°noweretullerti?grnhretteilulthov:.:osolttf:;;U;'.

shake its its foundations. Aod to proem
and validity, the choice of i
Quo▪ must bring and rally round her th
tothe of thos, nationsl man
to knowbetter than I do, but respectito
ion cannot have forgotten what you has
our frien what conversations. It is also i
isa tu what marriage
ge the stricted cc
Inyour letter apply, which appear to
e choice of a husband for your aug
hadear niece, I will tell you frankly
n I feel for you and yours tt
affection, on the other hand
feelings for the family. from whence
surd, and which is endearta to a
and
iina that it would be pr,•eisely as i
and an allied King. that 1 should us.,
Induce both parties to rejecou t
ld a
boon.cn
which, accoiding to me, w
what they would have vainly Hatt.
could hare obtained. It i, because 1
the sad om.equ,nccii which the 01110 R
future happines; of the Clacen your t
your family, aril, not the least, fir
Monarchy also, that I do not desire to
of my silence in a circumswistanched e `
tug
gra,
the contrary, I have gi
'solemnity that I can nttach to it, COitil
Believe always the sinceri• y of my roe
friendship which I bear towards you
beloved children that I love them tr
constant oljeet of my wishes and my
and the prosperity of Spain !—I. am,
ilic's, your Majesty's very affection
Louts PIiILIPVE.
TO HIS ILAJESIT TILE KING I

Majesty,—l hope that your Majei
stant devotion, if I venture to truu
but my heart, which is devoted to ye
mence the new year with pain, if I I
renewing to your Mnjeaty the sincer
animate me in praying tor your Ma
Deign to aceept, also, m,
hops sr .d the respects which, on ti
r,. and all my little family p
samef our tender and respectful a
ant prayers, and to for yourr an your dear f
an
be for you
trouble,
that any however small it
our eicellent heart, or sadden yi
off
for the happiness of all, but es
to the number of whom I am prow
dear uncle, these sentiments, diets
tender, and by gratitude the nu
Tdsjesty's hand, and subscribe lir'
affectionate and devoted Tieee,
TO MEE MAJESTY MAN
My dearest Sister and Niece,-
the kind sentare you have expres
of the new year. Be emoted th
the welfare of your Majesty are i
cert. You may also teat assured'
in your little family ; and I beg o
thanks to the Duke of Rignz.use
which you have conveyed to me
would be always delighted to se
Must say that I percave with 1
b
Spain is still prolonged; for
your experience, and of your nu
utility to the Queen, your Lam
Ming her husband, besieged
lances (lira itlements) of every
put to those crises, th.ne conti
can
devoted to thedn done
lule Queen and total
e!
the Cortes, which like these, no
action of revolutionary
ol
elemen
reign in the august househd c
never forget that theirs is the e
they follow, I will venture to i
vice, the example of their aged
and may they leave to Spain, as
ousregiaproles,which may cuari
of Spain against all the macbin
tea! I cannot conclude tali' le
well our new message is going
posed, and give us the utmol
aeu daughter tenderly ; we ha
may be assured that she has he
in Paris, complete success.-1
my dearest sister and niece, ye
brother and uncle, Louis Pin
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VENEZUELA.—Varicn
in on between General Mona
public, and General Pat's, an
aeries of despatches from the fi
minister of war at Caracas.
of particulars of mantas in
enemy, although Pees has not
he we found. According to tl
at length, however, to
the officer' of Monsgas, and
a novel incident in his career
hero of tile Apure. The cog
place at Camber°, near th
from the small town of
to the accrnint the troops of
thoae of Munoz 400 only. I
former were routed and "
fact nor the particulars, howl
of a despatch from Munoz, t
the day, but rest on the rent
deserter from race, and snot
mender Domingo Potence.
wants confirmation. A Ter:
last New York papera melt
chant just arrived from C
account with being a fabric,
torious, and in or about
short time will suffice to det
correct version of the affair

sir Robert Peel arri'
and bad the honour of Jo
The Right lion. Baronet
a visit to her Majesty and.
The Marchioness of
Queen, arrived at Osborn
The following order
James's Palace, Aiwa 29.
been commanded to anus
the drawing-ruums, and.]
Buckingham Palace, thni
sinus of giving encourag
the United Kingdom, ai
commercial depression,
British manufacture."
The Queen Dowal
Marlborough house, Pa
Majesty was attended
Howe, Bart of Denlngt
Bedford, Sir David Da
The Duke Bernard and
Edward and Prince li
Weimar, also armed at

A Cabinet Connci
Poreign-office : it was s
Lord Chancellor, the 1
Grey. Viscount Palmer
the Exchequer, the La
the Right lion. 11. 1
hours.
The Lord Mayor,
M.P., and Mr. Jones
John Russell yesterds;
street, to preseut an
upon the sufficiency
the 10th inst. for thl
Despatches were
the Colonial-office for
provinces.
Mr. John Thor
Stamps and Taxes, 1
Chancellor of the Ex.
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been the demise
stated, confem
on the Duke of Arm
knights of that and
Moray, was tilled up
kousie, the Goverco:

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Right Hon. R. EL,
Brooke, EA., Eijal
Tenor of Bombay
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velyan, rag., ASSil'
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Major Gen. .
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matter of comparative indifference. It may be a mans Thc
Inlit erprefso. cyliiiiiighdairzat iamneons'se
Pi d pe( reale; nCt'arYnieurfaeseu t(laraoifiese) hoiltd ms
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NAILS. to exercise a visible trade (occupational suffrage); or slob
The mule for New South Wales. Tan Dienthes use ssa New
Zealand will be made up on the evening of the let May. it may be his having received a certain amount of in- wo
Toe mad, re. the West Coast of Antos sad Madeira will be meek struction (educational suffrage). In our opinion one the
up ea the even nit of the Ist May. . and all of these would be found to give pretty nearly cat
The West India Mails, era Bermuda, Num% Henna%
Headman, New Orleans, yea Crua, Tampleo. and Porto 11505. and the saute amount of electors, and include pretty see
excluding those for hlaeleire, J3C115.1. Cartbagena, Santa limas."
Chegree, Panama, \Teat Coast of South America, and St. J11....1.- nearly the same individuals. Our preference would the
be decided by reference to their comparative simpli- rib
Nicaragua, will be made up on the morning of the 2ad May.
The overland mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Mends, city
Egypt., Aden, Ceylen, ladle, lieng.Kone, and Chum, via Southend.- and avoidance of chicane and expense in the
matter of registration. The great question is, after all, MI
we, will be made up on the more of the 3rd May.
The mails tor the Braxds, the Myer Plate, Monte Video, Pawn. IlOt so much what extension we ought to have as what ea
birc Bahia, Madeira, and Buenoe Ayres, will be mode up on the we can get; and provided the extension be real and lie
mews sr the 4th May. effective, we are little disposed to be critical on the lai
The mans for Brine. North America, sea the triimi Wales, it N,
will be made up ort the evening of the soh May. point where stops.
The overland dated null", ma Maremlice, to the Mediterranean, The de,gree of suffrage extension being de- ni
Egypt, nodes. Celli. lathe, lions-hong, dre., will be made up on the termined—the qualification for electors being re
•ftengotaci:lo: *YO to Llaben Madeira, Cadiz, and Gibraltar determined on—we see little further difficulty se
will be made up on the morning of the 3th May. e. in the way of union. That arising from the Ft
--------- respective preferences of the more timid and the si
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. radical reformers for triennial or annual parliaments m
The number of STAMPS issued by the authorities of the is more apparent than real. The favourers of annual ee
Stamp-othee, during 1547, to the parliaments in most cases cry for them because they e,
DAILY NEWS was .......... 3,447,009 think it makes them appear bold, thorough-going, re- jt
This, we believe, Li within eight per.cane. of the number formers, without having deliberately examined what s
Issued to the Morning Herald, Morning Chronicle, and their effect would be. The truth is that they would p
Morning Post, ALL Tin Tonelnita. render short parliaments entirely illusory. 'rhe num- a
In addition to thong
above, issued to the DAILY NEWS,
Morning Paper, there were issued for the Evening Edition, ber of keen,. active, indefatigable politicians is sodety v
THE EXPRESS 778,714 is comparatively few. An immense majority are con- e
tented with giving their assent to what the busy a
Which • more we believe, Man were issued either to
the Globe or Standard, Evening Papers. bustling politicians say and do. They soon tiro if /,
----------- too much work is exacted from them. Annual else- r
EaseromOur aitentian has been directed to a typographical tions would, after a few recurrences, so disgust them, c
error in the letter of Mao," published on Thursday., where the sub- with the trouble and worry, that the management i
Wren" et " 1." fcc " ''" ""*"'" 'l'7 m"l'' of '4""`"".mg gig? of elections would be left entirely in the hands of )
million, of pounds. The error in no way affects the subect,u t
. local cliques. A designing, self-seeking, politician I
eSiJti sal------- would find an easy seat for life secured with much
HMI wATEC AT LONDON BRIPOZ. less trouble under a system of annual elections than
T.. D.-31.aing.15 •0. pm. 10 , Ah...n.5.1.....510.
To-stossoir,-11.....2.7 wee.. ii: ariesses. e ...see le under one at which they recurred less frequently.
For the sake of ensuring an expression of the real
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voice of the public, it is desirable that while the par-
LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 29. liamentarY term of seven years, which, if it does not
r . guarantee irresponsibility, creates a sense of it
LEtCL,TEit has declared itself emphatically in equally dangerous, should be shortened, the dura-
favour of the attempt to efface the growing alienation tion of parliaments should not be so far abridged as
between the reformers of the middle and working to render elections a mere form. A fixed ter in of
classes by co-ope.ration fur further constitutional re- three yettrs would, we are convinced, be found to work
form. The sentiments expressed at the great meeting well, and it is that, in favour of which a great many
in that town, which was reported in the Express reformers have already declared themselves.
of ses erdas-, and the hearty concurrence in On the other points of complete electoral reform we
them expressed by Sir JOSHUA WALMALEY, in the see little chance of discrepancy. As to the necessity
letter to his constituents, which we publish this day, of the ballot all sincere reformers have long been I
allow that non-electors, electors, and representative are agreed; and if secret voting is to be a reality, a
aa one on this subject. Little doubt can now be modification of electoral districts and the abolition
I felt as to the views entertained by the provincial of all small constituencies are indispensable. As for
reformers of the urgent necessity of identifying the the property qualification of members, its non-exist-
legislature more entirely, in opinions, interests, and ence in Scotland, and its systematic evasion in other
feelings, with the people ; and the meeting which is parts of the United Kingdom, show it to be a farce.
about to be held in Middlesex will show that the
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same earnest aspirations after further reforms predo-
minate among the reformers in and around the A KIND of agitation is getting up in the columns
metropolis. of some of our contemporaries for altogether nullifying
We use the term reformers of the working classes the control of the committee of the Council of Educa-
in preference to chartists, because we believe the tion in repo stribution of the funds to national schools,
latter leads to much misconception. Universal suf- and of ring those schools, or at least all new
' huge is naturally desired by most of the politicians of ones, completely independent even of the protestant
the class who do not possess the electoral qualification laity, and dependent, not only in the matter of moral
prescribed by the Reform Act—by all that numerous and religious instruction, but in all matters, on thc
portion who have little or no hope of ever attaining clergy, and finally on the bishop of the diocese.
to it ; but as to the charter, we suspect that those whe There is perhaps no power or potentate in thee
adhere to it from study and conviction are a compa- realms whew irresponsible aathority is eyed with e
ratively limited number of the elite of the working much ill will and disa the bishop. W,
classs. niversal sffrage and annal prliaments commented the other day on the pprobation as
varying charate
havee beenU articles of theu political creedu of these classes and spirit of episcopal government and decision!
evr since the ressure which succeeded the close tending so much to discredit their wisdom andisi
of great European war tuade them reformers to terestedness. To give notd merely the management n e
a man. The charter was received favourably by them the clergy or of the religious tenets in schools, In
as embodying these two articles, but, further than also the control over what lay discipline and educi
to ascertain this, few of them had troubled their tion is given in national schools, to the bishop of tf
• heads with it. The charter was drawn up some ten diocese, would be an extension of irresponsible at
years ago by Mr. LOVETT, the late Mr. O'CONNELL, thority highly dangerous
erous to the to the welfare of
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and Mr. ROEBUCK, and received and adopted by a schools, and equally dang aof
number of leading radicals, both of the working and bishops. There axe malcontents enough amongst tl
k middle classes. It was prepared under the impression laity, even of the episcopal persuasion, tot render
that by presenting to the legislature and the public highly advisable to liberalise and relax, her tie
a definite and matured plan of further reform to tiglsten, the ligatures of episcopal j.urisdiction.
ight become a standard round which all The Committee of Council, in its minute of Novel
whom were dissatisfied with the short-comings of ber, 18 le, made the utmost concessions, and allow
: . the Reform Bill might ultimately be rallied. About the most ample latitude
school to episcopalt gl and
ave clericaltour
the time the charter was published with this view, diction over national s.
there were two entirele independent movements bishop the power of final decision ia all doubts a
making by the radicals in different districts. The differences respecting the moral as well as the I
Birmingham radicals, under Messrs. Meetee, SALT' ligious instruction and discipline of the fiche
COLLINS, &e., had declared iu favour of universal The rest, that is the lay education, is left to
suffrage, and appealed to the country at large for aid. decided by the local committee of manageme
• Mr. FEARGUS O'CONNOR had put himself at the head consisting of the clergy and other members cho
of a similar movement of which Leeds was the centre. by the subscribers. The chief se of the powe
The superior ability with which the charter was com- this committee lies no doubt in theexercimi nonation of
posed induced the radical leaders in the different local'- schoolmaster, who must be a member of the Chu
ties of England to accept it as their common manifesto of England. Now,the struggleevidently is, whether
—though we remember Mr. O'CoNeoe was violently appointment, with the whole control of lay educat
opposed to it at first. liutin tlae agitation which ensued, tantamounteventothesuppreasion of italtogether, s
its intelligent and well-informed authors soon found the not be vested in the bishop, leaving no control eitle
lead transferred to violent declaimers—many of them the subscribers or the central committee of educe:
recruits from the ()emelt and Reveen STEPUENS The latter only pretend to control by the grantir
anti-poor-law agitations—who, knowing little, and aid to such schools as its inspectors report we
caring less, about the charter, talked nothing but and the refusing it to those in which the spite
torches, blunderbusses, and pikes. The burning of education is illiberal, faulty, or remiss. It is.
the Bull-ring at Birmingham, and the insane attempt.. in this respect that the central. committee sec
of Frost at Merthyr Tydvd, were the rerlts; and desires control.
.And yet the high churchmen
il' throughout England chartism and physical force a clamour against the board, as if it
i ' became identical in the minds of the alarmed middle pursuing a stringent system of centralist
11 1 classes; and to this day too many of the loudest pro- and evoking the decision of all differ
fessing chartists will be found to sympathise with the from the bishop to themselves. If it were
advocates of physical force, and to know little of the would be but the transference lof decision on we
charter beyond the name. and non-religious matters of education from an
~, Keeping these things in mind, it must be obvious sponsible to a responsible authority, which we S
Il 1 - that the task of the dispassionate among the reformers think a grit advantage. But the board by no I
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1 of the working and middle classes, who are now seek- pretends to this. It merely objects to the a
ing to unite both in a common movement, ought not to parliamentary grant of money being absorber
i be set about as a negotiation how much of the charter the already large mass of episcopal patr
can be accepted by the former—how much
toncnceded and at the same time closing the door a
'.. by the latter. This would be sore to lead critical all introduction or increase of lay edu,
and polemical controversies, and such are always We By the vote of Inst session, parliament gave bie
to end in leaving both parties more irreconcileably new profession—that of public teacher. The
hardened in their own opinions. The business of the objection of the dissenters and the liberals
leaders in the new movement is to devise some plan creation was, that these teachers, when they be
of reform which would demonstrably tend to to the Church of England, would be affiliated
strengthen materially the popular interests in the clergy, would be given even a clerical grad
House of Commons and which is likely to receive a that they would be made to swell the ranks of
large adhesion both' fromaniongst the already enfran- pal servitors, instead el being the educational ft!
chised and the still unenfranchised classes. Such a plan, arks, paid and directed by the nation. The gore
adopted after mature reflection, and after duly feeling strenuously contradictedany such purpose or
the public pulse, ought to be launched upon its bility, and succeeded in carrying its bill so
own merits—as something that can be obtained the understanding that the independence of the
ii and is worth obtaining—without reference to master's profession was to be upheld. The high
any earlier plans of reform that may have men, however, seek already to annul this corn
i,l been brought before the public. Without asking any —to break through that fair and liberal tin crew
man to declare that it is an unexceptionable scheme and, in fact, what they propose is node
—without asking any man to alter his convictions of
than to keep up government grants, at
I the superiority of some other scheme in favour of them to the bedding of a system
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which he may aleady have declared—the public at luntary and uncontroled education. We
i large ought to bercalled upon to support it earnestly proposals to prevail, we need not say that
and energetically, as something attainable that cannot vitable result of them would be the very. cor
fail to be productive of tangible and extensive good. what churchmen seek, viz., the adnussic
ii The greatest difficulty will be found in fixing upon voluntary system of education. If goverr
a generallaccetabl qualification for the exercise of national control is
be to bo overnn
the elective franp
chisee . The gulf which the prevailing national aid must annulled tooannulled
~ The whol
organisation of manufacturing induatry has opened of public education falls to the ground; tin
between the capitalist and the operative classes, has waster is flung back to be the church cler
superinduced so much ignorance of the real hedge teacher, without a prospect or a p
chracter of the lattr, that muc timidity will and education relapses to a nullity, which is
ben found to prevail among the middle classes in times when all classes discuss and intim:
at the prospect of any Fred extension; and no social movements and political revolutions.
timid or petty extension will be worth the makin.
On the other hand, a not unnatural jealousy will -e__-----'----
disincline the unentranchised to listen to any lunita- MR. IitRKE ROCHE, the member for the
lion of the electoral privilege. That the unenfran- Cork, has published a short, but most s
chised classes have a power in the country is obvious letter calculated to produce much brothels
to every man who listens to the deference with the south of Ireland. For many years SI
which they are uniformly talked of in the legisla- has represented
an the
ancient county
house n u
an
po Ter
tore—who looks to the numerous measures pro- ciples. ea, d
pounded by legislators of all shades of opinion, with most extensive estates, the hon. member 1
a view to benefit or please them. And this power been ranked by the repeal party as or
they are perfectly aware they owe to their union—a trump cards. A zealous ally of O' Cost
union of which the common character of being non- haying very few sympathies with men o
electors is the great cement. They distrust any pro- rank and fortune in Irelend, Mr. Rome
posal to admit a portion of them onlY, within the been associated with estreme views in Ire
electol pale : those who are to be left-out lest their And so far as personal feeling and spect
interests should cease to be cared for; those who are to I sections go, it is very evident that he
be taken in lest the offer should be a rare to break repealer. He is not, however, resolved
up their union, and then continue their exclusion. 'or assist in plunging his country
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This natural jealousy can only be neutralised by an archy. On the contrary, with a
honest and fair support of such an extension of the highly creditable to him (in a letter,
suffrage s will cofer it upon a sufficient number of the this -day publish), he has torn the ma
working aclass on enable the sentiments and interests anarchists, and expesed in stinging la,
I of that class to be felt in the legislature to an extent selfishness and folly of the crazy mount
that, by checking th mere class views of those who try to goad the Irish into insurrectio,
at present constitutee the legislature exclusivsly, will bakes their wickedness, and in a mare
annihilate mere class legislation. If this be effected, claims himself a foe to the detestable ,
t t the attention paid to the interests of the class will dis- bowed by the revolutionary faction in
arm the personal discontent of the ambitious exc'hded will have no fraternisers either from
of dangerous consequences ; and will amply viridie,te America, and I will have no pike murrai
those who accept the compromise. Ash to
at
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to to succeed the potato rot
and to -. The t:.iankee is. 0
shall be the test of electoral capability, s a abandon 1
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