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IMPERIAL PARL IA MEN T.
PI ol> SE OF LORDS, April 6.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY. in the absence of
the Lord Chancellor, took his seat on the Woolsack at
Five o'clock.
SCOTTISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
The Marquis of BREADALBANE presented a pe-
tition from Glasgow, in favour of this line of railway.
He also presented a petition from the Presbytery of the
Free Church of Biggar, in Lanarkshire, complaining of
the proceedings of the labourers employtd on railways
in that neighbourhood, and the desecration of the Sab-
bath. The petitioners prayed for an investigation.
THE POLISH_ INSURRECTION.
Lord BEAUMONT' said that he had given notice to
the Noble Earl the Secretary for Foreign /Xi-fairs that it
was his intention to put a question to him to-day, and he
understood from hits/ that he had no ob,ection to his doing
so. The question that. he intended to put to the Noble
Earl regarded recent events in the provinces of the
Austrian ,mpire. In putting that question, he should
tint rip;,l(lai,e to their Lordships for bringing it before
them, nor cif old lie pause to ask them to reflect
whether there was combination, any treaty. or
any international eibtom which gave him the
privileg,. it br eging the subject liefotss tlieni in that
place. lie claimed tit,: privilege and the to
t,ti
udcs,:,)
on far hiel:r gretiti:s ; e,.. claird it 411 tie get u
he believed that all European stases had entered into
,
rocit advsir:e rlvotod,lott. t;,.; to
Arrest the continuation el any bat Larouf; oust:~ttl or
which ftw! cAl:;.ceo in Europe. ,A re-
volution Irad recently occurred in some of the Ans-
(riati provinces, IA-1)(.12 most depinre.---(1Icar)
The subject he did refer to was the practice they had theie
established of creating a kind of servile war, by the authorities
encouraging the peasantry to ise against their masters. A
series of !wholesale slaughter against their lords and masters
had been the consequence, and he found that in the province
of Galicia, at the instigation of the Prefect of 'farrow, the
peasantry, and even the very serfs, had advanced
furdvaneeevderavghlai
ans,t,
theytcir
lords, and in the expectation of a reward
had committed murders by wholesale, and castles bad been
wasted. Now he might be required to give his authority for
those statements. At. the present moment he confessed they
were ioutided on private letters. anti on the public statements
contained in twenty or thirty of the continental journals. Bu'
there existed no doubt on the minds of any person who had at-
tended to the subject, that the eases thus put forward had not
been exaggerated, and with their Lordships' permission he
would read a short extract from one of those letters. It was
published in the Journal des Debuts, a journal which he
scarcely need remind their Lordships, admitted no statement
of this character until it had taken measures to ascertain
whether it were correct or not. It stated that in the third circle,
one of the most dense in the whole province, there was scarcely
a single landed proprietor to be found—their
lives had been taken, or they had been
compelled to flee, leaving their houses to be pillaged. The
writer thee went on to mention the names of these who suf-
fered. He proceeded subsequently to state, that in some
places the peasantry hail proceeded with certain fermi, which
seemed to show that they had been tutored for the purpose.
When they presented themselves before the chateau of —,
they told the proprietor to come out ; and when he, who had
been a father to the district, did so. they told him to prepare
to die. He asked time to fulfil the duties of a Christian, to
which they assented, anti after he had confessed to the priest,
they killed him with blows from pikes and poniards. They
then assailed the chateau of the Countess —, and murdered
her brother, her mother in-law, and other relations. She
darkened her children's faces with soot, dressed them in mean
clothes, anti concealed them in a loft. She managed to escape,
and,ind herself tn a wine-shop. They forced her thence, and
then committed on this young and fair woman, the most infa-
mous of all offences. They afterwards, when she was insensible
threw her into a ditch, where she was found by an Austrian offi-
cer. He has found similar scenes repeated in different journals,
he could not, therefore, consider that they were altogether nn
founded. He had looked in several papers on the oth' r
side, to see if there had been any instance of the parties beires,-
punished, or whether the Government had disapproved of this
conduct or no. He had found instead a proclamation encou-
raging this state of things, and he did not think that such
language, a: had been used in these proclamations should be
addressed to troops who had acted in that manner. He would
ask if they had received any information as to the truth of
what bad taken place in Austria; and if so, whether they
have taken any means to let them know the pain ani disap-
proval with which these things have been viewed by this
country.
The Earl of ABERDEEN would be happy to give the
Noble Lord the information he might require upon this or any
other subject. In the present case, the multitude of asser-
tions, and the contradictory statements were such that it was
very difficult precisely to state what was the truth or falsehood.
The subject was one in which this country was not directly
concerned, neither were British subjects or British interests
effected by the events, whether true or false. With re-
ference to the accusation, that the Austrian authorities had
excited the peasantry of Galicia against the propietors of land.
He had the happiness for a great many years to live on terms of
intimacy and friendship with the eminent person by whom the
Administration was represented in this country, and he, could
only say that he felt certain that policy of that kind was as
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in Galicia had always been the friend of the peasantry ; to
them the peasantry had always looked for protection. It
was now seventy or eighty years since the province of Galicia
came under the Austrian dominion., and he believed that
during that time the condition of 'the peasantry had been
improved by the reformsintroduced by the Austrian Government.
During the time of Joseph 11., and his predecessor, their con-
dition was greatly improved compared with their condition in
life whew they ascended the throne, and, therefore, it was na-
tural that they should apreeiate all the advantages of their
form of Government.—that they should enjoy everything
that was liberal, humane, and considerate which prevailed
under their sway. Was it not natural, then, that they should
feel that loyalty and attachment to the Government to which
the Noble Lord had referred in his address? He
of Aberdeen) had, however, very little information
subject beyond that possessedb.thoenirLordsheir._
did not think it was incumbent h did not think Besides,
he
of states, situated as Austria wasia.esty,s
Charge de Affairs in
was the duty of this country to intaetrtfeh!rmeeTpnretsbeentadmmomineisntLatitAin
revolt had broken out, an.d
time,hetroN
no doubt, sent him ac-
countsthat country had, from.
but the
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takenvery differentP lace
;
statements which they
Noble Lord had referred to as having
from those which the
of the transactiotimosnetwsitdh
he statements contained its the communication which
recently taken place. He would read extracts from two or
three of t
be had received. Mr. Maginus, writing, Feb. 28:h, said, " The
peasantry of Galacia have shown themselves most opposed
to the revolutionary movement, and have resisted the threats
of the proprietors and their followers to join them ; and al-
though unsupported by military forces, have in many places
opposed the insurgents with force of arms, and have made pri-
soners of many of them who wished to use them to acts of vio-
lence, and have denounced their proceedings."
Again, on
March 3, he said, after speaking (if the revolt at Cracow,
s, The peasantry continue to assist the soldiers and the Govern-
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the Government ; and if they did not remain in captivity, al-
though they had many opportunities of escaping, they
would
be massacred by the peasantry, thus increasing the embarrass-
ment to a much greater extent." The last accounts which he
had received from Lirnberg, the capital of Galicia, were
very satisfactory. " The peasantry continue to evince
the best disposition in support of the Government,
and in arresting the instigators to the revolt." Iu
many places the peasantry established guards to protect the
property of parties, thus showing their disinterested conduct.
There was nothing in these letters to show that the Austrian
Government deserved the Idiom of the Noble Lord. The
peasantry had proved themselves faithful during the revolt, arid
in doing that they may have taken away some life, but there
was nothing in their efforts to warrant such condemnation as
had been made against them. Having said so much, he was
not prepared to say what amount of the reports circulated were
true, and what were false: What-he said was on the faith of
the information he had received from the party alluded to.
Lord KINNAIRD thanked the Noble Lord for what he had
stated in reference to the matter, and agreed with him that the
accounts were very conflicting. He was forced to state that
the peasantry of Galicia hats been peculiarly well treated by
the Austrian Government; different from what had been the
case in the provinces under the other Governments. But that
the Governor of Galicia had issued a proclamation, offering
reward tor bringing the ROI% dud ot.itlive, could mot be