Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-04-29

der the title OF Chass abandon OF their privileges,
such as are et 10 maintained either the drcc expense
or at the indirect camen Of the comforts Of the other
classes reform in the representation Of the people, by
extension Of the elective franchise and by doing away with
the smaller constituencies, would bring the legislature into
cordance with the spirit Of the age, with the revolutions that
have taken place in social fabric and with the working
necessities Of Government. The principle Of population
should be admitted far than it at present into the law
of representation but this should be done without excluding
the coexslDg claims Of property and intelligence The House
Of Lords is however the real incubus upon the public mind
The general the almost universal question asked when any
legislative measure is proposed is, WH pass The House Of
Lords? Whenever Ministry is 10 be formed, party
constituted or new principle introduced, the spectre which
appears on the very threshold the Mordeca which is uni
versay seen sitting al the gate the House of Lords There
cannot the hope that any liberal party the House
of Commons capable Of taking the ens of government with
the force the talent and the confidence that Government
this country ought to have, can permanently and successfully
exist SO long as the House of Lords remains in its present
shape This il the why the Whigs with the monop
oily Of power, without the capacity Of exercising il fully
and freely. The middle and lower classes in England
have independent and controlling weight in the le
gaure long the House of Lords holds vetoig power
their deliberations which they will be always certain to
exercise whenever they have to decide their pr
leges and any modification abrdgmen of them. This up
per branch Of the Legislature existing independent Of the
pe stands dam the great current of public opn
ion and think that wholesome remedy is
cessary do prescribe what that remedy
is 10 be, in what shape il is to be administered
LONDON, APRIL 6, lS4s.
The more we furnished with the details Of the French
Governmental proceedings under LoUIs PHLrPE the less
are surprised that his Government has been off by the
people Under NAroLEoN the total expenses for all the
vices of Government besides the army and navy, two
hundred millions of francs annually The expenditure for the
same services had under Louis Philippe increased to nine
hundred millions of francs annually OF this sum- say the
French journals five hundred millions paid for salaries
and snecures the remainder squandered away jobs
and corruption In France, in ls47 there nearly six
hundred thousand persons employed in the capacity of civil
agents. at the expense of millions sterling whilst in Eng
land there only twenty-five thousand employed, with
salaries amounting less than three millions sterling In
France the registered electors only about two hundred
thousand in population of thirty five millions, only
person every hundred and seventy five had vote in
public affairs The number of mayors for all the
in France hiyeght thousand hundred and eight and
that Of the aduncts about fifty thousand that the
Minister of the Interior had ninety thousand individuals
under him. appointed by HIMSELF subject to instant dsms
SAL and Of course, his passive oos. These mayors and
aduncis all er eco officers of police The number Of
rural consables mmense the annual emouments of the
police about eleven millions Of francs The secret po
lice, whose agents unknown, annually voted two
million four hundred thousand francs by the Chamber. In
every company of the National Guards there
three agents of this secret police report the opinions Of their
comrades to the Government. Law and justice we're
rupted at their fountain head The judges appointed by
the King, and kept in dependence upon the Court.
Education, like every thing else, fetteed The sys
tenn pursued approved of by the Government. The
books used in the of study well those read in
leisure hours had receive the sanction of the Minister
The following shows the deplorable Of
ignorance in France in 1874:
Unable to read write. l6, ,S55, 900
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