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~ NEGOTIATIONS WITH FOREIGN NATIONS, rd Campbell on Unauthorized ° noo err American Law, and the Mis sion of the Friends of Peace to Rassin. House ov Loxps, May 9, 1954. ing the second reading of Lord Camreent, in mov thie bill, ead that he was well aware of the respon- sibility be incurred by laying this bill on the table of thelr lordships’ hous much as it sought to extend the pe! e country. He hoped that the bill we y by way of preven- tion, and that aite into law, what it songht to remedy sed to exist. the per that it would not j been expe- yprehended, which rendered | He believed that he should | ord ps that the bill now | with any natural or able ci before them did t constitut I » and t it was called for by | evils which had beca experienced, and by greatevils whick might be apprehended. There could, he pre- sumed, be no doubt that the law of nations was cor- | feetly ‘laid down in the preamble of the bill, and | there could be no doubt that by the inw ob nations, intercourse between Stator suid’ only | be leg reap. a op Ey the aartaoats of thove States, oF bY ~ nisters or officials duly au- | eaten otiations, It would be pe- | dantry iP “im to (ju thorities upon thissubject; | of subjugating Turkey and of getting possession of on them that he was a much injured, extremely mo- but, could, froin Grotins downwards, show their | Constantinople and. the Dardanclles. Mr, Pitt, at derate, perfectly ae bed i Seseinaly “Sordships that every jurist had either assumed as a | that time Prime Minister, wished ta check her am- calumniated person; ys no e tac doctrine, or had expressly laid down for law, that | bition. Those who in Parliament disapproved of _ Whatever; that pti hgh Figen rr snch was the law of nations upon that subject. He | his policy were believed to have sent a deputation selves; and. on a bes 0) iy, He, veapented i should content himself with releraing their lordships | to the Empress Catherine, persuading her to pro- would give him that character gland on to an authority which they would all reverence—he meant Edmuvd Burke—an Englishman, or he was | perhaps wrong »g Englishman, because he | was one of the glories of treland. Mr. Burke, in his celebrated letter to the Duke of Portland, published in 1793, used this language; ‘‘The laws and consti- tution of the kingdom entrust the sole and exclusive fight of treating with foreign potentates to the Th nu undisputed part of the legal pre- of the crown.” Then Mr. Burke designated nauthorized interference with a foreign govern- ‘a most unconstitutional act,” and added: dsure mode of communication nd foreign Powers is rendered arious, and treacherous, by being » channels, by which means the fo- n never be assured of the real au- | y of any public transaction what- pointed out that such unantho- | rized commu ns “ make a highway into Eng- land for the intrigues of foreign courts in our af- | fairs;” and concluded with these emphatic words: “This is a sore evil, an evil from which, before this time, England was more free than any other nation. Nothing can preserve us from that evil, which con- | nects cabinet factions abroad with popular factions | here, but the keeping sacred the Crown as the only channel of communicati ith every other nation.” Now, the facts upon which Mr. Burke based these | observations were, he believed, not actually exist- ing, but the authority of that statesman’s name was | equally great upou the question, this being the doc- trine he laid down upon the supposition that the state of things which he apprehended really did exist. There could be no doubt that even with | those who had no evil intention—even with the loy- | al, the patriotic, and the intelligent—evil might | arise from unauthorized communications with foreign powers. They might thwart eee ate the measures of theirown government; they might lay themselves open to mystification and cajolery on the part of those with whom they acted; and they might be the tools of foreign powers in spreading | in this country doctrines and opinions that were un- | favorable to the government which then existed. Now, could not thelr lordships suppose, if such evils might arise from the unauthorized interference of those who were loyal in intention, what might not | be apprehended from those who were disloyal, dis- | affected, and factious? They might in this way seek to thwart the measures of the government of their native country; they might be the instruments of bringing about « and of sowing dissension, dis- cord, and disaffection at home. Upon this subject, although the law of nations was such as he had des- cribed, our municipal law was defective, and it was in order to cur s defectthat he ventured to propose | the prevent bi If anything happy realm, the municipa! law was suilic violation of the ex. ting law. there was a conspiracy in the county of Middlesex for in- viting the interference of a foreign nation, even though we miglit not happen to be at war with that nation, no doul: the courts would have jurisdiction, nd the offender m t be punished; but for what it as done abroad you have no remedy. There was a bio a of our code which re sted upon this suppo- B ty panel om erahabe HNN County, and that grand jury was to find each indictment, which indict:nent could only relate to that which was done within the body of the county. Except, therefore, an offence were committed within the body of an English county, there were no gro’ upon which could act. It followed that those who combined to thwart the measures of the government, or do in connection with any foreign government what woald be ex- tremely detrimental to the interests of their own country, would escape from punishment, unless it could be proved that tle plan originated in England, and unless you could show an overt act committed in England. Although it could be proved that at ‘the bar of the National Convention an address was cher dge of a most seditious nature, calling upon the ‘rench nation to take part against England,you could not, by the simple proof of that fact, award punish- ment. With regard to high treason and murder, | this defect was remedied, and whether committed | in any part of the globe, these crimes might be in- | quired into and punished. With regard, however, | to every crime which ranged within the term of mis- | demeanor, the defect remained unremedied. This | being the case, he would draw their lordships’ at- | tention to what had been done by our brethren in | America. The first settlers there had carried along with them to the regions far beyond the Atlantic the common law of England, and they had in various instances given us an example of improvements ef- | fected in that law which we should do well to fol- | low. (Hear, hear.) He must say that in jurispra- | dence the Americans had done that which should | not, indeed, excite our envy, but which should prompt our imitation. Now, what course had been taken upon this subject in America—and taken, be it | remembered, in no way contrary to the natural or | constitutional rights of American citizens? 1t was | felt in America that rey considerable inconvenience was experienced from the interference by American | citizens with foreign governments. That had been | felt for some years, and there was apreseegied in stance of it in the case of a certain doctor who in- trigued with the French Convention with respect to matters pending between the two goverments. A measure was accordingly proposed by two of the greatest statesmen and greatest of patriots that ever adorned any country—Adams and Jefferson. In 1799 John “Adams was President of the United States, and Thomas Jefierson Vice-President, and under their auspices a bill was introduced into Con- greas, which, with their lordships’ permission, he would now read. It was short, but it was cogent, and he must allow that he was not aware of the existence of this piece of American legislation when he had framed the present bill. The American bill was more stringent than his, and provided a superior punishment, These were the words of it:— Be it enactea by the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the United States of America, in Congress assemn- Died, That if any person, being a citizen of the United States, whether he be actually resident or abiding within the United States in any ign country, shall, without the permission or authority of tie government of the United States, directly or indirectly, commence, or carry on, any Verbal or written correspondence or in tercourse wit oreign government, or any officer or agent thereof, w: intent to influence the measures or conéuct of any foreign government, or of any officer | or agent thereof, in relation to avy disputes or controver- | sies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of | the government of the United States; or if any person, | cing a citizen of, or resident within the United States, ad net duly authorized g shall counsel, advise, aid, or Pneertain, p' divided into t reign Powers nt to punish a sist in any such correspOggence, with intent as afore- id, he or they shall be de@ned guilty of a high misde « eanor, and, upon conviction before any court of the nited States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be pun hed wy a Gine not exceeding $5,000, and by imprison. nent during o term of not less than six months, nor ceeding three years Then follows this proviso: — Provided always, that nothing in this act contained all be construed to abridge the right of individual tizens of the United States to apply, by themseives or their lawful ts, to any fore! rnment, or the agents thereof, for the redress of any injuries tn relation to person or property, which such individuals may have sustained from sueh government, or any of its agents, citizens, oF subjects, | This bill was introduced into the House of Rep- resentatives in America, where it was at first strongly opposed; but after many discussions it : by @ majority of 58 to 36. "It then went up | onate, where—he might say so without - | tothe House of Representatives—there was almness, more statesinan-like knowledge, etere, as hia noble and learned friend (Lord bem) reminded him, they had the foreign 7 of the country directly under their cogui- Tn the Senate this act was carried by a ma- of 18 to 2. There were only two dissentients; lit received the assent of the President and be- » law on the 30th of January, 1799. He (Lo: Campbell) was informed that the bill J worked most beneficially in America, and iia infofmation came from undoubted author. 4ty—from Mr. Buchanan, the present Minister of the United States here—one of an iliustrions gine of jurists and statesmen. The law had not be- come a dead letter, although it had never been acted maj/on by way of provecution. There h ‘d not been cue single prowegution lustituted (yr the iafraction | of the law, and it had At lish a new mis | fish government, did not really happen. been set in France, who wished to upset | sented in the year 1792. It was adr | tempts which the government of this countr: | thought it indis) i been thoroughly observed by the citizens of the United States. if , then, he | thought, was a high example, which deserved imi- tation in this country. But he allowed that the existence of such a law as this in America would not form sufficient grounds for the interference of | Parliament if no inconvenience had been felt, and. none was to be @ ee from the want of this ill in England. Te should be able to show, how- ever, that the most serious inconvenience had been suffered, and that great inconvenience might be ap- prebended if Parliament did not interfere in this matter. He would not deny that what was supposed to have taken place in 1791, when there was a dis- ute between the Empress Catherine and the Eng- Sir Robert Adair, now in his ninety-second year, but reels in full vigor the great talents that he had displaye: in early life, (hear, hear,) and who was a man of - | the mest unsullied character, had declared—and he (Lord Campbell) most implictty believed him—thet what Mr. Burke had en mis- led respecting did not take place—that he (Sir Robert Adair) was at St. Petersburg during that dispute, but merely as a traveller jy. ' proving his mind and acquiring tho’ knowledge which afterwards made 1s. a most accomplished diplomatist and eyed him to render most easen- tial se sto his country. He (Lord Campbell) ; pelleved, therefore, that in point of fact arias Mr. Burke suspected was entirely without foundation. At that time, however, their lordships would recol- lect that the Empress Catherine was pursuing her conquests against the Turks. She was striving to make progress in that long cherished Russian plan ced in her course, and telling her that a great part of the English nation sympathized with her. Now, if this had been really done, he (Lord Samoa) | was at a loss to see what would have been the re- | medy. It might have beef impeachment, but im- \ peachment then, after the case of Warren Hastings, was a thing to be talked of but not practis- | ed. He believed that,on the part of the opposi- tion of that day, there were no grounds for | saying that any such deputation had been | sent; but just about that time there could be no | doubt that a very BECP SE communication did take | Place between vets subjects and foreign Powers. When the French revolution was in progress, and | the Convention had become the supreme power of | the State, there were various bodies of men in Eng- land who wished to imitate the example which had | our happy | limited monarchy, and to establish a republic in- | stead. There were various addresses from such sec- | tions of English subjects delivered viva voce at the | bar of the Soreenten calling upon the French na- | tion to go to their neighbors (who were then in | amity with us) and to assist them in bringing about | arevolution. “He could only give their lordships a | single example of these addresses, in the form of an aliress from the London Constitutional Society, pre- ressed ‘‘ To the National Convention in France, Servants of a Sove- | reign People and Benefactors of Mankind,” and was resented at the bar of the Convention by two depu- iee—Mr. Frost and Mr. Barlow. It was couched in these words :— { We rejoice that your revolution has arrived at that point of perfection which will permit us to address you by this title; it is the only one that can accord with the character of true legislators. Every successive epoch in | our aftairs has added something to the triumphs of | liberty, and the glorious victory of the 10th of August | has finally prepared the way for a constitution which we | trust you will establish on the basis of reason and nature. | ‘The events of every day are proving that your cause is | cherished by the people in all your continental vicinity; that a majority of each of those nations are your real friends, whose governments have tutored them into ap- parent foes, and that they only wait to be delivered by your arms from the dreaded necessity of fighting against them. Our government has still the power, and perhaps the inclination, to employ hirelings to contradict us; but it is our real opinion that we now speak the sentiments of a great majority of the English nation. The people here are wearied with imposture and worn out with war. | Go on, legislators, in the work of human happiness. | The benoiits will in part be ours, but the glory shall be all your own. In this career of improvement your ex- ample will soon be followed; for nations, rising from their lethargy, will reciaim the rights of man with @ voice which man canrot resist | This was a specimen of the address delivered by | ned within the | the deputies at that time, who could not be punished, for, when Frost and his companion returned, it would have been no evidence to show that they had presented i) a document to the Convention. ‘his address incited the French to make war against our allies; it sought to encourage the French to as- sist the English nation to change their form of go- vernment; and it held out hopes of universal revo- lution. the two countries, and then the Treason andSedt War CXscu, ur wworkt éave(Muily prevented any such unauthorized communications; but when, ia | 1815 war was at an end, the law remained in | its original defective form. On account of the tran- | | quillity which prevailed for a number of years the | evil was little felt; but in the great revolution year of 1848 much inconvenience was again the result. Th¢ir Jovdships would remember—his noble friend, then Lord Lieutenant of Lreland (the Warl of Clar- endon) would certainly remember—the revolution- | my attempts which characterized that year. In | Ireland # plan was formed for the destruction of the | British empire and for forming an independent re- | public ; and, when a republic was established in rance, there went a deputation from Ireland to the members of the provisional government, who n | represented the government of France. He held in | his hand the address which had been presented to | the ruling powers at Paris by Mr. Smith O’Brien, | and which ran thus:— 3 | We salute you as arbiters of the future destinies of the | human race, as the liberators of enslaved nations. We, | from whom nationality has been wrested by the most in- —we, who ever feel the evils arising from ble wrong—we, the people of Ireland, de- mand your sympathy. Ireland has declared that once more she shail be free and independent. Be ever ready to succor the oppressed. Make France the centre, not only of civilization and of the arts, but also of universal liberty. Deputations from Liverpool and other towns in | England delivered similar addresses; some of them more violent. M. Lamartine, on that occasion, act- | ed with the greatest reserve, and skilfully evaded the request. On returning from Paris, Mr. Smith | O’Brien appeared in his place in the House of Com- mons as though he had done nothing of which he need be ashamed. But he was denounced by ifs brea Campbell's) beloved and respected friend, Sir ‘eorge Grey, in a speech which would not, from its force and ability, be forgotten by those who had either heard or read it. fear.) The next case of undue interposition on the part of individuals with foreign governments was that address with which an ex-Lord Mayor of London had waited upon Louis | Napoleon. “He (Lord C.) did not vic Hoh of the | sentiments embodied in the address which Sir James Duke had so presented, in the name, as he stated, of the Ipeople of England, and expressive of their opinions, and of their hearty desire for the mainte- | nance of peace, of an entenie cordiale with France; but still he thought the course which had been taken by the Lord Mayor on that occasion, under the cir- | cumstances, and in that mode, was an example of dangerous precedent, and which it was highly desi- rable should not recur. (Hear, hear.) The last | violation that had occurred of the law of nations in this very important respect was the deputation of Quakers who went to pay their homage to the Czar | Nicholas. (Hear, hear.) He entertained a pro- | found and sincere respect for the body to which that deputation belonged, and he fully believed that the individua!s composing the deputation were men of the highest respectability and strictest loyalty; but, admitting this, their lordships could none the more approve of the course which had been taken by these persons; and it must be well considered that, great as were the inconveniences, the impropriety, the danger, of this proceeding on the part of inno- cent and well-inclined men, inconvenience and dan- ger still greater and more alarming were to be an- ticipated if. such one passing unnoticed and at Waka against for the future, were to be imitated by men of evil purpose. (Hear.) It 80 happened that the Czar Nicholas was making at- nsable to resist—to resist, necessary, with the utmost exertion of our power; the massacre of Sinope had already taken place. At | | that time three individuals, as a deputation from | the whole body of the Quakers of England, set off | to St. Petersburg with a view to.present to the Em- | on thd Nicholas of All the Russias an address which began in these terms:— To Nicholas, Emperor of All the Ruasias—May it please the Fmperor! We, the undersigned members of a | meeting, representing the religious Society of Friends, | commonly called Quakers, in Great Britain, venture to appronch the imperial presence,’ &, With such profound respect did they treat the Au- tocrat—with such "bated breath did they come into his presence. (Hear, hear.) Then how did the ad- dress proceed? ‘The account he should give of the matter was from an authentic narrative of the affair, which had been signed by themselves, and | not from any of those invidious descriptions which told how the Emperor, raising the broad-brimmed | hats of Lis admirers, landed them, and said le would introdnce them throughout his dominions. (A laugh.) | | First let him give their account of what they did when they reached their destination :— On their arrival at St. Petersburg, they addressed themrelves to Count Nesselrode, Chancellor of the Em- pire. They sent him a note requesting an interview, stating that they had not deemed it advisable to | apply to their own Minister, and they preferred applying | to Count Nesselrode for the purpore of securing his ac | sistance in the presentation of the address to the Em- feror. The Count sent a private secretary to them to fix an hour for receiving them. They bad an interview with Count Neaselrode, and met with a cordiat reception. | He said that voth himself and the Emperor (Zgo ¢ Rex meus) approved of their sentiments, | were aby truth in them,” said she, “I certainly must Soon after this war was declared between | | and were called upon for the effectuati | House to whom he had mentioned his intention to Then came the as recorded in the pro- tocol, signed by the itiese—Mr. Btarge Mr. Pease, and Mr. Chariton. The addreas having been delivered in due form and with infinite respect, the Emperor said:— I wish to offer some explanations of my views as to the causes of the present unhappy differences. I have myrelf aeted asm; prodecensere tigre done, and the treaty of Adrianople, in 1849, was as explicit ag the former ones in this’ respect.’ Turkey recognize1 the right of religious interference, and fulfilled her enzage- ments until within the last year or two, when, for the firet time, she gave me reason to Twill not now advert to those who were her principal instigators on that cccasion [# dig, doubtless, at our representative at Constantinople). Suffice it to say that it becane m duty to interftré, and to claim from Turkey the fulfil: | meut of her engagements, I have every reason to be~ lieve that matters would soon have been settled if Tur. key had not been induced b: eat partons fa glance at our Foreign Sceretary} to Pelieve that 1 had ulterior ob- jects in view; that I was aiming at conquest, aggrandize- ment, and the ruin of Turkey. I have solemnly dis- claimed, and do now solemnly disclaim. every such mo- tive. [Praises (ne Queen pérson’!!y.} Whst on my part WO" prudent foresight has been unfairly construed in your country into a designing policy and an ambitious Uesire of conquest. I will not attack, and shall only act in self-defemce. I have a duty to perform as a sovereign. The address having been delivered, the deputation did not attempt to recommend that the Czar should | yield to the remonstrances of England, but urged | arbitration. Next, to carry on the cajolery and | mystification thus commenced, it was quite clear that in the verbal interview with the depatation the Czar had endeavored, and successfally, to impress return. ‘Yhe proposition exactly reminded him of a request Which had been made to 9 near relative of his own, now no more, a member of their lordships’ House, who was once sent for by a fashionable lady against whom certain rumors were afloat net-quite consistent with her conjugal fidelity, the purpose of her summons being to request his relative to contra- dict all such rumors on her authority. “If there know it, and I therefore desire go will contradict them on my authority.” (Laughter.) In the same way, the Czar Nicholas, having informed the three Friends, on his own authority, that he was a ic ularly moderate and unambitious and very ill-used man, desired them to contradict all rumors against him to the contrary, and, ly, returnin; home, they did so, taking infinite pi ins to publi far and wide among us the particularly authorita- tive account of himself which the Ozar had so suc- cessfully impressed upon their simple minds. He held in his hand the account which Mr. Pease had rendered of his mission toa public meeting in the north of England, from which he would read these extracts:. ‘There was nothing unreasonable or inet Woon. to ridi- cule in a body of men who had been in existence for 200 years, and whose number ave! 20,000, sending three of their number to endeavor to bring about a pacitic set- tlement of the disputes. . While in St. Petersburg the terrible slaughter inope was performed at the theatres every night... . . ‘He was exceedingly grieved | and humbled at the course which the press in England | had pursued, resorting to abuse and calumny against the Czar ..’. . The {mpressions conveyed by the press were erroncous and unfounded as regarded the Em- | peror. . , From what he saw of the Emperor ho was convi that the estimation in which be was heid at | St. Petersburg was correct. It would be rather curious to know how these men of peaceful blood had reconciled themselves to the “representation at all the theatres every night of the terrible slaughter of Sinope,” or how they had | reconciled the reception of that terrible slaughter | by the Czar with that eminent kindliness of heart for which they eulogized him. (Hear, hear.) This lecture of Mr. Pease was Paes and largely circu- | lated, for the purpose of exhibiting the Czar ina | favorable light to the people of England, and of making out acase that the war in which we were embarked against him was a war which he had not provoked, and which was in itself quite unjustifi- able, or, practically, to set the people against the war, and to impede its successful prosecution. If consequences of such injurious tendency upon the public service should follow from the proceedings of innocent and well-disposed men, what might not be | anticipated from the attempts of men of different rinciples and purposes? Supposing there were oe, Hi this country—and there were, he believed, a few—who believed that ‘the sick man” had better be knocked on the head, and his spoilsdivided among two or three favored potentates—the Czar, for exam- ple, being placed in possession of Constantinople and the Dardanelles—and supposing a deputation from such a faction to wait upon the Czar, and as Englishmen to urge him to persist in his designs of aggrandizement, who | Say. what exil, minh} Tt Wis to prevent the occurrence of such evils that | the bill he now ay posed was framed. The bill con- | templated no interference with private interviews between individuals as such—no interference with | egitimate private enterprise; it only sought to | prevent the interference of individuals on national | | affzirs with foreign governments. He desired to go | | no further than this, but so far he hoped their lord- | ships would consent to go. What were the objec- | tions to such a measure? It was said that we might | be satistied with the law of nations as it stood; that the law of nations already forbade this offence; and | that there was no occasion for any alteration in our | municipal law for the purpose. But we could not enforce the law of nations beyond our own terri- tory, and he had various precedents on which he could rely for the legislation he sought. For exam- ple, by the law of nations rye gia or safe conducts | were to be respected, and it was a violation of the law of nations to violate them. Yet it had been deemed ber ah to enact a statute, (the 2d of | Henry V., chap. 6,) by which the breaking of safe | conducts was made igh treason. So, again, by | the 29th of Henry VI., chap. 2, and the 3lst of Hen- | ry VI., chap. 4, the Lord Chancellor and Chief Jus- | tices may punish offenders who break safe conducts | by sea or land, and order restitution. So, by the | law of nations, ambassadors and their trains were privileged from arrest; yet it had been deemed ex- | pedient to embody that rule of the law of nations in | astatute. In the reign of Queen Anne it so hap- ned that an ambassador from Russia was arrested in London, whereupon Peter the Great sent another | ambassador to demand the heads of all the offenders who had taken any or in the arrest. The English | government replied that it exceeded their power to comply with his imperial majesty’s request, but an act of Parliament was- thereupon passed, (7th of Anne, chap. 12,) declaring all arrests of ambassa- | iat Ott inal A eri ea tween mn governments? If there be ome opinion more and more justly grounded than another, is it vot that the existing diplomacy is treacherous to all popular interests, and @ vile conspiracy against the progtese Of freedom and’ the advancement of States, as from the upholding of tot- tering throves? the secret correspondence #0 lately publiched tended to invest the ‘authorized nego- tiations’? of governments with mew titles to respect? ‘There is no danger to the people of any ceuntry in the honest and uncoucealed representations of the views of any number of the inhabitants of one State to the ldstory tells us, ip the atealths ~neuvres of royal con- federagien. They Dove ‘aded us in a fearful war, ani we believethe national heart does not desire that during the progress of that war ‘authorized tiations’? should alone cceur. Let not Lord Campbell delude himself. Now he must say his opinion was—although there might have been some things a little startling and perplexing in the negotiations that had been carried on by authority—that upon the whole those negotia- tions had been wisely and judiciously conducted. At times during their progress the Czar might, per- haps, have been a little encouraged to think that he could go any length with impunity, and he (Lord Campbell), while watching those negotiations, had sometimes been reminded of the proverb—“ He that makes himself a sheep is sure to be de- voured by the wolf.” He (Lord Campbell) must, however, be allowed to express rey humbly his approbation of the manner in which the negotia- tions had been conducted by her Majesty’s govern- ment, goo BBs ap) pe “yc the bog tte from the 1g, a det ined purpose of ag- grandizement and aggression (hear, hear), and, if more vigorous measures had been taken at au earlier stage, consequence would have been merely to accelerate the action of Russia before this country ‘was well prepared (cheers), and we uduld not kev had the advantage of the approval of all mankind, presen ph the deputies of the Quakers. ch lang) Another objection had been urged against this bill. He learnt from good authority that the Roman Catholics were apprehensive that, if measure parsed, all communication between the see of Rome and themselves would be prohibited. He could only say, that he was the last man who would wish to throw any impediment in the way of such commu- nications. He had resisted the clause which had been introduced into a bill that passed their lord- ships’ house two or three years ago, preventing the reception of a Papal minister, who was in holy orders, at this court. He believed, if such robibition had not existed, that there would fave been an authorized Minister from Rome at the British Court, and that we should have heard nothing of the Papal aggression, or of that misera- ble contest about the Ecclesiastical Titles bill, which he could not think of without shame. He could only say that he would not do anything to revent communications between his Roman Ca- Tholie fellow subjects and the see of Rome, and he could not e how this bill could tend to pre- vent such communications. He hoped their lord- ships would consent to read the bill a second time, and if it were thought desirable that the bill should be referred to a select committee, he would eid consent to such a course. Whatever the result of attempt at legislation might be, he would not regret the part he had taken, for he had been actuated simply by a desire to serve his country; and, as the head of common law in this kingdom, having found that a defect existed in that law, he had considered it not unbecoming his position to endeavor, to the best of his ability, to remedy such defect. soemen of anothes; but there is danger. #* Svery ‘at | 'The Second Advent. ‘rom the Portland Argus, May 22.] We had hoped that the Millerites, upon the sig- nal failure of their predictions that this beautiful world of ours would be baeeri long in 1843, might henceforth be content to wait so. But the fevér is beginning to rage again; and some of these people are fully determined that the globe shall be burncd up during this year of 1854, whether or no. The more sanguine, indeed, have faith in the occurrence of that magnificent incen- diarism during the present month. We shall see. | In the meantime we advise the community not to be alarmed, but suggest that each man so live that, whatever happens, he may meet it with courage. The end of the world comes to thousands every day. There is aula a numerous society of Advents in this city. They generally fix the “last day” some time during the present year, but the presite day they my Sed Harr to know. They will, however, be disappointed; but they are used to it. A paper im Lowell, called the Crisis, devoted to this , Contains a letter, of which the following is an extract, dated at Waldoboro’, Vt. It gives concisely the views of the Adventists:— I feel to thank the Lord with a sincere heart that He yet remembers Hi 7 to hear tho true midnight cry, ‘ Behold the Bridegroom cometh! Go ye out to meet Him!’ Since! have had the happiness of ‘perusing the World's Crisiz, my mind has been very sensibly affected by seeing the complete veri- n of the yarable of the ten virgins. Early in the year A.D. 1843, a brother came to this place, gave us a course of lectures on the second coming of Christ, and he most earnestly requested the whole congregation to bring their Bibles and follow him day after day, to see if these things are so. It is evident that was the move- ment the Lord saw would take place at that time. But why did the Bridegroom tarry? Why, because the Bride- groom desired to see how his intended bride would bear the trial of a little korea [eee geomgt and moreover to ful- fil the prophecies. And can we be disappoin' in? No. no; there is not between the lids of the Bible a single text that I know of intimating a second disappointment to the waiting, lonesome and mourning bride. When I view things as they are on one hand, my soul is pained within me; but when I look on the other hand, my soul is filled with “joy unspeakable and full of glory!” Yes, | I think we have reason to — the heavenly summons every moment. Glory to God, hallelujah. Amen. Yours, expecting the Lerd in 1854. STEPHEN BRALEY. Another letter says :— Can it be possible that ina few months Jesus will come, when every eye shall see him? Yea, veril who pierced him shall see him. But who shall al day of his Cg 4 peareth May enable us to be as wise as Lot, and escape the fires of the last day. Rev. J. V. Himes, next to Miller himself the leader of the 1843 movement, does not coincide in the ~sh meer - least Ai peered infer it from following notice, which recently appeared in the Boston papers :— P Ace Rev. J. V. Himes will preach in Chardon strect Chapel to-morrow (Sunday) morning and afternoon, at the usual hours of services, when the reasons will be given why the Adventists have no confidence in the ealcalations some persons rece! the second advent in 1864. 7 At Sting Sbafime of dors, or of persons in their train entitled to the privi- | leges of embassies, illegal, and subjectin; cman It fe ot < by the above that Elder Himes and his to such penalties and punishments as the Lord Chan- | People of Chardon street Chapel, are the cellor and the two Chief Justices should ordain. He proposed to act upon the same principle now, | and to enforce the law of nations by the mu- nicipal law. It was said that we ought at least to confine leislation on this head within the limits of the United Kingdom. Undoubtedly, so far as foreigners were concerned, we must do 80; but as to our own subjects, we had a perfect right, 1 ion of the pur- pose, to legislate for all the world over. An exam- ple of this has been oe in the measure of his no- le and learned friend (Lord Brougham) with re- gard to slavery, by which all British subjects who should be found engaged in slavery, in whatever part of the world, were held guilty’ of felony, and might be tried as such at the is id Datiey. Another + example was afforded by the Royal Marri, Act, the provisions of which were binding on all British subjects, whether at home or abroad. So, to make ‘it a misdemeanor for a British subject to present an address to a foreign sovereign with respect to na- tional affairs between him and England, would be binding on all British subjects, in whatever part of | the world they might be. It was suggested that this measure would interfere with the intercourse which took place from time to time between Eng- lich travellers and He sovereigns; but it would have no such effect. The noble lord below the rangway (Lord Beaumont) had informed him not ong since that he had an interesting inter- view with the King of Sardinia; and another noble and learned friend of his had not long since had an interview with the Emperor Na yn. With such interviews he had no desire to interfere. An Lene was entertained, he believed, that this bill would interfere with the private business which might be transacted by individuals with foreign governments. He regretted that the noble Earl who was at the head of the late government (the Earl of Derby) was not in the House, for that noble earl was the first member of their lordshipa’ bring forward this bill, and the noble earl was enough to discuss the subject with him. The only objection the noble earl made to the bill was, that he was afraid it might interfere with the proceed- ings of British subjects who might wish to negotiate with foreign governments respecting such matters as the establishment of places of worship or burial- grounds. He (Lord Campbell) apprehended that the bill would not have an fuch efféct, because thore could not be considered either as national or | political objects. At the same time, he did not see aby reason why such negotiations should not be conducted through the accredited representatives of the British government, or with the concurrence of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, (Hear, hear.) He found, from the public prints, that there were persons in the country who objected to the bill because they considered that authorized hego- tiations had been so ill-conducted that unauthorized negotiations ought to be pet He did not | know whether his noble friends behind him (on the ministerial bench) would concur in that yiew, | but he might be allowed to read an extract from a | newapaper—the Dundee Advertiser—which had | been sent to him, and which contained anarticle on | the subject. That journal said:— We object to this proposal, because we think it would be well if there were much more of the unauthorized | class of negotiations which seem so offensive to the | nuine, regular Adventists, and that those who fix fhe time in 1854, are merely ‘some persons” outside of a healthy religious organization. As substantial evi- dence that in the opinions of the former, the world is safe for some time yet, we understand that they Pp pel erect pal ae psi e enfer way is ni perplex the brain about this matter, but so to live fom day to day that when the Great Master comes—and by whatever mode he comes—we may hail his advent with joy. Time is short, whether ‘estimated by the ordinary lod _of existence, or by the shorter ring of iy kaveainin It should, ihaconre. te wisely | improved. Then we need have no fear of confla- grations. MareniaL For Printing Parsr—The hg demand for printing paper, and the present hig! prices of the article, render it n that some new material should be brought into use, which from its abundance and cheapness may recommend it to the fiwvor of the manufacturer. to this end, every expeiiment should be tried that may lead to tLe discovery of the article so much desired. In the Southern and Western States, south of the 30th de gree of latitude, a garden plant is grown from which printing paper may be manufactured in greater quantities and of a finer quality, than is made from all the materials now used in mann- facture of that article. The value of this material a3 a substitute for eed hasalready been tested, with results highly sati 4 The plant flourishes best in damp soils and a humid atmosphere. Under the most advantageous circumstances, it grows from six to ten feet ‘n height, and will yield several tons to the acre. The stem, like hemp, wg vibe to be stripped of its bark, leaving a core of a beautifal whiteness, witha fibre of the full length of the plant, very strong and pli- able. Experiments on a limited scale have recent- ly been made with it, in the manufacture of a cloth used for bagging, with highly favorable results. In texture it bears some resemblance to Manila, it is not so harsh, and is more readily converted in- to pe . Itmaybe sown broad cast, requires no cultivation = in a few months and gives anim- mense yield. ie —— of stripping it of its bark is simple and expeditions, and may be performed by = we a mode of threshing.— Baltimore Ledger, fay 17. Fat or an Inow Bripox at Wasnrneton— Between twelve and one o'clock, yesterday afternoon, the iron bridge at the foot of K street, connecting Wash: ington with Georgetown, over Rock creek, der the weight of two omnibuses, going ‘in different di- reetions, but meeting in the middie of the bridge at the time of the accident. The result of this occurrence ia:— gave way un- McGinney, one of the drivers, had his le; has a math if er and six brothers ry General Roger C. Weightman, arm broken. Pesides, © new omnibus was smashed, be- ‘ond repair, and s fine horse, valued at two hundred re, is xo much injured, as, {t ix su , to bo ren- dered worthless. £0 soon as the inte of this ac ed at the ‘of the mere thas four 7 tom Sentinel, May 21, e issue quietly and | | in patient silence. And for several years they did iting and toil-worn children; and | those | le the | And who shall stand when he ap- | eo c ry in my Timed from Gomenitza, and 1,200 regulara, which bad partly from Constantinople, partly from Janina; the whole Turkish forces. He arrived in Arta on Sunday last, the 23d instant, and determined to let his troops repose one day, and then attack Peta on the 26th (1o-day.) However, as is very often the case when hostile troops are so close to each other, he was drawn into an engagement yerterday afternoon, which, al- bet a trifle in itself, salen his tra one ving a day’s rest to his troops. e cause Was ke which had come to feed on the hill behind Arta, and were thought good prizes by some Alba- nians who were close to the spot. In the attempt of securing the cows two Alb in the Turkish ser- vice were wounded. This brought more Albanians to the scene of action, but also more Greeks, and thus by degrees Fuad Effendi was obliged to come out with hisregulars. He drove the Greeks to the foot of Peta, where some Albanian Mussulmen were ent off by a little body of Greek cavalry, but soon after liberated from their dangerous position by the bravery of Djelil Aga, the chief of the Lapi Alba- nians. In thisskirmish the Turks killed an officer of the insurgents, on whom some papers of the greatest importance were found. His name cannot et be ascertained with certainty, as all the letters Found tad‘ signature a al, oF at the most one in cipher. ‘Ona o? the most interesting papers found on him was an official letter from some eae moreno authority in Cravazera to General Tzavellas, in which person writing says that all those who cone from the nts to Greece will be put before a tribunal and accused by the public pro- tecutor as deserters. unless Lng Rag show by a tes- keri (passport) that they have mn sent by one of the insurgent chiefs. ae cenente a Cee eel or. ogy bad copy of a letter, detailing the state Pa, It speaks of the immense difficulties they have in forming a provisional government, of the daily incre: dissensions among the chiefs, pa ly among the Suliots and the reat. I ho; give you some more , a8 I have only seen the letter very cursorily, and was prevented by the more interesting events of to-day from following up this matter; but so much I mustadd, that the writer of the letter, killed yesterday by the Turks, who, as I hear from a prtoneaee Waerinee best net to-day, was the secretary of wvisional rn- ment, considered their cause as even before the taking of Peta. The Turks, notwithstanding the little engage- ment in the afternoon, were again under arms | fore midnight, and transported, under the personal superintendence of Fuad Effendi, their guns, five in number, among which were two howitzers, to a wood of olive trees which extends through nearly | the whole distance between the hi!l of Arta and that | on which Peta is situate. In that wood, after hav- ing left one battalion of regulars and a gun to | watch the movements of the insurgents, the rest, | consisting of four more regular battalions and 1,200 Albanian Mussulmen, formed in four columns, of which the extreme right took the road which leads on the sae of the gece from Komboli to Peta; the second took, with two guns, its position on one of the two roads leading uP ‘to Peta from the fae of Arta; the third, also with two guns, stationed itsel at the main road leading upto Peta, while the | fourth, or extreme right, went to the road of Radho- visi, which leads also by a branch road over to the ridge of the Peta. ispositions having thus been made, the aetion began in the centre on the two roads leading from the plain of Arta up to Peta, in a misty morning {| and under heavy rain, at 7 o'clock, and soon the firing became general. The guns of the Turks were exceedingly well served, especially one of their howitzers, which Osman Pacha had, soon after the first advance of the Turks, drawn up on a steep hill close before arta, and which set fire to the village at the first shot. On the height immediately before the village the four columns met by a well combined movement, and uniting into two columns carried everything before them. | _ The attack lasted i minutes, and at ten minutes before eight o’clock the insurgents were flying in | all directions. As the reports have not yet come | in, I cannot tell you what the loss was on the Turk- ish side; but it mast have been very small, as 1 saw myself only two killed and half a dozen wounded. Of the insurgents, I saw four killed; and there are mahi Blo three prigoners taken—one of t Sout 300 men - ha dhe P thas fis servant, and some inferior persons. Magdatti says they had so little idea of being attacked that they were in bed when the sentries announced the Turks attacking. All ran, Tzavellas atthe head. He remained with his people as lon; as he could, but not being able to run on account of a kind of-osthma, he surrendered, and has been hitherto well treated. The Turks supplied him with clothing, as his own was soaked with the rain, and | they have taken him to the fort. ‘he village bas naturally been burnt down, and | whatever was to be found carried away; but I as- sure you I cannot imagine the most disciplined troops behaving better after be 3 taken a place with the bayonet. It is true the inhabitants had fled, but the emcees of war suffered not the slight- est insult or nay. With the seizure of Peta, according to all 8p) ances, the movement in Lower Epirus at least will be most likely ended. The Lad pee government, which they had so much ible to construct, has and, moreover, Abdi Pacha is drawing near from the north. Already yesterday I heard from Fuad Effendi that many ogee from the Djumerka are ready to sub- mit, and to-day, after coming from Peta, I spoke myself with two sent by their villages, who say that they themselves, and most of their nei hboring vil- lages, will submit. Fuad Effendi, the General mal- id ‘ui,as he calle himself, will then very likely ve to give up again his new warlike occupation, and return{ to his diplomatic activity. He will in- vite be the villages to submit, gran' them fall amnesty. * Thg moral effect of this victory will be immense, and is all the better if it be the Turks themselves who put an end to this movement. Naturally it will be the affair of the representatives of the Western Powers to see that the is not abused, but,on the contrary, that it leads to the abolition of all those abuses in the administration of the more dis- tant provinces of the Turkish empire which exaspe- rate somuch the population, and which make them always ready to listen to those who promiso at least | something better. It may, although I do not ex- Ree it, serve also to bring the fi govenment of reece to reason. | | LUMBER ON THE GRAND AND MusxEgow Rivers.— | The Grand Rapids Enquirer in quoting the present | of lumber in the Chicago market, says that | the advances indicated have stimulated the manu- facture of the lumber ina great degree, and must | add largely to the profits of lumbermen, and to the wealth of ‘this country. Last the export of | lumber alone, exclusive of lath, timber and shin- les, from the mouth of this river amounted to 41,- ,000 feet, and from the Muskegon hy iy of 30,000,000 feet. This hh less than 90,000,000 | feet, and it is quite pro! 100,000,000 will be ex- oe from Grand and Muskegon rivers. This at the present prices, and we see no prospect of a full, will gnett the manufacturers an average price of not less than twelve or thirteen dollars at the mouth of nee Bun! These boo ae which we are confi- ent are not exaggerated, will give an ort for this article alone from these ee vives, or from eleven hundred to twelve hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which will in consequence of increased peton and quantity, exceed any previous out one hundred per cent,—Chicago Press, May 18. Loox Ovr ror Parext Grngrators—Farat Ex- FLosion x Crncinnati,—Yesterday evening at about 6 o'clock, one of the new patent pane exploded in a soda and mineral water establisiiment on Columbia, near the corner of Race street, whereby a man named John Crawford, the driver of one feta ge ager Bd estab- lishment, was shockingly led, abdomen being literally blown away, and the ent scattered about premises. The poor fellow, After Lingering in the excrutiating agony for about half an hour, expired was being Saried to hin on Front tween Plum and Western-row. The Fourth Ward Exchange. who was hadan arm broken, and was otherwise serio: po “gene body. Bh apne! has lefta children who were en’ dependent upon Pie dd nent nk eae tA vention, sai + e the firat time it was explosion, whereby 28 es al i! FY A E i F z $ rep—Three p from the jail in Columbus, Ohio, on the 17th inst., and at last accounts had not been Coker, the eed convict, lately so cruelly treated by Deputy Warden Watson, in the peniten- tiary, and arrested on Watson's affidavit, was con- fined in the same apartment, but declined joining his fellow prisoners in their flight—preferring to await the resnlt of a full examination, which will come off next month. frsam Borter Exrosion 1m CanapaA—On Sat- | urday the boiler of Mr. Morton’s steam sew mill at the Trent, collapsed, instantly killing the engineer, Mr. Dun- cnn, (of the late firm of Duncan & Tatton, of the Ontario foundry, Kingston.) and fatally injuring one of his as- sistanis, named Noon, besides seriously wounting two others. Noon has since died of his injuries, but the other two are recovering. The entire gable of the en- can ,was blown into the river, from whence at Isat ac- Stay 1 it bad not been recovered. Kingston Advertiver, - gine house was carried away, and the body of Mr. Dun- Te | brought with him in that pia added to these 500 more regulars from Prevesa and 200 Bashi-Bazouks, and Arnaut, With those troops | | he went ormsel! to Arta, and took the domiiane 2. | n and nia, and urges that they are entitled to military protection. Besides the above, they inolude thirty emigrant wagons, with 200 souls and 1,000 head of cattle; Skillman’s train passing monthly; J. R. Sweet's of sixty carts and top wacens now bound In. &o. It requires no argument to show that the trade and | travel on the El Paso road merits protection, and no one will doubt that General Smtth the aid he can in the matter, But he has not the means at hand of defencing that route as it should be done. Tafantry cannot do it—eavalry he has not in sufficent numbers. We find the following account of farther Indian out- aoges in an extra of the tonio Ledger, published on the 8th instant 42 ~ pane iS na out noon by - field, heloartag & Nae ot Major Chapman's ts wagons for ‘ort, 5) Fort Ewell with the Feport thal upeeed tas pans, attacked post, drove off all thé teamsters, wounding killing oth and then cutting the mules out of harness and rua them off. ‘There were fourteen “an gons, the same num! teamsters and a ‘McIntosh,) with one extra man. McIntosh ine horse and not come in. It ia sup; killed and his horse taken. Two of the wou sters have since come in, and three wounded. nh commandlg of @ commans cer, om hearing the ed out five different parties of nro pg k men, under com: of an officer, and four ten, each under command of a sergeant; with the latter also went one of the returned will promptly afford all i iB i f zi g 4 ty ls i il é EE F : fire H the to be tos} wagon ames of the othor four he Gld'nst assatety ae in a, Tam hide sheath for & lance or some other of Cian weapons. I believe the comman: Rosy ae ates no more or fifteen at the post. The other part of the pieces fol been , and are still out in the vicinit out sometime scout in three different parties, is is ° scare cane ‘Two officers only remain post, under an efficer. a bo Mr hod a ane write ou y result the chase. ‘The above can be sa on eat fact. - the San Antonia 7ezan, of the 8th, has another scoount of the same occurrence, the greater part one of our citizens, John Crawford, who - eats ur elty from Fort’ Ewell we earn the falsricg Rent train, consisting of fourteen msg dred mules, horses, Ke. left Fort when they were attacked 20 Indians, well mounted, and armed with bows and arro' lances, and two rifles. At the time of the at wagon master, Mr. McIntosh, was a short dist the train, in pursuit of a horse and unarmed, ‘was only one year of defence among the and that was an old rifle, and unloaded. ‘The Indians made 9 charge upon them wren Saree ae ae Re and others. Some few are still missing; have been taken prisoners, and are how vith the fads no doubt, to undergo the most horrible tortures. the mules and horses connected with the train were taken, and the wagons completely destroyed, with their ‘contents, amounting in or thirty thousand dollars. whom our informant horrible outrage, arrit two hours after the massacre. lieutenay mand, notwithstanding he was sick in bed at within one hour had four companies armed and equipped. and in hospanlG and itis to be hoped that they will Cee savages and hold an inquest over their ea ies. gee in Charlestown, Mass. [From the Boston Atlas, May 22.] One of the most unparalleled outrages of which we have ever heard, occurred in Charlestown on eee, = The scene was the currier’s shop of Mr. Samuel 0. Pol- lard, who nearly became the victim of a most horrible crime. The facts in the case, as we learn from Mr- Pol- lard himself, are substantially as follows:—During Sat- urday he had taken in considerablo money for labor per- formed, and as usualon that evening in the week, he kept open until about nine o’clock, in orderto serve = customer who gei makes hic visite ot between § and 9o’clotk, Tis "a brother, # Mr. had also been in and paid Mr. Pollard some $60. While he was in. eee ‘counted his money, and ascertain- wa ut De on his person $582. After Mr. Hartshorn had gone, Pollard went to: the board bill of one of his apprentices, ‘and had just cetera ed to lock up his shop, when the |. There was no light in the building, and he reached the head of the first flight of stairs, when two men entered, and proceeded immediately to the place where Mr. Pollard Was, one standing on each side of him. The first comer inquired for ‘‘the boss,” and on receiving an answer from Mr. Pollardthat he was wished to hire a ‘‘jour.”” Before an answer could be re- turned, the second man, with a violent blow, placed aed on Mr, Pollard’s mouth, which, by its close ad- erance, prevented his speaking. The other man then threw him down, and the two tied his logs together, and bis bands down to them, thus making a com te all of aD 138 i i it igi ee g eine ina 6 ES Hi 4 FetzEE zeetedake fi: Bees aiait| ree B22E reed H ay HE i e a account for members no quarrel with any person, only be accounted for ge! cyte coneealment of the crime. ket book, contents, was found on a fence E TEE gE be incipled ruffians. Mr. Pollard is a man about 80 years Pt po of unexceptionable character, iness in Charlestown for many open and robbed on the 4t! the absence of the family, and his shop has once been destroyed by an incendiary fire. News rrom Honpuras.—B; day, in the lower bay, of the Cy from Honduras via Omoa, we have later dates from Cen- tral America. The George Steers bri ings ws as passen- tg General Jose Barrun Minister from Honduras, represent the New Central American Mission at Wash- ‘on, Don Latuo Lasso, Secretary of the wife sameer the former,’A- Edwards, of New York, Her- man Schmidt, of Brunswick, Germany, Mr. Charles The proceeds and Miss Foller, of Omoa. George Steers direct to New York. Mr. Edwards is President of the Honduras Railroad Company, and from him we learn that the of the surveys routé are rapid! , and prove that the road can be built Withont pes fs very serious ob- stac! The summit of Le, ino} pace tg ok a the harbors. of the Gall of Fonseca on the Pasite, an Ca®Bilo on the Caribbean the construction of the said road. We are informed that the et through which the road will is mostly table Innd, principally well timbered et is moreover very Ly. — Mobile fay 17. Trurxors Riven.—The recent rains have put ele othe Mieappy ‘here Rety ot le to the Mississi; for boats of the pa st class, and river and at the various shi; ne along tiacrabe pena on the Tuokativer held siderable in on the iver here, as well as other parcels that will doubtless this market, and advantage will be sent rise to forward it. 1. amounts of Inmber, for which there is an active demand along the river, will be from this place. The canal is also in capital condition, and Frade with the South wilt % Ma brisk for the fortnight—Chicago Press, jay wattle wae ily ou! » executed forgeries po ber remark at the time, was lately copeain, and conveyed to Brant. ford, C.W.y Capt. "Grath, of Montreal, inte Chiet of Police. accused is committed trial. ~~ Quebec Observer, Mey 17, tie siphye H the person wanted, asked if he .