The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851Various
History
The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851
Various
Art, Modern -- 19th century -- Periodicals; Literature, Modern -- 19th century -- Periodicals; Science -- History -- Periodicals
The Government of BOLIVIA has issued the plan of a new Constitution,
proposing among other measures, the preservation of the Roman Catholic
religion as the religion of the state, the maintenance of amicable
relations with American and European states, the liberty of the press,
the independence of the judicial authority, the freedom of opinion on
political subjects, and the protection of foreigners in the exercise
of commercial pursuits. A National Convention has been convoked for
the 16th of July. The number of deputies was to be 53.
An insurrection has taken place in New-Grenada--the two southern
provinces, Pasto and Tuquerres, having united in an attempt to
overthrow the government, with the aid and encouragement of Ecuador.
The President at once dispatched a military force to the scene of the
revolt, but at the last advices it had not succeeded in its object,
though two or three engagements had taken place. The government has
issued proposals for a loan of $400,000 in specie, and unless this is
effected soon, recourse must be had to forced contributions to defray
the expenses of the war. Congress has abolished slavery, requiring
only certain payments to the masters. No disturbance had arisen from
the measure.
GREAT BRITAIN.
In the British Parliament important reforms in the Chancery system are
still under discussion, and Lord Brougham is as ardent a reformer as
he was thirty years ago. The census of Great Britain, taken on the
31st of March last, is a remarkable document. It shows that the small
cluster of the British isles contains a larger population than the
whole of this republic, exclusive of its slaves. The metropolis
numbers upwards of two millions and a quarter, and added to its
denizens during the last ten years about as many souls as New-York now
reckons within its limits. But a more extraordinary and altogether
different result appears in Ireland. It seems that the population of
Ireland is at this moment very little more than six millions and a
half. It is absolutely less than it was in 1821, and more than two
millions short of the number that would have been reached in the
natural order of things, but for the extraordinary occurrences of the
last ten years. So startling a fact will of course become the subject
of the closest inquiries.
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