The Express. — London, England, 1847-07-09 00:00:00

r. rola that what the Men mum to the point what it mo m be called epos p sonsider t out 68 clauses, but 790, as bed been Meted, it would be impossible to go one step twitter. Very early in the dismission he (Mr. Healey) had called at tondos to this fad, and the noble lord the member for Pal !Ella:its Earl of Liao°ln) had demenstrated that by the wal by the government of two ileums from the Ital. It mould be wholly inoperative in large tombs; sod the sable lord rasommemded the governammt to oaths the . . measure to provisions foe preliraiiiry inquiries in the country, with a dew to satisfactory legislation on the subject. This =dun had not been acceded to, and the government raided with a bill, the clauses of which would involve not'ax weeks, but six months, in their discussion. He was glad, however, that it was now withdrawn ; for he was con vinced, if it bad passed, it would have thrown the whole country into confusion; and its impractical enactment% would have lei Loan extent of litigation which would have damaged the cause of sanitary reform by disgusting the public with the question. He hoped, however, next session, that a better considered measure would be brought forward. The noble lord at the heed of the Woods and Forests had been hurried on by the kindness and benevolence of his dispodtion, and had failed in consequence of having attempted too much. (Hear, hear.) At the same time, he, for one, must offer his thanks to the noble lord fur the great courtesy he hod dis played during the troublesome opposition he had met with in the discussion of this bill. (Hear, hear.) Lord MORPETH said be need not mean the house that he had not become a party to the postpoamment of this bill without great personal disappointment, sad much regret on public grounds--(hear, hear)—but he bad felt, during the progress of the measure, a painful consdoesnees that the period at which it was possible for him to sell attention to the details of the bill occurred at such a. Maw of the swims as must necessarily prove a great drawback te the inewas whirls he thought the measure deserved. However, as long as there appeared to be any hope or chaste of it fah a law in the course of this session, be should =gig it to the utmost ; but, after the experience of the two last days on which the bill was considered—on Monday, whim they only got through two clauses. and on Tuesday, whon they only got through one clause—he could no longer retain any hope that he should be able to pus this measure through both houses of parliament this year. Under such circum stance., he did not feel himself justified in asking the hawse to prolong a vexatious struggle. (Hear, hear.) Is the course of the present discussion various suggestion bad been thrown out, and he was not prepared to deny that a subject so extensive and complicated as this, which be would not call (as had the hen. member for Warwicksithe) a 4 . serial ...elution," shookl ea...warily invite much discus non. He could not think that if the gerernment had con fined its legislation to the first clauses, which went to esta blish preliminary liquifies, they would have disarmed oppo sition. On the contrary, it was said, even now, they were seeking to increase the patronage of the government, and if they had only taken powers to appoint officers to conduct these preliminary investigations, they might have lain open to that charge and imputation. (Hear, hear.) He could not object to the spirit in which the hon. and learned member for Newark (Mr. Stewart) had addressed the house; to him for his suggestions he (Lord Morpeth) felt grateful ,• but, in jetties to the ver y . able and keened gentleman who had assisted him in drawing this bill, he must state that the incorporation of the acts of parliament in this bill would not bare led to any practi cal inconvenience. In answer to the appeal made to him by the hon. member for Lymingtou (Mr. Macki anon), he (Lord Morpsth) had no hesitation in saying that the government would consider it to be their duty to bring forward the bill at an early period next session, and in a manner that would enable the house to give it full consideration. (Hear, hear.) He should think it his duty to take into his consideration, durisg the recess, all the objections which had been raised, and the suggestions which had been made ; in this he could not say that he should have a very easy task. One hon. member told him that in the next bill he ought to include the metropolis and the City of London. It had never been his intention to except the City of London frem the opera tion of the bill. (Hear, hear.) He had made a COMMULICI tion to the City to the purport that the corporation would he the body that would be charged with the duty of carrying oat the functions created by the measure, and he had never Intended to exempt them frem the preliminary inquiries which he thought ought to be applied to every quarter of the country. The City authorities had misconstrued the intimation he had sent them, and on that he had consented to postpone the consideration of their case until another session, but he hoped next year to introduce another measure, so general and comprehensive as not to exclude any large town or the City of London, which especially stood in need of im provement. Another hon. member asked him to include rural villages in the operation of the bill—other suggestions had been made, and yet he was told he must effect all these objects in a bill of ten clauses. (" Hear," and a laugh.) He was quite ready to follow the example of his noble pride. cassor is the office be now held, but he must remind the house that, instead of 68 clauses, the noble lord's sanitary bfR contained nearly 300clanses. (Hear.) His lintious wish had been not to embitter the progress of the bill by anything in his own conduct, and ho did not wish now to depart from that spirit. He could not conclude without cep his confident assurance that the subject had taken each root in the convictions of the country, that, notwithstanding the difficulties inherent to the question in the imperfections of the individual by whom it might be introduced, it meat command its own success. (Hear, hear.) Mr. NEWDEGATE said, that, having taken an active sein the opposition to this bill, he felt bound to acknow. the courteous and kindly feeling which the noble lewd exhibited under most trying circumstanc,s. Hs (Mt. Newdegate) was anxious for sanitary reform, but be esail not consent, he repeated, to such a social revolutions. tiff bill would, if passed, hays brought about. He hoped the new measure would obviate the necessity for any oyymilkm to it, by making the law supreme, and not leacheg the onus of regulating the real working of the measure ispenew body of commissioners. Sir D. L. EVANS, as one of the metropolitan Mime bets, corroborated the statement of the hon. baronet (Sir IL Clay), that no arrangement had been made with them kg the exclusion of the City of London from this bill. He could state that the great majority of his constituents entertained a strong feeling in favour of the Health of Towns Bill, bed they objected to the principle adopted in it of plurality of voting. He hoped that principle would not be adopted in the future measure. Lord O. BENTINCK did not wish to interrupt the geed humour which seemed to prevail in the house, but he thought the noble lord opposite (Lord J. Russell) ought In have the candour to exonerate his (Lord 0. Bentinck's) side of the house from all blame for the time they bed occupied in discussing this bill, which incorporated is alb of parliament having six different and inconsistent imiteeprme tabor( clauses. That surely was enough to " puzzle aft*. juror ;" and if the discussion had go ne on till August, the government would have had no right to complain of the opposition. He trusted that the opposition e.r post jab were exonerated from having made any uaressonab6 ass mends upon the government, in requesting that the ham should not sit from the noon of one day until hall-nalnal in the morning of the next day, and then again at soma to discuss a bill which it required the labour of all the Wry= in the country for twelve months to muter. Lord J. RUSSELL begged merely to say that nel/ter bs nor his noble friend near him (Lord Morpeth), had made emg =ewhatever against those hon. members who hid this bill. He had said that it must be &sib& lot others whether the opposition bed lama vs eating. or im bad been defective. Farther them add Its, smut air to go. While he was on hie legs, he bowl YttlasWmittlt was intended to propose that the wan elheeei. Waimea (this day), tithe the chair at Wes Vie*, and at belfimet throe be should more the Committee of Supply. After a few words from Mr. SPOONIOI, which did not me as, the order of the day for the eammittal of the bill wee read and disehouged. THAMES CONSERVANCY BILL. • Mr. H. 0. WARD said that la of nue law take in the distribution of the Uwe Pa, Si emended, he should not proceed will it sag ant. PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORS BILL. In answer to a question put by Yr. NEWD110•111, Lord J. RUSSELL mid, that the Parliamentary Electors (No. 2) Bill, would not be premed this session. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES BILL. Mr. STEWART asked the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, whether it was intended to proceed with this mear sure, which was one of the most extraordinary he had ever aeon ? It mtOt _to be abnuadomed. Mr. M. GIBSON said, that, since the second reading, the bill had bean materially altered, and he was not aware that, la its present shape, it would meet with any opposition. SITTING OF THE HOUSE. Mr. WARLEY mid, as he understood it was late dad that the house should sit on Saturday next, perhaps the noble lord would state now what busman would be pre seeded with on that day. Lord J. RUSSELL replied, it was intended to go on with some of the Irish bills; but he would, to-morrow, state more particularly what business would be taken. COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES (IRELAND) On the motion of Mr. LABOUCHIHE, the house went into committee on the Compensation for Damages (Ireland) Bill. On Clause I being proposed Mr. G. A. HAMILTON diew the attention of the com mittee to the estimate of the board of works of the amount that would be required, namely, 1,500,0001. This for an expenditure of 5,000,000 appeared tohim to be anenormous sum, and he could not but express a hope that the grand and petty juries before whom the claims for compensation might be brought, would scrutinise them with the utmost rigour. Mr. LABOUCHERE mica:red in the feeling that the estimate seemed to be enormous. It was right that he should mention that the estimate had been made upon infrufticient data, but he joined in the hope that the authorities would look narrowly into the subject, and take care that the com pensation was net made the means of jobbing. After a few words from Mr. M. J. O'Coemeii, the clause was agreed to, as were also the remaining clauses of the bill, after several verbal alterations. The house resumed, the bill was reported with amend aunts, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow (this day). POLLING AT ELECTIONS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of Mr. MONAHAN, the house want into committee on this bill. On Clause 1 being proposed, Mr. HAMILTON moved the omission of the University of Dublin, end stated he should move a separate clause to regulate the electioes for that constituency. Mr. LABOUCHERE acquiesced, on the ground that he thought it bet rightthat the University of Dublin should in this moped be pat an the same footing as the English universities. The words " University of Dublin" were struck out, and the clause so amended agreed to, as were clauses 2 to 5 in clining. On clams 6 being proposed, Mr. OROOAN moved a proviso to regulate the adjourn. meet of the poll, if interrupted by riot or disturbance, but, After convereation, in which Mr. Shell, Mr. Mon ahan, xi, Hamilton, Mr. Labouohers, and Mr. Grogan task par, IM prise we withdrawn as the underiandiag dot** goverussat anskint it Wm the bringing 'Fiteup et dr septet ransaing deur having bass sired to, the hour resumed, the till wee reporW whit ameedneenta, and the report wee orderld Se be rertird twefrerr (this day.) NEW ZEALAND BILL. Oa the Emden of Kr. HAV73B, the order of the day for the second rending of the New Zealand Bill was read and &charged._ A new bill was bronchi in, read a first time, and ordered to be reed a esamd time to-morrow (this day.) The house then (at 4 o'clock). stood adjourned to 5 o'clock. The house resumed ND at 6 o'clock. lIAN FURLOUGHS. Mr. EWART wished to know from the provident of the Board of Control if there was any change in the system of ihrloughe now adopted with respect to the British army In India Bit J. C. HODHOUSB art a new plan altering the lantern of fait gha _ in the dee tonic, had been prepared OM net est le the_ petawor-general in council, Mi. SI NM • 1111.1.1•111•10111 had received his opinion, Illtor woad lot impootti Wastroosohogli. It was thousilst hisqrsibest to mix up the emellas of furloughs in the anti- 1 ' service with that of lir ofteatoiso ; there was a new easaPeeßand also with WA to Set Nervier, but they t rt better to wait 1M the tollsot of the governor was known with empeet to /10 for altering the furloughs in the civil service. IDOL WORSHIP IN INDIA. Sir R. INGLIS wished to put • question to the right hon. gentleman respecting the continuance of a payment, on the part of the government of India, ih support of the Hlndoo temple of Juggernaut He believed the only reason for ma- Booing this payment was, that the government were consi dered pledged to it, but, he believed, the government were not so pledged. Sir J. C. lIOBHOUSE said, that the government had m odeled a very voluminous report on, this important and delicite subject, dated Jan. 7, 1546, and he thought it would be bet ter, before any eteps were taken by the house, that he should be allowed to present extracts from it. He agreed in the opinion of his boo. Mend, that the government were not pledged to the continuance of this payment. THE EDUCATION GRANT AND THE ROMAN CATHOLICS. Mr. V. SMITH wished to ask the noble lord at the head of the government, whether he could inform the house in what state of preparatMn the minutes of council, u regarded the education of - Roman Catholics in this country, stood, and whether they would be presented to the house before *edam of the present maim ? Lord J. RUSSELL said, that the communications which he had with the Roman Catholic body in England, would not enable him to lay the minutes on the table of the house before the conclusion of the present session. He addressed • communication some time ago to the Roman Catholic Insti tute, and they desired to communicate with different bodies of Roman Catholics in the country. About a week ago their answer was received to the propo,itione made to them • but there were two or three points on which they desire d time for further consideration. It was not their intention to pro pene a vote in any case during the present session for the education of Roman Catholic children, but they would be included in any vote that might be proposed neat year. SANITARY CONDITION OF CHELTENHAM. In answer to a question by Mr. C. W. CODILIYOTON, re ' • statement made by the hon. member for Chelten ham (ldr. C. Berkeley) aa to the sanitary condition of Chel tenham, Mr, C. BERKELEY denied that he mid more deaths occurred in Cheltenham from miasma than in any other town of the same population. He derived his information from a report of the Health of Towns Association, and if the figures he quoted were wrong, thine who drew up that report were responsible. THE KIRKLESS.HALL COLLIERY ACCIDENT. Mr. FORSTER wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he had received any in formation from the magistrates or coroner of the district, tending to confirm the charges made against the owners of the Kirklem-hall Colliery, near Wigan, in respect of the ac cident at that colliery on Tuesday, the 29th ult. ? Sir 0. GREY said he had not received any information from the Wrote' or coroner of the district tending to confirm the c made against the owners of the 00111.7. In consequence of a letter addressed by him to the magi. trates they held ameeting, and several parties were examined before them. They stated their unanimous opinion u to the mum of the accident ; but, as the matter was under judicial investigation before the coroner, it would not be right for him to state what that opinion was. They stated that every effort was made to get the bodies out of the pit, and they allowed -M every opportunity to persons to go down : this paper was signed by five magistrates. r. T. BUNCOMBE said that the facts which were dis closed at the coroner's inquest bore out the truth of the allegations made by him respecting the conduct of the owners of the colliery. Mr. HINDLEY rope to address the house, but was called to order, sa there was no question before it. Mr. NEWDEGATE wished to know what was the clue of the delay in presenting the returns which he moved for on the 24th of February last. Mr. GIBSON said the returns which the hen. gentleman referred to were not prepared by the Board of Trade, but by the Board of Customs ; and in consequence of the preen of business they were not yet able to prepare them. He hoped to be able to state to-morrow when they should be ready. RESIGNATION OF BIR F. STUART. Mr. HOUSMAN asked the under-Secretary of the Colo nies if it were true that Sir Patrick Stuart had resi gn ed the governorship of Malta, and, if so, if that resignation had been induced be a refusel on the part of the authotities of the Colonial-eitlce to grant his application for leave of absence in consequence of ill health? Mr. B. HAWES—With respect to the first part of the hon. member's inquiry, it was perfectly true that Sir P. Stuart had tendered his resignation of the governorship of Malta. With respect to the latter part of the inquiry, he could only state that it had not been customary to allow leave of abunoe to governors of such colonies as Malta. Sir P. Stuart had however, been absent during four months of last year, and this year, in consequence of ill health, he asked for a further leave of absence, which it was considered compatible with the public service to grant. Under these circumstances the government had lost an able and upright officer, and he (Mr. Hawes) very much regretted the circum stance. CHARGE AGAINST MR. HUME. Mr. SPOONER gave notice that iiw hi islestisa to morrow (this day), to bring under the soda of the Mese certain conduct on the part of a member of tint bones—the bon. member for Montrose—in a matter w ia !swot to which he thought it probable that that hon. member * would feel it necemary to afford some public explanation. There was a general cry of " What is it ?" but the hon. member having resumed his seat, Mr. B. OSBORNE observed that it was scarcely fair to the bon. member to give a notice of this sort without some further explanation. Mr. SPOONER said he bad written a note to the hon. member for Montrose, explaining to him what were the facts which he intended to bring under the notice of the house. NAVAL MEDALS. Ia reply to a question from Adm. Bow Lia, Capt BERKELEY mid there was no intention to alter the order in council relative to the models. IRISH RELIEF MEASURES. On the motion that the order of the day for the cosnatittee on the Destitute Persons (Ireland) Bill be The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose, and said that it was his inumtion now to MOTS& TOW for a f urther advance to the extent of 340,0001. towards the meaner/ for the relief of Irish distress ; and as in the course of twoor three days he should have to propose the last vote on this matter, he should not fulfil his duty if he did not enter into a detail of what wee the state of the relief afforded dosing the year past, and of what might be anticipated and expected (or the future. It was right, also, that those in this country who contributed so hberally towards MA relief should know how their mosey had been spent, and that in Ireland, where there were some tumours of a renewal of the agitation kir repeel, the people should be made fully aware of the benefits which, for many =oaths past, they had been receiving in comoquenoe of their union with this country. Them opossums, as the house was aware, began In the spring c 41846. Early in that year large works were underteken —depots were established and employment upon relief works was afforded. The relief works were for the moot part discontinued is August; in September 12,800 only ware employed upon them. The cart lithe entire promedings dunsg hot year was as follows : Expended on works 474,000 Expended on Works wider Grand Joey Prementaits 100,000 Lass upset the pureban and Ws of Provision. Gnats to Relief Committee. Salaries to rakers l,OOO Total 4704,000 which was met-368,0001. by loan, and 366,0001. in the shape of advances. Towards the don; of last maim a was made in the system. The public works were con= but the system of half-grants having led to exorbitant de mands, it was ordered that the entire payments should be charged upon the baronies. Very soon after parliament was up,"the general failure of the potato crop became known, and the conhequeem was, a sate of alarm and despondency, which resulted in a great number throwing themselves upon the public resources for aid. To so great an extent did this occur, that even at the time of harvest a vest number of ap- plications were made to the government to commence the public works. The relief committees crowded the works to an inordinate degree, putting upon them many who should not be there, so that in the county Mayo it was even said that the wealthier inhabitants were on the works whilst the poor were entirely without employment. There could be no doubt that this pressure for works on the part of the gentry was dictated in many cases by feelings of humanity, whilst in other instances it was occasioned by intimidation. The consequence was, that an immense number of persons were crowded upon the works. In the month of October an average of 114,000 wereemployed ; in November, 220,000; ' in December, 440,000; in January, 570,000. The government 1 in vain endestronred to check the expenditure. The whole burden of the check being, however, thrown upon li the government officers occasioned a large outlay in that I direction. In January the government announced their in tention to put an end to the works altogether. The imme. diate effect was to increase the pressure for the time. In February the average number at this sort of employment was 708,000, in March 734,000. The expense of the staff was very great, averatgt adnot lees than 22,0001. a week. By the last return this c e h become reduced to 5,0001. a week, and since July he s ould observe that the staff had been entirely discontinued. In the month of March the go vernment took the step of dismissing a large number of the persons employed. They found that the seed time was pass- I ing rapidly away, and they ordered, upon the llth of March, that on and after the 20th of that month 20 per cent. of the persons employed should be dismissed. This was carried into execution with little dilbulty, In the month or Maya further redaction weirmsolved upon, sad from time to time slam there , had 111 w other rebidding metimealstastesa In the int week of Apra. the wisher wee in the bet meek of 1ft:449.0001 in week 10h111114 eel le tb• Weer Jens. 2 0 3, The Ixed eiperldieutt 'Mee was 1930,00010 • eketi. etMb week were 4kawa4 .hediseowleeed yr weekee owe its ibia Mite be which they imakl be we I left. Led 'hoe' he Must remark that mend the I , seenthsee had applied to him to know to what extent these weeks would be completed. Last year it was in that the peweareat weld waplete all they awl keep' the sweraweet hewed a di that sash Ismael themoutempamed theemenypertierked 011941 under • ombery intpre, and, consetptaitly, claimed the somplOkia by grournment of the works they had oom. named. Anticipating a similar demand this year, he (the Cheeedier of the Exchequer) had directed, so long epos se the 4th of October last, that • most distinct wieekg abseil be given that every relief work would emerkh per we the 15th of August at the latest If, delleallem, He proprietors in Ireland wished to complete weeks which had been commenced under the sanction of the Allard of Works, they must apply to the government under the provisions of the Landed Improvement Act (Hoer, hear.) The whole amount which had been expended during the year—that was, from the 15th August, 1846, up to the .fie when the works would cease this year—might be taken se MAW. The works were now being wound up, and weld be all terminated by the date he had mentioned. So MS* for relief as connected with public works. In the year 1846 the government established 21 large depots for ewe La Ireland, besides numerous smeller depots at oath elwitehelary station. The grain purchased and sold was SION qrs. This year they had established depots at 34 Melbas on the western coast, and had purchased and meld 300,000 quarters at a cost of 600,0001. Up to the end of Kay they had received payment on amount of these sales to the extent of 215,00 W., and of wane there were some large sales in June and July. The less, pebably, which would accrue upon these transu de= Pali sot exceed 200,0001. It was right to add, that = t rek et this corn had been purchasedin the home The government had always endeavoured net to interfere with private trade, and so far as their partialness went not one single complaint had been made by any one private trader in the country. They had also bad a number of stalls at work at Deptford, Portsmouth, and other places, amides some private mills on the river side, by means of whisk they had been enabled to keep. up • st ock, and been k a 'sedition to supply food wherever it was wanted. Besides thew public depots, there were also fourteen depots which they hid taken from the British Relief Association. The goverment, finding that private bodies actin independently of the government produced much inconven ience and con. &Rion, they arranged to take charge of the corn in the depots established by private subscriptions on the southern and eastern coasts, and to distribute the produce on account of these bodies. Intik, manner the government had taken charge of the grain sent from America and other quarters to a very large extent. Another mode of relief had been the establishment of local oom mittees in Ireland, 1,479 of which were now in opera tion under act 7 of the present year. The effect of this system of relief had been most satisfactory. The general health was improved in a very marked degree. Colonel Jones, writing within the last week or two from Skibbereen, gave a meat gratifying account oh the health of the population and of the rising prosperity of the town. Of Valenti', the same gen tleman reported that fever was disappearing from that place, and that the cams which remained were of a very modified form. Lastly, writing from Galway on July 1, Colonel Jones said that a stranger would not judge from the look of the population that any want of food had bean experienced, and that the market-women were all of them bringing in poultry and other produce for sale at reasonable prices. The reports from the constabulary showed that whereas not long since deaths from starvation had in many places num bered twenty-six in the day, four deaths attributable to this cause did not now occur in a week. The reports from the constabulary further showed that, as compared with April, the number of crimes in June had fallen off more than one-half. As to the cost to the public, the change of system had operated a great saving. In the four weeks preceding the change from payment on public works to the distribution of rations, the amount paid was 1,200,0001. ; whereas, in the four weeks of June under the latter system, the amount ex pended had only been 539,000/. The plan of distributing cooked food only had proved a most effectual check to abuses which previously prevailed. When raw meat and unprepared meal were given out the recipients were con stantly known to sell their rations and get drunk en the proceeds, leaving their families to starve. Two hundred and seven hospitals had been established and seven dispeasa rim and the fish used in them had created a demand the that article of food, great quantities of which were procurable, under doe encouragement, on the western coasts of Ireland. The entire expenditure on the part of the pub lic was, he rejoiced to say, under the estimate he bad form. edy seeds. He had calculated that ten millions would be expwled, but the amount applied had been only 9,350,000, aampletinithe grants for this purpose up to the ensuing r which the I ri sh people must rely upon the =leer the purpose of enabling the rates to meet this .wade racy, the government would postpene any present meats for the repayment of loans . until the spring anises. Poe theparpose of promoting the river drainage of Ireland, be ohoald propose to advance 120,0001. from the Board of Works in behind, 240,0001. from the Treasury ; making, with the exec already applied to this purpose, 430,0001. thought the interference of the government Medd been harm than good, and impede, instead of en. imunge, the individual and national industry of the country. There might have been some mistakes committed by the gevemment in the vast and responsible, as well as novel undertaking, of feeding the earring people of Ireland; but on the whole the best had been done that circumstances so entirely unprecedented admitted of, and great benefits had resulted, as well as the most signal success in oaring the population from famine and pestilence. He hoped that with the coming harvest the necessity for all further efforts would MOM What would be the effect of another failure of the harvest It was not possible for him to predict, and therefore he would not tonsil upon so painful a topic. With respect to the course which he now proposed to the house to adopt, he would merely give the general heads of expenditure and of the mum to be repaid and remitted, and then move that the house go into committee on the Destitute Persons (Ireland) ed Bill. The whole sum expended by the of Public Works in relief was, in round numbers, 4,900,0001. The sum of 2,200,0001. had been expended in soup kitchens, or, at least , would be expended by the end of Aug ust, which terminated the year of relief. He prod that one-half of the sum expended by the Board of Works should be remitted, and a similar proportion of the sum expended by the relief commissioners. The amount of the former would be 2,500,0001. ; and of Sir J. BuToyne's commission, about 1,000,0001. The cost of the staff of the Board of Works and the officers employed ender it was 310,0001., and the amount of donations to the relief commit. tee was 190,0061. The commissariat department had ex . ...... pended 250,0001. The whole amount of eximditure not to be repaid (including a sum of 130,0001. which remained to be expended up to April, 1848) would be 4,380,0001. The amount which would have to be repaid of the advances made under the 9th end 10th Vic., was, on account of the loan, from the Board of Relief, 2,4500,0001. From Bir J. Burgoyne's commission, 1,200,0001. ; making, in the whole, 3,700,0001. ; and a further sum advanced for the purposes of public works of 1,270,0001. The house would remember that ha had originally taken the sum of 10,000,0001. as that which would comprise the whole expedi ter* required for the relied Ireland. The mlimatad expos ditties up to April was 9,350,0001., leering a berme ef 650,0001. in hand, which he did not anticipsie beim gelled upon to lay out, but whisk ha reserved, in ease oiresmalemess hereafter rendered it nerassary to maks further abet. What he now proposed to do was, to propose a reselthlou for granting a further ems as lean for imbue weeks sad =ln Ireland, an Owe he would premed with the la theutheleo hr_ the Immo etse=wee-haf of the essewat oho* whoneed had The Chows= pth the gessitha, fiat a NM at way not mambos * ala seaweed Is bar Mejeety the oedema/at lima bias to oem= espied fee on public worts Pur r n Ireland . The eseetatisa p wee agreed to, the house resumed, and the chairman rembail. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that the house do go into committee on the Public Works Drain age Bill. 81r J. GRAHAM complimented the right hon. gentle man on the cleeenees and lucidtiree of his statement. He begged to ask with respect to the amount of expendi ture incurred under the statute of 9 & 10 Vict., whether the root of ma-staining the 14,000 persons in the hospi tals in Ireland was to be defrayed out of the poor-rates? Had any rates been levied, and, if not, bow were all the ex punge already incurred in this respect to be defrayed ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained that he had maid he was not aware if any rate had been col 'acted in Ireland to defray the expense of the patients in the hospitals, or to repay the amount expended in their main tenance. His knew there had been measures taken for col luting rates, but he was not aware that any of them had been applied in repayment of the sums advanced by the go- comment. In fact, none of the rates collected had hitherto found their way into the channel for repaying the expendi ture made by government in supporting the people of Ireland. , Mr. B. OSBORNE said he was surprisedno hon. member ' had questioned the statement of the right hon. gentleman, who had represented Ireland in colours such u befitted the Happy Valley, or Arcadia. The grant of money had staved off famine from Ireland, but its people were utterly de moralised, and he looked with horror upon the prospects of that country during the next winter, for, notwithstanding the millions that had been expended, ministers had riot suc ceeded in warding off the danger from that country, and he warned them of the approaching crisis there. Mr. LABOUCIIERE complained of the misrepresenta tion of the hon. member, in stating that his right hon. Mend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, had pictured Ire land so being like the Happy Valley. His right hon. friend had, on the contrary, stated Lai conviction of the amount of misery existing there, and he had merely asserted that the measures taken by government, and the food that had been distributed to the Irish people, had been !successful in saving human life, and in warding off the frightful pestilence and famine that were stalking through the land. If the govern ment were to be again called upon to deal with the subject, with all the experience they had had, he did not think they could take any course very different from that which they had already pursued. The people of Ireland were suffering under the most tremendous calamities which ever afflicted a nation, and no measures less extensive than those adopted could have met the magnitude of the evils which were to be encountered. (Hear, hear.) As one of those who had an intimate knowledge of those calamities, and who had been charged with the administration of affairs in that country, he heartily joined in the feeling of gratitude which bad been expressed by his right hon friend the Chancellor of the Ex chequer for the generous and disinterested co-operation of all parties in this country, without distinction of creed or politica, to enable the government to grapple with evils of sea trlmlitful magnitude as those with which their fellow sublimes-bad been afilisted. (Hear.) Kr. D..CALLAGHAIN said he felt great gratification at the amnrusoe given by the ministers of the crown, that the po god pruipsets Of behead were so mach improved. its ils:K 6 not, however, resist stating that the private ao. soestilip }ad received Oran they country, had not smarmed Keeminepereentations. He entertained cauelersble appro. baseless as to the state of the potato crop, and wished to urge upon the government the advantages of establishing &Ott throughout the country in the event of a calamity similar to that of last year overtaking the people. The es tablishment of dep6ta for the distribution of food was wholly omitted the, year, and to that eirennistemet he attributed the increased destitution and sufferings of Ireland. He was aware he differed in opinion with many, but he con sidered the potato crop peculiarly suited to his fellow oountrysnen. They easily got credit for the land in which the crop was planted ; it was cheaply sad easily cultivated ; and if the produce was even tolerably far, a sufficiency of food was raued to preserve the people from starvation. They were now on the eve of a general election, but the ob servations he wished to make were not dictated by any personal motives, for it was not his intention again to seek a seat in that house. He conceived the subjects he alluded to were of importance, and deserved the attention of government. The relation between landlord and tenant was especially entitled to consideration, and he hoped the go. vernment would have a measure pseud ueimilating as far as possible the law in Ireland to that which exists in England. Lord G. BENTINCK could not allow it to be supposed that he concurred in the statement made by the right hon. gentleman the Secretary for Ireland, that if all that had been done for the relief of Ireland was to be done over again, no better course could be adopted than that which was taken. He could not believe it consistent with wisdom that so large a sum as 9,300,0001. should be expended for the rel , ef of Ireland, and that comparatively so small a sum was to be expended in works of utility, upon which either re-payment of capital or interest was expected. It was rather extraordinary that the loan of 625,0001., voted for the erection of Irish railways, of the repay ' meat of which there was net the slightest doubt, was the only part of the large sum voted for the relief of Ireland, that was dont:7 and obstinately contested In that house. (Hear, hear.) That was the only sum about which an outcry had been made, whereas, it seemed, after all, that it would be the only item which would cost the English people nothing whatever next year. As to the supply of food, he (Lord G. Bentinek) and his friends had always been of opinion that the depOts for the administra tion of relief were insufficient in number, and that the government were too slow with their supply of food, espe cially as they were well aware there was no other means by which the lives of the people could have beet preserved. If the government had acted with energy or vigour in the firm instance, and had adopted the suggestions of honourable members of his (Lord G. Bentinck's) side of the house, there would not have been that tremendous lees of life which had taken place, but the dreadful calamities which betel the ' people would have been got over with a very small compare tire sacrifice of life. Lord J. RUSSELL explained the statements made by his right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer as to the course the government would again pursue if placed in a similar position with reference to Ireland as that with which they were compelled to struggle last year. What the right hon. gentleman said was, that in the main they had no came to regret the course they had taken. The late government had tome to the same conclusion upon the subject that the present government had formed. Ile differed from the hon. member for Cork as to the advantages of cultivating potatoes, and repeated the hope he had frequently expressed that the calamities from which Ireland lately suffered so severely would induce all climes in that country, especially members of agricultural societies and influential farmers, to show the people generally the advantages of turning their attention to the cultivation of other crops than potatoes, and that they &gold not for the future look to that esculent, as hitherto it was, as the chief means of their support. Mr. DISRAELI said that every gentleman upon his side of the house understood the right bon. gentleman the Chan. cellor of the Exchequer to have said that upon a general re view of all that had teen done with reference to Ireland by the present government they should again, if an opportunity was presented, adopt the same course they had already taken. The noble lord admitted that the course of policy indicated by his noble friend was the right one, and the only sure in vestment made was the investment made on the principle advocated by his noble friend. He would not unite in a vote de want of confidence in her Majesty's government with respect to the course of general policy pursued by them to wards Ireland, but notwithstanding that general approval, they were at liberty to advocate the principles maintained by his noble friend. He believed that experience had fully proved the truth of the views propounded by his noble friend. The noble lord the member for London said that the govern ment were right in following the course they pursued, but when they told him that they were right oa the one hand in not doing anything, and on the other hand for not doing all that could be done, he would leave them to that golden me diocrity of which they were so proud. (Hear, hear.) Mr. LABOUCHF.RE could not allow the statement to pass by ancontradieted, that experience had proved the course of policy recommended by the noble lord the member for Lynn to be right. The noble lord recommended two manes ; one was the introduction of an extensive system of railways into Ireland; the other was an interference with the pew vision trade of that country. If these two coursed had boss adapted, he believed they would have produced irreparable mischief. It was one thing to apply the system of free-trade to circumstances in which it was applicable, and another thing to apply it to questions beyond the principles of' that science. He did not think that those were the real friends of free-trade who would rigidly apply its doctrines to such a state of things as prevailed in Inland when there were 3.000.000 of persona starving. (Hear, hear.) But to apply the artificial system of the noble lord opposite would be to substitute the watering-pot for the shower. Mew, hear.) After a few words from the CmArcaLLoa of the Ex- CUIMIUnR, Kr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN begged to recommend the observations of the right hon. gentlemen the Secretary for Ireland to the attention of the right hon. gentleman the member for Manchester (Mr. Gibson) and the hon. member for Wolverhampton, both of whom were members of an saw elation which proclaimed the doctrine that free trade was fit for all times and circumstances. It now, however, appeared . . that • distinguished member of a free trade goverliment was of opinion that the system of free Ueda would not apply in a case of emergency, and that the old system was better than the new.fashioned one. (Hear, hear.) He was ready, however, to admit that the!government were actuated by the beet possible intentions towards Ireland. The government committed two errors in his opinion ; but the second was • reproach to the first ; for if the 9 & 10 Viet. was success fill, why substitute for it the soup kitchen act? Mr. P. SCROPE rose to express his strong hope that in any future emergency in which they 'eight be obliged to carry on • system of relief—if another 10,000,001 was to be expended—and such a possibility appeared to be by no means imporible—a system of reproductive works would be carried on, and that the cultivation of waste lands, of fisheries, and arterial drainage, would be encouraged. Sir R. FERGUSON said, that unless the gentry of Ire land worked themselves, little benefit could be expected in Ireland. (Hear, hear.) The resolutions were then agreed to; the house resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. POOR REMOVAL BILL (No. 2). On the motion that this bill be read a second time, Bir G. GREY opposed the mend reading, and hoped it would be withdraws. Capt. FITZROY supported the ►ill, and wu anxious that It should be passed : but be consented to postpone the farther consideration of it till Tuesday next. The house adjourns(' at 10 o'clock. 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NW" MI Dome Arm, wlll be rude q on the erlie 4111 kepi his ZI ib erMISTONDINTS. ""ni. r: by We I l leb " ardo sy=all.• wt M HIGH WATIII AT LOIIDON.IIIIDOI. Tuts Ds•—/duselme 17 .la. paw II Mumma. SO mla. p It. 14.11 —lleruass. 0 I. m pass 17 t 23 .1. p orn 12. LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 9. IN the House of Lords yesterday the subject of the Wellington statue was brought under the considera tion of their lordships by Lord BROUGHAM, and that of medals to naval officers by the Earl of HARD WICKE. At the morning sitting of the House of Commons, on the order of the day being read for going again into committee on the Health of Towns Bill, Lord J. RUSSELL stated the reasons which had induced the government to consider it enadvisablo to proceed any further with the measure in the present session. The Compensation for Damages (Ireland) Bill passed through committee.—Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE, in answer to Sir R. INGLIS, stated, that the government had received a voluminous report on the subject of idol worship in India, and he was of opinion that the government was net bound to continue the payment hitherto made in support of the Temple of Juggernaut. —Lord J. RUSSELL, in answer to Mr. V. SMITH, replied, that the grant for educa tion in the next session would be extended to the children of Roman catholics.—Sir Q. GREY, in answer to Mr. FORSTER, described such information as he had received with respect to the accident at Kirklese Hall Colliery.—Mr. SPOONER gave notice of his intention to bring a charge against Mr. Hustu, but declined • - _. r stating its nature or purport —The CHANCELLOR of , the EXCHEQUER, in a speech of details u to the operations which had been had with respect to the relief of Irish dishrag, moved that a further grant of 300,0001. be made in furtherance of the measures for effecting that object. Atter some discussion the reso lotion was agreed to. Iv must be confessed that the withdrawal of the Health of Towns Bill, after all the expectation raised, the alarms excited, the twelvemonth's pother, and the ultimate blowing hot and blowing cold upon it, is a result highly discreditable to the government, and seriously calculated to injure the once high character of Lord MoaPern u a politician. We need not spare a remark whirl► every one will make, and which we make with regret Here is a measure, imperatively and immediately called for, strongly seconded by public opinion, uniting in its favour a large majority in parliament, and having tor antagonists merely half-a-dozen of odd representatives of local interests. And yet so badly timed, and prepared, and managed, is the mea sure, that its opponents, the greater part of whom can merely complain that it does not go far enough, are still able to triumph over the ministry, over the country, and over the majority of parliament itself, with such ease and success, that really tempts one to despise the whole machinery and formsof constitutional legislation, as tardy, trivial, inefficient, and inept. If there had been any great antagonism between principles, any great struggle of interests, if any powerful class were banded together to protect their interests threatened by this reform, one might be satisfied with having agitated and advanced the question. But the opposition is nothing: local interests have not a champion more formidable than Col. Siernoar. Whig and tory are not divided on the question. The failure is simply owing to our legislators having entangled their feet in their own web of law-making, and not knowing how to extri cate themselves. One would think that a simple law might suffice to give power for the cleansing of sewers and gutters, the removal of cesspools, and the opening of drains. But it seems that the sewers through which legislation runs, are completely choked, that the statute-book wants draining, and that there exist standing and stagnant pools of acts of parliament, idle, mephitic, unfathomable, and irremovable, except by some legal scavenger of more brains than the country pos sesses or the government can command. What a tremendous mistake we and the govern meat have made ! We have set a lord, and a philan thropist, and a most able man in general politics, about a task that seemed one of philanthropy, whilst in truth it was a work of legal astuteness and cunning. Nor is this the first time the mistake hes been made. The Poor Removal Bill is a sample of the utter Motility of attempting philanthropy in legis lation, unless the philanthropist condescends to wear a powdered wig, and cram his head with the thoughts and cares and knowledge which accompany such. The French are better provided in this respect than we are. They have what they call a state-council, composed of eminent men in all branches and pro fessions— the legal of course predominating. To this council all bills and laws are submitted in secret by the ministers and the cabinet. The members of the council, undisturbed by political considerations, examine the bearings of the new law, its relation to the old law, and they concoct, and consider, and mature all such proposed laws; so that ministers are I never forced to come forth with crudities, of which they are utterly ignorant of the scope or consequences. 1 Such a council is no doubt an expensive business, and a great objection prevails to the creation of boards and places. As it is, however, what an immense ex pense there is of the time of parliament, of public pa tience, as well as neglecting and deferring the reme dies of pressing evils, and the removal of the most glaring abuses! To this we might add, the expendi ture of political reputation, slap cast upon most noble parties and the most intelligent men, who are pre sented to the public as having failed and as being in capable, when the real fault lies in the system, which a plain gentleman cannot hope to deal with. The public, however, will not enter into this appre ciation of causes. It sees such measures as a sanitary law withdrawn. It will not accept the common-place excuses of lateness of hour, factious opposition, multi plicity of details; and it will inevitably throw the blame upon the want of resolution and foresight in ministers. WE directed the attention of our readers some time since to the election contests at Oxford and Cam bridge. We intend now to bring under their notice the singularly interesting straggle going on at the University of Dublin. Much to the surprise of many persons, the supre macy of the old tory party in Trinity College, Dublin, is likely to be successfully disputed at the general election. The present representatives have not given satisfaction to the university electors. In addition to the sitting members, five other candidates have been brought under the notice of the electors, so universal is the discontent with the present members. But of those five gentlemen, there is one whose opposition to Messrs. SHAW and HAMILTON is especially formida ble. We allude to Mr. M'CuttAort, a fellow of the - university, and professor of natural phi losophy. His name is known wherever science is cultivated. In conjunction with Professor LLOYD and Sir WILLIAM HAMILTON he has wiped off the slur of " The Silent Sister" from the University of Dublin. He is probably the ablest man in Tnnity College, and much is still expected from his future career in science. The reports of the British Associa tion for the Advancement of Science, and of other learned societies, have sufficiently registered the fame of Professor M'CULLAOII. There is hardly an eminent mathematician in Europe of whom he is not the 00r dent. Nor is he merely a scholar. Mr. WCIILLAGEI is a man of practical talents, and of strong common sense. He differs much from other men of science, who are too apt to become isolated and purely abstract in their habits of thought. He pommies an ample fund of good sense, and is well adapted for the business of the world. In addition to all these valuable qualities, his private character is estimable, and he is personally popular with the fel lows and scholars of the house. The ostensible ground on which Mr. WCULLAOH claims the votes of the electors, is the fact that he is a member of the university, while Messrs. SHAW and HAMILTON, its sitting members, are both gra duates of Oxford! " A representative of the um versity," says Mr. M‘Cuttaon, in his circular to the electors, " ought really be a member of it, a person educated within its walls, formed under its influence, and familiar with its working. A more reasonable principle could not be laid down. The uni versities have received the right of returning members to parliament for certain high mo ral purposes. Wealthy corporations and large aggregate bodies have been left without special aiirect representation. But the legislature has given two members to each of the three great universities, on account of their important connection with the education of those classes which supply the senate, as well as the church and the learned profes sions, with men of learning and ability. When, therefore, the universities are so specially favoured, it is only right that their privileges should be exercised in the same enlarged spirit as that in which they were conferred. And there is something absurd in Oxford graduates representing the Irish university. What can be a greater disgrace to that learned body, than the fact that it has been obliged to endure representa tives educated in an English college, as if amongst its own members there was neither learning, talent, nor eloquence ? Mr. HAMILTON is a very respectable Irish squire, who obtained his present seat for Trinity College on no other ground than because he had contested the representation of both the city and county of Dublin, at the :general elections of 1832 and 1834. He had been the ally of the late Mr. Wiser, the Irish bar rister, who spent a noble fortune in disputing with the liberals the representation of Dublin city. For having shown so much Tory zeal, Mr. GEORGE ALEXANDER HAMILTON WaS chosen by a learned body as its fit ting organ in the legislature ! He was neither an orator, - like Lord PLUNK arr,who formerly represented the university, nor eminent for political talent, like Mr. WILSON CROKER who aspired to the same honour ; neither was he a successful barrister like Mr. LEPROY, or Mr. JACKSON, who preceded him in the representation. Both these latter gentlemen, unlike either Mr. HAMILTON or Mr. SHAW, had been pupils and graduates of Trinity College, and had won its academic distinctions. Mr. SHAW'S Mae is worse than Mr. HAMIL TON'S. The latter gentleman is an elder eon, and di a ng uwn tl r relt !ranks high amongst the commoners of Ireland. A higher custom 0 1: tun as for th lin ixish e tim g e intr p y re , v of ail sen ed son to Cambridge or Oxford, and the younger b ro . there to Dublin, for graduating. Thus, a great ma ny of the mod distinguished public characters of Ireland I have been educated at our English colleges. Nearly all the statesmen who aided HENRY ORATTAN it hi revolution of 1782, Mr. FLOOD, Mr. DENTS DALY, and Mr. GARDINER (better known as Lord MOUNTJOY), were graduates of our English universities. The Irish nobility never graduate in Dublin; the only exception, of late years, to the rule, being the present Marquis of DROGHEDA. But, on the other hand, th ow , young men who are intended for the Irish church, er bar, almost invariably graduate there ; the practice of Irishmen taking degrees in England being almost ex. elusively confined to the nobility and the commons, Mr. SHAW, however, thought proper to come over to Oxford, and many members of Dublin University a re asking the question, " Why Mr. FREDERICK SHAW, the third son of a Dublin banker, need have tamed up his nose at the national university, like the Anglo. Irish nobility and great commoners?" Mr. SHAH has lost all his popularity amongst the Irish comer. vatives, and he is now begianing to find that his claims on the university must undergo rigorous exa mination. Half of his party look on him as a te l t. versator ; the other half consider him a failure. R e has not realised his own hopes, or the expectations of his friends. It is very certain that he is a disap. pointed man, and that he acutely feels the indifference of Sir ROBERT PEEL. Nor is that the whole state of the case. Of late year s there has been a great progress of opinion in the Uni versity of Dublin. The late Provost LLOYD intro. duccd changes which are new beginning to produce much moral effect. Previous to his time, the studies of the university were chiefly confined to mathematics and classics; but he reformed the course, and intro duced ethics, for proficiency in which honours are assigned equally as in science or the classical course. A reflective and philosophical spirit is gradually developing itself in the Irish university. A more enlarged mode of thinking, and a more liberal esti mate of society in Ireland, are beginning to prevail within the walls of Trinity College. A sense of national reputation ; a patriotic desire of doing credit to the island ; an anxiety to remove all just causes of opprobrium are very visible amongst the fellows and resident graduates. Mr. *Cum, tcH is admirably calculated to repre. sent the rising spirit in the university. Speaking of the qualifications of a candidate, he says, " He ought to be a person having sonic pretensions to represent the interests of science and learning, and capable of giving them something of their due weight in the public counsels." Neither Mr. HAMILTON nor Mr. Slum are suc h men as are here described. Two years since, when the character of Dublin University was discussed in parliament, neitherof its representatives distinguished themselves in reply to some bitter attacks on Trinity College. Mr. HAMILTON, on that occasion, read out monotonously a list of the eminent men who had graduated at Dublin, and Mr. &DIM was very tame in resenting the affronts offered to the university. Much more zeal was dis played by Mr. SHELL, who indignantly cried— It is in vain for you to disparage Trinity Col lege, Dublin ; the names it has produced are multi tudinous and bright. So far from censuring the college, I can only express my wonder how a handfd of men like the protestants of Ireland can have pro. duced so many men of scientific and literary reputa tion." Mr. SHELL spoke with no ordinary zeal ; but then he was an alumnus of the college, and naturally was urged to vindicate his alma natter. But Squire HAMILTON and Recorder &taw were only members for not of the university. Hence they were not directly interested in the fair fame of the attacked college. The presence of such a man as Mr. !il'Cetuce in parliament would be the best vindication of Dublin University. We trust that it will coo fer honour upon itself by doing justice to the claims of great science, united with prac- tical talents, and calmly conceived views upon Ireland. Mr. M'CULLAGH is proudly identified with the university. Neither Messrs. SHAW or Hammon confer upon it any credit. Mr. SHAW'zi name, if it reach posterity, will be numbered only with those of the factious and intemperate partisans—the Wm- NANS and DROMGOOLEB of Irish politics—Mr. Wet- LAGH will be enrolled amongst the Htrrenesons, BERKELEYS, and BIIELKES. Whatever may be thought of reviving Irish manufacture, there is one branch in which we hope the Irish will not fail—the home pr duction of men of genius. The pride of educating and forming such men as Professors M'CuLtaca and LLOYD, Sir W. HAMILTON, and Sir R. KANE, may only be equalled by the shame that Trinity College should feel, if, at the next election, one of her fore most sons be spurned, and a pair of undistinguished Oxford graduates preferred. Wz shall limit ourselves, for the resent, to merely calling the reader's attention to a tnal which appears at length in our columns, and which concerns not merely the press, but is of importance to the public in general. We shall, on a future occasion, recur to this trial and its result. At a late hour on Wednesday afternoon, too late to affect the operations of the Bourse, the Minister of Finances presented to the Chamber a project of law authorising the government to raise a loan of three hundred and fifty millions of francs. The flight of M. Peilaprat, and the consequent acquittal expected for his co-accused, was the subject of conversation in all circles in Paris. This, put in junta-position with the previous cases of M. Benien and M. Oudin, the latter aide-de-camp to the Duke of Nemours, has excited observations in every quarter on the corrupt administration of justice, which favours the evasion of offenders who are in the more wealthy and influential classes, while the poorer and more bumble, even in cases of infinitely less aeries charges, are subjected to the loss of liberty and all the severity of convicted criminals for many months, Ara sometimes even for years before definitive trill sr judgment. Why, it is asked, were.MM. Pellapest arid Cubieres, one a wealthy receiver-general, and the other a peer of France and ex-minister, allowed the option of standing their trial or withdrawing to a foreign country, under an accusation which would undoubtedly have subjected any persons in the or& nary ranks of life to previous imprisonment, to pie vent the possibility of escape? The journal La Prase was seized on W for copying an article which had pry. iously ap in La Democratic Pacflure, which had preview`, been seized. An application will, it is expected, be made to the chamber to sanction the prosecution of M. Ensile de Girardin fur this offence. The weather in Paris, which for the season biz been lately of an unusually low temperature, and* went an extraordinary change on Tuesday. At six in the morning the thermometer stood at 65 deg, at noon it rose to 82 deg., and at two o'clock it wiz above 86 deg. The evening and night were owes sively close and hot, and a thunder storm and betel rain ensued. Le National says that the government has received important news from Athens, which it withholds free the public. General Grivss, it says, is at the head el a serious insurrection which has broken out in ths province, and has rendered himself master of several strong places in Ammonia. Difficulties ales have arisen about the performance of the conditions * wards the Turkish Minister, prescribed by Paso Metternich. MADRID, Jar 1. The Heraldo is quite radiant with happy omem The recluse of the Pardo is relenting ; the solitude, ,10 sr protected state of the youthful Queen, inspire his with compassion. There are hopes of reconciliation. To' terday the moderados painted the King Consort martyr to persecution. His saddle-horses, his muslamo were taken away from him. To-day he remembers lus siege tows ; he seeks to throw himself at the quiet's ba!- Ah, what virtues there are in persecution ! If the Herelaf,a hopes are realised, one good at least will follow—.• soa r hear less about the frock-coated and white-trowsered " fluent'," which sets so much goose-dander a-hissing, .. 101 It would seem that the poor old uncle was not dial-, hem the palace without much obstinate atruggls. clung to the society of his little Isabelita, ai be do' her, in familiar lutoying style. His lapsur lingressala, the secret society he belonged to, whether the mesnaill . badinage of half-witted brains, or the serious avowal 01 1, fact, was peculiarly ill-timed at a moment when the sAZ attributed to La Rica was in everybody's mouth. His and Moderado enemies made the most of his blunder. Concerning Don Francisco de Paula's colt from palace, I hear that the day before yesterday the presidiat. the council intimated to the Infante the propriety of tehig advantage of the remaining light to betake himself