The Express. — London, England, 1852-04-29 00:00:00

IMPERIAL P. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Wwwssorr, Arm 28. Taw Brutal' took the duds at 12 eats*. PRIVATE PUBINR63. The Payout flatmate Masora Campasy Bill w eos sillared as andeded,aad erdatad to beamed . third Bac PUBLIC RUPINRINI. PETITIONS MAtmoots lla oowrrtt Ace. By Mr. MONCRIItIP, fees Leith sad ether pions is Seethed; Mr. DAMN% teem Shashi's, Ida et Wight; Illy. lIIASTIIt, trees Ni gem ; for reread MILITIA Biu..-117 Sir J. WALIISLET (HI), Mancheeter, hem permute Is the employ of Wahines& Mg Dame, Bradshaw sad Elsehleek Hallett end C Jaen rani. T. S. Westin& 11. aitkin, 0. Pellincfl e M S. Doteaer. H. White, from miathers of the Cambia • assisty, temperareee 110aNt411 employed at r. B. IL. Ushers dells, imresliere of the Helson-etreet Teupwiesee Resist y ; Welsh Calvinistic Methodists, OrleveastaliMM Cbspel ; Mr. V. SMITH. from Northamptos &O . C Pm-iris—By Mr. FREWEN, heat Ear* haoras ; Mr. COBBOLD, hoe *ewe ht Suffolk; spinet the removal of. ALLOWANCE TO COVETT VOTERS BILL. Mr. CHRISTOPHER moved the lest reeding of Ala, Mr. AYSTEV opposed it. The home divided, sad the setalkee were-- For the eirarad mediae Airaisst it _ _ Tbs Wish of the division shsu a her number thus 40 MEW, present, it went for adbiag, and the busiamagpas "1 dell until that number was mode up. 77C ISTOPMER mid, under the eircurnstanees, be world press, in so thin a house, for another division, but would ha the first readinn for that day week. NOTICES OF MOTION. Sir 11 WILLOI'UUDY, in committee on the Militia UIII, to move that the compulsory clause is regard to the should not apply to married men. Ssr I). L. EVANS, for an early day, a resolution in referent" to the expense of the military establishments of Can Ida and New Dominick. Mr. ANSTEY, on Tuesday next, a resolution reesiniso iryt tio title of her Majesty a subjects residing is Impaiss countries, to have their rights of property and poem ss• "petted. and declaring that as thole slats bed bus dir latsd by the Aunrian government, in mpg de at Pm Church Missionaries expelled from Feeds asi as rein= given, the house was of opinion that the cue we liplike waned for prompt and earnest measures OR the part of her Majeqs * P wowenament. Mr. lIOEIIUCK, on Friday next, to ask a question in reference to the Treasury order issued for the neeption of tienetal Raw, and the directions given to the port °Steers to watt on that individual. PROVIDENT PARTNERSHIPS BILL. _ _ ----- Mr. SLANEY moved that Lord Claude Hamilton, Mr. John Williams, Mr. Seholelield, and Mr. Sidney Herbert be added to the weliet committee on the Industrial and Provident Partnerships Bill. Agreed to. UNIVERSITIES OF SCOTLAND BILL. Mr. MONCILIEFF moved the second resting of the bill. Mr. F. SCOTT felt bound to oppose this measure, in sup poet of which no reason bad been given. The petition* presented in favour of the bill were scanty in numbers, end s taking the signatures in proportion to the population, M. tarty insignificant as evidence of the approbation of the community to a measure which he contended was subver sive of the legitimate influence of the established church of Scotland, and of the religious character of the universities. The house must consider the question as it affected the ma versitii s, the church, the parochial school establishment"— that was the schools comtected with the established abash and the unieersities—and,. finally and priseipay, as it ef. freed the moral end religious education of the - great body of the people of Scotland. The tests in question reeled net merely upon an act of parliament, but on • solemn oestrect mitered into between one part of the United Kingdom and the other, fur the greater security of the Presbyteriaa religion, in the Act of Union. The object for which the tests in question were imposed was to afford to the people of Scotland a guarantee that the teachers of their youth should be imbued with sound religious principles, and who conformed themselves to the doctrine, and submitted to the discipline of the esta blished church rat the country. Ile believed there was no cation, 'insect of religionists, which did not regard it as of the ereate-t importance that the teacher' of youth should be attached to the purest form of worship, as recognised by the country. Scotland had always acted on that principle, and the i fleets produced by it during • practice of 150 years had proved the benefit of it. (Ileu, hear.) Amongst what other people could they find so many instances of mond worth, or success in the walks of life, in whatever non they embarked, or is whatever country their tiny might lead them, as the Scotch ? Doubtlera the ammeter of the people was moulded in • great measure by the lea tution. under which they lived, and memos them of Scot land none were more valuable this the oftesticed system es sosoreted with the established aura of the issetatry. Is is oeuvequesise of the relandes la seducing the tests, asii the interference ea/ rigid mated of the municipal setharities of liftshargle over the IS venity of that eity, • mil esthelesios treed to inquire ire the primesides ofthe Mil the mock in while lofted's es the prefemiesal dries wee re gulated. and Ave noun arraibristisa esii of which lead Illassivsy, •Ireedeth, sad ear persons were arts" u tmost unenithendy, there leing lint one ime teas druid few tree. It was be Mart peIYo to rat Imolossialsa that the prism hill preseedeL (ateses.) Ile was aware that list year the ben. ant lernuei peedenns she weed the hill whined be • im dissever et the esethiries et UM as as that Me Sari unteseeities were sot, like Melia universities, intended on aorta priseipally for the otheation of the clergy se MP be ✓ogerded as apputhapea of the church, anti the is- Seresm he drew was, that therefore them was on itheeners is their ennetilishment that reign& should fleas pert of the edratisa given, and that there was no resent ter requiring that the pealLis s = etherthe hen ray prerether rdipous opining. hal the ins Meer havdd draw teen that passage was, Ad teas math as the Sera reithreities were net AVOW to the aura, Wended ere the obserisa of dim. it was the d, et the legbithwee to tabs ere rat religious priesiplee rhea& be heselemed he thew berme there could me be true moral leauslies usessenpried by religious eilusedes. flees wen sat the lines vim ri=etk . t to mg to the wind their seerrity M their anima ad religiously riesated. Thies ware an Ilithes --- 1476 away with eatth sad testa. Beery nrenrsiga on waresethag to the throne Welt ea ear be te sr dark n& the puthelent taith, nod was this • Mese elm Os end and popery Me arid say, in wboseSlE allested hew they was ensured het soden is the sareadithers pepsey, Meg Ms was et 'Man this tine billhoa they Gelb& be meth guaslied. Ea rent that the he rend a mend le tire that den it meth& Mr. MONCIURP7 rid it wasidles nediested that, ia Mr, then wee • elnarr bit ithesimesil se the here, and it certainly did emir Ira that OM weal& he se mom able objectives telho i mitat Mb • bill. He the disap that pointed bee ninielers did eat we their wey n s co e a t u e di pLlMlL wipperting this bill, hearse be beenewebb fiesreetzy of the Trasszy, ant the benethalie nesnber for lidelingehise, mid it Mao was time the the people et Soothed to madder • base ray ha wha saw we dossier a Thin time bed less Ahem net d the egged sweenr ? Then IS padres' he this rerun 'Nth a ed gainst it. The Mr pitil been ess he the bill easteined nage Asa 6,000 signatures ; the pe titions spier it did nth einthin 100 signatneer, and with the enesptisa d nth Ibsen the seadthes et Abram they were arthely teen .heel MHO used Or Sys of the bed shoe*. The pithier he the hthirthaded =teas fib ths peies smalelpai iseplogilas at to at Win arellem and Fl°.a=rho a C d harch and sem ierrnt boilts. It was perfe e ctly clear thet people Seetlind had se dein le perm lbses tests. (Hear.) The Sesta videueillee Belle in- Wanks'. They 1111.1 sec thiseredeal redeetinr, as regarded the pureethe ; aura had so serest over them ; they bed nalt the yore te sail upon say porkser to subs the testa. rasa erg thee net wrissier Wats lithe es the elniesta The draw... it salljest tle sat turd Nei Orthinites. They ninnisd the erns; ard se ere brl • rift to ask what nth the rangier filth of ma sleilems. Theft Ires were faldllehml by two sea pared fa VIM byte Melds pos ia meth. sod in 1101 by the won ithended to erre& Wegli= 111.1 :1 rats was fen eels elorst. lash at Idisbnegis--Wise ia the Aar 'et Dirt. Ithythir ? • sees erla s tir would ninth wth reties stood ma mmemmate the b=l lBllL omme of hielellid he = stood se • ranuerth et the utility star i Thee there was Prelims , Wirth, th s illtersity at Milabergh. she war reed ad d revered by his pork ead he, tem me se eplemiemdian. If they were to t un set holm the thiversitieert' Scotland all the pre. &son wise would not take the ter, they would turn est sum at tit* thighteetessenethe,thell era as Brewster eat liabas, sad Wiles era Math Out of SO prelim= is Sestiend Mere seen at this ..asset 24 she had mr takea the it at all, and who didl sot beim, to the sanddiehed church. (Hear, beer.) These wen seirtituted the great practical obst acle to decrier is Seadand, and if they wen essethered Owe was may ems result, that ether Chitties belie weld law nape of their own, and On lbws weld be serer= lessidep. Ile amid use sr what Or aura of Merinni emit *set to this bill, and be did net bathe that sir did ear any ge seraisaiVe to it. dud tire is the two esunsil et there were eke pestrreeef the selehilther OltSrl vied he the absiii of rase Isis e ail thew bre he thereght wee seelded appeal he the bones whether the tir be e hal le an were, seben without Wry to smith&gyst benefit tessiesse these obsolete tees sail the his. sad leaned peatieran who bid jest spell. had proved toe wash or waft _et all. He had Ada the member of me asstl2 : li n talte the test, lan wigs As test had net bets but who nereettbsine aimed the chairs of the of &sodas& Twastr dear ea of P4O had reriered their two- sic s to unireoilrsr Illsollesd without teas asldoesel to , the tem. whisk the law reepaired. Was see elt i t i cleasol in of that the tales& et the aspire was at the et the universities of Scathed. that ease of the Other hell he refused, that Protease Wines and Sir Devil Deewster, and assay ether wbebbil then weed bed allithed chain. Why thee did the ben end lensed geallethr writ to de- prise the church of Sesthed of the serwity which at believed it paraded. Ile believed it was an THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY Waal peeta i Ler se .of the prolosmes, =lt he set be le take ut 3 ' be fa the They at Meek . . • 1 the patf , wan set seembese et th e a , re ,sr aith k er gr it Wei . • . • ILL \ Iles. wALrous .....• 7..:, tit it item to *ppm this moware ss •Tith direct violation of the wheel =mast made et the time of the hies with beelbad; ash essesey, the reeepidea of the prissiplos _of Ws bill stmt lair the fessilatiss of the odueetissal essebibhemale is this tomatry, m well as is esehad. (Haar.) Vases sa lemmas seem were mode nat, so yevarsaeut ought to 11111111111 8 15z ial mosere a this. It shied that the swab= of hales is Bsoliesd herald so logger De to wabegibe say esaishou of their itch. By the AM a e. wag en whisk the treaty of sable wee headed, the emaisdasess had bees pesehrm !tow = Wig say mbar hem of Nth this that of the et Ileshad ; it i Sh hat the prehmseet the same' ties is all tiros dwell be Nape Is bel sehemlbe Oh I esseimies if We ; gal these were made padielemy essdheas et he him. whisk might set le be beam re wales swag names were sires. Be gambled thst is seem sad essehrivo relish were slims It mlibt be dew. (Ber, beer.) it. dinged that soh mem bed Wheels bees hews. It was dust y het he psalm hzatagainst the hill wore pretty heft belesead ; the et petitissers for it was phew has Ohm it; bat Mss IMPS geseparstively mall eltriather. No eses ism etede get stir altarime_ a easdinestel melds of the beety emirs. It was said he Net impreled I. limit the Asko et ggeheten ; bat We wee ho by the Meer meat tort here wore 24 prebesers who bail sot takes Se test. (Chase.) This peeved that the law we sM se stringent ate melees any pasha igegaveniesse ; he ease in support of the mem* bill, themihre, Mod; =ilit was the &sty el the goverwassat wed per m see that the smash 4 the imety of isles ems amistaiall Waft watt semi mimes hat shwa he ma aberselea. Hs lei ashy band of way eon- OWII of the .pmts of this law. This MN head bee istsribrease with the pest odeselleah fee& thins et the *pastry ; sad psalms{ bed as ism NAM es de Ws the ft had to eh ea the gaimesithe of OW moats, to abrade their WSW IS woe the ha law of c swami had mile an demean Is tho itted tti e t sli a ' had Aster the boa. end imessd geodemen adm bees the fruitful seam of all the ealsgaties white had sines &Witted hollead. Smell this wee set an sage* which the he would spy be Wesel to Maw. (Hear, ?war.) The ens obese of the bill absillbei these teste, bat the WM& St mi absh llir divinity, theology, and aura be But if men of an y or so *Weer were into the moral phliesaphy Ma eth er tbe elbetate pupa repaid be just the isms The dew we more than as shaissies by the pe of the bra great danger was le be hem it. Bat be,* Jaded most aural/ le Ise drew . Under it a fitl might be sdished te a peefsessig hair. (limn lemir.)l The aphid be a War seateseesha of the AA of sad wield violas a hadimestal seWle et the esi al him The measure was hither galled he awl expedient ;mad ebb briny ea. Mail peltomost es/ tbst the sabo t institutions of theseseiry *POI sot upheld the national creed ? (lieu, bus.) 11,. AIsiSTEY supported the host reading of the bill. = that the ugh tests of Mr. Monersiff were sa. hr. *WART 'mud, la sewer to Mr. Wittrote that the war of Us. had bees several times interfered with; that the is et the Tree sad .Corporation Acts wee at much as fawsaa of emeledestioal institutions as this blit would h t sad he hew was required because the law was violated. Bic A. CAM PBELL observed that the modificatioes of the treaty of union referred to by Mr. Bout were provided for in the treaty itself. Me hatsaded that this bill was a violation of that edema asespest. awl doubted whether, if it passed, the Court of Semis. weal tarry it out. Moreover, it wu opposed to the omegetha ma. gad even if the bill were to receive the 5.5111. of bath News of Parliament, it could not receive the royal mesh without a violation of that oath. Mr. III: ME supported the bil, ee.eelving that parlia ment should make the lastitatises of he mrsamy masesant to the wants and wishes a the Sir G. CLERK, on the ether= leaked mem this as the int step in the course et heshie;OlLS logiehatiee, as ro• pried sot any the edaselbsid motets of Soo sal, but that ot d a l. Aftuapte bed begs she to ilte the &sea primary sheds ben the estellthhed of reb, and if MM led should be asemplibei a Owe.= Whales &a Spirit would le istreight Isle Ileetbmil. No ease, be ermater, bad boss meth est to se sham ea alteration. J. RUSSELL sill be bid airier beer. • sere ces erceeubra dot of i t be .) a.neel ores tre d t he mes- A s bed that there was se preedeal pi al ot gash het was, that a practical pi ergese had SAM ripa *tilt 11.1041 . 1 r. re z ott e lri se be l l e t oeserr art hat gees .n .7 raWspas I . Mop= nip deb it ON ' law barley Asa Nto that grimes. it Guilt le he absbs (User, bear. Nth gestimges the bed la hew et ths law had NN the it ties see =sa liba •iis mallormatf valeta, tatting It was E tc it. lb ems NOM le Nadir, RIM deb al lnly s terit =ye Mlle Ilt im arilt s r • it uirsairm a are ad, te 416111 a mem we gird to • smote a =set doers Me& the Wils. TOM ars we &a br wee sot AM be a ipeelboie. TM Ilmalse them not le p• tie km is hoe. lest par bei beer • wise dwelt • *AK Mal beim tit_ Ifera • metabn MIS 11171ohie poopmal te Übe Ihe ;albs hi acertain meow. (Nam beta) TM *Mt boa. eta-mat (Mr. Wolipele) aid blaselturom osondlopes the joist, that the hewn sot M arbolobe MOa est whet labovesta dm me eosbt ta le_ he tap. Ito haw het that it al &R abaci Me taw atlimoi as It Mod. That woe sot themes with the wohmaitioe. Ulbe wateseddeo thought It te tlr law Is MN mashie omy ate ma, only lbw did it Maeee • aroot Impertsat IM. is Wad the Maw whether that wee • Mote a the biw whiola tight to emelii. ?belay wee w a s le emote lealmt pen= egoist whom it was arm most apuMs. Maatita was to afkamelhas. but 'pier amooolloa the dis mal*" Trwastsitesa wore exclai m ei.iZt abla ted mi6ba. alai Wit= it IPSO iambi to exclude, am* embedott aka it was Moab& is admit. 34 hw. Mew* the amber for the Umfiumitier buistsmistswat_ ("Isar, MWar, soda ) ils J. ad wee Oat ;be if deers for wbidt As time* et lest Uri bed demised tbe law had met boss b tbea glee segbt S. be allured. So mud be add est gee Irby amalgurs et the bee skink amid be we go boil i=agemerbige o ala f Greek. Harm mile . l Tbe the Smeary et MEM Or tio Hem rpirladarai d rthat sow of these aglessom were ese• mega wldt tie teaddea of religion. He (Loud J. egereired dist Mbe ea t width lath Wa il = 1217 IS tbs pit et the Pape with raped to the bell Fur tie terms whisk bit 1.1 simed be 'Om 16 solo la fewer d the NIL (Herr, Wm) Mt. C. MUCH geld se reams d sdlrirol begs eikuri der tbe imbeetice of a torimadd waists et de Mai 01119/M NO Shedd ji &did welds& le Ws bid, width Mae& la big eleg velb to semis red. alga aid edmatioa. gmaimet width Ammo woe ibe elteasee Mlles wistaust tbe pubis se Smudged. lb. OSWALD sialgtel Est ible was a gassealowe bat be had board se valid restos for rekradog the ergumat cl Kr. Wards, that it was a viola tion of dr A* elf lisaaraty, had Uq, Its peeved dis proval b Mr. lieirelf. TM Mee ilea dished. TM ambers were— P samaimat 172 Foe er th em e awed reeding Ilkority against the mooed reeding 15 THE COLONIAL BISHOPS BILL. Mr J. PAZINOTON asked the eight bee. theme i etetioduliee) to defer his 01111% IS of the ' od lbe /war (6 Voisin. lir 0 rienbl be solostaid mot to g a ds m aay but oribero was a very geseral 00111141•11* thsi isseadkitia Imes askew to en i deep 5uiewe1 ....... . Ind Weald be of Ile te e = es lf the wield promise Ma okay kr maw * h ili rwooll at awe oesede to the wepollbs. He sod kb it hi the wept Pk et the Wank battlers SIAM weeks he would Webs die oldesk of WIWI Is while he h od Mindy obleised Ihe bees the beak • Os Ibe way et the day der tbs mimed reed* bobs sued, Mr. HORSMAN meowed hie hope that the right hem. putlemaa would not at that late hem et the day, proceed with a bill whisk wield effort a couplets moieties in the religious institutions et Ibe eldeales. Mr. OLADSTONZ, to Ifirrial the wooed mikes of the bill, said be had we seeks bet le me the time UM re mised, awl alwall owleaker to de to witbest Passes. gorily dabbles tbe hoes. The 'West of the bit, whisk he bed sleeked Mese to Istrodnie wok that is the edo sieserslisesillitheposeiMe the ohne* etliesked koala M pet is a asedides to its was eseleekilliel albs; that is tho aelesak eat inei.iad ia the poi a% the nos sleek WPM be =NM wt by es weer of bar Moiety lakes la kneed ; tbs. wee to say. dist the ilia of Itesbed direM be pea labes a teaks ef elk the =threwed No set d deomehee of rellobe id t wpm sopped, la dist empoll a poet sawn. rase ow it, sad of Whisk be tread seals, would be dam to dawa. (Meerbow.) He esedit te elk dest the woe se be misksed. inkiest to mai rwleekto as we IS. He posted, est es sat al ibmil dlibi l e i n il =he releases et Ow shwa of aq si l ie s Iles aisle Pkwl at "We Peke of An Is the oilinise were to bobsled ki aikido yekleakee. weed= were palm tar impairs eel woold ells. eideesike. He lei Week* to the hill a. 161111111 to reeds is Plebes, end epistles very pr. dealer somselet of a bpi elwawrie "Ikea .side eseeptkey, whisk were at present ll nose epos is ebereh be lie Win& At Ile wow tine, be was en so yak as to lisp, *sibs ha inetoodol Is layk4 MP the very _beet PI poie, wed le welted to larb ans ir "k ollesiZ sd r i f i n i k its assines, asp- fG, APRIL 29, 1852. Mester et Insiand, is animated by a more decided I spirit. An excellent meeting was held in that town on Thursday last for the purpose of founding an " Athenians.* The Earl of BELFAST, who has taken a lead in this excellent movement, spoke with force and jadgment; hibUpening address from the chair, on the insimetanse dirree Local Libraries. lie paned in review the diglbsont collections of books in Belfast which might be brought together to form the nucleus d a Free Local Library ; and he recommended an ap plication to the Commis loners for the 3001. subscribed in Belfast to the Exhibition Guarantee Fund- A resolution to make such an application was subac. quentl adopted by the meeting on the motion of Mr. M ac ADAM, who mentioned that he had con versed with the Royal Commissioners on the subjectt that there was a difference of opinion among them ; and that he thought it possible the 3001. might be secured. We are disposed to attribute great weight to this very satisfactory demonstration at Belfast. We learn from Mr. MAC ADAM that there is at least a minority among the Commissioners willing to com ply with the proposal to re-distribute the subscrip tions to the Guarantee Fund, with a view to promote thecetablishment of Local Free Librariesand museums. The remarks made on the subject by tho Earl of BELFAST evince just and comprehensive views of the importance of the subject. The exertions he has made show that his heart is in the cause, and that his sentiments are participated in by the Bishop of DowN, the Rev. Mr. MONTGOMERY, the Rev. I'. S. BERRY, President of Queen's College, Belfast—in short, by a large number of the most influential and intelligent persons in the district, many of them en , tortaining widely different opinions in other matters, —is evident from their attending the meeting and taking part in its proceedings. The pressure of such an association can scarcely fail to have an effect upon the Royal Commiesioners, more especially as it ap pears that some of their members are predisposed to yield. We expect much good from the meeting at Belfast, the more that it is likely to rouse the 'multi , Lion and encourage the co-operation of other places similarly circumstanced. FRANCE. PARIS, WPDNESDAT EVENINO. The Bourse to-day has experienced a favourable reaction, in consequence of the following decree pub lished in the Moniteur : Louis Napoleon, President of the French Republic : Considering the decree of 14th March last, relative to the conversion of the Five per Cent. Mentes into Four-aud o- Half per Cents.. Considering that in order to conclude the operations ren dered necessary by that measure, there is reason to substi tute some Three per Cent. Mentes for Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Mentes : On the report of the Minister of Finance, decrees : Art. 1. The Minister of Finance is authorised to cause to be inscribed on the Grand Livre of the public debt 1,403,436(r. of Three per Cent. Mentes, with the interest due from the 22nd of December last, in exchange for 4,175,633 fr. 90e. Four-and-a-Ralf per Cent. Mentes, which will be annulled. Art 2. There shall be devoted to the Three per Cent. Mentes created in virtue of the above authorisation, a sink ing fund of the hundredth pert of their nominal capital, taken front the oinking fund belonging to the Four-and-a- Gulf per Cent. Renter. Art. 3. The minister of finance is charged with the exe cution of the precept decree. Done at the TuiTeries, this 27th April, 11332. (Signed) LOUIS NAPOLEON. (Countersigned) Bignev, Minister of Finance. Besides this token that the government does not intend to have recourse to a loan, the Patric has been instructed to contradict the same rumour, and to state that the treasury has a balance of 100 mil lions at this moment in the hands of the bank. The meaning of the decree in the Moniteur is the assur lance which it gives that the government has closed the important operations of the conversion of the Five per Cents., and settled its accounts in this business. The Council of State proceeded yesterday with the examination of the budget of 1833. You an aware that the budget of the ministry of state in cludes these of the Senate, the Corps Legis latif, and the Council of State. This and the budgets of the ministries of justice and foreign Whirs have been adopted without any amendment. ) The budget of war has been also passed without the bust attempt to realise the expectation raised in some garters of a reduction of the army. It is not on co—rbat that the ministry of police will peas un questioesd; as a small section of the Corps Legislatif slow some disposition to render themselves on this subject the organ of a large party in the country, which is totally opposed to that institution, as equally incompatible with the usages, feelings, and interests of modern French society. M. de Moray, it is given out, intends to speak on this question in a sense far front favourable is the government. The present amount of troops is to be maintained. The general deficit, it is said, will be about forty millions. It seems the spirit of the bourgeoisie in the south is not a whit more favourable to the government than that of the capital. The prefect of the Bouches-du- Rhone has ordered that the re-organisation of the national guards in that department shall not be pro ended with. The sub-prefects and mayors are immediately to disarm all the existing national eta , and to send in their arms to the arsenal at This measure is to be executed throtigh eat the department by May 13 at the latest. A prosecution has been oommenced against M. Prosper Merime, for having in an article on the affair of M. Libri, in the last number of the Revue des Dias Me nder, " publicly insulted functionaries of the judicial order for acts done in the discharge of their functions; and M. de Mare, responsible editor at the Revue, is also to be prosecuted for having pub ' hiled the article. This article is a defence of M. Mai against the accusation charging him with hay ' bsr deign valuable books and manuscripts from solos, eras public libraries. Loeb Napoleon paid to-day a visit to the Loam. He appeared, together with several officers of bin military household, on the balcony of the central window opposite the Tuileries, whence he sure the great square of the Carrousel, now cleared of buildings and rubbish, and compared the ground with a plan which he held in his hand. The new buildings are expected to cost two millions sterling. The Pays contains an article which is intended to espouse the cause of clemency against Colonel de d'Espinasse's report. This journal, which seems the organ of M. de Persigny, says that it is absurd for one half of France to think of transporting the other; and traces the existence of the political dia -1 ease of socialism to the fact that the country has not been governed for the last half century ; but now the principle of authority is lifted in to its right place, and the only treatment which can mitigate the insanity of communism is a watchful attention to the' wants of the people, and clemency as well as firm ness of administration. The reference of the Orleans affair to the Council of State indicates the intention of the government to choose the course of " perseverance instead of "abnegation" in working out its own violent wilL Whatever the decision of this body may be it is thought that it must pay some attention to the effect of the law of " prescription," as the French statute of limitations is termed. The court of the Seine dwelt with great emphasis on this right. In fact, the donations of Louis Philippe in August 7, 1830, having gone unchallenged for 20 years, it is difficult to see how the Council of State can ignore this consideration. _ _ . It ',officially announced that the Prince-President, " faithful to the traditions of his glorious uncle," will Rregido in person in the sittings of the Council of State for the discussion of the now law of public instruction. Apropos of this law, a good deal of surprise has been felt to-day at the disclosure of a difference between two prominent leaders of the high church party, whose opinions have hitherto been supposed to be strictly in unison—M. de Montalem bert and M. Veuillot, of the Univers. M. Veuillot views the government scheme with satisfaction, and rejoices in the prospectof estate monopoly in education. M. de Montalembert has published a letter, stating that in his opinion the law of the 15th March,lnJA, is a better ono than can be hoped for from the present government after the declaration of principle con tained in the decree of March 9 last. He says: The future will show what prudence and justice will have gained by the disappearance of the principle of liberty of teaching, which has served as the banner of the church militant in almost all Europe, and which has witnessed the marvellous development of catholic energy which has been seen within the last twenty years. The Bonapartists observe upon this controversy that M. de Montalembert continues to be somewhat of a parliamentarian, while M. Veuillot is simply a good catholic. The Constitutionnel states that, according to the business now in preparation, it is to be presumed that the Legislative - Body will, from Monday taxt, sit every day without any further adjournment. A decree of the President of the Republic orders that the engineers of the Ponta et Chaussees and Mines, and the other functionaries, employe.., and agents belonging to the department of . Public Works, shall take the oath prescribed by the constitution within one month from the Ist of May next. M. de Itayneval, the French Ambassador at the Papal caurt, has arrived in Paris, from ltome. At the Bourse the Four-and-a-Half rose 30e. and closed at 100 f. 55c.; the Three per Cents. rose 65c., closing at 71f. 35e. The decree in the Meniteur r c lating to the conversion into Three per Cents. of the unconverted Four-and-a-Half per Cents. was consi dered as an indication that no loan is contemplated. Bank of France shares rose 25. The Central Rail way ruse 17.50; Orleans, 13.75; Bordeaux, 11.25; ltouen, Teste, and Bordeaux, 7.50; Strasburg, 6.25; Northern and Lyons, ss. each. _. _ _ weed set Nr sheY irslth ei ti= --: --- -- sh - ~.„,, apes k hued es te dairesise est=ej i t Alin and reapreal Mble a dee hely. lie al sel b e an Ws ef Name Bill lei . =Melat. ees I=l dam vibe reedit oral see 11111 le peelers that dr LI bad Maiden or ameaks wisbeeleeht WMpe es aped hen Sr tambieset ether Miele= ammiseires Mee, hear.) It litented lien tea so esamist, bale eleaniell WM to dingy es& the laity. (Heer.) The paled* es whin the bin preemie" wee the rhea* te of= dr seisahe eshieet se ineadale Mam ea le Ihe arsealedled ammenest el e, *dr ma ad . Mil* Maher hr eadedealsel et dell Those wee se Minim of vide die libeetinef Moe% as bp weal new by the destratioa thee the ha eb• CI be mall oneetela wean Ile Ile Magi is way IS Tio =IRANI. a Mabel. dether segamakes stead, la Me fad of the Home of Onmess, eat if any nos Owed him fee the chard et liagleht to the Mena the bees of Mil_preirrease, he Meat Meet thee bas, Mt assonadle ea ill anat, het a • fatal gilt. n s k ewdras" not wan prefetesse weed& be • seams ed waems to the chunk leareelf—fhese. Imar)—ined be the suars of dilleulties al discord in the seleald eseseric sides. The priels of the bill had be a empletely sempised in the Mean, that then mid be no receding !ea it, and talked le was positively kid dwas La a recent set of the Coned* _legieleinse—sa MI whisk air govern moat was, he Amnia net, alien le MUM the etem to ear Ina. He oppeoled le than pedenen whir were so mien ea tb s =ea of gelehlinents la this mar? to the ea he own *mak. (Hear, besr.) Ist then astr li o dii a lereed hen do: whet Tampa to the = L begamethry did not wrada Is wade be jeer k .) If it was Mt to the Mash* it egad sews he mar•irpreeedent for "deg what wee sopa k inures. TM peleade ell religious smell* ma in his ' oplehe the may ate MIA to the einumbreis of the eskshe. Se MI and net the *et of We a n was to entahilds Ilie Wham Mem laity In the milenieVrnit ell =wae a most dI em and he did ast wee wads of am form and mentality Mee be is- Med Mira to maser with him in the attempt to attain It, end M mist lin to *elude say slaw& from the bill while oldued in the slightest degree to trench upon the of m a l= equality. lu the year 18.50 he had • a this nature to the notice of the was one wooed by considerable difficulties. The fees/des et the mad= was that the state of the kw we dewhefel in the SKIIMOIO, and that any particular VW We s t MOMS we of in &variety of ways. A ease harld ea did not so satisfactorily decide a question me eggs fronded ea .e ti. and admitted error. Thu peirdpi alt petioles made to the proposal of 1830 wag ilat it we • matter to be dealt with as a subject of ens , el law, and not as • portion el • bill Sae the ressallylag the civil institatime of the eskeiss. The peewee bin was different. The *aim to the teener bill rags that the =m of the prissier was peculiar to theAndrei/an S. Wad that objection by intredgehig a bill :=lO be ha* oppliestie to all colonies einnelved by le be rip hi de eppliseeles, and globs to the seam the te cowl lh seep as it night see fit. Allealt e i howarty nada we that than ought to have bees via feign* whaler • emenoloa would not Iwo Peep' the Mum is • letter patios to decide upon the mann bypladsgbeihre It the tree state of the law. He wedokililet Ihnt that weds of proceeding was no longer spa. Thelma *kg the Me. weed ask of him was to am the walk of a west. Way, the lawyers themselves wen le desk Mabee the powers a the crown restraining the Whip eel ahem of the established church emended to the Maim: Oar at of la Mee decided that they did, when ad mimes sod *ft have decided that they did not. He did he sheraid mat be set Pee by any hoe. Intralms the ealesimied emus kW tt a = so member would mho each • Herr, It It was totally aboard to think of courts into tbe cola.. (Chem.) What was wasted was eesrta armed with the eatheeity M ef the low aad the preen el a pu l blic judicial d tribes& em M a Omar = li t s a the Modes be mile the saimpttadi. the blittldbadl le abaft 8 •1 arm 411 = 110 11 14.1 a their ma Mega. The UM" ad Agehhares of Tar meek me ear to this seem* sum dm age, he the puree of webs vendor ISMS aningensoe night eat be aerie he the istibellea of mane. The Mit et Ms Mawr lad to. mime iieewtle. The rig* re amed hidap, team the ditheltios which emeseded the IrMellea of seek ansrts was led to look inte his pant, whin, make hem Oelesidelbo, had Pea sees ad ' im deem tep by the law Mewed the eters, sad be heed that hie pleat gese Idea fall paean se do so. The Mesifeeskieremenheldrenahassademaked fats the paha* eadmbre the 11/1•Ml• of die sane kw •1108M1 : 4 :l • T a lte mead Yea, after • 1•1•10 enaph sad maul of dr ens fa all its lastime, it was head that the paean was MIA ead that her Majesty had no ' pewee Mame Ileseesteeth power : therefore there were me melisholhel awls to the Monies. He did not gay thennes met emkehand pewee is the aleake. He did eat meet 60 the peens :of She Wisp oril thi lx mild le be lamas* ; Gs the eatery_, be they might safely and wisely be Napa* to restreint The teeth Ina, that they had a strict wed eyetem in Enr WA leadiee. West Omagh warts of the law, while is tie akin IMF ban the same *am taking elhot them"' tr. paes4ael imai dmeat of eeduitelied allisseL The Os semo bat the pane me WWI le th e of the bias,. the lblesp_piessud Ibl ow dais. ma liewrieg *ewer, sal die clap MN eddy and dismay mar the Padilla. it the abet. They alma to the ems Main to the IMmiles la 4W. eatery. (fie b eVeser al .) illenned es mike ll•leant of parer ; he 1 ast le say that they exercised It to as 1111111001, bat az % we ft not actuated hy • whi el t , Petim ' awl hinter, but Wry peanne me pea., lie ailed apse thew hate ay the we el anus is whin e s she mu head to moths_ le made ws.ias e mho he the elms of are Aim It wee said la Its CismiJlM If the kw *at, if • Mier easpensied llenee .Si a el6an thaw wee as swami Se to @gable* at bens. f *sea me ea appeal, was that • sioat and eatisfeehm welly for as *at and illegal asesare ? Be did sat ibialt if • clergy new et Via Mama% Ira& emplaised le bin that his eatue we lamem that he had bee dlephed of his base- IN sad ef the nerds of nib by an at set d the =Stthea it wet • seildest esewee n te i tke ti Me tr e agy o.opvii NAN Wip Ile sail the e we ar =CM a andea ly la bh MIL le the was after all lite Nether Mims. Het what Mr. Okieleas) he wee the pis apie of the law of Wale. that dawns haviag the am ef the seas ought to have teed vied elm : ple rights, et Mist *ay _ could ea be deced without • fair mad pedal hearing. Meer, leer.) But bermd that it was deeleal whether mesh existed itt 911. In the lest_piess, *ere wee • metals por tion of ibe pleats of the lige whisk did set eves pre , ism te sealer that appeal ; and, 'pis, he Item of war Is which the gaseden lad raised without earn TM glades we set am, it we Mad I. the me el • lir. wiPlmlwaii;zslbs Me la Toe Dionsa's UM, whose Ma me was deliop. TIM the am% siert inealeiV a r e bet s iMte l aiti mad Man nom He cam to SAO Mho is leg kid ad h iMod le the late MIMI** of Oinetebwry, shown am le, his the aver to thellbe aa to f. Mom* Oen Mr= me ea whisk an owed Mil bi enierr heeded, . 117piree te Aspen hen Ible ieltb hie Oman meedrehed. :Able vits == sim who yes a dawn= ia WU males& ,1101 he is • Magma vole Is bin (,lik. Obi& dear) on the Mb ef . diesim, k "billy is- heft the bill i gto embed hisa to is sea a deem le k the l efesbith be la W beat illegally mil ei b r li g 7 Thu ef moms wee applied Midb eallseihe see the 1 Men add eerere het it showed 'that a phvanee eased, *Vat nes • le nh. gentle mime, be ef , within egged and without the ,a la . (Hear, boar.) He gave se es die am* of ease; the bishop, Me aught* ham ad& Mee hem t, but I. bald that whoa a who sus threat themes will of the bishop pat at . lie and *paved of his livelihood, had so mem et ohlaleing • Mind seataies or am a heaths, it we dem the- gain dirge is dr whin um ggesmart iow ilahmilleti the poled barairibltal Geed the diem ang sty is the Menke, (.el meld me be ewer' to be sheep oak Ude* *see were ekes* " ft The aisle del dumb wed eng gag et armilsy, tomperlit a loy em 0 the bin lie le *tad le Mr =grad he Mina of IP maalmity ef wane their binge, eke*, eadloity, is Wen of the skjest of this nerawee. The dederatioa of thole seednems, Ida _penile IMIIIIIII. bed bees re. = 11 .a it ..m.. - tr ati- a..140...... t u- —r,,,,tY,cl .a. the staled the mat, es arm to u tbe arms et emplyieg It. lime led . _ * thet • radii* asabiffy esealtalea eheeli be eiteMdM he Ibe alesiel dm*. Te nit ea sepedieur he would mar be • party. )tat he lam" that the berm meld est Malik Mk as =sal that the missies wadi torahs.. it. Thro d••• img b• ns* Se piths thumashe• Illeib wn ase dr *wedge ef 'amok' kgblesien . the be did sit Wen that ash legisholea mall bitelit Hat this we aepeedes of obeli sal heal mom .The peedig, Ile. alaaisse maeledad by eaves the seas' teatime** bilL Sir J. PA KINOTON MK se it would be necessary for his to go some length late the emotion, in answering the spate( the rielltme. paderean, and as it was sow close area *a hear dedperanest, he would move that the I dein. be aftievellell le • Men day. (Hear, hear.) mil i l s &111111111101111110imedid ; ad after • few words from r L im p fte diet ae sai rirem ea tt the 19th of May. LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 29. eritreoo. • CORRESPONDZNTI. ' The Espriee," eseAsksbes , be owe evedrre' l NI @my bleeday mad MIN alitit„ la awe , far 8 .71 be Repue," bolsi Messing mar, 10, Bouverie•eszeet. by Tire Vilest es tie 'llta -- AT LONDON BRIDOI. - Y. *ea Jilionara 10b. 12a. `ammo% Ilk. 25.. Tne re-establishment of a militia force in England is a .abject of far too much importance to be adopted as • matter of course because the tories have gained one division upon it in the House of Corn -1 none. If any one will take the trouble to refer to the first article of the number of the Edinburgh Review, published in April, 1807, he will find, mantis tisseandis, all the arguments of our primal believers in invasion exactly m they are now limed in our ears. Yet the military power of France, as compared with that of other nations, was then greater than now; its ascendancy over the conti nental states was greater than now; the chief who wielded its enormous power was infinitely superior to the man who does so now,and equally unscrupulous in pandering to the vanity of his nation and promoting his own personal ambition. Yet the panic of 1807 proved vain and groundless. It is said that the discipline and equipment of con tinental armies have been greatly improved since the Limo referred to; but tho discipline and equip ment of the British army (though doubtless leaving room for improvement) have deo been im measurably bettered since it welt through the prat> tical school of the Peninsular war. With all its faults it would be grossly unjust to compare the con dition and management of our present army with those of the army which imbecile commanders made a laughing-stock in Holland, Walcheren, and the Austrian Netherlands. Again, it u said that the facilities of invasion have been greatly increased by the growth of a continental steam marine, and the increased facilities of locomotion on the continent. But the facilities of defence have been augmented in a still greater degree by the much more rapid growth and greater excellence of the British steam marine, and by the case which our railway system imparts to the rapid concentration and movement of troops, and commissariat and other supplies. The advisee in military resources and skill has been common to England with the rest of the world. If greater power for assault can bo brought to bear upon tae, : ii means of defence have been placed at our changes that have taken place since the time of our great internecine duel with NAPOLEON are of a nature that admit of a more perfect spina of defence being organised and maintained at Ism difficulty to the nation, and with less annoyance to private individuals than then. But our parliamentary wiseacres would still bungle away at the old an bream, inefficient, harassing system. They see no alternative but either so large a standing army as would weaken the national coffers and endanger the national liberty, or a militia system that, without producing reliable warriors, must be felt to be a public nuisance. Now • little 'reflection ought to teach them, that with our railways a comparatively . small army in time of peace is all that is required, in addition to the naval force that ought always to be kept within reach of our shores. That arm , , quartered in central localities, could at a moment s warning be conoen trated and directed, with all its appurtenances, upon any point by railway where the electric telegraph gave notice that it was needed. It could be moved by railway from point to point without fatiguing and wearing out the men. This is enough for any sudden unforeseen assault: if the war threatened to be pro longed, of course its numbers would require to be augmented. What is wanted is not awkward squads of militia, but a healthy, bravo population accustomed to the use of arms. By encouraging athletic games among the whole population, rural and urban—asso ciations and meetings for the practice of every athletic sport, from cricket, running, leaping, and wrestling, to the play of singlestick and the use of the rifle, we altoald always have in abundance the raw materials atmddiers. An alarm of invasion would make a national youth so trained ever prompt to volunteer their services, and in the company of high-spirited, thoroughly disciplined soldiers, with a rational un pedantic system of drill, they might take the field at once more efficient than the conscripts of NAPO LEON. This is the truth that has now to be impressed on do minds of the legislature, and, still more, of the minetitnencies. Though the abstract principle of the netts bill has been affirmed by the vote of the Harr it Commons, it is not finally settled. It is a quad. on which an appeal will lie to the consti tombs at the general election, and upon it quite as mak as upon free-trade and financial and parlia mentary reform, and national education, a stand must then be ma de. The militia is • question, that— like the bread-tax—will eventually be felt and under stood in every home in the kingdom. With regard to the effect of the vote of Monday night on the position of ministers, it may for a time help to embolden them for the eva sive, delusive game they are playing. It affords them a colourable pretext for denying; that there is oppmed to them m majority so nu merous and irreconcilably hostile in the Commons, as to render the prolongation of the swoon, and postponement of a dimolutios, indecent and unconstitutional. It will encourage to them in their to seek to gain feel the national pulse, and attempt " aimbinatioos," dla Fakredeett. It widens their chances of III& UM in the tricky " policy " of providing cull , dates who will square their professions to the widow of any and every constituency, while they arc pro. pared servilely to support by their votes the prang occupants of office. It will be seen by the division list that as a body the were absent at the vote. That list must ho re- SIND ed at the coming elections. No man wishes the eonntry to be unprotected, but the folly of those who pretend to see no safety but in a raw 21 days'-drilled militia, cannot easily be excused. By the bill of Mr. WALPOLE the 42 of Geo. 111., cap. 90, is pro. posed to be revived, together with all acts amending that act now in force. Here is a charming prospect. Fortunately, however the matter is not yet settled, and opportunities w ill yet arise for discussion and amendment before the new militia bill can become the law of the land. The chief hope for the future is in the good sense and good temper of the community. The present is a time whoa every judicious and public-spirited man ought to feel how much depends upon his own efforts and dispositions. In no circumstances could the avoidance of irritating topics—earnest, unwaver ing, adherence to essential principles, desire to act in concert with the enlightened and honest, bo more imperatively the duty of all. The Commissioners who hold the Surplus Fund of the Great Exhibition long since positively decided they would not spend one shilling of the cash upon the building where that money was received. The great exertions now being made to preserve the Crystal Palace do not, therefore, clash in any degree with the proposition that each locality which contri buted to the un-used Guarantee Fund should receive back, for the establishment of Local Free Libraries, the suns they each contributed. When one of the Scottish chiefs, on the ore of the battle of Bannockburn, allowed himself to be out flanked by a detachment of the English army, Since simply remarked, " Reinotrii, your wreath has lost a rose ;" and the taunt galled the sluggard to such exertions as enabled him to redeem his fault. The local committee of Manchester, by their indoci- I @ion in meeting the right of their locality to its con tribution to the Guarantee Fund for the Exhibition of 18.51, have allowed a rose to fall from their wreath. They met to talk over the matter. One thought the money might be got back, another not ; o n o th oug ht it ought to be asked for, another not ; and so the con ference ended in talk, and a resolution to do nothing. This is not like the earnestness and promptitude with which Manchester men have a character for acting. Will this delicate hint of the figure they cut suffice to inspire them with a little more energy ? If not, will emulation and chagrin at seeing the greater resolution and decision with which others act have any influence over them ? Belfast, the Man- ciallY or dm* , blkellimil to •I•• kid ProfSrks. le Ulm sob. ft to ' int. 110 lad lad to coomblom bow the Nu rot . i itself he fte r y="l a !ll widoolo si al i ggit wdl _ buil ltd. 1 1 0 • _ 3 , • • To co um) OM la wo rot UMW ps• • Oettint gatlatii . The 4 .. Gisela," is editiltei the, clodims •••••••VAZitilii witges si resili thi be ~,tru i ma m., k prow to sows slabs, by timi tomettios of down -- .06 — ..t Wm 0., to legally terwel. mai lto led ado to the undo- my of Pabliaram flow tbot it wood ba ary for podiwatet ft Wood to ompoWlO soy oaf AI4BI/4 , Ow 11111 niall WATE moil amt loodUlle bottom mar lor jotolddeol 1 . 1 . Daeliniall SWITZERLAND. A public fete took place at Berne on the 21t1,, in honour of the vote of tlw lath. Delegates from every part of the canton, GOO in number, met in the larr room of the Casino, and several speeches were dc- livered. Atter the day had been spent in rejoicing, a procession by torchlight took place to the sp o t where the statue of Rudolph d'F.rlach, the hero of Loupe'', is erected. On the 2.5 th, the executive council of the Swiss confederation published a proclamation, in wind', after thanking the citizens for the confidence tcposed in it, as shown by the result of the vote on the ISth, it says that it will continue to govern according to the existing constitution and laws, and do everything in its power to promote the interests of the country. SPAIN. MADRID, Amt. 23. • I have a piece of financial news of someimport ance. Bravo Murillo is about to issue exchequer bills of 4,0(X) reals each, bearing interest one real a day. Ile will issue 36:1, one for every day iu the year. Chico, the Spanish Vidocq, has again been dismissed from his office. GERMANY. THE ZOLLVEHEIN. Hanover has declared for l'russia in the contest now pending in Germany on customs-union ques tions. In the last sitting but one of the Vienna congress, the representative of Hanover declared that he should not be able to sign the final protocol which commits the subscribing governments to the Austrian scheme, alleging the obligations of the treaty with Prussia, and his objections to the substance of the Austrian propositions. The Hanoverian government, he stated, would be ready to enter with 'Priv and other states, parties to the September treaty, into negotiations with Austria for a commercial treaty, with a view to subsequent completer customs unions. BADEN. The troops of the duchy took the oath to Prince Frederick on the :nth instant. A telegraphic despatch in the Calm Ga.:elle of yesterday, dated, Berlin, April 26, states that the proposition relating to the re-constitution of the First Chamber was on that day thrown out by 112 against 125. The party:of Count Arnim, Von Bodelschwingli, a part of the Left, and the Poles, voted against it. DENMARK. The Danish ministry is engaged in a dispute with the Germanic Diet on the subject of the Holstein federal contingent. The Diet demands that the King of Denmark, as Duke of holstein, shall hold a separate military contingent at its disposal ; and the monarch replies, in very decisive language, that he has as good a right as the Emperor of Austria to keep his army "one and indivisible;" and to desig nate whatever troops he may please to the German service. All ho will promise is, that a federal contingent shall remain as a rule in Holstein, and be generally composed of natives of the duchy. The Diet considers that it has made a bad bargun in re storing the sovereign authority without assuring its own influence at the same time. TUSCANY. Tho Costituzioruile;f ilorence was seized on the 20th, for having inserted an article in defence of the laws which guarantee the privileges of the Jowl in Tuscany. THE LEVANT. By the Levant mail we havereceived Constan• tinople journals to the 11th, and Athens journals to the 17th instant, both inclusively. In the former there is no political news of importance, but it ap pears that some sensation had been created in the Turkish capital by the influx of foreigners of different nations, many of whom, having no honest means of existence, have committed great depredations upon property, accompanied in several cases with personal violence. MALTA, APT!IL,.22. The Meduaa, with homeward mails from India, is expected here on Saturday. The Medina is under orders fur Marseilles to convey the overhaul portion sent through France. The Spiteful, Corn. Parker, from Gibraltar, arrived chi; morning. Sho will convey the second mails to the ft:et on their departure. The Growler, steam-frigate, on her return tram Mir @Mlles and other continental ports, reached MAIN on the 16th inst. She will leave on Saturday for Leghon, eh.rc she is to be stationed for some time. The Firebrand, from Leghorn, has also returned to har bour, as has the Fury, from a short trip. The vessels ia port now are the Britannia (flag), Belle rophon, and Trafalgar. Steamers The Spiteful, Growler. Firebrand, and Fury (the admiral's pet). Packets. The Caradoc Ardent, and Medina. The Oberon is at Corfu, and the Banshee at Marseilles. The fleet is about to put to sea. Admiral Dundee, with his family, embark to-day, and will snore with his vessels on Saturday. Their stay will be long, extending to No vember. The admiral first willgo to Mahon, where be will receive his lint despatches by the Fury ; thence he goes to Gibraltar, where the Spiteful will convey to him the de spatches by the mail of the middle of the month, and leaving Gibraltar, his present intention, as far as report, at lead, justifies the amnion, to visit eastern ports within the heist. of his command, pro ce eding s to Corfu, Smyrna, and Con stantinople. Extract of a letter dated Alexandria, 15th April, ?c -alved per Brigand "The railway works progress, and we hope that the di.• pared political questions between the Pasha and the Sups: are in a train of se ttlement, through the medium of a nom mission at present in Cairo. 'LOCAL OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, HOORVIELO , .-- Last night the Lord Mayor presided at the annual ti•t! ,, l of this excellent charity, at the Albion, Aldersgate sir, !• and was supported by Mr. Sheriff Cotterill, Mr. Alderiii Cubitt, and many other influential gentlemen. It app,..ir,. , 1 from the statements made during the evening, that the in stitution (of which the Queen is the patrones.) had hid under its treatment, since its establishment in 1505,10 fewer than 230,000 persons, 9,457 of that number having been treated last year. To give some idea of the claret of its operations, it would only be necessary to state that. a all the patients of last year bad to he placed at neer in sue ward, that ward would require to be twenty one miles to length, while the beds of all those who had been admitted since 1805 would reach from London to Edinburgh. The average cost of the patients during the lest year had 01 4 been ls. M. per head. The Rev. Dr. Russell. in proposing the health of the chairman, said that in former tunes the Lord Mayor was looked upon as the impersonation 0( the law—as the ruler of all the beadles and constables ; hut now in addition to all this, he was regarded as the exponent likewise of the benevolence of the moat charitable city lathe world ; and he (the rev. doctor) must say, that their worthy chairman had most admirably learned the '• popre , I Mayor. thus." Dr. Rowell, at a later period of the ! vetting. I in proposing the medical officers, stated that a medical gen tleman, who lived at a distance, and who was sutfengt from an affections of the eye, had rerentiv come to townie order to be operated upon at the institution. Ilia eye ex. extracted, And that day fortnight he wits witteltingth furmanee of a similar operation upon another patient more remarkable testimony to the *kill of their to', ' officers, or a more satisfactory indication of the good wlis,a the institution must be the means of doing could wart.:y be adduced. The various gentlemen connected with , charity having been toasted, and subscriptions arnoue;, to 4007. having been announced, the party broke ur.