The Express. — London, England, 1853-05-06 00:00:00

„anical phrase, "Venit summit et inelochibile tempus” s lough)—and therefore he should content himself by sresin4 to make the best terms possible under the Wein:m eaner, Mr. ti. Fa said he unwillingly took part in the de t dia not like • aLaot battle. (Hear, hear.) It Val en:y because he would not emit any opportunity of re- s.st.ng en income tax in Ireland that he now rose. He teittid Mr. Lawless with having supported the government ee the main question, and now bringing (upward an amendmeut winds was not boom flue. Allusion had been mole to the competition between the shipowners of Cork sad those of Liverpool and London ; end it seemed that die CAW I' were to be used is order to be better able to nitre tato One competition. (Hear, bear) Ile had he ird a lorries' Illefti•el nbautted to this house on grounds • J oigailicant. He assumed, as he had a right, that 1ee ;, 5 ,1 .ad hitherto been properly exempt from the ii.e . ear We ; and the only two IYIII.IIII of the Chas e el the Eachiquer why it should now be imposed, voo el ated to this—that England never had an little need of e e 4i from Ireland as at present, and that Ireland was so ia to spare it. (Hear, hear.) Whea Sir IL Peel brat I. the income tax the case w very different; E ll e,:or ;t i as net near so rich then as it was at this time, sat Ireland so poor. It was to be observed that the whole of the halltaillton to he raised by the Witness* tax in Ireland wood be sheathed by th , militia, of which Ireland would sot nai et :salt benefit. There was a grins ineonsise lo gy n Irish welshers supporting a ministry in such a menure. after they Led refused to extend the bereft of the seihna to Ireland. The packet service absorbed nearly a mullion of revenue ; and of this Ireland h o d very li tt l e l e . 'slit ; they forgot that Ireland had the most western port in th , em i r .. (Hear, hear) Ile disapproved of other pot hone ef the budget; it took off the taiies from turtles and anchovies, but i ire very little relief to the atrug ie,er classes. t he tendency of ell measures for years post had been to deprive Ireland of her own re sources. and to make her subservient to England. (Hear, bear.) Ile opposed this budget from no party motive ; hie votes were given irrespective of any minister ; but he must soy that he believed the present Met Secretary for Ireland (SitJobn Youn;), wits a man who meant well to Ireland. (Hear, bear.) He did not know how the gentleman who brought members up to vote had been able to prevail on so many to vote with the government. Perhaps many of them had acted from conscientious motives ; he had no ileoht some had lone so ; but he did not believe that in the time of Walpole or the Pelham, more scandalous cor ruption existed than he had seem practised under his own eyes in corrupting the Irish members. (Loud cries of e Name, name," from the ministerial side.) lam in the hands of the house. (Renewed cries of " Name," and N no," from the opposition) Then, sir, 1 will proceed to another branch of the question. (Great interruption sad lIICTIMPIrIff env; of s' Name, name.) If the chairman ells me, on behalf of the house, that it is their wish that I should name. I will do so. Mr. V. SCILLY—Sir, I rise to order. ("Oh, oh," and great uproar from the oppceitionl I must ask you, sir, whether the bon. memhcr for New Ross is not out of order, and whether he ought not to be ca!led on to retract? (Cheer., and " No, no," from the opposition.) Mr. J. BALL (apparently much ezeited)—l move that the words of the hon. member for New Roes be taken down. (Cheers, and "No, no.") The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Bouverie) rose amidst great up roar, and, leaning over the table, was understood to inn mote to Mr. Duffy that he might proceed. DOTY agate rose, but was met with a perfect storm of interruption, and renewed cries of "Name, name," with calls from his own side to "Go on." Them were also cries of "'lake down the words." The CHAIRMAN—The hon. member for Carlow hes moved that the words be tAIIOII down. What were the words? (Laughter and cheers from the opposition.) Mr. J. BALL—I believe I am strictly in order (" No, no," and great interruption from the opposition)-1 believe I am strictly in order, according to the precedents of this house, in moving that the words, which are fresh in the recollection of every hon. member, should be taken down. ("No, no," and cheers.) The course I believe is, accord ing to preeedeut, that the clerk of the house should take down the words. Mr. O. H. MOORE row, amidst great uproar, and cries of " order," and " chair." Ile was understood to refer to some previous occasion, on which a similar motion had been male ; but the cries of s. Order, order," with which be was met compelled him to rename hie scat. The CHAIRMAN—The committee cannot take any emrse with edemas* to any language that is used by an bon. member. The house Can only take notice of it when the motion has been made that the words be taken down, as has been done in this ease. It will be my duty, if those words are taken down, to report them to the house. Mr. G. 11. MOORE again essayed to make himself heard. He sa:it—lit the debate on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, a similar m tion was made in reference to words used by the hon. member for West Surrey (Mr. H. Drummond); and the Speaker decided that no such motion could be was. (Cheere from the opposition.) Mr. F. SCULLY—I must beg to correct the ben. member for Mayo. I remember the Speaker desii • fag that, had the hon. member who moved that the womb should he taken down made his motion at the time the words were uttered, it might have been done. (Hear.) Mr. J. BALL—If the hon. member for New Row will repeat again the words that be uttered, I will move that they be taken down. But I have a perfect recollection of the words, and so must every hon. member. He declared that the grossest corruption ever known in the days of Wal pole or of the Pelham" had been practised towards Irish members under his own eyes. (Cheers.) Hr. BALL, having written the words and brought them tip to the chairman (Mr. Bouverie), Mr. BOUVERIE read them as follows;—" That the gresesst corruption ever practised since the days of Walpole obi taw Pelham" has been practised under his own eyes it should be "my" own eyes)—(laughter)—on IL l arllleratber ." (Hear, hear.) I have now to put the geodes Om these words be taken down, and, if the eon !kW an We e le will be say duty to report them to the Wow Sa D. NORREYS said that he had been a long time a member of that house, and honorer heard each expressions used before towards other memben of the house. (Hear, hear.) The boa. gentleman wee a young member of the house, end not having the honour of Irish membere so much at heart as perhaps he (Sir D. Norms) had—(a laugh)—he would pray the hon. gentleman to withdraw the wordy, and put aa end to this discussion. Mr. DUFFY—The words of the hon. member for Car low are so nearly what I used that I do not wish to object ' to them—(laughter)—now passing from this subject— Lord J. lit SSELL said be wished to call to the recol lection of the committee the circumstances under which ' this Ann. gentleman used these words, and the manner in which he followed them up. (Hear, hear.) The words of the hon. member were taken down, and the hon. member himself admitted that they were as neatly as possible the words he used. (Hear.) Oa making use of them weeds there was an immediate cry of "Name, name." Now, it appeared to him that if the het. member meant to make nee of • vague @scion, which he mould not prove, he might have been estillad in going on to other matters. If, on the contrary, hen. member meant to cast a rodeo- tioa on the istegrity and honour of the Irish members, if he 1 meant to say that they were the objects of the grossest cor ruption, which had been unequalled sines the explaining W alpole and the Fantasias, and then, instead of that, took the opportunity of saying_that he would pan on to another part at the subject. (. Hew. hear," sad No no'). If he wan mew in that het s the his. lambs; would contradist kin. But he sadentiest the boo. mem ber to say, when tie my of " Name, same," was raised, that if the commillselesized it, aad the Makatea called ups him to do so. be mead mote. Hear, hem.) Thot met treks to the plum of the Ashman, ( the be pa _ Yemen sell be wait ggto smother sobleft. (Hem beer.) Snot being the to him that the sematittee in general, I: s dis a=ni ll bus is particular, might con sider these smeis so general words lased in debate, which the hen. podemem was not able to prove, and that they were lousglit forward for the purpose of casting • stigma ea the Irish members which they did am dieserm—(hear, hear)—and that he was utterly un able to prove adagio word of what he uttered. (Chian.) If, eis the other land, the hon. gentleman was ready with the Bpeaker ia the chair to proseed to charge the Irish lamb= idioldwally with that corm with which he =them gmerally, then be should not re met VIM OS words be takes down. (Hear, hear.) Hot es the mealr sow used, unless the bon. gentleman moat is lo mph* that statemeat, he thought it would be bathe he the Memmitte• to treat these words with the " whisk they deserved. (brad cheers.) 8 47. 1 67CAS sppeehended that what words of this kind were used—if they were used—(" eh, oh ")--it was quits path* If his his. friend shoos to go on to prove them, that be Wed ]wen them to the moral satisfaction of every gesidemoo, and a great deal of unpleasant state ment might Ws place. (" Oh, oh.") But he snarl say he rather ushooMed the words of his hon. friend in a different man has that is which they appeared to have been takes. r(h. oh") What :he understood to be the clear m of Ids boa. friend was that the grossest cor ruption bad _postist towards the Irish members. (" Oh, ob," ma MANIA Mar.") He was in the recollection of the committee s sal be would appeal to them if this was not the wise heal of the words used, and is a matter of this kind it was of importance that the words be taken in the strictest hem sad with the greatest exactness, and not taken with a gloss pat upon them. (Heal, hear.) The words, as he understood them, contained an accusation against the government which might or might not apply. (Hear, hear.) The words were that the grossest corrup tion had been practised towards the Irish members. (Name, name.) By whom practised? Not by the Irish members on the government . ( Laughter .) No one would pretend to say that they corrupt ed the government. (Hear, hear.) His hon. friend drew a comparison; between the right hon. gentlemen opposite sad the Walpoles and Pelhams of a former generation, and he asserted that the grossest corruption since those times had been practised by the government, and if, in regard to their dignity and their own character, they thought it necessary to have the words taken down, with • view to sonar ulterior proceedings, it was all very well. But the accusation was made against the government, and the go vernment must be the complainants. (Hear, her.) It was 9oly on coming from them that the complaint could be entertained. (Hear, hear.) Mr. PHILLIMORE believed that the words were taken down with the utmost accuracy. (Hear, hear.) But the hno. and learned gentleman who had just spoken, so far from mitigating had aggravated the offence. (Chairs.) The hon. gentleman said that the grossest corruption had been practised towards the Irish members by the govern ment lailer his own eyes. As a member of the house, then, he thought they had a right to know what member of the government bad practised the grossest corruption towards the Irish members urvilr his eyes, in order to in fleeces their rotes in that house. (hear, hear.) This was • matter which concerned the honour of the home, and demanded en immediate explanation (Hear.) Mr. °TWAY said that the language of the bon. mem ber for New Rosa would not bear the construction put on it by the hnn. member for Meath. because after saying that a few of the Irish memben had voted honestly and consci entiously, he proceeded to say that the grossest corruption had been practiced on them generally. (Hear.) Mr. BALL (Cambridge) said that the words of the hon. member for New Rose would have t.ci meaning except as an annuatios against the government. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said he must a.k fur the indulgence of the house •• the present aeration. (Hear, hear.) The name which he had to pursue was if the committee so de aided, to take down the words and report them to the Speaker. But he must say that it was hit decided opinion that the language of the hon. member for New Ross, as at tributing corrupt motives, was disorderly. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DISRAELI said that whether this was a matter of important. in itself might be open to question; but the de cicion of the committee on it, as it might form • precedent fur those who were to come after them, was important. Ho understood Mr. Bouverie to say that he conside;ed the words disorderly because they imputed corrupt motives. Now there seemed to be some dispute about the precise words used (" No. no.") But if the words did not impute corrupt mo tives but contained a distinct allegation of corrupt conduct on the part of the government, then he apprehended that to make such a charge—a charge of corrupt conduct against a government—was nut disorderly on the part of • member of the house, but was en the contrary the Ant and most paramount duty of a member of parliament if he could prove the truth of such a charge. (Cheers.) They should not declare that • member was guilty cf disorderly conduct because ne accused • government of corrupt conduct. (Hear.) To attribute ce , rrupt motives to a government, or to any individual member of the house, might be and was disorderly, but wham a member made an accusation against a ministry of acting corruptly, that member was not guilty of disorderly coadact, but was acting on his right, and exercising his duty as a member of the house. (Hear, hear.) He hoped, therefore, the committee would be cautious in the proceeding it adopted. (Hear.) Lord PALMERSON said he readily admitted what had been stated by the right hon. gentkmon, that it was com petent to any hon. member to impute corrupt conduct to the government of the day in any way; but then it ap peared to him that the bon. member making such a charge was bound to maintain his accusation. (Cheers.) And as far as the charge against the members of the government went, he challenged the hon. member to prove it. (Hear, hear.) They wanted no report or taking down of the words. They had been used, and re-stated, and he defied the hon. member to prove them. (Cheers.) With respect to the charge as it affected the Irish members, it stood upon a different footing. The hon. member made a charge which, whatever might be the par ticular words employed, east imputations on the character end conduct of his Irish colleagues. (Hear, hear.) In the heat of debate and argument it often occurred that a member was led away to make assertions which in his cooler moments ho would not have made. (Hear, hear.) But the hon. member was • young member of the house, and if he (Lord Palmerston), who was a much older mem ber, might Teatime to suggest to him a line of conduct which he thought would redound to his credit, he would suggest to him whether he would not cut short the diffi culty, by saying that—which he was persuaded was in his innermost mind at that very moment—that he re gretted having, in the warmth of debate, cast reflections on the honour of men which he had no good ground fee making, and which, if he bad more time for deliberation, he would not have made. (Hear, bear.) He thought that the hon. member would be pursuing a course which was due to himself and to the representatives of the country, if he fairly, and handsomely, and candidly avowed that he did not mean deliberately and seriously to impute any misconduet to the Irish members. (Hear, hear.) That was the course which he would pursue himself, and he recommended the same to the hon. mem ber. (Hear, hear ) Mr. LUCAS rose amidst load cries of "spoke, spoke," and great; confusion. He laid be believed he was per fectly in order. (Hear, bear.) He rose to protest against its being taken for granted that the words which were taken down bad the meaning which the noble lord attributed to them. (Hear, hear, and "oh, ott") He maintained that the words ha d such meaning, and that they merely con tained an imputation on the government. (Hear, and "oh.") Sir 0. GREY said that the bon. member affixed a meaning to the words which the hon. member who used them did not. (Hear, hear.) It seemed to him that they were engaged in a worthless discussion as to the accuracy of the words used. (Hear, hear.) The Chairman very properly, as it appeared to him, when the appeal was first made to him to have the word; taken down, asked whether the words banded to him were accurate, a nd the hon. gen tleman himself (Mr. Duffy) admitted their substantial ac curacy. When they were proceeding to discuss whether the words should be taken down, the hon. member for Meath got up and denied the accuracy of the words. Mr. LUCAS—amidst loud cries of " Order, " and great uproar—old he did not deny them .(" Oh, ota" confusion. and epees.) He was as mach entitled to the courtesy of the ommlites as the right hon. gentleman. What he said, end whet be shade the basis of his argument was, that the weeds easitaised an accusation against the govern ment. (" Oh, oh.") Sir G. GREY said he bad certainly understood the hon. member fur Meath to deny the accuracy of the words— (hear, hear)—to deny that the hon. member for New Rem had stated that under his own eyes the grossest corruption had been practised. It was true that, after admitting the substantial accuracy of the words he objected to the con struction put upon them ; but the hon. member who used them, and who was sitting by the side of the hon. member for Meath, offered no explanation. (Hear, hear.) He agreed with the Home Secretary, that it a wrocg construc tion had been pat upon the words, the hon. member for New Roes should have said so ; he should have denied that he intended to impute anything disgraceful either to the government or to Irish members, and he trusted the hon. member would now either retract the words or being for ward substantial proof of their accuracy. (Loud cries of "Duffy." Mr. H. HERBERT said as an Irish member who bad litteatid to this most palatal discussion, he ventured to re. mind the beam elf the advice of the noble lord by whom it was led, namely, that they should treat the imputation of en hew member *be did not dare to come forward either te peeve his silage or to name the parties against whom it was nods with the contempt it deserved. (Loud cheers.) As an Irish member, and therefore one of thine who must be included is the charge, he, fur one, was perfectly ready is take the advise of the noble lord—(cheep)—sin cepa ally as, elan that excellent advice was given, the Home Secretary bedsits& an appeal—be (Mr. H. Emhart) was at a less to game himself, bat he thought the ementittee weld aadershad him when he laid it whit lave been amp ended te by wane deserving the nantehe hesitated to use the weed. (Load chess.) Mr. 0. DUFFY then rese and said—l amid have bossed, Mr. Beaver* that. seder the eirmaitemess in whisk I aewstead, ensiled as I have bees hose—C' Oh, eh.* gad laii~—adled Wm re _ miler miler amm ammo whisk I milder salmi, I ahead have Mad that I amid be metaid.kom seek offensive isagedge at bee Mat am le ale. 1//e, I do not Walk mak able le ea masa* eflimplish de me Mkt k andiabie se m mar* sf pandienia flat such kispeoge skald be under stook ageggessersa Sir, what are the whisk lam called maeb amide ? One phrase whisk Me Walden down ma Ms new somewhat =headstand, is the "mist my own eyes." I was ebeeniag, dr, that sera: ▪ emperieses of public life wee, I led rem metals thing., sal Ile phew "under my ewa ere," meant during the sthat I have been a member of this house. ter.) lam not going to reed a syllable of what I ve lli said. The Mu. gentleman, the Secretary for the Tteseary, need set sickle out of time. (Laughter.) I Z d. lha e ldma in assue t e , i i ion with what lac pro s geember of th phet is house. urta drise of " Oh, II " That ▪ tae of the eireemstemess that I wished to ex plode. The ether is this. The isterpretadon pat upon am Medi by Mr boa. misalmit Set Meath has been a sub jest ef diessesiim. I wee adeneing the manes of minis. um. Wapitis, I said, ocimapeal podiums% as history tells us ; the Pelham did the same. I teas of the cor ✓aptieseneried en by diaristprim maims, and which elms beta OP me own time. I with the Mae set to mis mdememd she phrase "ands me sum eyes," and the ern wade. (" Oh, oh.") The shape whisk I gam my sailemea was this—that it was my ambition that daring dm time that I had bees Is pediment the yeassat govern ment had operated wpm aftein Ida _masse. (Ceat lereghter.) The staliment which I whit to mike to the biros. if I may be allowed M aupldn after Mime so often said aria to do se, is this—that what I meat was, that Ike mons kind of Manes that was employed by Wal =the Pelham, seemed to have bees employed to the votes of a small Kaaba of Ilia members. palm of " name.") Well, sir, the halm aspiration ad* I wish to offer is this—The table Iced Ibis galled, I Wine, the leader of this hose" has= ear that I wonted to pass away fro m the wheat fast ieslmidaniha(tHeiaff, hear.) Now, ei , r, as that nee the the spa of the esemitbee, called upon me to name, I woad imam. There were cries on both sides of the house of " Don't name." From this I came to the conclu sion that it was the wish of the house that I should not name. I bad no wish to paw the matter by. (Cries of " Name.") I am, as several hon. gentlemen have re marked, not an old member of this house, and am net very familiar with its forms. I have got into a position in which I did not expect to be, but there is ose position which I shall not get into—it is that of unsaying anything that I have said. (Hear, hear.) If it be the wish of the committee that I should give any further explanation, and state the facts which induced me to make the state ment that I have done, I shall then feel at liberty to proceed ; if, on the contrary, it be the opinion of the committee that I should withdraw what I have said, then I have nothing to do but to face the ames quences, whatever they may be . (The hon . member re sumed his seat amidst loud cries of " name.") Mr. DUFFY—I em called upon to name. Now if I un derstand it to be the wish of a large another of members r will do so. (General cries of " No, no.") Mr. BRIGHT thought the committee must have dis covered a considerable difference between the explanation' of the hon. gentleman and the expressions which be used in his original statement. (" Oh.") The hon. member de clared it to ere his opinion that governments in the present day took measures somewhat analo gous to those taken by former governments for the purpose of influencing the votes of that house. Well, he should be very sorry indeed to base to defend any government from charzea of that =Sum (Laughter.) THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 6, 1853. There had been, and there were now, investigations going on with regard to charges affecting gentlemen on the oppo site side of the house ; and, speaking from his enervation during the last ten years, he did not believe an hon. gen tleman who made a statement of this kind could be said !lava stated that which was incense& (Laughter.) TM house keen very well that Irish members took something like ea Oriental latitude—(great laughter)—and that Um language used by them was often of a very figurative do scription—(renewed laughter)—and he was inclined to thick that the honourable member (Hr. Duffy) had been guilty in that respect that evening. He hoped he would state, however, that he hadno wish to do anything disorderly rr contrary to the rules of the house. IN regretted that the words had been used in such a broad sense; but he 'nun remind the committee that the hon. member had not charged Irish members with having succumbed to thie temptation. (Great laughter.) An boa. member near him objected to Me statement that Irish members had been operated upon. (Laughter) Erery one knew, however, that all operations did not succeed. (Laughter.) He had heard general accu sations of this kiad over and over again during the last ten ran, and thought it would be unworthy of the govern- Mont to take any steps with regard to this one. Mr. J. BALL said it was not for him to judge how far Mat house should tolerate imputations of corruption, but es an independent Irish member he must make an effort to protect himself. The statement of the bon. member he took to be this—that certain Irish members had been in clined by pecuniary offers—(No, no)—or something of that tied. Unless that allegation wen withdrawn he should persist in his minion. Lard J. RUSSELL—The right hon. gentleman the member for Buckinghamshire was perfectly right when he said that a government is at all times open to charges of misnivernment and corruption, and to any other charge which any hon. gentleman may wish to make. But it ap• pears to me that it is not only the government and members of the government who may fairly take offence at words used in debate. In this cue an Irish member has preferred a charge against Irish members of having been practised upon by the government. Now, it appears to me that there are three cases in which an hon. member may use such words as these. One case is that supposed by my noble friend. In the heat of debate, words which are not well-founded and justifiable in themselves may fall from an hon. member, and afterwards be retracted. That it appears, is not the case of the hon. gentleman, for he will not retract what he has said. In another can, the course pursued is perfectly justifiable. A member ;tares that which he believes he can prove, and says he is rusty Ile make it the subject of inquiry under specific charges. Pm, if I understand that to be the course of tio hrs. gentleman, I beg that his charges may be tarlie. (Cheers.) Hitherto, he has only said that he is ready to name. If he means that he will make a charge against the government of having attempted to corrupt an bon. member, and name the hon. member open whom the attempt was made, let the charge be preferred, and let the matter be inquired into. (Cheers.) There is a third way in which these charges are sometimes made ; I refer to the ease in which an hon. gentleman having used words affect ing the honour and integrity of hon. members of this house, neither brings forward proofs to substantiate his charge, nor has the manliness to retract it. (Great cheering.) Now, sir, unles. I hear from the hon. gentleman that he is reedy not only to name, but to bring forward charges against hon. members and against the government, which can be made the suljit A of substantial inquiry, I must rest in the last conclusion. (Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then put the question that the words L be taken down, which was carried without a division. The house then resumed, and the Chairman reported to the Speaker the words used by the hon. member for New Ross. _ _ The SPEAKER said that it had been reported to him by the Chairman, that the words in question had been used, and he wished to know whether the hon. member wished to explain or retract them. Mr. DUFFY said he had already explained generally, in the absence of the Speaker, and being unacquainted with the forma the house, he hoped the Speaker would tell him what course he was expected to take. (A laugh.) The SPEAKER said it having been reported to him that the hon. member had used an expression which wu offen sive to a great number of members, and the committee I having ordered the words to be taken down, he now called upon the hon. member either to explain the words or to retract them: if he did not do so, he must withdraw, and it would then be for the house to say what course it should pursue. Mr. DUFFY said it would be in the recollection of the house that the statement which ho bad made already was this, that though he had been but a short time in the house, he believed ho had observed corruption practised to influence the votes of Irish members. He was now called on for an explanation. If they thought proper to give him a committee, he would lay before that committee the facts which had influenced his mind in coming to that coaclusion. (Hear, hear.) It did not appear to hint rea sonable to expect that he should enter in a hurried manner into a statement of farts, but this he would say, that for the statement he had made, he believed he had substantive grounds, and this being so, all be could do was to offer such proofs as be could when an opportunity of doing so was afforded tohim. He repeated that he did not think it would be quite reasonable to call upon him to do so then. (Hear.) There were then loud cries of "withdraw" amidst which Mr. Duffy left the house. Lord J. RUSSELL said that this being a charge against the government he did not think it became him as a mem ber of the government to interfere. He hoped that some experienced member of the house would suggest the course proper to be pursued. Mr. DISRAELI said he wished to act impartially in the matter. He did not think they should appoint a committee to inquire into a matter of so grave • character and on so vague a statement. (Hear, hear.) At the same time he thought that statement sufficiently substantial, not to be treated with contempt. He thought that the honourable member should be summoned to his seat, and be called on by the Speaker to name the individtud—(cheers)—on whom he supposed the government had exercised a corrupt influence. Ho did not think the hon. member could be expected to enter into minute details, but if he would mention the names of the members on whom the government had practised corrupt influences, the next step would be to appoint a com mittee. (Rear, hear.) Mr. J. S. WORTLEY was anxious that the bon. mem ber for New Roes should take some means to relieve the house from this difficulty. (Hear, hear.) In the excited state of the house it would perhaps not be proper to call for a decision; but, on the other band, he thought the house was bound to require that at a fitting time the hon. member should either retract the expressions he had used, apologise to the house for the offence he had given, or in a manly, bold, and constitutional manner, himself move for a com mittee. Under all the circumstances he thought the better mono would be to adjourn the case to this day, and in the mataMine the Speaker could consult the precedents bearing on ths mos. Mr. BRIGHT seconded the motion. Mr. MOORE hoped that the house would deal justly with the hon. member for New Ross and give him • reasonable time either to retract or substantiate his amps. Mr. KIRK said that as one of the telt sionhon who voted with the government, and to whom siosams motives were attributed, he hoped the qualm sw= ll set at rest at once. He was anxious that the feNt of the debate should not go to Ireland in au u auss, Whatever wee to be done should be date at as M Pima) An Hox. Manxman said that be suaddsro d the egos. sins of the boa. member for New ROD in in both oilhadoe mad insulin. He should therefore genii *OW most, and este tar the preposition ei MEI bee MEW bee for B Mr. BRIG mid the words of the hem ammem who had Jost spokes sillarded the very stringed sagmasus in hvour of adjournment. Hs had said that the woods ef the hon. member for New Ross MN insulting and siegthe to h t 's, and while ha (Mr. Brigbi did not blame Las dire being ittlNM uodir he dac=sum Mill the el ewls. of sash in 'Oaks showed bow imst it lie at that mama to sell the his. amber tor New Roes to his pleas sod call sa him to sabstandsto his sharpie. The hosonsobie member had hid dm beam that he did not mesa to Name, sod Net being the ma there was ao amemity toldes s is e hasty mums. He (Mr. BrW _thought they shoold tho miss of the hos. and lemma membar for Hots. melee at heed bias, ha bellavoil that the boa. member tar New Roos was acting soder a debookm, bat still it would he below the dig nity of the Mess to mhos adjonsumeat to 4 Veto& this day. The question hoe slight be coolly airwesset, sod he was not without hops that t h e hon. member for New Rom, to =ad soopt se the matter—(a laugh)—would give so si hi ma preclude the nocessity f hoalm pressohap. Moor. as ' Mr. /CULLY said that tho her. umber for New Rae ' had so tam the advice of the amble lard, nor the sugges tion of the hem salmbsr tor Meath. Therefore as Gas of the moralism agates' by the bom soomboys charge, he hoped the matter wadi be oiled at ewes. Mr. CONOLLY submitted that the tonne indicated by the hon. and learned Millelt Kr. B. Wortley) was the most advisable. (The bus. made some further observation, but the issemott sails for a division prevented what he said beim! hosed in ah th e :Cl) Lord J. RUSSELL had stated that he thought it unbecoming in him, loader the tanoss, to point out the course which ha might coarider the house ought to take. Two courses had been suggested ; the one by the right hon. member for Buckinghamshire, the other by the hon. and learned recorder. Ths right hon. gentleman op posite suggested that certain names should be given, and that a committee should:be appointed to inquire ante the truth of the charges. Now he did not think that would be the proper course, inasmuch as it would expose those meat bets to imputations they ought not to bear; there ought to be some kind of charge defined against the passe proposed to be . named, before they . took that step—to appoint a committee "to inquire into the con duct of certain member, " would be most unfair. The proposal of the hon. and learned Recorder to postpone the debate till to-day he thought would be the better course, which would give time for consideration. Mr. J. BALL concurred in the suggestion for postpone ment. Mr. Serjeant SEEK was not surprised that offence was taken at the words used by the hon. member for New Roes, at the same time he did not understand them, nor did he think other hon. members would understand them to morrow, in the offensive sense in which they had been taken. (Oh, oh!) His hon. friend did not mean to infer that there was anything like pecuniary corruption—(oh, hut there might be corruption other than 'b v pe. euniary bribery. It would be corruptioe, f( any member gave or obtained an office as the pries of political support, But their was nothing in which 'nix hon. friend said that imputed personal dishonour. (Hear, hear.) It ! should be recollected that his bon, frivld was one of aparty of lush meeshere, who came into she Eonse pledged to oppose every government that should not bring forward or support measures which they considered eseential—(iangh -1 ter, and " heat")—and that party, oonsisting of 60 or 70 strong—(" No, 50")—well, 60 strong, went into the lobby as one man, and wen the means of throwing oat the govern ment of the right hon. member for Buckinghamshire, in eensetptenee of the deeision of the noble lord at the head of that government against the Tenant Right Bill. The following day the government was changed, and office was given to some of the members of the Irish party men of great ability no doubt, and some of whom had du tiageished themselves by their opposition to the govern ment of the noble lord when he was previously in power. He (Mr. &leant :Thee) might consider that was done with a deign to conciliate the Irish party, but that was not the view takes in Ireland. He had no doubt when the hon. member for New Ross talked of corruption taking plass under his eye, he meant the taking of office ; that some members of the Irish party had been induced to abandon their solemn pledge; that the government had broken up that party purposely ; and that in order to break its strength had used one of the means used by Walpole and Pelham by giving offices. (An lion. Member here said : " Small offices.") Hon. gentlemen might talk of small offices, but he (Ur. Serjeaat Shee) did not think a solicitor-generalship asmall offic•—("hear, hear," and laughter)—and, however respect able the hon. gentleman was who had been appointed • Lord of the Treasury, it was very high promotion for him. livery one knew that some of the hon. gentlemen opposite (the Irish members en the ministerial side) had got places or received bribes. The hon. member fur New Roes had been severely judged ; but, after all, as he had been in volved in disputes with the hon. member for Athlone, and the hon. stentletnan who was appointed • Lord ot ! the Treasury, he was reluctant to mention their names. Gentle men opposite could not exactly put themselves into the pnei tioa and feel es those felt who, taking the deepest interest in the happiness of their country, thought that the best way to secure tt, was by the maintenance of a strong and compact party in that house, and they greatly regretted the course taken by those of them who had accepted, without, as far as was known, having received any pledge for the push's of measures which they (the Irish party) thought for the in terest and haopinees of Ireland. Sir G. GREY wished to recall the attention of the house to the question before it. (Hear, hear.) The only ques tion whisk had bees proposed was the motion of the right hon. radium the member for Bate, that the considera tion of the question' be adjourned, and no other specific mo- tion had been made. He thought the house would do wisely in agreeing to it ; and he believed that a few hours' deli beration would induce the hon. member for New Ross to take such a course as was advisable after words spoken in the heat of debate; and if h ehad use words which were considered offeniive, it was desirable to allow the interval asked for by the friends of the hon. member, who said he was taken by surprise, and to agree to an adjournment of the debate. But in recommending that course to the house, he was anx;ous to state, in refereace to what fell from the honourable member for Newry, that he did not think be should be justified in recommending that course if the slightest imputation rested on the gentlemen who bad been offended. A statement which was offensive to some gentlemen had been made, and no attempt had been made to substantiate it, and when he asked that time for deliberation should be given, he thought that in granting it they would best consult the dignity of the house, while no stain would be left on those gentlemen who bad been offended. He earnestly recommended the hoes. to adjourn the consideration of the question. Mr. J. FITZGERALD, although he felt himself some what under the imputation thrown out by the member for New Rees, would urge on the house to accede to the propo sition for an adjournment, in order to give the member for New Roes, who had acted under considerable excitement, a few hours deliberation as to the course he should take. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY suggested that in addition to the motion of the right hon. gentleman, the member for Bute, the hon. member for New Ross should be required to at tend in his place at 4 o'clock this day. The motion that the words spoken by the hon. member for New Roes be taken into consideration this day was agreed to. And another motion—that the boa. member do attend in his place this day at four o'clock—was also agreed to. The orders of the day were then proceeded with. The house went into committee on Taxing Of Com mon Law Busbies. (Ireland) Bill ; but, on the motion of Mr. I Butt, who had amendment. to propose, the Chairman reported progress, and the house resented. The Municipal Corporations Aet Amendment Bill was read a second time. --7 The hiiieq;teri3ills Bill wee read a second time. HACKNEY CARRIAGES (METROPOLIS) BILL. On the motion that the house go into committee on this bill. Mr. SPOONER objected to its being proceeded with at that late ham Lord D. STUART suggested that the bill should be re• printed with the amendments proposed by the bon. member who introduced it. The committee was then postponed. The Sales of Bullion Bill passed through committee. The committee on the Public houses (Scotland) Bill was Fostponed. Mr. COWAN gave notice that, en the bringing up of the report, he should move the omission of the 10th clause. ' On the order otthe if;b - a; - on this question, Me. BARS presented petitions from Aram. of Rye, in favour of the issuing of a commission ; and the hon. mem ber then moved the further adjournment of the debate. Mr. TUFNELL called upon Lord J. Russell to fiz a day when the decision of the house could be taken on the subject. Mr. WALPOLE objected to their going on with the matter until the evidence taken before the continittee was in the possession of members. Lord J. RUSSELL spoke a few words to theism, effect ; and, The debate was adjourned to this day week. ENTAILS' (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was passed through the committee, after some objections to going on with it at that late hour, and it was 'greed to take the discussion on the bringing up of the report. POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH IRELAND. On Mr. H. HERBERT being called upon, in order among the notices, to nominate the select committee on postal communication with Ireland. Mr. F. FRENCH objected to entering on such a question at that hour (twenty minutes past 1). After a short conversation, Mr. HERBERT agreed to postpone the motion, and it was postponed accordingly till Wednesday. SHERIFFS' COURT (SCOTLAND) BILL. The LORD ADVOCATE moved that the following members be nominated as the select committee on this bill :—The Lord Advocate, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Hume Mr. Napier, Mr. Solicitor-General, Mr. Charter* Mr. Edward Ellice, Mackenzie, Mr. Cumming Bruce, Mr. Fergus, Mr. Dunlop, Mr. Kinnaird, Mr. Craufur, Mr. Hutie, I and Mr. M'Gregor. Mr. COWAN said he trusted the motion would not be proceeded with, as it contained members who were decidedly in Smut of the bill. He thought besides that one of the members for Edinburgh should be in the committee. The LORD ADVOCATE should be happy to add the hon. member to the committee. He had applied to several who were opposed to the bill to be on the committe, !and they . had refused. He trusted he should be allowed to nominate the committee. Mr. CRAUFURD said if this committee were appointed to consist of the members pro , there could be but one inevitable result. He the appointment would be postponed. The motion was then agreed to. Mr.CRAUFUED moved that the tanualthes bays power to send for penes.. papen, and records. The LORD ADVOCATE objected to the motion, which was supported by Mr. EwAar and Mr . DUNLOP. Yr. COW AN then moved the adjournment of the de bate; and otter a short discussion that amine was adopted. The home adjourned at a kw minutes after Two o'clock. ARSON AT MANCHESTER. Yesterday, at the Manchester Borough Court, Thome Dale, the proprietor of a candle manufactory in Walker's Croft, Hunt's Bank ; and John Heely and James Clarke, two men in his employment, were charged with wilfully setting on fire the premises occupied by Dale, and to the !coffee' of the Manchester Free Orammar belongingic A few minutes after seven o'clock on Tuesday evening a person who was passing the building beard a crackling inside, and on looking in at some of the side win dows discovered that the place was en fire. He and another man forced open the door and succeeded in extinguishing the fire in a few minutes. He had men the prisoners Heely and Clarke going away from the premises with candles an hour or two before. Mr. Rome, the superintendent of the Manchester fire brigade, arrived at 20 minutes pest seven o'clock with an engine •, and on making an examination of the premises, found a tub of tallow under the stairs, from which appea red to be suspended some wrappering that com municated with a frame standing adjacent. The wrapper lag was freshly burnt. On the second storey, over the mein, he found a rod covered with cotton wicks, and placed diagonally acmes the room was a rack containing rods se wicks - hanging down. Close to it was a cutting machine containing three drawers of cotton wicks, and two of the drawers were open, and some decimal candles were burning there in an upright position stuck in halls of cotton. The balls of cotton in which the candles were placed were saturated with napthe. Near the machine were also strewn some packages of cotton and empty boxes, which were not in their ordinary positions. Hanging before the front door was a pieces: sacking fastened to a nail, which would have the effect of preventing the light shining through the chinks of the door or the keyhole. There was no evidence to show that tko prisoner Dale had been there during the day ; he bad is sale shop in Fennel-street. He had a policy of instincts rAt the property in the Royal Exchange Insurance OSA :or 2001. and the stock had been valued at 1601. On being apprehended, Dale said he knew nothing about the matte r ; a n d Clarke said he had not seen the candles found b M r . R ose •he had taker the keys to his master at ' . ..alf- I past five o'clo ck. Gibson, the police oonstabs. e , said be bought three can dies like those foundby 'fife. RRae, from the only person in Manchester ',in as known to sell them, and he found that 1 hour and 65 minutes was the time occupied by them interning to the length, at which they were found whelk the fire was discovered. Mr. Superintendent Leary reminded the court that from half-past five, when the men left their work, till 20 minutes I past seven, hen Mr. nose arrived, was 1 hour and 0 :.minutes. The prisoners were remanded till Tuesday. gfte engeoo. TO CORRESPONDENTS. a dada& Edition of " 'The Exam..." matanning the mum masinr. " Oasetta," Y patiltaliad every Tuesday sad friday Aida. ta time Oar past alrestassuantalateaded for " The Elprose," tart= Evening paper, taut be at the Mee, W e Bouraaawreet, by Two o'clock or the eay et potalsedos. NIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. 2' HI .12sx —Monter. 11. ........Aftersocm. N• 22111 . Tmassem—liarulas. 4ies— ..... —Arianism. 21. O. LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 6. Tim sun at last is shining. Miles of meadow land, if country correspondents tell truth, are now turning from hay colour to a vivid green in the course of a single night ; and the field, which at sundown looked a mere dusty level, is bristling with the blades of the young oats by noon of the next day. Trout begin to swarm at country breakfast and dinner tables, and gnats about the faces of those who are taking possession of frarden chairs for the first time this season. Fires are be ginning to be let out; and furs, worn so late as last Saturday, are secured from the moth till November comes again. All this sounds very pleasant, and country friends say it looks very pleasant if they could but fully enjoy it; but there are many sad drawbacks. We have had hosts of weddings, as the REGISTRAR-GENERAL truly tells, but for all that there is mourning in every village and ham let where the floods were in the winter. The funerals of old people and infants are still moving along the way. Bronchitis and croup, typhus, scar latina, and consumption, have sent more to their graves this last half-year than were ever known to die, except in the great cholera and influenza seasons. There are multitudes of parents who cannot enjoy spring now it has come, for its delay has cost the infants who should have revelled in it like the them the young lambs. There are many weddings put off till the days of family mourning are past. Then, again, the lexmers in the same districts are rather gloomy. It has been oue of the worst lambing sea sons ever known, and anything but favourable to the young calves. The ewes have died by hundreds, and this follows upon the loss of sheep by the foot rot in the winter, in consequence of the uni versal wetness of the soil. The feeding of stock has been immensely expensive for some weeks. The grass is improving hourly now; but the early pota toes have failed—reined by snow water in April; and either there are few autumn sown crops, or those that were sown are very generally failures ; and the spring sowing has been later than was almost ever known. This is a heavy list of drawbacks. People would like to know a little more—would like to know what the cause really is of each weather as we have had for eight months past; whether but conjectures are useless about a matter which nobody yet thoroughly understands. It is very plea sant to send one's imagination wandering about the scenery of the universe—sea, earth, atmosphere— conitt, iceberg, central fires, and what not—that our philosophers ransack for the causes of an atrocious season ; but we must leave it to them to lay down the law of the case, and bring away only the homely lesson that till we know all about the matter, it is our business to be prepared for such seasons at all times, for every year of every century, till man be comes lord of rain and sunshine. And this reminds us of another thing that we should like to know—how much of such preparation is possible; and again, bow much of what is possible we have bestirred ourselves to make. About short crops, we may have a tolerably easy conscience. The trade of the world is thrown open, nearly as far as we can throw it open ; and we thus gain, not only the power of supplying ourselves from abroad with the products in which we run short at home, bet the increased means of pur sliming, and power of paying . rising prices, from the extension of our commerce in articles which do not run short at home. If our grain crops, stock, and dairy produce fail, we have done what we can to open a way to foreign markets; and our beef and bread eaters were never better able to pay for their food. This is a strong point ; and, we suspect, our strongest. If we had not stopped short at draining some of our fields, but had drained the whole culti vable surface, and carried off the water by a proper arterial drainage, there would have been no floods of any consequence. If there bad been no floods, and tbe rain had been carried off almost as it fell, there might and would have been much more autumn sowing, and to good purpose ; and there would have been no foot-rot among the sheep. The root crops would also have fared better is the autumn, and fodder would not have been so dear in the spring. If there had been no floods, thousands of houses where damp had been steaming out all winter, and where we may fear that fever will creep about all summer, would have been dry in the cold weather and wholesome in the hot. By the REGIS TEAR'S Quarterly Return, it is seen that the deaths in Ithe first quarter of this year exceed by 11,569 the num ber in the same quarter of any other year whatever, except the choler* and influenza years. It would be good, but perhaps not very pleasant, for us to know whether or not these eleven thousand dead per sons, and perhaps a good many more thousands, might not have been alive now, enjoying this May weather with us, if we had dealt with the rain and its consequences, and with some other matters, as well as we know how, if we would only act up to our knowledge. The REGISTRAR says that the increase of deaths this last winter has been greater in proportion in the country than in the towns : and this looks as if there could be no adetake in attributing the excess of mortality to the singularly bad weather ; and few could doubt it who even now cast a glance into the ditches, the quarries, and the low lying marshes throughout the country districts where the waters were out. It is again confirmed by the statement that the mortality, ex cessive everywhere, was eminently so in the rural districts on the Severn, in Wales, and in Lancashire; in which places, as we all remember, the floods were particularly formidable. Bat, the record goes on to tell us, the mortality is still triumphant in the towns, notwithstanding the increase in the country. " The towns," sa ys the Bnolanton, "still maintained their fatal pre-em inence, destroying by their dirt and imperfect sanitary arrangements, out of the same population, five lives to every four who die in the open country." Is this to go on ? With eight months of rain and unwhole some winds just behind us—with the calculations of this mortality before our eyes—with so many new made graves in every churchyard—with a new opulence of knowledge and of means springing . up in the midst of us, are we to go on letting our neigh bours and ourselves be slaughtered by foes whom we would not tolerate for a moment, if they came stepping . on to the time of martial music, waving their banner*, and with weapons that glitter in the sun ? Such enemies as these, invading us to cut off, by scores of thousands, our old parents, our infant children, our wives and sisters, as well as the strong men of the nation, would be driven out with a rapid and holy rage. And these more stealthy enemies, whom yet we know perfectly well, come again and again— indeed never fairly leave us; and we give them the victory for want of such enterprise, activity, sense, and skill as any man of business would be ashamed not to apply in the conduct of his private fortunes. If it were but private business, with a few citizens' position, ambition, and fortunes dependent on the management of it, we should presently see our rivers purified, our drains rendered harmless, our burials rationally arranged, our low lands dried, and our dwellings as sweet as garden air. The Eleven Thousand Martyrs of the list quarter testify against us, how far we are as a community from being as wise and as zealous as the average of our inanufPx. turers and tradesmen. 'We make the humbling con fession now, at the close of one of tho bad te: sims, which we can never hope will be the last. we have anything better to say when tbt., next o f t h ese occasional unhealthy viiiiters is o'er and gone? A CHARGE AHMNST THE GOVERNMENT. AN extraordinary scene occurred in the House of Commons last night. An Irish member, Mr. DUFFY, openly charged tho Government with cor ruption exercised towards the Irish members. He said: "He did not believe that, even in the time of WALPOLE or of the YELHars, more mauditions cor- ruption existed than he had seen practised under his own eyes in corrupting Irish members." Such a charge of course led to " a scene." Lan- Elatlother than " parliament ar y " i s no t p erm i tte d used in " the assembly of the best geutlemen in Europe," and, in the first instance, the bold member who made this strong assertion was offered the oppor tunity of retracting his allegation. The House wished to get over this breach of usual courtesies by permit ting the withdrawal of the offensive expressions. But Mr. DUFFY was not willing to lose the vantage ground he had assumed. He declared his ability to substantiate the charges he had made. Having seldom so greata chance of becoming important, he preferred defiance to any milder course, and concessions being repu diated, the SPEAKER seems to have felt ho had only one course to pursue, which was to order Mr. DUFFY to withdraw, whilst the house sat, as it were, a jury to settle how this infraction of etiquette was to be met. Hereupon Lord JOHN RUSSELL, as leader of the Cabinet against whom this gross charge hod been made, said it rested with the House to decide what course should be pursued; and, after some discus sion, the decision of the point was adjourned. At first blush this Irish escapade, though checking the current of public business, may not be unpro ductive of good. The one great parliamentary fact of the year is the large amount of light that has been let in upon the mode in which the House of Com mons is filled ; how voters, seats, and members are bought and sold by men who have ingeniously con verted the post of legislator into a marketable com modity. A corrupt mode of election of course pro motes the return of many corrupt men, and if it is found that to deal w ith persons so finding their way into St. Stephen's, a Government has acted corruptly, some beuctit may after all arise from the fracas of last night, by inducing a more thorough determination on the part of the people to insist on so complete a measure of Representative Reform as shall permit only those men to sit in the House of Commons who —chosen really by the people, without coat or cor ruption—shall have no excuse for repaying them selves by Ministerial bribes for outlays compelled by a vicious system of impure elections. Some men, unable to become important, determine to be troublesome. If they can't be heroes, they can at least be bores; yet in this latter ungracious cha racter it may happen that they dare do useful work which men less scrupulous might shrink from at tempting. To-night may show whether any good can come of Mr. DUFFY'S charge against the ABER DEEN Administration. COMMUNICATION WITH THE BRITISH FLEET IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. MARSEILLES, APRIL 30. The arrangements, or rather want of arrange ments, of the British government for communicating with the Mediterranean fleet, has excited the sur prise of most British travellers who have recently visited Malta and this place. If the government had a steamer stationed here, they would have, by means of the electric telegraph, the admiral commanding tho fleet stationed at Malta within three days communi cation from the Admiralty at Charing-cross, —an) arrangement surely of no- little im portance at the present time, when political affairs in the Levant are wearing such a critical appearance, and the expectation of sailing orders for the fleet was the general subject of conversation at Malta. Yet, strange to say, while four or five steamers have been for months lying idle at Malta, and might just as well have been doing nothing here, or at least one of them. there is no means of conveying a telegraphic or other despatch to Malta except by waiting, perhaps a fortnight, for the packet conveying the outward India mail, or of hiring that packet at a heavy expense, and interrupt ing the course of that important mail. Surely such a neglect of ordinary precaution requires some public notice. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The government of Hesse Cassel having expelled three opposition members from the Second Chamber, several of their colleagues have resigned their seats. The government has ordered the latter to leave Cassel immediately, pretending that a conference which they had held was an illegal meeting. The popular indignation is excited, but uo disturbance of public order is apprehended. This being Asceasion-day, the Bourse and public offices are closed. This holiday, always very gene rally observed in Paris, is kept even more strictly than usual to-day. Almost all the shops are shut, the churches are very full, and the Boulevards and public promenades are crowded to excess. Two religious services, is commemoration of the death of Napoleon 1., were celebrated yesterday, May 4th—one attended by the Emperor in the Chapel of the Turneries, and the other by Marshal Prince Jerome at the Invalides. The old leaders of the society of the 10th of De cember are now concocting a manifestation of" publio opinion " in favour of removing the remains of the Emperor to St. Denis. They lately had a banquet en famille, at a restaurant outside the Barriere de l'Etoile, where the subject was broached, and shortly afterwards: the following . petition, signed by one of the most active and notorious members of the frater nity, was presented to the Senate, which illustrious body will doubtless in due time draw up a proper report upon the subject : To the Senate, deliberating by virtue of its legislative and constitutional initiative,. Monaieurs les Senateurs,—Considering, in the first place. that the government of the Emperor Napoleon 111. cannot allow the atbes of Napoleon I. to remain in the place as signed for them by Louis Philippe, whose object necessarily was to hide the founder of a dynasty, the emperor, under the mantle of the hero:; Considering, moreover, that the vaults of St. Denis re uniting in one monarchical tomb Merovingian., Carlovin gian., and Capetian.; Considering that the vaults of St. Denis represent and symbolise, not this or that dynasty belonging to each of the different phases of our history, hut the whole monarchical spirit of France ; Considering, consequently, that to leave the ashes of the founder of the fourth dynasty out of the monarchical tomb of St. Denis would be implicitly to admit that France. breaking with the twelve centuries of her past history. has ceased to be monarchical ; Considering, on the other band, in democracies the grandest political language that governments can speak to the people is the language of monuments, or statues in public places; Considering, therefore, that to leave the founder of the fourth dynasty out of the vaults of St. Denis would almost be to endeavour to destroy in the mind of the people that monarchical spirit of France which, in spite of all the sophisms and regrets of parties, triumphantly vindicated itself in the three " Napoleonienne " elections ; The undersigned, full of respectful confidence in the ex alted wisdom of the Senate, prays that the law of May, 1840, may be repealed, and he ventures at the same time to call your attention to the urgency which exists with s view to the complete re-establishment of order in melee minds that the Bonapartas should be laid in Saint Detain by the side of the Meroyingians, the Carlovingian', and Capetian.. Loom Corr-ono. The Empress has not yet recovered from the effects of her untoward accident. She still keeps her room, and all the arrangement's that were made for fetes at St. Cloud are counterr.ianded. The production of a mow opera, comPorf,d by the Tuscan minister, Prince Joseph PoniatowrAi, has been postponed until her hall bc, well enough to attend the opening ce. M. Engem. ) Scribe, president of the Society of Dramatic A labors and Compsiers. accompanied by a dePutatioo., was received by the Emperor yesterday, st • Prir.ite audience. M. Scribe called his Majesty's ittentie a to the law which limits the duration of ••Pright in dramatic works to twenty years after the death c the author, and solicited a prolongation sff that P'eriod._The Moniteur publishes a decree relative to the 1 • 00 . e of constituting consultative chambers of agricul trao in Algeria. The preamble states that difficulties have arisen with respect to the manner of electing tlnse chambers, which it is urgent to put an end to. All these difficulties are now removed by simply em powering the governor-general to nominate the chambers, to fix the durations of their session, and to dissolve them at pleasure, The Bank of } t rance has given notice that it will accept warrants for wheat and other grain deposited in warehouses approved of by the state, in lieu of a third signature to bills for discount. Hitherto flour has been the only merchandise aooepted by the Bank. Latest telegraphic quotations :—Amsterdamt In teg. Two-and-a-Half per Cent., 63i; Four per Cent., 911 ; Metall. Five per Cent., 83 7-16 ; 1851, Letter B, 93y; Belgian (Rothschild), 52 15-16; Spanish One per Cent., 241; Three per Cent., 431; Coupons,