The Express. — London, England, 1852-04-07 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—Tt'EsatTi Aral:. 6. The house met at 5 o'clock. Lord Ranu", )AL p sa t sl 4 •kn• PETITIONS PRESENTED. lIATNOOTH.—By the Bishop 1401. 4 D0N from the srehdeacoory of London , Lambllalt tad slang pipes ; the Marquis of Blt EADALBAN gym seeleall pima la Beet era ; praying for a repeal ei Use gnat to liagessik. ECCLUIASTICOL TSV.,IIII BILL.—By Led MONTEA OLE, from a Plato ha, Ireland, on the affiteet date Zeck aisatical Titles Bill, Tan LIONL 'Antal or Newroratouam—lt i ths Sari of are DEBBY . tram a jeetty el the sesobles of Muse of Arigably d Ziodessilead. _kw • in= ends gevannest. add tail maw tbrir wee• swims* de Asir aimed In &Way the pane and Imam el Iteefeeadlind, they odd art adept lam elm tad lams Am by greater the prayer ef the petition. TREATY WITH BELGIUM. I. re& Me a question from Lord STAN LIT of ALosaLaY, whisk est mesh the gallery, The Zed of MALMESBURY said there had beta • didiealty about the duty on salt imported into Belgium wish bad sew been Inatome The Belgian Chambers had also simnel their tariff on articles mentioned in the treaty SO a different male to that which existed when the treaty was first entered into; and the consequence was, that the advantages which were expected had been neutra lised. For this reason the ratification of the treaty had been delayed. A convention had since been draws up, by which the tariffs had been placed on the same footing, in spirit and letter, as they were by the treaty first negotiated by Mr. Lihouchere and the Belgian government. THE BIRKENHEAD TROOP SHIP. Lord MONTEAOLE wished to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether there was any truth in the report that the Ilirlenhead troop ship, conveying troops to the Cape of Good Hope, had been wrecked The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND said the Admi ralty haul not received any report whatever on the subject, but a message had been sent to the authorities at Devonport on the subject. BISHOPRIC OF QUEBEC BILL. On the motion of the Earl of Dr.sater, this bill was read a second time. PATENT LAW AMENDMENT (No. 2) BILL. On the motion of Lord COLCIUSTILIS, the report on this bill was brought emend received. MUTINY BILL—MARINE MUTINY BILL. On the motion of the Earl of MOOT, the abort bills smetally went through committee. ADJOURNMENT OF TILE HOUSE. The Earl of DERBY moved the adjournment of the house. He proposed to adjourn for ten days. until Monday the 19th instant. It had been usual fur their lordships not to meet on the same day es the House of Commons; but, on the present occasion, it was desirable not to postpoae the meeting of their lordships house beyond the period he had =awl. because it W3l necessary not only that the Mutiny Bill, but another bill which would he received on the Monday or Tuesday, should receive the royal assent with es little delay as possible. THE INDIAN PRESS. The Earl of ELLENBOIIOUtiII complained that a Bombay newspaper had been enabled to publish the instrue- Moos issued by the Gorernor.General of India, in regard to the p ro , ninon cf the war with Asa, so that the enemy had the means of obt.siniug information as to our intended movements, and concluded his observations by urging the necessity, foe the safety of the army, and the success of our arms, that the orders given to those in command should be kept secret. The Earl of DERBY nerd hardly say that the subject was one of deep and vital importance ; and ho concurred in every word which had fallen from his noble friend as to the impossibility of conducting the affairs of India—par titularly the military affairs—if all or any of the measures of the government were known to the enemy almost as soon as they were decided upon. Ile would take care to coin munieste with his right boa. friend at the head of that de partment. and he bad no doubt that proper instructions would be sent oat by the next mail. Their lordships then, at half-past 5 o'clock, adjourned until the nth east. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TtEMMT, Aran, (I. The Sraanza took the chair at a quarter before tour I o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. $11.1.4 Rr tD • Teiau TINIC AND PAS/ED.—Derby Gee; Lancaster Waterworks. Cemetery, and Gas; and bleciina River Narination ; But.. BMUS Co:41111AM° AND AGIEND TO.—Aberdeen Fin and Life Auossame Commay ; Forth and Clyde Na ties ; Londonderry end Coleraine Railway ; aad dewy and Raniakillen Railway ; Bills. Ilaronm Re tutano.—Corris, AlachreD" tip Lone Dom Railway, with Branches Cusionlimar. 14.; Bine. PUBLIC BUSINESS. PETITIONS PRESENTED. MAINOO7II Y.ronwxlNT ACT.—By Sir J. Y. BIM- I LER, from Plymouth; Sir R. INGLIS, from the arch- i ilescoary of Leaden; Mr. COWAN. from ministers and dimes. of the free chant of Firth ; against. Catania Pimact.—By Lord HOT HAM, hem a piece the Hoot Riding of Yorkshire, against the te•totol of. Tates ox ICARMLIDOI.—B7 Mr. H. BERKELEY, hem Y lines Society of Brawl; lir. °EACH. from Geeing ; llr. lIEYWORTH, from latemshire; for re peal of. MU .111.4 Btu..—By Mr. PINNEY, from Warnacombc, he flimerreet ; Alderman HUMPHERY, from Southwuk, SO"- ItcCUIstAirrICAL TITLa. BILL.-13, Mr. O.IIIOOINB, bele Us with of Aughagawly, in the county of Mayo, for repent Tsxawy Riairr BILL.—By Mr. 0. HIGGINS, from perish« of Knock, Augharnare, Adrigoole s sad ether places in the county of Mayo, in &veer et 07 Pontius finateat En.L.—By Gamed THOMPSON, from the seamen of the pert at praying that the house will appoint a ememille• W beak* let° tho canon of desertion of merchant masa la Auslip ports, and reject the bill for the extradition of 41111111111111. Toirrimi LAsiL STAMM—By XIIIITZ, has Charles Maybury Archer, gentleman, estdro bulb Oft Is December tart be became, through the modime et perles tous discovery, possessed of means and inhemellim maw hted to show the total insecurity of the babel stamps, and of their liability to be s amairr kited. That he was in possession of etopnwoM lt, woM and had suggestions fur improvements r mete he few bonen with the system, and praying to be mobs& below the committee now sitting upon this, and mho reirirs his prosecution of patent for impute:Rents Y detedieg sad cutting pastor stam ps sad ethos. artisiss riedsollarms. AMU( BEMENT OP THZ BOUM Mr. F. MACKENZIE, at 14 alades_ jpare her, forred that the home, at its rising, adjoute to Kyrie& Se Ds instant _ . . . . Soot; minutes after the Damian had been pot ad ogromi to, Mr. °MANVILLE BERIEELKY rose on a paint of order. He wished to know whether it sus in scam the Chancellor of the Enhequer having pima • settee ea the 'ewer fur hatpin four to move Me mijoemmont hour. for the Easter meow, fur another mamba of the go retuning to get up half an hour before the limo Iliad to make that moths? The SPEAKER Mated it wee quite empottell he say hon. gentlemen to make dot .Mhos, eel It me obi teet• petent to my his.. reetionea to oppose it. TM 'sedan hoeing to. en node. sad no objection being offered, it passed u it matter of swot. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. EWART gave notice that on the order of the day being moved for going into committee on the civil service estimates he should ask attention to the expediency of in stituting examinations as a test of the conpeteney of candi dates for appointments in the diplomatic service. Also, that on the order of the day being moved for gang into com mittee on the British Museum estimates be ahoald ender •sur to show the expediency of forming one or more libraries freely open to the public in the metropolis. Mr. HEYWOOD—A resolution on the subject of the re moval of the Crystal Palace, after the mess. Sir DM LACY EVANS —On the Vnd, for leave to bring is a bill to emend the act of Was. IV. fur the regulation dvestries. Mr. W. WILLIAMS—A resolution for paying the PM re•enue into the Exchequer, leaving the costs of collection to ne provided try a •,.,..,r Wee hew, after the sews,. Sir B. HALL, for Mr. Hossnau—A motion in reference to the appointment of the lice. Mr. Bennett to the vicarage of Frotne. biU to allow reasonable re fet.hruent to counts voters. after the recess. Mr. EWART —To call attention to the necessity of establi.hing public libraries In the metropolis. PUULIC ADMISSIOZITR VIE ROUSES OF PAR- IA iitE:NY Sir DE L. EVANS, pursuant to notice, put a question to the First Commissioner of Works, whether the public will be permitted to view the interior of the House of Com mons luring the Easter adjournment ? Lori I. MANNERS had made inquiry as to the ob. at ale. ti the admission of strangers to the House of Com- WM., and he was happy to say that on Saturday last those ob.tacles were removed, and strangers were now admitted to the House of Commons as well as the House of Lords. With regard to their admission during the Easter vacation the committee on lighting and ventilating the house bad reported in favour of certain alterations, which would be carried on daring the recess, and which he believed would he impeded if the public were admitted. Subject, however, to that hindrance, admission would h, allowed. THE LOSS OF THE BIRK ENIIEU) TROOP Mr. ADDERLEY inquired of his right hen. friend the Secretary for the Colonies whether he was in a position to give the house any information relating te the disastrous report in the papers of the day of the lose of the ship Bit , bertes , ' on hi r mirage to the Cape with Irons, and as to the cause , of that lees. And also %halter, considering the news his right hon. friend had just received of the state of the war at the Cape, there was say hope of whet the noble lord opp Ade called the humans system of conducting that war Veiling to a cessation of bloodshed ? Sir J. PAK I NOTON—My information in regard to the melancholy *vent referred to in my hon. friend's first ques tion is derived from the same source as that of my hon. fn' rid, ,is,, the piddle newspipers. lam sorry to say that no despatch has been received at the Colonial-Deice, throw icor any locht on either of the two questions. SEIZURES OF PUBLICATIONS BY BELGIUM. Mr. Id ILN ES put a question in reference to the recent seizure of publications belonging to a British subject. Mr. Jetts. from the Sob. steamer, by the Belgian government. The CHANCELLOR et the by stated that the pablitatioar were for tits most part French news- and were contraband Mier an old Belem 'AL papers, wrong sustained by the admire of the aatilius Frelsrais, the editor of which had hem promeded 'against and acquitted subsequently, Kr. his moat proceed in the Belgian courts. THE BUSINESS OF HOUSE.—THE ADJOPHafE d Lad J. RUSSELL , w%e the home Wag quatly le the pissing et the M adjourning the hems he the hada" add be madooMmil that the Chan- Wka of the Ismhemwaa tare the adjournment for the ImAse ester at poet frac, mil state what business govenemeed latmated torment with an the remeembling of the howls. h ie CHANCELLOZ of the EXCHEQUER—I came down as mho the mean asserMai to the notice I gave, but found that it had eke* been moved by somebody else. IMk only say that 1 way much regret that it should Lave so centered. Hear. bear.) Laid J. RUSSELL—Zoe the right hon. gentleman my Intention to propose mynahs for giving orders of the day pemodems ewe modem, with a view to facilitate the Opal& lemboas PETHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—In magi daft the question how the public business may be best end, we naturally keit not only to the convenience of the government, but to the privileges of independent mem bers ; and I have felt that great sacrifices are often entailed on such lumbers by resolutions of the nature suggested by the noble lord ; and under present circumstances I should be sorry to trench en the privileges of private members without duo consideration. But before the house meets again, I will consider the matter more maturely, and will then propose a motion which I hope will have the effeej desired—of facilitating the progress of business, without trenching materially on the rights of private members. (hoar, bear) GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT. _ In reply to Mr. T. Dusconen, Mr. Seaetary WALPOLE stated that the Report of the Board of Health had been received, but he bad not laid it on the table as he had some doubt whether it was drawn up according to the conditions of the act of parlianient,bringing under consideration, as it did, • variety of questions con nected with the Metropolitan Interments Act, and the reasons why it had not been put into operation. Ile found, however, that be had no option but to lay it en the table, bathe felt it right to make this explanation. MILITIA BILL. Sir DE L. EVANS observed that he taw no reference in the Militia Bill to the questions of substitutes and ex emptions. Were the repletion's on these subjects to be the tame as in former Militia Acts. Mr. Secretary WALI'OLE stated that the regulations in the former acts would ho maintained ; ho had stated the other night that he could either embody all the existing militia acts in one, or make a reference to them In a sepa rate clause, and that he thought it better to adopt the latter course, end a clause would be incorporated enumerating all the provisions of existing acts, except so far as it was not intended to renew them. COURTS OF EQUITY. Mr. IIEADLAI asked if there was any intention on the part of the government to allow any puldic money to be expended in providing new courts at Westminster? Lord J. MANNERS said that, some three or four months ago, with the sanction of Lord 'from and her Majesty's government, temporary courts were commenced to replace those which had been removed. Those temporary courts were, he believed, nearly complete, and probably they would be flt fur the rmeption of the judges at the commence ment of the next term ; but it mast be obvious to the hon. and learned gentleman, that the fitting up of those tempo rary courts did not include the general question which ho had now submitted, as to the maintenance of the courts at Westminster, or their removal to Lincoln's Inn. With re spect to the question, whether he had authorised the ex penditure of public money, he supposed that the charge for these temporary courts would naturally fall on the Exche quer, but her Alajesty's government had not formed any opinion as to the advisability or otherwise of removing the courts permanently to Lincoln's Inn. Sir L. O'BRIEN wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he will feel justified, the Repayment of Advances Acts Amendment Dill having been read a scrawl time, in releasing the moneys which have been re. tensed in the hands of the treasurers of the poor law unions, to await the fate of this ball, after the example of what was done by the prime minister in the case of the Rate in Aid, when the treasury advanced 100,000 i., on the faith of that bill, after its second reading? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said his ..... recollection of what the noble lord (Lord J. Russell) did in the instance of the rate in aid was not exactly in accordance with the statement of his hon. friend. His hon. friend assumed that the 100,0001. was advanced by the late minis ter on the faith of the Rate in Aid Bill being read a second time. His (the Chancellor of the Exchequer's) recollection of the matter was that that amount was to be advanced on the faith of the rate in aid, but that the biU was to be read and passed be both houses of parliament Wan the advance was made. The advance was not madams the soma reading of the bill which established the rate in aid, tut It we. made whets that bill was passed in anticipation of the rate in aid. The house, therefore, would see that there wee so analogy between the two cues. He knew that la the farms b , stance the noble lord mid he would not MOO to whams 1,0004, but he did not uppeee that wan weld satisfy his hon. f.-iend. (Laughter.) Men se anolgu between the awes, aad not burg pregoted, man If the ortelay were ur a ra g ete. sempt a igmedint ereatel each n eitengoehmewt, be eeull act laid eat any hope that he huh imigtion as abases when the had Nay been good a mend due. Mr. CLIIIIIII3ITS whirl to tow when the gemewsmat intended is pissed oda the Repayment of Advisers Bill ? The CRARCELLOR dtbs EXCHEQUER mid that, in seam of regesewatatione made by Imm. moorhen ewsmMi with Imbed, he was not permed to es dots esaimittes with the ME that night. It would Uweehme he postponed till after the Mr. CLEMENTS tetb il l ie ge to brew am wIM ley the ' right has. gelidness proposed to rewash* the emiderstios of the bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER end my that he found very great dilleult/ IF pleasing the ashen for Ireland. (Laughter.) He WA inteaded MN the WU Mould go into eimmittee that !debt, bat, vogratistilitos bolos been made that it world be most intsmodost to tom Irish merabere to attend, ea their Seetewee he bed sup toaloi to a poet eat. If dome hem ammolere bed re. naked, he shield hove been tube pmt aga to maid. hem.) LOSS OF THE BIRKENHEAD, GOVERNMENT STEAMER. . _ . . Mr. ADDERLEY wished to know whether any infor mation had been received by the Admiralty relating to the Birkenhead steamer, respecting which such disastrous news had arrived ; and whether they could inform the house as to the number of souls on boanl that steamier when she left England; also, whether they could communicate to the house the latest intelligence which had been received re specting the Hydra and the Megtera. Mr. STAFFORD said, at half-past 10 that morning he received, nut by official comununiSation, but by telegraph in the ordinary way, information of this distressing event. He immediately telegraphed to Sir John Ommanney at Fly month, desiring him to communicate the circumstances of the meet. No answer having been remind from Sir John Isp r Iselipme 2, a letter was despatebed making him to Mans the MESON of this delay, and till an answer came it would bt pr mature in him (Mr. Stafford) to give any account. He waited at the Admiralty until the last moment (half-put four o'clock), and no official eons. ssmuleation had then been received. The number of souls on board the Birkenhead wo, ho believed, upwards of sir hundred. With regard to the other two vessels to which his hen. friend alluded, he would observe that the Hydra sailed from Deronport on the 10th of Febru ary, was heard of at Madeira on the 12th and at Sierra Leone on the 2nd of March ; and that the Megmra sailed from Madeira on the 29th of January, having been in some degree delayed there, and was seen at sea and communi cated with by the Bosphorus in latitude 28.13 north, and longitude 18.18 west. This was all the information he pea seabed. THE PLATE. Mr. M. GIBSON inquired whether the government in tended to take any steps to place the relations between this country and the BraWs on a more satisfactory footing, and whether they contemplated any result from the joint action of the governments of France and England with reference to the free navigation of the internal water communication connected with the River Plate. . . . The CIIA\CELLOR of the EXCIIEQUER explained, th■t within 21 hours alter the fall of ltosas, COMlthllliee ttotte had been opened wan the Yrenen govornowns fu, ehu purpose of securing those commercial advantages which that event opened up a prospect of obtaining. The Cheva lier St. John and Sir Charles nudism were about to go on a joint mission fur the purpose of negotiating fur the opening of the free navigation of the waters of the Plate. In reply to a further question he added, that the Britiah envoy would touch at Rin for the purpose of opening friendly communication with the state of Brazil. _ _ THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1852. iYIRE LAND. Mr. SCULLY wicked to know whether the government intended to apply for additional loam, or to take any mem with a view to the carrying on of arterial drainage in Ire land. _ . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the whole question of the government of Ireland was at pre sent under the erma.ideratiou of her Majesty's ministers. — (Laughter.) • THE GOVERNMENT MEASURES. Lomeli. 111:S3ELL wished to know what tours• the go vernosent proposed to pursue with regard to public busi new. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that on Monday, the 11th instant, the Provident of the Board of Control would move the appointment of a committee on Indian affairs ; the 23rd he should, in accordance with the wish of the house, fix fur the Militia Bill ; and he should then propose that, with the exception of questions of great urgency, such as the financial statement, the hon-e should prated with the Militia Bill and the estimates. Mr. MONSELL willed to know whether the right hon. gentleman intended to go on with the Repayment of Ad vance,. Bill that evening ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER slid, having received many communications, tome ilireetly, and others indirectly, at the urgent request of the hoe. seeether for Leitrim, In% noble friend the Secretary for Ireland had made an arrangement which re uttered it Imlay:sit& for the E v it e r r i n in me I n ly t o h l e orag on t i h i e t t o toll T i be r p o t , m i zeji n ly fur made a fove a ihln appeal to ro the e I rr e o m vem m i:ent . not to l ' orin e rt re ne . the bill. Ile believed the hon. baronet had gone to Ireland under the engagement of the government, and he wu informed that several other hun. number. were in a ►imilu position. Mr. CLEMENTS said he had had no communication with the rvermost on the subject—(laughter)—and he ht he be at ;east to be Wonted whoa tba woe to NAA Iris Leadeahaddereg Aiotinetly told lib hes:Rini satatbsr for that the vernment did in tho tawi to proceed with the bill till &Par go the holidays. not GOLD MINES. THOMPSON post#teni his notion oa this sub jestirdithe 19th Met. THE BALLAST-HEAVERS OP THE PORT OF LONDON. Mr. G. THOIOSQN moved for lam to bring ia a bill to Walla an Am the eitylayment of Wiwi hoovers =pu rl of Lendals, wisest salbatuasto oddities he de at lONlOq ho nad to pat aa Old to the mum of eas i t eglag sad them at pabliaboues. The bill, be was banked en same principle as the Coal Whip pers Aat. The SPEAKER said that as the matter was one relat ing to trade s it was imismary for ma lea. member drat to awe that the house should p late eenatittee. Mr. 0. THOMPSON then moved that the house should go into essaialWee. Mr. HRNLEY would wet oppose the SEW Wage of the bill, but exproweil a dealt ',bedsit it would not tend to impose rat the emplejmeat of labour, and to crests a monopoly in Swear a certain number of la _ - 11r.1.11,BOUCIBERB said that the cam of the ballast heaven had been brought before him when in office, and he bad thought that all semi peeporala ea that of the mover should be 100 ted at with gnat jealousy. But he believed that great geed bed been effected by the legislation which had take. pine la regard to the coal whippers, and that a meanly of this kind might be passed as a police remedy rating *as • trade bill, but that it ought to be referred to a select committee. . _ _ Mr.HUMB asti Mr. OfIROZNE spoke in favour of the proposition for a select committee. Mr. WAKLEY suggested the establishment of a general labour ale*. _ After some oluerrations from Mr. Macgregor, Sir 11. Willoughband Si, \V. Clay, Mr. UL ADSTONE maid that, fully aware of the ql!stion ti 4r4as end Vbelfbs had noi'hisitaTed to /rata th.tut it iiirpreT•etToli ;idle coal-whippers, and he bore testimmay to its ezeollent results, which be attributed, not to the framers at the set, but to the admirable conduct of these fat wham alaataire it had been designed. He had regretted. however, to reed that an attempt had remedy been mode, by as of a strike, to extort higher wages from the teal trade, mad hear wned those engaged in such an attempt, that the doeseoweess of such pocky would necessarily be the repeal of the restristive enactment. Ile thought that the pressed gaieties should go to a saint committee, and that, to save tins a melee far each a committee should be substituted foe the modes be- fore the boric. Mr. W. WILLIAMS waa in favour of sending tho bill to a ideal committee. . . Lord J. MANNERS said that as government had given its consent to the introduction of the bill, he would recom mend the has. member for the Tower Hamlets to persist with his motion, and let the bill be referred to a select committee after the second reading. The bill affected the interests of a large and important section of the labouring classes, and it was, therefore, desirable that no unnecessary clam should take place. The house then went into committee on the resolution. I[r. HUME thought that the resolution should include the ease of the ballast•bnren. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that the ballast question of the crt of London was one of the meet complicated that could claired, connected with which were conflicting o i rthe crown, the city of London, and the Trinity house. Mr. OLADSTONE hoped that u government approved of the bill, the committee would agree to the resolution. Mr. HENLEY said he had not pledged himself to sup port a bill of which he had not seen the details. After a few words (tom Mr. LABOVCHEIII. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER advised the hon. member for the Tower Hamlets to adhere to his original plan, and press his resolution. The resolution was then agreed to, and leave was given to bring in a bill. STOCK IN TRADE EXEMPTION Leave wee given to Mr. G. A. HAMILTON to bring in the above bill. COUNTY COURTS FURTHER EXTENSION BILL. - - - The UMW then went into committee upon this bill ; but, after a good deal of discussion as to the expediency of going on with it, pending the expected measure for the reform of the Court of Chancery, it was determined that the chairman should report progress, with a view to reprinting the bill with its amendments. SUPPLY. The report of the committee of supply, granting 460,0001. for the expenses of the Kaffir war,wu brought up. In answer to a question from Sir 11. WILLOUGHBY, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that this sum was an mitimate of the expenditure of the Kaffir war for the current year, and was, of course, founded on data gathered from the previous expenses of the war, and must, to a certain 'Meat, be hy pothetical. The report was then reeeiv . CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS BILL. On the order of the day for the consideration of this bill u amended, Mr. J. STUART hoped that the auwadmenta would be reported and the further esadderaties of the bill be post poned till the UM bast. Mr. WALPOLI said be bed takes AMMO of the bill in the Ames of the metes and the nesserr for Loam. Hs did set disk it that the imaiodursts &Mil be =sad thst the ben odstit am be as amended, sad the third violin moved en 167 77 STUART objected to leeward thebiYs dap, nodose the antamissate were pined. as it woe lea impor tant • bill not to be spidern is every ossedom. Mr. MULLING'S hod aneseneeds to nide IR dosses to which he was stromerady append es ribliasy mod opormalve, and therefore Iss send sot consist to the bill passing in its present shop. ARer some further dificomito, Mr. WALPOLE connoted Is postpone the present dap of the bill ; bat said it weed& be bettor that it should not be reprinted until the late AttecorpOeneral (Sir A. Cockburn) had hunted amendments proposed by him. SUITORS IN CHANCERY RELIEF BILL. The housewent into comm i ttee on the On clause 1, Sir H. WILLOIJOHBY moved after the word, " duties," to strike out certain words, end insert the words "such annual sums as are to be fixed in a schedule to be annexed to the act." He said the clams provided that cer tain officers of the Court of Chancery who had hitherto been paid by fees, should be now paid by salaries. He did not wish that the same coarse should be paned as in the case of the " six clerks," where an average of the fees had been taken, by means of which four gentlemen had received 720,0001. If a change in the mode of payment was made, he thought that the scale of salaries should not be fixed by an avenge of the fees received, but should be specifically declared by a schedule attached to the act. Mr. MULLINOS had just begun to address the com mittee, When en hon. member stated that there were not 40 members present, and it having been ascertained that the number was only 29, the house adjourned at a quarter to 8 o'clock. THE "COUNT-OUT." Tho following is a list of the members who were at their posts last night when the house was counted out : Barron, Sir H. W. Mullinp, J. It. Barrow, W. 11. Pinney, W. • Bell, J. Seoble, G. T. Bernal, R. Spooner, n. Brotherton, J. Strickland, Sir 0. Deedes, W. Tennent, ft. F. Dunne, Col. Thesiger, Sir F. Hamilton Thompson, Col. Henley, J. W. Villiers, C. }Lindley, C. Walmsley, Sir J. Hobbouso, T. B. Walpole, J. H. Hume, J. Williams, W. 'oldie, Sir W. Willoughby, Sir H. Milligan, it. Wilson, IN. THE BALLOT. The following figures chow the progress of the ballot question in the 'louse of Commons during the pre sent parliament : _ _ voted In favour 1849—ditto who did not lot. in 1848 1860-• ditto who did not vote in 1848 or 1849 33 1861—ditto who did not vote in 1848, 1849, or 1350 12 1862—ditto who did not vote in 1818, 1849, 1860, or __ 1851 Total number of members who, during the present par - liament, have voted in favour of the ballot 110 ME COUNTIES AND METROPOLITAN FREEHOLD LAND Soclavv.—Last evening a meeting of the members and promoters of this society took place at Andertun's lintel, Fleet-street; Mr. 11. B. Thornton in the chair. Resolutions were passed in furtherance of the movement, and an address wu delivered by Mr. Beal, pointing out the objects and principles of this and similar societies. Ile ob served that these institutions were not based upon any scheme for the personal aggrandisement of a few individu als; but their object was to confer an important benefit 1 upon the working classes, which they could not derive from any other source. When Mr. James Taylor, of Bir mingham, started this movement, a meeting was held at which only three persons were present ; but the result was so far successful, that the proceedings were reported in the newspapers, and another meeting Was held shortly after ersrels, when 3.5 persons attended. From that time thou societies had coutinued to increase, and they were now to be found in every town throughout England - and Scotland, I and in many parts of Ireland. The number of societies in England alone was 170, and the number of members en rolled was 200,000, whilst the amount of subscriptions in• vested was 3110,0001. per annum. There could be no doubt that these inttitutions olLireil a be tter menus of investment than was afforded by savings banks or the " benefit syn. tem " and the public were becoming gradually alive to theft importance and usefulness. *he eratreM TO CORRESPONDINTB. Moral Wks of "The Kama," esetsfalatt the ewe evieloere w noasteep pabilahra every Toesimp sad /Way plekt. la Wee • tverlowestateeded fur "The Egotist.. Leedom Itembe paper, one be at the Moe, 10. Botworteotriet, by Two Wok& r • the lay of palliate/a. RION WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tote DAT —Milldam 71. !Os .Afterimay H. 11E6 Umennsow—liorasag. 3313 Afteruse. 4► On. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7. Tint parliamentary campaign before Easter has terminated with the signal humiliation of minis ters on the only two recent subjects that ad mitted of controversy. The truly original idea of Mr. Secretary WALPOLE that wo ought to have marching constituencies that might be moved about according as tho government of the day deemed fit, was suddenly abandoned by its author on Monday night, with some faint expressions of apology, and amidst the scornful cheers of the opposition. But Monday night was still more unlucky for the new administration. Tho Home SECRETARY had given formal notice of his intention to move certain amend ments in the Bribery at Elections Bill, the effect—shall wo say the intention—of which admitted of little doubt. By the bill as it stood, unfettered discretion was left to the com mission appointed to sift allegations of corruption in any particular place, to hear whatever evidence and to investigate whatever allegations they thought ne cessary, without any limitation as to circumstance or time. It is obvious that where habits of corruption have become inveterate, it must often be essential to their full exposure and complete eradication, that they should be probed to the bottom; and it is noto rious that in nearly all the cases hitherto investi gated, the root of the evil has been found to lie more or less remote and obscure. The managers of the tory party naturally feared tho conse quences that might ensue, if the precedent set in the instance of St. Albans were to be generally followed; and as the bill for preventing corrupt practices at elections, as originally repared and brought in by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, was a literal application of the measure which had proved effec tual in that conspicuous MO, poor Mr. WALPOLE was bullied into propounding a string of amendments which, if adopted, would have limited the inquiry to bribery perpetrated "at the latest preceding elec tion." The result of this change would manifestly have been that, wherever by accident or fraud a contest next time did not take, or wherever the specific proof of malpractices in 1852 might not bo forthcoming—though Harwich or Sudbury were the scene of scandal—all scrutiny would be baffled, and infamy would remain unpunished—nay, unques tioned. Such was the drift and tenor of the alterations which on Monday last the SECRETARY for the HOME DEPARTMENT proposed to make in the bill. Tho house, wearied with a long and languid discus sion on colonial affairs in general, and the Kaffir war in particular, was in no humour to listen to length ened quibbling as to the possible and conceivable consequences that might flow from the clauses as they were first limed, and as it was proposed to modify them. A sentiment of shame pervaded "the moribund assembly," as the euphuistic Lord JOHN MANNERS termed it on another occasion. Some thing, it was felt, ought in decency to be done, before the dissolution, to curb the riot of venality and corruption at the ensuing election; and it was felt that too many sham attempts had heretofore been made, to render it safe or prudent to enact another legislative mockery of the like de scription. So strongly was this feeling displayed, and such was the impatience shown at the mere enunciation of the ministerial amendments, that the ATTORNEY-GENERAL almost at the outset was put forward to suggest another and somewhat less bare faced limitation of the right to judicial inquiry : thus endeavouring to break the force of the oppo sition grounded on broad principle, and trying to save the government from defeat by . offering to throw Mr. WALPOLE overboard. Twice in the same evening would be considered as rather too much, among any other set of men than the un scrupulous cabal who now occupy the scats without pretending to discharge the highest duties of ministerial guides in legislation. But the Ishassatteehief who, w whout friends or connexions, has eased himself at the head of the tories in opposition, is not likely to be very delicate with his followers now that they unexpectedly find themselves within tho walls. They aro one and all of them too con sciousthat—to use the apt phrase of Mr. ROEBUCK— .. it was ho who made them what they . are." To their continued existence as a party ho the one great indispensable ; whilst to him as a chief the best of them is utterly un-essential. We were much in clined to look upon the grave and circumspect HOME SECRETARY as about the best of Mr. DISRAELI'S lieute nants; but we begin, in common with all the world, to fitncy that we mistake a solemn look for practical good sense, and an elaborate diction for fine discri mination and learned wisdom. Any man may fall into mistakes, however, in the heat and haste of new positions ;—of that wo take small account. Our misgivings . as rega rds Mr. WALPOLE are of a more serious kind. We should be sorry for his own sake, for the sake of his historic name, and for the sake of the great principle of constitutional govern ment, that he should be found willing to hold the dice of principal Secretary of State on other or lower terms than his p redecessors have done. Had a man like Mr. BERESFORD made the rash and indefensible proposition for giv ing votes to the militia, nobody would have marvelled at his being orde red; summarily to walk down to the house next day in a white sheet, and do official penance for his folly. But to see the QUEEN'S First Secretary of State made penitent-general for the sins of the Cabinet, and willing to take upon himself the humiliating punishments which they ought to have shared, is quite another matter. The idle talc about the proposal having originated in a joke of the PREMIER'S Is believed by nobody of 11011110011 sense or ordinary means of information. 'lint it is believed very generally and confidently that the project had been agreed to by the Cabinet, and that, when the outcry rendered it expedient that it should be withdrawn, the lot fell upon Jonah, and he Ina found ready to become the sacrifice. Even this, for once, we could understand—explain ing all at the expense of the HOME SECRETARY'S judgment. But what aro we to think, when a few 'hours alter we find a subordinate officer of the go vernment coolly getting up and snubbing Mr. WAL POLE to his face, for having put upon the notice paper an amendment of the Bribery Bill, which it had become difficult to defend, and dangerous to divide upon? It is creditable to Mr. WALPOLE, that he refused to submit to be dragooned by Sir FEEDERICK THESIGER. To have publicly aban doned his own proposition, and adopted the wholly different one of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, would have rendered his position altogether unten a ble. There was nothing for it, therefore, but to fight it out, with the certainty of being beaten ; and to this issue matters quickly came. In a house not numbering a third of the entire representation, the government were defeated by a majority of eighteen. The re maining clauses of the bill then went through com mittee, and we presume that no reasonable doubt can be entertained that it will receive the force cud sanc tion of law soon after the re-assembling of parliament. We suppose we shall hear no more atter this of the insolent taunt of those who hold office only on sufferance, that the majority of the House of Commons is not against them. It was but the other day that in the plenitude of hardihood and vain glory, the new CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER challenged the Opposition to try their strength against his adherents. Well—it has been done as he wished; and taking the section of the house that voted upon Monday night as a fair specimen of the two thirds who were absent, Lord DERRY'm adminis tration are in a minority of more than fifty in the present parliament. THE news from the Cape of Good (lope indeed, of a melancholy character. Not only is the Kaffir war--so fatal to our troops and so costly to our treasury—still progressing, brut we have now an additional source of pain in the loss by ship wreck of a large body of our gallant countrymen, on their way to the Cape, where they hoped to shorten the war. It is yet to be explained whether the loss of the Birkenhead is to be attributed to those accidents always attending passago by sea, or whether it has arisen indirectly from some of those defi ciencies or neglects with which the Admiralty has of late been chargeable. The " breaking down of more than ono steamship, and the inefficiency for I service of others, in followed by the total loss ,of a vessel full of troops, and a frightful sacrifice of life. The agonies thus caused in innumerable families in this country will be greatly increased, and the public sorrow be changed into a complete torrent of indignation, if it should be discovered that official negligence or incapacity in England are even remotely implicated in the tragedy of the I Birkenhead. In the House of Commons last night Mr. ADDERLEY drew attention to the subject. lie expressed a wish to know "whether any information had been received by the Admiralty relating to the Birkenhead steamer, respecting which such disastrous news had arrived; and whether they could in form the house as to the number of souls on board that steamer when she left England; also whether they could communicate to the house the latest in telligence which had been received respecting the Hydra and the Megtera." Mr. fittEroati said in reply, that "at half-past 10 yesterday morning ho received, not by official communication, but by telegraph in the ordinary way, in formation of this distressing event. lie immediately telegraphed to Sir JOHN OMMANNEY at Plymouth, desiring him to communicate the eircum stanoes of the vessel. No answer having been ru. ceived from Sir JOHN up to half-pust two, a letter was despatched asking him to state the reason of this delay, and till an answer came it would be prema ture in him (Mr. STAFFORD) to give any account. lie waited at the Admiralty until the last moment (half past four o'clock), and no official communication had then been received. The number of souls on board fho Birkenhead was, he believed, upwards of six hundred. With regard to the other two vessels to which Mr. ADDERLEY alluded, he would observe that the Hydra sailed from l)evunport on the 10th of ' February, was heard of at Madeira on the 12th, and at Sierra Leone on the 2nd of March; and that the Megtcm sailed from Madeira on the 29th of Janu ary, having been in some degree delayed there, and was seen at sea and communicated with by the Bos phorus in latitude 28 deg. 13 min. North, and longi tude 18 deg.lB min. \Vest This was all the informa tion ho possessed." Thus far, then, the authorities have nothing to Bay likely to allay the public anxiety. As fur as Admiralty information goes, our worst impressions are confirmed. The Birkenhead is lost; Sir JOHN OMMANNEY—an officer of ill-repute in the Amazon affair—is asked fur particulars by his official superior, but is not ready with any reply. The Hydra and the Megtera, both sailing on the same track and on the same errand as the unhappy llir keuhead, are only known to be behind time. Altogether the aspect of this affair is gloom itself. as a; those to w this hora conduct nded may have smut s land to cultivate upon certain conditions. Another t favour reward foray geed lbe extende d decree appoints a large number of officers of th e national guard of Paris; and a fourth declaru, Val etv defines to be a customs' bonding depot for geod e , M. Duel" the Minister of Marine, has addi..sed o circular to the maritime prefects, directing them f or the future to apply less to the central office ui Pari s for instructions, and to act more on their rmn re. sponsibiity. In that way, the circular says, I' l 6, authority would become more positive, and thei.• use fulness more decided, since tho persons in the I ie er employments of their jurisdiction would cease t o regard them, as was seen at present, as mere inter mediate agents, but would consider them to poop, the full confidence of the government. The Minister of Marine has sent a notificatioe t o the different ports that the governor of Malta ha s ordered that all sailing vessels of commerce, 0 ithopt distinction, which may enter that port, either for commercial operations or for simple uncliornAeogs to pay a tonnage duty, and that steamers .11, to make a fixed payment. The money thus 11'6, is t o be employed in the construction and keeping up (d i lighthouse. It is understood that the Prussian govert,:-ent is negotiating with a view to obtain a reduction .0 th e French tariff upon imports of German wool, lied other raw materials. It is stated in a government organ that .I , hnirs,l Itomain 1/etifosse, commanding the French iteet in the Levant, is expected at Constantinople. lli, fleet is before Smyrna, and it is confidently said that he is the bearer of important communications, and c.en an energetic tutilwitum, relating to the affairs o f Jerusalem. At the Bourse the Five per Cants. fell 25e., el,bicg at 101.33; the 'Threes fell 35c., and closed at ;1.65. Bank of France shares rose foe. Railways inlpi.a e d, Rouen rose 14.75; Orleans and Lyons, l' Ad ; Strasbourg, 3.75; Northern, and Tours and Nutt ; 2.50 each. FRANCE. PARIS, TUTAT)AT EVF.NING. The Moniteur publishes the text of the new Copper Coinage Bill, of which the following are the prin cipal provisions :—All the existing pieces of one and two herds, and of one and two sous, and of one, five, and ten centimes, are to be called in, and replaced by bronze pieces of one, two, and ten centimes. They will be composed of 9.1 parts of copper, 4 of brass, and lof zinc. The new coins will bear on the face the effigy of the Prince-President of the ltepublic, with the motto " Louis Napoleon Bonaparte," and on the back tho indication of the value of the piece and the date of its coinage. The amount of the now copper coin issued will not exceed in nominal value that of the coinage called in. A sum of 7,560,000 fr. is appropriated for all the expenses of the new coinage and the paying off of the old. A special credit of one million is opened to the Minister of Finance on the estimates of 18:i2 input t of the above sum. Subsequent decrees will fix the time after. which the present coinage will not have legal cur rency, and will cease to be received at government offices. The above bill is signed on behalf of the council of state by M. Barocho and M. Vintry. The report of the council of state is preceded by a long argument (exposé des motifs) containing reasons in favour of the bill. The document states that - While the gold and silver coinage of Franco is remark able fee the perfection of its form, and the neatness of its stamp, and is, moreover, in harmony with the legal deci mal system of weights and measures, the , copper coinage is the reverse of all this. It Is heavy inconvenient , for the most part roughly executed, often half worn out, thereby offering deplorable facilities to forgeries, and, so far at least as concerns pieces of one and two bards, it is at variance with the decimal system. The necessity for a recoinage has been long felt and admitted. Many abortive at tempts at legislation on the subject were made be tween 1837 and 1848. When the revolution of February broke out a bill for a new bronze coinage wu in an ad wmead state of preparation. The provisional government golealeok the solution of the question by a decree of May 41U. But a credit of 1,500,000 fr. necessary for carrying Illiesture into effect having been termed by the finance ooatuithee as being for the moment inopportune, and nut beam the measure in itself was thought objectionable, the hose of May 4th fell to the ground. It is desirable to dew epproximatively the amount of copper coinage upon Ai& the new law will operate. There were issued by nerd edicts between 1719 and 1768 sous and bards to the wane of 10,244,3941 r. In 1791, bell metal sous were coined to the extent of 19,232,543 fr. In the years V. and VII., centiness, with the head of Liberty, were issued to the ammo of 19,001,200. During the two blockades of Stega ll/NM the siege of Antwerp, and the siege of , °W was izard money sawed to the amount T76,1 e 33, awl in execution of a decree of April 9, 1848, centime, were lewsed to the amount of 250,000. The whale of taw Woos for a total of 49,593,336 fr. The might of the aewe up to awl haelusive of the bell metal eliege of 1791 wee 24 mem& Subsequently the weight Mee Wow 20 Moo are other more ancient and mei agree Übe in circulation, of which no =MUM Olt be The government calculates We Mc be aot against the loss which inevitably Use take yam Y a anew in daily use. 60,000,000, 10.1141100 kilogrammes, is assumed as the basis O re trf 6l peratiew to be effected. It is a principle uncon tested at the peasant day that gold and silver money should embalm a weight of metal as nearly equal as possible to its seminal value. A small difference meg be admitted to res. present the expenses of coining, but this coat the progress of art tends constantly to reduce. In France it is now estimated at 1 per cent. for silver and '2 per cent. for gold. But the same principle does not apply, 'ad kir never been acted upon with respect to copper coinage. If it were to be applied copper mone y . would be too mamba. some to be useful. Silver is too precious to be conveniently coined into very email pieces. Brass was tried in thus piece of 2 sous marked N. But these were called in is 1845, because it was found by experience that it was very easy to make counterfeits of this coin in copper. Braes, therefore, being out of the question, there is use other way of having a conveniently portable coin of a man denomination than by adopted copper or a mixture of copper and pewter, such as bronze, and to give to the new coins a nominal value considerably above the intrinsic value of the metal. All poli tical economists, when arguing against depreciating the coinage, have never failed to make an exception with re gard to copper, because that is never a legal tender beyond ale trifling amount of 5 francs. It is merely conventional money. M. J. B. Say, in his treatise on political economy, says " It may be said that gold and silver are the sole legal monies. Copper pieces are only considered as ' bills of con fidence,' tokens representing pieces of silver too small to be coined in silver." In fact the nominal value of the exist ing coinage is at least 50 per cent. above the intrinsic value. All the nation, of Europe, England excepted, where front the dearness of commodities copper money is but little used, have a lighter copper money than the French. The priu edple then being admitted that intrinsic value is lint essential it would seem that beauty and convenience are the only things requisite to be studied in deciding upon the nature, form, and substance of the new coin. It is, how ever, admitted that any depreciation of the copper coinage, ' 1 as that now proposed, has frequently been combated by many respectable opinions, and moreover it is an histo twice& fact that some pieces of ten grammes the decime, which were coined pursuant to a law of 28 Thermidor, were so badly received by the public that it was found necessary to withdraw them from circulation. It is, however, confi dently asserted that the weight of enlightened opinion, and the clear reason of the thing is in favour of the proposed alteration, and the government do nottpprehenel that the want of public support manifested at a tine, when confi dence had been shaken by an unlimited i‘sue of soigne* is to be feared at preseut. A reduction of tl:e weight of the copper anus to 10 grammes, that is to about half the present weight, is therefore confidently recommended. The following members have been named in the bureaux to forni the committee on the bill : Viscount de Kerveguen, M. Genii'', M. Devinck, M. Itav nouard do Iluissieres, the Marquis trAndelarre, M. Randoing, Colonel de Itryas. The 2lfoniteetr contains a decree from the President of the Republic, regulating the manner in which advocates, avoues , notaries , auctioneers , huissices. and garden chanipe , fres are to take the oath tlielity to himself and to the constitution. Another decree contains regulations for carrying into effect the sentences of transportation to Algeria. The prisoners arc to be sent, as fur us pitaaible, is separate detachments of i4B) each, under the deno mination of Penitentiary Colony, No. I, 2, 'flee President of the Republic reserves to himself the right of dispenbing with the penitentiary rfiyinte SPAIN. MADRID. MAuf 131. The Gazette publishes the statement of ree , •iptsof contribution for the month of February, emollared with that of the same month of last year, by which it appears that there is a difference of .3,261,1'..1 rte in favour of the month of February, 1852. The ass of national property durir.g this month as compared with that of the last year proves a diminivi o n 603,4P36 reels ; the product of the mines !slangs lug to the state is also much inferior. The contribution of consumption of the neces. saries of life is consiuerably augmented as w e ll as that on the salaries of government ioilje ers , proving that the latter have increased, in.ea of diminislrin~, as the government promised. There is also a diminution in the custom-house reeties, oecti cloned by absurd proteclive regulations, and the per. feeling of the smuggling system, owing to that being adopted as a means of livelihood by many, who before existed as partisans in civil war. 'the stamp tax has also produced more than last year. There is also an increase in the lottery receipts, which there gene rally is in times of tnisely. The sum total necked in kebruary, 1852, amounts to 120,6'75,4W teals. The government intends to repeal the tax on paper, in order that Spanish publishers mac be enabled to furnish the Spanish republics with books at a less cost than the French. This will be looked upon. as a great boon, for the dearness of paper is ow cause of the languor of printing establishments i 2 this country. TURKEY. Some Austrian correspondence from Constanti• noplo states that Fuad Effendis instructions for his mission to Cairo remain unknown. It is added that the difference between Turkey and Egypt have "entered into the most dangerous phase, that of the denouement. The English milks seder has received fresh instructions within these few days. The French consul at Jerusalem arrived at 13cyrout on the 13th ult. from Constantinople, after spending nine months in that city to arrange the ~question of the Holy Sepulchre. DEATH PRINCE SCIIWARZENBERG. We have received the following from our Paris car. respondent,respecting the death of Prince Schwerin. burg, the Austrian premier, the intelligence of which fact reached London last evening by electric tele graph : PARIS, TVEADAT Evzsmo. The government has received to-day a telegraphic despatch from Vienna, announcing that Prince Schwarzenberg died suddenly at six o'clock yester day afternoon, by a stroke of apoplexy. I and scarcely say what an immense sensation has been produced in this capital by the sudden extinction of the minister who has been during more than three years the soul of the reactionary policy of Austria. The chief importance of this news in a French point of view is that the relations of Louis Napoleon with the cabinet of Vienna will receive a considerable check from this event. That Sell warzenberg favoured the coup dant and the despotic views of the French l'resedent there can be no doubt; and the sympathy which united both as the scourge, of the democratic party went fur to favour up to a certain point the Austrian and French alliance. Thus wo have seen the armed intervention of those leagued powers for a moment imminent in Switzerland, and perhaps only temporarily postponed. The death of Schwarzenberg is regarded as a heavy blow to the Prince-President's external designs, which were all more or lose framed upon the supposition of a close alliance with Austria. The basis of that alliance were the aggrandisement of the Roman Catholic church, and the perpetuation of sword-law. In pro portion as the great protestant power of Germany was, by the habits, morality, and intelligence of its people, as well as by their need of civil and religious liberty drawn towards the alliance of England, Aus tria is obliged to seek a counterpoise against Prussia ascendancy in Germany by courting the vowels which are mast jealous of l'russia, among which France stands first. _ _ _ 1 he following is from this morning's Alibi Stir:: "The sudden death of Prince fichwarzenherg, the Austrian Primo Minister—the news of which reached b p prou ri b se ulig , ci t .i h t o uo ug nnd l l t eyr it tth eis h : o us yesterday evening by electric telegraph—will stu nnwigoatrihceect beloYflireliine o l i r as i al o t use ar l7or: 3 ll th f li e f moat diplomatic correspondence which has taken place at the subject of the foreign refugees, in what the despatches of Prince Sch.varzenberg occur' * 3 offensively prominent a position ; and even utak , hi lordship was commenting on those desputclies. the A!• 11 ' trian Premier was in the agonies of death. With ti OSP despatches, the minister has himself become matter of history. The name of Prince Schwaricee berg will ever be associated with a most remarkable period in the eventful history of Austria. Summoned to the highest civil office, at a moment when Austins, when all Germany, was in a state of political con. vuision, when Austria was threatened with civil and foreign wars, and actually at war with Sanlinia— when the finances and credit of the empire were at their lowest ebb—when the popular feeling of all protestant Germany was arrayed against it—whenno. thing butamiracle appeared eapableof saving the hew of Hapsburg from utter ruin and extinction -1 Schwarzenberg, as prime minister, seemed to gunk the policy which, after an overwhelming strugg‘c ,o miraculously restored his country to even more thsa her former greatness and power. 1k obtained tb a credit for having successfully diverted and distracted the attention of the Frankfurt parliament from .the only practical solution of the great popular dit eulty, and of the peaceful dissolution of that NO from which the people had been inclined to Cneet the regent i ation of Germany. To him was aserihed the nuistia by conducted, but not less wicked, intrigue which ended with the downfall of the Austrian par . ' liament and the war with I lungary. It was his ac.tivity and genius which was said to have ra ised, iniarands and armed the countless hosts with which tlu, .lieu' Irian generals encountered defeat after defeat it! Hungary until Russian aid was implored. and granted. If all this was so, Prince &ha a/cabers would have deserved a very high place in the rank/ of nosh en statesmen. Future histories, wri , t en when the tenth can bo proved, will show that the nuotary ads isers of the Austrian court were the inventors ..iiiiii.