The Express. — London, England, 1851-08-08 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1851. L .- 4P PARLIAMENT. Board of Trade whether certain individuals had not been I admitted into the Crystal Palace on the Sabbath-day, and whether some of them bad not availed themselves of that opportunity to copy certain articles therein deposited ? Mr. LABOCCIIERE said that he supposed the curtain. stance out of which the hon. and gallant gentleman's quea tion arose was this : The executive committee thought that it would he extremely desirable to preserre a record of tbe riaeipel artistes, particularly those of art , co n tained in Use Crystal Palace by means of photographs, and a gentleman was permitted to go in on the Sunday for this purpose under these circumstances. It appeared that it was neces sary to have this experiment tried when the building was empty. The light was not favourable for the experiment when the public were admitted, and under these circum stances the executive committee thought themselves justified in allowing this gentleman admission on the Sun day. (Hear, hear.) Colonel SIBTIIORP inquired it the consequence had not been, that some damage was done to a work of art which hail been purchased by Mr. Tudor? Mr. LABOUCIIEILE said that in removing one of the works of art for the purpose of trying the experiment, it was, unfortunately, damaged. Be rejoiced to say that it was the only instance in which any damage had been done, and the committee were ready to make ample compensation fur it. (Hear, hear.) E TROPOLIS BUILDINGS BILL. In reply to Sir B. ILA Lz., Lord SEYMOUR said that it was his intention to rein troduce this bill next lesbian, and to submit it to a select committee. Mr. FRENCH gave notice that he would next session move for an inquiry into the conduct of the Incumbered I Estates Conusussioncrs. CAPTAIN SCOBELL. Captain SCOBELL said that in the navy lint of this year his name was omitted in the list of officers, and on inquiry as to the cause he was referred to the obituary list at the end of the volume, where he found it stated that he was dead. (Laughter.) As this book would be in the hands of officers in all parts of the world, and us it was stamped with all the authority of an official department, it would never be believed by his friend- that the Captain Seobell the mem ber of the House of Commons was he. (Laughter.) lie did not care so much about thin, but he wanted to know whether in the next navy lint the correction of the mistake would be made equally public. Admiral DUNDAS could assure his hon. and gallant friend that in a letter which had been received from a gal lant officer in Plymouth, it was distinctly stated "Captain Seobell died in the month of April last." (Laughter.) lONIAN ISLANDS AND BORNEO. Mr. lIUME gave notice that he would next session bring forward motions reyeeting the lonian Islands and Borneo. MR. ERNEST JONES. Lord I). ST c.tiur gave notice that he would early next session bring forward the case of Mr. Ernest Jones. DOCKYARDS. HOUSE OF LORDS.—Tnotsmtv, Am. 7. The house met at 5 o'clo.k. Lord Iteur,uAt.s at as speaker. PROTESTANT WORSHIP IN ROME. The Earl of II A KROWRY wished to know whether the government would use their hest When with the court of Rome to obtain permission to build a protestant church in avid city. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE replied that no steps had yet been taken io the matter, nor, if such an applica tion were made, was it probable that it would be attended with success. The Earl of lIARItOWBY hoped that the Secretary for Foreign Affairs would soon be called on to make the appli cation. The Bishop of LONDON said that the view entertained of toleration by the church of Rome in that city and in protestant countries was widely different. In those coun tries it claimed the widest toleration for itseif, while it denied to protestants at Borne any toleration at all. Within the last few vre,les • large sum had been sobscribed for the erection of a proper protestant church at Rome, instead of the granary outside the walls in which the protestant ser vices were at preecut performed, and this had been done, not by inelul,puces, but merely by the love and attachment of British protestant, of the church of England and her Ordinances. I.IcOTF:sTANT WOItSIIIP IN NAPLES. The Earl of 111AltItOWISY wished also to ask whether there would ho any objection to lay on the table a corres pontleoet which took place in the years IS3I-110, on the subject of the retortion of a protestant chapel in Naples? It he recollected right . ty, at the desire of the British consul, land was purchaa.o for the erection of a protestant chapel and the works were la-gun, when, the matter coming to the knowledge of the human catholic archbishop, he issued a proltibintm, in ritawnuence of which the contract was obliged to he cancelled, the ground was abandoned, and the protestants who were anxious to have a place of worship were driven hack to the drawing-ream of the consul. The Marqul, of LANSI)OWNE made some observations in re ply, not a syllable of which reached the gallery. ROYAL ASSENT. The royal assent was then given by commission to the undermentioned bill, : Medical Charities (Ireland) ; Grand Jury C.o. (Ireland) ; Representative Peers fur Scotland ; Gunpowder Stowe (Liverpool) ; Churches and Chapels ; Etelesittsoieal Itesidenees (Ireland) ; Ecclesias tical Property Yaloottion (Ireland) ; lnverness Bridge (No. 2) ; Sheep and Ctmtaiiinut Disorders Prevention ; Customs ; Commisdont et of Railways Act Repeal ; SWIM Navigation ; Canada and New Brunswick Railway ; Metropolitan S. were; Church Building Arte.tmentiment ; General Board of Health (No. 2); New Forest Doer Re moval; Court of Chancery and JUdicial Committee; !loch, of Lancaster lining,f:ustoms,and Mine rals I 'tots Act .t men.invent ; .tttorneys and Solicitors' Re gulation Act Ainerolmoont ; Constabulary Force (Ireland); Moortpolitan Interment: Emigration Advanem (Distreseed Districts, Scotland); New Zealand Settlements; Canter bury Association ; Coalwhippen (Port of London); ?Mer cantile Marine Act Amendment; llotteriva-park ; Crown Estate, P 11,111.,•• I:llitl.llChurrli of England and Inland: Lunatics (I mita? ; Appoint:lu at to Offices ; Collection of Fines ( I relatel, ; Summary J (Ireland) ; Petty Stooions; L Ind Clauses Commlidation (Ireland); Law of Evidence Amentinteet ; Atintinisfration of Criminal Jwo tice 'mono, meld, tool upward. of thirty private hills. Tit. Loots Continioetionere were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl ..f Carlisle, and Lord Broughton! iNti . F . .l,l- - EcT VENTILATION OF TILE 11()USE. The Earl of St. fiEItNIAM wished to call the attention of their lordrhlpe, to a which ho felt they must all have at 'inc time or another experienced, namely, the im pert it ventilation' of the 11.11.1. V. Ile referred to it at pre sent with a view that tonne means might be adopted in the recce...by the appointmentof a competent committee of their lordship., to re mealy the evil. Th Nlanuri , of LANSDOWNE war understood to say that tit, 1111:111.T.Itl.. buildings which surroun led the house greatly interh eel to 'resent the eireulat of a tree cur rent or air. not he hoped the architect would shortly be in a position, to 1,100111. them. EPISCOPAL AND CAPITI - LAlt ESTATES MA NAGEMENT (Na. 2) BILL. On the ited'on of the Earl of Cattetef.r., the Commons' amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to. PAT Exr LAW AMENDMENT BILL The Earl or mlN'lllmntAttuit sunentlntents or the Com mon. to this hill he agreed to. lowa Mt NTEAfiltli romplaintsl that sufficient time had not barn given for the consideration of those amendment.. Thnneh the hill was .Pllt down a mouth siuce, yet it was only report. tl .111 CI It 1111 f. 'I hr klarepei• of LANSDOWNE considered the amend ment...l the I'-osmosis very ttxpedient to the perfection of tie hill theta 1..f.11"• their lordships. Lind NION I E ell LE complained that there was not time for ronsiele rest lo -to alterations, which had only leen made in th e Iloi l o. of I 'mouton% the preerding day, and whirl' had not been ptiott.l in their lordships' palwr. If the nnwatlments were nom aterial , they moht not to have been made; it °thereto., 111.1111: UMW should have lain given for their consideration. Ile would move that these lunend meta, he taken into emit-Oh-ration on that day month. The Marepits ..f LANSDOWNE said a few words in sup port of the emotion oats. The Earl cat MI NTO said if the noble lord opposite in sisted on tne p,itt of toiler, which lie had raised, lie would sod ionw the con•ieleration of these amendment,. The motion of Lord Mostly. sots was then agreed to without s diva.inn. Tin- hill is emeequently hot. ST. .\1,11.\X5 'WRY COMMISSION BILL. on sh e motion of Lord 1t5.“,10,17, to the Common.' asoradment. 111 this wen• agreed tn. SALE OF LORD ElNDs'loN•ct ESTATES, Lord KIN( is itN moved fur copies of all aMidavits mule in the Encumbered Estate,. Court, in Dublin, in the matter of the salt , of the estates of the Earl of Kingston, in the counties of (*.wk. Lim. rick, and 'I ipperary, with refigence to the value or the mid estates, and the qualifications of Mr. Conine as a 1.11111 surtejor and valuator. Lunt MAC MIIN I', it; %opponeng the motion, presented a petition fr.ni Earl Kingston, complaining that estates worth 2511,111101/. had been forced into the market by a cre ditor for 2110/. Ile idol contended that there had been an int.:al:oily in the mode of combatting the sale, which woe effected by one consmissitnier, Dr. Linglielel, alter the other eornmisaioncr had left the court, and it was supposed that the sale wax adjourned. The sale was objected to; but, the runveyaners haviner been executed, the vale could not be set said, Ile (Lord Beaumont) hoped that an inquiry would be made in the proper quarters and that some explanation would be afforded. It was understood that the motion was 'greed to. THE COUNTY COURTS EXTENSION BILL. Lord IWAUNIONT thooeht it right to explain that the reason it R.l.s nut intended to take into euneilleration the Common: anumelments, was simply that they had not the time. Mr. G. THOMPSON gave notice that he would urn scmion submit a motion re.pecting alleged frauds in the supply of coals to her Majesty's dockyards. COMMISSION OF THE PEACE. Mr. ANS : TiY gave notice that he would move neat ses sion that the nomination of persons to the commission of the peace he made by election or presentment. PATENT LAW AMENDMENT BILL. On the mutiun fur cunsidcriu theutni;ntin;;ts on this bill. Mr. C. LEWIS stated, with reference to an objection made by Sir J. G1,411.%4 to the comp( mations being charged upon the Consolidsted Fund, that the government did nut think it advisable to create o fee fund, hut it was proposed to bring these compensation before the house by an annual vote. The alteration wan then agreed to, as were some other ♦erbal amendment, proposed by the Attorney-General. On the motion of Mr. Lattocen rue, the standing orders were suspended in order that the bill might be read a third time. _ _ ..... The bill was then read a thirst time. ATTENDANCE OF hIENDIERS IN TILE DOUSE OF PBEHS. The CLEaa proce.desi to read the report of the com mittee for regulating the order of the attendance of merit &n of the House of Commons in the House of Peers on the occasion of the prorogatiou. On the find resolution, Mr. V. smull complained that the attendance in the house the slay previously should bo• made a condition to ac companying the Speaker to the !louse of Lords. (Hear, hear.) Ile considered it would be sutficient if lots were drawn un the morning of her Majesty's visit to the House of Peers. Ile saw no reason why they should not adopt the course which was pursued at the coro nation, when the lots were drawn by counties. (Hear.) But with regard to the neat resolution he entsrtained a still stronger objection. Ile objected on constitutional grounds to eutrisset ministers being the first to hollow the Speaker. (!dear, hear.) Such a distinction hail never been made be ton., and he hoped they would not la• the first to set the example. They should attend in the House of Lords u the of the people. If this resolution was pressed he should take the sense of On house twin it, and he trusted he would receive the support of hots. members. Sir I). NORIII.EYS objected to the restrictions imposed by this resolution which obliged them to go tt.ruugh a cer tain form before their could attend iu the House of Lords on the occasion of her Majesty's visit. (War) Ile had an amendment to propose, but he would wait till the third resolution to move it. Sir . 11 INULIS thought that common 11.=rency rcquircd sumethir; to be dune to prevent the contusion:and even the personal injury, which took place on the last occasion. Ile did taut think there would be any objection to giving precedence to her Majesty', privy councillor.. Ile saw nu übjeetion to follow.ng the rule which was adopted on the occasion of the coronation. (Ileac) l i Mr. ANSTEY thought it would be better to have no . . written rules at all. This was a mutter which should Ile more props rly discussed in the House of Lords, where the arrangements were so siandaious that accommodation could only be provided for 121) out of 6ili members of that house. Whether the fault lay with Mr. Barry or the House of lairds he did not know, but the fault did not he with the House of Commons. llear, hear.) Ile strongly objected to the last resolution, which empowered the Sergeant-at- Arms to sweep the passages and lobbies of members. (ILcar, hear.) On none future occasion, he solipsists', they would give him power to sweep members from the door. (!Lear.) After a few words front Mr. GREENE, Sir B. lIALL objected to the resolutions on account of the ineunveuienee of writing to the clerk; and, in order to obviate this, be would propose that the first resolu tion should stand thus . ' , that every member desirous of attending Mr. Speaker do put his name in a glee's when the house is summoned to attend her Majesty, and the members' names shall be drawn by the clerk from the glass, and in such order as they may be drawn they shall proceed to the House of Lords in ranks of four." Sir D. NORRBIS said the effect of the amendment, if adopted, would be, that when Black Rod appeared at the bar the house would have to proceed to ballot. Mr. T. IIUBLIOUSE had no wish to attach undue ino portanee to the subject, but thought that when they were about to establish a princtple they should take care that it was a just one, and not sacrifice any constitutional prin ciple, as they would do by passing the resolutions. As re presentatives of the people, they ought to bear in mind that they were equal among themselves. If there was to be any precedence, let it be that which was observed elsewhere ; let a baronet have precedence of an esquire, and a privy muss cillor of a baronet. Cabinet ministers had no real status is this country; the cabinet council was au uneonstitutional body, which originated in the reign of Charles the Second. Ile should certainly support the amendment of the hots. baronet (Sir &Hall), and the house might rely upon it litho established the proposed precedent, a reformed House of Commons would upset it within five years. After a few words from Mr. Macoaxoun and Sir DE L. Ev Asa, Sir B. HALL said, in order to meet the objection of the hon. baronet (Sir D. :Sorre)s), he would propose that the ballot should take place at the meeting of the house. The SPE.AIi ER was es the point of putting the question, when be Usher of the Black Rod appeared at the bar, and, advancing to the table, summoned the house to attend the nous.: of Lords to hear the royal assent given by commission to several bills, for which see Lords' report. The coincidence between the question about to be de cides' and the sudden apparition of Black Roil, us he appears when sun:Moiling the Douse to attend a prorogation, elicited shouts of laughter. When the Speaker rose, in obedience to the summons, no oneappeared disposed to follow him ; but as his robes were vanishing through the doorway, Mr. T. llobhouse rose slowly and followed in the Speaker's wake. This caused a new shout, attributable, perhaps, to the hon. member's recent speech against concession to the 'soots; and there succeeded a cull for Mr. Macgregor, who, amidst further symptoms of merriment, followed Mr. Hob house, along with two or three other members. Olt the return of the house, Sir B. HALL submitted his amendment, that every mem ber should put his name iu a glass, at the meeting of the house and half an hour afterwards the clerk a t th e table shoulA draw out the name* one by one, and in the order in which the names were drawn members should accompany the Speaker to the House of Lords. Colonel SIBTRORP objected altogether to giving pre cedence to members of the government over other members of the house. The SPEAK En reminded the hon. and gallant member that that formed lio part of the present resolutiou. Sir D. NORREYS complained that the hon. member for Marylebone bad put his amendment in such a form as to shut out that of which he (Sir 1). Norreys) had given notice. Lord ,I. RUSSELL was so far responsible for these reso lutions that he had moved the appointment of a committee on the subject, considering it to be the general wish of the house that more order than usually took place should be observed in proceeding when they were summoned to attend her Majesty in the other house. But he was responsible to that extent only. It was true that lie submitted a proposi tion to the committee, but it was not that which was embo died in the present resolution. Ilia proposal was, that the Speaker should name four or more members to accompany him, as in the instance of the opening of parliament, the mover and seconder of the address and such others as he might select, and that these should accompany the Speaker, having precedence over the other members. 'I hat proposal, hiwever, was, he believed, unanimously negatived, and teat before the house adopted instead. The amendment as proposed by Sir B. MU was then put and agreed to, sad the resolutiou as amended passed. On the last resolution, which empowers the Serjeant-at- Arms to take members into custody crossing the procession of the house on its way to the House of Peers, Mr. C. ANSTEY had understood that the former resolu tion as amend, sl by the hon. member for Marclebtme was to be taken as a compromise, and that the other resolution would nut be proved. Ha fur roe would not have agreed turd It EI/EADA LE said that the bill as it was sent down from unit lrdshipa.• house contained 17 clauses, and nurr it had 21. Only two, however, of the original clause , nasalised. ad they are in a very altered state. (Dear.) T 1 1 .1.1 I•ItYSTAL PALACE. Th.. Earl of I'AItI.IBLE presanteal a very numerously sigma petitium front Hammersmith tar its retention. LAW I.OItDS. Lord It EDEBI/.1.1.1". L::lse notice that he intended again to draw th , attention of the house to the deviralaletwo of erecting the olives of Lord rhatirellar, Chief, untie.• of the Court of ailaweit's Bench, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, amt thief Baron of the liscblequer, into baronies. Ile also sugazestall that the government should consider the propriety of coninsisvioning their lordships to sit at certain times timing the recess, in order to gisejudgment in appeal rases which had hrea heard. (Ileac. hear.) UIbNBOI.IDATHD FUND AI'I'ItOI'ItIATION BILL. This Intl was read a third tar, and passed : and Thai: turalattips ad i asned at about S o'clock. 11()U811 OF COMllo:4B.—Tut:w4n.te, Arcuse 7. The ikrstanra took the chair, in the new house, at a quartet to I o'clock. rt - nue BUSINESS. PETITIONS ritEsENTEn. C PAL trU.—By Mr. IPEINCOURT, from Lisseoln, for the pneereation of the Cry.tal Palace. 1110A141 , or Ile viell.-11v Mr. HUME, from Sell , complaining of the inhaler. nee of the Board of Health in the management of their local affairs. Eri•LESIASTIt'AL TITLES ACT. Mr. ERESIIFIELD wished to know from the hon. and !earned gentleman the Attenwy-General fur England, in the atisenco of the right hon. the Attorney-Oinerel for Ireland, whether certain proceedings in Ireland. which ap peared to he au infraction of the law recently passed had ken broiezlit undsr his notice, and if so, whether he would proceed toenforee the penalties for such infraction ? The ATTORNEY-OEN F.RAL could only say that the matter was not in his department, and the question should base been put to hi. right hon. friend the Attorney-lien rd for Ir land. Ile had only seen the matter to which the hon. gentleman referred in the newspapers; but sup po.ing it it he true. and that persons left money to Roman catholic bishop+, under the design.ition of their titles. he did not see that those bishops could be proceeded against, if they did not themselves assume such titles, REM•LATIONS OF TIIF. HOUSE. Mr. !RUNT% Race notice that he would move, next session, that reporters and strangers be allowed to remain iu the house during divisions. ELECTORAL STATISTICS. On the motion of Sir B. II txx the following address was agreed to. •• Aildrese fur return exhibiting the number of electors in every county and division of a counts in Great Britain, according to the register of electors iu PiA, and as they shall appear in the register of electors for ir,A, with the population of each county and division of a county, ac cording to the census of 1851, the number of elector' polled at the but general election, and tine number of member* returned for each such county or division of a county ; and return exhibiting the names of all cities and boroughs in Great Britain , shooing the number of electors on the re itnter of ISIO, and the number which may be unon the rigisum of INA, distinguishing those registered as house• holders and these rs gistered under other qualifications, the numbers pulled at the last general election, the number of members returned, the number of all houses rated to the relief of the pour, and the population of each city or borough at the last census, such return to be given alpha betically iu group' of all such cities or borough. as shall earatain 200 and nut exceeding 250 electors, and so on, in groups, increasing 50 elision in each group." UNIVERSITIES. Mr. IIEYWOOD gave notice of his intention to renew next oration hi* motion ou the subject of the univenities. CRYSTAL PALACE. Colonel SIBTIIOItP wished to ask the President of the to It It be bail supposed it would have been followed by wok a rieetsiita as the present. Were hon. *embers Oslo frogs hollowing the Speaker to the House of to or, if they insisted on ping, were they' to Ye loto the custody of the Serjesset ? He should labia es against this resolution. He recollected, ea previous occasions, the very limited spare set apart by the House of Lords for the accommodation of members of the Home of Common' being occupied, to a considerable extent, before-hand by parliamentary agents and others who had no business there. Ile wished to know whether arrsp~ementa would be made to-morrow to reserve the apsee below the bar for members ? Lord J. RUSSELL replied, that at the time the imita tions were being considered by the committee, a columned cation was opened with the Serjennt-at-Amts of the other house, who had assured them that the whole of the spasm below the bar, reserved for members of the Heine of Colo- mons, would be kept for them. It was said there was suit. cient room in that space to aec•reinodate 300 members. (" Oh, oh," and laughter) Ile did not believe that there was room for that number ; but 146 peers had divided is it, and he should say that, at all events, there would ho standing room for 140 members. He must admit that hitherto the arrangements in the House of Lords for the accounts's. dation of members of the Howe of Commons had bees most unsatisfactory —to much of the space allotted having been allowed to be pre-occupied by strangers ; awl he should not be disposed to agree to the present preposition unless he thought that parties who hod no right to occupy that space would on future occasions he excluded. With regard to the objections which had been urged to this reso lution, he had always understood it to be an inconvenience generally admitted that members going up to the House of Lords with the Speaker were pushed against and impeded in their progress by others who crossed them in their way, and the only object of the resolution was to prevent that. Sir D. NORREYS suggested that members, as they entered the house on the day of the assembling or proroga tion of parliament, should receive a number from the Serjeant as they entered the house, and as far as the space in the House of Lords afforded accommodation, they should attend in that order. Under the present system, the weaker members were obliged to give place to the stronger. Col. SIBTIRHIP should object to any arrangement by which he was debarred from his right to attend the sove reign, when summoned as a member of that house • and lie should complain much more if, fur insisting upon his right, he were taken in custody by the Serjeant. Lord PALMERSTON reminded the house that there was nothing new in the proposed arrangement, which was exactly that adopted by the house on the coronation of her Majesty. Mr. It. COCHRANE wished to know bow long members were to remain in the custody of the Serjemt ? (" Hear, hear,':and a laugh.) Was it to be till the next session ? (Loud laughter.) Lord J. RUSSELL observed that if any member insisted upon his right of passing, he did not know that the Ser. jeant-at-Arras would have any right to keep him in custody at all. The arrangement was one which after all must he left mainly to the good taste of hon. members themselves to carry out. Mr. HUME would remind the hon. member fur Bridport that the power of the Serjeant-at-Arms ceased as soon as parliament was prorogued. Mr. B. COCHRANE—Then the resolution is of no use. (hear.) Mr. lIUME conddered it was necessary that some mans should be adopted fur keeping the passages clear during the ceremony. After • few words from Mr. T. P. Witd.t.tsts, which were inaudible in the gallery, the gallery was cleared for a division, hut none took place, the motion swing withdrawn riEnmosT AND NAPLES. Sir DE LACY EVANS, referring to "a publication en titled to the highest consideration," which stated that above 20,000 persems were coolintsl in the prisons of Naples for alleged political offences, most of them without trial, who were suffering refinements of barbarity and cruelty,inquired whether the British minister at the court of Naples had been instructed to employ his good offices for the diminution of these severities? Lorl PALMERSTON replied that her Majeaty's provern ment haft learnt with infinite pain aeonfirinAtion of ..triow. • ghe •rpveli. TO CORILESPONDENTS. ill's - Ind Edition "TM Elpreris” mouilain •he maw revealed's Garette." is pubtttb every Tuesday sod }rids) Might, is dose Ira poet. ►dretusesests intended for "Tb Evpreea,” Loaded Evening ',cwt, erwe he at the (lace, le, flosseerte•street, ►y Two o'clock ow the day of pablkatlea. accounts of the very calinuitous condition of the kingdom of Naples; but they had not deemed it to be a part of their duty to make any fonnal representation to the Neapolitan government in a matter relating to the internal affairs of that country. At the same time he thought Mr. Gladstone had done himself very great honour by the course he had pursued at Naples and since, and he (Lord Palmerston) had kit it his duty to send copies of that gentleman's pain : phicts to our ministers at the courts of Europe, with in structions to give copies to each, thereby affording them an opportunity of exerting their influence in this matter. THE CARE OF ANN HICKS. Colonel SIBTHOItI', in moving for copies of all orders and decisions respecting the case of Mrs. Ann Hicks, late occupant of a cottage in Hyde-park. entered into the parti culars of this case, making an episodical attack upon the Crystal P‘ace. Lord D. STUART seconded the motion, contending tint MN. Hicks had been treatcu with extreme harshness and gross injustice. lord SEYMOUR did not oppose the motion; but with respect to the removal of Mrs. Hicks, he observed that the Commissioner* of Woods had nut the power, under the act of parliament, to allow of buildings in the park. Mrs, llieks hail by encroachment got possession of the building in ques tion, and he had no alternative, being bound by oath to carry the law into execution, than to remove her. Mr. HUDSON Isere testimony to tho good character of Mrs. Hicks, and expressed a hope that the noble ford would reconsider her case, and award her lair compensation fur the injuries she had sustained. The motion was agreed to. GREECE. MOM WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE 'no DAT—Menlo& .Alterasek 191. O. To-razow—ltaritlia I IL Attersene. 12g. 3la LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUS 7' 8. A Gooh deal of amusement was caused in the City this morning, by the ministeri it selection of a channel for the customary anticipation of the Royal speech. The Herald. which is protectionist and protestant ; the Ciro/tick, which is conservative and papist; the Daily News, which is liberal and progressive; above all, the Y'ina•s, which is all of these by turns, were examined with eager curiosity by the ama teurs of political gossip, and the speculators in the funds and in shares. In vain; all these oracles were dumb as those of Greece at the demise of Pan. At lust the ministerial revelation was accidentally discovered, where nobodydreamed of seeking for it, in the columns of that organ of genteel and faded tory ism the Morning Post, flanked by notices of balls, dinner parties, and projected fashionable marriages, the staple of the print dear to the servants' hull. After the first explosion of irresistable laughter, the wags of the Stock Exchange began to speculate and wager about what this might mean. One thing appeared certain, that the government, which at the outset, with ostentatious impartiality, communicated the anticipation to all the morning newspapers, had at lust selected a special organ from among them. The only difficulty was to conjecture whether the terms upon which this alliance had been formed were the conversion of ministers to the doctrines of the Post, or the Post to the doctrines of ministers; whether the Post was to be employed, in its official capacity, to announce and defend a new parliamentary reform bill, or to announce and defend a whig bill to re-enact the corn and navigation laws. Bets of oysters and champagne, without any odds, were freely offered and taken by the holders of either opinion. Sixty to one was offered that the selection of the Post as government organ in the press tine shadowed an attempt to form a cabinet with the Secretary for Foreign Affairs at the head of it. But the pre-eminence given in the anticipatory notice to fbreign affairs, and the remembrance of a curious consular appointment made some time ago to a great northern capital, seemed to render this view so probable, that nu one was found to take the bet even at these odds. WI: yesterday reported the pr ceedings of a meet ing had in what is called the Notional-hall, Holborn, to receive a report from the delegates appointed by the London Central Defence Committee to watch the itroceedings of the trial of " The Queen on the prose cution of Edward ferry and Richard and G. H. Perry against Henry Rowlands and eight others for conspiracy to obtain an assimilation of wages amongst the tin-ware manufacturers of Wolver hampton." We did so fur several reasons; first, there can be no subject of higher importance than the rela tions between the employed and their employers ; and that those relations may be placed on a sound footing, it is indispensable that the wishes and wants of work men, whether reasonable or unreasonable, should be thoroughly understood. Now, though it may be well dotibted whether any central organisa tion of workmen in London can really and truly re• present a trade which has little or no existence in the metropolis, it is nevertheless useful to understand the vie ws and principles of those who assume to di rect and control labour in all its branches. The trials in question were, moreover, proceedings in which a great principle common, if sound, to all trades was invoked; and nothing could be more natural, we will add more proper, than that such trials should be watched with interest, and that their results should excite sympathy amongst the active spirits who be lieve it possible and practicable to raise the condition of their order by means of terubinations and, to use the gentlest term, solicitations that the law deems unlawful. The speakers at the National Ball, however, hold the law which condemns such proceedings us thew of Wolverhampton, and punishes those implicated in them, to be unjust and oppressive. We, on the contrary, believe it to be sound in principle, and protective in its operation of the rights of labour and the free agency of individual workmen. But, when we come to analyse what it is that produces thistlifference of opinion between the earliest speakers at the National I fall and persons who think as we do, we find the muse to be,thc very opposite points of view from which the facts of the case arc regarded. llere they are, as stated by Mr. llrutqtuvs Lord D. STUART asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether the government will take into consideration the propriety of appointing a commission to inquire into the manner in which the sum paid annually by Englund, France, and Russia, on behalf of the government of Gmee, has hitherto been expende 1 ; and to ascertain in what manner it would be desirable for the interests of Greece to lay nut that large suns for the future 1 England was called upon to pay annually a sum of 40,0001. on ac count of the Greek governnii mit. Lord PALMERSTON said it was quite true that her Ma jesty's government thought themselves tree from liability. Time stipulation was, that the first produce of the future revenue should be applied to the payment of interest on the debt. He was sorry to say that the act had been from first to last disregarded by the Gre.k government. Communications had been going on upon the subject between the English, French, and Russian governments, but they had nut as yet led loony result. The conduct of the Greek government was the less excusable, because, if properly managed, it would have ample mcans at its disposal. The noble lord promised again to communicate with the French and Russian governments on the subject. Tin.: INCOME TAX. Mr. HUME detailed the successive difficulties and delays that had been thrown in the way of his endeavour to obtain a 'RAM committee on the income tax, Notwith standing the late period at which he ultimately succeeded in getting his committee, and the brief time they had sat, a variety of evidence of great interest and importance had been collected, which it was highly advisable at once to lay before the house. Although the committee themselves had decided upon postponing the publication of this evidence, he proposed a resolution overriding their decision, and ordering the full particulars to be printed immediately. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed that the committee had adopted their determination not to print the evidence, upon the ground that it was altogether mcromplete. In the fact itself; and in the conclusion founded upon it, he completely concurred. Sir J. WALMSLEY and Mr. W. WILLIAMS supported the motion. Lord J. RUSSELL said it had been remarked that if the house did not order the evidence to be printed then members of the committee might give it to the public. This he considered would involve contempt fur the autho rity of the house, and would be very irregular. (Hear.) Atier a few words front Mr. CUMeIIAIIT and Colonel Tnomrsom, Mr. HUME haring replied, The house divided— For the motion Agailat There thus nut being forty members present, the house adjourned at a quarter before nine o'clock. THE ItEPRESENTATION OF FLINTSIIIRE AND THE Ilentats.—There can be no doubt from the ascertained state of the registry for Flintah:re and the boroughs, that an opposition will be determined upon, and will he success ful. Mr. Peel, of Brynypys, is spoken of as likely to be the favourite candidate fur the county, and the Hon. Itoht. Rowley, for the boroughs. Both the gentlemen are pro testant conservatives.—North If Chronicle. T/IE VICTORIA PORK. —An act of parliament has just been printed (14 & IS Vict., cap. 46) to amend two former acts relating to Victoria Park, and to indemnify the trustees of copyhold lands held in trust for her Majesty. It scans that the Commi-doners of Woods and Forests have caused a new map and plans to be made, and when they are authenticated by the signature of the Speaker of the House of Commons and deposited at the office of the Land Revenue Records. they .Jr to be open to imoection on the payment of one shilling. A portion of the park is to be leased. The commissioners are to indemnify the trustees of copyholds in trust for her Majaity. DEATH OF CHARLES PHILLIPS'S NIOTHER.--ThiS venerable lady expired at her residence, Abbey View, ' near Sligo, ou Sunday last, having reached the advanced age of 84. DREADFUL MURDER IN LONGFORD.—The enmity coroner held an inquest on the 4th of August on the body of a man named Rowley, who had been barbarously mur dered by two men named Feeny, carpenters, from Lanes borough. Rowley had been employed watching a field of potatoes, and on his way home at 11 o'clock on Saturday night was met by the two prisoners, who set on him to beat him. Finding themselves not equal to the undertaking, one brother called to the other to use the knife. The body of the murdered man was cut in several parts ; one wound passed across the left side about four inches in length ; the abdomen was laid open, the thighs dreadfully cut. and one wound across the neck from side to side, but the knife was ton blunt to dissever the head from the body. He died in two hours after. They consulted about their escape across the country, but finally determined to come into Longford, and say they had been attacked. On their way into t wn a fierce dog ran out and barked; this dog they killed and brought with them. They then went to the police bar racks, said they had been attacked by R ow l e y an d hi s d og, and in self-defence had killed him and his dog also. After the examination of witnesses at the inquest, they were both gelato gaol on the charge of wilful murder. The tin-plate workers were desirous of improving their position, and assimilating the wages paid by different mann fictumrs. They agreed on a book of prices, which was submitted to the employers, but not accepted by them. The men passed a resolution that these should be the standard prices after a certain date, thinking they had a right to put a price on their own labour. Some employers at once gave the price; others refused. A strike commenced; and then the Messrs. Perry took a hostile course against the men. They sent nut agents to dif•rent parts of the country, and advertised in the provincial papers for men, offering plenty of work and good wages. Some men came to Wolverhamp ton, but were persuaded to go away again. Others, who had been induced to enter into contracts, which rendered them liable to commitment for absence, also withdrew from their employ. The result was nineteen men were brought from France, on the promise of moat liberal wages. They were soon induced to return. Thirty Uermans were neat brought over, and with the same result. Mr. Perry then resolved on indicting the defendants for conspiracy. The case cause on at the late assizes; and though the defendants had abstained from all violence and intimidation, confining themselves to argument, they had been found guilty of con spiracy. If working men were not to be allowed to " per suade" each other, what was the use of trades' unions ? If this was an indictable offence, they ought to know it; and then they would demand a law which should equally protect employers and the employed. The whole question turns upon what is here termed " persuasion." As we read the report of the trials, compulsion is the proper word, and not "per suasion." That sort of compulsion which, though abstaining from force and violence and keeping to tally- clear of threats, nevertheless amounts to moral intimidation, and deprives individuals of that uncon trolled power to sell their labour at what price they please, just as much as, and perhaps even more cfti.T tually than, physical obstruction, which can be easily removed and effectually prevented, or than noisy verbal denunciations quite us readily detected and repressed. The tin-plate workers had a ptrfeci right to agree amongst themselves on a book of prices: but the masters had equally the right to re!ect not only the standard rates of wages therein fixed, but the appli cation of those rates to all the men they required, irrespective of their varying skill, industry, or good conduct ; and Messrs. l'EattY did no more. 1 hey objected to men with whom they had no connexion in business interfering to raise the price of the labour they employed; they re,ected the book of prices presented to them by such people ; the con sequence was that their workshops were be set by strangers, who lured, spirited, excited, animated, seduced, and deluded their wo'kpeople away ; and, just as Messrs. PERRY were able to re place the men they thus lost, the process was again and again repeated, until those gentlemen had only one of three courses to pursue—either to yield t o th e combination, or to try whether the law sanctioned such " persuasions " us these, or to shut up their shops. Like men of sense and spirit, they adopted the second course, and the law ha s h e ld suc h proceedings to be criminal. Had the law acme otherwise, it would haw sacrificed Messrs. I Pulley's capital, and deprived their better advised workmen of the right of disposing of their labour at such prices as they and their employers dould : agree on without the assistance, and tree from the dictation, of third parties. Messrs. PERRY': appeal to the tribunals of their country was in every re spect an assertion of freedom of trade. •• If working-men were not allowed to persuade each other, what," asked Mr. litueitays, " was the use of trades' unions r To which we reply, that trades unions are of no use, but a positive injury to 1 men as well as masters, if their leaders are entitled 'to resort to such persuasions as we have de scribed, either to their own members, or, still I worse, to those who do not belong to their combination. It that privilege or power were to be conceded to trades' unions, they would quickly become instruments of tyranny over capi tal and labour ; and, by driving capital out of this country, deprive labour of employment. Trades tout reckoning the interest of the Hostin g do 7; unions may be useful, if confined to their legitimate amount to ai aytfint. noire than the receipts. A objects—such as mutual assistance, provident insu- brother of M. Manuel liertran de Lis, th e au. tuners, registration of labourers so us to facilitate ! nester, sent Ortega and another General to call out their employment when out of work, and the regu- 1 Moyana; but the latter, while refusing the duel, lations of the petty details of work. But when maintained his charges against !tertian dc Lis, which trades unions undertake the arbitrary settlement the is prepared to substantiate in the next parlia ment . of the rates of wages irrespectively of those _ economical laws which lix them; when they old t their decisions as to wages to be conclusive on masters who have no share in their deliberations, and on men who are not members ; when they a>- sumo it to be their duty to persuade men away from their work ; when they lapse r conspiracies, then trades' unions are purely MizelliCVOUtl organisa tions, and of no use. One of the worst yffects of these combinations is the delusion they create in the minds of mem bers as to simple facts. and so destroy that power of truthful perception on which all real progress depends. Of this evil tendency the proceedings of the meeting in the National Hall form, we will not saya gout!, but a painful ex• ample. That which the law, administered most ably and temperately . , has decided to amount to con spiracy and compulsion, was there called persuasion. Now, were it possible to go calmly and deliberately over the evidence given on the trials with each tin plater separately, we have not the least doubt that he would mine to a very different conclusion ; but, huddled together and speciously addressed, the sense of individual conscientiousness and responsi bility becomes suspended, and the whole pro ceedings of these honestly meaning workpeoplc are based on a palpable lids-statement ; nay, on an obvious falsehood. And a similar spi rit of untruth and deception runs too gene rally through the deliberations of such assem blies; they assume capital and capitalists to be their deadliest enemies, instead of being their best friends ; they put forth a right of subsistence at the expense of capital whilst persecuting the capitalists; they re gard that science which has won for them untaxed bread as aiming at a reduction of wages, which it teaches them are governed by laws that elude and defy factitious regulations; and they turn to every quack and pretender with confidence and respect. This is a very serious state of things ; one, too, which the malignancy of socialism is actively seeking to take advantage of. It is happily, however, an evil Mr which there is an easy remedy at hand ; and that is, the admission of the true workman into poli tical society. At present he is excluded ; and by . his exclusion he is forced into these lines and into ignorance. Bestow the franchise on him, and you will give him an interest, deep and strong and per sonal, in the social system of which his order is the Mundation ; you will raise his hopes, increase his self-respect, educate his head, and improve his heart ; you will make him one of yourselves—and England needs no more. But keep him a Pariah such longer and 3 ou will rue the consequences. FRANCE. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. Me 1/er/int/schen Zeitimig trommuniwtes the organ. ligation project of the m ijority of the Assembly of Notables as follows:— .. Art. I. The Danish monarchy consists of ono united whole, under one common prince, common success , aims to the throne, common diplomatic and consular repre sentatives, fleets, and flags. In as mach as possible, the commercial and Marble systems, coinage, post and customs institutions between the Danish empire (the kingdom of Denmark and the duchy of Schleswig) and the dimity of Milstein should Ise established by 1:111111111/11 consent. This consent, with respect to customs and joistaifftee affairs, should be attained by negociatiou. COMORO.° state schools for the Danish empire and the duchy of Holstein should he founded, and the pecuniary contribution of Holstein thereto should he fixed according to the ',ale of population. Art. 2. The duchy of Holstein continues to form a part of the German confect ration. With respect to affairs, which according to the Ist Art. are not mouton to the whole monarchy, the ulii&y should have its own adminis tration and its own Diet having joint authority with tho royal power. For the institutions common to the wholes Danish monarchy, specified in the let Art., diplomacy, con sulships, fleets, de., the duchy of Holstein shookd pay yearly contribution, settles!, once for all, according to dm scale of population. This contribution can on no pretest be refused; on the other hand, no further demand can be made without the consent of the King and of the Diet of the duchy. The rules for the manning of the fleet must be definitively 11%111,111111 can only be altered in accordance with the provisions of Art. if. Art. ; l. When in the state councils matters are treated of which concern the whole saunarchy, the minister for Holstein enjoys the same right of a seat at the council-board and of - vote as the King's minister. Art. 4. The Duchy of Schleswig has, under the limitations specified in Art. its own Diet and its own ministerial subordinate aili oo iii ioration for the following subjects : civil and criminal legislation ; 2nd, law and police institu tions; 3rd, parochial local government; •Ith, industry; sth, the special affairs of the duchy relative to income and outlay • the pecuniary contributions of the duchy to be re gulated by the scale of population. Art. 1. Military, church, :old school affairs are common to the kingdom and the duchy. For all common affairs, the adminis tration and legislation of Denmark and Schles wig are common, and in these cases, the Schles wig Diet and the Danish Diet form a united Assembly. Art. d. The Danish and the German nationalities shall enjoy the same rights and the same protection in the Bachy of Schleswig. Changes in the Danish or Schleswig church and school institutions can only take place with th., common consent of both the Diets. Art. 7. With n•spect to the fol lowing institutions, it should be determined : I.!. That half of the profit of the income of the Eider Casual should go to Holstein ; 2nd, The forced cartnership with r. 5 . , ,, ct to cer tain fire insurance establishmonts should lie bro:scil up ; 3nl, As long as Schleswig students enjoy the same advan tages as those of Holstein, at the Vuiversity of Kill, the duchy of Schleswig should give a yearly con tribution to the same, to Is regulated ae coding to the scale of German population. The Eider Canal to he placed under the common admini.tration of Denmark and Schleswig. Art. 8. Alterations in the foregoing articles inasmuch as they are common to Denmark and the Duchies, moot be made without the joint consent of a:1 the three parties. Art. 9. The duchy of Lauenhurg continues to be long to the German confederation. The pros isions: con tained in the first Net of the Ist article apply also to this duchy, whose other nlations to the other parts of the Dan ish monarchy should be more distinctly determined." •• • ' . PARIS, TRI:RAD EVENING. Last evening the whole English guests at tended the Grand Opera, where an operatic enter tainment, written expressly in honour of Great Britain, was given. To-day the Lord Mayor paid a visit to the Presi dent at the Elysi , e to take his leave, and to express his gratitude ter the cordial and distinguished re ception which has been bestowed upon himself and his municipal colleagues. lie then went to the Hippodrome, notwithstanding a tremendous thunder storm, which has fortunately delayed its de luge until the great files have passed over. The party will then dine,us I have previously announced, with the Minister of Commerce, M. Buffet ; and in the evening visit the Circus of Franeoni. Tomorrow morning, as 1 mentioned in a former letter,the party will take their departure front the brilliant metro polis, which has displayed all its attractions for their entertainment, and return to London, where they will arrive the same evening. . . • It appear., by letters front Copenh , ancn, that it was only the members, of the llessiatt t unilc, elaintahn on the throne of Denmark, that renounced, in it formal act. at I men tioned SOME' few days ago, the it claim. in (atone of Prince Christian, Glueleiburg. The members of thin family hate subscribed to two acts of renunciation, the one n lathe to the kingdom and the other to the duchies. Dat several of the female claimants have not renounced their V:Ailllty namely, Queen Dowager (uf ChriAian Varohno Amelia, and the Princew erasable, with of Prince Ferdi nand, and eldest daughter of Frederick VI. The Patric gives the following explanation of the long story told by the Mcssoy , r about the President's claim on the French government as the heir of his mother, the Queen Hortense: The Messager rlr l'Assentht4 , has published a document which several journal's of the opposition hsve eagerly copied. The reply to the attacks directed with re ference to this document against the Presiden of the repub lic is very simple --Prince Louis Napoleon possessed by hereditary right some claims of the Duchesse de St. Lcu on the French govenunent. In VW he ceded a portion of these claims to u person who offered to undertake to recover them by such means as he should judge advisable, and at his own risk and peril. At a later period, when the return of the Prince to France and his candidature were spoken of, the deed of assignment was annulled b)• mutual consent of the parties, end the affair was ut an eed. The way in which the trial of the Sire/c, of which I send you the substance, was conducted yesterday, has, I understand, given deep offence at the Elysi , e; and the Minister of Justice is, for the moment, in disgrace : There are even rumours of the probable resignation of M. Itouher in consequence. 'the republican opposition hold u great meeting to-night at Lemardelay's great room, in the Rue Richelieu. The trial of the Sic,'le, for a libel against the Pre sident of the Republic, drew yesterday to the Court of Assizes a crowded audience, notwithstanding the all-absorbing review. '1 he interest of the proceedings lay in the eminence of the witnesses examined, and in the confirmation which resulted of the principal fact alleged by the Sit.,lc. The in criminated article stated that the chief subject of conversation in the lobbies of the Assembly on that day, July 2sth, was the loss of 12,000/. by Miss How ard, through unfortunate speculations at the Bourse. This debt, it was said, had been discharged in full by the President of theltepublic, notwithstanding the known penury of the coffers of the Elyse in consequence of the denial of the dotation. M. St. Mare ltigandie, representative, corroborated the circulation of the report at the Assembly, and added that he had heard that, after the payment of the lady's losses, only 203 fr. remained in the chest of the Elysii.e. M. Raze was next called, and said that he was not in the habit of stopping to hear the gossip of groups in the Chamber ; but as for the rumours of coups (rebel al luded to by the .Biel,' he could not avoid hearing a good deal about them—(laughter)—although he thought there was less talk about such eventualities this year than the last, owing to the impossibility of car rying such an enterprise into execution. (Fresh laughter.) M. Goudehaux, ex-Minister of Finance, was aware of the facts relative to the losses of the English lady in question. M. Abbatucci was next examined. He admitted that at the Elysiie, as in the head-quarters of every other government there was more than one policy ; but although there was only one which he himself approved (M. Abba tucci is one of the most prudent and calm friends of Louis Napoleon), he could not undertake to stig matise the councils to which he was opposed. lie had heard during the lust three years continual rumours of coups tretut, without a shadow of ground for such suspicions. Cer tainly he had exerted himself to the utmost to procure the nomination of grave and independent men on the committee of p er m anence , an d t he com position of that body afforded the best evidence of the tranquillity of the public mind, and of the false hoodof the Siecte's representation that any mad enter prise on the part of the Ely-see was dreaded by the people or their representatives. The jury having admitted attenuating circumstances on behalf of the defendants, re ected the application of the advocote general for the suspension of the journal, and condemned the splrant, Sougi , re to 2,500 fr. fine, with three months' imprisonment, and M. Jourdan, the writer of the article, to .7/00fr., with two months' imprison men t. The funds continue to improve. The Fives closed to-day at 96.85, with a rise of 10e. The Threes also rose 10c., and closed at 57.45. The Cons/it/Wound giver tbo follossinct as an I itea tof a note from the Ituision cabinet to that of Denmark on this subject: " True to his elevated prineiplm, his Imptrial Ma jesty tic Emperor of Russia would neither de-;re that the influence of his cabinet should hr. executed towards forwarding the plans e f his allies, nor would hu oppmce the wishes of his relative us to the twist lust and prudent manner of adjusting the claim• put forth,although the Emperor and his family lilt naturally a family interest in the question." UNITED STATES. The American ocean mail packet, Franklin, arrived at Southampton yesterday, on her way to Havre. She kit New York, on the '... 0 0011 ult. She brought nearly 100 passengers, and specie to the value of nearly 1,000,000 dollars, nearly the whole of which is for Fiance. The most important item of information is, that the British minister had peremptorily demanded of the Mexican government a settlement of her very backward accounts with her English creditors. In this demand the British minister appears to havo been backed up by similar requisitions hum the am bassadors of Spain and France. A terrible shipwreck, with the loss of tho Prussian minister, is reported to have occurred utf Vera Cruz. There have been some serious disturbances at Toronto, on the church question. Our correspondent writes as follows: _ _ NEW YORK, Jrcy _ . _ - -•---• I take advantage of the trip of the Franklin, which I hope mav be a short one, to keep you advised of the news which has transpired here since my last. Tho America has duly arrived at Boston, and her mails reached here yesterday morning. Her news we consider unfavour able to our staples,. Within the last few hours the insurrection in Cuba, to which 1 directed your attention in my last, has been by some papers pronounced a hoax. I do not think it such. The last letters from Havannah speak of it as a fixed fact," and 1 think I may as well quote from the ." , ,rot of this city, a paper entirely in the interest of the Cuban insurrec tionists the following account of the affair, which, how ever, must be taken with many grains of salt : " 11 AVANA, J c LY 17.—The Prontinciaineuto of Principe was made on the 4th of July, on which the first struggle for Cuban independence took place. As soon us the pro , nuneiamento had been published a crowd of people as sembled in the groves of Najasa, on the Betancaurt estate. there they raised their flag, laud were holding consultations when they were attacked by a detachment of cavalry, Lancers, sent out front the garrison of Principe by order of General Lemcry. The patriots met them in the firmest manner, and, utter a brief engagement in which the Cubans used their guns pistols, and clubs to wane purpose, the Spanish troops deal, leaving 20 killed, wounded unknown. Of the Cubans none were killed, though several wens wounded. News is constantly expected of an engagement between the royalist troops and the Cuban guerillas at tho Coscoro mountains, and also in several other ire:erten, as aB the towns and villages adjacent to Principe were publishing their pronunciamentos, and the people were running to arms. At the town of Las Tunas, between Principe and !Sayan., a large force of Cubans, between 400 and 700 in number, had collected, drilling and preparing for a fight. The garri son of Principe utuounted to 2,100 men before the rising took place, but the soldiers are daily passing over to the standard of the Cubans. A general engage ment is hourly expected. We await the next news from Principe with the utmost anxiety. I have seen a letter front a captain in the Royalist army at Principe. to hit bride in Havana, which contains the following:—' 1 start imme diaely to attack the rebels, to whose flag numbers of our infantry are daily deserting.' To-day a Large number of troops were sent off by steam to Nuevitas to reinforce tho garrison of Principe. The captain- general has removed General Lomery from the command at Pritr:ipe. I have not heard for what reason. The governor of Matanzas hlla just forwarded to the captain-general an offie:al notice, that the regiment of Leon, at that place, wa, in a state of disaf fection, and must be immediately removed. This is an im portant fact, and shows how matters are turning in favour of the Cubans. Letters front Bayann state that the people at that place and Santo Esperitu would shortly issue simul taneous pronunciameutos. In the Vuelta Altai°, not far front Havana, the people were to issue their prononciamento on the lith, when they would be joined by men from Havana. The regiment of Espana was stationed at Pinar del Rio, in anticipation of an outbreak. It is expected that within ;h) days the whole island will be in a state of open revolution." The Secretary of the Treasury has issued a circular of some importance to importers of goods into the United States from foreign countries. The purport of it is that goods belonging to foreign owners shall no longer be ea ' tered here by the American consignees as their own, nor without the consular certificates at the place of export; and that one consular certificate shall not cover invoices from the same consignors, if they come by dal:rent vessels at different times. it is evidently a restriction of trade for the benefit of our consular agents abroad, under the usual plea that importers arc apt to perjure themselves. The details of the order are clearly the result of the principles l laid down as I have mentioned. Doubtless ono of the ad vantages hitherto enjoyed by foreign importers of not being • required to verify their invoices by their own oaths, wid bu taken away under this new order. In one of my former letters I sent you the deposition of , a Mrs. Culver, a cousin, if I remember right, of the Fox ' girls, who introduced the system of rapping into this coon • try, and have succeeded iu deluding so many wcakminded persons. You published it, but so m afterwards I saw such a positive denial from one of their friends, of the statements contained in that deposition, as to make the qulstion of veracity of the greatest importance. The tables aro again turned. A Mr. Burr, who has devoted himself for sit I months to the subject, is about to present a mass of testi • ninny perfectly overwhelming as to the Gaul, of the Foxes. SPAIN. MADRID, Ave. 2. 'the Clamor Public° publishes a motion signed by the chiefs of the progresista party, and dated July 29, for a parliamentary inquiry into the affair of the annullation of the debts of M. Beltran de Lis, Minister of the Interior. Queen Christina, with the King, is at La Crania, whither Bravo Murillo is also gone. Some new ministerial com bination is said to be on foot The statement of the revenue for the first six months of the year presents a falling off of 130,000/. in the custom duties ; the last reform of the tariff having been rendered worse than useless by the immense number of royal orders embroiling and modifying it. The expenses, with- pr of Rid' nkii reii den On con the Croo woad chin and the for has j and awl