The Express. — London, England, 1852-02-04 00:00:00

'the erprefSgi. to own that Lord Pnutgain:oll has gene fir towards severing the link that unl t od u s to t h e ise e rw h oie madame he so long 'enjoyed. , . .• F 4l r ip FRAN ;1 4. , ~' ____lL , =__'.. \ ...1 1. ".". ‘ ze. ABOLITION OF 'TRH " l ,ITALY_ _ • amid SW- ;Ir. i1;i5pr0w.. 5......... tie our eml.es I b .oamoisele pielbbid miry ? miky sod .1514. r time e pg. /110111•0=0010100mb4 'lf "1110 Isms,. boar 1.1•1 y paw, mot lie al the O&M 10. esuverle.stroft, W Tee Ode* so Ur es. al pabblotba. MOE WATER AT LONDON BRIDOI. . Tins Dar—iieisies. lb. Its. ibmosainv—fatly. ISa. ........aksrams. IS. iris. LONDON, WEDNESDAT, 171B11(1.4RY 4. (BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH,) (IRON OWL OWN CORRISTOXDIXT.) PARIS, WIDMISDRY MORICIXO. I The military commissions instituted to judge the , insurgents of December are to cease their oporations throughout all France. They are replaced in every department by a mixed communion, consisting of the Prefect, Military Commandant, and ProcurearOens ral, which will decide with the shortest delay on the fate of the seemed. Tee topics adverted to in her MAJBSTT'II speech from the throne, may be clamed under two distinct heads—there which demand no special comment and admit of but little controversy, and those which are certain to evoke great diversity of opinion and to lead to animated discussion in parliament and the country. Amongst the former may be reckoned the eon- Hammes.: of industrial prosperity at bourn and the THE NEW ELECTORAL LAW. maintenance of peace abroad--the propriety of adopt ing measures of law reform in the mode o, procedure PARIS, TrINDAT Ersirovii. affecting civil rights, and the inexpediency of resort- The Electoral Law is promulgated in the Moniteur ing to any new methods of severity in reference to of this morning. It is divided into five chapters. the criminal administration. With whatever The first chapter, consisting of 11 articles, relates tel feelings of disappointment the landlord party the mode of election of the legislative body. The may have heard the royal allusion to thaw obvious 2nd chapter, consisting of 14 articles, defines the truths, the prudence of suppressing their emotions conditions of the franchise. The 3rd chapter, wo rding them is too palpable to admit of any misting of 3 articles, determines the conditions of doubt. Free trade has rendered work plenty and eligibility. Ihe sth chapter, consisting of two food cheep. They would deny it if they could, we articles, contains some general provisions. A table know ; but at present it is impossible. Relations of follows, giving the number of deputies to be chosen amity with all our continental neighbours, and the by each department. probability of this happy condition remaining undis- ORGANIC DECREE FOR TH E _ ELECTION OF barbed, shuts out a source of parliamentary complaint DEPUTIES To CHA E PT C E O R RP I S . LEGISLATIF. and a resource fur younger sons who are fit fur no- OF TBI CORPS LimileLr. thing better than professional warfaring. The C h ia Art. I. Each deportment will have one deputy to them sad expeditious recovery of debts, and the easy an 35,000 electors. Nevertheless, there will be an additional economical transfer of property from un-real to deputy allotted to every department . iti_ . whieh the surplus real owners, is doubtless' looked upon by the landed I , l ,e e mbeyer n e u leei w or: tan . Y f .amonot to 25 , 0 00. I n cculanu. , . oligarchy with infinite disgust ; and the °mite the total be 261. Algeria tin . 1,17 sawing 0 ,„.„. wi1l so , 1 . 7 .,. ** Mon o any new measure of coercion fur an deputies in the corps legislatif. Ireland. is if possible still more unpalatable. L . 2. Every department is divided by a decree of the But on neither of these subjects can the faction of exerts:lye power in t o to, electoral d e ist .e ricts, equal ma t ai n:um t ber . _to the squires venture to give vent to their feelings , the d n u li ts . .s . ,y lis ed sched lty w t i l l be telly= every ge years ever eloquence, such as it is, and their votes, what- P. Loch district elects one deputy. ever their number may be, are alike reserved for the An. 3. The suffrage is direct and universal. 'The voting more serious topics of electoral reform, national de- is secre t, The electors assemble at the principal place of fences, and the Kaffir war. On these tho pitched their commune. Every commuse may, nevertheless, be di battles of the session will probably be fought, and vided umbet y ol e dectee s o ' f th ;i:L efeet y la rtrer ma" : the tsetiaae by these, therefore, public attention is likely to be c n res may appoint the plea of these oat of the princial Ja engrafted almost exclusively. plates of the commune. We have elsewhere expressed the sentiments Art. 4. The electoral colleges are ceevoked by a decree of which the announeiment respecting reform is calcu- the canines power. The interval between the promelift heed to excite throughout the country ; and other i.ei,e! a tite a _dtelee lad the OPISIM. of 11111 assume' WIWI opportunities will be a ff orded us, ere long, of dwell- ' a li n ° Is ,An i _ ... ......, ____ ___.._.._ ...._ eine isasl ins in detail un the very umatiefactury and un- I ,, swee i , w " k i s 'illir jades iii ... a rra i r r s . l.• assuring mention made by the SOirEalellie of the pond- Art 8. No seadidtee am be dead or pat tined • de ing war in Southern Africa. To the hint—rather than peer of the Nuys **kW ea the felt beast moire be shall admonition given from the throne, that parliament havecathothnk_l2 The •Indviltss l,l * etthr leineitOgui would du well look to the efficiency of our national 2 . A " 011811 . 0 ellemI_ 1 1 1 . ,__IeT; 18 Let, 10 _,! sef defences, we are the MUM anxious to direct attention 0 , e„, „= bi l ls „ sho r 4 seen 7,74..- i r :LI:7: =,-, on account of the explanations volunteered in the meog o o l o mg b o obs am b le i i ve li; *; i s th e ems course of his speech on the Address; te by the Priem of shales* ea tierataer of these, the diet Minister. Minister. The words placed in the by of her et *soma he Pelabelmed MAIf.sTY, taken by themselves, might be taken to ,Aet 7 ____. Any_ .. ,._fieVe•,2 .. .....__Lielese.._ . .._ffieseete slielbirel_...._ mean much or little, according to the dispodtion of „7,7" les ,a.li f . "7: th i,7 i. " 7 . d ay 7f;;;%. ww i t ie b u rw rr es 4 7 r. the hearer, were it not for the commentary thus w aidia o of w OOO a w ak es . altered upon the enigmatic text by its author. We Art. 8. Is ease of • recency by option, death, resignation, cannot too heartily congratulate the peace-loving or others;r o be electoral college that is to supply the vs ' the evrthin sin months. community—whose fears have been unscrupulously caner I. An. v. Deputies cannot be inquired of freeltereite), as upon of late by a professional alarmists— conel, or tried at any time, for opinions expressed by damn upon the manly avowal Lord JottN RUSSELL in the corps legisiatif. that he did not anticipate, and that he would Art. 10. A deputy cannot be imprisoned for debt daring not act as if he did anticipate, any interruption the D(101011, or during the oi:weeks precedingsad following t of the cordial amity which has hitherto sub- he. sess i o n. listed li n .. No member of the cores legislalf can, during M art ated between England and France. The decisive the session, be prosecuted or arrested for any crimlaal mat tone in which the PREMIER rebuked the panie- ter, except in the case of being taken in the fact (flacrisid mongers, and deprecated idle invectives against the delit.), until after the corps legislatif shall have authorised peepent chief of the French Republic, are not to be the prosecution. mistaken. The becomingdemeanourofagreat and free CHAPTER IL Art. 12. Are electors, without condition of tax payment, people is neither to trifle with the sanctity of those all Freashmen, aged years, enjoying their civil and poll mat it tattoo s w bleb alone can make a people free or great, ti es ' r i g ht s , nor, upon the other hand. to show apprehension of Art. 13. The electet al list is drawn up for each commune the power of foreign nations, even when coocen- b_• the l stsssWii It totherthe in alphabetic orderi(l) all tatted in a single hand. The notice given in the ' am , eie dslos nahi., 6l "I" us el'asalso, "14 iag, atthethel"thmet six House of Commons yesterday by the SECRETARY of the i e Zdk, a 0„p„,, the of , g , ~,, „„,, of the 'TREASURY, with regard to the introduction donee, wth mph* the thee beim the dethathe la active ebt= of a Militia Bill, indicates the direction in which a Art. 14. /theism girth the mint s sad portion of whatever is deemed necessary will pro- is , the serves of *elects er of the ears by *nth of their bably . be' done. Whatever may bet thought of the immillialdia ' a a m " ll° of e a° mit "' ninn a nhn o till be beelfthi en the lids et the ecousesee whine they sew. effectiveness of such a force for its purpose, it may &w il l e d wa in g m & & w p m. miff wis es w w o o o w tend to weaken the idea of a permanent augments- the & l oom og abo loodocies bogy, wileg *go sae mem, lice to any material extent of the regular army; at the sosmsasetthe elestko in dm esmanne where they and thus a proof be tacitly given to our neighbours me leMlfiefi• on the Continent of the sincerity of our indisposition ~,i s- T o i A eslil' o rwidehl hamess a: b id e:orm isr .a —dr i i.„ . ......• ah...,.....11r die MA thick ill of their intentions, or to set shoat any guesses ,g giemikki,„„, w mo d un g . sun i — e — ' 4 , a h e • that by possibility may be construed soar', interdletles, sod uthertithatedi bealowthy. thit 111110061111. Art. 16. These seadeessed be awe On one meth of s eeecc t e a w ith thi s eehicets and gown imprisonment for !ebonies, ethlngse sod elders spinet oat ddie recent events in Frame whidi bon es. the depoeuirtee of authority*, the pads hem. ter outrages against a juryman lc mum of his public or Metalealet e sessed their diantleolon , is the personal against a witness by mem of lie depseidens, be ellieses le* d diembeel of Lewd PALMERSTON. From p rov id e d against in the leer an elfeee r emee sad lb. hew on the speedo of the once &dead. bat now alienated elute, sailer tableaus of the law el rolerner.ihill est steimmen, we gather that wen the of be inerribedm Ore thetherel the daring eve yaw been the L otk l milm P o :2gf a °f ti ,,, ,!, 11. 1 4m o t.: 1 5:1? .z =ll l . l lllrWriinirl::tallieb bare served far the —oi __co w p - -ta g —..--r--- 7,_ _•—• vote of December to pat 21 see bulged valid until March Oath sus any atmerence of opium in the eseinet. 31, 1853. Iroastrissa, it now appears, were sent to Lord Nos, Art. 18. The electoral lib are permute. They are IldiaT ea the 6th December to maintain uninter- subject tb 1111•Abal revithea. A demo et the executive raptedly the same diplomatic relations with the W ise will dsesesdas t h e id" a" the *nil at this sie }2,see which had subsisted with the provisional go- Art. 11I n. mII estate es mere beemlides onessenleg the ecenment of 1548,—and with Louts NAPOLEON while milks elk boo, he occupied the position of constitutional President. CHAPTER 111. With the internal affairs of the French nation the , „„„ Or TUB BILIGIBLB. cabinet rightly felt that our government had nothing .. o l t li k T et All doer a 5 t 11 42: of 25 year., witholl s INV whatever to do ; and upon the justifiability of the Art. ale The hadieideeledselgthtel in Art. 15 and le ef particular acts by which the startling eap of the ponsoeboaoco desisted osteeethy to be elected. the representative system was ammo it was si ßr Am deputy was odes the thatinnease of lie not for our government to pronounce any opinion. _, Monessosemadso ensoilh‘ ja m ths loPsoe Be thought Lord Jos s , and so thought his colleagues ' - MI& be peen if tie qf big generel(y. bi r ed a bAe l eal = "9"l" „ legbade dimisal vi be liP dweller Unhappily there WIN one exception, namely, trie lesbian( epee thole asatsg the hienmests peeing tie then Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. We sees. have it upon the noble viscount's own admission Art n. wag, paid Falb faunae i. isoameolitto lola that on the ds, feklowe coup shag, that is, illa e wwwl S es =r meete seshe ra s e il li datir y av w r 6 r b e upon the 3rd . Lord Peusemerox told M. etieeetTo i „, ia ifi h es li ns eir ry do l obo hoe of WALIWPEII in sues esteem that be entirely ap- hi s admhase es s member Odense,' leghistK ir he shall proved of the meneures taken by the Pandnxter a ass Inc. entered his 'plies adage the theilieetha et his that lie thour a t t the co-cubism* of the COL Sweg is aird'er 160 MPS letihktil in MUNI Is pommy and of th e Nolawol wwsN7 b e d b e . esalgesd sees iry ihe Isle Act of air erreeptillera of sobs ImPOsahlel and that he eaneldltni It better far Setrl aL thostisearles east hereinafter mar rasme and he Meer that all amtbleite shoal be timed omit besiethod ler the of& es any of the esseentreted, under mesh okeametemes, in a single disable eitilde ydsb they even se ash daring boil The Freoeit seetemetlee Waned to detail _.____the ix ••• s k*,_ ._.,_ _......,_ _____._gallowill *dr nialPolhai.._ ~ ...._. .. .._• _ er any We haportant tenteersatioe le his did in Paris. resuisimismies k r "'"'w r"'"'''' - w o "'' . ' 7, i f . ' . l 6,""'d i r" . "'"' w a ie ,, l, „,a" .. The deepetch containing it wee reed la teimege by m am a s den g the aspoireesemegiagast of the Si. Ttrltacrr, the Minister be Poole ASthre, to the ..simai of eau. tbe meat et plies. the me leadi members of the alpinism corps; and, fester i tireseibelei the theithleher. hhiers end rthath finally,ng it was boastfully alluded to in a confer- leedrel, t .. theaters reameseing nuateey vhisos ewe with Lord NORMA/MT. who, in dismay "i d e s e ll td=rsellut eela wse tier idiss te dr ibsts ' ime m ee to b e tab le d at finding his own instructions overshot from f o „iti a t ti on e t i t t l gt i on Wil ts bows by hood or gOOOO. 18 ea Downing-street, wrote for explanations to Lord nearly as possible identical with the esrempadleg elingbe PALIIPABTON. Lord NORRANIIT'S despatch went of the electoral law of Kroh 14 111181, in due course to the PRINZ MINISTER and the CHAPTER V. • (Karen. Both reiterated the demand for exphmee Os:swum Puniness. tioa at the language held on the 3rd December to he art. 5% 1 F: th s e tt e a l l e i ctiob alt President ef the ligeato event WALEWsIit i but, incredible as it may appear, "„ a e sPic vi minaste e '44. of "SW t( al° f• no explanation came from the Foreign-office. they Art. 61. A decree terteseed in essermisa after day went by, and, to use the words of Lord of the 6th article u( the eseethiathe ilia 12,(1) the lone, the subject was suffered to remain "in t amtni4rative formalities Rin the atheid without of the disdainful silence." At length a copy of a despatch a t sts (2) ell the P e " eiehlelt eelsille. " die lisw i ssitiss, addressed to Lord NORNANSY Waii laid before the t tion bu c t rtin aa & Pe ce tt. Tdi a ** 'bier..." Mt Sovereign and the Premier, as furnishing the LOUIS NAPOLEON. explanation required. Hut it explained nothing. It Countersigned by the Inaleter et the Interior, disclaimed any desire to interfere with the domestic F. DE PERSIONT. concerns of France, but repeated in substance the The Thera IVglenteraletire relative to the mode of. individual approval of the romp diem. On this Lord procedure in the electoral colleges, is the same nab- Jon a determined to recommend her MAJERTT to stantielly an that annexed to the electoral kw of plan the seals of office in other hands. Thus the March 13, 1549. explanation in parliament sustains the statement Anether decree follows, convoking the electoral on the subject made by this journal on the resigns- elitege° for February 211, in order to el e ct th e demi i tion of Lord PALMERSTON. ties to the Legishitivo Body, conformably to the The speech of Lord PALNIERATON last night will above-mentioned table. A special decree will deter be rend with feelings of disappointment and regret mine the electoral circumscriptions of each depart by many who have heretofore honoured his courage, meet. and energy, and talent in the discharge of the duties I The Malik'sr presents, in another decree, a ro of the office he so long has filled. It was listened to markable assert ion of the absolutism of the present with breathless, attention by the house, but it failed executive power, teen in matters financial. The to, priAltire an effect favourable to the gifted decree of the 23ed Jauuary, opening a credit to the spenker. With the exception of some adroit plea- minister of finances for defraying the expenses of the sentry in the nature of a Is. towene, it was heard in Court of Accounts, contains a clause submitting the total silence. All the Main facts were admitted,; regularisation of thin credit to the future .egislature. ' and worse than all, Lord Pitmen: awe, with a ape- I By a decree inserted in the Moniteur,religtotts cow cies of inhumation, reiterated the expression of his ' vexations and communities of women may be et* approval cf Louts Naeoteos. We willingly forheer thorisell under eertuin conditions by the President of from comtnent. Dud there been no parliamentary , the Republic. • dire.teuree or debate, the point might have remained ; This dowse is cancelled by a decree inserted in the unsettled. But all disguise and doubt is now unfor- official journal of to-day. tuaatcly removed, and for a grave error, rashly corn - I A litter has been addressed by the Duke de No minted, and obstinately adhered to, we are constrained mourn and the Prince do ',ding to le the testamentary executors at Louis Philippe, of which the substance is as Mows : -- - - "1r..... the •' • ..„ Te of tlds l6l ' a st '• l • saw, 0 they __.:l * ' 7 we*, in Frets. I .77 . I hog 23 et Yr SAPP, at e e::: at ...--, lradVitinTieftrept state waft the Me their gabs that the t ri:z in the ths eelernatous . is = l : l llrense e l:trJye dieweeuetwerre which an be g iv* te it yeztiewlerty widens qif.Bisi the wriaft et Louis Pldlippe—s who hair s . lirtenwilartue et preeiwileyk4iy nos irike e ▪ ired spwieweed tram Ma hie s e nt b intit b y e L i t whow family never re ut I understand that the way in which it has been arranged by the testamentary executors of Louis Philippe, to bring the question of the legality of decree of Jan. 22 before the tribunals is this. The executors have applied to the Theatre Francais for three year's arrears of rent. Of course the lessees of this theatre will demur to paying these arrears to the administration of the Orleans property, alter the decree of confiscation. Hence an action will be brought by the executors to procure • judgment I against the lessees for the amount of the debt. Great sensation has been excited today by an article in the Journal des Debuts, defending the memory of Louis Philippe, and designating as calum nies the often repeated accusation of the prevalence of corruption under this monarch. M. Armand Bertin has, I hear, been informed by M. de Persigny that the paper will be stopped if any repetition of the same sort of freedom appear ; and the censors who allowed the passages in . question to creep into print have been severely reprimanded. M. Sylvain Blot, the secretary general at the pre fecture of police, will, it is said, be one of the new inspectors-general of the minister of police. M. Cabet, the famous chief of the sect of Icaricus, has been sent to England. He was accompanied by police agents to the steam-boat at Calais. Sir J. Hudson, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from her Britannic Majesty to Turin, has arrived in Paris on his way to that city. The Debuts announces that hr. Veron and Granier de Oessagnac are candidates for the Corps LOU fatal; the one or Algiers, and the other for Paris. Inas much, however, as the whole of Algeria is disfran chised by this morning's ifoniteur, this is evidently a mistake, so far as concerns Dr. Veron's scat. M. Laribit has signified his intention to stand for Auxerre. The Cliuneey court-martial has condemned to death a young man named Eugene Minewt, aged 21, a printer, who was one of the leaders of the rising on the 6t h of December. The poor lad admitted that he had taken arms in defence of the constitution, as he felt it his duty to do. He was ready to die for the part that he had taken in that unsuccessful insurrection, but he seemed bitterly to feel the odious charge of murder and robbery upon which the go vernment thought fit to try him. During a conflict between the gendarmes and the insurgents, coin-, mended by Milletot, M. ?tinnier, the schoolmaster of Clamecy, who was walking in the street, unfortu nately fell. There was evidence to show that it might have been a shot from the gendarmes that killed him. At any rate, Milletot had no malice against him. He was m aking civil war upon the gendarmes. The only robbery was this :—He took five thousand francs from the receiver of the place to pay his men, and gave a receipt for the money. The whole sum, within (Mfr., was found untouched upon him. I have just learned from a private source that a second prisoner, named Moltet, has been sentenced to death. Hitherto the proceedings of this court martial have disclosed none of the horrors and excesses attributed to the people of Clamecy at the time. At the Bourse the Five per Cents. rose 450., and closed at 103.13. The Three per Cents. rose 10e., closing at 64.60. Bank of France shares fell 10fr. ; Orleans railway rose 10fr.; St. Germain, 7.50. The other lines remain without variation. HOLLAND. The Isdogpendante of Brussels states that the French government has made an energetic remonstrance to the cabinet of the Netherlands upon the subject of the animadversions of the press of Holland on Louis Napoleon's conduct and government, and demanded that the violence of the newspapers shall be re strained. Cabinet councils have been held, to con sider how compliance with the application can be reconciled with the laws. AMERICA. My Dearle Telograpb.) LIVERPOOL, WIDNISDAT. 11 am. The United States Mail steam-ship Atlantic, Capt. West, has just arrived. She sailed from New York direct for this port, on the 21st ult., and brings ad vices three days later than those received by the Cambria on Sunday night, also 28 passengers, and 280,000 dollars in specie. Jenny Lind has not arrived by this steamer, as expected. The money market was easy. Government and State stocks firm, and in demand. Foreign exchange in limited request. Bills on London, 1091 to 1101; Paris, Mr. 16c. to sfr. 161 c. Cotton was lower in price. Sales for the last three days, 6,300 bales. There is no change in the other markets. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1852. IRELAND. DUBLIN, TIMIDAT EVINING. Birch, the proprietor of the late IVorld news paper, r was this day arrested on a bench warrant, for theinfamous libels which appeared in the last num bers of his journal, against Mrs. French, the daughter of Mr. Brettreter, Q.C. True bills of indictment against he were fond by the grand jury in the Queen's Boma at the commencement of - last term, and the Mid of the um will probably come on next term. Mr. CauMald. a relative. I believe, of Lord Cherie mat% has bola appointed governor of the Four Courts Manilas& lbws was a maser is town to-day that Father Mathew, ssiabrabld r the " Apostle of Temperance," died Is Durk last ate. It is certain that he had Wane:thee sarbmsaliasir stillness, but, socceding to sow assasab, he recovered, and it is hoped that the mars sliding news is not true. Tb sessadiury on the trial of Francis Kelly, for tY asurdsr of ?dr. Bateman have disagreed, and, like the first, will be discharged without agreeing to a verdict. TICE NATIONAL LAND COMPANT.—Yeeterday the t=diis in this matter were resumed before Master in r; Humphry, in Vice•Chaneellor Kinderalsy's court, which was crowded in expectation that the examination of Mr. Norge' O'Connor would be continued, but Mr. O'Coanor, though informed that his attendance would not be excused by reason of its being the first day of the open ing of the house, did not make his appearance throughout the day. The proceedings were then directed to the era minium of witnesses on some alleged fraudulent transac tions connected with the sale, conveyance, mortgage, and allotments on the Minster Level estate, in O x f o rdshire, and as to the summary ejectment of between 60 and 70 tenants therefrom. Mr. Bagshawe appearing for the mortgagees, and Mr. Roxburgh for the (Acid manager. The witnesses examined were Mr. Lee, solicitor, of Witney ; Mr. Weeving, corn merchant, Osfonl; sad Mr. Pinneek, of Chimney, farmer. Mr. O. W. Chinery, the London agent of Mr. Roberts, who was solicitor to the Land Corn. pony. was also examined et ernisiderable length, and stated that Mr. Roberts held the title deed s of th e various estates, in respect of a general lien td some 3,0001. or 4,0001., for professional costs connected with the company ; but he be lieved that Mr. Roberts, who was willing to facilitate the inquiry, would hand them over to Mr. Ooodehap, the official manager, on receiving a proper undertaking to be paid. Mr. Chinery then produc,al a voluminous corre spondence, showing that after Mr. O'Connor had purchased the Minster Level estate from Messrs. Weeving and Pin neck tor 9,000 f., subject to a mortgage, he located members and built houses upon it ; but finding the tenants did not pay rent, as the Land Company had exhausted him, and as he could not get money enough to pay the interest °lathe ntortatige from the refractory rascals, e determined on meeting tl.eur. Witness, with this view, " co-operated" with Mr. bee, who ported that on die: re tresses being attempted the officer was resisted, and the mob made him decamp. An orvanised watch was kept to prevesit seizure. The hots& to were all fastened, and nudis t:woes could be made ere, pt upon the land or vegetables. M r . Lai , is the course of his esernination, stated that the screw and CA. sea. were put on the allotteet, and some were sent to Oxford Castle, from whence they had only recently hen released. In SUMO instances tie sheriff 's officers were dninarned off the estate, which had 15,000 f. laid out on it in buildings •, and it was generally rumoured that Mr. O'Connor laid out a great deal of money foolishly. The proceedings chivied at four o'clock, Mr. Rozburghintimating that if Mr. O'Connor did not attend he should have to apply for a peremptory order of court to compel him. PARLIAMENT. OPENING OF THE SESSION. HOUSR OF LORDS.—TuenDaT, Fah. IL The Ilissaan of 1862 wee opened to-day by the Queen in person. The doom of the Hour of Peen were open at 12 o'clock, and from that time the arrival of peers, peeresses, and those persons who had been fortunate enough to obtain orders, was continuous until the magnificent chamber was filled with as isessaaldagis of handsomely attired Ladies, about fifty yeas in their peculiar robes, a full attend ance of the carps diplonsatique in their varied tug forms, and a pester number of judges than we have ever seen present as a similar occasion. The whole mese wee one of much bean an d grandeur, the entire body of the house and plinks, filled with gaily dressed ladies, the varied colours of w h ose dresses with their jewels and other personal ornaments presaged a teed eneernble the effect of which wee admirable. The judges present were Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice Coleridge, lir. Juatiee Erie ' Mr Baron Platt, Mr. Justice Pattesos, the Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Berea Parke Mr. Justice Made, Mr. Justice Williams, Lord Chief Parke, Jervis. Mr. Justice Talfourd, Mr. Justice Cresswell, end Lord Crsnworth. Among the bishops we notic d the Arch bishops of Canterbury and York, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Oxford, the Bishop of Hereford, the Bishop of Rochester, and the Archbishop of Dublin. The Lord Chancellor arrived shortly before two. Among the peers present we observed the Duke of Wel- Buxton, Earl Oranville, the Marquis of Normauby, Earl of Minto, the Doke of Northumberland, the Earl of Clanri cattle, Lord Milford, Earl of Enniskillen, Lord Strangford, Earl C Earl Talbot, Earl Shaftesbury, Earl Wilton, Lord Dysarrt, Earl /3:bridge, Earl Devon, and Lord leozburgh. At a quarter past two the booming of cannon announced the arrival of the Queen. liar Majevy had alighted under the Victoria Tower, where the Lord Great Chamberlain and other high officers of state were in attendance to re ceive her. Her Majesty then proceeded up the Grand Staircase, and ou reaching the landir.g penal to the right into the Robing Room, at the south end of which a throne had been erected. The walls of this apartment were covered with crimson cloth, with the exception of a large space on the north wall, which was occupied by a fresco painting. The ceremony of robing having been completed, her Majesty left the chamber through a seared door, open• ing into the centre of the Royal Oglery, down which the Queen and the royal procession passed. From the gallery' her Majesty passed taw the Prince's Chamber, entering the House of Lords on the right of the throne, as usual. The Queen, who was supported by Prince Albert, was preceded by the Duke of Wellington with the sword of state, the Marquis of Normsuby (in the absence of the Marquis of Lansdowne from indisposition) bearing the crown on a velvet cushion, the Mistress of the Robes, a lady in waiting, and the other usual officers of state were in attendance. Her MAjesty wore a silver tissue dress, and a brilliant tiara of diamonds. Iler role and train were composed of dark crimson velvet, embroidered with gold. Prince Albert wastatired in the uniform of a Field Marshal. The Commons having been summoned in the usual way, the Queen read the royal speech, which appeared in yes. terday's &prem. The Queen then withdrew in the usual form, and their lordships adjourned during pleasure. The house resumed at die o'clock. THE ROYAL SPEECH.—THE ADDRESS. The LORD CHANCELLOR reed the royal speech, which having also been read by a clerk at the table, The Earl of ALBEMARL E rose to propose that a hum• ble address be presented to her Majesty in answer to the gracious speech from the throne. It was with much anxiety he called upon their lordships fur this annual exerts. lion of their respect and loyalty to the sovereign— an anxiety arising not merely from the novel position in which he found himself placed in addressing their lordships fur the first time, but from • sense of the nature of the im portant topics which had been necessarily introduced into the toys' speech, and to which, consequently, it was incum bent on him to call their lordships' attention. Her Majesty assured them that she continued to moil:Rain the most friendly relations with foreign powers ; and he could rea dily anticipate the satisfaction with which their lordships would receive that gracious announcement. If they took a rapid glance at the events which had transpired in various parts of the c. ntinent from February, 1848, to this present February, 1852, and compared them with the events which had happened at home, their lord ships would concur readily that they had every reasou to be most grateful for the possession of the Institutions under which we had the happiness to live; for, while political storms had visited almost every ether country, we had es perienced • calm of pro.perity almost without precedent in the annals of our own island. But, whilst we might na turally indulge in feelings of partiality for oar own institu ' Pons, we should not be unmindful of what was due to others. We were bound to respect every nation, and every people had a right to live under the constitution which they mi b ht choose to select. It was a privilege which we claimed fur ourselves, and one which we were bound to recognise in other nations. (Neer.) Ravin-' bristly alluded to the different points touched upon in the speech,the noble lord said,the speech went on to e xpries satisfaction at the large dirniuution of the taxation id the people : it stated the revenue of the past year to be fully adequate to the demands of the public service, whilst the reduction of taxation had tended greatly to the relief and comfort of her Majesty'. subjects. He would trouble their lordships with but a very few figures on this subject. He found that, in 1842, the real or declared value of British and Irish produce and manufactures exported was 47,381,0001. There appeared from that period down to 1848 to have been a gradual increase in the amount of exports; but in 1848 there was • falling off of 5,900,0001. below that of 1847. Now, this involved an important fact. Their lordships would remember that 1848 was • year of continental disturbance and commercial depression, sad that ehowed how completely our interests were bound up with the peace, contentment, and order of our foreign neighbours. (Hear, hear.) lie was aware that there were other Moses in 1848 for this defalcation—there were very considerable railway speculations, much overfeeding, and much distress from the disease in the potato root ; but be alloyed that the social disorder of our best customers on the continent of Europe was the real and principle cause of the fake off. (Hear, hear.) From 1848 to 1860 there was a oestintsal rim, and in the latter year (1860) there was an enerseens increase over 1848 of 19,690,7161. in that short period. In 1843 the unmet, in round amebas, was 44 =MOM lIM6 a hale abbot in 1861 our = rki lie s tl ety isiersesed terldelle s SlNN. Thus the ewers sten eierseaties bed nereseed more this are eset. lifer bed slid that the reduction of rustics bed inded greedy to the relief sad antort of her sebnin ; sew wee edemas of that fact wee te be fuund in the decreased winber at pause reselreilin ender the poor law asibidein es well me is the wisMMm at their expenditure; he leek the bola" mad moneted to 378,1164.; whilst In the ant year it bed bus diminished to 312,0004.; the owl deer relief ammented le 1847, to 4,446,6904.; in the next year, 1848, W espenditure was 6,180,7044. in 1860, it was 6,396,01114. ; being a radii°. tion of 786 , 7421. la the nationslexpenditine. '1 be decrease is the number et these receiving pew law relief, and the diminstite et eepeeilture was ea the ally evidence of the well = s of the pestle; be bed is asinnt of two impor tant • 11111•Mill.paliS which tend to be called the luxuries ef tie pen, bat whisk lbese *sir Improved con dition might wow be termed Ihe almanriss of lite—he meant tea sad anger ; aegis Wel bees *et this corn roodity of tea bed use sere mid em imam the morality of the people they all their lordships.' statutes put together. In 1842 there were 37,365,911 Ilse of tea imported into this country, whereas in 1861 the quantity had increased to 63,000,000 lbe. The amount of sugar showed greater increase than that of tea. In 1842 the sugar imported amounted to 3,868,468 cwt., whilst in 1861 it had increased to 6,236,674 cwt., being 2,000,300 cwt. over the keener year, or an increase of 61 per cent.; and allowing foe a deduction cif 14 per emit. in the increase of population, it would make as Woesas of 47 per cent. These two articles of tea and sugar contributed nearly 10,000,0001. annually to the revenue. The duty on tea alone last year was nearly 6,000,0001., and the revenue thus afforded exceeded that which was paid from malt. Her Mejesty's speech next referred to this being a fit and proper tame for an improvement in the representation of the people in the other House of Parliamene Such a mea sure would necessarily) originate in that house, and he would only call their lentil:nye' attention to it toe:pressen hope that their lordships would take the subject into consi deration whenever it came before these. lie must now throw himself on the indulgemos of the house, and would conclude by moving the ee of the address. The noble lord then read the address, as leseth. Lord LEIUM having concluded • brief speech by second. ing the adoption of the address, The Earl of DERBY said that, important and multifari ous as were the topics treated of in the speech from the throne, he was happy to be able at the outset to say that neither in the terms in which those topics had been treated, nor in the topics themselves, did he find any grounds for complaining. But he should not feel that he was doing his duty in the position which he held in that house, and to the party to which lie was at tached, if he did not shortly express kis opinion on some of the topics ; and in expressing his own opinion, he be lieved, he should be giving utterance to that of the party with whom he acted. He had said that the topics were of a multifarious description, and of considerable importance, and he must also add, with due respect to those who framed the speech, that he never saw one in which such various topics were jumbled together, in such total absence of all connection. It began with our relations with foreign powers; they were then transported half across the globe to the Cape of Good Hope; from thence they returned to tranquility in one part ut Ireland, and outrage in another: theuce they pasted to the exp. is diture fur the public- service, end then to • reform in the Court of Chancery; from that they prue.eded to a reform in the system of representation —nut here, but in New %ea land--(laughter) ; and then they came back to the 'atelier - lion which her Jdujeety hit at the economical prospects of this country; and thee, having disposed of New Z e el an d, her Majesty thought it worth while to recommend some little attention being paid to our representation at home (A laugh.) Rumours had prevailed that the cabinet hail not been of late in a state of very perfect organise tlun ; and lie could hardly account tor such a medley of topice unless it was on the supposition that one of each of the fifteen menders of thu cabinet had introduced a topic into • ballot box, and drawn lute fur precedence. (Much laughter.) List year the government thought fit to express great regret at the distress which pre vailed amongst the agriculturists. The year before, the royal speech alluded to " the complaints which were heard ;" ...tai if. the distress which prevailed tat Ipordsta abet Majesty's subjects in the _AM" The subject bad been altogeth e r oThlfred from Abe wench this year; but he was at s Ms to ledi‘j d a "bat degree the prospects of the legrieffiterista bun materially bettered since lOW you- (Sm. ' hear.) If a statement which he bed seen in the wesopepers was true, there was one class which ha had la aeassetnilat•—not the agriculturiets, but the bakers. In seasettsenee of the rise of 20. • quarter in the price of cows, ea homes of Id. per loaf had been made, labs an increase of anedlftit ea the manufacture of the 1 geode produced, eonsequest on its being increased one twentieth in price. He was anxious that the increase in die tuts of the 41b. loaf to the consumer might rest on the to which that increase was justly attributable, and that they should not be told that the increase in the Flee of corn was to lead to an Mousse in the price of the Ob. loaf. He did not wish to aggravate or overstate any port of the cue, and he was ready to state that the reduc tion of the price, of agricultural produce from the repeal of the corn laws was not as low as they had thought it would be: barley and oats maintained their price to a greater extent than they had reason to expect. But with Z:to the most important of all agricultural produce, t i , the effect of the repeal of the law on the price of wheat had been greater than it was said it would be at the period when they protested against that repeal ; and at the present moment tho price of wheat was very far Wow that which the repealer. of the corn laws *selves said it would be ; and was within a Wilk of the amount which it was when they were assured tot government that the then price was a purely excep state of things. (Hear, hear.) For the last three or four years the price of wheat had been perpetually fun ks in this cumery ; and his firm belief was now, as it had been three years ago, that the ploduction of wheat in this weantry, uuleu some alteration of the law took place, must W • great extent diminish--an extent that would be incon venient, not to say dangerous, to the agriculturists. (Hear, hear.) He did not look with indifference at the question of the importation of the article of wheat from keeian countries, because, unless he was misinformed, we bed had practical proof that foreign countries considered k their own interest to prohibit the exportation of that amply on which we were mainly led to depend. lie was by no means convinced that the repeal of the corn laws might not lead in some instances to extreme Ihretuations in price and, for a short period, to v e ry ag gravating and distressing prices ; but ho WAS confident that the effect of the repeal, the total repeal, must be to render this country more and more dependent on foreign countries for the principal proportion of its supply. lie thought such a state of things dangerous to this country, and he hail not in the 'lightest degree altered his opinion that, for the purpose of revenue, and protec tion to native industry, it was desirable that agricultural produce should be included among the list of those articles of import upon which a revenue should be raised. (Cheers from the protectionists.) At the commencement of last year they were told, in most pompous language, that an imprudent and violent aggression had been made on the to dependence of this country ; that there had been an attack on its religious liberties ; that there was an organised con spiracy against the protestant liberties of this country ; and that statement was made the foundation fur the re-enact meet of the whole of the penal law—a measure which oc cupied the attention of parliament, almost to the exclusion of all other subjects, from the commence ment to the end of the session, the object being to repel this insolent foreign aggression. lie thought at the time that there was serious danger threatening the pro- testant institutions of this conntry, but ho thought also that the government proposed to deal with the surtece, and not with the substance, of the evil they had to encounter ; ' and although he felt it to ho his duty to support the bill they brought forward, he could no' but feel that it was net calculated to carry into effect the limited object it professed to accomplish Now, he wished to ask if any one of her Majesty's ministers would get up in that house, and with a grave face tell him that they were satisfied with the result of that measure ? Ile wished they would tell him in what respect the law they then mimed bad been effective —in what degree the aggression had been repelled, or se curity taken tor the protestant liberties of this country against the see of Rome. lie rejoiced to see the noble earl (Grey) taking a note of that question, because he should like to know if he could get up in that house, and on the part of himself and his colleagaes state that the effect of that act hail been to remove their apprehensions, and to place the protestant institutions of this coun try in • state of perfect security; and that the law would be obeyed implicitly. Why, the fact was, that the I eer had been a dead letter from that time to this. But it had been worse than a dead letter, because the law had been the target at which all manner of abuse, defiance, and vituperation had been launched. He should hope to hear from the noble earl either that the government were amis. fled with their legislation, and proposed to take no further step—that they were quite satisfied with the achievement which they had accomplished, or that they were prepared to take further steps to carry out that which they considered of national importance. lie would now pass on to that part of her Majesty's speech which referred to our relations with foreign powers, and he should not hesitate frankly to state has opinion and to speak his sentiments, being bound by no ties of official responsibility ; and he was quite aware that a frank ex pression of his opinion, and that of • great body of his countrymen, could not injuriously affect the public peace. Her Majesty's government announced that her Majesty continued to maintain the most friendly relations with foreign posers. Perhaps it would have been a more cor rect expression if her Majesty had said that she continued to maintain as friendly relaiions with foreign powers as had existed when she last addressed their lordship's house. He (the Earl of Derby) was unwilling to refer to a question of a mere personal nature, but the country felt some anxiety to know if our relations with foreign powers were quite unaltered, for what reason her Majesty's government had thought it necessary to part with one of the most efficient members of the cabinet. (Hear, hear.) He had frequently had occa sion to find fault with the policy of the noble lord the late Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and had the noble lord been still in office he might have had cause to find leek with him again, as he had occasion to do with reference to soma transactions which bad taken place last 'melon. There was no doubt that the notee viscount was quite acquainted with the business of his office, aad was a person of the highest characterend talents, and therefore there most have been some very serious cause to induce her Mejetity's govern ment to dispense with the services of one of its most distin guished members. The noble earl then briefly referred to the Duchies of Holstein and Schleswig, and, while taking's occasion to disapprove of the use of the strong language used by some portion of the press towards the French Pre sident—which he said would be corrected by the frankness of the Imperial Parliament—concurred in the policy of ear, being so prepared as to make invasion an impossibility. He bad the most perfect confidence in the Prince President, whose interest it was, as it was also the interest of the French people, to maintain peace with this reentry. But although admitting the intentions of the Prince President to be amicable, he could not shut his eyes to the fact that a sudden ebullition of public feeling might override all the considerations of a long-sighted policy ; and he did think if we were approach. ing a state of danger, and were in that state of' want of &tepee assumed by the noble earl who moved the address, that we might, without theedighte-t offence— without giving the slightest offence to an foreign country—put ourselves iu a state of defence. If govern. aunt felt that the army ought to be extended, he (the Earl of Derby) and those who acted with him, although they might on other questions differ from the government, would, when it asked that which might be required tar the safety sad well-being of the country„readily accord it, and nothing would make them flinch from sharing the responsibility of the act. There might be • moral lesson learnt from the lresent state of things in France. We might consider and earn how the extremes of unlimited madness and despotism were connected together. We might learn from the his tory of France and other countries the injury that mweitee when you destroyed the influence of the territeelei par sors of land. He did not use the expression Mfg weed el tho members of their lordships house,leases ther we possessors of land, but he spoke of te wintry gentle men of England. They possessed the prestige of an ancient name and an hereditary damsel and exer cised a considerable conservative Seisms:: nut con servative in • party sense, but embeirelative in pre- serving the great institutions of the ametry. If we weakened or destroyed that body we took away power from a chum intimately connected with the well-being of Eng land, and we might produce the violent result of millet- fug between a state of extreme liberty and despotism, and destroy the possibility of the existence of a limited and con stitutional power. By destroying this class we were taking away the only security that existed fur preserving the well regulated liberties of the subject, and, without meaning • great community where no been body existed, vie., in the United States, he asserted that the liberty of speech, of opinion, and of action enjoyed there, was inferior to that which was enjoyed in this country. (Loud cheers.) In America, where republic institutions existed, the " abso lute " majority exercised a greater tyranny than was ever exercised under despotic rule in a monarchical country. Ho would now pass to another topic adverted to in the royal speech the Kaffir war. For thirteen months the war had been carried on, and no one suggested why we had not camied it on with success; but a set of mere savages had been able to carry on the war suecessfully against all the force that the governmeut were either able or willing to spare to send out against them. It was a matter that re quired serious cmisideration. The noble earl, the Secretary of State for tho Culeuies, had on teenier occasions referred to the difficulties wider which we had laboured, but he must say that ho thought those difficulties had been aggra vated by the impolitic usumption of a nominal sovereignty ever a country where it was impossible to exercise a fixed and permanent authority, which ought to be inseparable from sovereignty. A gr. at harm had been done by impro pouurrporst., afruhrrdityheCap finished, petty extending our frontiets at the ssme moment that we w w li7re n th i i t •y ° l:a d el l be wi .?ili r ir aw i i h ag e war, but we had also withdrawn our troops from neigh bouring colonies, from which reinforcements might have tern obtained,. Perhaps the noble earl, the Secretary for the Colonies, would tell their lords:lip* what progress the war hail made. The only progress that he (the Earl of Derby) know that it had made was, that he had recently thought fit to euperceele the Governor of the Cape of flood Hope. That was a stigma upon thus military character of Sir Ilarry Smith, and it remained to be seen whether that stigma was thrown upon him by the noble earl or by the Commander-hi-Chief of the Forces. Ile should wait patiently fee such e x planation as her Majesty'smicisters might think hlt to give. Iler Majesty in her speech al luded to the tranquillity which prevailed throughout the greater portion of her dominions. With respect to Ire• land, hundreds and thousands of acres were lying unculti vated, and it was not very extraordinary that tranquillity last should prevail. The ravages of disease had removed ny anT, and emigration bad done a great de a l, and relief had been afforded to the exuberant population —a signal p roo f of no prosperity. In Ireland the tide of emation had flowed in so strong a stream that the em igr igration had ham called the Exodus of the Irish. It wait a singular pro o f of the prosperity of Ireland, because emigration met death had produced an absence °renitence in the south of But with respect to the north of Ireland, it was impounds to look without feelings of the deepest anxiety. 'the °gi me and violation of the law was such that he hoped go. ?eminent would take step nut only to prosecute the instru ments of these association', but were taking steps to get at the instigators, provokers, and coneoctors of the meociations. The government said that they had exercised the puwera which the law had given them, but within the last 21 Mien notice had been received of the failure of the first prou.m. lion which the government had commenced at the specie! session at Monaghan, thereby giving an absolute encourage ment to the lacrosse of more atrceities and outr aie s, th us making it evident that the process of the law was not the means of upholding, but of destroying it. Thus hail the object of the government tailed, and they should not have had a special commission, unless govern: ment were satisfied that the evidence was such us would not hazard a failure ofjustice. (laving cursorily glanced at the topics of law reform, and the constitution tsr New Zi w an d . the noble earl came Cu the questions of taxation aim revenue. Ho would not follow the noble earl thrimili the various arc. tietics which he bud quoted to show the Lege iuemiee in our exports in the last four years, but if they asked the commercial men and merchants whether the prom s had borne any proportion to the amount* of the exports, they would find that the ',refits h.,d been very low. Never were the profits of commercial men lower than the year 1851, notwithstandilio all its boasted prosperity. The returns to the property of person., more especially toe. netted with trades and professiune, del not agree with the sanguine view taken by the noble curl of our commercial position. The profits realised upon the exports and the re turn to the income tax showed no increase, but a ' , citifies decline. lie now came to the lest topic in the speech, which was the projected law of reform, lie dig notlloneur in the opinion that this was the httest time fur the introduction of such a measure. Ile did not Mints that there were WO men who considered it of the slightut importance whether the suffrage was extended, or who had the slightest desire for a new reform hill. lle thought that it was an ingenious act on the part of the government, and the bill wits to be introduced, not became the government thought it was a fact, hut because they feared certain divi sions iu the House of Commons. Ile believed Cheat when the announcement was made not only was the prima minister's Royal Mistress, not only Were his coneegass unprepared fur it, but that the noble lord bad net the slightest idea of the object of the bill. This bill was to excite the expectations of the people, and i; had been in uoduced because a general election was at hand. When the bill came before them it would be their duty calmly and deliberately to consider it. It was said that the bill was to extend the principle of the law of Itel 2, which law gave more extension to democratic power, and removed some of the restrictions from the representative system. It wan then determined to do away with the nomination boroughs, and it was determined to substitute the inhabitants of cities and to give them representation which was rumeee.iird by small boroughs. Fur his own part, if he d lea opinion on the advantage to be derived from this l e bill, it would be more than counterbalanced by the renewal of agi tation, and the progress of continual chang e would affect uur institutions. The Reform Bill of fills gave representa tives to towns thut had gradually grown ellen(' imie,rtauce. They had had from the noble lord at the Mail et the go vernment a declaration that the principles of the measure had been fully carried out ; that lie would be th e l ie .; man to introduce any material alterations, and the indite lord was even taunted with having used au inadvertent expres sion as to the finality of the existing arraneinent. (Hear.) The noble earl appeared to think that though this country would not bear a revolution once a year or once in five years, yet an extensive change in the representative system might be safely introduced once in 21 years. In fact, he appeared to think that the constitution of this country was something like an agricultural lease, at the expiration of which, the tenant, after having derived from the land the full value during the term, might start again on a new Innis. (Laughter.) Ile could not enter i n t o th at fluctuating view of tho representative system. Of this he was convinced, that it was not possible for them to iutro duce perfect equality into the representation ; and if it were possible, that perfect equality in the constituent body would be in itself most discordant with the spirit of the British constitution, and most, fate' to the dm. teeter of the House of Commons. (Hear, hear.) Ile wee satisfied that the very essence of the utility of the Rouse of Commons, as a representative body, was that it represented all classes and all denomination". With himself the extent would not ho so much the question as the principles involved in the bill, and the object which the government proposed to arum plish by its introduction. If the party with which he acted concurred in the object, and believed that the remedy proposed was well calculated to meet existing abuses, not to du away with hereditary irregularities mid anomalies, but to correct substantial injustice, then her Majesty's go ' vernment need apprehend from them uo lact lima opposition to the introduction of such a measure. But it the object of the government was to extend still further the democrafie power in this country at the expense of those more conserve tiveinfluenens which might tend permanently to support the institutions of the country, then, he cared not what step was proposed, it would be a step in a dangerous direction and so regarding it ho should be compelled to give it such opposition as it might be in his power to offer. (Cheer.) Ile had now gone through most of the topics introduced is her Majesty's speech. They would have an opportunity of dealing with many of those topics separately and indivi dually ; and he should therefore conclude by repeat ing what he had stated at the outset, that neither in the speech itself nor in the language of the noble lords who had addressed their lordships did he see any necessity for doing what, without a necessity, he always considered UnWlll4, and impolitic, namely, to impede on the first day of the session the presentation of an unani mous address to her Majesty. (Cheers.) Earl OBEY said, he rejoiced that in the speech of the noble earl he found so much in which he could express his entire and cordial concurrence. But he felt bound to soy that in his judgment his noble friend's expression of hope for the future was not in the least degree exaggerated or unwarranted by the present state of things. ((fear, hear.) For what was the present state of things? In the first place, the British farmer, in the greater part of the kingdom, had the advantage of a very excel:cot crop. In the next place, it was . perfectly notorious that priers had for the most part been highly remunerative —oats, barley, wool, and cattle had all sold latterly at good prices. (Hear, bear.) Even with regard to wheat, though no doubt the price had been low, they had witnessed a very remarkable circumstance. A few years ago 110 noble lord would have been prepared to sue thus country exporing wheat to supply the exigencies of other countries; bat, through advantages which he dad acquired of late years, the British farmer had been so enabled to reduce the coat of production as to have become an exporter of wheat. Instead of land going out of cultivation he heard, the other day, that it was the complaint of persona residing near the Downs, in the south of England, that they had reason to fear that in a few yearn their delightful rides over the Downs would be destroyed by the encroach. merits of the plough. lie believed that improvement had never made more rapid progress in agriculture than it wet doing at that moment. Ile believed, further, that the farmers were beginning to recover front the depnuien !pirits which weighed upon them for a considerable perieL He was far from denying that there were difficulties stall to be contended with. Perhaps none of their toed. ships had felt the pressure of the times more than himself, but in spite of that pressure he had never enter tained a moment's doubt that a brighter time was coaxing, and that they would see British agriculturists, like every other class of British industry, when fairly put on their mettle, sustaining a competition with the cultivators of any other country. (Hear, hear.) In reference to this subject he could not help saying that he had beard with deep re. gret what fell from the noble torsi with regard to the im position of a duty for revenue. He contended that those .be thought that the present policy was wrong and ought to be altered were bound, in faience' to the country, and is fineness to those who differed from them, to bring their views clearly and distinctly before parliament sal before the country, and to lot them stand or fall by the result. He challenged them to do so. The next subject to which the noble earl referred was papal aggression. 'f be noble earl asked him whether he was preparcal to say that the measure introduced last year had given security to the protestant faith. That question implied that the hill was designed to do what he had never expected it to do. Ile had never looked to an act of pailiatneut to give security to their protestant faith. (Hear.) The Earl of DERBY—Protestant institutions. Earl GREY—WeII, upon what did those institutions rest for their security ? Why, upon the euuditicia of the great hotly of the people of thim country, of the truth of the re igion they professed —a coneiction which could neither be taken away nor strengthened by an act of parliament. (Hear, hear.) But the object of Om art of last year was, in his opinion, very different. Ha must say that he thought a most wanton insult had been uttered to the people of tais country, sod to feelings deeply cherished by the great m a jo r ity o f t h e p ee plr, and it appeared to :him wise and fitting that parliament should, by a solemn legislative act, protest against that in sult. He firmly believed that even those who pmfessesi the Raman catholic religion, the power of the papery, instead of being increased by the aggressive spirit which had lately been shown hy the court of Rome and by a car tain portion of the Runtish priesthood, hail been sapped and ruined to its foundations i by the injudicious measures adopted. (Hear, h ear .) O n looking to I relano, he saw ia diertious that, in spite of the denunciations of Rome, those moat useful institutions the Q %VIC!. Colleges we IV pros pering and seemed likely to prosper, and that the srtem of education which the noble earl opposite (the Earl ot herb)) lied been one of the instrumenbiufestablishing MON , opetital the minds of the people that they would not now tamely bend their necks under the yoke of pri es tly tyranny. Ha believed there was a natural tendency on the part of all priesthood, unduly to encroach, unless kept in chick by the laity ; and against mach tyranny he considered it the dug of every man of independent mind to array himself. He could not agree with the noble earl tlmt the act was u dead letter. The dignitaries of the Roman catholic church had practically submitted to it, by taking the greatest possible pains to avoid committing themselves by an open violation, and he thought it very important that the ob vet had been so far att a i ne d. The noble earl had Averted to the changes which had recently taken Mace in one of the principle departments of the gin, rnment, to tho retirement of the noble lord, the late head of the forenra office. Now, 'upon that subject, he thought their lonlihips would agree with him in thinking that, al this moment, it would be the height of indiscretion awl impropriety on hi, ..... Is" oac the *Jo! &art Lair elu. the Inc 1h COTI