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small share in the debate, he trusted they would agree to the adjournment. (Oh, oh.) The Irish members had not hail above tire or six hours of the whole debate. (" Oh, oh," and cries of "Divide, divide.") Mr. SCULLY, who was received in a similar manner to ! 111 r. Moore, raid that on a question like this, which affected wren millions of Roman catholic', he trusted that full opportunity for discussion would he afforded. Out of the thirty-five or forty Roman catholic members of the house, only seven had spoken during the course of this debate. (Loud cries of " Divide, divide," amongst which slight be heard calls of " Adjourn, adjourn.") Sir 0. GREY said it appeared by the record kept at the table that, instead of seven Irish members basing spoken, fourteen hail spoken, against the bill, and the time occupied be them, instead of tire hours, was eleven hours and a half. lint the question was not the. time they had occupied. Ile ap pealed to the house whether the bill had not been sufficiently discussed, bearing in mind that other opportunities would offer. Ile therefore trusted the house wouldcome to a deti si,,n now. Mr. OSWALD remarked that the hill affected Scotland. and that only one member from that port of the kingdom had addressed the house, and he was against the hill. After a few words from Mr. M. O'Cosixtt. and Mr. The Earl of ARUNDEL and SI:RREY said he agreed with the milk lord that it was desirable as soon as possible that this d e bate should he brought to a close, hut he must call upon the noble lord to remember the great excitement of Irish constituencies upon it, the great number of Irish memlars who were consequently desirous of speaking, and the fart that only 7 catholic members out of 37 had spoken upon it. lie trusted the noble I ,rd would nut di% ide agaimt the ailinurnraent. Lora J. ItLSSELL said, after the noble lord's appeal to him, he must say he pare him very little hope of coming to that determination which he said was desirable. There were several notices now standing on the book for to-mor row, and the ;oleic lord said out of 37 catholic members only 7 had spoken ; if the other 30 were to speak, he did not know when they should get through. (Laughter) Mr. ItEYNOLDS (who rose amidst load cries of " Divide, divide") la gited to remind the house that the adjournment had been moved by an Englishman, and not by an Irishman. Ile also begged to remind the house and the lord that though he had counted 48 member', as basing addressed the house on this subject, those who were opposed to the hill were not to be charged up to that hour with offering it any factious opposition. (Cries of Oh, oh.") Ile repeated that up to that hour they had offered no factious opposition ; and the course that was to he pursued to-night would decide whether it was to receive factious opposition fur the future. The home then di•ided: For the adjournment Against it Mr. 51A1:11ICE O'CONNELL then moved the adjourn ment of the house. Lord J. RUSSELL said the hoe. member seemed to he desirous to have the honour of conducting • factious oppo *Wpm. (Cheers) Ile saw no reason why the house should indulge the hon. gentleman in that desire. (Iliac.) The boa. had 'ivy clearly pronounco cl, by a majority of 414 to 61 that, whatever was the position of the speakers, the listeners were quite satisfied. (Hear, hear.) living there for. perfectly iistisfied in that opinion of the house se ea rn es. .1, and only saying that he thought it desirable that the debate, having continued for some days, should be eons tiniosl from day to day, he was quite ready to consent to the adjournment of the debate to this day. (Cheers, and cries of seise co'cleck.") Mr. M. O'CONNELL said if he untlernond that the de bate was to be adjournill till the usual hour, five o'clock, he would withdraw his motion for the adjournment of the house. (Cries of " Twelve o'clock.") The motion being withdrawn, the adjournment of the debate to this day was agreed to. Os the SP EAKEIt putting the question that it should be tic:lmA till twelee 0 clock, r..1011N O'CONNELL moved, as an amendment, that the adjournmo id should be till live o'clock. redisiel RAWDON hoped the hon. member would not ]a mist in his amendment. This was the first time the Roman catholic religion haul been brought into discussion in that house ; and it was desirable that every Roman catholic should have the opportunity of expressing his opinion if he wished to do so, espeei,dly in reference to what had fallen from the hon. member for West Surrey. Mr. MOoltb said that un an important question of this kind it was of great consequence that there should not he the appearance of heat or haste. (" Oh! oh !") 'the debate ought therefore to proceed iu the usual way. Ile would certainly support the amendment. Mr. O'FLAIIEItTY said it was now after one o'clock, and hon. gentlemen could not be espected to meet again at twelve o'clock. Their religion and country were at stake, , and they were entitled to he heard. Mr. LA %V LESS denied that there had been any factious opposition. Oh !oh !'•) Of the 64 who had voted for the adjournment be believed half intended to speak; and if there was only one who did so, he ought to have fair play. The house then divided — For the amendment (five o'clock) Against it 306-263 On returning to the gallery, we found sir. KEOGH aoldresbing the bowie. lie thought tie time occupied by Irish members had not been very groat. According to a statement produced that evening it was &ear that the supporters of the measure had occupied more timo than those who opposed it. lie did not consider it fair, after hon. members had bat up to that hour (half-pint one o'clock) to call on them to sit again at twelve next, or rather, he should say, that day. (Rear, hear.) It was not fair to press the bill in that way, as if it were • coeecion bill. If in order he would move that the debate be not then adjourned. (*. Hear, hear," Divide, divide.") After • few words from Mr. MAUKtell O'CONNELL, In which he was understood to disclaim all factious opposis Lord J. RUSSELL said he midentond from the observe- 1 lions of the hon. member for Dublin (Mr. Reynolds), that i it was his intention to offer a factious opposition unless the debate were adjourned. With res yet to what hod fallen from the hon. member for Athlone Mr. Keogh), he (Lord 1 John Russell) should say that, if it s could be understood to take the debate at half-past 4 o'clock in the afternoon, he i would no longer persevere in his previous determination. • (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") 'the motion was then withdrawn, and the debate ad loomed to a quarter peat 4 o'clock to-morrow (this day.) DESIGNS ACT EXTENSION BILL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the second read ing of this bill. Colonel SIDTHORP was opposed to going on with the till at that hour. It encouraged the foreigner at the ex pense of the Englishman. Mr. LABOUCH ERE said that the bill bad been consi dered by a committee of the House of Lords, and as it was wet-mail that the bill should be speedily passed he hoped the house would consent to the second reading. The dis mission upon it could take place in committee. Mr. N EWDEGATE asked if the protection afforded by the bill was retirees'? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the bill afforded as much protection to the Englishman as the foreigner. It gave as much protection as any law of patents ever did. (Hear.) Mr. Alderman SIDNEY thought the bill alone-sided one. Mr. ARK W RIGHT objected to the bill because it con tained more than was stated in the title and preamble ; be sides which, the 7th clause repeated words which would constitute a permanent alteration of the act of 1842. Mr. SPOONER hoped the bill would be allowed to be read a second time. Mr. WESTHEAD maid that there was great anxiety felt by English ethibiturs with regard to this bill, and he hoped the opposition to it would be withdrawn. (lieu.) The bill was then read • second time and ordered to be Committed on Wednesday neat. APPOINTMENT OF A VICE-CHANCELLOR BILL. This bill was postponed till to-morrow (this day). The house aihournid at two o'clock. gbe Court. OSBORNE, Mongsg, Mnses 24. ller Majesty and his Royal Highness took their usual early walk this morning. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the ungvr mcmiols of the !loyal family walked and rode in Ds . There was no addition yesterday to the Royal dinner party. Ant b y from New Zealand MOW. headed by Mr. Antioch? and Mr. Abel Smith,. and attended hi Mr. Ha rington. the orcretary, had an interview with Earl Grey, yesterday. at the Colonial-011k*. The Bishop of London had an interview with Sir George Grey, at the Home-Ake, yesterday. Mr. John Wood. chairman of the Board of Inland Reve nue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Beebe gum, yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Montgomery Martin had an interview with Earl Orgeyestenlay, at the Colosialmelee. Marquis of Lansdowne left town on Sunday evening, tar UM nest, Bowood-park. Wilts. hes were received yesterday at the Colonial-office la ig re te tiov.•naor of the Canada,. and the Governors of *e other North American colonies. THE EITENsIVE FRAUDS ST A CATTLE DIALER. —William Scoon has been committed to prison in Jed burgh, on a warrant issued by the sheriff-substitute of Roxburghshire, on live charges of fraud alleged to have been committed within the county of Rotburprlb, by grant ing orders in payment of cattle on banks in which he had no assets. Scoots had previous to Saturday the 9th ob tained about 110 head of cattle and 400 sheep from various parties in Berwickshire, East Lothian, and Roxburghshire, to whom he gave post-dated bills or drafts, which were re fused by the banks on whom they were made payable. The cattle and sheep were sent to Liverpool on Monday. the 10th, by the North British Railway from Edinburgh. They were all, or nearly all, sold in Liverpool, and Ream re turned to Edinburgh on the following day. While the superintendent of the Roxburgshire county police and others were searching for him throughout England, he was apprehended in Edinburgh on Friday last; and alter Mr. List had proceeded with him to Jedburgh, the officers of the Edinburgh county police traced a small box belonging to Sewn, in which was found about 2,0771 . in notes. 3231. in gold, and 7511. in current bills of exchange—in all 3,1541., and nearly co rresponding to the sum supposed to have been realised from the sales in Liverpool. We learn that some trams of additional money have since been obtained. The matter is undergoing strict investigation by the authorities of the TiIIOSS conatiee.—Seotenas. ART UNION of LON H)N, IftervrpOrafrd by l i Korot Charter.—The oatirrlntion lig elan 1114 Irttaw.— pRIbIfoLDER rri,l enttlird to SVIACT Oar HIMSELF a Wo Mk of ART. ..Fret fore. Every Itatterrib , r will have f Poch gators t. e choice of one of two line erpartop, "Toe Burial ut Ito. rual," by V It pa. aft•e F. Y. Vickpaafilt, A R.A., or "The cilia rf Luru'la.," by J. T. Willtaore, after W. L. Lanett; and • volume of wood roftravt , p by naloret unapt. Mart:atlas Gold puttee paw of "Toe Traveller." TIP of Umatilla. , " fa hoar I ~,L a y 4. GEORGE GOLOUI. Honorary 44 Vint Stood. LEWIS POCOCK. f ittrelifiefr maintain it against all erasers and competitors for the present, in the hope that it may one day turn favourable to his protege, the Count of PARIS. The motives which arc assigned for the PRESI DENT.S declining to accept the conditions laid down by M. BARROT arc, first, he doubts that M. BARROT is able by personal or other influence to procure the abrogation of the obnoxious clause, and his conse quent re-election • and secondly, his belief that the legitimists themselves arc inclined to favour his re election, and to give over that active hostility, which M. DE CHAMBORD prescribed some time since. The decided split between the ORLEANISTS and legitimists, in consequence of the efforts made to create a fusion, and the strenuous, though unsuc cessful, attempt made to allow the Oni.Esss princes to return to } ranee, have again divided the partisans of the two dynasties. And the result must neces sarily be the prolongation of what they consider the provisional reign of LOUIS NAPOLEON as chief of the These are curious examples of men of all parties somp , elled year after year to postpone their principles—to accept and support in practice a system of government to which in theory they profess themselves averse. The fact is, that in France at present each class desires a sovereign or a government of its own. The remains of the nob/else, or of the gentry who partake of its tendencies and traditions, and the clergy, look to the legitimist prince, as to the best source of power, the richest fountain of honour. The merchant, the notable, the man of the middle class, educated and wealthy, would prefer a prince less guided by the traditions of the past. Such men, though not warm in their political attachments, would still vote for an ORLEANS, if such an act was unaccompanied by trouble or by risk. But who would be a martyr for citizen royalty? The ex-Kings of France will find no Earl of DEtty,'Exrws"Eit to lose his head for them, and scarcely an ArrENt‘taiv to lay down his mitre, or a BOLINGBROKE to sacrifice his portfolio to them. But the people, too, are sadly in lack of a sovereign of their choice, and seek and desire as anxiously for a government in their interest as ever did aristo cracy, landed or monied. There is not a working -n in France who is not socialist enough to say, in past times the gentry have had a government to favour, feed, and patronise them; the manufacturers and the shopkeepers have had the same. Can we not have a government to befriend and employ, to give us capital and support, the means of comfort and our share of wealth? But the first requisites for a popular hero are ad dress and success. And 11.LoulS BLANC had neither. The people wanted a hero, a leader, but have found none. For they decidedly do not want a hero of the NAPOLEON stamp. They do not want to be led to glory. What the French people aimed at in the first great revolution was denied them first by the clergy and the noblesse. These orders the people cast down forthwith. Then foreign powers started up to crush their desires, and the French conquered and put down foreign powers. And thus in vindicating rights they found glory, and were satisfied with it fur a generation. But to what the French people now deem their rights the upper classes act as a bar, and against the upper classes there ferments a fanaticism and a frenzy which have nut yet found a leader or a guide. The peculiarity of Louis NavoLEos thus is, that, he represents the wishes of no class. He is the hero of none, save of a few historical imperialists, who persist in worshipping a name. Scorned by the legitimists as an upstart, disliked by the middle class for his want of the household virtues, mistrusted by the people for his illi beralism and his obsequiousness to the more dominant classes, without offspring to continue a dynasty, should a sacrifice be made to establish it, — all these circumstances leave Louts NAPOLEON with out any thorough. stanch, zealous supporters, and it is, nevertheless, these circumstances that constitute his strength, and give him the best chance of renew ing his tenure of the presidential office. For though first in no class's estimation, he is second in the estimation of all. Each would prefer hint as a ruler or a candidate to any other, even to the prince of the party, with which they may be acting. And this alone has ensured and will ensure Louts NAPOLEON a suffi ciently long and certain hold of power to have enabled him to prolong it for life, did he apply him self with skill and disinterestedness to the task of government. He has not been wanting altogether address. Ile is known not to be wanting in courage. And he has made far less blunders than his personal enemies in the Assembly. But, like the TMERSES and the GLIZOTS, however adroit in the struggles of party, and however firm to maintain order and guide a police, he is as ignorant and care less of the science of civil government, of which, in deed, no sovereign or statesman of France has shown the least cognisance. Each seems but anxious to ' live out his time. To the height of a truly great, liberal, or economic idea in domestic policy, not one of them seems capable of reaching. FRANCE. PARIS MoNDAT EVENING. The Archbishop of Paris is acting with much energy go/ain't the Jesuitical clique of the Univers. I hear that he has summoned MM. Louis Veuillot and Dulac, the lending rcdaeteurs of that ultra montane organ, to his cabinet, and warned them that if they published, on the subject of the " pastoral" of the Bishop of Chartres, any letter, no matter from what ecclesiastical authority, he should enforce the strictest measures of correction against them, and interdict the distribution of their journal throughout his diocese. M. Veuillot having asked whether these remarks would apply to a document by which the Bishop of Chartres would submit his case to the Holy See, was answered in the affirmative. The Jesuitical papers of the provinces whip up a great froth of polemics on the subject of the old suffragan's useault upon his metropolitan. Today the Assembly resumed the adjourned de bats on the interpellation relative to the expedition against little Kabylla. The pure and simple order of the day was voted by 378 against 269. Then the Assembly proceeded to discuss the inter pollution upon the dissolution of the national guard at Strasbourg. M. Chauffour accused the government of taking this measure because Strasbourg was distinguished by its attachment to republican and democratic insti tutions. He then proceeded to read the proclama don of Louis Napoleon to the Strasbourgians in 1838, withal I have already given. Y. Wail's() said that the officers of the national Ord had held illegal deliberations to pass a resolu- Bon impugning a decree of the government, which ordered that no reviews of the national guard should take place on the 24th of February. The conduct of various companies on duty on that day had been disorderly, and spread alarm . through the city. Jules Facie made a long speech against the disso lution, for some strong expressions in which he was called to order. The sitting was not terminated when the post closed. _ _ [Br 101trie TetirraPb.) THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1851. be informed of all that takes place with the view, if need be, of preserving the Swiss territory from all attacks. The Ggzetta di 3lilan, a semi-official journal, has broken the silence imposed on the Austrian journals. It denies the report that 40,000 men were to be added to the army in Lombardy as a reinforcement, and says that it will only be augmented by a few recruits, who arc going to join their regiments; but it still confirms the news that Austria is forming a military cordon along the frontiers of Switzerland and Piedmont, attempting to give a colouring to this of being merely intended to suppress smuggling. I "Thus cordon (it says) is purely financial, and is merely intended to protect the custom-house posts. It is to organise this service that a superior officer and an employ,: of the Ministry of Finances have ar rived at Milan This new force will be organised on a militaryfooting, and its relations with the military force, strictly so called, and whose assistance it will have if necessary, will be determined." This is not very clear. Thi:re will be a force of custom-house officers, according to the Gazetto, composed of soldiers, but which will not be, strictly speaking, the military force. What is clear is the formation of the , cordon, call it what they will. It is merely possible that Austria may have in view the prevention of smuggling, of which she may anticipate an increase, in consequence of the Anglo-Sardinian treaty, which favours the importation of English manufactures. However this may be, it behoves us to ascertain on what footing this force will be organised, and whe t ther we are to have custom-house officers or an army on our frontiers. ght erproo. TO CORRESPONDENTS. otontirementatateMed T►t Espresa" Loodoa !Teals!: paper, aunt oe Mho, 10, lioucericattaft. by Two o'clock on the day of pubLicatioa. 111011 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tots WA—Morning, Th. 3:ra -Urraism. ti. 4n. To-ressow—llormair, Ss. Oa. Atinate4 •.Oa. LONDON; TrESD4Y, MARCIE 25. Sta lons Y ir's(fs was a very remarkable speech and well worth studying, as the key to the motives and feelings of several Irish protestant members of ' parliament, who stand in opposition to the present bilL Sir Jolts YOI:NG declared that the presby terians of the west of Ireland, though offended at the aggression of 1)r. WISEMAN and the Pon; were dill not in favour of resisting it or avenging it by legislation. And the honourable member followed this up by the declaration that a large number of liberal protestants, like himself, were of the same way of thinking. The reasons given by the honourable member for Cavan for entertaining these opinions agreed per fectly with the reasons of 'Mr. SADLEiIi. Both said, I►o not proceed with the bill, because it will excite the hostility of the eatholics, and neither allay their arrogance nor stop the ag gression. In England, perhaps, it might have such an effect, for in England its operation would be comparatively unfelt and unimportant. But in Ireland it would produce a struggle; and the whole penalties and evil consequences of that struggle would fall apes' the protestant established church in that country. Consider, pleaded Sir Jolts Torso, in a lone that bespoke commiseration, consider the consequence of the last struggle, in which the protestants of Ire land took part with the high churchmen of England. The protestants of Ireland were beaten in the legisla ture, and the protestant church was obliged to pay forfeit in the diminution of her tithes, of her bishops, and her emoluments. Let um pause for a moment to point out the utter fal lacy of this argument, and of the view on which it is founded, a view of past and present legislation, which Sir JOHN YouNu takes in common with Sir JAMES GRAHAM. Both assume as an irrefraguble fact the most gratuitous falsehood, that the present bill, pro hibiting the same titles worn by peers of the realm to bishops nominated by the Porr., is penalty and persecution ! Both rank such a prohibition as this with a law forbidding Roman catholic% to sit in parliament or hold Mikes in the state. The ansimi lation is on the fact of it so monstrous an absurdity, that no man of good faith or common sense could make it. What SirJOIINYOUNG means is that it will be received by the Irish human catholics and their hierarchy with as much resentment as any real restriction ; and that such is the power and predominance of that religion and that hierarchy in Ireland that the protestants cannot stand before it. Provoke a struggle or a re ligious quarrel in Ireland, inflame the Roman catholic body to hostility —no matter what the cause, just or unjust—and they will take the opportunity to fall foul of the protestant church in Ireland, which cannot stand before them. That is the plain English of what Sir JOHN YOUNG declared, as he rose from a colloquy with Mr. GLADSTONE. Now, we will not deny that this is a very serious state of things, and that such belief existing in the minds and fulling from the mouths of Irish pro testants, is a matter most worthy of con sideration. It is an admission, neither more nor less, that the established church in Ireland exists but at the mercy of the Irish Roman catho lies ; and that if that Irish protestant church and the government in connexion with it, do not conci liate the Irish Roman catholics, and give up any state defence of protestantism in Ireland, then the established church in that country must be shorn of its honours, its wealth, and its ascendancy. We must confess that if any large or respectable body of Irish protestants assume this tone, make this admission, and take this attitude, they must and they will be listened to. If Ireland is so irrevo cably and puissantly Roman catholic, that protestants must bow for their existence before their rival religionists, the doom of the Irish protestant establishment is scaled. And the Peelite statesmen pronounce that doom. For as to a ehureh,possessed of all tithes, and honours, and territorial ascendancy in a country, pretending that it can keep all these things by conciliating and being humble to a rival and a rampant church, which in the great struggle , for civil and religious liberty was deprived of these privileges, and by force of arms too—to suppose that it can keep them by mere humility and blandish ment—that is the acme of absurdity. If Sir JOHN YOUNG and Sir JssrEs GRAHAM be right, the sooner pretestantism evacuates Ireland the better. In thispanic—this satire etuipeut—of a certain num ber of Irish protestants, it is too evident that the feelings of the landlord suite extinguish or dominate the feelings of the religionist. These gentlemen are quite ready to fling the church overboard, provided they can retain their rents. They foresee that a downright breach with the catholic hierarchy would dep rive them not only of their church, but of their land. 'ley think that a synod at Thurles would be just as powerful to issue a law securing tenant right and defining it, as one prescribing education or mixed marriages: and they crouch before its shadow. sow, these gentlemen may be right. Our own opinion is, that, notwithstanding much truth, there is still more exaggeration, in their fears. But there may be enough of truth in it to render it imprudent to include Ireland even in the present bill. But, at all events, we have England to safeguard. We have a great objection to the POPE nominating our peers or the equals of 111. peers. We have a great objection to the acquisition sf rty for the founding of ascetic and monastic aEa~Ushmeats, which rob fathers of their chil dren and families of their property. We have a right to take precautions against these things ; mad we ought not to be deterred from do fag so, either by a band of clamourers, which o• we side cry out against legislation as trivial, and am bather side cry out that it is persecution. The lAA exclaim that unless their bishops have the amos at a town tagged to their title they cannot prlbem an act of devotion or ecclesiastical duty. And • serious and respectable Irish landlord gets up and tells us, that if the Roman catholic bishops be not allowed to wear these handles to their names, it is all over with the established church, with landlordism and with society. When we hear and read all these assertions, got up by folly, by fanati cism, and by party, we cannot help believing our selves for the moment in the world of Oullirer and Manchausers instead of living, as we are supposed to do, in the regions of matter-of-fact, plain truth, and common sense. WREN Louts NAPOLEON lately applied to M. ()DILLON BARROT to resume his old post at the head of a ministry, the latter is said to have replied, that the first condition which he should stipulate was a declaration on the part of the PRESIDENT that the " moment his presidency expired he would walk ' quietly out of office, as WASIIINGTOM and JEFFERSON had done, and resume the character of a private eiti- ; :en. If LOVIS NAPOLEON would paythissolemnhomage to the republic, and this adhesion to its constitu tion, M. amain as minister, or as deputy , would do his utmost to procure an abrogation of the clause forbidding the PRESIDENT'S re-election, and would promote that re-election to the utmost of his power. This so fully fixes and describes the political atti tude taken by M. BARROT, that it is important to narrate it. There is no moderate republican who' ' would not rally to the same opinion. And we do not see what the Bonapartists can aim at, or rationally hope for, more favourable to their re tention of power. The frank adhesion of such a man as M. BARROT to the principles of the republic is important, for he was more than suspected of a lean ing to monarchy. But a more striking and remark able concession of the kind is that of M. TRIERS, who has completely taken refuge under the shadow of the republican constitution, and vows that he will The Assembly Pura t; the pure and simple order of the day on the Strasbourg affair, by 445 against 223. We have advices from Switzerland to the 19th in stant, under the date of Berne, from which we ex tract the following :—" The rumours for some time prevalent as to the arrival of increased Austrian forces on the frontiers of Tessin were not without I foundation. It only appears that the concentration l of these troops has not been made in so lar g e p ro- I ' portions as was anticipated. Letters from Bellinzona, the present seat of the government, estimate at I about 1,200 men the Austrian reinforcements ar- I rived on the above frontiers ; the Tessin Gazette says, four battalions. These troops have been spread by small detachments a►ong the whole Tessinese frontier, the pretest being the suppression of smug ' filing. The federal council, however, has been emu ' pied with this extraordinary movement—with this display of force on one of the most accessible points of our frontier, M. Pinata, federal commissioner, has arrived at Bellinzona. It is supposed that he is furnished with ample instruc tions to take the most urgent measures, in case of any sinister eventualities. The authorities will closely watch all the movements which may take place on the Tessincse frontier. Measures have been taken, that the central authorities may immediately ITALY. ROME, 144 amt 14. It would be difficult to describe the feeling of dis appointment and mortification, with which the intel ligence of the Russell ministry's re-instatement has been received in the ecclesiastical circles generally, and amongst the partisans of the papal government. I have already stated that a tory ministry, in spite of its determined hostility to the see of Rome's pre tensions in a religious point of view, would have been hailed with joy by the greater part of the sacred college and the Roman prelacy, on account of its line of policy being considered, to a certain de gree, homogeneous with that of his holiness, espe cially as regards foreign affairs, and it may therefore be readily imagined with what a revulsion of feeling Lord Palmerston's return to the Foreign-office has been rewarded at the Vatican, after the flattering, although momentary, prospect of such an ally in that important branch of the ministry as Mr. Disraeli. Such, however, is the fate of human expectations and hopes - nor is even infallibility exempt from the general rule— Ncmo tam divas habuit faventes, Crastinum ut posit sits pollieeri. It appears certain that a consistory will be held at the end of the present month, wherein thu creation lof several cardinals will be announced, amongst others that of Monsignor Savelli, the present Minis 'ter of the Interior, who, upon receiving the hat, will give up his portfolio , and be sent into the provinces as Cardinal Legate, according to the new system of territorial division and government. Monsignor Viale, now nuncio at Vienna, is also mentioned as likely to bo promoted to the purple. Cardinal Altieri has been offered the portfolio of the Interior, when left vacant by Monsignor Savelli's appointment, but it is as vet doubtful whether he will accept of the charge. Ca;dinal Fornari will be appointed to the responsible I office of Secretary of State for Extraordinary Eccle siastical Affairs ; a very important nomination, I when it is considered that most of the tran sactions of the papal court with foreign powers may be comprised under that head. The most eminent Lambruschini,who preceded Cardinal Fornari, as papal nuncio at Paris, preceded him also in the above-named secretaryship, and was generally con sidered to have discharged the spiritual part of his duty with zeal and discretion. Cardinal Antonelli will not, it is understood, give up his position as pro-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; on the contrary, he will advance in rank by dropping the pro before his title. Other weighty matters will be treated of in the Consistory ; such as the carrying' into effect of the long threatened taxes upon trades men and commercial men of every description, agri culturists, and professional men; in fact, upon the whole industrious part of the population. This will be the bitterest pill of all the consistorial delibera tions, especially as some such measure is absolutely necessary for the restoration of the dilapidated finances of the state. Hitherto the chief resource of the Minister of Finance has been the coining ci Icopper money, of which 200,000 dollars' worth were in circulation under the republican government, and to which Signor Galli added in the course of lag year 675,000 dollars more, and his plan for the pre- sent year amounts to no less a sum than 1,100,000 Idollars, which, in copper, forms an enormous masa of metal, but as the gain to the treasury is about 46 or 50 per cent., the advantage of the speculation h very evident. The consequence of this copper deluge is that continual disputes are arising between com mercial men with respect to the payment of bills, wherein metal is specified as a condition in the re imbursement, meaning, of course, silver. Some edict is soon expected on the subject. GERMANY Telegraphic advices from Vienna state that the Emperor left that city on the 21st, for Trieste, accom pamml by the Archduke Ferdinand Max. Our correspondent writes as follows: BERLIN, Matzen 72. Little or nothing is known of the renewed demands which Austria is said to have made, after giving . a sort of half consent to the last proposals made by Prussia. They are said, by the Vossiasche Zeit ung, tube that the carrying on of the business of the Executive of the Confederation shall be entrusted to Austria alone, and that the votes of Bavaria in the Plenum shall be increased to six, instead of five, as was at first propoeed. Ministers are conferring with each other. and with the foreign ambassadors. A Cabinet Council sat yesterday, and this morning Baron Manteuffel had a long interview with the representatives of Great Britain and Russia, after which he proceeded to Charlottenburg, to have an audience with the King. The sub-committee of the third commission (trade, com merce, &c.) of the Dresden conferences, have drawn up a draft of an agreement to be submitted to the conferences, by which a commercial unity of Germany is to be obtained. The introduction to the agreement, which is proposed to be concluded between all the states of Germany, with the ex ception of certain free cities and ports, declares that it is made in the spirit of art. 19 of the Bundesaktc, which admits, hut does not prescribe one general commer cial system for all Germany ; but it does not do more than acknowledge the expediency of establishing by a general treaty free trade in the interior of Germany, and such laws:and regulations of the commerce and navigation of the confederation as are best calculated to promote the general welfare. The agreement which follows the introduction merely binds the parties to it to send plenipotentiaries in January, 1852, to the locality of the federal assembly, in order to examine and determine upon the exact nature of the laws and regulations necessary. The Diet to summon the plenipotentiaries from each state. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, MARCH 15. Our relations with Turkey, just now, are hardly less important than our Italian and German affairs. Austria is preparing, it would seem, to interfere in the Bosnian troubles : at least, taking many circumstances into consi deration, this appears to be probable. Austrian troops are already assembling on the frontiers of Bosnia. The possibi lity and the likelihood of a violation of frontier by the in surgents would surely justify the establishment of a mili tary cordon; but, on nearer consideration, it would appear that more is intended than this. The destinies of Turkey must be fulfilled. Russia has never for a moment lost sight of her own plans, even when she has, as lately, been most engaged in western affairs. She has, within the last few years, taken possession of Wallachia and Moldavia ; and, as Austria cannot remain passive and unconcerned whilst Russia is mastering the whole of Turkey, she must hold herself in readiness to take her share. But the Turkish Iprovinces nearest to Austria are Bosnia and Sen-ia ; these have already, in former centuries, been Austrian provinces. What is more natural than that Austria should put forth the same claim to the possession of Bosnia and Servia as 1 Russia has done to that of Wallachia and Moldavia? On this supposition, the concentration of Austrian troops in Croatia is well accounted for. A long continuance of dis turbance in Bosnia will give Austria the same pretext for intervention as Russia had with respect to the frontier pro ' viziers of Wallachia and Moldavia. GREECE. The city of Levissi, in the island of Rhodes, has been destroyed by an earthquake. THE NEW ASYLUM FOR INFANT ORPHANS.—The board of this charity have received information from A. W. Penrose, Esq., one of the esecutors, of a legacy of 3001. by Mrs. Nary retch, late of St. 191 m-street-road. SPAIN. MADRID, MARCH 19. A motion is on the point of being presented for the adjournment of the bill on the settlement of the debt until after the passing of the budget. PORTUGAL. The Oriental Company's steam packet Iberia, Captain C. F. Burney, arrived at Southampton yes- I terday, and landed her mails under the charge of ! Lieut. E. Fuge, Admiralty agent. Her dates are: Gibraltar, March 13; Cadiz, 16 ; Lisbon, 19; Oporto, no communication from the state of weather; and Vigo, 20th. Her cargo comprises 9 packages of specie. The Spanish government have given orders to the Governor of Coruuna to issue tenders tbr the im mediate construction of a lighthouse on Cape Finis terc. The contract tenders were given in on the I 20th ult. . Our correspondent writes: LISBON, Mallon IS. The information I conveyed to you in my last, that a pro ject of law had been presented to the Chamber of Deputies to abolish the trial by jury for two years, requires some re marks. The state of the press in this country had for a long time given the court much unca-iness. The Count de Thomar, therefore, determined to fetter it ; hence the pre ' sent law, which governs it, in the formation of which, just': da Silva Cabral was the most conspicuous figure. Under it, however, juries will nut convict, and occasionally its framer rails out strongly against it. To cheek the press, the.c fore more effectually, it had been lung since re solved to abolish the trial by jury only as part of a system which leads to the abrogation of the charter, and the vacating of the Hall of St. Demo (where the Codes now sit), when the events of Porte: stepped in to the aid of the minister, who went down to the Chamber with his pro ject, which came OR a thunderclap upon the country, and which has placed the government in an entirely new posi tion—in a position in which 80111 C ten or twenty persons will have to make head against the nation, or quit igno miniously their present holdings, for the country has taken the alarm, and the watchword will very soon be given. The storm is gathering, and its bursting will only be a question of time. The project was nut intended to come out now; untoward events accelerated it ; and with it is involved another question, that of the restoration of the Conservatorial Courts, which must be revived if the project becomes law. Connected with the subject of retrograding, I must mention that the excitement which prevailed hire respecting the ministerial crisis in England was of the most lively description; the Count de Thomar and the chief of the court exulting in the probable removal of ' the Russell administration ; but upon the arrival of the news that not only the cabinet will remain as it was, but that concessions will be made in accordance with public opinion, the public mind has been in a state of jubilee, ex ulting as if fur a triumph ; perfectly certain that while the popular cause is triumphing in England, retrograding mea sures can only be attempted, and perhaps tried, but cannot be consummated here. It is remarkable that while an ex tension of the franchise is promised in England, an electoral law should be going on with here, which will enable the minister to return his nominees to the Chamber. These questions, intended ,to confirm, will, in fact, shake his Power. In the Deputies the credits were voted before the esti mates were examined; and the Minister of Finance pre sents no measure to meet the deficit, but leaves it to the chapter of accidents. This is a novel approach towards bankruptcy ; and in consequence of the Chamber refusing to delay the discussion of the estimates, Senhor F. P.Millo, on the part of the left, declared their intention not to take part in it. Any item iv, therefore, voted as a matter of course as soon as it is proposed. There are two questions between Spain and Portugal of rather a serious nature. The one is, relating to the seizure of some Spanish vessels some time ago, which were mid to be engaged in the smuggling trade, and which the Spanish government now not only demand satisfaction for, but the value of the ships, cargoes, and interest thereon from the period nt which the seizures were made. The other is as to the right of fishery on the coast of the Algarses, which the Spanish fishermen claim to a certain extent. The Por tuguese resist this, as well as the manner iu which the fish are taken, which is represented as tending to destroy the fishery. An ambassador is expected here charged with the demands relative to these matters. The government, it appears, arc determined to grant the titulos of indemnity to the Ohms Publicas Company, which has excited some surprise. The Minister of Justice de dared in the Peers that the government were always ready to answer for their conduct in this matter. The state of trade is lamentable. Vessels from Liverpool which hitherto brought cotton goods, now bring coal, Houses which paid 20 contos of rein per annum duty on manufactures, now pay 6, with orders daily diminishing. This shows a falling off of the trade three-fourths to the prejudice of Portugal. The goods which formerly came here, now go direct to Spain, while the latter country is able to smuggle goods into this country for consumption. The government look on this picture with perfect apathy, while if they were but to reform the tariff, they might al ways preserve Lisbon as a depi,t for the supply of Spain, and profit by the duty upon the transit of goods through this country to Spain. Another year must now pass before a remedy can be applied, if it be at all. The British claims remain in :tofu too. Exchange, 641. Discount of Lisbon Dank notes, 21 per cent. The military force is to consist of 24,000 men, whereof as many are to be on furlough as can be possibly spared from duty. 1,61.5,004,217 reis are voted for the charges of tho Internal Debt, and 1,941,60,217 rein for the interest of the Exter nal. There is scarcely a doubt but the deficit fur 1851-2 will be near 4,000 contos! SECESSIONS TO ROME.—A Correspondent says : " During the past week Dr. Fusty, one of the patrons of St. Saviour's church, Leeds, has been on a visit to that town, with the object of preventing the secession of the clergy of St. Saviour's to Rome. In this, however, he has been unsuccessful, and some of the clergy, and at least twenty of the laymen of the church, are about immediately to go over to the popish church." THE REPRESENTATION OF SOMERSET.--On Satur day afternoon a meeting of con creative electors was held in the Taunton Assize Hull to bear the address of Viscount Dungarvan, who had acceded to the wishes of the protec tionists, an d come forward as a conservative candidate fur the seat vacated by the death of Sir Alexander Hood. Mr. F. Popham, having taken the chair, announced, to the asto nishment of many of the electors, that Lord Dungarvan was about to explain his reasons for withdrawing. His grand father, Lord Cork (Mr. Popham mid) was a whip, and the noble viscount felt that be might think it unkind if he, in the lower house, proposed a set of resolutions different to those which his grandfather was supporting in the upper house. Viscount Dungaree's then addressed the meeting, expressing his regret that circumstance , over which he had no control should have rendered it necessary for him to withdraw from before them. In a brief and manly address he avowed his adherence to protestant and protectionist principles, and retired amidst loud cheers. It was then de termined to present • requisition to Mr. William 11. Gore Langton, whose grandfather represented the eastern part of the county for nearly 50 years, and (it is a somewhat singu lar coincidence) was also of diametrically opposite opinions to his grandson. DeaTII OF NIA. SERJEANT LUDLOW.—WC regret to announce that the illness under which Mr. Scrjt. Ludlow has so long laboured terminated in his death on Tuesday at his residence, Almondsbury. The deceased was one of the Com missioners in the Court of Bankruptcy for the Bristol dis trict, was formerly town clerk of that city, and for many years discharged the duties of chairman of the first criminal court of the Gloucester Quarter Sessions.—Gloncesfersitire Chronick. INCENDIARY FIRE.—On Saturday night a fire, which was evidently the work of an incendiary, was dis covered in some out-houses on the farm of Mr. George Dennison, an extensive farmer and feeder of cattle, resid ing near the village of Fordham, in Cambridgeshire. The flames were promptly extinguish ed by the exertions of the persons living in the neighbourhood, but damage to the extent of about 4001. was incurred. The police have arrested a labourer to whom strong suspicion attaches. EXCESSIVE DISTRAINT FOR CHURCII RATES.— , Nome time ago a church rate to a small amount was im posed on the parish of Washingboro', and Mr. John Norton, who has a residence there, was peremptorily requested to pay Is. 4td. towards the repairs of the parish church in that village. Mr. Norton, as an unflinching nonconformist, having refused to comply with this exaction, a seizure has taken place, under aggravated circumstances. The " re presentative of majesty," in the Queen's name, having en tered the domicile of Mr. Norton, fur the purpose of a levy, examined the contents of the kitchen, in which there were tables, chairs, and other articles of value ; and, having no one to contend with but a female, thrust himself into the dining room, and took possession of the mahogany chairs it contained, so that the family should be minus of a seat in that room. The object of the fellow's mission being evidently one of annoyance as well as that of the execution of the law, of course it was not to be supposed that the kitchen and the dining room contained enough to satisfy this L. aid. demand on the part of the church, as well us the legal expenses incurred. lie therefore officiously obtruded himself up stairs, and after minutely inspecting the dormitories, returned with a feather-bed, which he placed in the kitchen • again he went up stairs, and brought down four blankets. After this another in vasion into the bedroom took place, and a coun terpane was added to the heap of bedding below. The whole of the property wine then huddled together, and the raid was completed by the goods being carted away. Col.pled with the above facts it may not be alto gether uninstructive to mention that the incumbent of W.ishingbor' receives from the living 1,5541. yearly, from whence is deducted 150!. per annum for the services of a " working curate." It is not unlikely that this vexatious and excessive distress may give rise to legal proceedings ; but w”ether or not, such an occurrence as the one we have related must give pain to the real christian, either within the church or not.—Lincolnshire rinses. . DUTCH RHENISH RAILWAT.--From Cologne it is announced Oast the Prussians have already commenced their portion of the line to join the Dutch Rhenish. THE ESSEX MURDERERS. EXECUTION OP THOMAS DRORY AND SARAH CHESHAM. THIS DAY. CHELMSFORD, TVESDAT MORNING. Thomas Drory and Sarah Cheshum, both of whom were convicted at Coe last assizes held in this town of mur der, and sentenced by Lord Campbell to undergo the ex treme penalty of the law, were executed this morning, in front of Springliold Gaol. Little or no sympathy was exhibited on behalf of either of the culprit:, the atrocity of the crimes for which they were severally condemned having excited a universal feeling of execration against them. It appears that since Drory made a confession of his guilt he has on all OCCaMOII3 shown a penitential spirit; and, though not violent in his expressions of regret, has more than once testified to the governor of the gaol, Mr. Near, as also the Rev. Mr. Hamilton, the chaplain, his deep regret that he had murdered dad Denny, who, to use his own words, "Was ever kind to me, and ill-deserved such treatment at my hands." On some occasions he see= to have desired to make a fhrther revela ' ; but no en couragement has been held out to him in this respect, either by Mr. Honeywood, the sheriff, or by the chaplain. On Sunday morning he attended the ordinary service in the chapel within the precincts of the gaol. Ile returned to his cell, and occupied his time in reading some tracts which had been given to bins by the chaplain, evidently with a wandering mind and districted attention. Sarah Cheshara's conduct has been of a far different cha racter. Convicted on the clearest testimony,which extended over a very lengthened period, she denied her guilt up to the last moment, and urged that she needed no repentance. Influenced by such f..elings, she objected to join in the ser vices of the church on Sunday morning, and remained in her cell. Long before day dawned, tens of thousands of persons were seen wending their way towards Springfield gaol, which is situate about half a mile from the town, in tho midst of a large open space, so that the spectators had full opportunity of moving th •mselves about. At five o'clock this morning was commenced the erection of the scaffold over the cat: lure gate to the gaol. At half past eight the first toll from tho bell announced the near approach of the termination of the wretched convict? earthly career, and the most eager anxiety was manifested by the vast crowd without. and so it continued until nine o'clock, the hour at which it was arranged the execution should take place. Thc Rev. Mr. llamiltoa, as early as six o'clock, visited the culprit Drury. At a few minutes before nine both criminals were summoned from their respective cells and conducted to the keep or entrance-gate. Drory came first, attended by the governor and chaplain, and assisted by two of th,• principal warders ; on his arr,s al at the room devoted for the purpose immediately nailer the gallows, he was pinioned by Caleraft and his assistants ; ho appeared calm and resigned. Sarah Cheshaut was then brought under the charge of the female warders from her cell toundergo the same opera thm, which she did firmly and quietly, reiteratiug her de claration :of innocence of the crime for which she had been found guilty. Before proceeding further it is proper to convey torn° notion of the effect the sad spectacle had upon the thou sands assembled from all parts of the counties of Esscx,Nor folk, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire, every parish of which uruished their quota of the immense mass of persons press nt nor was the metropolis itself behind, for, on account of the proximity of Chelmsford, a vast number of persons availed themselves of the opportunity of witnessing " the sight," amongst whom were a number of the swell mob, one of whom, notwithstanding the vigilance of the police and the railway oflicials, succeeded, between London and ugate done (the station last before Chelmsford), of casing a female of her purse, containing upwards of 5/. in gold and silver. On her loss being made known, telegraphic com munications were made both to lAmdoit and Chelmsford of the fact; but the thief could not be found, and the poor woman, who was proceeding on a visit to some relations, was compelled to return home. During the night the tramp of feet was heard throughout the town of persons anxious to be amongst the first to get a good place, many of them fatigued and careworn, from ;the distance they had travelled, in sonic cases upwards of thirty miles. At 8 o'clock the morning, which had been overciet, suddenly became bright and clear, and then might be seen the full effect of the interest that hail been excited, there being continuous groups of labourers, farm-servants, and fe males, all dressed anti decorated as if for some joyous occasion, as if Chelmsford were for the day to be converted into a scene of gay festivity. Vendors of edibles of every descrip tion were there, and plied their vocation in a manner the most gross and revolting ; nor was the language of their many customers, boys, women, and men, free from the same charge, but the crowd generally conducted themselves quietly. Precisely at nine, Drury• appeared on the scaffold, when cries of " Bats off," and " There they come," were heard in all directions. Drory, although attended by two turn - keys, walked up the steps leading to the scaffold, and calmly looked at the surrounding crowd without exhibiting any particular emotion. The rap wait speedily placed over his head, and the noose adjusted and locked within one of the links of the chain, which is here used as at Ncwgatc. The wretched woman Chesham, ere three seconds had elapsed, followed him, declaring her innocence to the last, and, having undergone the same operation, in a few seconds both were dead. After hanging the usual time the body of Drory, in ac cordance with the sentence of Lord Campbell, was interred within the precincts of the prison. Not so that of Sarah Chesham, the act of parliament under which she was con victed, and the sentence of the learned judge being silent upon the disposition of the body, the governor delivered it up to her relatives, by whom it was conveyed for interment to Clavering church-yard. Drory was visited for the last time on Saturday by his three sisters, two brothers, and his father. The interview was short and melancholy. The friends of Sarah Chesham parted with her yesterday. At the moment of execution there could not have been less than 30,000 or 40,000 persons present. POLICE INTELLIGENCE THIS DAY. BOW-STREET. ad A opta w th ell e -kn im o po w s n itiFm l3c o a f r. be n irg e ttall A y braila' blind l in who the always streets, was charged with begging. The prisoner was found this morning soliciting charity in the Strand, anti although he appeared to be blind he never asked alms when a police-constable was near, but imme diately he had disappeared he would commence his old " dodge " again. When he was taken into custody he said he hail been in this country five years, and he had a right to beg for a living. The prisoner said he was totally blind, and had no other resource to get a living. The constable said the prisoner could not be blind, as when the prisoner entered the court he appeared to know that he had to ascend some steps. He had frequently seen him of a night in Drury-lane, drinking and smoking with other Lancers, after they had been out begging all day. Mr. Jardine said he had heard • great deal about tho prisoner, who, he was informed, was nut blind, but adopted that plan for the purpose of deceiving the public. Ile should send him to prison for 14 days. The prisoner persisted that he was blind, and had to be led out of the court. - INTERESTING TO AGRICULTURISTS.—A contro versy has for some time been carried on between Mr. Mar client, of Row Hill Farm, near Broughton, and the Nor wich Union Fire-office, relative to the amount to which he is entitled for 3.3 tons of straw consumed in • fire which happened on his farm. The surveyor, who was sent by thu office to report on the damage, contended that Mr. Mar chent had only a spending interest in the straw, and that any interest in it, other than for manure, belonged to his landlord. He reckoned three tons of straw as making one ton of manure, and therefore apportioned to Mr. Merchant the sum of 121. 10s. as compensation for his lore of 3.5 tons 'of straw. Against this principle Mr. Marche's% protested, contending that as he should have to replace the straw for business purposes, and should have to purchase it at a mar ket price, it was that price to which he was justly entitled. The office, after considerable argument, has conceded the point, and Mr. Marchent has received • cheque for 1891. 144, being the full amount claimed.—Aria's Ltiriningr- Aans Gazette. OXYGEN FROM THE ATMOSPIIERIC AIR. —M. Boussingault, says the journal the Institut, has been some time occupied in resolving the following problem To extract in a state of purity, and in a considerable quan tity, the oxygen gas from the mote in the atmosphere. For this purpose M. Boussingault has given the prefer ence to baryte, founded on its well-known property of remaining in oxygen of a moderato temperature,. and abandoning it under the influence of a heat sufficiently intense. From the process which M. Bouseingault em ployed, he has remarked that 10 kilos. of baryte, in being completely oxydized, is able to take and to return after wards 730 litres of gas. This is the number indicated by theory ; but for celerity of operation, as far at least as can be judged up to the present, more than 600 litres can be counted on. In that limit, and in operating on 100 kilos. of matter, 6,000 litres of oxygen gas ought be disengaged at each disoxydisation; four or five operations might be performed in 24 hours, which would thus funish from 24,000 to 30,000 litres of gas. i~.