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entertainments, were limitec by any flied regulation, and were subject to the contol of Parliament, said the 500/. must, of course, stbstantially be charged upon the revenues of India. No estimate or vote on account of it or of the entortainments given were submitted to Parliament. THE grunA. The house then went into Committee of Supply, the remaining civil service and militia estimates being agreed to, Mr. PEEL and Lord PALMER TON promising that the attention of the Government should be given to the remuneration granted on pro motion to corporals and sergeants, to the question of terminating the system cf billeting the militia, and to the question of granting on disembodiment fair remuneration to the militia officers. WILLS AND ADMINISTRATIONS BILLS. Mr. HENLEY suggested that, as it was impossible to discuss the details of the bill with advantage until a tribunal of ultimate appeal was decided upon, the committee should be postponed until the appellate jurisdiction was before the house. He moved to defer the committee until Tuesday. Mr. COLLIER objected to delay, and recommended that the house shonld go into committee at once. Mr. M. CHAMBERS supported the amendment. Mr. ATHERTON opposed delay. Mr. KEATING doubted whether it was the intention of the Government to press the hill this session, and he objected to the clauses relating to the County Courts' jurisdiction. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL declared he bad never experienced in so practical a way the wisdom of the old adage, "Heaven preserve one from his friends." Attacked by the learned members for Plymouth and Suffolk, and deserted by the member for Oxford shire, what was he to do : But I have not yet told the house all ; for, assailed in front and in rear, I have still another enemy to encounter. I had imagined until now that it was one of the fondest wishes of the right hon. gentleman the member for Car lisle, that he might live to see the day when these eccle siastical courts should be abolished. On former occasions I have imbibed from him a great number of correct prin ciples, and received from him much most valuable advice with respect to the accomplishment of this great under taking. Yet, ii I may judge from a speech which I had the misfortune to hear the other night, he has changed all his opinions, and, by some wonderful process which I have not the wit to understand, he has arrived at a con elusion exactly the opposite of that which he has enter. tamed for the last twenty years. Assailed in this manner, he would submit to Mr. Henley's proposal. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that the impossible faculty of pleasing everybody did not appear to help the Solicitor-General in passing his bill. He wished to know whether it was true that the amount of the district probate should be raised from 1,5001. to 2,0001. Mr. MALINS was opposed to the farther progress of the bill at this period of the session ; and the com mittee was deferred until Tuesday. Lord Burghley, being confined to his house from ill health, has paired, for the remainder of the session, with Mr. Sergeant O'Brien. Sfirtign dgrrtsponbtittt. BRUSSELS, July 3. A fascussios on the principles of free trade lately occupied the attention of the Chamber of Represen tatives ; and the question of revising the tariff brought out an abridgment of the Belgian doctrines of protection. Under Parisian advice, the French party strongly opposed a reduction of duty ; for, if the principle were once to be conceded, nothing could prevent its extension ultimately to France. On this account the Belgian and Galilean pro tectionists made common cause, and it is probable that the measure will be held over to another session. Two of the Ministers—M. Vilain XIV. and M. de Denon—have refused to affix their necessary signa ture to the grant for the Credit Mobilier. It created much sensation ; as, on the presumed certainty of its adoption, steps had been taken that may now cause some embarrassment and loss. The two Ministers tendered their resignation rather than yield their opinion; and, on the other hand, M. H. de Bronckeze, Burgomaster of Brussels, determined to retire from office, in displeasure at the nonfulfil. ment of the expected and promised concession. However, matters have terminated amicably, with the withdrawal of the resignations. The reely of the King to M. Henri de Brouckere was marked by the correct taste and gentlemanly feeling that usually distinguish both the public and private acts of his Majesty. He intimated to him, after eulogising his official conduct, shown on many occasions and in different situations of Ministerial trust, that "La THE Pit Egg. fete du 21 Juillet ne serait pas complete sans avoir I ses cote un amide vingt-cinq ans." The courts of law will shortly have their attention directed to a trial of considerable interest. Veli Pacha is about to prosecute the Nord for libel. The Russian journal stated that the Turkish governor had forcibly abducted a Christian girl from her parents, and refused to give her up on demand, under the stipulations ratified by treaty. Upon being pressed with severity by the proper authori ties, the girl was murdered. This statement Veil Pacha insists to be a libel. It is not denied that the abduction took place, neither is the death of the girl contradicted ; hut he affirms the murder to have been committed without his authority or knowledge. The Nord is prepared to justify. Time has been given to bring the necessary witnesses from Constanti. nople, and on their pro luction in court revelations will be made in reference to the social habits of the Turks that will make their toleration by Christian powers a matter of wonder. A more correct view will be obtained of the real state of Turkey, by the evidence adduced in this prosecution, than all the works published either by the friends or enemies of the Ottoman power. The tone of the Austrian journals continues to be most insulting to Russia. Both the Gazette Autri chienne and the Prease reject Ministerial moderation for an indulgence in accusation that could not be more provocative even in a state of actual warfare. No reliance, it is broadly said, can be given either to Russian action or Russian word, therefore it is right " qu'on conserve a son egard le droit de me fiance " There is an abyss that separates Russia from the politi cal system of Europe, over which Russian " finesse " can never throw a bridge. By her national barbarism and in sincere policy she is placed in a forced isolation that can only be got rid of by a radical change that must afftct her very nature (naturzustandc ), and which she must abandon before being admitted within the pale of confraternity with other nations. These be hard sayings from an old ally, and are rather more calculated to work mischief upon the censor than the one censured. Prince Gortschakoff and Count Buol have had re peated interviews to discuss the Danubian question. Austria is supported by the Turkish Minister against England, Russia, and Prussia, and it is surposed, when the opportune moment arrives, that France will side w►th Turkey and Austria. An Aus trian bank has been established at Bucharest upon the same conditions as those awarded to Prussia in Moldavia. To foment discord betwixt the two provinces, the Austrisn journals have strongly insisted upon the superiority of Wallachia over Mol davia, and the injustice of allowing an equality of right and an identity of privileges. In Piedmont the Roman clergy are caballing against the Government, without attempting to veil their measures. In proportion as the country gra dually settles into a constitutional tranquillity from the assurance of justice and the experience of free dom, the priests conspire and preach against a general contentment destructive of their corrupting power. The Minister Ratazzi, by way of caution, has issued a circular demonstrative of the danger attending such a pernicious course, and of the cer tain defeat of an endeavour to rescind the measures that curb the prelatic sway within rational limits. The embargo laid on the Sardinian revenues belong ing to the Archbishop of Milan, will be made good, Lombardunless the property of the refugees be faithfully returned to them. This question is one of serious offence to the Austrian authorities, and the relations of the two countries are hourly more distant and offensive. An order has been sent by Cardinal Antonelli to the different Romagnese legations, to get up peti tions in the towns in favour of the Papal Govern ment and against any reform. Signatures are bought—the clerks in the several offices are threatened with the loss of place unless they affix their signatures, women sign for their husbands, and school children write names as the prescribed task of the day. In due time the Giornale di Roma will proclaim the popularity of the Papal Government. Persons are daily taken up into the mountains by the brigands, and it has become a regular system, against which the police do not affect to contend. The country houses are abandoned, but even this precaution fails to secure personal safety. The bandits come into the towns and upon the pub lic walks, select their victims, and carry them away to be detained as a marketable security for large ran soms. At Ancona, the " Sareoni," or Papal spies, rival their brethren of the "Campagna." Upon the termination of the theatrical season, an entertain ment was given to the manager—"impresario"—and the leader of the orchestra, by the Counts Masturi, Fazioli, Malacari, the Marchese Mancini, and the hanker Barretta. The banquet took place on the island of San Clemente. It was on a Friday. The "sacconi," by some means, got access to the kitchen, and were provided with a true and faithful "caota," and therein they found that there were more dishes SATURDAY, of "di grasso" than "di magro." A report upon the commission of this heinous sin was delivered to Monsignor Antonelli, the Bi , hop of Ancona. He condemned the non-fasting jubilants to a fine of five colonnati each, with five days' imprisonment. The "impresario" escaped because he was a Jew. As Count Malacari had brought with him his wife and sister-in-law, he had to pay a further sum of ten scudi, with ten additional days of confinement, and the banker Barrette had to pay proportionately in pocket and liberty for the crime of taking his wife and partaking of the forbidden " grasso." The state of siege in the territory of Parma will cease, it is said, on the 13th of July, the birthday of the young Duke Robert. A French party alone is in the secret of the plan that the Duchess has deter mined to adopt. General Crenneville is said to be making preparations to depart. He is of French origin, and in his time has been employed in the diplo. matic profession. One source of confusion has been the interference of Mr. Ward, the ennobled English groom and former Minister. Fresh evidence has been obtained respecting the murder of the late Duke, who was assassinated by a " colpo di coltello " in the abdomen. It is known that the deed was committed by a delegate sent on his murderous errand by the decree of a democratic council in the Romagna. With proper energy and care the discovery of the murderer would be certain, but there are reasons that induce those intrusted with the investigation to hesitate. C. A. H. lortign anti &lonia! 3itteiligente. FRANCE. The Corps Legislatil closed its session on Wednes day. The bills for the repeal of prohibitory customs duties, and for consolidating decrees relative to cus toms duties into laws, have been postponed. The vote of 600,000 francs for the Orleans family was passed. The Princess Clementina of Orli ans, and the Dukes de Nemours, D'Aumale, and Prince Joinville, have addressed strong protests against so "illusory a reparation." The Princess Clementina indunantly refuses to accept any gift as an indemnity for her share of the confiscated property : while the Princes exclaim against the use of the word bienveillance in the exposé des motifs of the bill. Count Montalembert, in a letter to Count Morph protested strongly against the measure : If the property which the Duke of Orleans before be ascended the throne settled upon his children (wrote the Count) dues not belong to them, why should a present be made to them at the expense of the taxpayer ? But if it does belong to them, or even if the question is doubtful, on what principle is it to be restored to some of the heirs and not to the others ? In thus acting I obey no party nor personal considerations. If, which God forbid, princes of the house of Bourbon could be induced to act in such is manner towards princes of the Napoleon dynasty, I should entertain the same sent'ments and hold the same hun• gunge, for I am one of those who serve justice and not fortune. The text of the letter from the Count of Paris to Count Roger du Nord, has appcarEd. The young Count refuses altogether to accept the " fusion " between the two families proposed by Queen Mario Amelie and the Count de Chambcrd. "My mother, my brother and myself," says the Count, " are alto gt_ther strangers to this affair." The Count an nounces that he will shortly declare his principles and views, and concludes : I have but one object, that of rendering myself worthy of a possible future ; and to this end I have incessantly before my eyes the will of my lather, the conduct of my grandfather, and the sacred principles upon which the constitutional monarchy was founded. Count Rayneval, French Ambassador at Rome, has suddenly returned to Paris. 11l health is said to be the cause. The Dignitaries' Pensions Bill, conferring a dis cretionary power of granting pensions on tie present Emperor similar to those enjoyed by Napoleon the First, was rejected by the Committee on the Bill, but adopted by the Corps Legislatif. The committee in their report used atone rather remarkable under the present regime : It has appeared to the committee (says the report) that although no longer governed by a parliamentary regime, France has not on that account receded fitty yeais towards a Government which hail its prestige as regards the glory of our arms and the greatness of the nation, but which the excess of its principle (l'excds de ,on prineipe) and too absolute an exercise of power, was sooner or later to lead to its ruin. We have the pretension to think that France, as regards her institutions, is better off in 1888 than in 1807. Our respectful independence, now that the Prince is in the height of prosperity, is, he is aware of it, a guarantee for him of our effectual co•operation in case, which God forbid, France should have to experience new misfortunes. The Emperor left Paris for Plombieres on Tues day, arriving there safely on Wednesday night. Cardinal Patrizzi left for Rome, via Marseilles, the same morning.