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MADAME TESSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street, from II a.m. till .:10 p.m., and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admission, Is.; extra rooms, (M. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, Open daily (except Sundays). Adwission, Is.• on Mondays, 6d. Chil,lroo nnaor twelve. Al „y, , LONDON, THURSDAY, 111.41?.CH 24, 1870. -1 - w0 more nights have been wasted by the Nation alists. Not contented with the four nights spent on the second reading of the Land Bill, nor with all the nights that will have to be spent in discussing the more than two hundred amendments which have already been placed upon the notice paper with respect to that measure, nor with the grand field-nights, either past or present, respect- Inc 4, Captain Conte _ and _ Mr. Madden gardless of the fact that the Peace Preservation Bill will, as well as the Land Bill, have to undergo the ordeal of committee, they gave us first a debate on the first reading, and then two nights upon the second reading of the measure which was read asecond time on Tuesday night by a majority of 413. How ever, we do not altogether regret this flow of talk. Measures like this Peace Preservation Bill will, we trust, never become common, and the powers which the Government asks Parliament to grant ought to be conceded with great jealousy. This jealousy has been manifested in some degree on the present occasion, and yet there is no doubt that the great majority of members on both sides of the House will confer upon her Majesty's Ministers all the authority they ask, even though it includes a novel and grave infringement upon the freedom of the press. Certainly no one can say hereafter that the Govern ment legislated either in haste or in a panic. In fact by far the larger number of speeches were made to prove that the Government had been unduly dilatory. It was to this point chiefly that Mr. Gladstone addressed himself in his reply ; and of this fact Li. Louis Blanc will probably take desparing note, con tending that even in the country of his adoption there is no real genuine love of liberty, but that at the first political difficulty we are for following the example of despotic countries, where men are sent to prison without the right of Habeas Corpus, and the Government may ruin an objection able journalist. Yet let not the able correspondent of the Temps despair. This Peace Preservation - Bill is certainly not a satisfactory postscript to the message of Peace, but it was written most unwil lingly, most tardily even; and there are those of us who hope that the threat which it conveys will be sufficient, and that it will never be necessary to put the threat int) execution. At all events we may say, pace M. Blanc,' that few govern ments would have shewn themselves so longsuffering as our own. We allowed political op ponents and agitators to do what they pleased until they began destroying property and taking life. Those are employments which we cannot permit any one to engage in, whether a politician or a mere common robber and murderer. If any politician suffers by reason of these propensities, he suffers not as a politician, but because he is, like the Manchester Fenians, a murderer. And if through any disaffection in Ireland it is impossible to obtain the conviction of a mur derer, though his guilt be flagrant, then we are corn pJled to alter the law of evidence and trial; and if there are newspapers which incite to murder, then we must suppress those newspapers. Mr. Gladstone had a task by no means easy in attempting to show that the state of Ireland demanded special legislation, and yet that this legislation was not too late. Few persons doubt the first proposition, probably not three of the fourteen Irishmen who voted against the Bill ; though we suppose we must make an exception in favour of one Englishman who found himself among the Irishmen like the fly in the amber, wondering how he got there. But the second proposition was by no means so easy to establish. On the whole, however, Mr. Gladstone sustained his position. He she wed that agrarian crime, though it had risen suddenly in November, subsided to some extent in the succeeding month, and he had therefore hoped that the sudden would also prove the transitory. lle had the more reason for hoping this because he believed that this Land Bill would give such satisfaction that disaffec tion would to a great extent die out. Moreover, how could he have expected the almost unanimous support which he was now receiving it he had pro posed the Peace Preservation Bill before the Land Bill ? Irish members would certainly have had a right to complain that he was bat partly fulfilling his promises in deal ing another blow against the constitutional liberties of the country before giving them the ameliorative legislation which he had promised. It is of no small use to a Government—the moral strength thereby given is great—when the bulk of the Irish members, both North and South, support any measure affecting the Irish people. This mea sure, which Mr. Gladstone has introduced so reluc tantly, and about which he was so little enthu siastic, has received the support of all but 14 out of the 105 representatives of Ireland. It was worth some delay to obtain this result. It will do more to impress the people of Ireland with the conviction that their best friends disapprove of their eonduct than the most stringent measure passed in an Autumn session specially summoned for the purpose. IT is more than doubtful whether Macaulay's famous New Zealander will be able to get through the business that has been cut out for him by enter prising speculators. But there issome comfort in the reflection that this hard-worked man will very likely be spared one heavy duty. It does not seem probable that he will ever undergo the trouble of contemplating the ruins of the proposed Law Courts. After years of waiting, the "Palace of Justice" is not begun, nor are there any symptoms that this much-needed work will be fairly undertaken at any proximate date. The land has been successfully cleared, and a fine howling wilderness meets the eye in the neighbourhood of Temple Bar. An enormous vacant space is covered with dirt-heaps. Clouds of dust overwhelm the passer-by. Hideous hoardings, covered with still more hideous placards, appal the vision. And this is the whole result of long delibe ration, a competition of architects, and a severe dis pute with the obdurate Chancellor of the Exchequer as to where the Courts should be fixed, atter the public had fully impressed itself with the belief that the matter was disposed of, Mr. Lowe reluctantly surrendered his hobby, and e question wits again "settled." But still the waste remains in its pristine condition, and though the work is to be done some time, nothing is now going on except the slow demolition of a few more houses. Surely there can be no insuper able obstacle to the immediate and earnest com mencement of this great edifice. It must at the best be a weary while before a building of such magni- We- clul___i)o made .ht for_ the _public use. "Why render this delay still greater wnen the new accommodation is so grievously needed, and, indeed, would be felt as a great boon now, not to speak of an indefinite num ber of years hence ? The site has been twice de termined, the architect has been found, and un doubtedly the time is propitious. Labour is cheap, ani pauperism abundant. 'Whilst thousands of men are lacking employment, it is hard indeed that the legitimate means of obtain ing it should be needlessly withheld. It is not the business of the Government to supply national labour shops, but this work is one which must be done, and the unemployed might as well have the benefit of it. It is highly improbable that the time will ever be more favourable for an advantageous contract. The Government could get its work done cheaply now, whereas should a revival of industry take place, prices may rule higher. It is always wisest to dispose of these great under dertakings at periods of slackness. And not only is it wisest, but also most humane. It is high time the Government explained why the metropolis is thus disfigured, a work of public utility retarded, and money kept out of the pockets of the poor. The season for such delay ought to be grave. ROYAL VISIT TO WALES. Her Majesty, it is stated, will spend a portion of the ensuing season in Merionethshire. Inquiries have been made by a gentleman connected with the Royal household with a view to the engagement of a suit able residence for Royalty in the neighbourhood of Dolgelly and Barmouth. Caerddeon, lately the resi de :ce of Cornel Corbett, M.P., a large mansion com manding a splendid view of the estuary of the Mawd dach and of Cardigan Bay, is spoken of as the spot most favourable for selection. The visit will be of a strictly private character. THE CHANGES IN THE ARMY. The commanding officers of the Household Cavalry Brigade have received instructions from the War office to alter from squadrons to troops from the Ist proximo. THE NAVAL RETIREMENTS. Up to the present time a sufficient number of flag officers have been compulsorily retired, or have sienified their intention to accept the terms which have been offered to them, to ensure promotion to all captains from the top of the list down to, and in. elusive of, Capt. the Hon. J. W. S. Spencer. THE BANKRUPTCY OF SIR W. RUSSELL An application was made to the Chief Judge this morning for an injunction to restrain the Corpora tion of London from proceeding to sale under an execution of certain quantities of bottled wine, not the property of the applicant, which had been dis trained on at the instance of the Corporation. The respondents were the landlords of premises in Billi ter-street, in which the debtor carried on business as a storer ant bottler of wine, under the style or firm of the Wine Warehousing Company. Mr. Austie, on the part of the respondents, cont3nded that the application was irregular. His lordship said the matter involved a principle of great import ance, and he would defer judgment. THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. (THIS DAY.) At eleven o'clock this mording the Cambridge crew, accompanied by their trainer, Mr. G. Morris son, proceeded to the Leander Boathouse, at Putney, in order to try their new boat, just finished by J. Clasper, and an equally new set of oars- by Ralph, with 5 blades, and weighing Bilbs each. It was about half ebb, and there was a heavy wind from N.N.W. The crew had only been in the boat a few minutes last night, and their trial in her this morn ing was viewed with much int rest. It was observed in the beginning that the reach was to) low for some of the men, but in other respects there seemed very litte change to be de sired in her. The crew proceeded up to the Crab- Tree after a good many stops, and then turned down. They rowed very lively considering the novelty of their position. On going up they made a spurt at 37 per minute, and on coming down had a short spin at 39. Of course, the lower they are to their work to lay out their power effectively the better. The crew will go out again after luncheon. Ox ford are not expected until three o'clock. SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICES. BROADSTAIRS, Thursday Morning. Captain Elyard reports that the lifeboat Samuel Morrison Collins, belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution, went off at midnight to a schooner which became a total wreck on the South Goodwin Sands. Her crew, however, were fortunately saved by the North Deal lifeboat Vau Kook, which also belorigi to 'he Lifeboat Society. The vessel's name is not known here at present. BERWICK-ON-TWEED, March 23. The schooner Margarets, of IV hithorn, bound from Liverpool to this port with salt, is ashore at Spittal Point, and is likely to become a total wreck. Th e crew were saved by the Albert Victor lifeboat. This is one of the fourteen lifeboats presented to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution through its Manchester branch. Their Royal Highnesses the Plince and Princess of Wales and suite were present at the performance of "The Prompter's Box," at the Theatre Royal Adelphi, last evening. Her Royal Highness the Princess Beatrice visited the Crystal Palace yesterday, attended by Colonel Liddell. Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula" will be played this afternoon, Miss Blanche Cole making her reappearance as A mina. THE WICKLOW PEERAGE CASE.--The hearing of of this case was resumed this morning before the Committee of Privileges of the House of Lords. The Committee of the National Temperance League have to-day presented a memorial to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, praying that the malt tax will neither be repealed, reduced, nor transferred. The death is announced this morning of the Lady Louisa Primrose, daughter of the Earl of Rosebery, by his second wife, the Hon. Annie Margaret Anson. She was born in 1822. The death is also announced of Lady Fox Strangways, widow of Brigadier Thomas Fox Strangways. It is said that the supporters of Mr. Odger are dissatisfied • with• the result of the test ballot for the Bristol election, and that a meeting on the subject has been called for to-night. It is again stated that the Conservatives d, not intend to bring forward a can didate. THE FATAL COLLISION WITH THE NORMANDY STEAMER.—Yesterday the Marine Department of the Board of Trade directed an inquiry to be instituted into the cir cumstances attending the loss of the South-Western Com pany's steamer Normandy, from Southampton to the Chan nel Islands, which foundered after being in collision with the Mary steamship, from the Danube to London. It is anticipated that the investigation will take place at Southamp ton before the magistrates of the district and nautical asses sors appointed by the Board of Trade. Mr. O'Dowd will sonduct the proceedings for the Government. The Archbishop of Canterbury's health is said to be rapidly improving, and his Grace is not without hope that he may be able to officiate at the consecration of the Rev. Dr. Parry, suffragan Bishop of Dover, which is ap pointed to take place at Lambeth Palace on Friday morning next. An account of the doings of the Flying Squadron thus speaks of its arrival at Hobart Town, in Tasmania : —" Everybody turned out to see us arrive, and we were not much disconcerted at finding a preponderance of the favoured sex, which form six to one of the population, as all the young men go to the other colonies as soon as they are able to do anything for themselves." An application fora bill of particulars in connec tion with the Mallow election petition has been made in the Dublin Court of Common Pleas on behalf of Mr. Munster, the sitting member. The counsel for the peti tioner, Major Knox, did not object to renderi ng parti culars in general ; but it appeared that the respondent's counsel desired the names of persons composing mobs, and he objected to the petitioners being called upon to supply such names, The motion, 49yrenr, wks gralltcd. ING, MARCH 24, 1870. l it 74 ' 7 7 Ortifin BEI?. MAJESTY. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, March 23. Her Majesty drove out this morning, attended by the Duchess of Roxburghc. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Louise, visited the Dean of Westmin ster ani Lady Augusta Stanley at the Deanery this afternoon. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) TRANCE. PARIS, March 24. In yesterday's sitting of the Legislative Body General Lebceuf, Minister of War, in reply to an interpellation of M de Keratry, declared he had every reason for believing the policy of the Cabinet to be most pacific. CREUZOT, March 23 (Evening). Two hundred of the rioters have gone to Mont charin, with a view to compel the peaceable miners there to join the strike. They were followed by a batt lion of Chasseurs, headed by the Prefect, and seven prisoners were taken. At the other parts of the works which have been visited by the proprietor, M. Schneider, no interruption has taken place, and M. Schneider met with a friendly reception. Alto gether the movement is confined to a faction who are carried away by excessive political excitement. Two miners, who are ringleaders, have been arrested by order of the Public Prosecutor at Autun. BOURSE, March 23.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows : q per Cent. 3 per Cents 74 10 End of month 73 97f Credit Mobilier 280 Transatlantic 202 50 Credit Foncier 1307 50 Paris Gas 1785 Suez Canal 337 50 RAIL WA' Bank Shares 2830 Italian rives 56 Austrian Fives Ottoman Loan Do. Debt 46 75 Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred Cash Orleans Western Northern Strasburg Lyons and Mediterranean Southern.... 62 - + Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman.. 805 502} 70 82} 52 SPAIN. MADRID, March 23. In to-day's sitting of the Cortes, Senor Figuerola, the Minister of Finance, introduced a bill for the sale of the copper mine at Rio Sinto. AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) PHILADELPHIA, March 23. The Senate Committee nl on Foreign Relations has voted unanimously to report to the Senate that the St. Thomas's Annexation Treaty be rejected. The debate on the new Tariff Bill progresses slowly in the House. Long speeches are now being made on the principles of the bill. It will probably not be considered in detail till next week. WASHINGTON, March 23. _ The Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives have agreed to report favourably on General Banks' resolution, instructing the President to maintain an impartial neutrality in the contest between Cuba and Spain. NEW YORK, March 23. The Guion steamship Manhattan arrived here at noon to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 1121 ; the highest quotation during the day was 1121 ; the lowest, 112 i. Sterling Exchange on London .. lOBl 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1382 1885 1867 10-40 „ Illinois Erie Cotton—Mid. upland Petroleum—Standard White Flour—Extra State, $4 60c. to $5 20c. Corn—Old mixed, $1 30, BRINDISI, March 23. The Adriatic and Oriental Company's steamer Brindisi, 82 hours from Alexandria, has arrived here with 123 passengers. She experienced a severe gale. Letters can be delivered in London on Saturday morning. THE POPE AND THE COUNT DE MONTA- LEMBERT. me memortat viptomatique - publishes hn authorished version of the prohibition by the Pope (that the prohibi tion did not come from his Holiness is now admitted) of the funeral service for M. de Montalembert arranged by the Bishop of Orleans. Summarising a letter from Rome, which is said to have arrived just as it was going to press, the Memorial says : —" The sad news of M. de Montalembert's death was telegraphed to Monsignor de M6rode as soon as it occurred by his family. Monsignor de M6rode is obliged to keep his bed, in consequence of a fall, and therefore requested Monsignor Dupanloup to arrange for the funeral service. The Bishop of Orleans eagerly accepted the task, but he forgot that it was necessary, for fotm's sake at any rate, to ask authority from the Bishop of Rome, who is the Pope, for, according to the rules of the ecclesiastical hier archy; no strange bishop can officiate without the consent of the diocesan. This forgetfulness on the part of the Bishop of Orleans is the more remarkable from the fact that he addressed at the same time an invitation to the Fathers of the Council to be present at the ceremony which he was about to celebrate in the church of the Ara Cceli at the Capitol. The Pope having indirectly heard of Monsignor Dupanloup's arrangements, declared that M. de Montalembert had rendered to religion services too great not to be honoured by the head of the Church by the celebration at the church of Santa MaTia Transpon tina (the parish church of the Vatican) of a funeral service at which he would himself be present. This contradicts the report that the Pope was opposed to the pegf orniano , of the service." JUSTICE IN EGYPT. It is reported by a French paper that at a recent trial before a French consular tribunal, in Egyt, the president arri ve d at a very remark able decision. he plaintiff was a Greek, and the defen• dant, a Frenchman. As soon as these preliminary facts had been clearly established in evidence the learned consul decided that it was unnecessary,tp_proceed further into an examination of the dispute. Your cause, " he t o ld the plaintiff, "is stru c k ou t o f the list. Go and in form your Consul that when he does justice to French men I will do justice to his countrymen, but not till then." THE Citisrs IN AUSTRIA.-A special telegram of the Eastern Budget says that the Emperor has reserved hie decision as to Dr. Giskra's resignation of his seat in the Cabinet. His Majesty has accepted with thanks Dr. Giskra's offer to continue at his post for the present, and has, at the same time, expressed himself in favour of the system of direct elections. This declaration, and the efforts of Count Beust to retain Giskra in the Ministry, have produced a very favourable impression in the Reichs rath, and the success of the advocates of electoral reform is looked upon as assured. The Reichsrath will be closed on the Bth of April.—Nubar Pasha arrived at Vienna late on the 22nd, on his way to Paris. He will take part in a negotiation, with the Austrian Government, relative to the claims on Egypt of some Austrian subjects. A. telegram received from bhatiliiin through a col lector of customs at Cowes, says that a mail bag has been picked up marked " Jersey," and brought to Shanklin, which is supposed to be from the ship Normandy. It is therafore evident that Captain Harvey and his officers had got the mails out of the mail-room with the intention of saving them. The published details of the expenditure at St. Patrick's Cathedral on the installation of his Royal High ness the Prince of Wales shew that the whole expense amounted to £2,146 18s. 4d. Out of this the bell-ringers got £lO 10, and the cab-drivers not quite £3. The remainder went to labour of all sorts, thereby giving the people of Dublin good reason to sing with feeling, " God bless the Prince of Wales," • The Chester Courant states that the consecration 01 the Rev. Joshua Hughes, to the bishopric of St. Asaph, will take plac e i n the southern province, probably on Sunday, May 1, being the festival of St. Philip and St. James. A memorial will be presented to the Archbishop of Canterbury, praying that the consecration of Bishop 11,wrhes may take place in St. Asaph Cathedral, whieh will be a noyeltY in the Principality. . _ SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT. WEDNESDAY. Dour years ago Mr. Bright asked for an Irish Session, and he declared that we should never satisfy the country until we granted this. We have done what he wanted, though unfortunately he is not here to see it. Yet Ireland is not satisfied—is more dissatisfied than ever, and if the truth were stated it would be confessed that England, Scotland, and Wales are getting rather weary of their sister. Yes terday afternoon the House was thinner than I have ever known it at catechism. This may have been due partly to the atrocious weather—the sleet ' and the mud, and the gloomy sky—which made it necessary for us to light up a full hour before sunset ; and partly to the uninteresting nature of the questions ; but it was due chiefly to the knowledge of the fact that we were in for another Dish night, and that Mr. MiCarthy Downing was down for a speech. Before we got to the Preservation of Peace (Ireland) Bill there was a lively scene, The irrepressible Sir George Jenkin son asked the Home Secretary how it was that he came to commute the sentences of certain murderers who had been doomed to death. Mr. Bruce got up in something like a passion. He declared that no one had ever be fore taken the liberty which the Wiltshire baronet was taking ; for that on all former occasions when the Home Secretary's advice with respect to the Royal prerogative of mercy had be(* questioned, a motion had been made, and an opportunity given to the Minister to explain his conduct. The Liberal benches cheered more and more lustily as Mr. Bruce became and more excited ; and when he expressed his hesitation as to whether he should answer Sir George Jenkinson's question, there was a shout of " No, no," repeated with increasing emphasis, until, amid a jubilant chorus of " hear, hear," he said " I will not answer the hon. baronet's question." Most members would have felt rather " sat upon " by such treatment as this, and would have been either meekly subdued or in a towering rage. Sir George Jenkinson shewed neither emotion. He got up amid shouts of ironical laughter to ask Mr. Gladstone if there was any truth in the telegram published in yesterday's Times, whereby, according to Spanish paper, Mr. Bright had promised to restore Gib raltar to Spain. Mr. Gladstone could hardly forbear from a good hearty shake of merriment, as he replied that he had not communicated with his right hon. col league, but could undertake to say that there was no foundation for the statement. Ecce iterurn. Here is Sir George again for the third time. He rises to introduce a bill to regulate' capital punishment (with a due regard to the vested interests of Mr. Calcraft, you may be sure), and in doing so protests against Mr. Bruce's re marks about himself, for had he not been influenced solely by the public welfare ? A little later the hon. baronet was taking his departure with a dignity worthy of the posses sion of the fine sideboard of plate which played so important a part in a late Wiltshire election, when loud cries of " Order " stopped him, and he had to come back and sit down again, for leave had not yet been given to intro duce his measure. That done, he was allowed to de part in peace, and we all bid him good speed. Then there was rather an amusing interlude, whereof Mr. Callan was the hero. He wanted to make an explanation, but while doing so was called to order by the Speaker. His being a young member, unused to the ways of the House, looked piteously around for an explanation, and sat dowi extinguished. Then he got up again, once more to be snuffed out. A. third time he was up, and soon got more bewildered than ever. Cries of " Move, move," did not make the matter much plainer to him. At last, however, he understood that he must move the adjournment to put himself in order. Agitated and perspiring, he accom. plished that feat, and then the orders of the day came on, and we began the Irish Bill at the unusually early hour of five minutes before five. It was Mr. M`Carthy Downing who opened the debate. He looks like a Dissenting linendraper in a very small way of business. He is a Roman Catholic lawyer, has a brother in the gallery, and sits for the county of Cork. He spoke, alas ! for forty-eight minutes. Ho vented much wrath upon the Pelt Mall Gazette. He argued for three-quarters of an hour to shew, first of all that there was no crime in Ireland ; then, that there was plenty of crime in England ; and thirdly, that if there was a good deal of crime ,n Ireland there was very good cause for it. All Irish members " orate," that is, they have an exordium, an argument, and a peroration. Mr. Downing was no excep tion to the rule, and he was just come to the grandest part of his speech when he sneezed. It was not an or u nary sneeze ; this would have passed without note or com ment. But in his anxiety not to sneeze the hon. member made such a ludicrously falsetto " aitchew," so absurdly tnlike his own natural voice, that at first there was a itter, and then there was a laugh, and then Mr. (Downing shook his head at the irreverent jesters, as though he would say, "I will be even with you yet," and at last came to an end with a denunciation of things in general. When he had finished there arose a tall, handsome, silver-haired man, who, in the tone of his voice, and the modulation of his accents, seemed to be imitating the leader of the Opposition. It was Lord John Manners, and whereas the Cork attorney had declared that there was no crime in Irelankthe Duke's son drew - such a picture of outrages and murders, (pronounced " mur-rders " in a very loud voice,) that it might have been supposed that Ireland, so far from being the Island of Saints, was Satan's seat. Of course, this very dark colouring was used with an object. The worse the state of the country, the greater the negligence of the Government in having taken no steps to amend it, Then came up again for the hundredth and first time Mr. Gladstone's parable of the Upas tree, and Lord Clarendon's declaration that certain evictions of tenants without cora. pensation amounted to felony. The ex-Commissioner of a roar, Works became more emphatic as his accusations against tilt smackmknucklesade t h y that t uof resoundedaht isfirst hands t sorryh r ouf upono g r h tt t hh h se e Government became more terrible. H e smo t e t h e palms of his hands t og a e strucktnh o e i r s n e i t t h h t ha a te table with knuckles, and then alarmed for the table. At last he cooled down a bit, and declared that he would say no more on this point, but would give a cordial assent to the bill. Yet he soon resumed his old style of denunciation, and returned sow-like, to the mire, which he had been kicking about, i n hi s endeavour to bespatter Her Majesty's Ministers. He occupied forty-seven minutes, and sat down amid the cheers of his party, especially of Mr. Charley, whom he had complimented in his speech, Mr. Charley's maiden compliment, I think. Lord John Manners being an ex-Minister, it was eti quette for a Minister to answer him. That duty was en trusted to Mr. Chichester Fortescue, who spoke with more fluency and vigour than usual. He made a good point by reminding Lord John and his colleagues that whereas they talked of the inefficiency of the present Government the late Government had ruled Ireland throughout their whole tenure of office without personal liberty ; that for the whole duration of the late Ministry the Habeas Corpus Act had been suspended. The present Government had restored this liberty, and the period of transition was one of extreme difficulty. Then he defended the delay of the Government in the matter. It was quite true that there were over 700 agrarian crimes in one month, but then the nature of those crimes should be borne in mind ; and when Colonel Wilson Patten spoke of the con dition of Ireland being a state of terror like that of France during the first revolution, the exaggeration was so mon strous that it was impossible to go beyond it. He con cluded by vindicating the policy of the Goverament n postponing the Peace Preservation Bill until now, and spoke with greater spirit than I have ever before heard from the Chief Secretary. Fifty minutes was his measure, and then came the time for empty benches and fourth rate M.P.'s. The first of them was Sir Thomas Bateson, the gentleman who has obtained the renown of having put the longest question ever put by mortal man to mortal man. He thrilled the house with horror, as he an nounced in stentorian tones, that the Premier had already doubled the number of Orangemen in Ireland, and that if he continued in office long enough, there would not be a single Protestant in Ireland who was not an Orangeman. At this terrible announcement thegentlemen of the gallery fled to take refreshment. I should tire your readers and myself if I attempted to give them anything like a resume of the speeches that fol lowed. Irishman followed Irishman, and accordingly as they sat to the right or to the left of the Speaker would be the character of their speeches. Irish Liberals denounced the bill as utterly unnecessary and unjust, or, if they admitted that it was neces- earn, they damned it with faint praise, and while having one eye upon their party, turned the other upon their con stituents and squinted horribly in the metaphorical and political sense of the word. Irish Tories were willing to support the bill and something very much stronger, and hurled fierce anathemas at the Government for not having introduced it long ago. According to the one side Ireland was all peace and happiness as in the old days whereof the utiaital ; according to A 9 othgr, rapine (pion) rage (forte), and murder (fortissimo) stalked through the land, and Mr. Gladstone was guilty of the bloodshed from the time that the Duke of Abercorn and Lord Mayo went out of office until now. There was plenty of cheering on the left, especially when Mr. Kavanagh contrasted Mr. Madden with Lord Granard, greatly to the disadvantage of the latter, and when Lord Claud Hamilton the younger defended the administration of his father, the Duke of Abercorr. ° G. casionally there was laughter, as when Mr. ConollY, (" Tom," he is always called) declared that Mr. Dowse was but a "puny " member of the Administration —an adjective gro t esque l y i nappropr i ate to th a t most amusing and c or p u l en t o f l aw officers. But Mr. Whalley bore off the palm, or the 0 1 3 ald bells rather. He tickled the House immensely b:/ declaring that every one of his prophecies had been N.' filled, and still more when he said that the only waY tO pacify Ireland was for the Protestant clergyof the countrY to preach four sermons a year against Popery, in accordance with the ancient law; a supposition which, consider. ing that the clergy have been preaching four sermons, plus 100, yearly, from time immemorial, was exquisitelY ludicrous. The climax was reached when, b./ way of proving the success of his measure, he asserted that no Roman Catholic priest had dared to shew himself where Mr. Murphy appeared. Shouts of laughte t greeted Mr. Whalley's estimate respecting th a t gentle , man : "This man so u n w or thy, b u t th e b es t I could get." At last even the member fo r Peterborough bega n to weary the House, and a s h e wen t on talking for twenty minutes, th ere w ere cr i es o f "'Vide! 'vide." That happy consumm a ti on w as De" to be attained thus early. It was but abo u t h a lf-past tent and four M.P.'s had to be heard, including that ranet bulky of members, who is a wh o l e d e p u t a ti on rolled ink one, Mr. James White. At last, al mos t m id n ight, gr. Gladstone was up. He demolished Lord Claud Hal:linte l/ with evident satisfaction, remarking th a t occa sions lik e that which had arisen in Ireland were eminently times for a suspension of judgment, but the noble lord the member for King's Lynn was still at an age when it is not usual to suspend the judgment. He pointed out the fallacy of Mr. M`Carthy Downing' e comparison between English and Irish crime, chewing that it was not the moral but the social aspect of agraritt il crime which the Government had to consider and amid; considerable cheering, he replied to Sir 'Thomas Bateson's denunciation of the Home Secretary fo r declaring the Irish penal laws "infernal" law s by quoting a speech of the Bishop of Peterborough% in which the very identical expression was used. Who the Speaker put the question that the bill be read a second time, there was such a feeble negative that hon. members joyfully shouted " Agreed," and hoped that they would b e able to get home without going through the tedious farc° of a division. But such was not the intention of 3f- 1. • Moore. He raised his voice to its full compass, and cio• dared " The Noes have it," whereupon the House cleared, and in about twenty-five minutes it became known that the Nationalists had won a great victorY' they had increased their numbers from 13 (including tellers) to 15, and were actually in a minority of only 4' DIPLOMATIC NEWS IN ROME. A correspondent in Rome, writing on the 12th, says It appears certain that an ambassador froin the French Government will be received by the (Ecumenical Council; M. de Broglie and M. de la Tour d'Auvergne have refusa l ' the office. M. de Corallis is again spoken of as thd probable candidate. The Marquis Pepoli is about to present his letters of recall as Italian ambassador et Vienna, and will probably be replaced by General Marmora. M. de Cetto, Bavarian Secretary of Legation in Rome, is to be promoted to a representation at one qF the European oourts. The Prince of Ast u ri a s has lt, Rome to return to Paris. A conseil de famine of the, exiled Bourbons is, it is said, to be held at Montres‘ in the course of the summer at which the Kinl of Naples, Don Carlos, and the Duke of Parma, f. assist. A marriage is to take place after Easter betweep., the Count Enrich de Leinningen and Mdlle. de Rile court, the heiress of one of th e no bl es t h ouses i n Baru:ie.! The Count de Leiningen i s a ca pt a i n i n th e Pontiff Dragoons, and is closely a lli e d w ith h er Majesty Queen of England through her Royal Highness thetie Duchess of K en t, an d h as di st i ngu i s h e d hi mse lf by gallantry in the late campaign at Mentana, &c. THE FRENCH PRESS ON THE EMPEROR'S LETTER. The Tonrnal des De6ats thinks that too much praise zannot be given to the Emperor for having comprehende d the dangers which might arise from incomplete reform; and measures which were only half carried out, en re", jecting the counsels of those who would have had hiel, turn a deaf ear to his Ministers, Napoleon has once m ore shewn his determination to act in a Liberal spirit. Ile has dispelled the last remaining doubts of those who still hesitated to believe in a parliamentary empire. The Senate must now realize that the reforms submitted to its consideration are supported by the Emperor quite as much as by his Ministers. The Patrie remarks that the. Emperor's letter is another, instance of that admirable political wisdom of which be has lately furnished so many proofs. He has now ranget himself with the Liberal party, who are the majority o the Empire. All reactionery intrigues and pusillanimeit suggestions have given way before the clairvoyance 01 ' that master mind. The IribcrM declares that all Frenchmen who sincerely desire to have liberty and not revolution, will rejoice the Emperor's letter to M. 011ivier. The Napoleel?,; dynasty is from henceforth securely found e d, and who 30 bold as to attack it ? No impartial mind can now enter tain the least doubt as to the course which the Timper° r means to follow. The Siecle points out the political importance of 1 3 " letter in its ralation to constitutional power, and its Scia" tion of the crisis raised by the resistance of the Senat e ' The Emperor recognised the p er il o f th e s i tuat i on , el once more he gave way. The pacific revolution of 18b',. supposed by many to b e consumma t e d b y the form ai „ , of the Cabinetlof the 2nd of January, pursues its irresistini . course, and bears down all obstacles that impede its Prq press. Personal power, official candidatures, the law , 69 44 general security, and th e res t r i c ti ve l aws on the liberty the press, have already fallen before it. The constituen t power of the Senate must now disappear in its turn 1 1: 21 this will not be th e l as t sacr ifi ce ; the rising will not abate until it h as swe pt away all that remelw• sxtant of the edifice of the 2nd of December' The Constitutionnel exclaims that the work is now ca . ?: plete, and the Parliamentary system has become s tr ee one. The patriotism of the Senate renders it certaiii tha t no hindrance will be opposed to the Emperor's wiSnr: The great reform which has been asked for since tin 12th of July has at last been carried out, and secure in of their freedom Frenchmen can now pursue their way of thf is s thedirectionof of which March agreatrch t i s h s e ot hvEee veritablepi g e n r . o rindicates.hcerowcrown Temps of tTehhneet edifice dr leer .t i i t crise Senate and the h oi as th p e ut pr a op p o e s ri e o d d cha tp uge tt4 a d l o t u h b o ts ug as h i t t o a t d h m e tcsom thatp arisen! e e h e s uccess bl ee the disputes which had Government. t t t w e e r e TEE AECIII3ISIIOP OF PARIS,-51gr. Darboy, it said, intends to ask permission from th e P ope t o re t ur n t? Paris for Easter, follow i ng the exampl es o f Mgr. Fore 6 an d Mgr. Mathieu. the Emperor is v er y anx ious s t i r this movement as it will enable him to consult the Arch' bishop, in whom he has great confidence, on the position of affairs between Church and State. - - MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN BAVARIA,—A f 4 e Bl : Ministerial crisi s i s expecte d i n M unich. Th e ,inist4r ?' War asked permission for ;Pi extraordinary Joan of 811 C and a-half million florins 'AI carry out the reform of t h 8 tdrrfpieucecysente expenses, sdet n stam,i t : euts e shc hb P e b.u r Prussi a n onseitiTahinenp' of ,w9 r it i ,n i u a6 a t resn p ,om6t l fy : n 9 fittap a r . en: : .g e ;eun c i nditehtrai4t. of u cha m ber in co n o T n a . only have to resign, as the .41position 'Not confin e d patriotic party. IS THE iVr PARASITE scientific worl d ga ys , "Se." A pare,site, you know, should subsist 0 .. 51 the plant to which it is attached. Now, perhaps the tcV wf!,s never known to subsist upon the bark of a livr a t 0-3 e, however firmly it may clutch to it by its claw, when well cemented to a bulky mass of ruin, the clavo may become true roots, and, in fact, anyone may 00 10 o a u r n gh y tt 0, c o v e the claws into true roots by a very simple process. 11111 ,_„ the month o f M a y or J une , w h en th e fi rs t t en d e r fles hy claws or teeth are produced by new shoots, cut off the new shoots and plant them in a horizontal pobition vilj , "!! great care, and cover with bell-glasses, and ta° teeth will . push down and become roots presently If much lute/feted in ivies, pay a visit to Fla' leigh Castle, near Southend, and yon will see grea t bosses of ivy on that fine old ruin. Years and •years an the old trunks were severed, yet the ivy lived on, and now the noble masses live on the ruin solely, having lie connexion with the earth. Another journey, fully of You may be made, to Knowle in Warwickshir e. You will find on the parish church near the tower, north side, one slender shoot of ivy about a yard in le ngth and some seven feet above the ground, which has no visible connexion with the earth at all. It appears as if a thriving young plant had been mutilated, and the VOP,; most end, being out of arm's reach, had been left. At all events there is the one slender piece all alone as if y_2 ll , had cut a thong of a yard length and nailed it one- 274 " Oardener's Ofagazine. The very extensive Distillery now being erected at Belfast, with all recent i m p rovements for the manufacture of Irish whisky, by Mesas. DUNVILLE & Co., who have gained a world-wide celebrity f 'their fine old Irish whisky, called "The Royal Irish istillery." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Morning. Evening THURSDAY... ... 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