The Sun. — London, England, 1851-05-10 00:00:00

' ONDO tba i atterropilt . _ • in Ireland . n o , t a rei n e d an w ' e t l o i p t u o t e3 d . o in w i n gb tli t e Roman Catholic hierarchy net the House free to proceed with the business of the country. trig" so, for they durst net He maintailiedehat the course taken was not creditable to 4efio , al it. As the measure stood in its diminiehed form, he those rtaNV in the Government, stet lie believed that theninie ~ . ...li 7, ;3 2l e ,y p ai ii i ef uh t o m p t it o d n t s ,h e It mean Catholic Church to exercise would ' corn., when the people of this country would be withie . t being subject to a penalty of ashatmed 'Of slice legneatieti.--( Rear, and cheers.) _ e n e _ saw the Attorney-General for Ireland in his place, Mr. BANK:t n said lie should - give his vote on very din. C e : . :mild like to hear from him, whether or not what ferent priuciple‘i (down, expre-eel h . e• ,the Nobe . Lord f ea r „a e ting in respect of the effect of the neea-ure was the - who had jest sat anil the Ron. [ember for the-Uni t• t o ) ~w out e. trusted in God' that nothing the Legesl aura ceul I ve,,ity of Oxford. He had a ereed teen in enly with his liee. ' Se vere , i n Prevent the Roman Cetholic etinj 'e s of tee ' Friend the Member lor the Ueiv rata ~f. °tate ;I, but he : pa ,.. 5.. , %g i p from ebtaining the advantage and euoperr of te e thootehethrit he would be but di soaring hie duty ie - vet; .1 g • . ti.,70,.T. L clergy. Could any sincere Pretestant dretel any I for- the:- amendment' neer ! htfore - ttie flottee ; for teem_ • the 1 1./ . between 'the clergy of the Roman Catlualic. and of 'it came-to a qieetion of " Ayes". or . 6 Noe.," he round that C a ocia th t ell a i t e e : - f ere Ttestant Churches? He asked the House to pipe leen " aye" was the truth, anal he should give' his vote on the interfered with the free action of the Roman '•• aye" side. He agreed with the noble Lord (Lard Dud illions iu Ireland, or before they gave their sane-Stuart) [het not onlY the present Government were in ft._ n a e measure which, in point of fact, would be More fault with regard , to the eneouragement which they had 1, neoeal of the Act of 1829. , given to the Pope buoether Governments had also given en . a ir. STANFORD found it exceedinglO difficult, no . : only co-tragement to - liomen Catholics, and tor these reasons he i ..o vote, but ne e o e, to speak, on an issue such as that reise lin the should vote for the resolution of the Hon. Member for Staf )ll7ll.n then under cuneideration' Still, he should give ford. When these discussions beettn, and when he found p ort v ts, not according to what men might say was the pure Lord Beaumont and other Rem et - Catholic Peers of rook - ti l e, o r meaning of the motion, but according to the prin- and talent giving their - assent' to the ine.eture, he WWI in Wo l k the Proposition. Suppose the motion affirmed, what hopes the discussions upon it might he conducted witnout , kn. t i s e a ad to. It would lead to nothing._ Now, it could any religious questions being raised as between Protestant ezpe ite nde id that he was opposed to the rope. ne had and Catholic. He ( Mr. Benkee) could assure thee: that such illittnpoi d the sum of- 2 1. in printing and publishing a was he feeling o f his mind, and that he never conei lentil six co I t t on the patriots of Italy, of which he had only sold it a question as between Catholic and Protestant, but as a I.oo,ltattpie:--tbe(Lßaiusbgohpter.) He w as anxious. to give every political question in which he was bound to support the of Rome in the re-establishment of maintenance of the Established Church. But that shoued lWith i tio . n al government. but he had reason to find f a ult not- d r ive him to adept a -course most - painful anti it.- trati eh t s teps which the Noble leader of the Whig Adminis- ju r ious to the feelings of - others. It was perfectly lett Ireland taken. The Noble Lord had endeavoured to go- true that the Catholic hierarchy in lreland tees rtcog that a r t :lipid through the Bishop of Rome. It was quite true nixed, trot only by • collusion, but by acts which took hiilli ons " IS k WaS a difficult one, and that the wishes of seven place ander the eye of -the Sovereign; they were encouraged th e „ ur n' People were obliged to be heads nulted; but still by the Government, and hopes held out to them that Inert lailia.dopten by the responsible of the Govern- what they aspired to was not only not distasteful to the et a ~ him open to censure. The Noble Lord was more Government, but they hail a right to think that no ime.statesman than a Protestant in the government of the such course as that adopted would have been pursued, t h 4 After seven months delay, the Nettle Lord had given -He was convinced in his own mind that the terms of the the I.," thi ng but words. The Noble Lord had consulted motion were perfectly true, and he should be ashamed of eetct r o (officers of the Crown, and he knew - something of the himself when called on to give judginent-to say aye or no totm_h law 'himself, for he had written a book on it, which -if he did not unhesitatingly pronounce an opinion in its for `'' _r. Stanford) had read.--(A iaugfi. y. He was, there. favour. The Noble Lord at the bead of the Government, so tni - Prised that he had taken the coursehe had done. If far back as the month of November last, published his h e p ;: e gilt that the Pope had committed an aggression on famous letter. Parliament did not meet for three months lima, ;. ( i ) g a tives of our Sovereign, and upon the law of na- after. ,For three mo t e hs the Cabinet was employed in con sroide, lich he undoubtedly had done, he might have paring a measure and it was submitted at last for the N eer " the revival of an obsolete stante. After the as- sideration of Parliament. The Roman Catholic Irish Mem o. b u t",; () , of these titles, and the publication of the rescript berm no doubt, opposed it; but the minorit was the smallest 44 1 t y which they were conferred, he might have issued perhaps on record. A large majority sanctioned the propo- d th e , e ,_ l 9'lation, declaring the assumption of all such titles by sition, and the speech of the Noble Lord which introduce n e ,OO s hlects of her Majesty, unlawful, prohibiting their use, it was perhaps the most eloquent he or any . man ever er " h i e l er o the circulation or publication of any bulls, rescri delivered in that House on that pariicular subject. The ou ' l i' d 4 decuroents of that nature. Such p a proclamation House met eerlY in February , but before the end of that (Ne Faye Caine . in support of the statute, and any sub-se- month the Noble Lord resigned his office, abandoned the Bill pri,,,._ raction might have been punished with fine and im. and his Sovereign, for causes which were never fully ex et %rent. But he did not believe that any loyal subject Plainest ; but among which, as he (Mr. Bankes) understood, them Majesty would have, after that warning, assumed that very Bill formed a p ortion. Perha p s the Noble Lord klonoh He thought th e terms of the motion of the would that night give a reas on wh y , with a majority of 14, and a Lotd ar able Member f or St a fford were quite correct. mi tority brought about by accidental circumstances, he Of b il d r elh Russell, ie his letter to the Bishop abandoned his Bill and his Sovereign who opened Point /hide e lla nl , had produced expectations of legislation ment with the speech to which he had just alluded. As tO i ll „ Uad not been realized. The Noble Lord had also the question of majority or minority, there was a majority that lin e naile tithe r used language which could not but deeply the other nig ht of 14 a g ainst him, and y et, instead of re- N it ;eelings of the members of the Roman Catholic signing, be still remained in office. He would tell his Hon th e i. • The terms " euperstiions mummeries,” though Friend the Member for the University of Oxford, that to ticalif We Lord had had the good sense subsequently to oppose the present motion was not, therefore, to place the kw, been and explain them. *ere phrases which ought not to Bill in peril, because the Noble Lord having abandoned his oe `accounteen used, because we had no teght to insult any man Bill, could his Hon. Friend believe that any Minister who (i of his sincerely entertained religious convictions , might come into office would not dare to bring it in, or itleretar, hear.) He gave all credit to the tact of the Hon. introduce a better one.-( Hear, hear.) According to the li e th u o er for Stafford, who had framed his motion so well that oath which he ( Mr. Bandies) had taken, he was bound to it c „ ni u ght noGentleman could den the propositions vote for the Bill e a measure, it should be recollected, hich tenuity The Noble Loki, no doubt, redied upon his in- was in its full Perfection when the Noble Lord left office, to ni tact; and it was said that where it was passible since whose return it hail been emasculated, which led him wrigglegi e h t in it was also posshie to wriggle out ; but, to believe it formed the main cause of his resignati - -n. That, e e _ e g o the Node Lord credit for all the tact he possessed, however, would be a subject for discussion in Coeinitttee, s, f e n uld support the motion of the Hon. Member for when the Noble Lord would have to vote for the clauses he theirllV., heestuse its propositions wereiudisputable. had himself originally proposed. Believing, as he did, that "•INGLIS bad listened to the very last sentence of the fears of his Hun. Friend were visionary, he would not raver Peech of the Hon. Memb e er e for Reading, without dis- helpblae Lim (Mr. Batikes) if he shraek not from knowing %t ie in g on what side he inten ( °" t° vote- Whether the roposition of the Hon. Member for Stefford, talledand Learned Gentleman was a Brahmin , or, as be had that the opinions it set forth were perfectly accurate. literat lihnself, a Pariah, whether , like another Professor of Mr. PLUMPTRE would vote tor the motion that the pi ng are, his works had gone throuh thirty editions. skip- Speaker leave the chair, and against the resolution of the Hon. lthici'l3°T so m e_ expended 25 solid pounds on a pamphlet. of Gentleman, the Member for Stafford-because it seemed to s i t co the rbi PeOple of Etiglar,cl had the bad taste to buy only him they had quite enough of bandying words backward and Ales s i r' e- (Leughter)-whether he was consistent in ex- forward-and that the time for action had arrived.-(Hear, e nd ag.hie confidence in the honesty of the Noble Lord, hear.) That was the feeling of the Protestant people of this on a ?i et finding fault with and voting against his policy - country. Therefore whether there was more or less in the b iogr these and other questions connected with the auto- proposition before the House- and it did not contain the whole t oone a PhY of the Hon. Member-(A laugh) -he would not truth-he had not a shadow of doubt that the best course he e dii ' t i . •He - would notice only one senteuce of the speech; in could pursue Was to vote against the motion of the Hun. 'notion the lioneurable and Learned Gentleman said if the Member for Stafford.--(Cheers.) ll tel ° ei n °f the Hon. Member for Stafford were carried it Mr. REYNOLDS observed that the Hon. Member who e t , ar. have no evil consequences in the country.--(Hear, just sat down used a phrase for which he was cheered by the el len ), Nw, what was the effect of that motion. The Treasury benches-that in regard to this Bill of pains and l eo Im which the Speaker had to Put was, " that he do now penalties, the people of this country had exhibited great pa to a t he chair." The amendment of the Hon. Member was tience. Did that mean that they were impatient ot all con the tit" out all the words after that, and to insert instead trol-that they were so anxious to forge manacles on ten tioe tee lines moved by the Hon. Member for Stafford. As- millions of their fellow-subjects, of whom he was one-(A olt ui e tttn for a moment that that amendment was unfertu. laugh) -that they had lost their patience? The Honouratale oht ;e l 3 carried, what would be Atte result? Was it of no Gentleman would allow him to say that, although three re ent ec luence to the country contrary, the amend. months had elapsed since the Bill was introduced on the Wa s wo uld destroy the Bill: (Hear, ? On the hear.) The ques tion • leth of February, it was very likely his patience would be not wheth er t h e Bill was g(tod or bad. He believed it put to the test a little farther, for if he were n ot ver y much Was good su far as it went. It was not so good as it might mistaken, both himself and thos e who acted with him, no n e be en• He had hoped for a better, but when the c l ues. feeling it was an aggression on th eir creed, a declaration itittwas taken, it would be whether they would go he Corne of war was determined to protect themsel v es in opposing ee to am en d i t as ta r as p oss ibl e . and on that question he tha measure by every means in their power. He Could have no hesitation in giving his vote against the (Mr. Reynolds) heard with great pleasure and con tretltnent -(Hear, hear.) Was there any one in that siderable pain the speech of his Noble Friend the e e °ll se who believed that no legislation on this subject would Member for Marylebone. Lie beard the sentiments h e b ee ' satisfactory to the great majority of the people ?--(Rear, expressed with pleasure, but he felt pain in hearing him C e r .) On feel contrary, such a course would be hostile say it was no uie to oppose the present measure any h a e tn to their ings and their judgment... The . . Bill had f_urther, because tt was hopeless. He did not expect to c en carried by repeated and increasing majorities; the hear such an opinion from a man who stood by wb th o e ra p i a se tr d iu t t h ic e 'Ott was 394; the second 414, and the third was 434, while Poles in their hour of peril and of need ''''' i'PPonents - had never mustered more than 90.-(Cries Polish standard when it was trampled in the gutter.- tt Of a Hesr ' hear.") With the exception of the Honourable (Laughter.) He had been told by more than one Member ember for Ripon, and the teentlemen who voted with him, that they would not vote for the Bill, because they were and the Hon. Member for Dublin and hie friends, no Mem- sure to lose their seats. There were, however, two - Hon.tier hadon that side of the House had voted against the Bill. He Gentlemen who voted and spoke against it, for which they a high respect for the Hon. MeMbh• for Ripon, and the deserved-as they received-the thanks of every lover of ttnl atlecnen who occupied thoSe` benches; but the members of civil and religious liberty in the United Kingdom. Those t , e i e last Cabinet, the Irish brigade, and all the stray sun- Hon. Members, who represented Manchester, were told also iZlite ee re th -y could secure, never amounted-to more than 90. that they would lose their seats; and yet, when they went monear, hear.) Well, then, were the people of England to among their constituents, and called a meeting during the th e head now?-(Hear, hear.) To call on the Noble Lord et recess; when they declared they would rather lose their i i ite . t . ead of the Government to abandon allthat he had done seats than vote for the Bill, they were not only not eote ` Chia matter, was more than he hoped any o: his friends censured in that bee-hive of human industry, but l e ,t 4 assent to. But whatever they might de, his (Sir R. a vote of c onfi truce iu them was passed unanimously. They tgdVtia's) course was clear:- (Hear, hear.) He now saw a m a y talk of their majority of 400; but if the ignorant, bi lllition in the hands of the Speaker, which, if ado tell goted, and fanatical portion of the people of England were to vf e healld annihilate the Bill, and therefore he most earnestly be respected, were not his Catholic countrymen entitled to ° Pod that the general way in which they had hitherto sup - some res p ect likewise? The Right lion. Gentleman the retied the people of E - -gland oe this question wou l d n o t n o w Secretary for the Elaine Department, in his eloquent speech west Parted from by the supporters of the Bill. H 3 for one of that night , s a id that in Ireland the Catholic and Protestant e ll 4 tl not v ote f or the amendment of the Hon. Member fur h i erarch y were side b y side, and that, therefore, there was b a : r d, and he most earnestly hoped that his i n etion would a difference between England and that country. He admitted h o b J e tted by a great majority, so as to leave the Bill of the there was a difference. but he applied the same Bill Not Lord undiminished in its provisions, and enable the to both, he (Mr. Reynolds) supposed in consequence of his e . Lord te carry out his views, so as to call into exist- particular lova of uniformity. Au Irish patriot, whom t he gems 4 permanent resistance to Papal aggression, a permit- regretted not to see in his place, had said of him that he at Lsupport. to the Protestant Church iu this country. ( Mr. Re y nolds) had ventured to avow iu a society of English It c , ° lll DUDLEY STUART said, that the speech of the gentlemen his determination to vote against the Government b u i l. Baronet who had just, sat down, in favour of the Bill, on all questions. Ha (Hr. Reynolds) repeated the avowal to t . altuoseconvinced hem that he ought to give his vote that from the period the publication of that letter, and motion Of the Hon. Member or Stafford. the introduction of this Bill of pains and penalties against his s bifi lt regard to the resolution of the Hon. Member for creed, and tbe speeches, which were au aggravation of ted . ° Fili it appeared to him that it was a perfect truism, it, be not only appealed to them, but to the Catholics : i:t,:t7ttefl:hhee childishneas to waste timedisputing it. of Ireland, in aleggregate meeting assembled on the 29t lit: overnment, it was said, had given encouragement to ult., in he etunda at Dublin, with reference to to,• e ? "Pe to act as he had done, and no doubt that was this Bill, and to that of the Honourable Member tt, - , - s "llie respects; but had not other Governments done for Bodiniii-the Religious Housethat aggregate o e •Otaele thing ? To what had been stated in the diecussien meeting was convened by a n-quieition heving 1,400 siva of t he question hi could add little; but as, at the beginning turee, amongst which were those of four Reman Catholic himself eliseussion, he had not an epaortunity of expressing archbishops, twenty-three bishops, and one vicar capitular, te a , he trusted the House would permit him now to ex- representing a see now vacant. Ho was signed aim) by f roes a his, views on the subject.-( Hear, hear.) He had, the Roman Catholic Members ot thatuse, and by 1.250 of ie '" the first a great objection to this Bill, and very early the Catholic clergy and laity of Ireland. The resolutions th e , , Su n session had declared his decide d repugnance to passed at that meeting were unanimously concurred in. ti le , egielation whatever on the subject. - (Hear, hear, from They might not vahte their opinions, perhaps, but they t o , ° Pnonents of the Bill. ) He said that it should not be were the opinions, nevertheless, of seven millions of people ' Ai red to be from any leaning towards the course of Ric combined against their Bill and themselves ( he Govern lvard"ai,e nor from any leaning towards those who leant to. meat ).. Be had beard it said that what the Pope had done a ee , he s atotrianistn in disguise, and who were known as Pa- was an nsult to the Queen. Now he was not given to 4 1 7, ,7 3, that he was about to take the course that he had boasting, but he belt bound to say, that there was no part The%Led out for himself. He hated all persons in disguise. of the United Kingdom where her Majesty's name was Ire had rem elt why h e was opposed to the Bill was not, as he held in more affectionate remembrance than it wee in Ire- Cath alCead Y , intimated, from any leaning towards the Roman land -C. , ear, hear)- and particularly by the Rumen Ca °licit. nor from any leaning to pseutlo-Roman Catholics, tbolies of Ireland. The Noble Lord at the head of the Go butreitgraurbhe was opposed to all interference with civil and vernment was running the risk of breaking up that affec kee, tut ' t erty-(Hear, hear) -and but that be had been tionate loyalty with which the Queen was there esteemed; to ll; away, from the House he sickness, he would have offered for whilst they were prepared to adhere to their allegiance, e " hie most strenuous 'opposition before now. He con- even at the risk of their lives, :hey were prepared !le ;Weirgrl.don,thwabtictob interfere with any people in the exercise of the sacrifice their lives rather thin see their ancient se, and dauger h o e u y s. believed_ ( to be true was most unjust, un- creed insulted.--( Bear, hear, and cheers.) The resolutions Hear, hear.) He had his own opi- to which he adverted vi :Awed the can e ofreligious liberty pions on matters of religious belief, acd he should say that and declared that the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill the greatest benefit that could be conferree on menkiod was an intolerable vi.datioe of it.-- (Hear, hear.) A n u t ar - Would ü be in their conversi on to P ro t estant i sin .--(Hear, hear.) ther than that, they eeclared that opposition n o t only to the Bat instead of taking the right course. they were doing the Bill itself,• but to the Administration by which it h a d been eo i Teary, and were pursuin g t ha t which was opposed to all introduced. Now - need he b l us h for what lie had said ? If r gut. L e t every man, he said, be free to exercise his retie he did, seven millions of people ought to blush with him, for g l °n, and let them act up on t h e principle. "Do unto others they had endors ed his own o p inions.-( Hear, hear.) The a s, ii you wo u ld b e d one b y. " - (Hear, hear.) With regard to Hon. an d Veme able Baronet, who usually occupied the place t einsult which it was said h a d b een o ff ere d b y t h e P one , h e h e th e n sat in, celled his party in the House "the brigade," m ust say it, assumed that ch arac t er, an d was i ntro d uce d w i t h an d himself the leader et it. To that charge he pleaded riot all the paraphernalia of offensiveness. It did, in his opinion, guilty. He was not the lead: r, but he was one of their body , constitute an insult to th e nat i on and the S ivereignof the ; - and he would say that it had only combined to protect itseif nation ; -and he wa s qu i te satisfied that the Poe had been against aggression. They niaintained a state religion la induced to resort to the st ep by those who were-the known Ireland, which seven minimised' Roman Catholics, out of a " e nemies of this country, an d who wished to " throw the population of eight mi lens, bowed to in submission. • They *Pile of discord , " and did throw it in amengst them. The ior p ced the majority li,upp.rt the . creed of the minority, and "U.-knew-that Austria had advised Runge in this business. and althoueh they (the Catholics) yielded with Curirien tor "hey saw that in the Pope's Pasteral letter s much of the po- bearance, they wo uld not let them alone, but p assed a Bill, Yof Austria was expressed. They could s ee a l so what the by whet it Dr. Murray should sign his name to a priest's P o licy of.,Russia was in this business. Rec o ll ect the feel- appointment. he - would be fined lON ., and in de f au l t , •ngs with. which he had always v iewed those G overnments. be sentenced to the common felons' gaol. and how be had -always denounced them trli e e v n e e n ve h r 6 h o e bi h ec ad . Bat he (Mr. Reynolds) doubted very much whether the the 0 _ see them m 1 • Bill le -5• Lord Stanley had said were he in power he pportunity, and he was not surprised to et • would pAs. . . , in the s•ep taken by the Pope; but his attachment to would endeavour to pass a resolution condemning the aggres dling . e .`Vil and religious liberty was greater than - (t0n..1 shin, and then he would get a Select Committee to i nqu i re this to host powers. Yet be was sure that the pe op l e of I into the reletione subsisting between Roman Catholics and - 4 7 eia country - w - would rise up, if necessary, as one i i tell, to ;the State Ihe N - dile Lord at the head of the Gee/eminent g ove rt ally insult that might be ) offered to their dif it were .- acious i having slid,"we must do something," although Honeurable ttlat v , elg re b y any power- (Hear -an C ues er e c , i Gentivilleit on his (Mr. Reynoles's) side of the H ;use said, tow lion that would invade the prerogative o f th toe ! I ;They ire doing not ranee" . a td the Hon. Baronet who usu some h o , th then he should say they ought to have recoursed Bit ' ' a , y occupied that place said. '•it, is a goo i -tt is net so o ur . e; Meansthe melancholy, paltry, abortive ine a . ! . • good -a Bill as I could wish; but still it is a good Bill." It ell. - b w :n a w.xur s e. a a: ba th d e. B e i: e l:o n : ti the Roman Catholics, or else it would not tees to remov e the now before the than House to repel it. Ile said that th Coarse %po should be in such a case , to send a fleet to Enforce au (Cite got " good a iianle iron the Protestant watch-dog.- IL__ logy from the Pope.-(Hear.) -But the step taken by the ers and taughter.) He would implore of the .Nohle Lord, was this not p a v e e was one which showed bun ready to exercise spiritual I n , our Nobleto L withdraw o i dfroi h n is o ß di i e l the e r ' " 4 where I should o ame the • had sent a orce e re ctile. was a declaration .all Popes had ever shor themselvei ready . to . dol t 1 e l. , tut e as . on of war against his country and religion, he the Pope, lig. No doubt if thee . oppose it. froneßhme, They I Mr. SPOON ehe they *mild drive hlut away b was_ at that moment kept by foreign bayonets. ah sent a fl.why not send one to Rome?. her who said -the ad o • , , t'elliett h . eet : to Greece, and the weak, let them not the Bill. They were mum or this resolution would destroy succu It; -ear.)Whilst they coerced . to adopt ' conduct of this ti only called upon to declare that the 111 to the st • but they had no occasion , 3an other Giv any suchrong, , one - had been Pope. lie could not ret ern - fleas had encouragAl the offer: ceurse because an insult-if it was dby So v e reig n la_ ; . At . use to etfirtn that resolution, because and he said that the it was true. the seine th better coarse who was weak, f dealing with ;had no sympathy with the tine he wished to state that he it than e th would. he .t take another _course o __ , Hear, i who eistech 0 brought it fortverd, n • . t she Hon. Gentleman oear.) al of legielation, which would not succeed.-( The • i Undoubtedly they thought or with those who supported it. thorffir y might by their legislate • ' 'on prevent Roman Ca- they would destro the Bill, but - tshops from • o I title. but i hey could ihe oti the 'contrary considered that it • y . not prevent, Lssummg territoria tit. lea, -because t• h 't over ; n- would teach a lesson to mould strengthen it, their people) . them from exetcising spiritual aut on y . 'those they sought to conciliate wouldthe Government, that but he As a Protestant, he rejoiced in his religion; 1 . ..ot be satisfied. No Could do otherwise than whose could gtve no suitport or countenance to a measure 1 Ministry eo an go on with the Bill. If the • d, religious object. was to interfere with the principle of civil and ; present Government resigned. another would he found which coarse liber;y...-111 •-eart hear.) He was aware that the ! would bring in a more stringent Bill. Ile saw no Cnger in whic,hhe was takin • 0 la - with the great the delay, but great daeger in refusing to affirm the resole body g was unp pu , . of the const't • Wi•h these views he should vote in support !tenting • hut h i uency which he had the honour of tepee- thin. t rt of the long before . e - had determined. on taking that course, ' amendment. . LL-I should able ore he had heard the speeches of the Right Honour- I• • Lord J. RUSSELL --I hardly have thought it Baronet Members the Member Z sion ers of that House. On the very second day of the sibie that some part of the House at least may h e m i med of on the report on the Address, he took the liberty : - by the statemeut which fell front so distinguished a3l :tuber ject statingwere , to. the - House what his opinions on this - sub - ,of the House as the Hon. Member for leorsetshire. Th e re, and of ton u expressing his opposition to any legisla- t Hon. Member said, " Hera is a proposition laid before the __ era. pon it.' . Tbe Hon, Baronet the Member for the Uni- I House, and lam obliged to say 'aye or no' to that proposi tvi.v.sithYbof Oxford bad said that, whenever there was a 1 tion." Now, nothing can be a more mistaken view of the division of the Bill, there. had. been immense majorities in , question .-( hear, bear.) The real question is one_ of a Dudley Stuart)'the- Bill ; but that did ito e to influenr•%i him (Load totally diffe ant nature. Tee real question is this-e Bill is Ne. He had hi the Course WhiCh lie thou ht ri g h t to Pure ! introduced by the Ms:inhere Of the Government, and which, which he had PreClaitned his opinions, , Uninfluenced, by any ' upon its second reading, -neat with the support of a very the me. ad' - heand extirtisOetlon•iliis Bill, -rid seeing that large majority-upwards of 430. I believe, to 90. Tne to h im t r i,tiee were s formidable he favoUr of it, a appealed Reuse havi e g thus approved or the second reeding of this I le wi. 4,°e,oh e ly a waste of time to be still discussing it, and i _Bill, it. is now proposed, in the usu,.l - course of our proceed ome : e n the lion. Members, neeing that that :WAS the_ age, to ge into Lo s Lilmittee upon the Bill, and the regular 7 ' . s . " v " Tfitildritne all forthto a opposition the Bill, aid 1 clueNtical il) Mimed "that the Speaker do Dow leave the chair;" upon which en Hon. Member gets up and moves a vote of censure upon the Government, which. as he says, will sweep awn) the bill and the Government; and Eton. Gentle men who,supported the Bill -on the second reading take od a-ante-go-of this paltry and shabby proceeding-(Hear, hear) - to vote against a Bill which on the sec old reading they had supported.-(Hear, hear. ) Sir, the bare technical (-potion will not be to affirm or to deny the . propuiition of the Hon Member for Stafford. The reonlar motion is, that yo now leave the ch ,, ir, and the.questioil you Will have to Put those w,r,ls stand part of the question. so that , hart: :.. , 0 tl,e least finaud at Hu for' saying that the Hon. m e • i nt,er is obliged, it tie approves of that proposition, and thinks it trua, to vote against the motion.--(Rehr.) his the reverse ot accurate, and it is quite astonishing that an II:so and Learned Member ot his experience should be thus lo ws, . Well, then with less authority, at an earlier part of the evening, the Noble Lord the Member fur Colchester says t hat it is quite impossible that he can refuse his assent to that pOrposition-that it is merely a proposition that 'wo and two make four, sad that ha cannot possibly deny it. I r o osliy think that the Noble Lora is not in such a di lemma as he seems to suppose he is, because, with regard to any other Bill that lie:was favourable to, suppos ing that identical proposition to be made, and an Hon. '.:Oernbes were to rise and were to say. " Before the Speaker leaves the chair I have a curious arithineocal proposition to lay before the House, that two and two snake four," would the Noble Lord say, " I shall not think it necessary to discuss that proposition. If anybody can bring any arguments against it, let ' hlm do so, but that arithmetical , proposition most be discussed before we can posaibly think of going into Committee."-- ( Hear, hear, and laughter. )' Such, Sir, I say is the unfounded excuse for giving a vote for this amendment; but the Hon. Member for Dorsetshire, and lastly 'he Hon. Member for Warwickshire, give an explanation which must be highly edifying t) those Members who think they are going lo get rid of the Bill by means of this proposition. They say, 6‘ To be sure, this is a vote of censure upon the Government, and no Govern ment can remain in office with such a vote of censure ;" but then you'll have a batter Govea onent and bettar Bill.-(A laugh.) You'll get a better 801, and the Hon. Member for \Varaicksbire delights' ih that anticipation-(" Hear, hear," from Mr. Spooner)-a better. Bill; in his sense of the word, being of course what those other Hon. Gentlemen would re gard as more stringeot, more penal, and more persecuting.- (Hear, hear.) Well, then, what is the proposition which they way is so valuable that it is quite impossible to pass it by? ft is this-"Tnat the recent act of the Pope in dividing Eng land into dioceses and appointing bishops thereto was en couraged by the conduct and declarations of her Majesty's Government." Now, Sir, the Hon, Gentleman who spoke last said that those words-and I suppose he has some au thority for that interpret tinn-apply indeed to the present Government, and also to preceding; Governments. Then I think I understand a little better what it is now proposed to affirm: It is, that all the conduct of recent Governments with respect to Roman Catholics has been erroneous; that those measures of fairness, of liberality, of justice. as I think them, were totally erroneous, and have led to this aggression. Now, Sir, I totally deny that proposition, and I totally deny also that the conduct of recent Governments, or of the present Goveromint, has been legitimately the cause of the present Papal aggression ; for, Sir, I should say according to all the usual motives of action (unless you suppose that there was same peculiar meanness and unworthiness in those who ad vised the See of Rome upon this occasion), that if a Govern ment treated the Roman Catholics .with indulgence-if they were disuhsed to listen to any of their grievances, and to obtain, if possible, a remedy for those grievances, that so tar from that being a reason for throwing every insult upon the Crown of the country-so far front its being a reason for attempting, against the consent of the Government, to establish titles and dominion in this country, it would, on the contrary, be a reason for the head of a body which was thus treated to pay some deference to the Goveininent which had been thus libersl towards them, to consult them, if necessary, and, at all events, not wantonly to insult mid exasperate the country, the Government of which had behaved to them in a friendly mantles.. - (Cheers.) Now, Sir, I be'Lve that I should be (Listing a very unjust impute ion upon the Pope if I were to say that his conduct had been actuated by motives different from this, and that every act of indulgence and liberality had only tenSed to provoke him to aggtassiori and insulo I think I should be accusing him of moot unworthy motives were I to say so. What I d believe is, that the acts of the present and former Government* have not been at all the cause of the present aggression.-(Hear, hear.) lam ready to defend the con duct of those with whom i have acted during the time I have been in Parliament, and ot those who preceded me, and who acted in a manner ti rest( re the Roman C itholic rights of which they were deprived at that. time without justice.- (Hear, hear.) All that conduct of 24 years, from lalos to 1a29, and of s 2 years, from )829 to the present time-all that policy of conciliatien towards the Roman Catholics has bestir, I believe, a wise policy, and I sun not disposed to de part in any degree from the defence of that policy.-(Hear.) But, Sir, •I do believe that this aggression has been part and parcel of a great plan which is aimed against civil and reli gious liberty in every country in Europe.-(Great cheering.) I believe that, whether the Government of this country had been favourable to Roman Catholics or unfavourable to them, in the present circumstances of the world this attempt would have been:male, and 1 feel the more secure in resist ing this aggression, because I can say that there was nothing in the conduct of the Govarnmerot to which I belo :g, or in the conduct of the Govei - nment which immediately preceded us, and nothing in our conduct as a party out of office, which tended in any way to provoke or to make us justly liable to this aggression.-(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member for Dublin speaks as if everything were perfectly quiet and un urbed, and all persons were living in harmony, until we provoked an outcry and introduced the present Bill. He must recollect that we on our sides were totally guiltless of any act which could be styled persecution or enmity against Roman Catholics. On the contrary, the only political at tacks which were made upon us were on account of too much favour shown by us to the Roman Catholica; and at that period there arrived that famous rescript, not excited or invited by us, but which came into this country and was thus the cause of the exasperation that ensued.-(Hear, hear.) It was not, therefore, any aggression or any act upon our part. It was the act of those who advised that aggression, and we know now, by t.stimony which is to be believed in this matter, by the testimony of the Earl of Shrewsbury, that those who were in the habit of advising the Pope were known enemies of England. We know. likewise?, from other information, that about the time when that rescript was promulgated it was said, and said by persons who had, I suppose, good reason for saying so, that a measure was being adopted which would set all England in a flame, anti create great disturbance among the people of the United Kingdom. Wull, I believe that was the object, and 1 believe it was to counteract the liberal influence of this country in Europe, and to enforce the views and plans of those who cannot bear the progress of c:nstitational freedom(Cheers)-I believe it was for that purpose that an aggression was framed which might disturb the miiid of England, and excite a dif ference between the people of England and of It'eland.-,. (Hear, hear.) I am unwilling to enter into the details of the Bill. but the Hon. Member for Dublin has made repre sentations so much at valance with the fact that I cannot but take some notice of them, tor he sa3s that we :prohibit Irish bishops front taking their titles, that they have a right to take their titles, and that we now propose by a Bill to prohibit them. Now, is it not the case-I certainly believe it is-that most of the Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland in their relations with the clergy assume the same sees which are likewise the sees slid dioceses of prelates of the Protes testant Established Church; and, if that be the case, here is an Act which was framed in the 10th year of George IV., which says that if any person after lie commencement of that Act, other than the person thereunto authorized by law, shall assume or use the name, style. or title of archbishop of any province, bishop of any bishopric, or dean of any deanery, in England or Ireland, he shall for every such offence forteit and pay the sum of 100/.- (I leer.) There is the Act which applies to Ireland. It is not aBM introduced now for the fir st time; but it is an Act existing upon your statute-hooka. And yet the lion. Member for Dublinoand almost every one who speaks out that side of tha House, talk as if this was a ro easto eof legislation introduced now for the first time! Why, !hey have been living wider it since 1829, arid yet !bey come forward now and characterise otoi Bill we have introduced L a one of persecution and penalty such as never had been thought of before (Hear, hear.) What, we at tempt to meet, and what I think we are bound to attempt to meet, is the assumption of titles, and the assumption of power to govern certain districts of England, in conse quence of a certain rescript from the Pope of Rome-(Hear, near) and, had it not been for that'reacript, I myself should have been perfectly s itialied . with the existing state of the law in Ireland.- (Hear, hear.) . I do not think it doubtful that any question as to the case oft he Arch bishop of Tuam, or the Bishop of Galway, at could have been raised would. hive been met by the jus tice of the case, and that the administration of the law might have been safely left in the same manner in which it has been lett since 1829.-(Hear, bear.) But it was the attempt to assume tilleS in England, to assume to rule and govern certain districts in England, and virtually to assume a temporal sovereignty that cannot be carried into effact without the consent tit the :Sovereign of the realm-it was this that made legislation necessary. -(Hear.) Now, I wish to explain the reason why I think the House cannot vote on the assumption of the Hon.. and Learned Member for Dorsetshire, that there is a proposition before them that they must either affirm or deny. It is not, as I apprehend, necessary either to affirm or deny that proposition.-(Hear, hair.) If they choose to act in contbrmity with their former vote they will go into the consideration of this Bill, discuss its clauses, and examine its proiisions; but if, on the contrary, they wish to take this opportunity of coming to a vote of censure ag in it the Government, let them take that opportunity it they will; but do not let th:in say they are under any obligation to do so.-(Hear, hear.) On the contrary, I should have said that the fair course would have been, if they thought it necessary to move a vote of censure, which, according to the Hon. Member for Warwickshire (Mr. Spooner), includes all the measures with regard to Roman Catholics that have for many years been carried into execution by successive Governmentoo-if that be their in tention, their batter course would have been 'to bring forward' a subalautive proposition for the consideration of the House. -(Cheers.) As it is at present, all those who are opposed t t o he t m hi e s e ß lv i e l s l , w a i t ll i v h o e te se w m i e th ti t m h e e , m i to shi g n e g a toritmi of f lte the Bil l theßill stringent, or to introduce another Bill with severer provi sions.-( Hear, hear.) If they choose to take that course, morethey undoubtedly it is in their power to do ao, but I do n ot think that that is such a course as the people ot England expect them to take.- (Cheers.) I think they expect that, what ever may be our party alifferences, the proceeding with this Bill is not the proper . occasion to exhibit those differences (Cheers)-but that we ought rather to turn our attention, after. the second reading of the measure, to devise those mea sures that may be necessary for the sacurity of the Crown and the security of the nation.-(Cheers.) Whether or not the present provisions are sufficient or insufficient is another question. All we can du is to introduce such a measure as we 'think will be sufficient for the purpose. I would not go one inch beyond the necessity of the case, because I wish, while resisting aggression, to maintain that religious liberty whic I hope will never be lost in this country.-(Cheers.) Mr. DISRA.ELI-The Noble Lord has correctly placed before the House the form in which this question will now be put. He has said there is no necessity to give any opinion on the aueenlmeut proposed by the. Hon. Member for Staf ford; and the statement of the Noble Lord, so far as regards the forms of the House, cannot be controverted. But the amendment is, to express it briefly, that the recent act of the Pope was encouraged by the conduct and declarations of her Majesty's Government,---4 very important assumption,' a statement I have virtually made myself often and often in this House in the course of these discussions, and a statement that months sgo I expressed in a letter to my eonstitue Oa.- ( Hear, hear.) Now, when a gentlem .n not connected with me or my friends near me is any political way places that statement before the House, if I were to take advantage of the plea of the Noble Lord, and say that by the forms of the House . I was not bonnd to give any opinion on the question, un this olceaceanonnotthsaht.rinlk have e m I think I should be taking a mean and shabby course. - (Cheers.) If this issue is placed before me I cannot avoid giving an opinion on the subject.-(Cries of " Hear, ess consideration, I attemptedexpressingcannotla. on other occa a ' Govern ment, a ter giving lona in the • course of the session, and which, front my ee to ane conscience ns :ee opinion ne establish the accu racy all I have heard from the Govern to their statements and their arguments anyte Teton to doubt true, In is it uot true, that ' the - • aggression of the Pope hag of.-(Hear, hear. y Is it ormwsgeolo. Arbrostbt omen's uld be much delay I AZ,i A t tat --gATUTtDAY -El' EN IN G, been encouraged by the conduct and declarations of. her Mejeety's Government?--(Cheers.) Is it a fact or not that the First Minister of the Crown has himself; in this. House, ex i tee:sed an opinioo that he saw no harm in Roman Ca- Relic hi-Imps a,sihing territorial titles in the realm of England?—(Cheers.) Is that a fact, or is it not, in the ex perience of every Hen. Nleinher of this House, and still in the throbbing memory of the country?—(Cheers.) Is it a fact or is it not, that a Secretary of State in another place expressed his hope that the R,lnan Catholic bishops of the Haired Kingdom would take-their seats as Peers of Parlia ment in the Rouse of Lords? Is that . a circumstance of whice there is any doubt ? And is it not an opinion that still echoes in the indignant ears of the people of England? Is it a fact, or is it not, that a member of the Cabinet was sent as plenipotentiary to Italy, and held frequent and encouraging conversations wide his Holiness?—(Haar, hear.) Is it a fact, or is it not, that, influenced by his counsels, and animated by his presence, the Pope him self condescendingly intim& ed to him that he was about to interfere with the domestic affairs of this country? ("No.") " There is something that affects England," was the intimation, according to the statement of the Noble Lord opposite, and I at the time expressed my surprise that the plenipotentiary did nut deem it necessary to inquire what it was. Lord J. RUSSELL —I wish to state what I did say. I ob-erved that it had been stated that the Pope used these words, but that Lord Nlieto denied that he ever heard any thing of th sort.--(Cheers.) Mr. DISRAELI—fit it a fact, or is it not, that the Vice royalty of Ireland was in indirect communication with the Pope, and expressed affection for his person, and reverence for his character ?—(Cheere. ) If these be facts, I ask, whether, in the language of this resolution, the aggression of the Pope may not fairly be de , cribed to have been encou raged by the conduct and declarations of her Majesty's Go vernment?—(Hear, hear.) I do not, now enter into the que-tion of the policy of that c induct on the part of the Government. I do not now ask whether it was proper, or politic, or cmetitutional, or religioue. What I ask is, it these statements be facts, how can we avoid giving our assent to the amendment?—(Hear, hear.) What is the danger of this amendment? According to the statement of the Hon. Gen tleman who introduced it, his object is not to destroy the Government, but their Bill; but the highest authority in the House -will inform us that it is not in the power Of any one who moves such an amendment to injure the Bill one whit, because it will be in the power of any Member of the House to proceed with the measure.--jlear, hear) Is there any one who actually believes that the existence of any legisla tive Act against Paeal aggression is in jeopardy by assenting to the truth contained in this amendment?—(Hear.) It so, then what is the peril if the House declares thrmuliy that to be true the accuracy of which no one denies?—( Hear, hear.) But is there any advantagb in it? The Hon. Member for Warwickshire (Mr. Spoouer) says he looks to the whole legislation of the Government for many years with respect to the Church of Rome. I have opposed measures of former Governments on these subjects myself, and I might with ad vantaee widen the issue, but I will not take refuge in such a line of policy. No one has denied that the conduct of the exist ing Government in those notorious instances to which I have referred has encouraged this ageressive conduct nn the part of the Pope of Rome; and I believe that will be the opi nion of the country now, as it has been from the first.— . . (Hear.) Then, is there any great waste of time in this discus sion? The Noble Lord boasts of his large majority in favour of legislation three months ago ; but the greatness of the ma pricy has not tended to accelerate the measure.—(Hear, hear.) Surely, therefore, this night is not to be grudged if it terminate in a profitable result, and if any advantage is to be gained. There has been delay since the aggressive act occurred ; and, though a vast majority of the House came to the result that it was wise and necessary to legislate, still nothing could be more salutary than by a resnution of this kind to give now a great and dispassionate expression of opinion with respect to the causes and events which we have all so much lamented.—(Hear, hear.) That is the prac tical result of the amendment. We state calmly that, in our opinion, the conduct of the Government has encouraged this aggression, while we are prepared t support even that Government in such a measure as will check and control —( Hear, hear.) I see nothing in the position of the [louse adopting this amendment but such as is calculated to raise the House in pubic estimation; and in acceding to it, I, for one, believe that we shall be performing a great public duty.—(Cheers.) Mr. ROEBUCK did not call the recent conduct of the Roman Catholics in England aggression, because he consi dered that it had been directly encouraged by the conduct towards the Roman Catholics of her Majesty's Government. Now, up to the time of the Noble Lord's unfortunate letter, did be at all consider that conduct of the Government objec tionable? On the contrary, he regarded it as most wise, politic, and generous. Called upon as he was to vote as a matter of fact, whether he thought the Government had en couraged the conduct of the Roman Catholics, he could not do otherwise than say " aye Mr. DEEDES had hitherto supported the Bill of her Ma jesty's Gove:nment, with the purpose, if possible, of rendering it more efficacious in Committee, and he could not consent to stop its progress. • Sir T. ACLAND celled upon the House to allow no other consideration to interfere with the progress of a measure ab solutely required to put down Papal aggression. The House then divided, and the numbers were For Mr. Urquhart's resolution 201 Against it Majority for Ministers ... —79 The Committee on the Ecclesiastical Assumption Titles Bill was then adjourned to Monday next, to be made the first order of the day. Oa the !ma, n of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, it waa agreed that the House at t,n rising do adjourn to Monday next. THE KAFIR CONINIITTEE. Mr. KEOGH moved that the Committee on Kafir Tribes consist of 17 Members, and that Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Sadleir, and Colonel Dunne be added to tit At Committee. Oa the first name, Sir G. GREY proposed that the names should be postponed till Monday, when the names his Noble Friend (Lord J. Rus sell; s‘oke of would appear on the votes. Mr. HIN'JLEY said he thought some one connected with the African Missionary Societies shuuld be placed on the Committee. Mr. KEOGH having persisted in his motion, Sir B. HALL said he mu,t decidedly object to Mr. Rey nolds being placed on the Committee, because he had de clared, solemnly and openly, that he would oppose every proposition of the Governmen•, right or wrong, and there fore could not bo regarded as an impartial per,on..—( Hear, hear.) If the lion. Member spoke truth, he must go into Committee pledged by that solemn avowal to be in differ.nt to the ends of just ice. --(Hear, hear.) But for that statement he would have been a very proper member of the Committee. Mr. REYNOLDS rose to vindicate himself The Hon. Baronet had had the boldness --he would not ray audacity, for that would be un p ar li amentary — to say be (Mr. Rey nolds) would go into a Conimittxo where he was called on to do jostled between party and party, iu the same way as be would go into the lobby to recent a vote of want ot confi dence in Government. There was no analogy- between a vote in Committee and a vote in the House. The Nestor ot RArmers said once he would vote black was white fur his party, but he bad nevertheless been placed on Committee after Committee. Was he ( Mr. Reynolds) to be excluded because he declared that, so long as Government had charge of a certain Bil, he would look oa his votes as expressions of want of confidence? Mr. J. WILLIAMS must, as a Welchman, express the deep indignation which he felt, and he was sure the whole principality would feel, at there being no Hon. Member from Wales on this Committee.—(Great laughter.) A. country man of his, who had lately returned from Katirland i had told hint there was a great similarity between the Kafir and the Welch languages, and he therefore thought that if a Com mission on this subj:ct was appointel, Hoe. Members from Wales should be upon it.—(Great laughter.) After a conversation, in which several Hun. Members took part, Mr. KEOGH said he was willing to withdraw his motion, but, Lord NAAS Fuggesting that it would be better to adjourn the debate, moved the adjournment accordingly. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the motion. ... ... 25 Against it ... 87 Majority Sir J. Y. BULLER then moved that the House adjourn, an.i it was agreed to without a division. The adjournment took place at a Quarter before Two. Mr. Hutchins paired, against the repeal of the malt•taa, with Mr. Baldock. The Marquis of Worcester paired, with Colonel D. Pen nant, for Mr. Cayley's motion for the repeal of the malt tax. Mr. Sidney paired, with Mr. T. Smith, on Lord Naas's motion. Mr. Richards, who was in favour of Lord Naaa'a motion, paind - with Mr. rd, who was apinst it. COURT CIttCUL XR. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, accompanied by their Rayal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Prussia, and the Prince Frederick William of Prussia, left Buckingham Palace at t wo o'clock yesterday afternoon for Stafford House, to honour the Duke and Duchess of .Sutherland with a visit. The loyal, mai; e cop., sisted of the Countess of Gainsborotigh. the Countess A. de Hark', Colonel the lion. Charles Grey, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour, and Coma Goltz. H er R o y a l Highness the Duchess of Kent attended by Lady Fanny Howard, also honoured the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland with her company. A select circle, including the Marquis of Westminster, the Marquis and Marchioness of Bre idalhaee, the Countess (Dowager) of Carlisle, Earl Granville, and.ths Hon. Charle s Howard, had the honour of meeting the Queen. Luncheon was served to her Majesty and the august circle, after which the Queen and Prince Alb art, the Duchess of - Kent, the Prince and Princess of Prussia. and Prince . Frederick 'William, were conducted through the Picture Gallery and State Rooms to view the valuable collection of pictures. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, and the Prussian Royal Family took their departure from Stafford. House at four o'clock. Their Royal Hignesses Prince Albert', the Prince an d' Princess of "Prussia. Prince Fre ,ferick William, and the. Princess Louisa of Prussia , vi sited the ,Exhibition of th e : Industry of all Nations yesterd ay morning. The royal suite consisted of the Countess A. de ffirke, Countess Oriulla,' Colonel Hon. C. Grey, Lieutenant-Colonel F. iI. Seymour, Count Pukler, Major Von Bayer, Connt Goltz, Colonel. Fisher, and Lieutenant Heinz. The Queen, with the Princess R.,yal and the Princess , Alice, accompanied - by the Pri ncess of Prussia and the Prin cess' Louisa of Prussia, took a drive yesterday afternoon in , an open landau and four. Prince Albert, the Prince or Prussia, and Prince Frederick William of Prussia, rode out., on horseback. Colonel the Hon. C. Grey and Lieutenant-. 1 Colonel F. H. Seymour, were in attendance on horseback. The Princesses Helena and Louisa took an airing yester day in an open carriage and four. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar visited the Prince and: Princess of Prussia yesterdaY, at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Etc; companied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princes,S of Prussia, and Prince Frederick William of Prussic, ho noured the performances of the French Plays last evening with their presence. The Royal suite eonsieted of the Countess, A. de Harke, the Countesi Oriolla, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, Lord Waterpalt, Count' Pukler, Count Goltz, Colonel Honourable Charles Grey, Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour, and Lieutenant von Heinz. Her Royal Highness the 'clueless of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Lord James P. Murray, also hi,: noured the performance of the French plays with her pre. sence last evening. Her Majesty's p r i v at e b an d attended after dinner, is Buckingham P a l ace , on Th urs d a y evening, and performai the following pieces:— Overture (Op. 44) ... ••• *** Kalliw°4ll. Aria, " Aeteon" Auber. Duetto, " Die lustigan Weiber von Windsor" Otto Nicolai. Pas de Schal, "La liayadere" „. Auber. Der Grus 4 un Alpenlande Marsch A Cabinet Council was held yesterday, at the ForAgt office, Downing -street. The Ministers present were Lord him Russell, the b o a _chancellor,. the Marquis of Lam- downe, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount merston. Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Grey,. Sir Fran Baring, Lord Brouihton, the Earl of Carlisle, the Right Hon. henry Labouchere, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. Fox Maule. The Council sat an hour and a half. Mr. Sheriff Gordon, of Mid Lothian, Mr. Logan White, of .Ir. Gibson Thomson, and Mr. Murray, hid an interview with Sir George Grey, at the- Home-office, yes terday. The Lord - Advocate Was present at the interview. Mr. Currie. 51. P., had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Preachy and Mr. Timm had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet. Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governor of the Csnadas and the Governors of the other North American colonies. PA RLIAMEN TAR Y DIVISIONS. :From the Vdes and Proceedings of the Souse of Commons ) FRIDAY, MAY 9. ECCLESIASTICAL TI ['LES ASSUMPTION BILL. Order for Committee read; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :" - Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words "The recent act of the Pope in dividing England into dioceses, and appointing bishops thereto, was encouraged by the conduct and declarations of her Majesty's. Government," instead thereof :—Question put," That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Q te-tion." The House divided; - MAJORITY—AYES, 280. Abdy, Sir Thomas Fitzpatrick J. W. Ord, William Achtnd, Sir I'. Fitzr.y, Henry OsbOrne, Ralph Adair, Hugh E. Fitzwllliam, G. W. Owen, Sir John Adair, R. Shaft° Foley, J. H. Paget, Lord A. Aglioney, il. A.. For.lyce, A. D. Paget, Lord C. Alcock, Thomas Forster, Matthew Paget, Lord G. Au lerson, Arthur Fortescue, J. W. Pakingtou, Sir J. Anson, Colonel Freshlield, J. W. Palmerston, Via. Anson, Viscount Glyn, G. C. Parker, John Anstey, Thomas Goddard, A. L. Pechell, Sir G. Armstrong, Sir A. Gordon, Acimirat .__ Peel, Sir Robert Armstrong. R. B. Granger, T. C. Perfect, Robert Ashley, Lord Greene, Thomas Peto, Samuel M. Bagslia '. , John Grenfell, C. PascOe Pigott, Francis Bailey, Joseph Grenfell, Charles W. Pilkington. JameS Baines, M. T. Grey, Sir G. Pinney, William Raring, Henry R. Grey, Ralph W. Plowden, W. IL Baring, Sir F. Grosvenor, Lord R. Plumptre, J. P. Barrow, W. H. Guest, Sir John Powlett, Lord W. Bass, M. T. Hale, R. B. Pusey, Philip Bell, Jacob ilaltord, Sir Henry Rawdon, Colonel Beubow, John Hall, Sir B. Reid, Colonel Berkeley, Admiral Hallyburton, Lord Rendlesham, Lord Berkeley, Henry F. Hanmer, Sir John Ricardo, Osman Berkeley, C. L. Harcourt, G. G. Rice, E. R. Bernal, Ralph Hardcastle, J. A. Rich, Henry Bethel!, Richard Hastie, Alexander Romilly, Colonel Birch, Sir T. Hastie, Archibald , - Romilly, Sir John Blackstone, W. S. Hatchell; John - , Rumbold, C. E. Bouverie, E. P. Hawes, Benj. . Russell, Lord John Bowles, Admiral Hayes, Sir E. Russell, Edward S. Boyle, Colonel Headlam, T. E. Russell, F. C. Broadley, Henry Heald, James Sandars, George Brocklehurst, J. Heathcoat, John Sanders, Joseph Brockman, E. D. Heathcote, Sir G.J. Scrope, G. P. Brotherton, J. Heneage, G. H. Seymer, H. K. Brown, H. Heneage, Edward Seymour, H. D. Brown, W. Hervey, Lord A. Seymour, Lord Bulkeley, Sir R. B. Heywood, James Shelburne, Earl of Bunbury, E. H. 'Lindley, C. Sheridan, R. B. Buxton, ,ir E. Holihouse. T. B. Sidney, Alderman Carter, J. B. Holland, Robert ' Smith, M. T. Caulfeild, J. M. Hotham, Lord Smollett, A. Cavendish, C. C. Howard, C. W. G. Somerville, Sir W. Cavendish, G. H. Howard. E. G. Sotheron, T. H. S. Cavendish, W. G Howard, Sir R. Spearman, H. J. Cayley, E. S. Hughes, W. B. Stanley, W. 0. Chaplin, W. J. Hutt, William Stanstield, W. R. C. Childers, J. W. Inglis, Sir It. Stanton, W. H. Clay, d ames Jermyn, Earl Staunton, Sir:G. Clay, Sir W. J o hnstone, Sir:J. Stuart, Lord J. Clerk Sir G. Kershaw, James Stuart, 11. Clifford, 11. M. King, P. J. Talbot, C. R. Cockburn, Sir A. Labouchere, H. 'lhicknesse, R. A. Cocks, T. S. Langston, J. H. Thompson, Colonel Collins, William Lawley, B. R. Thornely, T. Copeland, Alderman Legh, G. C. Tollemache, F. J. Cowper, W. F. Lemon, Sir C. Tollemache, John Craig. Sir W G, Leonard. T. B. Townley, It. G. Crowder, R. B. Lewis, Sir T. Townshend. Captain Cubitt, William Lewls, G. C. Trail!, George Currie, Raikes Lindsay, Colonel Trevor, G. It. Curteis, H. M. Littleton, E,, R. _ Trevor, Thomas Dalrymple, Captain Locke, Joseph Tufnell, Henry Das! mood, Sir G. Lockhart;A. E. Verner, Sir W. Davie, Sir H. Loveden, Pryse Vesey, Thomas Dawson, T. V. Lygon, Gen. Villiers, Viscount Deedes, W. Mackinnon, W. A. Vivian, J. 11. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Macnaghten, Sir E. Wakley, T. Douglas, Sir C. M•Gregor, John Walter, John Drumlanrig, Viscount M`Taggart, SirJ. Watkins, Colonel Drummond, Henry Mangles, R. D. Wawn. J. T. Duckworth, Sir J. Marshall, William Wellesley, Lord C. Duff, George S. Martin, C. W. West, F. R. Duff, James Masterman, John Westhead, J. P. Duke, Sir James 14 athes , in, Alex. Wigram, L. T. Duncan, Viscount Matheson, sir J. Wilcox, Brodie Duncan, George Matheson, Colonel Williams, John Duncuft, John Maule, Fox . Williams, W. Dinigas, Admiral Melgund, Viscount . Willyams, H. *, Dundas, Sir D. Milner, W. M. Williamson, Sir H. East, Sir J. B. Milnes, R. M. Willoughby, Sir H. Egerton, Sir P. Milton, Viscount Wilson, James Ellice, H., jun. Moffatt, George Wilcox, Matthew Elliot, John E. Molesworth, Sir W. Wodehouse, E. Einlyn, Viscount Moncreiff, James Weod, Sir Charles Enfield, Viscount Moody, C. A. Wood. Sir W. P. Estcourt, J. B. Morris, David Wortley, J. S. Euston, Earl Mostyn , E. M . L. Wrightson, W. B. Evans, J. Wyvill, Marmaduke Evans, William Ewart, William Nicholl, J. Fergus, John D i t i n g t r z a , v G e . ' F E . arl of Norreys, Lord Ferguson, Colonel Norreys, Sir D. Ferguson, sir R. Ogle, S. C. Adderley, C. E. Archdall, Captain Arkwright, Weorge Arundel, Earl of Bagge, William Begot, William Baillie, li. J. B tird, Jaime Baldock, E. U. Baldwin, C. B. Bankes, G. TELLEss. Hayter, W. G. Hill, Lord M. MINORITY—NOES, 201. Fellowes, E. Mundy, William Floyer, John Murphy, F. S. Forbes, William Napier Joseph Forester, G. C. Nee ld, John Fox, S. L. Newport, Viscount Fox, Richard M. Noel, Gerald J. Fcx, W. J. O'Brien, Sir T. Frewen, C. H. O'Connell, John Fuller, A. E. O'Connell, M. J. Gallwey, Sir W. P. O'Flaherty. Antkony Galway, Viscount Ossulston, Lord Gaskell, J. M. Oswald, Alexander Gilpin, R. T. Packe, C. W. Gooch, E. S. Pigot, Sir Robert Gould, Wyndham Fonsonby, C. F. Grace, 0. D. Portal, Melville Grattan, Henry Power, Dr. Greene, John - Power, Nicholas Grogan, Edward Renton, J. C. Guernsey, Lord Repton, G. W. J. Hall, Colonel . Reynolds, John Halsey, T. P. Richards, Richard Hamilton, G. A. Roche, E. B. Hamilton, J. H. Roebuck, .7. A. Harris, Captain Milford, Francis Henley, J. W. Rushout, Captain Reifies, J. C. Sadleir, John Higgins, George Scholefleld, William Hildyari, R. C. Scott, Francis Hildyard, T. B. Scully, Francis Hill, Lord E. Seaham, Viscount Hodgson, W. N. Sibthorp, Colonel Hope, Henry T. Smythe, George Hope, Alexander Somers, J. P. Hornby, John Somerset, Captain Howard, P. H. Spooner, R. JoMire, Sir W. H. Stafford, Augustus Keating, Robert Stanford, J. F. Keogh, William Stanley, Edward Kerrison, Sir E. Stanley, E. H. Knightley, Sir C. Stuart, John Knox, Colonel Start, H. G. Knox,:W. S. Sullivan. Michael Langton, W. H. P. Talbot, J. H. Lawless, Cecil Taylor,:Thomas E. Lennox, Lor A. Tentson. Edward K. Lennox, Lord H. G. Thesiger. Sir F. Lewisham, Viscount Thompson, Alderman Long, W. Towneley, John Lopes, Sir Ralph Trelawny, J. S. Lowther, Colonel Trotlope, Sir J. Lowther, Henry Tyler, Sir G. Mackenzie, W.F. Tyrell, Sir J. M'Cullagh, W. T. Verner, Sir W. Maher, N. Villiers, F. W. Meagher, Thomas Vyse, It. H. It. H. Mandeville, Viscount Waddington, H. S. Manners, Lord G. Wegg- Prosser, F. Manners, Lord J. Welby, G. E. March. Earl of Whiteside. James Maunsell, T. P. Williams, T. P. Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Worcester, Marquis Meux, Sir Henry Wynn. IL W. Miles, William Wynn, Sir W. Miles, P. W. it Yorke, E. T. Monsell, William TELLTILL Moore, G. H. Urquhart, David Mulling% J. IL Naas, Lord Barron, Sir H. Bateson, Thorna Bennet. Philip Bentinck, Lord IL Beresford, William Berkeley G. F. Bernard, Viscount Best, John Stephen Blake, M. J. Blakemore, R. Illandtord, Marquis Blewitt, Reginald Boldero, H. 0. hooker. T. W. Booth, Sir R. G. Bremridge, Richard Brim), M. Broadwood,.H. Brooke, Lord Bruce, Lord E. lsruen, Colonel Buck, b. W. Buller, Sir J. Y. Bunbury, William Burghley, Lord Burrell, Sir C. Butler, P. S. Cabbell, B. B. Carew, W. H. P. Castlereagh, Visc. Christopher, R. Christy, Samuel Clive, 11. B. Cobbold, J. C. Cochrane, A. D. Colvile, C. R. Compton, H. C. Conolly, Thomas Cotton, W. H. Crawtord, W. S. Devereux, John T. Dick, Quintin Disraeli, B. pod, J. W. Dodd, Drax, J. S.W. Duncombe, A. Duncombe, 0. Dundas, George Dunne, Colonel Du Pre, C. G. Edwards, Henry Evelyn, William J. Fagan, James Farnham, E. B. Farrer, James MAY BUIR TRIBES. Committee to consist of seventeen Members :—Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Reynolds be added to the Committee :" Debate arising:, Motion made, and Question put, " That the Debate be now adjourned." The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, 25. Arkwright, (leorge Hobhouse ' T. B. Sullivan Michael Beresford, Wi ll iam Hodgson, W. N. Taylor, Thomas E. Blake, M. J. Keating, Robert Verner, Sir W. liroadwood, H. Lawless, Cecil Vyse, R. H. Christopher, R. Maher, N. Waddington, H. S. Cobbold, John C. Reynolds, John Dunne, Colonel Sadleir, Joint 'TELLERS. Fell° wes, Edward Scully, Francis Keogh, William Goold, Wnydhatn Seaham, Viscount Naas, Lord Grogan, Edward Sibthorp, Colonel MAJORITY-NOES, 87. Adderley, C. B. Fitzpatrick, J. W. Pigott, Francis Aglionby, H. A. Foley, J. 11. Pilkftngton, James Armstrong, Sir A. Fortescue, J. W. Plourden, W. H. Baines, M. T. Gaskell, J. M. Ricardo, Osman Baring, Sir F. T. Greene, Thomas Rich, Henry Bass, M. T. Grenfell, C. Pascoe Russell, F. C. Bell, Jacob Grentell, Charles W. Seymour, Lord Bellew, R. M. Grey, Sir George Smith, M. Tucker Berkeley. C. L. G. Grey, R. W. Smollett. A. Bernal, Ralph Hall, Sir B. Somerville, Sir W. Booth, Sir R. G. Hatchell, John ' Sotheron, T. Brotherton, Joseph Hawes, Benjamin Spooner, Richard Buller, Sir Y. Heneage, G. H. Stanton, W. S. Bunbury, E, 11. Hindley, Charles Stuart, Lord J. Carew, W. P. , Hernby, John Stuart, 11. Carter, J. B. Howard. C. W. G. Tenison, E. K. Childers, J. W. Hutt, William Thompson, Colonel Cockburn. SirlA. Kershaw, Jame. Thornely, Thomas Cowper, W. F. Lewis. G. C. Tuthell, Henry Craig, Sir W. G. Loveden, Pryse Tyler, Sir G. w a wn, J. T. Deedes, W. Mackinnon, W. Williams, John Duckworth, Sir J. Martin, C. W. Will ems, H. Duncan, George Motile. Fox Wilson, James Duncuft, John Moncreiff, James Wood, Sir Charles . Dundas, Admiral Mostyn, E. M. Wood, Sir W. P. Dundas. Sir David Mulgrave, Earl Elliot, John Eatcourt, J. B. B. Paget, Page Leordrd Hatt W. G. EvanS, William Palmerston, Viscount H , Hill, Lord Marcus Ferguson, Sir R. Parker. John Clarence George Wynn, 7 11 L . t N E I 6 . . - - NORTHUMBERLAND HOUSE.--Ads Grace the Duke of Northumberland appears determined not to do things by halves—in addition to the privilege granted to the public of viewing his suburban residence, Sion House, Cra w h ct ;i e referto red to a few days since, his Grace has given w i hi ns os have the state apartments at Northumberland House; Char ing -cross, also shown on stated days in each week, and yes terday a large number of persons availed themselves of the kindness of the noble proprietor. We have no doubt t Lie pub lic will properly appreciate this act of considerate k indness on the part of the Noble Duke, as we feel satisfied tl hat the conduct of the visitors will be such as to leave his G frace no cause to regret his liberality, and his confidence in the sir good feeling and propriety. Great men differ from common ones in MOT z 1 mere than in intellectual qualities.—Eliza Cook's Jounced. EADVERTISEMENT.]--Holloway's Pills wonderfully efficacious in the cure of a disordered Liver.—Mr. R. W ' Kirkus, chemist of Prescot-street, Liver p ool, latel y informed Professor Holloway that a customer of his (a lady to whom b e is at liberty to refer) has been cured by the use of t hese in valuable Pills o f a liver complaint with whic h she has bee n troubled for several years ; and so virulwetbnhitiscwhaalrasertlmhieeivnelgadssthteaartet,taasnbckde that t , l e Holloway's I o h s e v r ay l.i ' i s e 1 w ) , the despa i redfi rst d o o f. se o l f n by c ontinuing their use for a short period she has been restored , t o tile enjoyment Sold of perfect health. -- . by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's h - - pact, 244, Strand, Learn. THE RAFIR WAR. PLYMOITTII, FRIDAY, MAY 9.—The General Steam Screw v Navigation Company's picket Hellespont, Captain Watts, arrived at six o'clock ibis morning. She left the Cape at noon on April 4, Sierra Loone the 20;h, and Cape de Verde on the 25 h, and has, therefore, tir cora plished the passage in rather less than thirty-five days. The intelligence by her makes very little alteration in the condition of affairs in the Cape Colony since the last dates. Sir Harry Smith, with about 2,200 troops of all sorts, was at King William's Town. Having been apprised of the intention of the Kafirs to assault Fort Hare with the intention of rescuing the Hottentot prisoners, he antici pated their attack by moving against them. Up wards of 100 were killed, many wounded, and a large number of rattle captured. On the part of the British forces only a few rank and file wore killed and wounded. Colonel Mackinnon's patrol from Kin; William's Town had made a raid on the Kafirs, destroyed several of their kraals, and, by the aid of the Fingoes, taken a quantity of stock. Sir Harry Smith, having since the desertion of the Clp3 Mounted Rifles threatened to act only ou the de ()naive unless assisted by the colonists, has at length in •+uced a number of the frontier farmers to join him. rney, however, contend that unless the litirs all at ,ng the frontier districts are exterminated no security fur life or property can ba expected. In consequence of 46 armed Cape Mounted Rifi-s having connected themselves with me disaffe;ted Hot- tentots at Blinkwater, about one half of that b idy have been dis,►rmed, and 200 of their horses are now Appro priated to the use of the levies from the western district. Three or four of the deserters from the Rifle corps have been shot. The. Fingoes continue faithrul, but the band of Her manu=, now led by his son, refuse to surrender to Ge ne; al Somerset. They hang about Illinkwater, and is isted the Kafirs in their abortire nt emirs to rescue the Hottentot prisoners. . . . _ sanfilli: with the prophet Unalangeni, was Edo in h. tasmesses of the Anatolas. Loyola, the T'Slambie chief, who took up a stroni, pn ninon on the Debe Neck, interrup:ing communicaft,n , between King William's Town and Graham's Town, decamped on the appearance of a strong patrol bent to rxpel him. There has been no open demonstration at Cipe Town ,i(her favourable or otherwise to the Governor-General, bat the feeling of the inhabitants is for the adopti-n of same determined course to prevent the protraction of the war. We take the following from the Monthly Despatch of the 34 ult.:— " In our last issue of the 6th of March we gave all the in • telligence which had reached Cape Town from the frontier up to that date—the latest being the successful attack upon the rebel Hottentots and Kafirs at Fort Armstrong by the Burghers and the force under General S imerset on the 9.2 d of ebruary ; at that time Sir H. G. Smith with Colonel Mackinnon, was at King William's Town, and G meral Somerset's head-quarters were at Fort Hare. In our post script we also mentioned the suspicions which had been excited by the supposed desertion of a numbe- of Pato's Kati, s from Albany, taking with them a large herd of cattle belonging to Mr. Cockcroft, one of their employers. That chief's ignorance of the circumstance is strenuously asserted by him; had it been otherwise, and the desertion been general, this occurrence would have been ominous of further mischief. " In Kafraria, the first operation we have to record is the march of a strong patrol on the 25th of February, under Colonels Mackinnon and Eyre; which was so far successful as to capture, with the assistance of the Fingoes at Fort Peddle, 1,635 head of cattle, and to devastate the country; but no other result appears to have been the consequence of this march, and the troops returned in two divisions—that under Colonel Eyre by way of Fort White and King William's Town on the 2Sth, the other under Colonel Mackinnon first proceeged to Line Drift. " On the sth of March Colonel Mackinnon marched with 2,500 men and two guns to - throw'supplies into Forts White and Cox ; on his return from the latter place, on the 6th, the Kafirs made an attempt to cut off the mule waggais, which the colonel's able arrangements ent rely frustrated, and en abled him to inflict a loss upon them of 100 killed an, many wounded; only two of the Hottentot levy were killed and two wounded. " On the 13th another of those unexpected and mysterious occurrences happened at King William's Town, which de monstrate most emphatically the extreme difficulty of dealing with the coloured population of the colony, and of their systematic and deplorable faithlessness: this was the desertion of 70 Hottentots, 46 of them belonging to the Cape Mounted Rifles, including three sergeants. This corps has hitherto been distinguished for its z al and loyalty, and the necessity for disarming he.reinahrier stationed there, which was done on the fof owing day, besides the party at East London, is a misfortune nut easily repaired. The horses and arms of 100 were transferred to a selected number of men belonging to the western levies. Wha makes the circutn• stance more remarkable is, that some of them bad been long in the force, and were considered decidedly steady, religious men; still more inexplicable is the fact that that portion of this force stationed at Fort Hare, though nearer their Kat River confederates, profess continued and stedfast loyalty to the Government, and are confidtd in by General Somerset, who mustered them on the 19th of March, and addressed them respecting the defection of their companions in arms at King William' s Town, when they unanimously declaeed that they would tight till he last with their veteran leader. " On the 18. h Sir H. Smith, in consequence of information received by him of a contemplated attack on Ent Hate during the absence of General Somerset, marched there from Kin , William's Town; some skirmishing occurred with the Kafirs on his route, which resulted in their loes of 40 or a), among whom were three of the deserters from the Cape Mounted Rifles. Only one man was wounded on our side. " These repeated marches and countermarches have led to no practical result bearing upon the fate of the campaign; they have, however, ended to make soldiers of the raw wes tern levies, who were on their arrival undisciplined and un accustomed to act in concert; but, on the other hand, they have excited surprise and distrust among that portion of the coloured population whose continued fidelity is of the greatest importance at the present...critical period. It would be far cheaper to bring troops i'om the Mauritius or St. Helena, and to have reinforcements from England at once, th ,n to prolong the war for an indefinite period by endeavou - ing to crush the rebellion with the troops on the spot, who are too few to effect anything of consequence, entailing an ultimately ruinous expense, as many more will have to be brought be fore there can be a semblance of security on the frontier. Moreover, it should be remembered that the Hottentots can not be kept in the field for ever, and that the time tor which they were first enlisted has already half expired. " The defection of the Cape Mounted Riflemen greatly en couraged the Kafirs, who assumed an insolent tone, and even attacked some men with a waggon within two miles of King William's T ,wn ; two of the Englishmen accom panying it wore severely wounded, and the party had some difficulty in reaching that place. " With respect to events within that colony it was confi dently hoped that the capture and dispersion of the Fort Armstrong traitors would have had a most salutary effect upon the tribes in arms against the colonists; but the tem porary reoccupation of the Kat River districts by rebel bands, in consequence of the numerous calls upon the services of troops and other untoward events, speedily dispelled any such expectations. The further proceedings of General _rci inerset in this district on the 25th and 26th of February, and the capture of a quantity of booty and a number of waggons at Phllipton, Eland's Post, and other places on the Kat River, will be found in his dispatch published below. " During the operations against Fort Armstrong, and upon other occasions, the eagerness of our Fingoe allies to capture cattle, whether belonging to friends or foes, has caused their commanders much trouble, while the chaotic confusion of races, and the diversity of interests among the frontier inhabitants, render the conducting of the war in a satisfactory manner one of the most arduous undertakings possible. " On the north-east the Tambookies are kept in check by the Burghers, but a small party under Commissioner Cole, of about 110 men, composed of Boars, English, Bastards, and Hottentots, who advanced from Sterksspruit against the Chief Moroise, unsupported, met with a severe reverse, and the English lost nine of their number, who were killed. The troops under Major Warden happily came up and saved the remainder of the party. " Small parties of Kafirs are in the colony doing much mischief, but the occupation of Kafraria by the troops and -r Sir H. G. Smith has no doubt prevented their swarming in the Addo Bush and their other favourite lurking places in. former wars. - -.-- - " A public meeting was held at Graham's Town on the 19th of March, and resolutions were passed to the effect that a memorial should be addressed to his Excellency. praying that he wil present l aint a judicial comssion to 'nquire the causes of the present rebellion amen mi g the Hottentothsn coloured inhabitants of the colony. The preceedingscie_y referred to the Kat River affair and the conduct of the ints sionaries. e i n - t h e C ape T own G azette o f t h e 27th of March a pro- hers of clamation appeared, ceiling upon the Mounted Bur pr, g ,ceed to the western districts, to the number of the front; the pay and allowances are liberal, andto from the known gallantry and loyalty of the men lie a ddresses, we have no doubt that his Excellency's appeal will be promptly and cheerfully responded to. England in the Maid " Sir A. Stockenstrom sailed fo r stone on the 23d of March." f u ll and valuable cargo, con- The Hellespont has a s ki ns , eight pseksges contain sisting of ivory, oil, and ing specimens of natural history, 30 packages of sun dries, and gold dust valued at 1,0001. Her passengers from Cape Town are—Mrs. Coleman, children, and vatir; Mr. and Mrs. Kuhr, child, an d two servants ; M r rm 'Gregor, of the naval department at Simon's Bay; Mr. W. P. Smith, of the Mixed Commission, Cap e T own; M. and Madame Paillotte, three children, and two servants ; and Mr. Richard Sealbrook, of C a p e Town. From Sierra Leone—the Chevalier de Guillemard de Atragon, Spanish Consul-General and her Christian Majesty's Judge at Sierra Leone ; Mr. J. B. Elliott, of the barrack department at Sierra Leone ; and Captain Staf ford and six distressed seamen, lately be longing to the brig John Cabot, of Bristol, 158 tons, condemned as unseaworthy while engaged in a trading voyage on the coast of Africa. Mr. Elliott, who is a gentleman of colour, has come to England on leave of absence, with a view of making arrangements, through the Countess of Huntingdon's connexion, the propa gation of the gospel in th e i n t er i or of •A Fries. Just previous to the departure of the Hellespont from Sierra Leone the commissioners sent by the Governor to treat with the chiefs of the Nunez and Pongo rivers had succeeded in their negotiations with the chiefs of Nunez, but those of Pongo bad not yet accepted the pro positions of the commissioners. The successful result of this communication is likely to be attended with great advantage to those British merchants who trade on that part of the coast. The Admiralty agent in charge of mails, Commander Robertson, has landed bags from the Cape of Good Hope, Sierra Leone, and Cape Verds, and from the squadrons the the Cape and on the West Coast of Africa. Hitherto the Cape mails have been dispatched from Plymouth by the first train starting after ship's arrival, by which arrangement they could have been in London on Friday afternoon ; they are now detained for the regular mail train, which arrives in ondon on baturday ---- -- ,---...-. ADMISSION TO WESTMINST . EII ABBEY.-- I II corme quence of the large increase . in the number of foreign visitors arriving daily to inspect the abbey, the dean and c hapter have appoint ed two inter p reters to a ssist the ordi nary offi cer s of the sacred edifice in explaining its c hi e f features. There is no charge for admission to this venerable structure, the whole. with the exception of the Chapel of henry VII. , having been opened to the public several years ego, when the s?rvant4 were alto eTpeuly forbidden to K. pept feesfrom yisitm, 1551. lIATTY'E HIPPODROME. The inauguration of the marvellous Crystal Casket, in which the contributions of the various nations of the earth are arranged for the inspection and admiration of myriads of all sorts and conditions of men, has not been unaccompanied by the production of novelties and contributions to the public entertainment such as have hitherto been unexampled in the metropolis. Amongst such attractive developments of artistic skill the unique and gigantic structure at Kensington, opened on the memorable Ist of May, under the auspices of Mr. Batty, is eminently entitled to popular mdse. An ueroofed oval area, measuring 500 feet by 400, is surrounded by an amphitheatre rising is Bevels rows of seats, and capable of affording accommodation to 14,000 specta tors, all of whom have equal facilities for an unob structed view of the performances, although divided into four classes, at as many different prices of admis sion. The nature and diversity of the amusement!' presented to the frequenters of this hippo-drametta nonpareil may be gathered from the felloeing outline of the teats which, in company with low thousand sight seers, we have had the pleasure of witnessing. First of all, the Crimson hangings at the southern extremity being drawn aside, there issued foi th a royal pro cession—heralds giittering iu embroidered tabards, knights armed clpsa-pie fur the tournament, and gor geously dressed dames on cham;.ieg palfreys, preeed mg a car in which Maj.sty King Henry the Eighth of uxorious memory, and his briefly-beloved consort, Anne 1301 e) n, were seated in great maj, sty. Behind them, on Jerusalem punter, rode a pair of jssters; and thrice traversing the periphery of the arena in solemn splendour, the pageant vanished whence it came. Next our nervous admiration wax commanded by a sleek rope acrobat, who performed fearful pranks et a dizzy e i te a l aou, and, ou the Lai." descent of the ccanobates, a race ensue d betweau two charioteers iu ciai,ic garb, i the one in scallet rub e beleg the Autemedon of four bay coursers yoked abreast; airel-erfaiesasi exciting neck and neck contest, bearing the palm from hi s onnpetiti,r, who " verdure clad" ,mote the flanks cf a similar team of gr,-ys. Then came a race right gallantly run between three modern jockeys at a slappin g pace . , and next, wondrous to behold, a contest b 'tween two os tr;ches, mounted by Arab youths, producing an effect as singular as novel. Fear equestrians, each bestrid ing a pair of coursers, then displayed their prowess, and were succeeded by a beautiful horsewoman, whose well trained cheenut displayed an ear for music Cully equal to that of the ebee mare who was wont to caracole be neath the hand of Paulo Fanque. Atter a struggle be tween tour Spanish muleteers, each borne by as many quadrupeds, a c h ar i ot an d a pa i r race, b eau tifully con tested by three itomau ladies—an equestrian display by sundry apes, who c li ng l ik e gr i m death to the i r poni es' backs—and a hurdle race excellently doge by six im personations of Di Vernon, in scarlet habits, the wonder of the flog appeared, the master of the globe roulante. Forwards aid backwards, up an d d own t h e s l o pi n g planks, with happier late than the ever-toiling Sisy phus iu Hades, lie pedally roll e d t h e mag i cally pro greasing ball, which seemed in bulk and material co be such a oue as, in drys gone by, was shot from a mighty culvtrin by the jealous guardians of the Dar danelles at Duckwurtb, when his noble fleet paid an unwelcome visit to their secred waters. This exploit of charioteers. the . er eu The le s al n o d ne the is ftwe:fldlidwinoretehathoel a p p a p y r7b n at t ion we assign to the vivid struggle between the iemale spurts concluded with a " Curse race, in which ten riderless steeds, discriminated by scarfs of several colours, contended the mastery with evident sell-enjoy meet. The eetertaintuenta were enlivened by the strains or two t fficient brass bands, stationed in galleries at each extremity of the major axis of the ellipse. There is tot, we can fairly say, a single place of amusement in the c.pital really netter worth a visit than the Grand National Hippodrome. It is calculated to afford a large amount of pleasure even te ;Wilk Londoners, whilst juveniles and provincials will be taiilY enchanted by its multifarious novelties, which are produced, as Mr. Batty with pert , cc truth asserts in his programme, " on a scale of extent and grand: ur hitherto unexampled in Eneland." Paxton's Palace of Glass, Betty's Hippo drome, and Alexis Soyer's Symposium, are the three grand metropolitan lions of 1851. ACCIDENT toMR.COXWELL'S BALLOON. Mr. Cuxwell, the English aeronaut, who, from hie frequent and stiec.ssful ascents, has acquired quite a German reputati,n, has suffered a sevi re loss by an sccitient that occurred to his balloon, on the 6th, at liedin. He had announced that he and Mr. Risley, the proprietor of the Panorama of the Mississippi, would undertake an aerial jouiney of undetermined length and durivion, whether they landed in Austria, Russia, or Bohemia being a matter of indifference. Fur this purpose the balloon was inflated at an early hour in the grounds of the SAtrz-n-flaus, and at noon all was ready for the departure. The weather, however, was unfavourable, and strung gusts of wind made the ma chice surge violently while still test to the ground. The car was packed with all the necessaries for u lung trip, Ilk whicn many frontiers might have been crossed with out passports, and soon after 12 o'clock the two voyager, took their sea! 14, and the balloon was disengaged. At the moment it was slowly rising one of the frequent vats of wind drove it against a group of trees in the grounds ; it seLinell to contend a inomeut with the ob struction, but an unlucky branch had turn the silk, and the gas rushing out, cotivert:,d the hole into a huge tent; the baliciena collapsed, and in a few minutes its stately fabric was lying shapeless, shrunken, arid void, on the earth. Neither of the voyagers sustained any injury. Au immense crowd of spectators dispersed, not without many expressions of regret at the accident, which to Mr. Cox well will prove a heavy loss. RAILWAY RETURNS TRAFFIC RETIL?NS FOR THE PAST WEEK. ' NAME OF RAILWAY. BRITISH. Aberdeen •• .. Belfast and Ballymena . • • • • . • • • • • • • • Belfast and County Down. • • • • • • • • • • • Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, and West York • • • • Bristol and Exeter .. • • •••• " • • Caledonian........ ••• • • • • Chester and Holyhead. • • . • • • •••• • • • • Dublin and Belfast Junction • • .• • • • • Dublin and Drogheda• • • • • • Dundee.ni li n and Kingstown Kingstown.. • • • • • • • • Arbroath Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk and Enni5ki11en............ East Anglian..., • • • , East Lancashire • • Eastern Counties and Norfolk Eastern Union Edinburgh and Glasgow .... ........ Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee.. •• •• k'urness hallway Glasgow, and youth-Western •• •• • • Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock •• •• Great Northern and E. L. •• •• ••• •• Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western •• Lancaster and Car1i51e.............. Lancashire and Yorkshire..•• •• •• •• •• 854 160 94% 11634 171 22 Si 236 188 262% 90 260 12% 518 1 ,‘ 54 173►, 239 11% 1f 95i 28 496% L SJ. £1,012 650 1,028 421 4,210 5,938 2,357 267 938 1,216 731 3,021 15,730 2,124 3,857 2,297 Leeds and Thirsk .• ............ • • Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.• • • London and North Western ..... • • •• London and Blackwall.• • • • • • • • • " • • London, Brighton, and South Coast.• London and South Western. •• •• •• •• Londonderry and Enniskillen • • • • • Manchester, manchester: slihusetti i toenti,atunidd sLilaiit4l,oocik,hiri•ce•• 3 M i a a i r 7 p h o e i s .t t eurudauctrSou th .• Midland •• •• • •'•• " • Irish sMeidiwcaasndtg andreat British • • ..... • ▪ •••• • • North • North Staffordshire .• ••••••• • • • • • • • tiorth-Wcstern •••• • • • • • • • • • • .....• Scot tish Central . • • • • • • • •• • • • • • • Scott i s h Midland • • ,•• .• Shrewsbury and Chester • • •• • • •• Shropshire Union ••• • • • •• •• •• • B S B9 O c t uuu l t tti t h hi Eastern:•c o .aen ., (• • •▪ • Goole •• Y I: i a l te V r 9 1 : o tol i r e . rd d i : Nw a . ' Li .: •• •• • : • • 1: s • i k t t e a C h aven Junction ca all• st • l • a . Berwick ▪ •.. Yor nd York and North Midlaud. 113 5,041 359 495 20,510 1,309 2,002 3,158 4,399 1,344 430 1,431 477 1,533 10,1kiJ , 58 1851. /1,342 708 229 3,6a0 73S 4,560 6,060 2,b07 657 1.001 1,468 329 680 191 - '979 474 49,213 1,016 10,329 10,515 181 129 6,066 443 632 20,421 1,521 2,274 3,179 5,246 535 I,SOi 533 1,749 669 1,052 2,08 :4.43 307 175 13,600 7.029 2,020 12,h011 1,(15$ 1,083 2,299 654 384 339 t 99 i i ,427 :,342 FOREIGN. Amiens and Alontereau . and Troyes •• • • • • •• ••• .... ....... Northern of France Orleans to Rourges (Cent.) ... • Orleans to Bordeaux •• •• •• •• Paris and Orl eans •• •• •• Paris and Rou en •••• •• •• • Rouen and Havre ...• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 1,51$ 965 15,131 2,519 3,059 7,520 5,843 2,467 1,02 g 18,440 3,6:4 3,3 4 2 8,50 r 6,0 0 2,353 RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. ork, 236,) THE GREAT NoRTIIERN R AILWAY .-- (Miles ill yr —Return of Traffic for the Week ending April 27, I"`' Passengers, parcels, carriages, 8 61 _ horses, dogs, and mails OA" 4 3 405 13 5 i - Dierehandiseand minerals •• Cattle ... '4O 15 7 ••• •.. ••• Total .. ... £9,750 17 7 Corresponding week, April .28:050 (14 3 miles) : Passengers, parcels, Icc. • £ 1, 1 ' 934 0 6 Cattle ••• 850 0 5 jam No4RFOLK Ranwia....Traffie Total ••• "" ." 43 ' 784 11 EASTERN C w or e r k return for the l e gs n ding : C ay '" 48,234 2 3 Passengers, parcels, cattle, an d cartage 6,20; 19 6 Merchandise, Total .•• ... £14,458 1 9 Corresponding week of IFSO 15,730 3 8 BLACKWALI. RAILWAT...- Amount of menu, for en ding May 4 , 't ° b s e D Glas we ek osdAel4: en ding May 4. Lll.W&'r......Amount of revenu' pssengers ••• r• £9912 24 10 0 Total ••• £I I 015 12 1 ••• ... Corresponding week last year ... 791 5 9 ~ 111ANCHEsTER, BUXTON, MATIACK, AND Misr I's viTso TION BAILWAY.—B e t UTII of traffic for the woke;ding May 4 --7 : -1:1 10 9 Passengers, &c. ... ... •.• 18 8 Merchandise ... ... ••- —— £ l2B 9 5 ---- Total ... "• 106 511 Corresponding week last year .•• SHREWSBURY r SHREWSBURY AND B I RSLINGHAH eeipts for the week ending May 4 •—"... £283 16 Passengers ... —. els ... 17 6 12 Carriages, horses, and P arc ... 17 Live stock ••• ••• . , is 265 17 Merchandise and ralli r 4 Total .. ... £574 3 1 Corresponding period last year.. 520 19 9 (Open 29 miles.) —Trad e Slinorsniaz RamwAy.— for the week ending MaY 4 Passengers , parcel s, Sce, Goods and lire stock £4Ol 11 1; 26S 1 8 Total ding l T £669 12 9} ContsPlaelli lig you •,.. 476 11 6i Miles opened, 1851. receipts. ~