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N 1 proreacino in Varliament. HOUSE OP COMMONS.—MONDAY. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE brought in his bill for regulating ventilation of coal mines. A somewhat protracted conversation, at the instance of Mr. Hume, ensued relative to the French intervention in the affairs of Rome, the substance of Lord PALMERSTON'S replies being, with respect to the communication from the French Government previous to the expedition to Civita Vecchia, but which did not state the ulterior objects in view, that the answer of the English Government was that it was not for them to judge for the French Govern ment, but in their opinion the difficulties which had arisen between the Pope and his subjects might be arranged by diplomatic intervention, and that such intervention ought to have for its object the bringing about an understanding between the Pope and his subjects, by which the former might return to Rome, and secure to the Roman people those constitutional institutions which were granted last year, and especially a practical and real separation between the temporal and spiritual authorities of Rome. No inti mation of taking possession of Rome had been given by France ; and in reply to various intimations from different quarters that the concurrence of England in the proceed ings about to be adopted at Civita Vecchia would be well received, the answer of the Government had been, that they declined taking any part whatever in them, seeing that, considering the geographical position of England, and the particular nature of the British constitution, they did not think England had the same motives either in these respects or in a religious point of view for joining in them ; a communication to which effect had also been de livered to the nuncio, through Lord Normanby, in Paris. The third reading of the Parliamentary Oaths Bill was carried by a majority of 66; the numbers, 272 to 206. Various bills were read a second time, and the County Cess (Ireland) Bill was committed. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL obtained leave to bring in a bill to facilitate the abandonment of railways, and the dis solution of railway companies, in certain cases. Sir W. SOMERVILLE obtained leave to bring in a Turn pike Roads Amendment Bill, and a bill for thebetter pre vention and punishment of assaults in Ireland_ Mr. FREWEN also obtained leave to bring in a bill to abridge the holding of bonodePs in plurality. On the motion of Mr. OSBORNE, a select committee was appointed to inquire into the state of the law as re spects the appointment of receivers of the Courts of Chan cery and Equity Exchequer in Ireland, and the effect of the present laws and regulations of the said Courts in the management of estates under their control. Mr. HAwEs brought up the Australian Bill, which was read a first time. ,` _. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY. In re ly to a question from Lord Beaumont, the Mar quis o fI.AANSDOWNE gave the same explanation relative to the French intervention in the affairs of Italy as had been given by Lord Palmerston on the previous evening, in reply to questions put by Mr. Hume in the House of Commons. On the motion for reading a third time the Navigation Bill, the Earl of ELLENBOROUGII repeated his decided objections to the bill, although he had given up all hope of being able to induce the house to reject it. The Earl GRANVILLE supported the bill. The Earl of WINCHILSEA expressed his hostility to the measure, and charged the bench of bishops with being in strumental to its success. Lord STANLEY said his convictionsremained unaltered, and his apprehensions of the consequences of this measure remained undiminished, but having no new arguments to advance against the bill, and having given up all hope of inducing their lordships to reconsider their decision on a former evening, he would leave to the Government the full responsibility of a measure which he considered fatal to the best interests of the country. Lord BROUGHAM also repeated his objections to the bill. After some observations from Earl Talbot, the Earl of Waldegrave, and the Marquis of Lansdowne, the bill was read a third time. The Bishop of OXFORD moved a clause, the object of which was to exclude the ships of nations engaged in the African slave trade, and foreign ships carrying the produce of such nations, from the privileges which the bill would confer. _ _ _ The house divided, and the clause was negatived by a nr ,rarity of 23 to 9. The bill then passed. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY, Mr. DISRAELI gave notice that on Tuesday, the 26th nstant, he will bring forward a motion with a view to bring under the consideration of the house the condition of the nation. _ _ Mr. COBDEN then moved that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying she will be graciously pleased to direct the principal Secretary of State for Fo reign Affairs to enter into communication with foreign powers, inviting them to concur in treaties binding the respective parties, in the event of any future misunder standing which cannot be arranged by amicable negocia tion, to refer the matter in dispute to the decision of arbi trators. Mr. EWA RT seconded the motion. After some obiervations from Lord H. Grosvenor, Mr. Mackinnon and Mr. Hobhouse, in support of the motion; and from Mr. B. Cochrane and Mr. Urquhart against it, Lord PALMERSTON moved, as an amendment, the pre vious question. Mr. HUME regretted the course pursued by the Go vernment on a question the affirmation of which would be so extremely beneficial to the mercantile interests of Great Britain. aro ...... • _--. nne4inil in the house as to the evils of war, nor was there any question as to the desirableness of avoiding wars by means of either negociation or arbitration ; but he could not believe tl at the motion, if carried, would have any such effect, and he thought it better to trust to the progress of civilisation to put an end to evils which they must all deprecate. He did not, therefore, differ from the general objects of the hon. member for the west riding; but he differed from him in thinking that those objects would be promoted by agreting to the motion which he had submitted to the consideration of the house, and he would, therefore, sup port the amendment. Captain HARRIS said he believed this question was taken up by hon. gentlemen on the Ministerial side of the house as a means of stripping the Government of its defences, which seemed to be the whole scope of all their policy since the corn laws had been repealed. Mr. COBDEN replied. The house then divided, and the previous question was carried by a majority of 176 to 79. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY. The Cruelty to Animals Bill was, on the motion of the Marquis of WORCESTER, read a second time. Mr. 1 - iumE moved the second reading of the County Rates and Expenditure Bill, the object of which was to correct the present mode of management of the county rates, and to ;dace them, in some measure, upon the same footing as were the borough rates throughout the king dom. Sir J. PARINGTON contended that the bill was imprac ticable and most objectionable, and he therefore moved as an amendment, that a select committee be appointed to inquire into the expenditure of counties, with a view to ascertain if it could not be placed upon a better footing as regarded management than that upon which it now rested. A discussion ensued, which lasted the greater portion of the day, and on a division the amendment was carried by a majority of 154 to 96. The bill was therefore defeated. The amendment having now become the original motion, Mr. M. GinsoN moved an amendment, the object of which was to pledge the house to the principle of repre sentation. This amendment also led to some discussion, and at length Mr. HENLEY moved the adjournment of the de bate ; upon which the house again divided, and the ad journment was negatived oy a majority of 131 to 83. Lord BROOKE then moved the adjournment of the house. Mr. CHRISTOPHER seconded the motion. Mr. 1-11.7mE condemned such a course as adopted only for the purpose of delay. The discussion was still proceeding, when, six o'clock having arrived, the Speaker left the chair, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS—TntinspAy. -TES a -a Jt T'„ Lord CAMPBELL laid on the table a bill for the purpose of removing any doubts as to the power of her Majesty, in the exercise of her prerogative of mercy. to commute the punishment for high treason in Ireland as well as in England. In so doing he recapitulated the circumstances attending the trial of O'Brien and his associates, which had led to the introduction of the present measure, and in so doing paid a well-deserved compliment to the integrity and profound learning of the judges by whom these per sons had been tried. Lord BROUGHAM approved the introduction of this de claratory act, remarking that the unhappy man in whose favour it was passed had only rejected the proffered com mutation because he knew that he would not be taken at his word. Lord DEVON and Lord DENMAN also expressed their high approbation of the manner in which the State trials had been conducted by the Irish judges, and the bill was read a first time, with the understanding that it should be forwarded another stage next day. Lord STANHOPE then presented some petitions corn. plaining of the results of our free- trade policy, and asked a question which drew from the Marquis of LANSDOWNE a most explicit declaration that the Government had not the remotest intention of proposing the repeal of a single act of Parliament wiiich sanctioned the principle of free. trade. Lord STANHOPE, in continuation, proceeded to predict the ruin of every interest in the country if a return was not made to the ancient system of protection—a general ruin which would produce a social revolution—a war of poverty against property. The Marquis of SALISBURY concurred in this view, and bore testimony to the universality of distress. The Bishop of OXFORD then moved the third reading of his bill for the Protection of Women, and, in spite of Lord Campbell's opposition, succeeded in carrying it upon a division by a majority of four. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Thunsnar. In reply to questions from Mr. Hume and Mr. Gibson Lord PALMERSTON said the Government would not in any way qualify the denial it had given to England's hay- . ing any participation, direct or indirect, with any of the expeditions to Italy. In reply to questions from Mr. Disraeli, Lord J. RUS SELL stated that he would, on or before the Ist of July, state the bills which Government would proceed with dur ing the present session. In the meantime he would not object to state some of the measures which would not be pressed at the present moment. He would not proceed with the Irish Franchise Bill, nor with the Elections and Polling Places (Ireland) Dill, nor would they proceed fi- ~..~ • a, . , ‘ .‘‘ \ . C..a b \JA — 'l—‘4 , - \ , wit he Ecclesiastical tkmmission Bill. The Marriages Regis ation, &c. tScotland) Bills would be' proceeded with, and the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill he would propose to go on with on Monday next. and to continue as rapidly as possible on subsequent evenings. The Bankruptcy ' Bill, which had come down from the Lords, he should also proceed with, but would propose to send it after the second reading to a committee up stairs. The noble lord referred to other measures of minor consideration. On the report ot supply on colonial services being brought up, Mr. GLADSTONE called attention to the act of the Canadian Legislature for giving compensation to the sufferers by the rebellion in Canada, and said he had refrained from submitting a substantial motion upon the subject to the house, because he thought that an unfair share of responsibility had been thrown upon Lord Elgin with respect to that measure. He did not mean to ani madvert upon the conduct of that noble lord, but rather to confine himself entirely to Imperial considerations. There were three questions for consideration—first, Was, or was not, the Rebellion Losses Bill intended to indem nify rebels; secondly, supposing such to have been the intention, could it be held to be simply a local measure; and thirdly, if it were an Imperial question, was the in demnification of rebels, as proposed by the bill, consist ent with the honour of the Crown ? He was prepared to contend from the bill itself, as well as from other evidence, that participation in the rebellion would be no disqualifi cation to the reception of indemnity for losses, and under these circumstances he contended that Parliament had a right to interfere even though the bill was in consonance with the feelings of the colonists pnerally, where there was good reason to believe that was not the case. He was not, however, prepared to advise the noble lord to disallow the bill, but would rather suggest a milder course, if such a course could be admitted of by the bill. He asked the Government to give a pledge that, under this bill, rebels should not be compensated. By this he did not mean merely those who were convicted of rebellion, but those also who were known to have been implicated in those treasonable transactions. He proposed, there fore, that those claiming compensation should furnish reasonable evidence that they had taken no part in the rebellion before they became entitled to the indemnity ; and that if by this bill rebels could be compensated, it should not be ratified until the Canadian Legislature should have an opportunity of so far amending it as to wtoludo from its operation those parties who had ap peared in arms against their sriveroicgn_ Lord Jonsr RUSSELL said that Lord Elgin had acted in the exercise of his ordinary discretion, and not from any instructions from home, and if that discretion were, in the opinion of her Majesty's ministers, exert iced for the interests of the Canadas and of the mother coun try, with a proper consideration for the honour of the Crown, they would be base indeed if they abandoned him, and declined to take the responsibility on their own shoulders. The noble lord then proceeded to contend that it was both unjust and impolitic to establish now a species of inquisition into the conduct of men twelve , years ago, and to call upon them when all evidence was probably impossible to be procured. owing to deaths and removals, to prove their innocence before their claims to compensation could be entertained. It would be far bet ter to reject the bill in foto, than resort to such a course. The act had not as yet been received in such a shape as to enable the Government to advise her Majesty to affirm it or the contrary; but Lord Elgin would be im mediately communicated with, to the effect that the Go vernment would leave the bill to its operation in Canada, relying upon the instructions which the Governor would issue to the Commissioners, in accordance with this de claration ot the spirit in which he had assented t i the bill. He had no wish to disguise the fact that Govern ment would advise her Majesty, when the instructions arrived, to give her sanction to the bill, feeling confident that in supporting Lord Elgin they would be consulting the honour of the Crown and the interests of Canada. Mr. HERRIES believed the bill to be an incurably bad one, which the authorities at home had no power to modify, and which they should therefore disallow. Whatever might be the declared objects of its promoters in Canada, its scope c.nd intention were obviously the indemnification of rebels. It was, therefore, a measure compromising the honour of the Crown, and which also struck at the very foundation of civil society. He was of opinion that the responsibility of all that had recently occurred in Cttnada was not attributable to Lord Elgin, but to the Government at home. The noble lord ap peared to rely much upon the instructions which would be issued by Lord Elgin to the commission ; but Lord Elgin could not issue any instructions inconsistent with the provisions of the bill itself, and his instructions, therefore, could not exclude rebels from receiving indem nity. The right hon. gentleman concluded by moving, as an amendment, an address to the Crown, praying that the Royal assent to the bill might be withheld until some assurance should be given that no person who had a share in the rebellion should participate in the indemnity. Mr. B. COCRRANE, in the course of his observations, made an attack on Mr. Roebuck, as having been the ad vocate of rebels at the bar of the house. Mr. ROEBUCK indignantly denied the charge. He had certainly appeared at the bar of the house as an advocate of the Assembly of Lower Canada against a bill then in the course of passing through Parliament, and everything he.had then contended for on the part of that assembly had since been granted. The real cause of the evils of Canada was, that the country had been for years governed by a minority, aided by the Government at home. The Government at home had grown wiser, and now that the majority han attained its legitimate power and influence, the minority were creating all that disturbance which-had led to the recent outbreaks in Montreal. An animated discussion ensued, in which Mr. Dis- RAELT Mr. GLADSIONE, Mr. ROEBUCK, and other hon. memo, The house divided on the question of adjournment, which was carried by a majority of 172 to 107. • .. ;;N ~- HOUSE OF LORDS-FRIDAY, The Transportation for Treason (Ireland) Bill was read a second time, the Standing Orders Suspended, Commit tee negatived, and Bill read a third time, and sent to the Commons. The Earl of HARROWBY, after referring to the alleged evils arising from the great number of beer shops through out the country, moved for the appointment of a select committee in order to obtain evidence on the subject, which might lay the ground for legislative interference. Lord MONTEAGLE said if the object was to revert to the principle of licensed public- houses he should oppose it, for the licensed victuallers had endeavoured ever since the Beer Act came into operation to prejudice the public mind in every way against their rivals in trade. At the same time he did think some alteration in the law neces sary. _ _ _ 'the Earl of HARROWBY was in no way connected with the licensed victuallers, and would not call a single wit ness from that class of persons. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE would not oppose the motion ; but he could not, on the part of the govern ment, give any opinion as to the expediency of altering the existing law. Earl NELSON moved the second reading of the Consu lar Expenditure Act Amendment Bill, explaining that its object was to place the clergy attached to consular establishments under episcopal authority. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE opposed the bill, because no parliamentary ground had been shown for interference. The Foreign Secretary was always in the habit of con sulting the highest episcopal authority before he conferred any appointment of this description. The Bishop of LONDON admitted it to be true that the clergymen attached to consular establishments were not under any legal episcopal jurisdiction, which was an anomaly which ought not to exist; though he contended that, in fact, they were under that of the Bishops of Lon don. The right rev. prelate then detailed the circum stances attendant upon the chaplaincy of Madeira, upon which subject he and Lord Palmerston bad come into collision, expressing his earnest hope that some amicable arrangement might be come to on such subjects for the future. But while he said this, he was willing to admit there might be grounds of expediency for the removal of the chaplain from Madeira. After some observations from Lord EDDISBURY, in explanation of the Madeira case, the bill was withdrawn till next session. HOUSE OF COMMONS-FRIDAY. Sir J. NicHoLs resumed the debate on Canada. He was followed by the Attorney-General, Mr. H. Drum mond, Mr. V. Smith, and Mr. Hume. Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Anstey, and the Marquis of Granby supported the amendment. The other cpeakcrs wcro Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Bankes, Sir R. Peel (supported the bill), Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Sid ney Herbert, Lord J. Russell. The house divided, the numbers were—For Mr. Herries' amendment 150, against it 291 ; majority, 141. The amendment was consequently rejected. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. • FRANCE. The debate in the French Assembly on the Italian question closed on Tuesday. M. Ledru Rollin having addressed the Assembly a second time, and concluded by declaring that the constitution had been violated, and that he and his friends were preparecl4to defend it even with arms in their hands. A scene of great confusion followed. The President declared that the words of M. Ledru Rollin were a scandalous breach of order. General Bedeau said that the majority was sovereign, and that he could only obey the majority ; and M. Thiers exclaimed, that as the cry Aux armes !" had bee n u tt ere d, i t was beneath the dignity of the Assembly to continue the dis cussion. Ultimately the Assembly divided on the order of the day, pure et simple, when the numbers were—for the Motion, 361 • against it, 203. Majority f or Minis ters, 158. The iaris democratic journals next day printed the passage from Rollin's speech, declaratory of an appeal to arms, in prominent characters. Placards were issued from the various clubs, and from several legions of the National Guards, expressive of a determination to stand by the constitution, which they declared had been viola ted by the intervention at Rome. Many other circum stances showed that a collision was at band, and every preparation was made by Government to meet it. PARIS IN A STATE OF SIEGE. Paris, on the north side of the river, was on Wednesday covered with troops, comprising infantry, cavalry, and artillery, to the amount of 80,000 men, independent of National Guards. The Government found it necessary to occupy the streets with this imposing force, in consequence of the Socialists having, with M. Arago at their head, assembled about twelve o'clock, at the Chateau d'Eau, to the number of from 10,000 to 15,000 men, a considerable number of whom were National Guards in uniform, but without arms. They were met by the troops nearly op. posite the Rue de la Paix, and dispersed. The Legislative Assembly declared itself en permanence and st an extra. ordinary meeting a bill, placing the pity of Paris and the territory comprised within the first military division in a state of siege, was brought forward. The following is the Ministerial measure proposed to the Assembly : " In the name of the French people, the President of the Republic charges the President of the Council to pre sent to the Legislative Assembly the following project of law :—Considering that an armed insurrection, directed against the Constitutional power of the Republic, has taken place in Paris, and that it may extend to other cities of France—considering the importance of arming the Government with all the means necessary to ensure the prompt and efficacious repression of that insurrection, and to enforce respect for the laws, and maintain the Constitution ' • " Article 1. The City of Paris and all the territory comprised within the first military division are declared in a state of siege. " Article 2. That measures may be extended to the cities in which similar insurrections might take place, and when the Prefects shall have established by a decree the fact of the revolt against the laws. " Given at the Elysee Nationale, on the 13th of June, 1849. (Signed) " Loris NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE. (Countersigned) " OolLoN BARROT, Minister of Justice." _ _ This communication was receivedwiih loud applause by the Assembly. The Assembly, after some debate, de clared the discussion urgent, and retired into its bureaux. On 'Wednesday in the Legislative Assembly, the sitting was resumed at half-past 5 o'clock, when M. Gustave de Beaumont read a report declaring there was good reason for adopting the bill pronouncing Paris in a state of siege. After a short discussion, in the course of which General Cavaignac spoke strongly aaginst the conduct of the Mountain, the bill was adopted. The President then in formed the Assembly that M. Sachet du Var had been arrested, and demanded whether the a rest would be au thorized by the Assembly. Ile and other members of the Mountain had held a meeting at the Conservatione des Arts at Metiers, and had gone to invite the National Guard to join them. After some discussion, M. Napoleon Bonaparte proposed that M. Suchet du Var should be heard in the Assembly. This was rejected by 428 votes to 87. The Assembly then adjourned, at 9 o'clock, till 10 to continue the discussion on the arrest of M. Suchet du Var. The sitting was resumed at half-past ten o'clock, when the arrest of M. Suchet was authorized, as also that of Messrs. Deville, Margne, Damile, Pillis, Bach, Vau tier, and Vautier, and Farguier Fayolle, representatives, who hail t,en arrested. A report was then read by M. Lacrosse from General Changarnter, giving a favourable account of the state of the capital, after which the As :wieldy af'jnurnad. The Moniteur publishes a decree of the Legislative Assembly, declaring Paris and the first military division in a state of siege. It publishes a aecree of the Presi dent of the Republic dissolving the Artillery Legion of the National Guard of Paris of Paris. It also publishes a proclamation from the Ligislative Assembly to the French people, and an address from the President of the Republic to the nation. The decree of the permanence of the Legislative Assembly was posted up in the streets on Wednesday evening. On Wednesday evening, at five o'clock ; the President of the Republic, with his staff, rode along the Boulevards, and was loudly cheered, with cries of " Vive la Repub lique !" " Vive Napoleon !" On Thursday, at eight o'clock, the whole of the popu lation of the faubourgs Saint Martin, Saint Denis, and Saint Marceau turned out into the streets, and have as sumed a threatening attitude. General Changarnier sent large bodies of troops to prevent the formation of barri cades. In several quarters attempts were made to erect barri cades. but they failed. Notwithstanding the number of shots fired few lives seem to have been lost. Several printing-offices have been pillaged and destroyed by the National Guards of the first legion, encouraged, it is said, by magistrates. A gunsmith's shop was pillaged by the people. Great numbers of persons are arrested. Colonels Forrestier, E. Arago, and two others of the National Guards are arrested. The artillery of the Na tional Guard is dissolved. None of the Socialist papers appeared on Thursday. The presses of the Peuple have been seized. Ledru Rollin is said to have fled in disguise, and to have been arrested at Lyons. About forty depu ties are criminated. Etienne Arago is said to have broken his loins or thighs in a fall whilst leading the procession. On Thursday arrests of German, Polish, and Italian revo. lutionists were made. The conduct of the President of the Republic and General Changarnier is greatly praised. All foreign committees sitting in Paris are to be dissolved and their members sent away. The idle workmen will be sent into the country to win their living, or in case of re turn or refusal, to be arrested and imprisoned as vagrants. On Friday morning Paris bad resumed its ordinary calmness. Although large bodies of troops were on foot all night there was not the slightest attempt at dis turbance. The Moniteur publishes a decree, signed by the Presi. dent of the Republic, and countersigned by the Minister of the Interior, convoking for the Bth of July the electoral colleges for the election of deputies for the places that have become vacant by the choice of members, by decease, resignation, or otherwise. The number of places so va cant is 35. The decree of the President of the Republic, suspending six Socialist journals was notified to their editors on Sa turday. Those journals were Le Peuple, La RePublique Thmocratique et Sociale, La Vraine Re'publique, La La Meinocratie Pacifique, La Rerorme, and La Tri bune. Appended to that decree is an order of the Minister of the Interior directing General Changarnier to establish military posts in the offices of those journals. Pnrpstier. colonel of the 6th Legion of the National (.hardof Pnras, has adnressea iron. 4bo Conciergerie his resignation to General Perrot. Tho person who ill-treated the Minister of Public Works on the 13th was arrested on Saturday. He is a journey man tailor, and was one of M. Ledru Rollin's envoys to the departments in 1848. The President of the Republic visited on Saturday the principal hospitals where the cholera had made most ra vages. He distributed considerable sums of money to the indigent sick. He was accompanied by the Minister of Instruction and Public Works, and was received in his pasage with acclamations. The latest accounts from the departments state that all attempts at insurrection there had been at once suppressed. The state of the atmosphere prevents the government from receiving the latest news by telegraph from Lyons. The body of Marshal Bugeaud was embalmed, and dressed in full uniform as a Marshal of France, with his baton in his hand, and his sword by his side. The funeral took place on Tuesday. THE CHOLERA IN PARIS.—On the 9th (Saturday) there were 454 deaths from cholera in private houses, and 148 in the hospital, making a total of 612. The same morn ing there were 1,542 cases on hand, to which 377 were added during the day. 66 patients left the hospitals, and 141 died, so that there remained in the evening 1,705 cases on hand. The cholera is still raging with great virulence in the provinces, but the recent change in the temperature has materially contributed to check its ravages. _ . Madame Catalani, the celebrated singer, has died in Paris of cholera, after an illness of twenty-four hours. She was seventy years of age. THE PEACE CONGRESS. - Mr. Elihu Burritt and his itinerant company have completed their arrangements for this solemn affair, in Paris,—the pandemonium of all the chief war spirits in Europe, and their inspirers and abettors in every nation. 111141 LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE PAPAL STATES. The success of the French at Rome has been greatly ex aggerated. They got possession of the Monte Pincio ; but, on the other hand, they suffered reverses at the Villa Pamphili which counterbalances this advantage. Letters from Civita Vecchia of the 7th instant, an nounce the arrival there of the Spanish steamer Lepanto, having on board General Cordova and another officer, who immediately left for the French camp. The Spanish troops it appears, were to occupy the southern portion of the province of Velletri. The French began to bombard the Transtevere on the sth, and the Triumvirs had placed the palaces of Borghesi, Rospigliosi, and Pamphili at the dis posal of the inhabitants who had abandoned that quarter. The Risorgimento of Turin, of the 11th instant, men tions having received the following communication from an authentic source : " The accounts from Rome are not later than the 6th. The French have preserved all their positions, and opened a breach at the gate of St. Pancrazio. General Oudinot summoned the city to surrender on the 6th, before com mencing the assault. In case of refusal he was to make a general attack that night. Only 350 French, wounded, at arrived at Civita Vecchia, and their loss in killed and wounded does not exceed 500 men. THE ROMANS AND THE POPE.—It has been confi dently stated that the Roman people were devotedly attached to Pio Nono, and that the late insurrection was caused by a number of refugee desperadoes who had mis led the people. Only let the Romans have an oppor tunity, and it was said that thousands would avail them selves of it to declare openly in his favour. Well, what is the sequel ? During three weeks after the landing of the French the gates of Rome were unclosed, and the provinces have been free of the armed bands attached to Mazzini and the anti-papal party. Still not a single man has joined the French camp, and not one Roman, either in the city or the country, has taken up arms for the Pope. The reaction is neither seen nor heard. A church govern ment cannot possibly be restored at Rome. AUSTRIA. The official report of the Ban Jellachich, of the victory over the Magyars, bas been published from Titel, near Peterwardein, from which it appears that the Magyars were driven into the Pomschanze, (Rornadriaggeres,) with the loss of 500 men killed and 200 wounded ; indeed, some accounts say the Magyar loss was more considerable. Ottinger, who commanded the Imperial cavalry, contri buted much towards gaining this victory. An attempt was made to assassinate the Prince of Prussia on the 12th, as he was passing through the village of Ingelheim. DENMARK.—On the 12th, a Russian fleet arrived at Alsen. A skirmish took place at Fredericia on the 6th. The Holstein Colonel, St. Paul, was killed by a cannon ball. _ The King and Queen of the Belgians are making a pro gress through Belgium, and have everywhere been re ceived with great enthusiasm. At Liege and other large towns magnificent fetes were got up, and all classes of the population exhibited the most loyal demonstrations. Advices from Stockholm state that a destructive fire had occurred at a place called Lidkoeping, the site known as the old town having been reduced to ashes, sacrificing the church, the market-place, and a number of magazines containing grain, salt, cured fish, and other articles of merchandize. It was enumerated that 800 inhabitants had by this catastrophe been reduced to poverty. Mr. Macresdy, previously to his departure from Boston, presented *lOOO to the fayilies of the unforturate men who fell in the late riots.. BRAZTI,.--The Alecto steamer has arrived at Falmouth, with dates from Monte Video, April 9 : Rio Janeiro, April 26 ; Bahia, May 2; Pernambuco, May 8; Fayal, June 4. She brings despatches from theßritish ministersat Buenos Ayres and Rio, and the French Convention of Peace, as signed by Rosas, for the ratification of the government of France. A large French squadron was lying at Monte Video. The Portuguese inhabitants were leaving Per nambuco as fast as possible, in consequence of the feeling against them. _ Sr. DOMINGO.—On Tuesday a vessel arrived at the Hague from St. Domingo, bringing the intelligence of a complete defeat of the Haytian military power on the frontiers of St. Domingo ; the letters bringing the intelli gence were dated April 30, and state that General Santana, with an army of 800, attacked the Haytian army on the 22nd of April, at Savanna Numero, where, after a fearful slaughter, they were completely routed. The Domingans gave no quarter, consequently they took no prisoners of war ; but the number of the Haytians dead, who remained on the field, were not less than 600. Three generals and several superior Haytian officers were killed. The Domin garts fought most valiantly; finding their muskets quite useless, they threw them down, and made an attack sword in hand. This unexpected attack threw the Haytians into confusion. After the engagement the Haytians fell back to Azua, and after reducing the city to ashes, they crossed the tlaytian boundary. Lieutenant Beale, lately returned to New York from California, has in his possession a watch, encased in a big lump of pure California gold, 234 carats fine, with a brass cable chain, with large lumps of gold attached to every other link, hammered in the roughest and richest pro fusion. Big lumps of gold were hammered together round the watch, till the whole, excepting the face, was encased in the precious metal. The key was a " chunk " of gold, with the pipe inserted in it for use. Altogether, it was one of the ugliest looking and richest and most valuable watches in existence. NATURAL RICHES OF CALIFORNIA•—The Consul of the United States, at Mazatlan, Mr. Parrott, writes touch ing the varied natural riches of the new El Dorado : " But the riches of California do not consist in gold alone. All the precious metals are there found, in greater or less profusion, as well as the rarest and most valuable jewels. Two mines of silver have been lately discovered, one of which is known to Lut few persons, who jealously keep the secret. Platinum is also known to exist in consider able quantities. A rough diamond, nearly the size of a hen's egg, has been found by one of the miners in the Sacramento Valley. General Vallejo says that it was brought to him by the finder, who demanded =B - 180,000 for it. Emeralds of large size are frequently met with, but their value is scarcely known. Three or four new quicksilver mines have been discovered, one of which a very rich deposit, lies between the valley of Santa Clara and San Joaquim. The Forbes mine, however, is the only one worked as yet. The extent and value of these quicksilver mines is not equalled by any other locality in the world. Beds of coal have also been found near the coast, but cannot, of course, be worked under the present state of things. There are but fifty women in the town of San Francisco, twenty of whom are Americans. The arrival of a ship-load of female emigrants would bee cause of public rejoicing, and all the single ones would receive offers before they landed." We may mention such a cargo is now en route. AMERICA. [From Second Edition of Tuesday last.] The Canada Mail Steamer, Captain Judkins, arrived in our river at one o'clock this morning, bringing mails to the 30th ultimo. She brings 150 passengers. The Caledonia's advices had been received in New York on the 28th ultimo. The Canada, as we find by her log, " backed out of dock at noon on the 30th and proceeded to sea, moderate winds and fog." 31st, " Light winds and dense fog, clearing at intervals." June Ist, same weather. June 2nd, " Light airs and fog ; sounded several times ; 0.40 p.m. moored to wharf at Halifax, and landed mails, &c.; 3 p.m. left the wharf, and proceeded to sea." But for the inter ruption by fog, the passage of the Canada would pro bably have been the fastest yet made. SIXTEEN DAYS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.—By the arrival at New York of the steam-ship Southerner we have advices from San Francisco to the 14th April. She brought with her Lieut. E. F. Beale, of the U. S. Navy, who was the bearer of dispatches to government, and had made the passage viii Panama and Chagres to New York in 44 days, the shortest trip yet accomplished. Tho Herald for Europe says : " The ai rival of Lieut. Beale, in the Southerner, with this late news from California, with a lump of gold weighing eight pounds', threw Wall-street into a state of the greatest excite ment and delight. Mr. Aspinwall, of the house of Howland and Aspinwall, was surrounded with crowds of eager brokers and merchants, all curious to catch a glimpse of the eight pound There was no mistake about it. There was the pure gold fresh from El Dorado. No gold ever attracted more attention, or was more coveted than that lump." The steam-ship California arrived from San Francisco at Pa nama on the 6th May. She will however only bring two or three days later than Lieut. Beale, who left the former port in the Oregon. Labour was very high at San Francisco, and the num ber of vessels laid up very great. The price of goods had de clined considerably on account of the large stocks and the ex pectation of more to arrive. There was no end to the gold ; its richness and abundance more than confirm all past accounts. Even common labourers were getting rich. Lieut. Beale re ported that he had seen one lump weighing;2slbs. The Herald say,sl- 7 _ _ _ We regret that Lieut. Beale is not acquainted with the quantity of gold dust shipped in the Oregon. Most of the arti cle in the market is probably on board the California." A large emigration was taking place from all the parts of the Pacific, and a hundred thousand men were expected to be dig ging before the close of the summer. whole towns were aesertea ny we men, who are rushiva to Calitornia. Their wives and children were left to the tender mercies of the Indians. From Valpa raiso and the adjacent parts there was the same onward nish to the golden land. Nearly all the merchants were preparing to emigrate. THE FLOOD AT NEW ORLEANS.—The following is the latest telegraphic despatch relative to this sad disaster:— "Charlestown, May 28, P.M. "We have dates from New Orleans to the 23rd instant. No progress had been made to w a r ds s t o ppi ng th e grea t creva'se , although the efforts were being vigorously continued. The water was still on the rise, and the flood had extended to within four squares of the river on Carondelet-street. St. Charles street was seriously menaced. The water in Bayou street and Julia-street was but three inches lower than the great inunda tion of 1831. " Great iears were apprehended of the levee breaking along the New Canal. ___ "The ship Isaac Newton, from Liverpool, is reported ashore on the flats, near Bombay Hook.—Philadelphia, May 28, 1849." The cholera was raging in the west, and was very fatal. Ship fever and cholera also prevailed to an alarming extent on board the Western Riven steam boats. There had been fifteen deaths on board one vessel from New Orleans to St. Louis. THE GREAT FIRE AT ST. Louis.—The extent of this dis aster is, it is thought, now discovered, so far at least as the destruction of property is concerned. The number of steamers burnt is twenty-three, together with three barges and a canal boat. The value of these and their cargoes is 8439,000. The total amount of damage done is estimated at 53,000,000. The whole, or part, of fifteen blocks of streets, containing several hundred houses and stores, have been destroyed. CANADA.—The news from Canada is of little importance. The excitement continued ; and the result of Sir Allan M'Nab's visit to Great Britain and the decision of the home Govern ment with respect to the Indemnity Bill was looked forward to with great impatience. Lord Elgin had lost popularity with both parties. We give the following from the Montreal cor respondence of the New York Herald, as to the general feel ing of the people. • " In the midst of the clamour raised by the rebellion losses, the great object in view has been momentarily lost sight of by the masses ; this object—reform in the constitution—is, how ever, not lost sight of by the acting party in the state—the mercantile and landed interests. By them the rebellion losses are looked upon as a mere drop in the bucket, although considered valuable as an instrument for their purposes. As soon as the news is received from Fngland, they will begin to agitate. If the rebel bill is disallowed, the agitation will be for free navigation of the St. Lawrence, and protection in the home markets. If allowed, it will then be for annexation er independence. Once settle the rebel bill, which is required to agitate or sooth the masses, and the wealth and influence of these two powerful parties will be directed towards the consum mation of one of these objects. The Lower Canadians, as a body, are favourable to annexation ; and the Upper, rather than submit to French domination, will also go for it in a body." A resolution had been carried through parliament by a ma jority of the Radicals and French Canadians praying the Go vernor-General to remove the Government from Montreal, and to bold parliament each alternate four years in Quebec and Toronto. Sir Benjamin D'Urban, the commander of Her Majesty's forces in Canada, and a very popular officer in the colony, died on the 25th ult., aged 72, his death it is said being accelerated by his recent fatigues. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Tuesday, May 29. The market for Flour and Grain has not changed materially since the sailing of the last steamer. There is a good home demand for Flour, which, added :to some 15 to 20,000 barrels taken the week past for export, has given some firmness to holders, and the lower grades of City, Troy, and Waterford are less plenty, and firm in price. The EXPORTS from this city to Great Britain and Ireland for the week ending on the 22nd inst. were 7891 brls. Flour and 103,599 bushels Corn_ FREIGHTS.—To Liverpool, engagements are making at Is. lOid. per brl. 'on Flour, and 6d. per bushel on Corn. COTTON MARKET. Cotton is now about cent higher than on the departure of the last steamer. It gained iths and has fallen back ith under the Caledonia's news. The sales a mere trifle; no urgent de sire to sell, and still less to buy, for shipment at least. Freight only id. per lb. The market continued active from the 22nd inst., the date of our last report per Hibernia, until 26th inst. The daily sales averaged 2000 bales and prices further improved cent. The telegraphic accounts of the news per Caledonia from Liverpool, of the 12th inst. checked operations; and the receipt of the full advices per mail on the 28th did not improve the tone of the market. Holders for the two days past have generally been indifferent about selling and buyers awaiting later intelligence have shown no disposition to operate- A few hundred bales only have been disposed of, ar prices in favour of the buyer. Purchases could be effected at the following quotations : Uplands. Florida. 8- Texas. inferior'. 63 to 61 to 6a to Ordinary 61 to— 62 to— 61 to Good Ordinary 63 to 7to 73 to Middling 73 to 73 to 73 to Good Middling 72 to 73 to 72 to Middling Fair 73 to 72 to Bto Fair . 71 to Bto 81 to Fully Fair Bto St Sf to 84 to The crop is estimated at 2,650,000 bales, of which 2,525,000 had already come to market. The Courier and Enquirer says ; —" The export to Great Britain already exceeds that of the whole of last season, and as the vessels now loading for that country will carry, as near as can be estimated, about 130,000 bales, the total, without adding any more ships, will be 1,460 , 000 ; an export not exceeding that of any season, save one which reached 1,470,000. The vessels loading for France and other places may carry 80,000,making a total export of 2,080,000 bales to all foreign parts, when the vessels already loading are cleared." The Peace Society, which intends to carry on the affairs of the world by arbitration, had a great meeting at Exeter Hall, on Monday, at which Mr. Bright mace a long tirade against the Times journal, in which he main tained that the only justifiable war was rebellion, and argued that civil bloodshed was, in cases righteous though all else was indefensible. Mr.. Cobden followed up the blow by an equally sagacious, and equally ,navel demon.' stration in the House of Commons. IRELAND. The potato disease has unmistakeably appeared in Skib bereen union, and other places in Ireland. In the first five months of last year, the Irish post offine yielded £29,000 ; this year it has produced only £9,000 a most astounding fact. The queen has contributed £5OO towards the relief of the destitute Irish, and several members of both houses have followed her example. The remains of the late Dr. Carmichael were found near the place where the fatal accident occurred. His money, amounting to £2OO in notes, was untouched. The lady of Edmund Mormoy, Esq., of Ballyclough, mar Limerick, died suddenly a few days ago at Monks town, in consequence of taking a quantity of laudanum in mistake for other medicine. Lord Stanley has paid the passage-money of a great number of his poor Irish tenantry, provided them with clothes, given a small sum of money to each, and sent them off to America. The late surgeon Carmichael has bequeathed a sum of £16,000 to be divided between the College of Surgeons for the establishment of prizes, the Medical Benevolent Fund Society, and the Richmond Hospital School of Medicine. We learn from the Cork Examiner that, on Saturday week, thirty-five valuable cows, " the property of a noble earl, living not a 100 miles from Mitchelstown," were sold for rent and arrears amounting to £4OO. The cattle were sacrificed at £l5O. The rent roll of the nobleman is £40,000 a year. DEPARTURE OF TWO OF THE STATE PRISONERS.—The sentence of ten years' transportation each has been carried into effect upon Mr. John Martin and Mr. Kevin O'Doherty, the editors respectively of the Irish Felon Tribune newspapers. On Saturday morning they were conveyed from the Richmond Penitentiary to Kingstown, where the Trident war steamer was waiting to take them to Cork Harbour, when she will land the prisoners at Spike Island. Archbishop M' Hale has published a long letter, addres sed "to Her Majesty Queen Victoria," describing the frightful destitution of the west, 'and concluding with a request that Her Majesty will be pleased to dismiss from her councils those unprofitable servants at present in place, and, in their stead, call thereto " able men, such as fear God, in whom there is truth, and that hate avarice; who, in their administration, will reflect some portion of the beneficence of the Throne." BRUTAL MURDER.—On Saturday week, a barbarous murder was committed near the village of Conna, in the count) of Cork. The victim was a yodtig woman, aged 20, and the supposed murderer a young boy, named Jas. Dooly, the son of a labourer. She had been sent on an errand, and was found dead on a country road, herlace and head being so brutally mutilated, apparently by the blows of a heavy stone, that it was scarcely possible to re cognise her. The motive for the commission of the crime has not transpired. FREE TRADE—ENCUMBERED ESTATES.—We transcribe a very sensible letter on the subject of free trade and emi gration, addressed to the editor, by Mr. James Grattan, ex-M.P. for the county of Wicklow. This gentleman,by birth and education a whig, has been long since cured of his whiggish philosophy ; and, under the operation of bit ter experience, has become a protectionist, more sound and chastened than any Bentinck, Stanley, or Disraeli of them all. He is of the school whose principles have for cibly developed themselves at the late Gloucestershire meeting; and holds that if the foreigner is to have the protection of free trade in corn, the people of the United Kingdom should have the counterbalancing advantage of a free trade in everything else; in manufactured goods, tea, sugar, coffee, chicory and tobacco—in spirits, beer, and all other articles of popular consumption. If we are to eat foreign corn, the cheaper for being untaxed, let us consume our domestic corn, cheapened by the repeal of those taxes on land, which disable the home grower from producing it as cheaply as the foreigner. If a preference for any market is to prevail, let it be a mere preference on equality of condition. —Dublin Mail. THE IRISH LANDLORDS AND THEIR ASSAILANTS.— We do not want to palliate oppression, or even a harsh exercise of a necessary right ; but it is absurd in Sir Robert Peel to expect that the exhibition of an "indigna tion" which costs him nothing will reconcile landlords to the usurpation of their ground by trespassers who will neither till nor pay for it. What are landlords to do? With heavy rates to meet, heavy incumbrances to dis charge, how are they to keep themselves out of gaol if their land lies unproductive ? There is nothing more pre posterous than the nonsense which is prated and printed in Parliament and the press. Were two or three hundred paupers to squat themselves down on Sir Robert's estate, or to take possession of the offices of the nonsense scrib blers in the public journals, how long would these gentle professors of an economical sympathy suffer them to re main ? If they did not quit on command, would they hesitate to call on the civil power to expel them ? and if they proceeded to erect huts, would they hesitate to pull them down ? and would they deem it fair or just were the " indignation" of Parliament and of the country to be evoked against them ?—Yet where is the difference ? Why just here :—that Sir Robert and his echoes would suffer only the temporary annoyance, while the Irish landlord, in addition to the annoyance, suffers the inconvenience and injury of being, first, robbed of his rent, and then taxed to support the robbers on food better, perhaps, than he is able to afford his family.—Cork Constitution. COURT AND FASHION. ____.____. The Queen and Prince Albert were present on Tuesday night, at the Haymarket Theatre, to witness the admi rable performance of Mr. and Mrs. Kean, in Macbeth. 1 ne queen gave a state ball on Wednesday in Bucking ham Palace. The invitations comprised the whole of the diplomatic corps, the ladies and gentlemen of the Royal Househol,l, and the principal nobility and gentry, and numbered about 1900. The suite of state saloons were all opened. The Queen wore a blue silk dress, covered with blue tulle en ruche, and ornamented with bouquets of sweet peas and diamonds. Her Majesty's head-dress was composed of sweet peas and diamonds, to correspond to the dress. The National Anthem having been played, her Majesty opened the ball at ten o'clock, in a quadrille, others of the Royal circle joining in the dance. At the Queen's State Ball at Buckingham Palace, a Scotch reel was danced at one o'clock on Thursday morn ing, in which the Marquess of Breadalbane, the Marquess of Douglas, Cluny Macpherson, Sir Michael Shaw Stew art, Mr. Dundas, Miss Baillie, Hon. Lucy Kerr, Lady R. Russell, Lady C. Elliot, and other ladies and gentlemen joined. Mr. Mackay, her Majesty's piper, attended. The Queen, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, visited the Duch ess of Kent on Thursday at Clarence-house, St. James's. Her Majesty also honoured the Duchess of Sutherland with a visit at Stafford-house. Prince Albert dined with the Merchant Tailors, Lon don, on St. Barnabas day. The Queen Dowager is still at Worthing. Her Majesty rides out daily for two hours, in an open pony phaeton. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury entertained Lord and Lady John Russell, and a select party, to dinner, on Saturday, at Lambeth-palace. Her Majesty has graciously given £lOO from her privy purse in aid of the University College Hospital. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. _._ REBELLION LOSSES IN CANADA.—In the majority in favour of the bill for indemnifying the Canadian rebels were—E. Cardwell, Sir T. B. Birch, W. Brown, A. Henry, J. Heywood, Sir J. Walmsley, L. Heyworth, T. Thornely, Lord Grosvenor, J. Jervis, and G. C. Leigh. In the minority agains t bill were—J. W. Patten, J. Tolle mache, Sir P. Egerton, W. E. Gladstone, Sir R. H. Inglis, B. D'lsraeli, and Hon. E. H. Stanley. DIVISION ON THE PEACE QUESTION. —The Lanca shire members voted at follows :—For the motion, R. B. Armstrong, J. Bright, J. Brotherton, W. Brown, W. J. Fox, T. M. Gibson, G. Greenall, C. P. Grenfell, A. Henry, J. Heywood, C. Hindley, J. Pinkington, Sir G. Strick land, and Sir J. Walmsley.—Against the motion, J. Dun cuft, T. Greene, R. Thicknesse, and J. W. Patten.— Absent, Sir T. B. Birch, S. Blair, E. Cardwell, W. S. Crawford, J. Hornby, Hon. Col. Lindsay, R. Walker, and M. Wilson. THE JEW BILL.—As vice anticipated, the Jew bill has passed the third reading in the House of Commons, but, as we also anticipated, by a diminished majority. The first reading of the bill was carried (Monday, May 7,) by a majority of 93, viz., 278 to 185. A division for re porting progress in committee, designed to defeat the bill, (May 14,) was rejected by a majority of 119, viz., 241 to 122. A second division in committee, also designed to defeat the bill, was rejected by a majority of 114, viz., 225 to 111. On the third reading, however, these succes sive majorities of 93, 119, and 114 sank to 66, viz., 272 to 206, in the fullest house that during the session had con sidered the measure. We may add, that since last year the Christian minority has increased 33, viz., 173 to 206. LAW INTELLIGENCE. The Lord Chancellor continues much the same ; it is highly improbable that he will ever resume his seat on the Woolsack. Lord Campbell is said to have got the promise, but in the mean time remains in an awful state of suspense. Sentence was passed, on Thursday, in the Court of Queen's Bench, in the case of the Queen v. Kendall and others. The defendants were convicted of having con spired to negotiate the sale of a cadetship. Mr. Justice Patteson ordered Kendall to be imprisoned in the Queen's Prison for one year, to pay a fine of £lOOO, and to be fur ther imprisoned till the fine is paid. Mrs. Binks and Mrs. Lindley to be imprisoned in the Queen's Prison for six calendar months each ; and Mr. Bicisley to be impri soned for one year. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE AGAINST A MARRIED MAN.—In the Common Pleas at London on Tuesday, counsel moved for a rule absolute in a case— Wild v. Harris—in which the plaintiff, who carries on business as a gimlet maker, at Birmingham, and is a widow, about 30 years of age, brought an action against the defendant, who is a machine-maker, and a married man with four children, for breach of promise of marriage. The action was tried before Mr. Justice IVlaule, on the 19th April ; and it appeared that the defendant contracted with the London and Birmingham Railway Company to erect the telegraph posts on their lines ; and that in the month of January, 1848, he went to Birmingham to superintend the workmen employed for that purpose. He took lodgings at the plaintiff's house, and becoming intimate with her, in a short time offered her marriage. The plaintiff, not knowing him to be a married man, accepted his offer. Her sister deposed that she was pre sent at frequent conversations between the plaintiff and the defendant on the subject, and that the defendant asked her to be bridesmaid, which she agreed to be ; and that he said he would take them to London after the marriage, and intended taking a house in Ashley-grove or Vauxhall-corner. In the month of February he left Birmingham, saying he had been sent for on business, and as he did not return, or communicate with her, the plaintiff made inquiries after him, and discovered that he June 191/' ~ nn ~ ~ -_ , was married man with a family. The inr iti Y fr re . W verdict for the plaintiff, with £lO damages' m oves ston, the defendant's counsel, subsequently use rule calling upon the p l a i n tiff to show c a utt atbrd judgment should not be arre sted, on the Sen a , 004 defendant was not in a situation to enter 14 5 1 to sk a contract, but the court did not allow this, an" rule UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL The Bishop of Chester was engaged nr i t ige,• consecration of St. Paul's Church. at Dane IL 1 . 0 4 wich. The sermon was preached by the rig"' •neorl) The Rev. G. A. Denison, who took sop rinl e Ssz, in the discussion at the recent meeting 0 the ifeiV Society, has been appointed a Prebendal"' ° thedral. A 'e ll ' , The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley, I‘.•-• College, Cambridge, and Rector of Stra t hfie sch ,e, pointed resident Domestic Chaplain to h er 3lniecoutil room of the Hon. and Rev. Charles Les who has resigned and taken a Crown living' ndli•eletwo enter into the holy state of matrimony. 01 aro son of the late Lord Cowley, and nephew Duke of Wellington. 1' 01 : 0 .0 Holic TESTIMONIAL TO THE VICAR O. HULL.—The numerous admirers of the w or ichose 0 Holy Trinity, Hull, the Rev. J. H. HornhY',. of 111 .4 virtues have long gained him the r0Pee"..,10 0 .4, parishioners, will be glad to learn that a w oo more affluent residents in Hull have preen _ll,lOO beautiful silver inkstand, with the addition f ire of three hundred guineas, " as a commentewT„,3oolcior fiftieth year of his incumbency, and in rL i 0, 4 0 love and veneration with which they regal''' . for' ester of religion, and of their unfeigned e,steeno a Christian, a scholar, and a gentleman. , There! Ch N r V o n n o icl A e ß t E el LHE th C e li t U ol l o C w H in l g NN st C r V an A g r e Oft a • credibly informed, that at the ordinasttio°n6. Bishop of the diocese, held at Cuddesdlii:lhjti:er?; Sunday, a candidate was ordained deacon', fo r , e 4 04 previously rejected by the Bishop of El,„ ol eaed Catholic tendencies, and who, though re °°— ba rb Dr. Pusey, had also been refused ordination h% e t or) of Exeter." We have no knowledge wh a i t o e iet r oll fact, and give it, therefore, merely as the dg,,ir this Oxford paper. But, clearly, the m ate vl. re' some inquiry. On the other hand, we are P,: s t, formed, and that on excellent authority. dig' cently, the Examining Chaplain of the'l3i4t,. cester refused to examine a candidate for OrilelOrn by a few preliminary questions, that be held 11 1 " views on the efficacy of baptism. We belief:oo4oo this moment, tohmeebnits,htohpesr.eorartehemirocrheatphlaani chaplains, ear o e r n : i f oe ca ,... ° l .oo l cause with the Bishop of Exeter. Mean w 004 observed last week, the head of one provinc e ' i plia';i l o of England. lays it down with the greates t ate t he ex cathedra that the views of Mr. Gorham n re 9ooo, Exeter hfexhetei readyl hce e or t C nahf h nuu u dsst r io c ohm h nsi saa a yi h s pn, aats maintains, ite t ni s f i: o ba, nert at. once, kind io i nninHndchteeroe,ofri it t f aui o wsc r coet m dhh o u ua p l trb a l c3.y r lol ti s ti; • se;ti. ntir b :e i ger e The answer, however, is obvious. The disro", S course, and endeavouring to lay new traps I° ' •tore,";e the Evangelical clergy. Ten years ago he in stl qtl Gorhr na to the living of St. Just. One / P fused to institute him to Bram ford Sp eke. Ai Gorham had in no resect cbange P d.—the chan 'e 6 b t l y t e h is views pr e h a . m n n practiceary questions,o f the i n ß t i h s h e o p . way T o re f e 2n f ooet p i ;: # the Bishop of Gloucester's chaplain raised n°,, n didit t ‘e) Mr. Gorham's views. The change is in hirs'ideL4 candidates. Thus the contention is caused se _,:p• endeavour to introduc,e Popery into the Church' d of SP THE ETON FESTIVAL. AND THE AR C , OF CANTERBURY. - vtoll h A e r ti e r h til„.v r co ro j A very pleasing scene occurred at the Jo-- sire/ held on Wednesday evening, the Earl of Eli e ," ire/ Bishops,"t propo the chair. Amongst the toasts, the noble eloo1; 5 1 The . The report Church, p r o a c n e d e the d s —Etontulated the meeting upon the fact that both t l 7 biol were old Etonians. (Cheers.) It offor de Ras lob greatest possible satisfacti on th a t his old tutor be, bishop of Canterbury.—(He ar . hear.) W 11° , 1 01; 4 pened to speak in the Ho use o f Lords he g e- c oot opposite the Lord Primate, and sometimes li T e tioDt help fancying that he w a s aga i n p rac tising a ril l before his old tutor.—(Laughter and cheer`.' the ~r lieved he had also seen a most rev. prelate 1 0 o ° ,o situation.—(Renewed cheers and laughter.) op tio n d sion the noble earl said, " Long may Eton c h, foc; , send men to that house to represent the eli t ,a r i . c On iall; I am that no men can do so better than 0 1 ( 1 'lf, in The school appears to have been as fort! ... 4 0 talent as in theological att a i nmen t s a nd relie; e ° 009 In proposing " the Eton Judges," the n° l 4 o°,l°, remarked, that "he was mo re fortunate it expo • toast on his list, for there was one present to r „Jalert it. The toast he had to pr o p ose was , •‘ the B t° ,' t he ' O O (Cheers.) They had amon g th em his frie na o Chancellor of England, who, he believed, st s 13 ' °,1 1 Etonian, as every one knew he an aw e fie! , was , t o• (Cheers.) He regretted the absence of Ina ° ho ped' schoolfellow, Mr. Justice Pattison, but ho ' „ifL him among ;hem on the next anniversarY• The Vice-Chancellor of England, in ack,, n°. compliment, said he was not only an Do n ;), , (v himself, but he had sent eight sons to Eton,. and ) tY fot4 CHESTER Euxac.l2uds i.v;eo f Parcels Atorrinl from H £ oL i Y sl ll hBrs E e. A:n RAILWAY. -- "Z e ', a l '/' a w ino e dd e . k p;a e sy n int d o e ae d nm 9th of June, 1849.—Coaching W I , - il'' t f ß or oa c t o s av X e l y 7 a s oc 4 e s s . ob 72 mr d o y . a d i i s alan t a . o d n ta c d l hCeX a sti t ? .. l e g e o o 6 o s r .et . : si d o ‘ i The grades on the Panama railroad it is as ce i rt i; e ll • be comparatively easy. By the discovery n' S ee ' level thirty feet lower than had ever been ai i before, it is found that, on the whole route o ; Atlantic to the Pacific, the highest grade need tot i'- fifty feet to the mile, and may be reduced to f °r e otf'f, the greater part of the distance will be under tw o od d NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.--A g cce 3 ) and gala were given on Friday, in a field on th e t be o 4. of the Dane viaduct, to celebrate , the opening e A l. re ctet line of the above undertaking, establishing a " I ;;erri munication between the London and North-Wei/00r? at Macclesfield and to the Trent Valley. A bl ol°,o 4 took of a splendid collation, under a spaciolleivey and 1,000 navvies had served up to them the P ri de roasted whole. Among those present were the a le.); Liverpool, Macclesfield, Congleton, and Newt., 0 ' 0 , 1 . 1 EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—OG Frw - oe, o r journed half-yearly meeting of this con:VT .I , 4 V, and was crowded. The proceedings were of a I tb - e be character, and the place presented, during ' of ',- portion of the time, much more the appeara ll '"e; to (eU garden than an assemblage of business men 'P t thcp., duct their affairs in a business-like way. l''' or br uP • o f pt commencement, the greatest confusion and c f i ° ol d vailed as to who should occupy th i e ndi c i chair , i r enf I , ie s..t a e ; e h ouo i , te e: of r ipj:A:, manner the meeting ought to be constituted. ~„ber ° o r . , was fat last settled, and Mr. Anderson, a Ine,„'" 0: 0 4 old board of direction, was allowed to presid e a s followed understanding w aa o thathe ve ry shouldresign aauv k the proceedings had terminated. The dISCUT r Pi O s ; . spenkers appearing to labour under great Oc!,,¢s",,r, there being a perfect chorus of voices beseeeht", - ,oe c ;ll o , V when an opportunity for taking part in the d e bin" c e!', to; In such cases all claimed precedence, and wer, e t e bo l o - ig, h ; stinate in asserting their right to be heard ; an d pl c f tt ° noise and uproar which ensued, half a dozen P e ar ls ° ° ,,er i be seen mounted on the benches in different 13 erePnr room, gesticulating one moment till their face s ub' ;g, with the efforts they made, and in the pelt i s ;,itb, or very amusing affectation of calmness combine(' , o utl i ot lution. At one and the same time a lega l fo'c'e cy r stated his doubts as to the regularity of the P[0 , 0 13 05, a shareholder rose to propose some pet of 11 _,„' 5 o re 4r, _member of the direction, and one or two Lag ":,(10 3 holders denounced or smoothed over the mien, - let2 t ti,l . old board. The meeting was from first to Ise'', o , '"),' creditable exhibition of violence and confue,'`', o lP;tr ended without having arrived at a single praeL ‘ l e jl e r" It rejected equally the lists of directors pron: o f 4 4 majority and by the minority of the conimit te ' o y, ' btu tion appointed by the proprietary. The comp 9 0 1 0 1 fore, still remains in effect without an executive es 0 0 shareholders showing a jealousy and suspicieusll "ili„oti the choice of their directors as extreme as th e f ed carelessness which they have hitherto display d i) same subject. , (to' 0 111 01 THE BRITANNIA BRIDGE.—The 19th ine"j o bee se ;l,4' fixed for mooring the first of the stupendous '- A po oi r . , will form the Britannia bridge to the piers P e uor Or their reception. The work of mooring these As a ' structures will be much more arduous thseb WV m ue of placing the Conway tubes, as they are 051 le f ro td and the difficulties to be overcome are cf. & o m e, greater. The Carnarvon Herald, in a l' ° ;', l o 0 11 'li, h r , forthcoming event, says "The tubes are eigt h ' be ' f '' or four of which, smaller than the rest, are rest stte,,of course of construction, on scaffolding of gand Sts occupying the spaces between the land tower s • t ber ' er f land abutments, which are 230 feet apart, at el l icl t e i g>, mity of the bridge ; two tubes being placed Psr7 o ur r ie A '' other, forming the roadway to and fro. Ti! c ,. o til e „;11!i ones are placed together on stages reaching in ,rvo!'if and covering a long distance along the Ca r d 0, 1 .1 .0 0' shore, each measuring 472 feet in length, a1,,05 6 14 1800 tons. Three piers of masonry of stupenevrofs t o I, sions, the highest of which rises on the Bri, t ., ° , sb_, ° ,,tic hi in the middle of the straits some 230 feet, he'" rec`qP f feet higher than the arch hollowed out for tli o ,oer7o 6 of the tubes, stand lowering over the foaming t ore ° o i ll traveller is also attracted by the colossal sculp ce t / re: monster lions, which distinguish the ent r forietio/ c d tubes, two at each end couched at the sunain e tc( ct i destals. They contain about 8,000 cubic 'c o o er o c o oo stone. Near to the stage on which the tube s .... of V are eight pontoons, two of iron and the othe'" plsc e S'y ready for floating the first tube to its reet ili f e ted' a ocli , 001 tween the pillars. This has just been eomP r od, "e 0 Piles on which it was built have been rent? e ithe r t now rests on two walls of masonry, erected e t .,, o pe, ° , c to jr affording sufficient room for placing the imul,c',otie' g ulp beneath. Its strength has been tested 'i t ' s ed t ° 0 4 . results. Coils of rope cable, which will he o s tan s s pr k ; the tube when afloat, by means of strong f a r o d c o V I , on the shore, have been brought to the sP 3 '', 0 4 i ° Tro ments are being daily made by the parties ° uc cese:, to i lo responsibility of removal rests to ensure s ilo tub of tr , ponderous hydraulic machinery for raising t bo, r e c° proper elevation is being placed in the af m c c ot s vide towers, and the preparations in every doPal . ` o f the 1 rind on with great earnestness. The lengtil,4lo. when completed, will exceed a quarter of a "" RAILWAY AFFAIRS.