The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-07-04 00:00:00

Vadiamentarp Vrocerbings. HOUSE OF LORDS.- On the gm bird re moved t f Lord Monte vent tin the hail e done k information Lord PALMS that, as regards rfect a THE LIVERPO'O'L •STANRARIL FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. •r FRANCE. MONDAY. The Clos St. Lazare, the stronghold of the insurgents Ting of the Evicted I in the neighbourhood of the Bastile, which bad resisted cAp the i grour tor severe ; arried at the Saturday, into the F on of the amendr agle, on Th blil, thus rti lours the attempts.of General Lamoriciere of nd which prevented the troops from advancini subourg St. Antoine, was stormed on Sunday at four o'clock, This was announced in a letter from M no. Armand Marrast, mayo r of P ar is, t o th e P res id en t o f th ( m I kssembly. of Lord Monteagie's produce a most unfavourable effect On a )rity of 11 -the num- All the strongholds of the insurgents, except the Bth 1 was read a third time and mairie, were then in possession of the troops, but the cam- age has been terrific Never has anythiui like it been The house bay nto committee on the Certifi lland) Bill, Lord REDESDALE sate for K intn , en by , owners to re On a di The Earl of CARDIGAN moved an an The Game Certificates for Killing Hares Bill also OF COMMONS.- the suppressed NITt e, or to Smit came to t deeltred part of su brave fellows whc vitriol out of the window ..nded with than frankly t LIICILI irnintly anti W good faith. A party of dragoons were lured into one the streets Of the Foubourr St_ Antninp_ nmi Tmonsters who the houses of it. he correspondent of filled the Morning Chronicle corrobo rates _these fearful accounts. He writes : "We have rd unsa 01 them died ; and of th e jagged- balls extracted from the wounds of the blesse's. Many similar facts have been re. lated to us. On the principal barrier of the Foubourg St Antoine might have been seen impaled on a pike tilated and disemboweled body of a ren,o-, the mu n, at me an eon were found hung up by the vvri;i:ial;7l';odie of many of the Garde Mobile, pierced by stabs of sword and bayonets. In the Clos St. Lazare an itif..,4..... _nc__ - -••...aLa umeer, made prisoner by the insurgents, h a d hi s wrists s cut off, and left to die slowly on the ground of his frightful wounds. A soldier had his feet cut off, and then placed dvincrim Orders have, it is said, been given for the arrest of La martine, Ledru Rollin, Louis Blanc, Causidiere, and La- grange. ST INTELLIGENCE. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH The Paris papers of Sunday announce that on Saturday last the monthly committees of the National Assembly were renewed, and that of the chairmen of the fifteen committees one only belonged to ti,e late Executive Go vernment—M. Arago. The other 14 were all members of the constitutional opposition in the late Chamber of Deputies. Among them were MM. Dupin, Thiers, Du faure, Billault, Berryer, Vivien, Cormenin, De Fey, &c. Paris was perfectly tranquil on Sunday. More troops had arrived. The city of Paris stands in the valley of the River Seine, in such wise that whilst the most central part of the city occupies the islands and the strand of the river, the streets which diverge at right angles from this point rise by a somewhat rapid ascent to the high ground on each side of the valley. The centre of the insurrection was established on the low ground by the river ; its wings rested on these opposite heights ; the Hotel de Ville was its most advanced post in front, but all the narrow streets and quays from that building to the Faubourg St. Antoine were in the hands of the insurgents. The attack was carried on upon this point by General Duvivier; but such were the preparations of resistance made, that, ac cording to the written statement of the Mayor of Paris to the National Assembly, " the whole district was con verted into a vast fortress, which could only be reduced stone by stone." The streets were barricaded ; the win dows were lined with mattresses, from behind which a murderous 'fire poured down upon the troops ; and a gangway of internal communication had been opened from house to house, which supplied ammunition or the means of escape to the besieged. The progress of the forces on this point was accordingly very slow ; and it was in the rear of this position that the final stand of the in surrection was made on Monday afternoon. But the operations were carried on with equal skill and courage at the two wings, for that term may strictly be applied to the positions which the insurrection had assumed. On the left bank of the Seine the left wing extended to the Pantheon, by the steep and narrow line of the Rue St. Jacques, which was completely barricaded and even forti fied with cannon. The attack on this position alone cost fifteen hours' hard and uninterrupted fighting; yet it was the first which wag reconquered by the troops. The at tack on the right wing, which extended to the Clos St. Lazare, was conducted by General Lamoriciere, who gra dually forced his way, on the third day, to the barriers, and there effected his junction with the central division of General Duvivier. It may be inferred from the regular distribution of the insurrectionary forces that their plan was to exhaust the troops by a fruitless attack on the bar ricades, and then to assume offensive operations by an advance of the two wings upon the National Assembly and the west end of Paris, so as to place the Government between two fires, and reduce it to inevitable destruction. The extent of organisation which the execution of such a plan, extending over a line of several miles in length, and maintained for nearly four days, discloses, is perfectly in conceivable. Every species of artifice was employed to convey ammunition. The pails of the milk-women, the couches of the wounded, and even the coffins of the dead, were found filled with gunpowder and cartouches. Large sums of money in gold and notes were discovered on the persons of men apparently in extreme poverty, and of young children. The women of Paris took a most active part in the struggle, and conveyed orders and signals through the hottest fires. The subjoined anecdotes illustrate the desperate valour exhibited on both sides :—" There remained only seven men and two women, who fought desperately. One of the men, who held a flag in his hand, was the first to fire upon the National Guards : his companions followed his example, and the National Guards returned the fire. The man who carried the flag fell dead. One of the females, a young woman neatly dressed, picked up the flag, and leaping over the barricade, rushed towards the National Guards, uttering language of provocation. Al though the fire continued from the barricade, the National Guards, fearing to injure this female, humanely abstained for some time from returning it; and exhorted her to withdraw. The exhortations, however, were vain, and at length self-preservation compelled them to fire, and as she was in front of the barricade, a shot reached her and she was killed. The other female advanced, took the flag, and began to throw stones at the National Guards. The fire from the barricade had become feeble, but seve ral shots were fired from the sides, and from the windows of houses, and the National Guards, in returning the fire, killed the second female. At last, only one man re mained at the barricade, but he kept up a constant dis charge. One of the National Guards left the ranks, sword in hand, and rushing to the barricade, turned aside the musket of this man just as he was about to fire again, and took him prisoner." The second rel a t es to a b oy in the Guarde Mobile :—" Like all the other battalions of the Garde Mobile, the 13th displayed the most admirable courage against the enemies of the Republic. The youth ful Martin Hvacinthe, 18 years of age, and a simple garde mobile, gallantly mounted a formidable barricade in the Faubourg du Temple, nothwithstanding a shower of balls. Seizing the flag which surrounded it, he would not quit hold of it even to fight. When the battalion had re turned to General Changarnier's head quarter, at the Chamber, the young Martin was presented to the chief of the Executive power, to whom he presented the flag which he had taken. General Cavaignac immediately and spon taneously detaching his cross from his breast decorated Martin Hyacinthe with it amidst the repeated cheers of the crowd." _ _ The brave General Negrier was the victim of his intre. pidity. Standing on a barricade, he reoewed a ball in the forehead. In falling, he extended his hand to those near him, and said, "Adieu! I die like a soldier!" He had faced all the danger of the war in Africa, and had distin. cealed in his sleeve. The leader was known by his switch ' guished himself beside General Damremont, who fell at being in the shape of a pitchfork. The chiefs had medals the head of the French army before- Constantine. called monnerona, and the medal had a certain number of Af ter t h e re d uction of the Foubourg St. Antoine, some notches according to the rank of the personage bearing it. gardes mobiles received a-discharge of several shots from It appears, besides, that there is no doubt that the in- a house. Three young men immediately mounted and surgents had a regular plan of government, thatsthe found there eight persons clothed - in the uniform of the names of the parties in the government were quite settled, empire. These persons were immediately shot, and every and That among them figured some names which have one might see on the boulevard a garde mobile bearing the figured in high places since the revolution. cap, the military boots, the cloak, and other accessories of PARIS, THURSDAY.—The following is the new ministry the uniform of one of these miserable men. appointed by Cavaignac, who, as president, names his col- The National says—'• We have seen some of the bullets leages :—General Lamoriciere. Minister of War ;M. 'Se- • seized in the Rue St. Antoine. These bullets, cast in nard, of the Interior; M. Bethmont, of Justice; M. Bas- large thimbles, like those used - by tailors, terminate in a tide, of Marine ; M. Gondchaux, of Finance; Gen. Bedau, • point, and are adapted to inflict the most frightful of , Foreign Affairs; M. Recurt, of Public Works; M. wounds." Mures, of Commerce; M. Carnot, of Public Instruction; The boys of the guard motile, who were alternately for General Changarnier, Commander-in-Chief of the Na- the last month playing at soldiers and ball, have proved tional Guard of Paris. The city was tranquil, and the themselves true heroes. One of them, a mere lad, who Faubourg St. Antoine was busy with business. The shops captured a flag at a barricade, was on Monday publicly were all opened as usual, and the inhabitants seemed to decorated by General Cavaignac with his own cross of the -have plenty to do in selling their various commodities to legion of honour. "I have just now," says the Times' the curious people who had thronged to look at the last reporter, on Monday, " seen passing along the Boulevards fortress of the insurgents. two of these enfans de Paris bending under the weight of At the meeting of the assembly, M. Senard, before he —what do you think ?—garlands and bouquets of flowers, quitted the presidential chair, said that he bad never - quit- showered on them on their way hither from the Faubourg ted General Cavaignac during the crisis, and the gallant St. Antoine, while two national guards marched behind general now wanted that he should still remain with him them, waving over their heads the standards of the Com as a colleague. Having expressed his gratitude for the naunists and Sections which those youth's took in the bar honour conferred upon him, he left the chair, and ascended ricades of 'the terrible Faubourg ! What a people ! " the tribune in his new capacity of minister, to present a BRUTALITY.—The most savage atrocities were com project of a decree of three million francs for the relief of mitted by some of the insurgents in Paris on the prison families of national guards who had f a llen. A grant of ers who were so unfortunate as to fall into their power. one million francs for the mobile guard was also granted. There is a woman 40 years of age, at present confined in die The assembly h as d ecree d a mark of honourto thename the cellars of th e T u il er i es, w h o confesses with the most i of General Negrier. "The heart of General Negrier shall savage joy that she decapitated five officers of the Garde ,„ e ,- , , wer be deposited in the Invalides, and his body taken to the Mobile with a kitchen knife. On the principal barricade .ati- ,ose to city of Lisle, which claims it." His son is to be pro- of the Faubourg St. Antoine the mutilated body of a eery age, the rooted in the army, an d a pens i on o f 3,000 f rancs, revert- Garde Republicaine was seen impaled on a stake. The 4 th ible to his child ren , se t t l e d upon h i s widow. bodies of several of the Garde Mobile were found in the - of Febru- The Bourse open e d t o -d ay f or t h e fi rs t t i me s i nce t h e Pantheon hung by the wrists, pierced with sabre and arfer' comp ara ti ve son) , Ang in idleness insurrection, and the triumph achieved by the friends of bayonet wounds. .em t 5 ,ned, the ruined order has tended to give much increased confidence. COOL BRAVERY IN A BOY.—The following curious ..desrn- PARIS, FRIDAY.—M. Maria, late member of th e E xe - i nc id en t occurre d at the attack of the Barriere Poissoniere ,lunds- thousand misnamed cutive Commission. is elected President of the Assembly. -on Sunday week :—Captain Colliond drove the insurgents maintc" te in idleness and dis- M. Bastide is appointed Minister of Marine instead of 1 before him fro m th e Cl os St . L azare, at the platoon of edness for revolt a n d pH- Admiral Lebl anc , w h o h as d ec li ne d . A t a meeting, at- 'of 'Voltigeurs of the line, a d e t ac h men t o f t h e 6 t h com aousand known thieves, of tended by a large number of ex-Deputies and by the mo- pany of the 21st, and some Mobiles. Suddenly a hercu derate party of the new A ssem bl y, a resolution has been lean insurgent fired at a Mobile, who was quite a boy, adred were for c at s ( men w h o . for enormous cri mes ). Th a t adopted. to the effect th a t th e f o ll ow i ng measures are in- and missed him. The latter charged his colossal adver themaphwq timt th.s, ~......;.,1 ,-..,f dispensable, and that they will not support any govern- Eary with his bayonet, but the Goliah seized the Mobile ment which does not adopt them :-1. The disbanding by the two hands, and made a shield to prevent the and disarming of those National Guards who refused to column from firing on him, but the little M o bil e , lik e a operate in resisting the recen t i nsurrec ti on ; 2 . Th e main- true Parisian child, tripped' up the heels of the man who tenance of a garrison in Paris strong enough to resist i was holding him, and having disengaged himself, a shower such attempts as those of May and June ; 3. The imrne- I of balls inflicted justice on the rebel. diate dissolution of the ateliers nationaux ;4. The tem- THE OUTBREAK AT MARSEILLES.—The insurrection porary closing of the clubs ; 5. The provisional mainten- at Marseilles concluded on Friday week by the total de ance of restrictions on the press. A committee of seven feat of the insurgents. The Mayor endeavoured to per were named, who put themselves immediately in commu- suade the miaguided men to surrender; but his exhorta- In the Faubourg du Temple, the (female) keeper of a nication with General Cavaignac, and it is understood that tions were in vain. A cannon-shot was then fired at the Rine-shop is said to have infused arsenic in the wine she the Ministry recently formed has acceded to the terms barricade, which effected a large breach, and a battalion served to the poor soldiers. A person saw several indivi- proposed. of the 32d Regiment of the Line, which had just arrived duals fall from the effects of it. In the Rue de Helder M. Lalanne, director of the ateliers nationaux, has been from Africa. advanced in double quick time, when the and in the neighbourhood of Notre Dame de Lorette, arrested, and so has the brother of M. Bobuet, ex-mayor insurgents fled, after having discharged their muskets at -well-dressed women were detected carrying ball-cartridges of the 12th , arrondissement, who is a prisoner at Via- the tro o p s At t h e same moment shots were fired from in their baskets. A man f e i gn i ng to b e wounded was oar- cennes. every window in the faubourg at the 32d, two of whom ried on a mattress, which was filled with gunpowder and Rumours of assassinations and poiso n ings are still in were killed and two wounded. Two of the insurgents ball, and some hearses were seized which contained pow- circulation. Sh o t s are fired from h ou s e s upon sentin e l s were kill e d , one of whom wore the uniform of the engi der and rail. and orderlies as they pass. neer corps. All who defended the barricade were stran- Treachery and cruelty have characterised the warfare Le Droit has a story that an express engine was kept in gers to the town. When once the barricade was carried, carried on by the insurgents. Not only did they in many readiness at the Orleans Railway, by which, when the in- the soldiers and National Guards returned the fire against instances butcher their prisoners with the atrocity of surrection was put down, several well-dressed persons the insurgents who occupied the houses. The sappers of savages, but they poisons -,,,,,,1 to went off at gre a t s p ee d, an d t h at government sent another the 32d broke open the doors of the houses; the soldiers - as and poured express engine with some national guards after them, ascended the stai r s, an d arreste d several persons, and without success. amongst them women, armed with poniards and pistols. On Tuesday a cabriolet, with two men in it, was stopped This concluded the affair. when a large sum in gold, of Russian coinage, and a con- The theatres of Paris are brought to a situation which siderable qua n tity o f cartr id ges were found. Th e parties has no precedent in the history of that capital ; their seats pretended not t o un d ers t an d F rench, an d ma d e s i gns that are nightly empty. They have tried reduction of prices; they were Poles. A N a ti ona l G uard a dd resse d t h em in even the grand opera has reduced its prices 30 or 40 per .-- aava N Jutien of tne assassination o f five officers of Polish, in English and German, but could obtain no reply. cent., but a ll w ith out e ff ect. the Garde M o bil e , w h o were decapitated.. by _a_ man They were a rres t e d an d ta k en b efore the C omm i ssary of A Toulouse journal informs us that there was a grand in the garments o f .a woman ; we have told o f th e poisoned Poli ce . Th ey were armed with dagger-pistols. republican banquet there the other day, at which a toast brandy and wi ne so ld i n many quarters to the clothed Natio- , Agreat number of the b a ll s ex t racte d f rom th e woun d ed was proposed to " the immort a l R o b esp i erre ;" and at - of the National Guard and the army were composed of Rhodes a club of women discussed for six hours the ques pieces of iron, which, by a refinement of cruelty, were tion of the existence of a God, which was at length carried pierced, and a piece of copper wire introduced which pro- in the affimative by a majority of twelve. jected on each side. In many cases this has prevented the extraction of the ball, and the wounded have conse- ITALY. The Gazette of Milan, of the 18th, says that it is re- The following is the latest report of the general officers ported that Durando, having heard that the capitu killed and wounded in the insurrection :—General Negrier, lation of Vizenza was not executed by the Austrians, had killed ; General Brea, assassin a t e d ; General Francois, halted at the sound of the cannonade. Learning that the killed ; General Regnaud, killed ; General Bourgou, Duke of Savoy, at the head of 14,000 men, had crossed wounded in the thigh, recovery doubtful; General Corte, the bridge at Ronco, General Durando had retraced his wounded in the leg; General D amesme , l eg amputation, steps, and, in concert with the Duke and General Pepe, some hopes of recovery; General Duvivie, wound in the who brought from 4,000 to 5,000 men, he had beaten the foot, serious; General Fouche r , woun d e d. Besides these Austrians, who in this affair had 8,000 men put to hors nine general officers, an immense number of colonels and de combat. One of the Archdukes was reported to have superior officers have been put hors de combat. been killed. The Constitutionnel states that amongst a mass of The Risorgimento says, that private individuals at papers found in the lodgings of Lieutenant Deflotte, were Venice have opened lists for receiving the signatures of discovered several letters from M. Lamartine, together such citizens as desire to demand formally from the with a passport signed by him, and another by Louis French Government the assistance of a French army towards gaining the independence of Italy. Notice of this step had been given, not only to the Venetian Go vernment, but likewise to the Government of Lombardy. A considerable number of priests in Italy have signi fied their intention of leaving the Church of Rome if the Pope will not allow them to have wives. Whatever may be the issue of the move, it will be hailed as another sYniptow , of the disorganisation of Popery. Verona has foll.n into tho hands of Charles Albert. The war grows slack, and English inealation will, we trust, soon terminate it. At Rome, the minister of the people has fallen back thankfully upon the aid and sup port of the Conservative party. The King of Naples is about to abdicate, if his people have not already saved him the trouble. The accounts from Berlin represent the disturbances in that city as entirely at an end, and the city more than usually tranquil. The saddle cloth which the Turkish Sultan has presented to the Pope is embroidered with pearls and diamonds, and is estimated to be worth at least £15,000. A native boy, about six years old, has been baptised in Western Australia by a Romish priest, and has been sent Europe, where he will be educated for the purpose of re turning to the colony, and acting as a missionary to his heathen countrymen. The American Sun says that six young men, who left their native country of Fayette, in Kentucky, some fifteen years since, in order to seek a livelihood elsewhere, have all met at Washington as members of the house of repre sentatives during the present session of congress. Some disturbances have taken place on the part of the blacks in the island of Martinique, in carrying out their emancipation, decreed by the Assembly : thirty-five were killed and twenty-seven houses reduced to ashes ; tran quillity has, however, been restored. The city of Lisbon is reported to be in an extreme state of poverty, but yet the bull-fights, theatres, and other places of amusement, are as well attended as heretofore. According to the last accounts from Portugal, the country was in a most unsettled state, and arrests are daily taking place of persons accused of conspiring against the govern ment. The Electress of Bavaria has been killed by an accident. The Princess had just quitted Munich on the 23d, to pro ceed to Vienna by Salzburg. At some distance from Wasserburg her carriage was ascending a steep hill, when a heavily l a d en waggon , w hi c h was com i ng down without the drag being put on, happening to overpower the horse which was harnessed to it, rolled down the hill, and strik ing against the carriage, overtulned it on the Princess, who was killed on the instant. HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.—A telegraphic dispatch from Cincinnati, May 19, says :—" A slave-trader from the South purchased a Negro man, wife, and child yesterday, in Covinr,ton, Kentucky, and placed them in gaol for safe keeping. Last night, the woman, in the excitement of despair, we suppose, murdered her child by cutting its throat —after which the man cut the woman's, and then his own. The former ara dead—the latter is living, with but faint hope of his recovery."—New York Evening Post. The King of the Belgians opened the Chambers at Brussels, on Monday, with a speech from the throne, con taining nothing remarkable. It concluded with the fol lowing allusion to the state of Europe :—" We are passing through a period of difficulty for European society. Belgium will not allow herself to be diverted from the wise and sure path in which she has entered. By happy union, she has been enabled to reconcile stability with progress, and order with the practice of liberty in every shape. In order to keep on that path, and successfully to accomplish her mission of peace and labour, she has only to have faith in herself and remain united. You, will afford the Government that kind co-operation which it requires in order to fulfil its difficult task ; and then, again, our common efforts will have deserved well of our country." On concluding the speech, his Majesty was greeted with loud cries of Five le Roi! IRELAND. --.-- The Earl of Milltown, one of John O'Connell's repeal noblemen, has written a letter condemning the extreme doctrines of the felon school. _ _ The estimate May be exaggerated, but it is calculated that from eight to ten million tons of potatoes will be grown in Ireland this year. The brother of a person who recently held a situation in the Nation newspaper office, Dublin, has large placards circulated, offering to " write and furnish seditious songs according to order." Government are determined on strengthening Clonmel; they are about to erect new barracks capable of aecc m _ modating 1,000 men, in addition to the two barracks there at present. The meeting for the discussion as to the dissolution of the Repeal Association has been postponed to the 10th July, on the miserable plea that further time is necessary to collect the opinion of the country on the question of the projected alliance. The Belfast Whig states that the northern distillers, instead of being terrified out of their wits, like their Dub lin brethren, at the proposed reduction of the differential duty on rum from 9d. to 4d. per gallon, are perfectly con tented with the change. ORANGE PROCESSI ONS.—A correspondent who travel led over a large tract of country during the past week, writes us that the Orangemen of almost every district have determined on appearing in procession on the 12th of July.—The display at Enniskillen will be on a grand scale. Mahorhamilton will also be the place of rendezvous for a large assemblage..—Armagh Guardian. A DAMPER FOR THE ANARCHISTS.—The frightful accounts from Paris have produced a sedative effect upon the Irish agitation, and a manifest reaction amongst the middle classes attached to the movement. All persons who have any ;thing to lose look with terror at the state of anarchy, and the horrible slaughter, of which the French capital is ,now the theatre. FATAL AFFRAY.-.--OH the night of Thursday a dispute arose between.two patties of men concerning the posses oice of A .farm i n Tipperary. Daring the contention a July 4, 1848. gun, which one of the men, named Maher, had in his being present. Among the absentees, those connected hand, exploded (whether accidentally or otherwise is un- with Lancashire were—Mr. Bright (Manchester), MN` known), and the shot took effect on William Burke, in- Walker (Bury), Mr. J. W. Patten (North Lancashire), dieting a wound in the neck, from the effects of which Mr. Sharman Crawford (Rochdale), Mr. G reena ll (War' he died in less than an hou r . rington), and Mr. Armstrong (Lancaster). The abseil. Informations have been granted in Limeri c k against tees connected with the adjoining county of Chester were-- Mr. and Mrs. Grace, on suspicion of having wilfully set Earl Grosvenor (Chester), who is abroad, and Mr. Janice fire to their house in Catherine-street, Limerick, in order Heald (Stockport). Of the Lancashire members, the to defraud the Globe Insurance Office. The fire was following voted in favour of the government :—Messrs• stated to have been burning in different parts of the shop, Bolling, Bowring, Brotherton, W. Brown, Alexander and tar and bog wood to have been laid along the fl oor Henry, T. M. Gibson, J. Duncuft, W. J. Fox, C. P. and counter, as well as in the kitchen on the rafters under Grenfell, Sir G. Strickland, Mr. James Heywood, Mr. the shop floor. There was also tar smeared on a gown Hindley, Mr. Thicknesse, Mr. Matthew Wilson, and Mr which Mrs. Grace had worn that day. Pilkington : total 15, being exactly the number of the BIBLE-STEALING BY A CATHOLIC PRIEST.—It will be government majority. The four following Lancashire perceived by referring to our report of proceedings at the members voted against them :—Sir Thomas Birch, Mr. Buncrana Quarter Sessions, that damages were awarded Cardwell, Mr. Greene, and Colonel Lindsay. The Che in two cases against a Roman Catholic priest, named shire members w h o vote d with the government were M`Keague, for carrying off a number of Bibl es , an d I Messrs. Brocklehurst, Williams, Jervis, and Kershaw; Testaments, and other books, from the houses of two those who voted against them were solely county mem individuals who reside in the parish of Malin, in the bers, viz., Sir P. Egerton, W. T. Egerton, G. C. Legb/ barony of Ennishowen. These cases furnish a melan- and J. Tollemache. choly proof of the species of liberty which the Romish priesthood would allow to their flocks, where they per mitted to have their own way, as is, unhappily, too often the case, while they exhibit also th e determined hostility ' On Wednesday, the Duke of Brunswick gained another they bear to the Word of God. Many of these men are verdict for £1,500 against the Satirist. the loudest clamourers for freedom, and yet they are in The recorder of Doncaster has resolved to exclude at practice its , deadliest foes, denying that right which should torneys from practising before him at the Sessions. The be most highly prized—liberty of conscience. This Mr. decision has created a good deal of dissatisfaction among M`Keague is the Roman Catholic curate of Malin, and it the profession, who have hitherto rendered the barrister% appears, fro m th e evidence produced before the Assistant- business a sinecure. Barrister, that one of the complainants is not even a Ro- SMALL DEBTS COURTS. —At the Edmonton Small manist, but a member of the Established Church, and Debts Court, on the 23d ultimo, a case was decided which yet he .enters into his house, seizes a number of Bibles is of importance to suitors in these courts. A person' and own Test a a aments, an f rod it the test may be in Ter of t d, he both female t- on him ands ettled his demand. A day had been named ness brought forward on his behalf, burns them ! Na Y for bearing, which. of course, was unnecessary ; but the more, his antipathy to the sac re d vo l ume i s so st rong that clerk of the court claimed the fees of the judge, clerk, and when he discovered it he blasphemously exclaimed that he bailiff, as if it had been heard. This was resisted, and the had " foundjhe Devil ! ! "—Londonderry Sentinel. result is, that such claim is not legitimate, and that many parties who had paid similar claims, with costs, are entitled to a restitution of their cash. MASON (Clerk) v. LAMBERT Clerk). The Exeter Conservative gives a long accoun t o f t h e QUEEN'S BENCH, ENCH, WEDNESDAY, J UNE 28.—This case --COURT OF transference of " Salem Chapel," Morice town, Devon- came before the Court in the shape of a demurrer to the port, from the Independent Dissenters to the Church of defendant's pleas. It was an action for a delapidation, England, under a license from the bishop of the diocese, brought by the successor of the defendant, in the perpe the dissenting minister, Mr. MT. Sherman, having be en tual c uracy o f a place within the diocese of the Bishop of converted to the Chu rc h. Ripon, to recover the amount of certain repairs of build.' THE FREEDOM OF THE CHURCH.—By a clause of the ings in the benefice, which repairs the defendant had ren- Criminal Law Consolidation Bill, it is provided that any dered necessary from his neglect while he was in posses- Dean or Chapter refusing to elect as bishop the person sion of the curacy.—Mr. Addison argued at great length named in a Letter Missive of the Crown, shall be liable to in favour of the defendant, contending that the only party three years' imprisonm en t, or un li m i ted fine. When this that could be held liable was the patron. Mr. Manisty, clause was under discussion in the House of Lords, Lord in support of the demurrer, referred to several authorities Denman suggested that it would be much better to place to show that the defendant was alone liable, inasmuch as the appointment of bishops directly and avowedly with he was the perpetual curate, and was not removeable at the Crown, than to pass any such law. will.—The Court took time to consider. TESTIMONIAL.—On Saturday week, the Rev. Edward COUNTY COURTS.-----A return has been made to the Bickersteth was presented with a handsome silver tea- House of Commons of the number of plaints entered, the kettle, lamp and stand, as a token of the esteem of his number of days each court sat, the causes tried, the money parishioners at Holy Cross, Shrewsbury, "at the conclu- received, the fees of officers, &c., from the opening of these sion of nine years of faithful ministration among them as courts, in April last year, to December of the same year. their resident pastor a n d guide." The scholars of the During that period, 429,215 plaints were entered, of which National School had previo us ly presented him with a sil- 31,443 were for sums above £10; 41,617 for sums between ver pen and pencil-cas e . Th e reverend gentleman has £5 and £10; and the remainder for smaller sums. More removed to a benefice in Buckinghamshire. than one-half of the plaints were not tried. In 800 of At the special request of th e Archbishop of Canterbury, them a jury was demanded ; and of these, in a little more the honorary degree of D.C.L. i s to be conferred by Ox. than a half only of the cases did the parties demanding the ford University on Mr. A. B. Hope, for his splendid do- jury obtain a verdict. For the despatch of the whole of the nation of £60,000 for th e establishment of a missionary cases stated the courts sat for an aggregate of 6,316 das, college at Canterb ur y. Th e g if t h as b een made without the average hearing being 42 in each court a day. This iS reserve,_ and the statutes o f th e co ll ege h ave been approved no great speed, when it is considered that, generally, the by his Grace. The Earl of Harrowby, Sir Geo rge Ar- demand is not denied, and that the time or times of pay thur, M. Guizot, W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and other dis- went were all that were to be settled by the judge. The tinguished personages are also mentioned as likely to re- few juries demand e d i s an argument for the discretionary ceive an honorary de gree . power in the superior courts of dispensing with a jury, if ' A WHIG SHOWER of. GOLD.—We were enabled to an- the party is willing to refer the matter to the judge. The nounce in our last publication that the Rev. D. J. judges' fees (within the time stated) were £82,652 ; the Stewart, son-in-law of Mr. Julian Skrine, of this town, clerks' fees, £73,777 ; the bailiffs', £46,889 ; and the ge had been presented by the Lord Chancellor to the vicar. neral fund fees, £52,117. There are 60 courts. The age of Hillrnarton, which is returned at £399 a-year. average of judge's incomes for the nine months was On Sunday morning the Rev. Dr. Phelps, another son- £1,378, or £1,722 per annum ; the clerks' fees average in-law of Mr. Julian Skrine, received intimation from the £1,228 for each circuit; the bailiffs', £784. The highest same beneficent quarter that the rectory of Willingham, sum received by any judge for the nine months was £2,311, returned at £677 a-year, was offered to his acceptance, by Mr. Moylan, of the Westminster Court ; the lowest, at And a day or two afterwards Mr. J u li an Skrine himself, Nottingham, £721. The highest receipt of any of the as we have intimated in another paragraph, stepped into clerk's was £2,119; the lowest, £717. These facts sug the pleasant appointment held by the late Mr. William gest some curious considerations. Mortlock, which may be worth some X4OO or X5OO a-year. Of all this, we will only say "it is better to be born lucky than rich."—Cambridge Chronicle. FREDERICTON.—The Bishop of Fredericton, (Nova Scotia), who is now in England, has appealed for assis tance in completing the Cathedral church for his diocese. It is now in course of erection, and will contain about 800 persons ; all the sittings will be free so as to accom modate the poor conveniently without distinction of colour. The total expense will be about £lO,OOO, of this sum, £3,000 has been raised in the colony. The amount still required is about £4,000, and as a proof of the im portance which the Bishop attaches to this measure as a means of good for his diocese, he has himself expended on it a sum nearly equal to the whole income of the see, for the three years during which he has presided over it. The external walls of the naveandaisles, have been erected, and the nave roof will be put on this summer. CONSECRATION OF THE COLLEGE OF ST. AUGUSTINE, AT CANTERBURY.—The consecration of the new college of St. Augustine took place on Thursday afternoon. The ceremony was graced by a large number of the aristocracy, amongst whom were the Archbishop of Canterbury, Earl Powisa, Lord Nolenn. the Parl of l‘f arrth , Mr. Juctier. Coleridge, Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Baron Alderson, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Bishop of Oxford, the Bishop of Fredericton, the Bishop of Brechin (Scotland), Bishop Coleridge, the Deans of Can terbury, Hereford, Chichester, Norwich, and Bangor ; Archdeacons Thorpe, Harrison, and Crofts There were upwards of 1,000 clergymen present. The service in the cathedral commenced at twelve o'clock, at which hour his grace the archbishop ascended the throne. A full choral service was performed, the lessons being read by the Rev. Dr. Russell, and the communion service by the Dean of Canterbury and the Rev. Dr. Spry. The sermon was preached by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. At the close of the cathedral service, the college was in spected by the company, and a luncheon was provided for the guests. Contrary to general expectation, no speeches were delivered, and the company separated shortly before six o'clock. This missionary college is on the site which was assigned in the year 605 to St. Augustine, by Ethel bert. A part of the old monastery still remains, and the whole building has been renovated and fitted up for its present useful purpose, by the munificence of Mr. J. B. Hope, M.P. Until bought by Mr. Hope, it was used as a public-house and skittle-ground, in a lamentable state of neglect. It is believed that the founding of this college, which will accommodate about fifty students, will cost Mr. Hone between £30,000 and £40,000. The con stitution of the college is that of a warden and fellows, to be under the appointment of the two archbishops and some of the bishops. Bishop Coleridge, formerly diocesan of Barbadoes, has been appointed by the trustees the first warden. Mr. Pearson has been nominated the sub warden, and one of the vacant fellowships has already been bestowed on Mr. Moore. The college will receive its first students in about two months, or less, from the present time. The Queen has given the college a char ter of incorporation, which was signed on Wednesday UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS, POLITICAL MISCELLANY. The resumed debate on Parliamentary Reform is again postponed till Thursday next. HORSHAM.-Mr. Fitzgerald has been returned. The numbers were for Mr. F. 182 ; for Lord Edward Howard (son of the Duke of Norfolk) 115. On Monday the Parliamentary Committee decided that Mr. Charles Townley had not been duly elected for Sligo borough. _ _ LAW INTELLIGENCE. RAILWAY 'AIRS - The traffic for the week ended the 24th June, for the Chester and Holyhead Railway, amounted to £936 100• 2d. The portion of the Chester and Holyhead Railway from the other side of the Menai Straits to Holyhead, is likely to be opened on the Ist of August next. The large shed recently erected at the Bury station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway fell in with a frightful crash on Tuesday. Two men are seriously in jured. The Conway tube is sustaining itself admir a bly. A train weighing no less than two hundred tons passed through it last week, and did not cause a deflection of three-fourths of an inch. The London and South-Western Railway Company have completed the extension of their line from the coke furnaces near the Nine Elms terminus to the York Road station near the Waterloo Bridge. There is every probability of an amicable arrangement being made between the London and Northwestern, the Chester and Birkenhead, and the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Companies. _ THE MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE, after a contest which has lasted for five years, have suc ceeded in obtaining their Barnsley branch, which opens all the extensive coal-fields of that neighbourhood to Manchester. In the House of Lords, on Thursday, the Marquis of Londonderry moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the circumstances connected with the Liverpool, Man chester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Bill, which caused the abandonment of the railway and the dis— solution of the company. Within the last few days, a single branch line has be en opened, which connects the East India Docks with the Eastern Counties' Railway. By this line, via Peter borough, goods may be removed without brake or car riage from this important depot of East India produce, to the Mersey, Humber, Tyne, or any point in the manu facturing and northern districts. From official returns it appears that the amount of traffic for the last week, on 3,877 miles of railway, was £216,82 0, thus accounted for :--X119,724 for the conveyance of pas sengers only, £44,347 for the carriage of goods, and a re mainder of £52,749 for passengers and goods together, not respectively apportioned ; being an increase of £39,98& over the corresponding week of last year, when the mile age was 3.025. The average earnings per mile were £56, whilst in 1847 they were £5B. RAILWAY LITIGATION.—The Great Western Company have, at this moment, a mass of law -suits of serious moment to the shareholders—namely, Ranger's, Macin tosh's, and other contractors, for the balance cf their accounts of nearly a million for making the original Great Western line in 1837 ; suits with Kent, Parker, and other carriers, as to the legality of their charges for carrying, involving some thousands ; actions by the sufferers from the late accident at Shrivenham, which are suspended till the trials of the men committed ; and a threatened re sistance to their charges, until they are reduced nearly one fourth, according to the statutable restrictions.—Railway Record. Mr. James Hartley, the active manager of the Penin sular and Oriental Company, is a candidate for Sligo on the Conservative interest. DAMAGES AGAINST A RAILWAY.—In the Exchequer, on Tuesday, Mrs. Smith, widow of the late Henry Smith, steam-packet agent at Fleetwood, brought enaction against the London and North Western Railway, to recover com pensation for the loss sustained by herself and her infant son, by the death of her husband, who was one of the per sons killed by the collision at the Wolverton station on. the sth June, 1847, occasioned by the train in which he was a passenger, being turned into a siding by a blunder of the pointsman. The jury gave a verdict for £2OOO, of which £l2OO is to be appropriated to the infant, and the remainder to the widow. The deceased held a very ex cellent situation, and left some property. CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD, AND BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANIES.—We understand that the statement which has appeared in some of the papers, that at the meeting held at Birkenhead on the 10th instant, a resolution was passed that the interest payable to the Chester and Bir kenhead shareholders should be suspended for twelve months, is erroneous. We are informed, on good autho rity, that no such resolution was passed, and that if if had passed it could have had no effect, the meeting not being legally constituted, and having been convened hi the Directors for the purpose of their conferring with the shareholders. The understanding at the meeting W that any proposal of the Directors, for the purpose in question, should be stated in writing to the Chester and Birkenhead shareholders, in order that it might be con sidered by them separately from the Cheshire Junction section of the proprietary. It was pressed upon the Directors at the meeting that they should at all events pay the half year's interest falling due on the Ist July. RADICAL RAILWAY PATRIOTISM.—We see, with re markable contempt not unmingled with disgust, the names of some eminent professors of extreme democratic opi nions among the thick-and-thin supporters of broad" guage and mixed guage imposture. in the proceeding s of harlequins like a noble lord who has figured in this dispute, there is nothing at all extraordinary ; they Wea r no very opaque disguise. For hard cash or honours, thel are always ready to jump through any hoop ; and, a l mighty fine crops are grown out of much, so some peoPle make a harvest out of what, to others, would be the wit dew of all their hopes ; and the political jobber hooted ow' of a county is kicked up stairs into the House of Peers, t°_, practice there successfully on railway bill s th e ar ts will' had no great success in managing coercion bills. But or; what principle, unless it be the old breeches-pocket prin ciple, are we to answer for the anti-popular, anti-coin: mercial votes of those bragging patriots, the " Bowring and the bearded Muntz."—Railway Times. a LILLIPUTIAN ENGINES.—The Eastern Counties en the Bristol and Exeter Railway Companies have deter,: mined upon trying a new mod e o f wor ki ng th e i r brao u e: o lines, the object being to ec onom i se th e l arge experldik. be incurred in carrying on this portion of railway traffic. A proposition is to construct a light en g i ne , a t en der, sou__ passenger carriage, upon one frame. This peculiar s e et ;_ , struction is adopted for the purpose o f secur i ng the g : est possible adhesion with the d r i v i ng - w h ee l o f the engia , with the least p o ssible am oun t o f d ea d weight in the gro om load of the train. The e ng i ne , t en d er , an d riage are to weigh about 10?... or 11 tons, and the car rier is to afford accommodation t o f or ty p assenge rs. The er gine is to possess suffi c i en t power to take a second % :: riage, affording accommodation to fifty passengers, so the these light engines will be equal to the convey_l_ ninety passengers. The runn i ng average velocity, Ira:, at the speed to be maintained, ex c l us i ve of the time lost the stations, and lost also in g ettin g into speed wh en de parting from and arriving at aatitons, is to be forty per hour. CITELTENHAM.—On Thursday the Hon. Craven Berke ley was elected by 1024 votes against 848 for Mr. Agg Gardner, the conservative. The town was in a very ex cited state in consequence of the conservatives being so obstructed in going to the poll. The Peel party seems to have been completely split to pieces upon the sugar question. Messrs. Gladstone and Goulburn opposed the ministerial proposition ; but Sir James Graham and Sir Robert Peel brought what forces they could command to the rescue of Downing Street, and gave ministers a majority of 15. The Daily News, in criticising the contradictory speech of the latter right honourable baronet, says shrewdly enough, " he lends his aid to ministers, lest incurring defeat, they should resign before Sir Robert is prepared to take their place." POLITICAL RUMOURS.—It is still afloat as arumour, that Parliament will be dissolved in the course of a month ; but to what effective purpose, at this awkard juncture, we know not. We want to see the British people, of all classes, thoroughly convinced that the PEEL and RUSSELL theories of free trade, &c. are an absurd and mischievous sophism, producing free imports, it is true, but restricting and damaging the exports, and impoverishing the home trade. The present minister and his shifty predecessor are bound to prove the justice of their policy, or take all the odium of its complete failure, and of the ruin it has spread around us. A STRONG GOVERNMENT.—The government majority on the sugar question was, as our readers have seen, fif teen. Of the 260 who formed the majority, 25 were Peel ites ; consequently had they voted against the gov ern = ment, each vote counting for two, the difference would have been 50, and instead of the Government having a majority of 15, they would have been left in a mi nor it y of 35. The number of liberals who voted with the oppo sition were 20, counting 40 in a division ; put these 40 against the 50, and the difference is 10 ; deduct the 10 from a majority of 15, and it leaves the government, after ten days severe whipping, a working majority of 5 l ! their favourite number. SUGAR DUTIES DIVISION. — From the list of the ma jority and the minority on Sir John Pakington's motion, condemnatory of the government sugar measure, it ap pears that the following conservatives voted with the go vernment :—Sir. R. Peel, Sir J. Graham, 11. B. Baring, W. Bolling, W. Cubitt, Sir C. Douglas, Marquis of Douro, J. Duncoft, J. B. B. Estcourt, C. H. Frewen, C. V. Harcourt, H. C. Lacey, W. A. Mackinnon, Roundell Palmer, Sir H. Seymour, Sir J. Young. The following liberals against the government:— Hon. Grantley Berkeley, Sir T. B. Birch, Sir E. N. Buxton, Earl of Euston, Jos. Hume, R. D. Mangles, Lord Nugent, J. Pattison, J. T. Wawn, Sir H. Williamson, M. Wyvil. The following conservatives, who usually vote with Sir R. Peel, also divided agalust the government:—Earl of Lincoln, Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, E. Cardwell, Right Hon. H. Goulburn, Sir G. Clerk, H. Barkley, W. Beckett, H. F. Charteris, Right lion. H. Corry, Hon. H. Fitzroy, Lord Drurnlanrig, Thos. - Greene, Lord Jocelyn, G. Cornwall Legh, Colonel Lindsay, Colonel Peel, G. Sandars, Hon. G. S. Smythe, Sir F. Thesiger, John Walter, Hon. J. S. Wortley. The house was one of the fullest of the session, no fewer than 505 seen in Paris passed 3 to I hired an immense numb of them only hold, the Foubott Antoine The Foubonrg St. Antoir g rnto the country and flying I On the .ssect I of the re There have 11 Hu latches I N. Lord I n, to mass acre ,' t o I population who had b een exc i te d I A - ___l_ _ 1 hand on to the ( ' ouvrier lage, there were into for the purpose of maintaining the inn Spain ; and all he en ni , l the Bri' sh Govern rty, treaty or no treaty, with t elusion of h the Government, k from their cont Sir J. ( .1 and Mr. D. CALLAGHAN [owed on lay, courted djourned until Thursday HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY wing an address tor copies of certain indition of the West Indies, ty with his notice of the previ- 1 the other house of having wilfully and design rtant despatches from the Commons tting on the subject of West Indian edly withheld i•m committee lately distress L:)rd S rated the various allegations mad PARIS, JUNE 26, 10 o'CLocx, A.M. The insurgents, haying been driven from their stro retreating into the country have cap- possession of one strong- 2 O'CLOCK ;cry are in pursuit of them. ilea have fallen than on that killed or wounded ten - • ••••..“ •••••... • I,GO 4.1.111 several representatives of the people have fallen. of officers of all ranks of the army and of the ,-,_ • , • ounded. T usands ten thousand-1 been wounded in this frightful sttug 6 Because some hundred vain, hot disappointed at not having reached power >nt of wealth after the revolution, chose to try—who have since been suffering iruu. vant, or who have been in some sort revelling in idleness —O. from the impoverished, the ruined ,pKeeper and tradesman. In the one hundred and twenty thousand misnamed maintained by the State in idleness and dis 'der, and in momentary preparedness for revolt and pH _ found ten thousand known thieves, of. ,TON, in reply to Mr. B. Osborne, stated whom four thousand five hundred were furrats (men who - - , •ltlruple treaty, it had been entered had been sent to the hulks for enormous crimes). That wing tl - --ndence of t h e forrats did not spare themselves, that they carried out y was tb- their engagement with the Red Republicans, is proved by `he fact that not only has the full proportion of known very many (trauma. forces) 3n their shoulders. These were the coadjutors -ninted Ultra-Republicans, who loathed and "mating touch, but who tolerated —their assistance for the attainment of of Commons by Lord )israeit ; anct was succeeaea by rho implored their lordships, inasmuch :1;lee,i;1 had fully, clearly, and satisfactorily de is own course and that of his subordinates in • .ebarge against of terminate. blare, that the accede to the suggestion of but proceeded indignantly to rer iopted in that. from the othet parliar t whose speech on Friday nek, the noble lord had taken so lingenemus an Lord STANL returned to the charge, in answer to the ler speakers being the Marquis of Lans- Itedesdale, w of a debate of an animated nature, the mo- Lion was agreed to HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNEsn into committee on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill originated a discussion and a division, his horse and driven off." when the motion was carried by a majority of 26, th e In another part of his letter he re l a t es a terrible catas numbers being 102 to 76. trophe that occurred in the Place de Carrousel, at mid- In committee, the Chairman having put the amend- night on Monday : — 2:tient of the Attorney-General, which specified th e p ar ti- ' "Two companies of the National Guard of the Banlieue cular " bulls " which were to be prohibited from publica- of Paris were conducting about eighty prisoners to the Lion within the United Kingdom, a discussion ensued. Tuilleries, in the cellars of which a large number of the Mr. Henley moving that the chairman do report progress, insurgents were confined. When close to the Rue de the committee dividin g , when the amendment was ne ga - Rohan some of th e p r i soners attempted to escape. They tived by a majority of 4—the numhpc.4_ MA in 110 A attacicpel thc.;,. -„....i.. ....._,J___, ~ gua.- ..denly, disarmed some of them aivision took place on the At t o rne y -G enera l' s and attempted to run. The a l arm was at once given., amendment, when the numbers being equal, 113 for and The troops of the line and the National Guards in the vi against, the chairman gave the casting vote in its favour. cinity flew to arms. A terrible pelf mell followed, in In consequence of this result, Sir R. H. Inglis moved which the soldiers fired, r.ot only upon the prisoners, but that the chairman do report progress, which motion was upon each other, and the result was that about twenty negatived by a majority of one—the numbers 110 to 111, half the priso ners were kil led. The bodies of the soldiers soldiers and National G uar d s were kill e d . M ore than Sir R. Inglis explaining, on the re a d m i ss i on o f s t rangers, that he had been absent from the divi s i on on hi s own and National G uar d s were carried into th e T u il er i es . Th e motion in consequence of having gone to co n s u lt th e bodies of the prison ers were l e f t f or a considerable time highest parliamentary authority, as to the course pu r s ue d lying on the sp o t w h ere th ey f el l by the chairman in giving his vote in favour of an a men d- A sad but striking incident of this t err ibl e war f are i s t h e ment when the numbers were equal. death of the Archbish o p o f P ar i s, w h o was killed by a shot Mr. BERNAL stated, without reference to the or d ers o f from one of the barri ca d es w hil st str i v i ng to act the peace the house, that he did not recollect a similar circumstance maker. The Constitutionnel gives the following anecdote to have occurred of equal numbers on a division in com- of the Archbishop :—" After having been so unfortunately mittee during the periods he had occupied the chair. wounded, the Archbishop of Paris was carried to a house Further progress with the bill under existing circum- in the Rue Saint-Antoine, and afterwards •to the hospital stances was considered undesirable by several hon. mem- of the Quinze Vingtz. On the way he was escorted by hers, and at length, on an amend men t b e i ng propose d b y some Gardes Mobiles. Th e p h ys i ognomy of one of these Sir H. Willoughby, Mr. Anstey consented to the propo- brave lads had struck him, having seen him fight and dis. a sition for the chairman's reporting progress, w hi c h was arm his enemy, after b e i ng wounded several times. Call agreed to, and the house having resumed, the bill was ing him to his side, he had strength enough left to raise ordered to be re-committed on Wednesday next, his arms, and taking a little wooden crucifix attached to a black collar which he had, he gave it to the young hero, say ing to him, ` Never quit this cross . . . lay in on your heart, it will make you happy.' Francis Delavrigniere, such was his name, swore with his hands joined, and in the attitude of prayer, ever to preserve this precious sou venir of the dying prelate." When the news of the surrender of the Faubourg St. Antoine was announced, soldiers and officers crowded round General Lannorciere, crying, Vive la Republique and, pressing him in their arms, thanked him with much warmth for the noble and brilliant services lie had per formed. The truth is that General Lamorciere was the hero of the day. General Cavaignac was necessarily less in action, but he directed all, The position of the insurgents was immensely strong, and that which formed the chief strength was the perfo ration of the wall of the Citi, which is 12 or 14 feet high, at intervals of 8 or 10 yards, and the creation by that means of several hundred loopholes. The barricades in advance were composed of paving stones of a hundred weight each, or of the cut stones of an hospital in course of erection, and from this invisible garrison a constant and deadly fire was kept up, which at once accounts for the immense loss of life among the troops and guards. These works were defended by between 80 and 150 ruffians, and at the Barriere Rochechouart, while the loss of the armed force was more than 1000, two only of the insurgents were killed—one of them being shot through the brain, while firing through a loophole not six inches in diameter. The insurgents ran from loophole to loophole with the agility of monkeys, and only left the cover of the high wall to seek ammunition of which they had a scanty sup ply. Under the wall they melted lead for bullets during the fight. They even attempted to fabricate gunpowder. The new barrack of the Grande Rue de Reuilly, occupied by 200 men of the line, resisted the attacks of the insurgents for four days. The rebels set fire to a brewery adjoining in expectation of burning the barrack ; and this plan hav ing failed, they threw vitriol on the roof with a fire engine with a similar object. Captain Loverdo, aide-de-camp of General Damesme, was taken by the insurgents, and asked to lead them. This was peremptorily refused, and the ruffians were about to put him to death, when one of them, an old sol dier, interfered, and succeeded in delivering the gallant captain, who related the fact to M. Arago, a member of the executive government, who was there at the moment. The man was surrounded and congratulated on his noble conduct; but after a few moment's hesitation, he retired, saying, " Well, gentlemen, I must leave you ; you are at your work, and I return to mine." He then rejoined the insurgents. Writing on Tuesday, the Paris correspondent of the Morning Post says—" The raising of the siege of the centre of civilization has been accomplished at a greater cost of human life than was paid by us on the field of Waterloo. The roar of the tempest has subsided, but the sea must give up its dead, and the wrecks thrown ashore by each receding wave show that the storm has been ra pacious. The Seine has folded some hundreds of corpses in its muddy embraces, as the insurgents threw the dead over the parapet over the left bank at one time, and as the blood poured down the gutter, the river became literally reddened, making the green one red. The defunct insur gents are being thrown into trenches this morning by scores and scores, and lime is thrown on them to prevent them from lying in cold obstruction and rotting. The Debals morning trembling alludes to a heavy firing which was heard at midnight, a few hours ago. I happened to be in the neighbourhood of the Tuileries when this happened. Some prisoners were being taken from the cellars, to be transported to some other place ; they rushed upon the National Guards, and two or three succeeded in seizing the muskets, wherewith they forthwith shot their conductors. The National Guards fired in return, and their comrad es on guard opposite immediately fired, and thus, as has constantly been the case during this fearful conflict, they slaughtered each other; forty or forty-five corpses were thus added to King Death's nightly meal ; but as he must be supped full of horrors already, such a bagatelle is scarce worth detailing. I saw some Mobile Guards also conducting some prisoners yesterday, and one of them said, ' You have me now, b u t I kill e d 22 yesterday with your own gun.' Ca fait 23 alors, said a youthful Mobile, and shot him dead." The public tranquillity was not disturbed during Tues day night, and the insurgents appear to have been com pletely driven out of the city, although a body of them entrenched in Pere la Chaise still resisted, and in the Banlieu some of them had made an ineffectual attempt at rally. Uupwards of 200 of them were captured at Batig nolles, and a body of them, who for a moment seemed determined to make a stand at La Villette, fled on the approach of the troops. The number of prisoners in custody on Wednesday was 6500. They were all aware drat the city had been placed in a state of siege, and on being taken prisoners they fully expected to be shot. The sign by which they recognised each other was a small osier twig, which each kept con- HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY After some further skirmishing respecting the sup pression of documents by the Colonial-office between Lord G. Bentinck and Mr. Labouchere, and after a short dis cussion on the period at which the existing duties on sugar expire, in which the principal interlocutors were Mr. Barklay, Mr. Bright, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Mr. liihlyard, and the Attorney-General, it was settled that the debate on the new plan of reform pro posed by Mr. Flume should be adjourned from Friday to Thursday next, as there was no chance of bringing the debates on the sugar duties to a close before Friday next. The ldjourned debate on the sugar duties was then re sumed by Sir R. INGLI3, who supported Sir J. Poking ton's amendment, which was also supported by Mr. Barklay, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Urquhart, the Marquis of Granby, Mr. Muntz, and Mr. C. Anstay ; Sir R. Peel gave a qualified support of the ministerial measure; and after speeches in its favour by Mr. Labouchere and Lord John Russell, the house divided—for going into com mittee, 260; for Sir J. Pakington's amendment, 245: majority in favour of Government, 15. The announce ment of this division was received with long continued cheering by the Protective party. The house went into committee pro forma, and the first ministerial resolution having been read, the chair reported progress, and ob tained leave to sit again this day. The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. Sir B. HALL gave a notice of motion for Monday, to ask for what reasons so large an increase in the metropo litan police force had recently been made; and Mr. E. DENNisoN for Tuesday, to move for the appointment of a select committee to consider by what means the public business of the house might be accelerated. At the instance of Mr:WvLo a conversation took place as to the employment of the military in carrying out the survey of the metropolis. On the motion of Mr. STAFFORD, and after a debate, a new writ was ordered for the borough of Sligo, as also for Great Yarmouth: in connexion with the latter borough it may be stated that the bill for the disfranchisement of the freemen received the royal assent shortly previous to this motion being made. A conversation' ensued between Mr. URQUHART and Lord PALMERSTON on the subject of returns relative to the Spanish debt due to England under the quadruple treaty, the affairs of the Mosquito territory, and as to the dismissal of the Hon. member for Stafford from the office of secretary to the embassy at Constantinople. The noble lord, in reply to Mr. WYLD, stated that he had not heard of any seizures of arms on board a British vessel on the coast of Brittany. If any private adventurer had been detected in the act of landing arms on the coast of France it was competent to the French authorities to deal with such a person according to the law. The house having passed into committee on the sugar duties, Mr. BRIGHT emphatically condemned the govern ment for having disinterred the question of protection, after they had buried it, and concluded a speech of details with respect to the past and present condition of the West India colonies, by moving, that it is not now expedient to make any alteration in the Sugar Duties. -Act of 1846. he speakers in opposition to the motion were Mr. G. Berkeley, Mr. Bagshaw, Mr. Tollemache, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who expressed his pleasurable convic tion that the anticipated deficin cy in the budget of two millions and a half would turn out to be only half a mil lion,—Mr. A. Hastie, Mr. Cardwell, Mr, J. Wilson, and Lord Nugent. For tt_e resolution, 302; against, 36; majority against Mr. Bright, 266. The report was received on Monday, it being understood that the discussion is to terminate that evening. COURT AND FASHION. The rumour of her Majesty's intended visit to Ireland this summer is again revived. The Queen and Prince Albert, and two of the young princes, visited the Surrey Zoological Gardens, on Tues day. The Queen gave a concert on Wednesday evening at Buckingham Palace. The company amounted to about 400, and comprised the members of the Royal Family, the Fore;gn Ministers and their ladies, and a large party of the nobility ai ! ci gentry. Prince Albert was present at the field day of the Scots Fusileer Guards, on Thursday, in Hyde Park, and took the command of the regiment. The works at Wynyard Hall, the splendid seat of the Marquess and Marchioness of Londonderry, are now drawing towards completion. The chapel (in which the fire originated) is being fitted up with massive columns glad pilasters of solid marble. The whole of the floor and east end will Alec , be of marble, highly polished. 3v more tl 'however article, cession loch, EE that re] of our I tail, wh present in an ec, gated b Otire, thl of the la as it did solitary of a ;WI I:ious blt lag level flat of at by Lieui as able : and a p a We e , United Itevolut OF THE In fac elltifiE It i s tnatril7r would de wed k ii 4g .: t Tl d Dan Part e d v "prnh t ' l ed ;o1 Ca 4 irnit a NI our Getting ~ ve wane not it atui`i-li The f t i e PUblic BKetchei Ant o.le'nsPeal that ' a ;31, Th e is th e b ent d Y his Yo u -, r, t Si st ~e % m cros s -u-)304 cl e ells tier; co n nre