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Vrorribings in Var THE 0P41N11.,1G Her Majesty opened Parliament in person 'on Tuesday afternoon. She entered the House a few , minut e s after two, and delivered the following Speech.:— MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, It is with great satisfaction that I again meet my Par liament, and resort to your advice and assistance on the consideration of measures which affect the welfare of our country, _ _ _ I continue to maintain the relations of peace and amity with foreign powers. It has been my endeavour to induce the States of Germany to carry into full effect-the provi sions of the treaty with Denmark, which was• concluded at Berlin in the month of July of last year. I am much gratified in being able to inform you that the German Confederation and the Government of Den mark are now engaged in fulfilling the stipulations of that treaty, and thereby putting an.end to hostilities -which at one time appeared full of danger-to the peace oft Europe. I trust that the affairs of Germany may be arranged by mutual-agreement in such a manner as to preserve the strength of the Confederation, and to maintain the free dom of its separate States. I have-concluded with the King of Sartliniaartield ditional to the treaty of September, 1841, and ha rected that those articles shall be laid before vot Governix 1 has tat and I hope of measure slaves for the suppression of the atrocio GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE O I have directed the estimates of and laid befce., framed with you without delay clue regard to econore Sides of the p c service MY LoRD Notwiths.tan kND GENTLEMEN ig the large redu have been effected in late sfactorv. The state of the com tres of the kingdom have been such 3loyment to the labouring classes. , MMONS, ar to be prepar&l They have been f taxation which ceipts of the Considering the hs, for revenue have been raerce and manufa as to afford nerd em • •s• ,-••• a• 4,••• felt by that important body am ong my people who . are owners and occupiers of land ; but it is my confident hope that the prosperous condition of the former class of my subjects will have a favourable effect in diminishing those difficulties, and promoting the interests of agriculture. The recent assumption of certain ecclesiastical titles conferred by a Foreign Power has excited strong feelings in this country, and large bodies of my subjects have presented addresses to me expressing attachment to the Throne, and praying that such an assumption should be resisted. I have assured them of- my resolution to main tain the rights of my country, and the independence of the nation, against all encroachment, from whatever quarter it may proceed. I have at the same time ex pressed my desire and firm determination, under God's blessing, to maintain unimpaired the religious liberty which is so justly prized by the people of this country. It will be for- you.to consider the measures which will be laid before you on this subject. The adniinistration of justice, in the departments of law and equity. will no doubt receive the serious atten tion of Parliament; and I am confident that the measures which may be submitted to you with a view of improving that administration, will be discussed with that mature deliberation which important changes in the highest - , dom imperatively demand. court of judicature in the kin A measure establishment of a system of registration of deeds and instruments, relating to the transfer of property. ' This measure is the result of enquiries, which I have caused to be made, on the practicability of adopting a system of registration, calculated to give security to titles, and to diminish the causes of litigation to which they have hitherto been liable, and to reduce the costs of transfers. To combine the progress of improvement with the sta bility of our institutions will, I am confident, be your constant care. We may esteem ourselves fortunate that we can pur sue, without disturbance, the course of calm and peaceful amelioration ; and we have every cause to be thankful to Almighty God for the measure of tranquillity and hap piness labial has been vouchsafed to us. HOUSE OF LORDS.—' The Earl of EFFINGHAM went throuzl ESDAT of congra- royal speech, rejoicing in the Pre .ervation of foreign alliances, the restoration of peace in vari ous Continental States, the diminution of the slave trade, the , ancial surplus, and the almost universal prosperity. He re ,(l that the agricultural body should offer an exception, 'pd that the tried energies of the farmer would carry - at last. Joining in the wish to vindicate the reli gious independence of England, the noble lord concluded by the address in reply to her Majesty's speech. LorciCßEmo E, In sect !Ming the mot apitulated the Lord. STANLEY ad assertion of no prim should. ther( itted that the )1e on which he propose no amendmeF ,he topics adverted to greater portion of t .scimicu twu uuiy as ueserving speciat remark. First came agricultural distress, and he rejoiced to find that the depressed condition of that large class of the community was, at length, admitted and regretted by her Majesty's advisers, even though they had held out no hopes of providing or seeking any solution of their difticultie3. He attributed - the distreis of the farmers to the fins.-- pui sueu, anu ine continuea action of free trade, which had realised all the disastrous apprehen sions he had heretotore expressed concerning it. With a pass. ing allusion to Ireland, and censure upon the confiscatory ten dencies of the Encumbered Estates Act, the noble lord declared his conviction of the injurious effects of our present commer cial system as decided to be as ever. Agreeing with the opinions expressed in the letter of Lord J. Russell, he recognised the necessity of passing some measure for resisting the insolent, if not insid►ous, aggression of the Papacy, but believed that any measure would be imperfect if it did not extend to Ireland, and inoperative if it did not, prevent the constitution of any The Duke of Richmond, the OiiVinchilsea, Lord Camoys, the Marquis of 'Lansdowne, and Lord Roden, also addressed the house, the lopipi to which their attention.was mainly or ral distresl.—The address was then agr7eciTo7. ^-4 Lord REDESDALE returned thanks for his selection to suc ceed Lord Shaftesbury as Chairman of Committees. HOUSE OF COMAIONS.-TUESDAY A new writ has been ' moved for the Falkirk bi Windsor, and bungarvon. • Mr. HAYTER then. announced, on the part of the goirern anent, that on Friday next Lord John Russell would move for Li Lica in respect to places in the United Kingdom, and that on Friday, the lith instant, the Chancellor of the Exchequer would bring in the budget. • The SPEAKER having read the royal speech, The Marquis 'of KILDARE moved the address in reply, merely recapitulating the principal topics in the speech. • • Mr. Pax°, in • a speech of some length, seconded the address.. . • Mr. ROEBUCK. accused the ministry, particularly Lord J. Russell, of taking the first step backwards towards the revival .olerance which h sought was obsol Sir R. .H. INGLIS said that the insolent division of this kingdom into Catholic bishoprics was utterly unprecedented, but was to be explained by.the indirect encouragement which that religion - received here. Lord J. RUSSELL believed that the interests of the agricul- tural classes would tend to promote the gen6ral prosperity . of all classes.- and he-certainly c ou ld no t agr ee t o a re -Ira- - of A IV nlUog Outy on corn.. He defended his conduct in re ference to a letter he addressed to the Bishop of Durham. In the letter he only expressed his own deliberate and conscien tious convictions upon a subject of great public• importanc history had taught iiin that the Church of lome had always been anxious to extend not merely its spiritual but its civil power over the various nations of Europe ; and the document which had lately issued from the Vatican was eiidently intended to produce that effect. He believed that the attempt thus made was contrary to the wishes of the majority of English Catholics, and he relied with confidence upon the people of England to withstand the assumption ,by a foreign prince or power in this country. . , . Mr. DISRAELI contended that the proceedings of the Papal see were neither insolent nor insidious, but , were the natural consequences of the irjudicious encouragement which had been given to their pretensions by the government. HOUSE OF COMMONS. -WEDNESDAY. HAYTER said a new writ had been moved for, the day previous, for the borough . of D ungarvon , on the assumption that the right bon. Richard Lalor Shiel had vacated his seat by the acceptance of the office of her Majesty's plenipotentiary to the Duke of Tuscany. He (Mr. Hayter) believed he was in error in supposing that the acceptance of that oftce made it compulsory on a member to vacate his seat ; therefore the course which he now proposed to adopt was to move that the order of the house for issuing the new writ be now read. • In reply to Mr. ROEBUCK and others, the ATTORNEY_ GENERAL said that the issuing of the writ was -a mistake; but when apprised that his seat wo u ld no t b e vacated, Mr. Shiel would instantly accept the Chiltern Hundreds. In reply,tO Mr. REYNOLDS, Lord J. RUSSELL stated that it was his intention to introduce a measure for the abolition of the Irish viceroyalty; and Lord SEYMOUR, in reply to a ones said it was intended to three bills in reference to the new forest, &c. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply to an honour able xnember, said he did not intend to i n t ro d uce an y measure to jprevent adulteration in coffee. —..„. Lord J. RUBSF.LL moved a resolution acknowledging the eminent services of the late Mr. Ley, chief clerk of the house, which, after some discussion, was agreed to. HOUSE OF. LORDS..-THURSDAY In reply to a question from Earl SPENCER, The Earl of INltivro said that when he was at Rome he had received no intimation of the intention on the part of the Pope to estgbliih'a Roman Catholic hierarchy in this country, nor bad he any conversation, public or private, with any one - whatever on the'subject. Nobody could be more taken by surprise than he was at at the arrival of the Pope's bull in this country. - • A great number of petitions were presented against Papal 4guession. ' HOUSE OF COMMONS.7-ThuaspAy 'Si replytoit question from Mr. P. WOoD, Lord J. RUSSELL said it was his intention, as early as possible in the present session; to move for leave to bring in a bill to amend the oath of abjuration. Irr reply to a question from Mr. P. MILES,' Mr. BAINES said it was hi s intention to bring in , bill this session to amend - the law of settlement. Lord J. RUSSELL moved the following resolution':—"That this house will not proceed upon any motion for an address to the crown, to which-opposition is offered, but in a committee of the whole house, except with respect to matters which have been previously submitted to a select committecw Mr. HERRIES objected to the measure as unnecessary and Inconvenient, and calculated to give facilities to the majority Stthe comMand of the crown. Mr. GOULILUAN pointed out many ways in which its opera tion would be prejudicial. . - Lord J. RUSSELL assented to withdraw the resolution, with the intention...of againimoving it on Tuesday. On the motion of Mr. Gissoiv, leave was given to bring in a bill-for the establishment of county financial boards. HOUSE OP LORDS.-FRIDAv • _ _ . Lord 'EROI7OI4Aik moved th e first reeding of the hill of which h e hatlgiven notice, ter the extension:of the judicature 43f the county courts to* crises of bankruptcy.. His lordship believed that the whole _business of the courts of bankruptcy "night be ,.ctirried on advantageously to the public in the t . ° ,l,ll tY courts, by which a tailing would be efrected ,to the !Mount of 416.000. After a few observation's from the Lord Chancellor and Lord "Cranwor,b, the bib was read a first time. The Marquil , l - of' WESTMINSTER Communicated to, their 'lordehips her Majestii's gracious reply . to the ad4ress. Lord - Svioaey directed attention to a - public ;declaration of Cardinal Wi.seman, to the effect that the meaa*e for the es . tablishmant of a pang hierarchy•was printed three years ago, and laid beforelord Minto. lie wished to ask the noble earl whether any eaplicitdenial•was given by Lord John Russell to this assertion,-and •whether itAwas communicated to the Cardi nal 2 Earl MLNTo -laid be bad assured Lord,Jobn. Russell of the incorrectness of-the assertion ;..but that no authoritative denial was considered ,necessary. To the best of his memory, no intimation of the late proceedingshad ever been made to him. HOUSE OF .COMMONS.-FRIDAY Lord JOHN Itussem., in a very full house, moved, pursuant to notice, for leave to bring in a bill to prevent the assumption of certain ecclesiastical titles in respect of places in the United Kingdom.. The noble lord.said he felt the deep respon sibility of the task which he had undertaken, which responsi• bility was not a little enhanced by the indications which had been thrown out - in the debate of a former evening. He had been accused by .the hon..and .learned member for Sheffield with retrogression in his principles of civil and religious liberty, but his retrogression was only like that of a man who stepped back from a blow aimed at his head in order that he might catch it on his arm. It ,was, in fact, a natural step in self-defence. He then called the attention of the house to the appointment last year of a clergyman to be an Irish arch bishop, and to the course pursued by that gentleman, who, instead of placing himself in communication with the Govern ment, as had been done by Archbishop Murray and others, had joined the Synod," which denounced the colleges estab lished by the Government in Ireland, and had done all in his power to excite the tenantry of Ireland against the Protestant proprietors of the soil. The noble lord then prodeeded to ex emplify the encroaching spirit of the Pope in foreign countries, in - all of which, Catholic as well as Protestant, they found it necessary to pass laws that no concordat or rescr.pt from the Pope could be received, unless sanctioned by the civil authori ties of such state respectively. Considering all these things.. he felt the recent proceedings of the Pope, in changing vicars-' apostolic in this-country into bishops and archbishops, was the more important, more particularly as the alteration iook place without the consent or knowledge.,of the Government. He had certainly been p►ivately informed by an individual that such.a project was in contemplation, and be at once replied that he could not consent to any such arrangement, awl had subsequently:remained Juider the impression that the matter was-at an end. He believed that in-14A country in Europe, save only England, could the Pope have dared to offer ;such an in sult to the Sovereign. He viewed . the assumption of these titles as a gross usurpation of the prerontives ;of the Sove reign. It was true the authority, could be enforced, but the assumption was enough to, justify., him in calling for the interference of Parliament. The, noble lord having given a short sketch of the efforts of our early Catholic 4m:est - fits to .0 say t September last, when the Papal measure was announced, the law officers of the Crown had been consulted. They - were of opinion that the assumption of the tit'es was not illegal, but that the introduction of the letters apostolic was n indictable oftenee. To this opinion was added another—namely, that the act of Parliament had been so long in a state of deuetude that a prosecution would be very likely to fail. Und*r these cir cumstances, the Government felt it would not do to institute a prosecdtion ' and accordingly decided upon 'applying to the Legislature for a remedy. It was not his intentipd to propose ;he repeal of the existing law, but rather 'to introduce a mea sure id accordance with the spirit, of the Ronian Catholic Relief 11111, which was so generally acceptable to;the Catholics, although,it contained clauses absolutely prohibiting the as sumption of. hese title's. 'l'o this lie thought thgre could be no objection. He should, however, introduce cl es i n t o the bill, by which all gifts and legacies to Catholic pr later under such assumed titles should be null and void, and once revert to the Crown, IRfact, he should propose that linnets done-by them under their assumed titles should be mere nullities. The bill would go the length of preventing the assumption of titles. derived from any places whatsoever in the United Kingdom. The noble lord concluded a speech of nearly two hours' dura tion amidst very general cheering. Mr. ROEBUCK treated the bill as one or Pure tniscbief, for the noble lord could scarcely hope to meet the evasions which might be easily resorted to—such as Cardinal Wiseman calling• himself Archbishop of Heliopolis having power In Westmin ster, He complained of the meagreness of Lord John RusselPS statement in omitting the penalties for the infraction Of the law, and every illusion as to What was to - be done ivith the Ro an 1 man Catholic bishops in Ireland. Indeed, he waS prepared to contend that the whole conduct of the Goireinment was such as to induce, the Catholics of England to assume that there would be.no objection, on the part of the Goiierntnent, to the steps which had been taken.by the Court of Rome to establish a Catholic hierarchy in this country. Mr. J. O'CONNELL said that the lord had done wisely at.the eleventh hour in standing up in opposition to the bigotry of England, and then proceeded to defend Dr. Cullen from the attack made upon him by Lord John Russell. Mr. H. DRUMMOND said that what they had to contend against was a dominating priesthood, which never would be. content until they had reduced the laity to slavery. He attri buted the recent aggression to the intrigues of the anti-English Dr. Cullen, who had at one time been sent as a spy into Ireland from Rome, and subsequently at Rome used every exertion to excite an anti-English feeling at that Court with a view to humble the Protestant spirit of England. Precautions 'ought to be taken. against a set of scoundrels who were goinzabout. the. country enticing children from their parents in order to get them into nunneries and monasteries. He contended that the Queen's supremacy was spiritual as well as temporal, and this step on the part .of the ant of . Rome was, therefore, an usurpation of that supremacy. Mr. BRIGHT condemned the letter of Lord J.: Russell, -and was at a loss to conceive, as the noble lord avowed that letter to be directed against the Puseyites, why they had not a single remedy attempted against their practices in the miserable peddling measure which had that night been submitted to the house. A long course of years of per. ecution failed to make Ireland Protestant, and yet now, after such centuries of expe rience, the .noble_lord was adopting a course which could not fail to identify Catholicism as patriotism, the results of which feeling could not fail to be obvious to every one. The noble lord had that night deprecated the interference of ecclesiastics in temporal affairs, and yet he had in the other House of Par. liament some two dozen bishops, who always sat on the benches beside the C — t. H' -tied ,Jovernmen.. ,e was astonisi. . that,, with such a church establishinent, which had its revenues amounting to millions, and to which Parliament rave tar., :granna in sirtat_ tion, we should yet find that, in the year 1851, the whole coun try should be frightened lest its religion should be, altered by no revenues MI all and to wuien every'possii4lesliscouragement was given. lln iact,,the. Church of England could not last for a month wire it not for the vast revenues it had at it s di s p osa l. The only object of the bill of the noble lord appeared to be to bolster up the ascen dancy of the Established Church. '1 he noble lord 'called the established a tolerant church, yet annually the meeting-house which he attended was stripped of its furniture to pay the salary of one of the ministers o f th a t tolerant church. He thought the bill quite inefficient for the alleged purpose, and that it related to a matter upon which they should not legislate at all. Mr. DISRAELI said he would give his vote for the introduc. of that remarkable agitation which had pervaded the whole country, and which lad been fostered by the government itself. He was sure that when the morning papers should be sent disappointment. Was it for such a that the Lord Chan cellor of England trampled on a cardinals hat? .or was it for this that all the corporations and counties of England had met? Was it for this that the universities and all the le . arned societies of England, and even the City of London itself,, had gone in procession to her Majesty? And was it for this that tin elect tric telegraph should have been employed to convey her Ma jesty's answer in order that a moment might not be lost to restore confidence to the people? The bill to be introduced enunciated no new principle, and was but a slight addition to the law as it now stooa. ue, 4911. gentleman quoted from a speech o ' Lord J. Russell delivered in 1845, in. which he stated his belief that the restrictive clauses of tie Rnman Catholic Relief Hill might be repealed, for he saw no reason why Catho lic prelates should not be allowed to take the titles of even Pro testant sees. . Was not this encouragement to the- Pope, and how could the noble lord now pretend to describe the Papal aggression as a blunder on the sudden? The course-now about to betaken by.the government was unsatisfactory for the pre sent, and dangerous for the future, for they would have Whigs governing,England by means of a perpettial Popish plot never to he brought to a head. If the house should pass the bill it would do nothing but gain a brief time to encounter. the same difficulty hereafter;, but he viewed its introduction as the severest censure possible on the conduct of the government for the last three months. _ Mr: M. J. O'CoNNEtt was glad that Ireland was included in the bill, as it placed both countries on a level; and as the law had long been inoperative in treiana ne was sure it would be equally so in this country. Sir R. INGLIS replied to the speech of Mr. Briglii, which he viewed as a most elaborate bill of indictment against the Church of England. With respect to the stripping of his place of meeting of its furniture, it might easily have been prevented by paying the sums whieh were • legally assessed upon it. He thanked Lord J. Russell for his letter and for bis speech, and only regretted that he could not thank him also for his bill. dMr. kayNoLns moved the adjournment of the 'debate which was carried. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. AMERICA OF THT ARRIVAL ASIA We have received, by the arrival in the harbour of the Royal Mail steam-ship Asia, Lang, commander, our usual despatches from New York, of the 29th inclusive. - The Asia left New York shortly after noon on the 29th With 74 passengers, £54,500 value in AmeriCan gold on freight, and the usual mails. During ber run she .endoun tered much ice ; and but for the detention in consequence of repairing her floats, the Asia would have arrived in the Mersey on Saturday night. She has, however, made a fair average run, having steamed past the Rock Light house shortly after nine o'clock On Sunday morning. The United States. Mail steam-ship Arctic Luce, arrived out at New York on the 27th ult ; she had been . compelled previously to put into. Halifax for coal, having run• short like her sister ship Baltic, from some error in the quantity shipped., Her accounts were telegraphed to New York in advance.:. The United States mail steam-ship Atlantic's non arrival continued to be a source of the gravest apprehen sions. From the discovery of a wreck in the Atlantic shattered as from a collision some fears werq entertained that she had been lost during such a catastrophe ; other suggestions were, that her boilers had exploded, whilst the fate of the President was regarded as the most correct solution of the disaster. More generally, however, our accounts express an-opinion confirmed by the facts of the case ; and many more weeks must elapse,, apparently, before all hope would be - abandoned. On the 23d ult. the revenue schooner Daring, Captain Darby, sailed from Halifax .on a cruise to Sable Island in .search for the Atlantic. One. journal remarks, " this act, of courtesy and humanity on the part of the Provincial' Government will, we doubt not, be appreciated by our friends across the bay." Our accounts froin New York are not of, great political moment. ,Mr. Clay's.motion for more stringent barriers against the pursuit of the slave trade to Brazil: by American ships had' been carried by the Senate. Numerous petitions had been presented; i in favour of ' the proposed line of - steamships to Liberia. The Senate had also sanctioned the _French spoliation Measure, and various memorials against the existing tariff had been read. More formidable movements, however, had been organized eut of the Chamber of CongresS, and on the 28th, in the House of Representatives, ad amendment was'moved to a deficiency, bill by Mr. Stiong, seeking to establish a Much higher duty on,iron, and also an increa sed, though not proportioned, duty on the rates on woollens, Sm. • Some slight discussion ensued after the presentation of the amendment, but the House shortly closed its sitting 'without forming any decision.' Letters from Washington .published, in' the New rOrk Journal state; that the 'Whig party were by no means satisfied with the proposition, inasmuch as the source was at least suspicious, and the measure sectionll in 'its bearings. Other projects were said to be in process of organisation on• the *24th inst. Reciprocity with Canada would be specially` discussed. ,Our accounts are not in other respects important. • 1 General Henderson's prosecution at Nev Orleans for complicity in the Cuban invasion had-broken down. Nu merous launches of clipper ships. &c„ are announced. Philadelphia accounts state that all the funds required for the semi-monthly screWsteathers . line to !Liverpool had been subscribed. Four ships were expected to.bo on the lipe. by Midsummer. Letterslrorn Uavannah of the..22d ult. state that mili tary , evolutions were frequent. Jenny Lind.was shortly to return to New Orleans. She will not return to London until 1852. Chagres aceount;,oiiii;iiWult:, two days later, sre. present no new arrlyals at Panatna. Accounts from Canada announce that the Home Gov ernment had-sanctioned the provincial postal scheme. From Nova Scotia we learn that the Governtir opened the Legislative Assembly with the usual kind of speech. COMAIEILCIAL, .. The mercantile ~ r eports from the leading , cities throughout the States continue very favourable. Money was very plentiful and available at moderate rates. The market for American securities was:firm. There was little doing in breadstuffs. Prices had , slightly. declined.: Western Canal flour steady at. 8.1 75c. to 84 871 c. per barrel.; Gennessee prime wheat,.,Bl 20c. to.Bl 22c. per 60 lbs.; southern wheat, 81 ,6c. to .81 Sc. per BO lbs. ; Indian corn, round yellow, 6r,c. to 68c. per bushel steady ; Indian corn, southern white, 66c. to 68c. per bushel; Indian meal, 82 87ic. to .83 per barrel. The cotton market at New York was very inactive prices having slightly receded for most descriptions, and-sales were very limited. New Orleans and Mobile mid. fair to fair,l4ltp 0- per lb., or a fall of g cent. ; Uplands and Florida ditto,..l3i to 14 cents. per lb.—a fall of f cent. Ffeights are inactive and unaltered in quotation. The stock of provisions on band is very large—the demand small. ' -Exchange on London in moderate demand at 110 to:101i ;•on Paris, 5 10; on Hamburgh, 37 t0.37i. • The Roman correspondent of the Daily News,,writiug on the 31st ult., says—" The abdication of the Poiie is very generally rumoured." • • - The young and beautiful Countess Dembinski, who was born Princess Csarloriska, is living with her ihusband, Dembinski, in /sidssau-street, New York, where they _ keep a cigar shop. The magnificent St. Charles Hotel, at New Orleans, together with three churches and several stores, have been destroyed by fire—loss, £1,000,000. At Milwarkie, twenty-one houses and stores have fallen a prey to the devouring element—loss. £120,000. One of the chief places of amusement in Berlin—known as Krolls—was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday week. The three splendid saloons, when thrown into one, formed. one of the longest galleries in Europe. The great pano rama of the Mississippi was inside, and was unfortunately burnt. Two men were killed. The Emperor of Russia has issued orders fot facilitat jag the recovery of debts, by reforming the extremely dila tory procedure of the Russian courts ; and the conse quence has been that many nobles had contracted debts, and availed themselves of legal delays to set their crediT tors at defiance, have-been arrested. Eight thousand christians at Madagitscar were, in June last, arrested while at worship, and sentenced to 'death. Eighteen suffered, when the Prince Rakoolo, heir to the throne, took the remainder under his protection, and in spite of the orders of his mother saved them frOm further injury. The grand- - marshal, who received ordei.s from (he queen to enforce her mandate, was attacked bythe prince, who cut off one of his ears. Mazzini, who is now established at Genevi, is, it is said, busily plotting a fresh descent on, the States of the Church. His levies, raised on. the Continent, are drafted to this pcuntry, from whence they will be conveyed tO the scene of action., ,Garibaldi, who, since the death of !that really great soldier and unconquerable spirit, Bern, has become the principal hero of the roving•chivalry of revolution, is expected with two ship-loads of ragamuffins !from New York., So runs the tale. Sir"Cluarles Napier has taken leave - of 'the I dian army with a lecture to its unthrifty subalterns on their 'proffi gate and (as he labours to convince them) very ungentle manlike habit of running into debt. Plenty of drill — economy at mess—less of marching and countr marching. —and a little more honesty and self-command 'on the part of the youngsteis themselves, are the remedies which .he prescribes for the epidemic propensity to " ride unpaid= fox horses , and drink unpaid-for beer." The,regimental officers in particular come in for a smart and not unde- served rebuke. FRANCL—Theltate of affairs in ,France is anything but promising. The breach between Louis Napoleon and the Assembly, so far from being healed, is grouting wider and wider. The refusal, - all but certain, of the Dotation Bill will leave the President of the Republic as much out at elbows as our Indian officers habituallY arej according to'Sir Charles Napier; and the) questicin may possibly arise whether the chief of the state is liable tel arrest for debt like the representatives of the people. The refusal, on the face of it unjust and impolitic, is a mater of spite rather than of necessity. At the same time a deficit of one hundred and fifty-five millions is an awkward fact in the republican budget, and an indifferent realon for in., creasing the public expenditure SANG -FROM OF THE QUEEN OF SPAlN.—Litters from Madrid, published in the. Daily News; say, " A curious incident occurred the night before last. at a family ball given by the Qiieenmother. Pena-Florida, a lnember of, the Gonzales Bravo Ministry, is subject to intervals of mental alienation. Although notinvited to Ole ball al luded to, he presented himself in full uniform, and, walk ing up to the young Queen, informed her in a loud voice that it was already time 'she was introduced to her ances tor Charles the Fifth, and that he for his part intended to levy 20,000 negroes, dressed in red, as a body-guard. The Queen, without being disconcerted at this abrupt address, told him to go and levy them without loss of time. Ihe unfortunate man then bowed himself out, and was con ducted home!' WEST INDIES.—The mail steamer Thames, which arrived at Southamption on Wednesday' evening, has brought the usual West India mails and 1,400,600 dollars in specie and bullion, 'of which 500,000 dols. are in silver and 900,000 in gold. The advices are almost wholly anticipated by those received at Liverpool via the I,Jnited States, the accounts from Jamaica being only e day later. Kingston and Port Royal were comparatively free from cholera, which still prevailed, hoWever, in the, country districts of Jamaica. A dreadful epidemic was prevalent in French Guiana, and the French authorities wer taking active measures to check the progress of the disease. The weather was generally fine throughout the islands, and the crops bore a favourable appearance. • MILITARY EXECUTION IN PARlE.—Gtith, the . carabi-- nier, who was last week but one found guilty of the deli berate murder of Capt. Terrers, and condemned tadeath, was shot on Wednesday, soon after daybreak, in pursu ance of his sentence, on the Plain of Satory, at Versailles.- ,The movement of the troops at that early hout of the day excitedllie curiosity of the inhabitants, and an immense crowd soon assembled at, the place ,of execution. The prisoner, was conveyed to the ,ground in a cellular van, and was attended by the Abbe de Segur, who, since his condemnation, had had frequent interviews with him. On Guth being placed on his knees and having his eyes bandaged, he exclaimed, "-The sentence is just—l die repentant. May God forgive me." On a signal being given - , the fatal discharge took place, and the murderer fell, dead, pierced by several balls. The troops then marched past the body, and proceeded to their respective quarters. STARVATION AMONG THE' OVERLAND EMIGRANTS TO CALIFORNIA. — A letter in an Anierican paper, dated Tuckee River, Emigrant Road, Monday, September 30, gives the following account of the fate of emigrants on the road to California :—" I have now been upon this horrible road more than one tnonth, during which time I have wit nessed every grade of human suffering and misery., Too ofter. have I seen families, who from all appearances had been orought up - in the mijoyment of every luxury, feast ing upon the carcases of dead oxen. Captain Duncan, of Michigan, stated to me . a few days since, that the best food he ate for sixteen days was a faithful dog that had fol lowed him from home:; that he saved him as long as he could; but finally killed him to preVent starvation, and divided the meat among about twenty men. I have seen hundreds so weak that they reeled and staggered as they walked along the road. Saw one man from St. Louis, on Homboldt River, a few days since, lying by the side Of the road in the last agonies of death, caused by starvation. Have just reached this point after a ten days' journey up Homboldt River, where I found many persons without one pound of provision, although four hundred miles from. Sacramento city. And what makes their situation worse, • they have suffered from starvation until they are so weak they can scarcely walk. These people have .been robbed by the Indians, even to their blankets, although the nights are cold and chilly, and it requires two or three blankets to keep a man comfortable, yet many of these pedple have neither blankets nor coats. ' The hostile Indians ,are very numerous, becoming very bold, and aro killing the emi 'grants daily. They conceal themselves in the thickets and ravines, and fire upon the emigrants as they pass : those on foot, being too weak to carry their guns, fall an easy prey to the savages. The Indians have taken a great deal of stock from the emigrants, and are consequently well mounted ; and by picking up the firearms thrown away by the weak and exhausted, they are also well armed. FEARFUL MURDER IN PARIS.—M. Poirier Desfon taines, a wealthy manufacturer of bronzes, Rue de Honore, has been brutally murdered by his servant, a young man named Vion. The murderer cut his victim's body into pieces, packed them in one or two trunks, and sent them out of Paris by railway. The object of. the , murderer appears to have been wealth, and he absconded after the murder, with a good deal of his master's pro perty, but he has been taken into'custoily. It appears that a short time back the deceased engaged a new man-servant at a register-office. The young' man had been with his master little more than a fortnight, when one morning he engaged two commissionaires at the corner of the Rue Royal, to convey three trunks, which he said- contained goods, to the Central Railway station, from his master's house. The trunks were accordingly rethoved, from the hbiise by the men ' while the servant told the Concierge that his master had left for the railway station, and ,went away himself;.: As, however, M. Desfontaities had .said nothing to his neighbotrs about- goirig upon a journey, their suspicions were aroused by seeing the shop shut up, and they communicated with - the police. Shortly after wards it transpired that "a mutilated corpse had been found at the railway station at Chateauroux, In a :trunk which had been sent from Paris to an imaginary 'address, and, which, on inquiry, was ascertained to be one of those committed to the charge of the commissionaires by the man-servant. The other two trunks had been'taken •by the apparent owner to Bourges. • The murderer, it ap peared, as the box was too small, had cut the body in pieces, depositing first the trunk, then the legs, and then the arms and head.. It is supposed that M. l Desfoutaines had been murdered while he was asleep , as he was a very strong, and courageous man, and that the murderer had then posiesSed himself of everything of value in the shop. On the shop being opened, an instrument for splitting wood, stained with blood, was found, with which it was supposed the skull of the deceased, which was hoiribly' smashed, had been beaten in. A bloody piece of a washhand basin containing water -stained with blood, and other traces were also discovered, but nothing to in dicate the cutting up of the body. The ourderer was arrested on Monday night, and, according to the Debats, has made a full confession of his guilt. He had, it seems; purchased one of-the trunks a short time before. :and be neath the mutilated body. was found the:blouse be was accustomed to wear. He is a young man ;old Plienty, years of age,' with a mild expression offelittu TUT, , 1411 - ERPOWL "STANDARD. yalspecch co' IRELAND. .At the Mansion-house dinner In Dublin, the other night, Lord Clarendon stood -up when Archbishop Mur ,ray's health was drank. A royal commission—with the Archbishop of Dublin at its head—is immediately to be issued, ,to inquire into the state of Dublin'University, . The Limerick Chronicle says that no less a sum than £44,000 was remitted to that town last year from emi grants to their friends, so that emigration is not always • the drain upon the country which has been suppoSed. Mr. Carroll Naish has been elected clerk of the Lime rick Union. He.was for many years a grand juror and a magiStrate of the'counti, and appears to have been highly esteemed. The " rent," on Monday, was declared to be simply "nothing." .One of the orators, endeavouring to account for this melancholy result, attributed the stoppage of all payment to the absence of the "leader," in consequence of which the country contributors either forgot their friends in Dublin, or sent their shillings to Mr. John O'Connell, in, London— For sheer ihaMe the chairman handed in 10s. informations have been granted at Dingl4, Ireland, against twenty boys for committing a shameful outrage upon the Hon. Miss Broderick, of Bath. Oni that lady passing where the boys were playing, one of them said, ' there goes the lady that Father -- spbke about yesterday," and immediately showers of stones !were flung /at her, and one, a pound weight, hit her on th: shoulder,. Great sensation was created among the neighb urs, when the use of the above expression was distinctly sworn to. . CRIME.—On the morning of the 28th ult., a stable, about a mile and a half from Killorglin, Kerry, was maliciously set on fire. On the same day the dwelling= house and out offices of a farmer, named Aladden,, of Sisgibbori, Tipperary, was maliciously set fire to, and burned to the ground. The door, the only Wily through which the family could escape, was firmly fastened by the miscreants. The Maddens, however, sueceeded in making their escape through a window in the; gable end of the house. There are six prisoners in the county of . Limerick gaol at present charged with murder., • DESTITUTION.—The Nenayla Guardian of j Saturday, the Limerick Chronicle and the Tralee Mercury of the " same day, contain a ccoun t s of six deaths by starvation. attested by the verdict of the several Juriei. The Guar dian says :—" It is impossible to conceive the Poverty and suffering which exist at this moment through the country, in which there is a sad want of employment and a great scarcity of food. Amongst the generality of the tower orders all feelings of commiseration and pity atpear to be completely dead ; for every day we behold mothers in their misery deserting their offspring—fathers, their children—husbands their wives, and relatives efusing to admit the dead bodies of their friends within t fie walls of their residences." • POLITICAL MISCELLANII Viscount Brackley has resigned his seat for North- Staffordshire in consequence of ill health. The Observer, Ministerial paper, advises all free traders to be at their' posts to defeat Mr. Disraeli's motion, as the Protectionist party are expected to muster strong. Lord John Russell, through the indirect med.um of a -friend, has disavowed all responsibility touching,the pub 7 lication of Lord Holland's Reminiscences. The Morning Herald says that the Queen's Speech was returned by her Majesty to her Ministers nO less than three times before she deemed it satisfactory. The Church and State Gazette speaks of attacks made .upon Prince Albert by certain foreign newspapers. No term is too gross for application against the Prince Con sort. " German Rationalist," " Infidel,", and the like, are among the least offensive of the epithets. Sir Robert Inglis was present at' Lord Stanley's resi dence on Tuesday, when the leading members of the Pro tectionist party assembled, being the• first time the right hon. bart. has been present at a similar meeting at his lordship's. Lord Stanley declared emphatically that he would oppose any legislation which attempted-to recognise any distinction between the Irish and English Church, and that he would offer a determined opposition to any concordat with the Pope. CURIOUS DISCLOSURES.—The Spectator declares that the resolutions which we published last week were aban doned by Ministers at, the last moment, and therefore up to toe meeting of Parliament they can scarcely have,known their intentions. Our contemporary adds, "It is not for us to say, by what channel the intelligence reached us—by what man, rather above than below the middle height, with cloak and sloucled hat, the midnight; packet was delivered to us. We betray no confidences ; riot even in revenge for being left in the lurch by Lord John, who has so shamefully suffered the declaratory resolution to slip through his fingers. The loss is not ours, but his." How TO SPEND MONEY.—The following appears in Bell's H eekly Messenger :-- "Men are now employed in laying down in Palace-yard a number of wires to form an electric telegraph, which will com municate between the Admiralty and Westminster Palace, which is 'to be established for the purpose on any, immediate emergency of a communication being necessary during the attendance •of her Majesty's ministers at the parliament houses." The admiralty, or her Majesty's ministers, must be sadly in want of messengers, and of pens, ink, and paper, to require a telegraph and a staff of clerks to convey com munications a distance which any quick-footed lad could run over in a couple of minutes. It will be sotnething of " The-King-drinks-to-Hamlet" sort of thing, when the usher of the black rod comes in to announce to either houses of parliament, " The admiralty speaks to the prime minister." CHANGE OF OPINION.—In the monthly circular of. the Messrs. Sturge, corn-factors, of Birmingham, will be found opinions upon the corn trade very different from, and in some respects diametrically opposed to, those Which they advanced before the opening of the ports to foreign grain, duty free. The important points axe: That prices have ruled lower than they anticipated at the commencement of last year. That the farmer cannot safell- calculate upon more than 40s. per quarter for wheat. . That the crop of wheat in France will in future have more effect upon our prices than that of any other country. That, if the appearance of the coming crop continue favourable, they are not sanguine of, a considerable ad vance upon the present quotations. That, alt ough there 'may be Gloss on imports, it will not prevent consider able quantity of foreign' -wheat finding its w to Great Britain during the spring and summer, which will be sold at market value, withbut reference*, its cost. ' These are the conclusions of free-traders. . THE NEW COLONIAL SECRETARY FOR CEYLON.— Ceylon, it is rumoured, is to have the benefit, at no dis tant period, of the services of a gentleman who enjoys the singular advantage of being a near relation of two distinguished individuals, Mr. Hawes, the :Under Se 'cretary of' State for the Colonies, and Dr. Wiseman, pseudo-Archbishop of Westminster, and, when at Rome,. Cardinal of St. Pudentiatia. With a view tOelucidate a matter which at the present moment is so truly curious, we should be glad to know in what relation the mother of Dr. Wiseman stood to the mother of a, gentleman who has recently become the happy son-in•law of Mr. Hawes, and who is spoken of as the Colonial Secretary designate of • Ceylon. Were they, perchance, cousins german, daughters of. two brothers, with a strange nathe ? Was the happy son-in-law—second cousin of the man who ha' set all England in a blaze—even tutor in the family of a noble. Earl, who kindly transferred him to the service of the country when he had done with him ? And' has he since done duty in the capacity of Mr. Under 'Secretary's Secretary, the Sub.'s Sub. ? Those better versed in genealogical and bureaucratical lore than we ourselves pretend to be, alight perchance help us to clear up this interesting mystery.—John Bull. . HVIR. MAJESTY'S DELIVERY OF HER SPSECH.--Her Majesty delivered the Royal Speech in a clear, musical, and happily modulated tone of voice. She was distinctly audible' in every part of The Royal Speech, except in the first paragraph, which 'she began before the:noise occa sioned by the arrival of th-s Commons had: quite subsided. Having finished this opening sentence, she suspended the further reading of the Speech for a few instants until silence was restored. When the paragraph relative to the Papal aggression was read, there was a general and sup. pressed cry of " Hush !" and the most intense interest was evinced. We think a slight sensation of /disappoint ment was felt throughout the body of the house when this paragraph was read, and there were some who, drinking an every tone of. her Majesty's .voice .at this instant, thought she was•conscious of this disappointinent, and sympathised with it. The impression may haVe been the overwrought fancy of the moment, but we own that when her Majesty closed the paragraph with the words, " it will be for you to consider the measure which will be laid be fore you on this subject," we shared in the belief that her Majesty would have been glad to have announced a more definite conclusion, It was also noticeable that the Queen, raising her voice, uttered with marked emphasis her resolution " to maintain the rights of my Crown and ' the independence of the nation against all encroachment, from whatever quarter it may proceed." The rest of the speech fell from the royal lips almost unheeded.—Times. WHAT THE COIIDENITE PARTY WOULD DO IN CASE OF AN INVASION,—It is often said by persons who know no thing of war,either by study or experience, that " if the French invaded us, we should all rise up and crush them." Setting aside • what need not be . said to any'man who knows anything of the subject—the utter inadequacy of an unarmed, untrained, and.undisciplined body of - men, however individually brave, to repel the attack of a power. ful regular army —we, shall by one word settle this matter of the. nation rising up. It would rise up, and we know what it would do. The most influential part of it, - at . least in the tow,i who 'now rule the state, would run away. We do not mean run away from the field ; for, truly, very f ew o f t h ose w h o now ra i se the cr y fo r economy and disarmi ng wou ld b e f oun d th ere . W e me an they :would counsel, and, infact, insist on submission. Many brave men would doubtless be found in the towns, and l' multitudes in the • country, who would ,be :eager at the phsts of danger ; but the great bulk of the, wealthy and influential classes, a t le a st in the great cities, would loudly call out for an accommodation on any terms. They would surrender the ,fleets, dismantle . Portsmouth and ,Plymouth, cede Gibraltar and Malta—anything to stop the crisis. They would do so for the same reason that they now so earnestly.counsel disbanding the troops and selling the ships of the line, and under the influence of a Much more cogent necessity—inorder to he able to con i.. tinuE without interruption the maki n cof money.,' ream, peace! wo u ld ti e th e uniVersarery, at least among the rith in the towns, as it was in Paris in 1814. There would be no thought of imitating the burning' of Moscow, or re newing the sacrifice of Numantia. The feeling among 'the , vast majority of the- manufacturing and'mercantile classes would be--'" What is the use: of fighting and .pro— longing-so terrible a crisis ? Our workmen arnstarving, ourharbours are blockaded, our trade is gone, we are evi— dently overmatched ; let Its on any terms get out of the '. contest, and sit 'quietly on our cotton . bags, to make me-s ' neY by weaving cloth for our conquerors.—Blackwood. ' RAILWAY AFFAIRS. Mr. Peto commenced operati ons on th e Birmingham and Oxford Railway on Thursday, he being under contract to finish the line by that day twelvemonths. It is understood that the dividend of the Midland Rail way Company will be at the rate of '24 per cent. per annum with a balance of £20,000. ' The Great Western Railway accounts were to be pub lished yesterday. After providing for the dividend, and placing against revenue every legitimate charge, the ba lance, it is believed, will be found to exceed £49,000. The Queen's Speech was received in Cork thirteen and a-half hours after it had been delivered. The distance from London to Cork is 510 miles, and the SPeech was transmitted - via" Crewe, Holyhead, and Dublin.' The electric telegraph was only used for 157 miles. The Railway Times says,—" The gross traffic returned to us since the Ist of 'January, on 6245 tniles, amounts to £1,090,823, whiidi gives an average of £174 Ss. 44d. per mile for the period mentioned. The corresponding period of last, year, an 5485 miles, produced £939,985, being equal to £l7l 7s. SP. per mile for the same number of weeks.--The gross traffic for the week just ended, on 6254 miles. is returned at £227,406 9s. 7d., whichiis (quid to £36 . 75. 2d. per mile. The corresponding week of last year,' on 6513 mileS, produced £199,195, or an aver- . 1 • age of £36 2s. 74d. per mile. In the County Court at Lincoln, a few days o, a ver ig dict' of £5 damages and costs was given agains the Great Northern Railway Company, for having starte a passen ger train before the advertiied time for.departure, and thereby prevented Mr..T. Brande, a traveller for Sir C. Marshall, wholesale grocer, London, from getting from Lincoln to Gainsborough, to transact business for his employer, on the 20th of November last. The plaintiff laid his damages at £25.--'-In the same court; a verdict of £3 Bs. 6d., damages and costs, was returned against the same company, for delay or neglect in the delivery of . a parcel of news sent from Lincoln' to the oflce of the Lincolnshire Chronicle, at Stamford. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. The address to the bishops emanating from Cambridge, and praying to be relieved from the necessity of using the burial service over all corpses without discrimination, has been signed by nearly four thousand clergy', and more names are still coming in. The friends of the Reformed Romanist Priests' Protec tion Society will be glad to learn that the stun of £l,OOO has been collected, and vested in government stock ; and thus the conditional bequest of the late Dr. Heron, to the amount of another £l,OOO, is now secured. CONVOCATION OF 'THE CtERGY.—As many as 150 years have elapsed since Convocation was allowed to meet for the exercise of its legally recognised Dodgers ; and, although many attempts - have recently been inadelor a revival of the synodal action of the Church, another ses sion has now passed away without that object having been attained. On Wednesday at noon, the two Houses were formally opened at the Jerusalem Chamber, adjacent to Westminster Abbey. The members of the Upper House present were the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishops of Exeter, Oxford, Salisbury, Bath and. Wells, and Chichester. Amongst the members of the Lower House were Archdeacon Harrison, the Dean of Canter bury, the Rev. W. H. Hill, D.D:, the Rev: G.'E. Gillett, &.; The Lord Archbishop having taken his seat-in the Upper House, the usual preliminaries were gone through, when the . Bishop of Chichester rose and presented a petition from the clergy and laity of the province of Canterbury in favour , of- the restoration to " the church the freedom of her synodal action, as in ancient, times." The petition was read, and ordered to lie on the table. While these proceedings were going on in the Upper House of Convocation, the Lower House had:assen - ibled in an adjacent chamber, under the presidency of the Very Rev. William Rowe Lyall, D.D., Dean of Canterbury. The Venerable Archdeacon. Thorpe presented a petition similar to that submitted td the Upper House by the Bishop of Chichester; and after some dismission,. the petition was received, and an order for recording it was made. The Lower,House was about proceeding to the consideration of other business when the members were formally summoned to the Upper House, and, on being admitted into the chamber, the Archbishop of Canter bury directed Mr. Francis Hart Dyke to read, the follow ing document : " In the 'name of God,, amen,—We, John. Bird, by Divine Providence, Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, and Metropolitan, President of the present Provincial Synod or Convocation of the Bishops and Clergy of the province of Canterbury, do by this present writing continue and prorogue the said Sacred Provincial Synod or Convocation, lately to, and until this day and place, continued and prorogued, and all and singular the certificates or returns already made and delivered, in the same state in which they are 'now, until Thursday,. the 28th day of August next ensuing, to a certain upper chamber, commonly called the Jerusalem Chamber,' situated in the deanery belonging to the collegiate' church Of St. Peter, Westminster- with•further continuation and-Proroga tion then following and places, if it shall be necessary to be done in this behalf., J. B. CA . NIATAR.". The reading of this document created considerable sur prise among the members of the Lower House, who were' of course prevented' from entering upon any further topics of discussion. There was, of course, no alterna tive, and both houses were then formally, adjourned. . • THE PAPAL AGGRESSION. , The Globe says,—" We are informed that, without waiting for the introduction of the new bill, it is intended by certain parties to• prefer an indictment against Cardinal Wiseman. and that Mr. Edwin James, (X-C:, Mr. Hugh Hill, and Mr. Lush have been already retained in behalf of the prosecution. The Hot§ county meeting convened by the sheriff was held in the Hertford Corn Exchange, on Thursday, and was well attended, both by churchmen and dissenters. The speakers were the Earl of Verulam, Martinis of Salis bury, Sir W. Heathcote, Dr. Stowell, the Rev: Mr. Red.; ding, Rev. J. W. Blakesley, Rev. Mr. Berks, &c. A. variety of resolutions ; condemnatory of the insolent and insidious aggression were unanimously agreed to: It was also decided that a petition to her Majesty and the houses of parliament should be left for signature at the different market towns in the county. PAPAL AGGRESSION—THE LAY ADDRESS.—ThO fol lowing noblemen and members of Parliament have already signed the lay address to het Majesty, agreed upon at the meeting held at Freemasons'-hall, in December -last, Lord Ashley in the chair ;—Duke of Bedford, Duke of Manchester, Marquis of Northampton, Marquis . of Cholmondeley, Marquis of Donegal, Marquis of Win chester, Marquis of Huntly, Marquis of Downshire, Earl of Chichester, Earl de Grey, Earl of Donoughcaore, , Earl of Ducie, Earl Waldegrave, . Earl of. Cavan, Earl of Huntingdon, Earl of Zetland, Earl Cadogan, Lord San dys, Lord . Sondes, , Lord. Blaney, Lord Combertnere, Lord Sherborne, Lord Massereene and Ferrand, Eail of Cork, Earl Cowper, Lord Bangor, Lord Hill, Eart of Bandon, Lord Clarina, , Earl of Darnley, Earl of Clare, Earl of Effingham, Earl of Gosford, Earl Amherst, Earl of Onslow, Earl of Hardwieke, Earl of Mornington, Earl of Glengall, Earl of Pomfret, Earl Spencer, Earl of Leicester, Lord Northwick, Earl Howe, Earl of Stamford, Llrd Tenterden,. Lord Radstock, Lord Braybrooke, 'Earl of Sandwich, Lord MonsoniLord Abinger, Earl of Denbigh, Lord Feversham, Earl of Verulam, Lord Kenyon, Lord Sudeley, Lord Cremorne,' Lord Robert Montagu, Lord Charles Townshend, Lord Charles Russell, Lord H. Cholmondeley, Lord Moreton, Lord Ashley. M.P.. Lord Mandeville, M.P., Lord Marcus Hill, M.P.,' Earl of Mnlgrave, M.P., Lord Bernard, M.P., Lord Jocelyn, a Lord ne D r i r uAmf Copeland,platin.4rdisg a , r M Gg r. : e P ja . t. Staunton, , WM P Beckett, Earlic ßart.,tc'E f s number of other members of the Lower House, including G. C. Glyn, Esq., J. Tollemache, Esq., W. Cubitt, Esq., e t, S l Alderman W. M.P.. &c., &c. , Esq., Euston,.M' The Pope has erected three new Sees in the Wrist Indian colonies of France. POPISH INTOLERANCE.--The Swiss Protestant place of worship at Florence has been interdicted from holding an Italian service, and from distributing the Bible in Italian. The parties attending, the service have.been prosecuted by the police. , The Tablet announces that Dr. Cox is to be the new Romanist Bishop of Southwark ; Dr. Newman the new Bishop of Nottingham ; Dr. Errington of Salford ;- and Dr. Tate and Dr. Grant of the two other vacant dioceses ; 'and that a general Provincial Synod will, be held in the summer. CONSECRATION OF THE " BISHOP" OF Ross.- 7 The Cork Examiner exultingly: proclaims that " the deed is done, and in the face of the open day too, and in the pre sence of some 5,000 liege subjects. of Queen Victoria." The plain English of this means that on Sunday week the ' Bishop' of Ross was consecrated "by virtue, and_ in command, of the bull of his Holiness. Pope Pitts IX : , successor of St. Peter, and visible head of that one, holy, ; a n d apostolic church , of winch • the Catholic church of Ireland is one of the o ldest and most honoured branches." VIOLATIO N OF THE CONFESSIONAL.—(To the Editor of, th e Church and State,' Gazette.)—Mr. Alexander Cochrane, in, his,book " Young Italy,". p.. 239, relates the following circumstance, which, , if well founded,- would show that inextreme cases the secrecy of the confessional is sometimes violated:-" On the day that Rossi was murdered a priest touched his arm as he was stepping into his carriage, and related to him in a faltering voice a confession which had been made to'him on'the preceding night, in which the assassination of Rossi was the prin cipal feature." If there were. really a desire -with the priest to repress crime, these disclosures might probably occur more frequently.—JAMES‘EDMESTON. — Homerton, January 30, 1851. . Romisn TOLERATION.A cerrospondent 'of the Athenaeum writing from the ancient. Parthenope states that :—" ` The excellent Chaplain of the British Embassy, who has formed a small library fo r the u se o f invalid British seamen at Nap l e s can now obtain books only thrnugh the English Minister.' This writer, after stat- , ing that neither the object nor the charaater of the works , !ma a ny weight with the Jesuit Tarty, continues 'as fol lows A book is as much dreaded by the advisers of ~the Vatican as if it were a child of the devil. Diodati's Italian , Bible is a special object of fear. Martini's garbled edition of the sacred volume is the only one allowed in this part of the world—arid that on the condition of the individual having a special permission. Speaking with a priest'a few days since I said to him—' If Veto studied the Scriptures, what Italian Bible would you use ?" He re plied--' Diaclatt's edition. most certainli.'—' Then, ifyou think that it is the hestand most correct, why would ,you not give it to the people ?'---‘`,We do not hold (said he)' that we have any right of private interpretation ; we can rerid the Scriptures only 'by the lamp of the Ch urc h.' I. ''mention these faCts by the way, because' T see that it is sometimes contended in England that, the Dible is not a sealed book in •the,R6rnan Catholic Church. I maintain that the-Bible is here a sealed-book—perfectly dead, stone Itead to the great masses—whilst the priest himself must ' olatein-a permission , to- read - :the';Seriptures as they are rid= by the inipired writers. '" ' Feb. H, 1851. WHAT THE POPE THINKS OF THE ENGLISU •CMP9§ITION, TO, 49,q11,E§SION. The correspondent of the London Times, writing from Rome on the Ist instant, says " I believe. that the measures which thP British Gre. vernrnent has thought• proper to originate, and which are, ere this, public with you, have been, through an indirect channel, communicated to the Vatican: They produce no sensation there, and may be said to be viewed witb perfect indifference. The church considers that it is playing a srire'gari3e, and that the nuniber of titled con versions more than compensates it for the obstinacy of public.oninion in general., It :is' riow Adrilitted that the conversion of Protestant England to the RI:Hi - an Catholic faith is the. object proposed, and the Propaganda says, though the movement has been checked" for a time, the impulse has been given, and that the future progress will equal railwayspeed. The only person, lam told, who is not pleased with the policy:of the Vatican, is Cardinal Antonelli. As the question was religious,,' not political, he could not constitutionally interfere ; hut it is but jus tice to - his sagacity to, say; that he disapproved not only the thing' itself, but the manner in whichit was carried out, and the great indifference exhibited to English feel ing by the heads of the Propaganda, in whoSe department the matter lay.: The Cardinal Secretary of State was so, frightened at even the menace of Lord Palmerston, that he dare not gratify his anxious desire to expel our . Consular agent,. though he had more than once publicly announced his intention of so doing, and he naturally is annoyed that for. &religious cause alone such a storm should be raised. I have been assured that Pio Nono participated in that feeling; though I cannot believe the fact, - anti that he too was only borne down by the violence of the Propaganda and the urgenny of the British delegates. The Ministerial crisis at Paris occasions serious filarial at the Vatican, and the Pope and Cardinal•Antonelli have all their attention fixed in that direction. Should the French garrisembe withdrawn, its place will be supplied with Austrian or Neapolitan troops. But, if affairs in the north of: Italy look threatening again, or an attempt at revolution be renewed in Naples, these auxiliaries must , be recalled, and Heaven in that case only knows how the Papal Government is to be carried 0n.,: The majority of the citizens of Rome find their interests so mixed up with those of the Pope that they , do not desire a. change, but the Mazzini faction has energy and numbers 'sufficient to overpower it, and without foreign troops this Government cannot last. As to the provinces they are, ripe for revo lution, and so little capable are the friends of order of protecting themselves, that only a few days since the bandit Passatore pillaged a large town in defiance of the Papal troops. 1 pm told that Mr. Sheil has arrived at Florence, and that he proposes to pay a flying visit to:Rome. . _ NONO, 1846N11 1850, By a private letter from Rome, we learn that the ora tions of the Padre Gavazzi, at 'the Princess's Concert room, in the metropolis, have been talked about with a zest and an interest in Rome itself that only,ltalians and 'Romans can know, • ,When the population of. Rome will learn- 7 -as learn it must within the next three or four days—that this elo quent Italian priest arraigned before a crowded London audience, on SundaY, February 2nd, - their insincere and Sybarite, Pontiff, denounced him• as a mysOfier and de luder, as a. traitor, , a. coward,' as a man false at heart,. cruel, and unfeeling ; and denounced him, too, it; branding - and in burning words, the over-taxed and priest-devoured people will know one half hour of ardent and enthusiastic exultation, at the very least. We should ourselves much wish to see these orations of the rev. father puplished in flying leaves, in choice and distributed by English travellers as they went their pleasant way in the States of the Church. .This would' be a counterblast to a system of fair reprisals against that bag of wind and chaffy words sent us by Nicholas Wise man, D.D., from the Flaminian Gate. in thus acting we would return goolfor evil—for thOviordS'of Gavazzi are words of gold, whereas the words of . Wiseman are mere dross. Here is Gavazzi's description of the avatar of Masai Ferretti, now Pius IX., in 1846 : "Christianity had passed the ordeal of a century of sar' casin ; the irony of the scoffer and the shaft of ridicule had failed; it remained to see how the Papal system- would stand the test of calm reason and the scrutiny of a thinking genera' tion. It was no fair trial of its efficiency to view it under the vacillating policy. of Leo XII., or the stolid and drunken tyranny (il übbriaco neroniggiare) of the sixteenth Gregor - Give it a chance under the sway of a gentleman with a heart in his bosom was the cry of its apologists. The hour caree. and the man. Did not the nations of ear th c l a p th e i r hands 10 the sight of the long desiderated spectacle 7—was not the Popedom at last to set at rest the doubts and misgivings of mankind? Could they still say a churchman never yet for' gave when the word amnesty was proclaimed?—when the; power of the 'keys was for once used to unbar a , prison ? the programme of a hierarchy linked' with our commo n humanity after 'centuries of disseverance, Europe rose In' rapturous recognition ; Germany and England, the great labo , ratories of intelligence, began to study the phenomenon wit h eager gaze. France, even under Guizot and'Philippe's leaden , influence, caught up a sort of spasmodic enthusiasm ; Ameriel t wafted o'er the Atlantic on the wings of steam- the exulting plauditg of her freemen ; and even Turkey (not to speak of tbe - Spanish peninsula) hailed the civilising change; The JeVfn joined in the -general gratulation, and began to expect th e coming of their Messiah, so stupendous was the prodigy of e, philanthicipic Popedom. Need I describe the effect in ItalY The 'social mischief of ages at 'once eradicated—hypocrist abashed—religion redeemed from the baseness of a trade to become a sentiment and a boast—youth and manhood won n` once to prize and practise its inculcations." • Hopes He tio se k, h betrayed has, o we r v t e hi r ns ,. on r a 5, this h ab i otii,se picturecreanmeo conscience sop promisesiu s:delicately b roken an a that the great obstacles to his state s m ans hi p are his tender scruples. Why the man has not commo n h one sty. In his dealings with Piedmont what cares he how he dam age tl ie ' Christian creed if he can turn it into an engine of Mistrial intrigue and annoyance ? Can he not wink at the shooting O f priests in' Lombardy, and trials at - the drsita-head there 0 _ clerical patriots ; while-in Sardinia to p . ut a sacerdotal swind le _ r f o rganised or adulterer at the bar of his country is found by this roan f e unblushing duplicity to be a sacrilege?' Rd can pocket tb f alms of Christendom, and employ them in subsidising a lot wretches to shout at his chariot wheels, as they roll over tii„, stones of Rome, ready to rise in mutiny against. his abhorr e t : rule-. He can distribute gold medals, to his police and., Montalembert, bestow a golden diadem on the w i n king '',l; donna of Rimini, and cripple the t ra d e an d crash the indusi of the whole territory, and deliver up to J ew b ro k ers the _ sources of generations yet unborn. He can keep men in ir 0 „ 1 , for eighteen months without trial, like Cernusohi, Monsign"„. Gazzola, and the gallant Major Calendrelli. The first has bee t acquitted, the second has escaped his malignity, and the 1 0 still lingers, untried and unaccused, in the sacerdotal clot' geont ; and people talk of his remorse;' and his wish to nounce the tiara and carry into -retirement_ a heart stricKes -with the woes of his country.' Why, the last interview I llao with the man his first word to me was,—` Father, I'll listen._ . , you, but on condition you don't proopunce the name of Itallf z , I pointed to the tricolour cross on my breast, and left o' presence for ever." (Cheers.)' words like these are' worth a wilderness of the vrorti l of Wiseman, for they are honest, true, and plain-spoken' MURDER--TnE COI4FESSIONAL.—The Standard Thursday contains's letter from Mr. Swayne, late a pri l w o , of Rome,. from which we extract the following :—" Let .° one,therefore, be horrified when I state that, it was q;., lieving in,•and acting on, this teaching, that I myself the year 1/332 evaded the law of God and man, reason 017 , nature, in withholding from the arm of jutice 12 or if persons who had pOnfessed to me theif intentions _ taking a part in the murder of the 45 constabulary tbr $ took place in the summer of that year at Carrickshoc it u w sl h v ic t h o mrewatos stationed near Knocktopher, county Kilkenny. These men can ° t th tl e ie c fessed",tp,me not alone his intention, but determinati ouf to have a band in the niurder in case the constabubl promiscuously came, as•vve expected, tadistrain in his village ; the seq o 4 proved the murderous, premeditation of each, for seven I v o . the same ;nen were takenup and broughtto Kilkenny, val e ., two, of them were hanged,; the rest es d caPe justice, p 0 5 14 bly through my fault—ihasmuch as,'had I been at fiber' to give the least intimation to the proper authorities y: whit was (superstitiously) confessed ,to me two montb? before the murder, I would have been imprisoned, and tb° unfortunate victims who came, in discharge of their duti e l; t o i n ro v e en ; teaocfhKrcooe; to the fatal village, would have returned. home with the,, Thies. In all probability the same terrifiC tale could 5 told by the Rev. Mr. P.P., of where a like number of men were murdered some tbr_, years after in a si m il ar manner an d on a s i m il ar o ccasio n; and I am confide n t, th ere . are p r i es t s this moment in I re land—yes, hu n d r ed s ' ' o f them—who co u ld, if they dal tell us they have been cognizant, if not abettors , throng, the confessional, of the conspiracies and treasonable tices and intentions of their people towards the gore, l 4 B, ment of this country in the ever-memorable year of lr 0 ( , POPE ROEBUCK.—Much has been said and written:to late touching' the royal supremacy over the church , nature, its extent and limits ; some maintaining, 0 / others denyipg, that it reaches unto matters spiritue.,,e well as temporal ; and others again. debating the questsle . whether ib is vested in the person of the sovereign, as t!:4 Lord's anointed, or in the regal office, to be e xerei s i through the prime minister. Whil e on t h ese an d ott points' of ne less nicety than importance d oc tors disegrit an umpire steps in, who settlei the whole difficulty n i t trice. In the debate hi took place on the first Ingo of the session, on the motion' for'the address in answe l l o t the Queen's speech, that devourehurchman and en3i o o 6 canonist, Mr. Roebuck, is reported to have delire'!„% himself, with his own inimitable unction, to the follow t o effect I- would .treat alike the_ Catholic who boss e, the Pope, and the Methodist who bows to the Con b ferell"is I and the Episcopalian who does not bow to anybody , t he bows tolhii House. gventually this house governs ' y e is merely kingdom ; the Queen's stp rem a Cy t h e macy of the minister, that means, 'the . opinion of tAt house ; and,: therefore, IF , THERE BE ANY PERSON TPot THE EPISCOPALIAN BOWS TO, IT IS TO THIS HOUSSI de r MATTERS SPIRITUAL AS WELL AS TEMPORAL." We for sire , to tender to the honourable and learned member fo r Sheffield our most - respectful and most sincere thanbt ie b having enun c i a t e d w i t h t h at 'feli c i t e ns l uc idit y o n roe he may, well pride himself, the principle oil which it ' 6 0 0 , purpOse of Whi g -R a diC a lS ta rule the church, and, con do quently; the ground on which the church's right ed claim to selilegislation and self-government is resls ter . by them. • ,The proposition to which he has given tit,' afforas curious sample, truly, of the non-not,, 0 sense of which-the phrase : " civil and religious libertl fo l susceptible. his undisguised avowal of the Whig-Rau l ''l construction. put upon the term " liberty of con scien er . when applied to churchmen, and his equally candid r e , planation of the Whig-Radical theory of the royal 5 11 5 to macy, further to help 'the Church of Englen.d her just rights," than, the, mo a t e l a b o r a t e argume nts,„,V the most eloquent pleas. of churchmen themselves. I .„' any bran ch'of Christ's holy c a th o li c c h urc h sh ou ld " • • in.'' matters spiritual, t , to such as Mr. Roebuck, is ti tion'which, though the prideof unbelief'may suggest' 6 0 ,y the spite o( hereties and schismatics applaud it, the co pd mon sense end right . 'feeling of wanlsind at once P„0 , utterly repudiate. . The fact that the church is in 9 T sition which affords the l eas t sem bl ance o f a p r ete%t Y so arrogant's claim,, is' s u ffi c ie n t di, ma k e th e ne cessit ., .; measures of church enaanoip a ti o n evident' a s the eu" ' noon 6y. —.l An 1101;