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Varlianuntarp Irortaiings. HOUSE OF LORDS MONDAY Lord Eglintoun presented petitions from Montrose and Ayrshire, praying for a modification or repeal of the Bank Charter Act. After a short discussion, the Diplomatic Relations (Court of Rome) Bill was read a third time and passed. HOUSE OF COMMONS 'MONDAY The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in moving that the House should resolve itself into a committee of ways and means, observed that he thought it desirable to avail himself of that opportunity to state more fully than his noble friend at the head of the Government had done on bringing forward the budget what the state of the finances were, and further to draw the attention of the House to the course which the Government had now determined to pursue. The right honourable baronet having proceeded to give a revised version of the financial affairs uf the at it was not the intention of the country, intimated tl- Government to persevere in the proposition—in conse quence of the objection it had met with not onl 37 within lint without the walls of Parliament—of imposing an additional amount of income tax of two per cent., as an nounced by his noble friend, but to continue the tax at nt rate for three years from the period at which have expired. It was proposed to pay f 1.000.000. and the it would otherwis the expenses cf t excess of the last year's navy estimates of £245,000, out of the existing balances in the Exchequer, leaving the deficiency for the year, supposing the present income tax to becontinued, at about a million and a half. He did not ' pledge Move,. or the government as to the course it might be necessary to pursue in reference to this ch fi- Ciency. It might become imperative to propose, instead of an increase in the income tax, such an amount of taxa tion, in the absent of the revenue to that of an increas pected, as would balance the amount of expenditure for the year. _ The right hon. gentleman concluded by mov- ing that the HoUSe resolve itself into a committee of ways and means for the purpose of an amended resolution being proposed, continuing the income tax at its present rate for the period of three years. A protracted discussion ensued, Mr. CARDWELL sug gesting that the committee should be postponed for the purpose of affording time for the consideration of this amended proposition, to which the Chancellor of the Exchequer acceded, and the committee was fixed for Friday. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TIIESDAY. EY, in an explanatory speech, moved th reading of the New Zealand Government Bill, which motion, after some observations from Lord Stanley and the Earls of Waldegrave and St. Germans, was agreed HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY Colonel DUNN moved for the appointment of a select I _tire into the working and efficiency of the Poor Law in Ireland motion was opposed by the Government, and, after ,e, was negatived by a majority of sixty-fours the 165 to 101 After some discussion, on the motion of Mr. NEwDE• GATE, a select committee was appointed to enquire intc the law and custom of different parts of the United King dom, as between out-going and in-coming tenants, an also as between landlord and tenant in reference to un exhausted improvements or deterioration of land anc premises occupied for agricultural purposes. -WEDNESDAY andlord in tl)( Something must be done to of such a description, which could countries as Algeria such c yesterd Sir G. G S_To i on this orea,ion A uerilla fire was then kept up for Mr. P. Scrope by Mr. T. IN Mr. Stafford, and Mr. WaklE O'Connor and Si r W. Somerville The Poor Removal Bill was then read a second tim The order of the day was then read for resuming debate on Mr. Anstey's monster motion. Egerton, Mr. S. O'Erier y, and returned by Mr. ferred against him, ford' PALMERSTON informed the House, in reply to a question which had been put to him in private by Mr. Wakley, that he had no reason to be lieve that any personal violence had been offered to any British subjects resident in Paris during the late occur rencies in that capital. He then apologised to the House for detaining it with a discussion on transactions 20 year' old at atime when events of overwhei _ interest were succeeding each other with unexampled rapidity. The topics to which Mr. Anstey had called the attention of the House were 40 in number, had been the subject of 139 discussions in Parliament, and were contained in a correspondence filling 2,775 folio volumes of official papers. It would not be consistent with his duty to lay before the House the secret papers for which Mr. Anstey moved ' • but if the House should think it right to appoint a secret committee to look into all those transactions. he lie then proceeded to deny the truth of all the charg Mr. Anstey had preferred against him, warning the how that if there was any want of arrangement in his defend nsequence of the want of arrange attack ment in Mr._Anst sated himself from the covert insinuations, the direct taunts, and the grossly calumnious accusations of Mr. Anstey and Mr. Urquhart, in a masterly seech of great I power, which occupied five hours and a half _ His lordship was accompanied throughout yawathies of the House. At the close of his The noble lord t loquence an in delivery by th speech, - - Lord D. STUART moved the adjournment of the debatf amidst loud cries of " No, no," and " Divide, divide,' but before any decision could be come to, The SPEAKER informed the House that it was 6 o'clock. and vacated the chair : and thus this " monster motion' 3 terminat any result, for the was not even adjourned HOUSE OF LORDS Petitions were presented against any alteration in t,__ navigation laws ; in favor of an alteration of the area of taxation under the poor-law in Ireland ; against the cir culation of the bull In Crena Domini ; against any increase of the property tax ; and for protection to the West India Colonies. THURSDAY New Zealand Bill passed through committee, consolidated fund bill was read a second time HOUSE OF COMMONS Petitions were presented in favour of the abolition of the Income Tax, in favour of the Healt:i of Towns Bill, against any increase in the army or navy, and against the Mr. F. O'CONNOR gave notice that, on the 17th March should ask leave to bring in a bill to amend the law: relating to friendly societies DAIR as ed whether it was the intention of the relief of casual poor in parishes in the country. Mr. C. BULLER said the question was under the con sideration of goiernment, and he trusted that a bill relating to it would be brought in during the present ses- Mr. COCTIRANE then moved for copies of certain de spatches which have passed between Sir Edward Lyons and the noble lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in in relation to the affairs of Greece, which was acceded to. I. mixed conversational discussion followeihm a propo- R. Inglis, for the appointment of a corn present state of the new Palace at West minster, which ended in consent being given to Lord Morpethto appoint a commission on to inquire into the matters referred HOUSE 0 LORDS.—FRIDAY Earl FITZWILLIA in -eferenee to the wo maintained on the miserable pittance of fivepenco three farthings a week ; it was therefore impossible to suppose that the law would either be effectual there, or relieve this country from the influx of Irish paupers, while the sum paid for their subsistence would not maintain life, although it might protract existence. The occasion of Lord LYTTLETON'S presenting a peti tion from the Worcester Diocesan Board of Education, on the subject of the management clauses required by the committee of the privy council to be inserted in the trust deeds of schools receiving aid from parliamentary grants, led to a discussion, the Bishop of WORCP.STER complaining of the manner in which the petition had been got u p, notice n given to all the members of the board in question. Nothing was more reasonable than that laymen who con tributed towards these grants should have a share in their management. The church would never be in danger so long as she commanded the sympathies and affections of the great mass of the people. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said it was only of late that anything had been heard about the exclusion , of the laity from a share in the management, and the aid given to the National Society had been on the understanerng that the clauses now complained of were to be the tel ins of the union. lie could not admit the principle, there`c re, that the clergy should have the power of overruling the opinions of the lay managers The Bishop of 'CHICHESTER s the part of the clergy to exclude the laity frou ing m th9_rnanagement. id there was ) wish on The Bishop of OXFORD considered the discussion a untimely ; but as it had been introduced, he must say the there was deep and wide-spread jealousy, alike among th laity and the clerfy and the established church on th hop ofST.,PAVID'S admitted that i great fundamental error fitude to a board so constituted educational committee of the _ Hs arising from the working of t to lie on the tabl OP - COMMONS—FRIDAY. nt. of the EXCHEQUER stated the continuation •of t constructing harbou r to 3 uttleil LQWt The CHANCELLOR of the EXottettuEft having moved the order of the day for going into committee of ways and means, on the income tax resolutions, Mr. IloßsmArt moved, that if the income tax be con tinued, it is expedient to amend the act, and not to impose the same charge on incomes arising from professional and precarious sources, as on those derived from real property. The hon. member concluded a powerful speech illustra tive of the hardship and injustice of the present tax, by announcing his plan to be to retain the same number of schedules as in the present act, but to cast them differ ently. Incomes arising from professions he would take from schedule D and place in schedule E, which referred to incomes also of a precarious and terminable nature, viz.. emoluments arising from public offices, leaving "D" entirely for incomes arising fmm trade, com merce, and manufactures. And the scale of tax he would then propose would be as follows :—On incomes included in schedules A and C he proposed an addition of one penny to the present rate of tax, making eightpence in the pound. On incomes which - would be included in schedule E, viz., professions and emoluments from public offices, he proposed that the tax should be fourpence in the pound ; and upon incomes included in schethile D, viz., trade, commerce, &c., he proposed the intermediate rate of sixpence in the pound, leaving B as at present. By this slight increase on schedule A, they would relieve all the other classes, and raise a revenue more than equal ' from the tax, and without those vexatious to that c 1( objections to whict This arrangement gave :a total, according to his calcula tion, of £5,581,000, instead of £5,600,000, which had been the produce of the tax for the last year.; but minis ters calculated in their budget for the ensuing year that the t- °rod- -Iv "" 000. Lax wouiLL r . .e on, . His PrOposition would at all events fall more equally on the several classes of income than the present, and he believed the scale he far just, that it made a difference between s which were permanent, and which repre - '--I—thnc e which represented propo,ed was s th capitai labour I those which represented labour and skill only. • It had also this recommendation, that it would relieve those who were most oppressed by the tax, as now imposed, while the only additional burden which would be thrown upon any class was the extra penny in the pound on permanent incomes—a burden which he believed would be cheaply purchased by the large amount of relief it would give to other classes, the satisfaction with which the change would be received by the country generally, and the ease with which the tax would be col lected. The hon. member was loudly cheered during, and at the Aiwa lan A oposition be'ing, of course, opposed by the at the termination of which the house Mr. Horsman's motion was negatived by a majority of 316 to 141. The house then went into committee yo forma', to sit again on Monday, Mr. HUME intimating his intention of proposing that the duration of the tax be limited to one year. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. ITALY 6 from Italy is important. Martial law having been proclaimed in Lombardy, by order of the Austrian -,ent. It appears that the worst effects have been • A. deplorable reign of terror has been in ordinary course of the law has been ,Jeople are not only prohibited from meet certain places, but they are forbidden to colours ; they are not to applaud or hiss -* allowed to collect money for the The consternation through gown - caused I 'ear partici: poor, c _Jg the whole of Lombardy i s un i versa l. C annon are toa be in the streets of the principal towns, which -I,, .prted. it is also forbidden to ring the it were at the se ively refused Bergamo and Venicc scenes of disturbances. It was said )f the Austrian Legation at Pesaro had At Palermo the provisional govern• Sicilian parliament to prepare a project e one offered by Naples having been iccounts from Messina state that fighting re-com 22nd ult., and that nothing could exceed iolitans fired well, the overwhelming force of the people endered their exertions useless. Many of the former 7ere killed ; of the latter the loss was not so great. At ight o'clock Fort Reale fell by assault. At ten the Ar enal was taken, and an hour after Terra Nova: All the lutworks of the other forts, except flirt of San Salvadore. sere taken. Notice was given by the people to the corn nanders of the different ships of war, that at half-past 3 in. on that day the peoplwould make their attack on 1 troops lefore the attack the Neapolitan steamer left the harbour. 'o judge, however, from former successes, the opinion ras that the people would remain victors against the Naples was quiet. Lord Minto was to leave imme diately for Palermo, to negociate matters with the com mittee of that city. INDIA AND EGYPT, By the arrival of the Overland Mail we have advices from Bombay to the Ist of February. The intelligence is of no great moment, and there has been a sort of interregnum in political affairs occasioneo by the entrance into office of the new, and the retirement of the late Governor-General. Lord Hardinge left Calcutta on the 18th of January Subscriptions for a statue to be erected at 11.1ciitt. Li, it commencement, at a time of unexampled pre AMERICA.—By the packet-ship Cambridge, Captain Peabody, we have advices from New York to the 16th ultimo. —The royal mail steam-ship Hibernia, Capt. Shannon, was seen going into New Y or k on th e even i ng of the 1 6th.—The town of Orizaba had been taken pos session of. SPAlN.—Madrid mails of the 26th have arrived, andbring a report of a formidable and unexpected Carlist move ment at Ignalada, the largest town of the Catalan princi pality, governed by 1600 men. It was successfully enter ed, on the night of the 21st, by 300 Matines, and at the same times by two other parties of insurgents. AUSTRlA. — lntelligence received from Vienna, states that owing to the menetary and political crisis which is now pending in Austria, the imperial family have, from their private property, placed the sum of one hundred million florins at the disposal of the minister of finance. The house of Este alone advanced thirty millions of this sum. Disturbances have taken place in Styria, and addi tional troops have been ordered there. The Sydney papers received on Wednesday to the 30th of October, give little intelligence of prominent interest. An expectation seemed to be entertained that Sir Charles Fitzroy might be induced to resign, on account of the in disposition of Lady Fitzroy, but nothing certain was known at the date of these advices. The latest shipping reports speak of several vessels being laid on with produce for London. From the interior the news is tolerably sa tisfactory. At Moreton Bay the shearing season had commenced. The price current among the masters was per score with dry rations, and 4s. per day for wash " The fine weather," it is said, " si "ers to get through the shearing with expedition, and there is no doubt should it continue favourable, that the whole of tin year's clip will be secured two or three this gratifying fact in our express edition last week. We learn that the whole of the Kaffir chiefs had assembled at King William's Town, where they were met by Sir H. Smith, who addressed the chiefs and upwards of 2000 Kaffirs unarmed, on the 24th December, and having pro duced a staff and serjeant's halbert, he upbraided several of the chiefs for their faithless conduct in the observances of t 1 of peace or war, ieir engagements, and then offered them their election The staves were emblematical of war and peace; they might choose which they pleased. The chiefs accepted the staff of peace, and Sir H. Smith de clared himself Inkosi Enkulu, the great chief. Extra ordinary as it may appear—all, save Kreli, came unarmed „ I and crouching, kissed the foot of him who declar e d him " self to be their paramount chief. The aovernor then n.oke the wand, symbolic of war, which had 13, for their declared hoice, simultaneously with that of peace, and " There is an end of war." The country now Dragoon livarcts, 27th Inmskiliens, 91st, Ist battalion, 62nd and 90th Regiments will immediately return to England in consequence of orders already received. AMaRICA AND Ms xico.—A treaty of peace has been concluded between Mr. lrist, the Envoy of the United States of America in Mexico, and certain Commissioners appointed to treat on behalf of the Mexican Republic. This treaty, however, had not been laid by the President before the Senate for ratification when our last advices left Washington, and it is supposed that the terms on which it has been concluded fall very short of the extra vagant pretensions of Mr. Polk and the democratic party. The concessions of territory, however, to be made by Mexico _under this treaty are sufficiently extensive to satisfy the ambition of more than an ordinary conqueror. We understand that the proposed frontier line would HOUSE OF COMMONS Mr. P. SCROPE reiterated the c formerly retracted, against tenants from his property prevent occurrences valled i Mr. MONSELL descanted on the utter insufficiency the Poor Law in the county of Mayo, and passed son istency of Mr. Scropc rward, and in then voting. pointment of a 3d deprecated the renewal of 1 some time azainsi on the ina THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. letter from Colmar of the 29th, which it deems deserving of full confidence :—On the evening of the 29th, -on the installation of the 'French Provisional Government's Commissioner, the news arrived that there was fighting at Carlsruhe. A postscript to the same letter says that a rising h as taken place in the Baden country ; the tri coloured flag is hoisted everywhere ; and Mentz (Hesse Darmstadt) is in open rebellion. T 13 ie racha of Egypt has left Alexandria for Malta, for the benefit of his health. Lord Hardingit and suite arrived at Cossier,on the 12th ult., and proceeded across the desert to Kenneh, and from thence he intends proceeding to Thebes, and, pro bably, some of the neighbouring temples, and was ex pected to return to Alexandria on the 26th. Torn Thumb had a narrow escape from drowsing, from a collision of steamers on the Mississippi on the 6th ult. There was a great confusion in the boat, but Mr. Barnum picked up the mannikin and bore him safe to the shore. The King of Prussia is about to send a scientific expe dition into Negroland, in search of some vast and splen did ruins of an ancient city, which a Mahammedan tra veller, whose work has been translated from the Turkish by Dr. Rosean, asserts that he discovered during his wanderings in Central Africa. Dr. Wiseman has caused to be inserted in the Roman (official) Gazelle, a rather strong paragraph, to the effect that he has no connexion with the London Tablet, and that he is " very far from being a party to its exaggerated notions ;" and that he is no collaborator of Mr. Lucas the editor. THE TRIAL OF LEOTADE AT TOULOUSE.—The people of Toulouse have become so excited at the disclosures made on this trial that they have sacked the establishment of the Christian Brethren in that town. The general of the order has summoned the brethren to tell the truth, no matter what may be the consequences, and not dare to screen the murderers of the unfortunate Cecille Combet tees. THE INDIAN MAlL.—Apprehension has been enter tained that the outward Indian mail was destroyed during the recent disturbances in France. Official information of its safety has, however been received. The Admiralty has ordered one of the best steamers to proceed direct to Malta, to meet the mails that were to leave Hong Kong on the 31st of January, Calcutta the Bth, and Bombay the 16 of February, and to convey them direct to South ampton. SUICIDE OF A CLERGYMAN AT MALTA.—On the morn ing of the 23d of February, the Rev. Robert Irvine, M.A., Incumbent of S. John's, Waterloo-road, Lambeth, who occupied apartments at Barker's (Princess Royal) Hotel, was found in his bed room with his throat cut, and dead, evidently having committed suicide. The deceased had lately arrived at Malta from Tunis, and no cause has as yet been discovered for his committing the net, though it is rumoured that some of the rev. gentleman's friends and acquaintances bad witnessed in him for several weeks previous a change of manner. SLAVE-HOLDING JURISPRUDENCE.—The Charleston Courier contains a list of criminals recently sentenced by the City Court of Charleston for various crimes. Among them we noticed that one man. for a highway robbery, was sentenced to a few months' imprisonment and a slight fine; while ano her, William Smith, for negro steal ing, (abducting negroes from their masters), is to be im prisoned until the first Friday in September next, and then hung by the nec k unt il l ie i s dead'. So it seems that in South Carolina negro stealing is a vastly greater crime than robbery.—New York Evangelist. STATE OF EUROPE.—If the symptoms of France are menacing, the state of Europe is so too. Spain is dis organised—ltaly on fire—Switzerland in legalised re bellion against order and religion—Austria smouldering— Belgium, and, perhaps, Holland, ready forrevolt—Poland is smarting from recent chastisme.A—Germany agitated by wild, though, as yet, aimless desires—Greece stands on the edge of military revolution—and, finally, Rome herself, the centre of religious subordination, holds out her hand to Democracy —not fanciful, abstract Democracy, but such as the nineteenth century beholds her—and tells her that " She shall reign." IMPORTANT MOVE. —A bill has been introduced into the Legislature of Alabama, the object of which is to pre vent the separation of the families of negroes, and to exempt them from sale by 1 gal process. A motion was ?one the bill ; but it was lost )y a large majority. A good, a glorious move ! Slave holders will not belie their Letter natures, or much longer tolerate injustice, by submitting to the terrible moral wrong of separating families, and a cold blooded traffic in slaves - . Will the Kentucky Legislature, following the Alabama, legalize the marriage of coloured persons, and forbid the desecration of home ties ? Will churches, in obedience to the Word of God, insisting upon these mat ters declare, that no man ought to separate families, and traffic in human flesh for money I—Louisville Examiner. yet give iloin mercy of a lawless mob, and the National Guard felt themselves unequal to the task of maintaining order. On Friday night some miscreants secretly destroyed one of the arches of the bridge near the Seine, on which the railway crosses the river, took possession of the station, and tried to prevent any person being sent to warn the approaching train, in which myself and family were flying from Paris. A person succeeded in going along the line, to meet the train, which was a monster,' and as full as it could hold. It was brought suddenly to a stop just before it reached the bridge ; in another minute or two, all would have been hurled into the river. There was no noise until the train stopped, and then arose a shout of bas les Anglais,' A bas les ehemins defer,' with a shower of stones, breaking windows, &c. The wretches were silently awaiting the expected event. The engine was reversed, and we were sent back for several miles ; and we then saw the bridge was in flames. Serious apprehensions were entertained for the safety of the English, a number of whom are employed on the railway and other establishments." ' An article in the National, which is edited by a mem ber of the provisional government, states the French re public would not encounter any great repugnance in Eng land, and that, "We are now at liberty to declare that we will accept an alliance with the great English nation, in terms honourable to both countries, and with such se curities, as we have a right to expect. Another point still excited our opposition ; it appeared to us that the French government did not deal with that of England on a foot ing of equality." The article concludes as follows : "The French Republic, occupied in its own organization, and employed in fructifying the future of the working classes, would only undertake war if European nation alists were menaced. On the other hand, there is in England no government so rash, so destructive, as to compromise the interests of all by plunging into war. The neutrality of England appears, therefore, to be in sured to us for the present. This neutrality will be transformed into some more intimate connexion, more efficacious as regards the peace and security of Europe, which will be the result of time, of events, and of human actions. But thus much is certain,—that the two na tions, if they unite for any great and common object of justice and civilization, will weigh too heavily in the scales to be counterbalanced by any other influence." The Times Paris correspondence of Thursday says that Paris was tranquil. A decree of the government appoints M. Armand Barbes colonel of the 12th legion. In 1839, this young man headed an attempt, with 400 men, to upset the go vernment of Louis Philippe, against fearful odds, and was condemned to death ; but the punishment was commuted to imprisonment for life. He is now at the head of one of the finest legions in. Paris. The country was, with trifling exceptions, in behalf of the republic : but it was regretted that a decree had super seded M. Dupin. Deputations in favour of the govern ment were received from the provinces. Order and tranquility continued to prevail throughout France, the republic being everywhere proclaimed without resistance, even in Brittany and La Vendee. The public works had been resumed in Paris with con siderable activity. The exact amount of money at the disposal of the state amounts to 890,000,000 f., of which 835,000.000 f. are de posited in the bank of France, and 55,000,000 in the trea sury. The price of gold had fallen 25 per cent. since Monday. The price of bread had fallen, and there was a supply of wheat in Paris for 35 clays. More than 20,000 young men are already enrolled in the new National Guard, between whom and the old the best spirit reigns. The artillery of the National Guard is being reorganised. Already are the different sections of the working classes drawin g out th e i r li sts o f gr i evances f or the consideration of the government commission. Two volumes of the M.S. memoirs of the ex-King of the French (bound in red morocco) have been saved from the wre, kof his property. These memoirs terminate at the period when the commissioners of the consulate pro claimed the republic in presence of the armies of the enemy. The Germans, in general, appear to be favourably dis posed to the idea of a republic in France. The poliiical movement is making rapid 'progress in Italy. Parma, although repressed by an army of Austrian soldiers, has already made a formidable demonstration in favour of liberty and reform. The Tim s, under date three o'clock yesterday morning, gives further detrils of the progress of the revolution, from which we cull the principal heads. Paris was more tranquil on Sunday than any Shrove Sunday for many years past. Not an armed man was to be seen, nor a cry nor a shout of victory to be heard. The cry of " Long live the republic " has propagated itself throughout all France. The National newspaper urges tha establishment of a permanent legislature in place of the provisional one, as soon as possible, though he fore sees some difficulties in the transfer of individual powere. The provisional government have, for the same object, already fixed the convocation of the electoral assert-. Mies for the 9th April, and the meeting of the Constitu tional National Assembly for the 20th of April. M. de Lamartine, Minister for Foreign Affairs, has ad dressed a circular to all the diplomatic agents of the French Republic stationed abroad, explaining to them the course of policy contemplated by the Government. "In 1792," says the Minister, " France was obliged to go to war. In 1848 war would be retrograde and might be destructive. Fraternity and peace are the desires of France. People' and ' Peace' are but one word." M. de Lamartine says further on that the treaties of 1815 are at an and. A telegraphic despatch from Sarrabruck says :—" The Duke of Hesse Cassel has been expelled, and his château burnt. The Duke of Nassau has fled. The Grand Duke of Baden has been compelled to give to his subjects at ten minutes' notice a constitution founded on the most de mocratic basis. Mayence, notwithstanding its garrison of Austrian and Prussian soldiers, is in a state of agitation." These reports are not, however, to be implicitly relied upon. . _ The Austrian ambassador, and several other diplomatic persons who had resolved upon quitting Paris on Thurs da, night, have (says the Times correspondent in his let ter of Friday) yielded to the advice or the example of the Marquis of Normanby, and will remain till events or orders from their respective governments call for their withdrawal!. He adds :--Every moment additional mea sures are ordered by the government with the view of the preservation of order, and the re-establishment of the dif ferent public departments. All the telegraphic despatches received from the depart ments mention that tranquility everywhere prevailed. TOO EARLY A COMPLIMENT.—A letter from the Duc d'Aumale, ex-governor of Algeria, has arrived at the ministry of the war department, in which M. Guizot is congratulated, in the warmest manner, upon the energetic attitude he had assumed in the affair of the banquet. nis T t l e v lr:tgdyTe r l d rta c i i n te n s, o a w s a a rli p k r e o f o e f el t i h n a g t s `Ltahtetimi they y have abolished Bonapartism, and that Jerome Bonaparte's mischievous address about the treaties of 1815 has fallen stillborn." The Bonapartes may reside in France with out fear, and without hope. Some robbers were caught on Friday in the Tuileries ; and it may be noticed as a sign of the returning ascend ancy of the law, that they were not summarily shot but committed for trial. On the other hand, the keepers of roulette tables have emerged through the general license, and carry on their trade audaciously along the Boulevards. It may not prove uninteresting to those who study the statistics of poverty, to know that the number of articles released from pawn under the loan of 10f. by the Provi sional Government, amounts to 100,000, at a cost of ioo,ooof. As pavined articles belong generally to the blushing, struggling poor, how great must be the mass of unnoticed misery in Paris 1 How great in all cities ! A proclamation ordains the organization of national workshops,— in other words, sets. a number of labourers to work at various railways and public works in progress. Other decrees have been issued for the formation of a moveable National Guard, each man to receive 30 sous a day (15d.) This finds employment for the penniless or idle, and enables the government to get rid of a trouble some class, or to avail itself of its services should there be need. TESTIMONY OF AN EYE-WITNESS.—Being attracted by the church of St. Roche, which was the church of the royal family, I entered it, and was pained to see that the royal tribune, where the poor Queen so often sat, was entirely removed, and the benches, stripped of their velvet covering, occupied by some charity children. I heard some bitter comments on this from servant women ; for, to the credit of that class, they all, as far as my observa tion goes, feel for the royal family. The priesthood have prudently bent to the storm : they never warmly accepted Louis Philippe, and now perhaps they regret that they did not help him against a republic which must make their hearts sad. A DANGEROUS CAROUSE.—The IVbats says,—" In the devastation and burning of the Château of Neuilly, some bandits rushed into the apartments, whilst others went to the cellars. The latter there found wine of all descriptions. and a cask of rum, which they broke open. ,Some instants after they were all drunk, and then a ter rific battle took place between them, their principal wen pans being bottles. At length they fell to the ground, overcome by intoxication or by wounds. Meanwhile the men who' went into the apartments ravaged and pillaged them completely, after which they set them on fire, and the whole building was soon in flames. In a short time the men in the cellars were either burned to death or suffocated. On Sunday from 100 to 120 dead bodies wore dug out." SCENES IN THE FRENCH THEATRES.—On Sunday, the managers of the Porte St. Martin gave a gratuitous re preseutation at two o'clock. The house was crammed. and Frederic Lemaitre was the principal actor. The play was "The Chiffonier." In the well known pannier scene his auditors were raised to a pitch of indescribable en thusiasm. Lemaitre, as the Chiffonier, hooked a royal crown out of his hamper, and at this " hit " the whole audience rose en masse, and a roar, for it cannot be called a cry, of " Vive la Republique" reverberated through the foundation of the edifice. The actor afterwards drew forth a police ordinance, and exclaimed, "All banquets are prohibited ; " a sally which was of course received with shouts of laughter. The 3farsellaise hymn was then chanted, followea by the celebrated Chant du De part, after which the audience dispersed. The Charivari was distributed in the theatre grati A new.edition of the " Paris I required. The names changing fast: Royalty, ( On all the public offices " Libertl, Eyatill, Frill doors of churches Government office make it perm irectory" will soon be inns and streets are ceased to b, 1, is disappearing. •ell-known motto, painted over the ner. The II Hotel des -- 1 t the cor- I and a new one not have been broken thi" demolished the statues - (2;41 f those days when tra rougbt his ruin ...A, • Peri3ns directinz or hltels named fi nan ‘l, smd trust '( Po t-offico. THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE PARIS, SUNDAY. The National Guard are nobly preserving peace up to ,e present moment. All classes are animated with the greatest enthusiasm. Paris is perfectly tranquil. The penalty of death has been abolished for political offences. There has been some very severe fighting between the military and the people at Strasburgh. Tie Republic has been formally announced by the Pro visional Government, and royalty abolished. The United States Minister has recognised the Provisional Govern ment. Bordeaux has acknowledged the Republic. The Provisional Government has decreed the immediate esta ki;ampot of national workshops. A meeting of. Peers ad' has been held, and a resolution to adhere to the Republic adopted. Property of every kind belonging to the Crown confiscated. ' Bou Maza has made his escape. Dreadful commotion at Amiens, but the troops have declared for the Republic. Loss of life on both sides estimated at 500. The Duchess of Orleans has, it is rumoured, been arrested at Rouen. At Madrid no Bourse held. A deputation from Belgium has formally announced the accomplishment of the revo lution at. Lille. Admiral Baudin has left to take command of the Mediterranean fleet. After executing his commis sion he sails for Italy. Algeria is declared an integral part of France. The Provisional Government is stated to have at its disposal 135,000,000 f. at the Bank of France, and 55,000,000 f. at the Treasury. ournals of Monday ann ounce th e per f ect reestablishment of tranquillity in the capital, and the ar rival of " adhesions" from the departments. They refer, however, to horrible outrages in the vicinity of the metro polis, and in an especial manner at Rouen, where the po litical agitation was made the pretext for a brutal demon stration against the English workmen on the railroads, and the burning of the wooden bridge of the Havre rail road. The Provisional Government was working with energy for the reorganisation of all the public offices. All the accounts from the departments announced the rising of the people and the recognition of the Republic. The army was equally and similarly unanimous. At Toulouse, where a Legitimist expression had been feared, the Re. public had been proclaimed with acclamation. The whole of the Thiers and Odillon Barrot parties had rallied round the Provisional Government. The first Marshal who has given his adhesion to the Republic is Marshal Bugeaud. The hospital list shows that the number of wounded is 428, of whom 350 are civilians and 78 military. On Sun day, the 27th ult., a numerous band of incendiaries pro ceeded to Maisons Lafitte, near Paris, with the intention The National Guard immediately The - Pali of burning the bridge. took up aims, but not being strong enough to oppose the :►anditti, they sent for assistance to St. Germain-en-Lave. A large detachment of National Guards of that town, ac companied by a squadron of dragoons, who each carried behind him an armed citizen, immediately proceeded to Maisons, where they arrived in time to prevent the de struction of the bridge. They then attacked the incen diaries, killed eight of them, and made a considerable number prisoners. The incendiaries, nineteen in number, who burnet't the bridge of Asnieres, have been arrested after an obstinate resistance, in which one of them was killed. They were conducted by the National Guards of the Batignoles to the Prefecture, and confined in the Con- ciergerie. The accounts of Tues .11gitives. WICrICS WILII Lae queen got into a brougham in the Place de la Concorde and drcve off to St. Cloud at such a rate that when they had crossed the bridge the horse was too exhausted to mount the hill leading to the Chateau. Several men pushed the carriage up, however. After taking some papers the ex-King en tered a hackney-coach at St. Cloud and drove off to Ver sailles and thence to Trianon. lie in a short time entered a travelling carriage, but before leaving the park he saw at a distance, approaching towards him, six men on horse back, and became afraid that they were in search of him. He, therefore, ordered the coachman to atop, alighted, and ran into a guard-house at the gate of the park, near the railroad station (Montretout), and concealed himself behind a stove. The men having passed, an aide-de-camp informed him that there was no danger. He accordingly reentered the carriage and drove off. At the village called ILa Queue, on the road to Dreux, he was joined by the Dukes of Nemours and Montpensier. Further than that he then went on to Eu and embarked at Treport on board f I tr FP. ...v woutn of the Rio Grande, in the Furet steamer nothing was known. Mexico, and pass along the Bravo del Norte by Passo del Marshals Soult, Molitor, Sebastiani, Bugeand, Reille, Norte, to about the 32d degree of north latitude. A line and Dode de la Brunerie, bad sent in their adhesion to would then be drawn to the sources of the Rio Gila, the new Government. M. Dupin had been superseded by which flows from east to west i n th a t parallel of latitude, M. Baroche in the functions of Attorney-General in the and discharges itself into the Gulf of California. All the Court of Cessation. M. Larochejaquelin, the celebrated country to the east and north of this line is to be ceded Legitimatist Deputy had addressed his adhesion to the by Mexico, and the frontier will then be extended mid- Provisional Government, " without," he says, "any way down the Gulf of California, so as to transfer the mental reservation." whole peninsula of Old California, as well as the more O ne h un d re d and ten hogsheads of w i ne, f oun d i n t h e fertile region of New California, to the United States. cellars of Neuilly, were removed to Paris on Tuesday, sat isfi With these terms s , it is amusing t o a dd , M r. Polk is dis- and distributed among the hospitals of that capital. ed.— Tinae . As the workmen and oper a ti ve s acc omplished the Re- BELGlUM.—Everything seems calm in Belgium, though volution, and one of th em i s member of the Provisional some trifling disturbances occur re d at Brussels on Sunday Government, they are not disposed to have their claims week, when a few persons assembled, and shouted "Vine overlooked. It is accordingly stated, that 25,000 of them, Republique !" and other seditious cries. These men unarmed, but in regular order, defiled before the Hotel 're, however, speedily apprehended by a party of the de Ville, the seat of the Government. The Government e guard, and were found to be almost all Germans and has undertaken to provide work for all ! But the recipi several of whom were armed with poniards, and ents of this extraordinary gift are beginning to quarrel considerablead sums of money. All p ar ti es appear with the wages it is proposed to give them, as well as isposed to ma i ntain Belgian independence, and the with the number of hours they are requ i re d to work ; readiness with which the chambers voted the additional some, again, are for the wages given by the State to be supplies required by the emergency, has been approved equal to all ; others, that they shall be regulated by the is , all classes of the population. The ministry h as j ust respective ingenuity and expertness of the various work sbed a project of electoral reform, which seems to men ! ! great satisfaction, and is more full than that One of the decrees of the Provisional Government de b T the liberal party. The Steck affirms that dares the abolition of all titles in France. Ar a , re t d il i e ate n leywsassoefmthbleedFrheinschmreinvisotleurtsi,ona,nd de- worse The proceedings at Rouen have been actuated by a worse spirit than much that has characterised the reeolu fr If ready to abdicate if Belgium deemed it its tion in Paris. The correspondent of the Morning Herald . > - the form of its Government. The writes, on Sunday evening, that the is in a dreadful , that if he had not been solicited by his min- state : p I , gold would have already resigned and left the 4, Rowertil robberies, murders, and o th er fearful excesses had here, according to his own expressions, 1 ( Poles, have given dem:m(lM 1, to e.ha e been committed the tiight before 1.:,:.c ►446 tua.iis wort tilauifut here entertaiumi, ILe ot) WU* at the FRENCH SAFE ARRIVAL OF THE EX-KING AND QUEEN OF THE Tn order to bring away any English persons or French refugees the Express, Southampton steamer, has been cruising off the French coast, near Honfleur; and on Thursday afternoon, just before dark, fell in with a fish ing a boat, from which the captain was hailed. it con tained, besides the crew, five persons, who proved to be the ex-King and Queen of the French, and their attend ants. They were immediately taken on board, and the vessel turned towards England. After steaming the whole night the Express arrived off Newhaven at seven o'clock on Friday morning, but owing to the state of tide and the weather the vessel could not safely enter the harbour till noon. At twelve o'clock the King and - Queen, with four at tendants, one of whom was a female, stepped from the boat at Newhaven-bridge. Louis Philippe appeared ex tremely delighted at having reached the shores of Eng land, and expressed his pleasure in very warm terms to those around—not more than half a dozen besides the persons already mentioned. Though cheerful he looked pale. He exclaimed in reply to a remark from one of the persons present congratulating him on having reached this country: " Yes, yes, I know lam safe among you —a great misfortune. I know the English people ; they are kind to those in misfortune." He shook hands with all those who offered their hands, as did the Queen. Some one said his anxieties were now over; to which he answered, " Yes. I have suffered much during the past week,—but the country people were very kind to me," meaning the peasantry in the neighbourhood of Honfleur, in whose houses he had been secreted in disguise. In this disguise he now appeared. It consisted of a green blouse, dark trowsers, a red and white " comforter," and a casquette, or peasant's cap. Over the blouse was a pea coat, which had been borrowed from the captain of the Express. The King carried a small cane. The Queen was attired in mourning of the humblest kind; consisting of a black bonnet, a very thick veil, and a woollen cloak of black and white plaid with broad checks. She looked much careworn. The whole of the luggage which the party brought was% small portmanteau about a foot long. While they were walking towards the Bridge Inn, Louis Philippe was very anxious to obtain a London morning paper, but appeared to be quite cognizant of the latest events in Paris. On reaching the inn, the party was received by Mrs. Smith, the hostess, and the first act of the ex-king was to call for writing materials. " I wish," he said, "to write to the queen, to inform her of my safe arrival." He then wrote, in a very short time, more than one letter, and en closed them in one envelope, which he addressed to her Majesty. With this despatch Mr. Iron instantly hastened to town. So destitute were the fugitives of what was ne cessary, that Mr. Iron was commissioned to return with several articles of under clothing, dressing-cases, &c. The party having partaken of a little wine and biscuit, a London paper was brought, over which Louis Philippe g anted. He had previously sent to Brighton for Mr. Packham. This gentleman was at one time very much in the confidenceof his Majestyrespecting several engineering projects, being a miller, and a tenant of the king, on an estate near Chateau d'En. He has since retired from business, and resides at Brighton, but was, up ,o last week, in constant communication with the king. Indeed, he was closeted with Louis Philippe at the commencement of the outbreak, and, on making some remark respecting it, the king exclaimed, "Oh!it is nothing—it will soon blow over'." A little circumstance occurred in the interval, which adds another to the many proofs that Louis Philippe gave, during his last visit, of his extraordinary memory for per sons and names. It was intimated to him, that as the accommodation of the Bridge Inn might be somewhat deficient, Mr. Cole, a ship agent, of Newhaven, would be happy to place his house at the disposal of the royal visi tors. This offer was thankfully declined; but when the name and profession were named, and Mr. Cole presented himself, the ex-King instantly recognized him as a gen tleman he had seen at Eu once, and that some time since, in company with his friend, Mr. Peckham. The inhabitants of Newhaven offered their sere ces in every way which they thought might conduce to the com fort of the illustrious personages. Mrs, Elphick forwarded to the apartments a chest of clothes for her Majesty's use, but they were respectfully declined. All these various traits of good English hospitality completely overpowered the feelings of both their Majesties, who, in acknowledg ing them, were affected even to tears. FLIGHT OF LOUIS PHILIPPE FROM PARIS. We have obtained the following information respecting the flight of Louis Philippe and his Consort from Paris. On leaving Paris they proceeded to Versailles, where they hired a common vehicle to take them to Dreux. Here they put up at the house of a person on whose fidelity they could rely, where they passed the night. This friend, who we understood to be a farmer, procured dis guises for the royal fugitives and suite, the King habiting himself in an old cloak and cap, having first shaved his whiskers, discarded his wig, and altogether so disguised himself as to defy the recognition even of his intimate friends. The other disguises were also complete. Although we have stated above that they passed the night at Dreux, they started long before daylight on their way to La Ferte Vidame, where Mr. Peckham has been building a mill on some privateproperty ofLouis Philippe's. On their route they were accompanied by the farmer, who was well acquainted with the country through which they had to pass. They took the road of Evreux, 12 to 15 leagues from Honfleur. They , travelled chiefly by ni g ht, an d reac h e d Honfleur at five o clock on Saturday morning. They remained at Honfleur, in the house of a gentl eman w h om the king knew, for a short time, and then crossed to Trou ville, a short distance from the town. It was their inten tion to embark at Trouville, but owing to the boisterous state of the weather they were compelled to remain at the latter place two days, when finding they could not embark they returned to Honfleur, with the intention of embark ing from that place, but the weather still continued very rough, and the king fearing that the queen in her ex hausted condition would be unable to bear the fatigues of a rough passage, deferred his departure till the weather changed on Thursday. On Thursday afternoon, the gentleman who sheltered the dethroned monarch and his consort at Honfleur en gaged a French fishing boat to convey the party from Honfleur to Havre, and fearing that in this small vessel the features of the King might be recognised, the gentle man engaged an interpreter to interpret French to the King, who to render his disguise more complete, passed as an Englishman. Nothing of moment transpired on the passage to Havre, where the Express was waiting with her steam up, and at nine o'clock on Thursday evening the royal fugitives and suite set sail for England THE EX-ROYAL FAMILY, &C. The Duchess de Nemours, with her youthful family, and the Duke de Montpensier arrived at Southampton on Wednesday, from Havre. Telegraphic despatches of Thursday state that the Duchess of Orleans and General Le Febre were at St. Heliers, Isle of Wight, also M. Guizot. They have since arrived at Southampton. The fugitives gave £4OO to the commander of the cut ter Princess Alexandrina to convey them from Granville to Jersey. Prince Louis Napoleon and General Heaudelot arrived by steamer at Folkstone on Thursday morning. Madame Guizot is still in France. The sympathy of the English people, apart from politi cal considerations, with the fallen fortunes of the ex-king and his ministers is very general; and nothing can exceed the empressement with which several of the nobility and gentry have offered temporary domiciles to the members of the court of the Tuileries. THE FRENCH ROYAL LUGGAGE.—SeveraI packages, covered with oilskin, and addressed to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, were landed at Dover on Sunday night, from her Majesty's packet Widgeon, Hare com mander, from Ostend. They were immediately despatched by the government authorities by the railway to London, and were duly delivered on Monday at Buckingham Palace. They were believed to contain the wearing apparel and effects of his royal highness the Duke de Nemours and other members of the French royal family, who ar rived at Ostend on the same morning. and had subse quently left Dover by train at half-past three, p.m. ARRIVAL OF M. GLTIZOT M. Guizot arrived at Dover on Friday morning by the Ville de Bruges steamer from Ostend. The ex-minister travelled to town by the 4 p.m. express train. On his arrival at the London-bridge terminus he was received by Mr. MacGregor and the officials of the company. M. Guizot was recognised by the bystanders, and there was some slight .cheering as the carriage in which he rode drove out of the station. A Frenchman present, how ever, exhibited an opposite feeling, and cried out " A bas Guizot 1" The ex-minister was enveloped in a large cloak, and carried a glazed portmanteau. He looked careworn and ill. M. Guizot arrived in London at half-past six on Satur day evening. M. de Rabaudy was waiting at the station to receive the ex-minister, and as soon as the train arrived he conducted M. Guizot to a hackney-coach, which drove off to the residence of Mr. Henry Broadwood, in Bryan stone-square. A crowd of persons had collected at the station to see M. Guizot, and a rush was made towards the carriage in which the ex-minister was seated, every person present being eager to catch a glimpse of his person. He was seated in a coupe, in which with him were two gentlemen, and a lady, French, but who did not appear to be con nected with the fallen minister, except as compagnons de • voyage. As M. Guizot stepped out of the carriage - a gentleman addressed him in English and said, " I suppose, sir, you have heard that your daughters have arrived and are safe." M. Guizot took the gentleman's hand, and with some emotion said, " Yes, I have—thank you—God bless you." M. Guizot travelled without any luggage, except a small writing-case, which he carried in his hand. BRITISH WINES.—The home-made wines of England have of late years been so much superior to former quali. ties that their manufacture has become a distinct pursuit; and amongst those who have taken the lead for excellence (more particularly of the Green Ginger Wine) the name of ' Hiles" is familiar to the public. He has, however, now retired from business, and transferred his connexion to Messrs. Groves and Hartley, with such a recommendation as not only reflects credit on themselves, but ensures to th . yrublic a faithful fulfilment of their commands. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS, A CURE FOR BILE, LIVER, STOMACH AND B OWE L COMPLAINTS.—These di seases are most prev a le n t 'i n hot, close, and sult Ober, and if not abated by th e ti m ely use of er medicines fre quently lay the f ou ndation of rders whi c h b ecome incurable, to avoid which t Holloway's Pills, there being no medicine so effi 'ous iu the cure of these com plaints, not only that ey rid the liver of all redundant bile, but they likew' create a keen appetite and perma nently invigorat e constitution. Persons of all ages may take th invaluable Pills with perfect safety, for si'k head . cliordered A , .;ritag.i/s 8 VfealillV:?9: and de bility. March 7, 1848. LAW INTELLIGENCE. DISTRICT COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. BEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER PERRY. IN RE HOWARD HORSELEY.—Mr. Evans, solicitor , applied on behalf of the bankrupt, to obtain the rest?ra: tion of papers and other documents which had been seizes by Mr. Day, one of the messengers of the Court. bfr; Fletcher, of the house of Irlam and Fletcher, represented the assignees, Messrs. Blackburn and Co., under whose authority and guarantee the seizure had been effected: According to the statement of Mr. Evans, the bankrupt had borrowed £l3O f rom a gentleman of the name 04 Jones, to enable him to go to America. £B5 had been paid for the passage of himself, wife, and seven children , and a further portion in making the necessary prepay' tions. A search warrant had been issued, and under this £2O found in the box of the bankrupt, a gold watch and seals, a number of private papers, and recommendaterl letters to persons abroad, had been seized by the messen' ger, at the instance of the assignees, and a silver watch, also belonging to one of the bankrupt's sons. By the detention of his papers, which were elementary to hi success abroad, his journey had been staid, and he was now unable to proceed to his destination. Under these circumstances Mr. Evans contended that any money , as property acquired, an d was not w i thin the meaning, ni which the bankrupt m i g ht b orrow could not be considerei the act. The bankrupt was examined, and stated that beyond the money mentioned, he had none other in 11 possession ; neither had his wife, with the exception of Is. After some little conversation, Mr. Fletcher, on the part of the assignees, consented that the 'money and papers should be given over to the bankrupt, and the inquiry terminated. The Queen's Bench have decided that the News Room at Birmingham is liable to local rates, because not coming within the terms of exemption provided by a late Act for Scientific and Literary Associations. YORKSHIRE SPRING ASSIZES.—On Thursday next, the commission for the Yorkshire Spring Assizes w ill be opened before Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Baron Rolfe. There are sixty-five prisoners for trial, be4des a considera ble number of persons who are out on bail. At the Bankruptcy Court in this town, on Monday, the case of Richard Baynes, flour-dealer, late of Mill-street, was adjourned sine die, the bankrupt not having made the disclosure of his estate and effects sufficiently satisfactory to the commissioner. In the Westminster County Court, on Wednesday, Mr. David Wemyss Jobson, a literary gentleman, sued Mr• James Luke Hansard to recover a suit of £8 Bs., for terary services on a journal called the Spirit of the Time" He had contributed various articles, but which were 1 1 ( 4 inserted. DANGER OF WEDDING WITH A WARD IN CHANCERY. —At the Central Criminal Court, Thursday, S a muel Brown, a man about fifty years of age, a butler, wee found guilty of having given a false statement on the owe-, sion of his ma rr i age . It appeared that the lady lie nal married (who is now only eighteen years of age) is a ware in Chancery, being heiress to about £1 ,100 a-year. SPRING ASSlZES. — Reading, Feb. 29.—Shipton v. the Great Western Railway Company.—This was an a ction to recover damages for very serious injuries sustained 131 the plaintiff, in a collision on the above railway, The" defendants pleaded only not guilty . When th e j ury w ere sworn, a comp rom i se was effected, the defendants con senting to a verdict for £4OO. IMPORTANT DECISION.—On Friday, in the Court of Exchequer, an action was tried which was brought by the widow of George Andrews, to recover compensation from Messrs. Napier, the engineers, under Lord Campbell's Act. Andrews, was a painter, and on the 3rd of August last was painting the paddle-box of a steamer called the North Star, opposite to the entrance to the London Docks. when the Isle of Thanet steamer came up the river. As the Isle of Thanet approached where the North Star was moored, she slackened her speed to avoid th schooner, and a reach to the south side. In doing this she unfortunately struck with her bow the broadside of the barge , and the b arge b e i ng d r i ven against the Nor th Star, Adrews was killed. He was a good workmen , earning, about 355. a week. The Jury, returned a verdict for the plaintiff, estimating her damages at £lOO, and each of her children at £25 ; in the whole £175. CURIOUS CASE OF BREACH OF PROMISE OF MAR" RIAGE.—On Saturday, before Lord Denman, a case was tried, in which Miss Knill, aged forty, sought to recovg from the Rev. Mr. Lewis, aged eighty, an Independent minister at Wootton-under-Edge, damages for a breech of his promise to marry her. The uncle of the lady was also an Independent minister at the same place, and the plaintiff herself, who laid her damages at £l,OOO, i s the mistress of the National School at Wootton. The old gentleman met her at her uncle's in the August of le ayeetiaur,aiwn'atasnacter it ce wa s s m a i r t r t a e n n ge w d it t h ha l t ie th r, ey a s n h d o . u a ld fte b r e a in w arr ee ie4, k's . When the old gentleman returned home he wrote love letters to his lady love, and arrangements were cone' menced for the nuptials. An ill-tempered daughter-in' law stepped in, pronounced the whole proceedings foolish,- rebuked both parties severely, and put an entire stop to the correspondence. The jury found for the plaintie damages.£so. COURT AND FASHION. On Thursday the Queen held a court and priVy cot Iv cil at Buckingham Palace. Prince Albert held a levee. by desire of the Queen, ° II Wednesday. at *t. James's Palate.. wi.;‘.), ttons were very numerous, and among them were observe 6 _, those of the Bish o p an d D ean of Manchester, by -1-"c'" John Russell. Her Majesty has presented Mr. Bartley with a diamond ring in token of the Queen and Prince Albert's approba tion of his readings of Antigone and (Edipus at Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace. The Queen has also presented a splendid gold chain to Mr. Bartholomew, in token of her approval of his versions of the two tragedies . Negociations have been for some time pending be tween her Majesty and the E ar l of Ab er d een for lease of 1 Balmoral Castle, in th e Ab er d eens hi re Highlands, itig her Majesty has taken th a t b eaut if ul place, together with the rignt of sporting over the circunijacent property, in the unexpired term of the lease—a period of not less than twenty-eight years. The furniture will also, it-is under; stood, become h er M a j es t y ' s property. The Queen t thus have a permanent residence in the Highlands 0 ; Scotland. Balmoral is about fifty-five miles from Aber' deen, where doubtless her Majesty and suite will land to take possession of her new acquisition. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL NATIONAL STEEPLE-CHASE, On Wednesday this great national affair came off at Aintree, but, owing to the unfavourable state of th e weather, the attendance was less numerous than on for mer occasions. The Earl of Sefton and G. Payne, Escl;t acted as stewards. The following is a return of the day sport : Firry Sovs. given by the Earl of Sefton, with a Sweep stakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft. Mr. M. Dawslb! c Liston, 3 yrs Lord Chesterfield's br c Sams'on,'3 yrs Mr. Pedley's b g Administrator, 4 yrs Lucy (not placed) made the running, at a brisk pace: followed by Samson, Liston lying welt up, and the rest several lengths behind. No change took place until thel, came to the distance, when Liston went t o th e front, and won by two lengths. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 20 sous. each, 10 ft., with • 100 sous. added. Capt. Little's br g Chandler, list 121 b (Owner) Mr. G. Brettle's ch g The Curate, list 12Ib (Oli v er) 74 29 horses started. The race was admiiably contest Some falls took place ; and Mr. Mason's The Sailor, in the second round, fell and broke his near hind let t - Chandler was the winner by a neck-and-neck sort 0 ' distance. The LIVERPOOL SPRING COP, a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft., with a Cup or 100 sovs. a dd e d •l Mr. M. Blake's ch c Ballinafad, 4 yrs Lord Chesterfield's ch f Lady Lurewell, 4 yrs This race was run thro ug h ou t at a d esperate pace , an d , there was very little var i a ti on i n t h e diff erent pos i t i on s °' the horses from the commencement of the race. TiL e race home between Ballinafad and L a dy Lurewell well contested, and won by the former by a length. WATERLOO COURSING MEETING, OVER ALTCAR, NEAR LIVERPOOL. TUESDAY, FEB. 29, and THURSDAY, MARCH 2- The WATERLOO Cur was won by Sir St. Geo. Gore l° Shade ; Mr. B. B. Robinson's Smut ran up. The ALTCAR STAKES were won by Mr. J. BiackbuiDe 'l Blueskin; Mr. J. Cruso's Cricket ran up. The WATERLOO PURSE was won by Mr. Temple's' Bowling; Mr. Webb's Hylas ran up. HOOTON STEEPLE CHASE. t E e o f s o q f t r h s l e a . taiChnllhaanpral number,erdstos double bn t ee n a lre someyht Stanley, This affair came off on Friday, on the usual ground, IS Stourton. The stewards were John Massey Stanley al l „ height. The attendance from Liverpool, Birkenhead, law scenemst T ooyff h e e waaric f : e tai n to c ninT e a s hwy w e b e e r e cal a l b e d o about a zar a d d o s o e v i gambling went on as on former occasions. The first roc' took place at half-past two o'clock, as follows : A HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES, of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, wi ll ' 100 sovs. added. The winner to pay 20 sovs. towar& the expenses of the ground. Mr. Crawford's The Shaver, Ilst 41b . Mr. Tilbury's Chronometer, lOst 121 b asusiumairegnse—amesinalfl Mr. Elmore's The British Yeoman, list 131 b Mr. M. Canny's The Iron Duke, lOst 31b Mr. Holmes 's Saucepan Three other horses ran, but were not placed. The' was little or no b e tti ng on thi s or th e o th er races . Thera was some sm ar t runn i ng an d goo d l eaps . Th e Shale , won by three lengths. The TALLY-HO STAKES, of 5 sovs. each, with 40 adde d i Mr. Topliam's b g Cruikshank, 6 yrs Lamplugh Mr. S. Willoughby ns gr g Fearnought .. Wainwright Mr. E. W. Topham ns b g Pantaloon, aged.... Myers Four others started, but were not placed. This wssj, beautiful race. Cruikshank and Pal a ti ne t oo k t h e W m the rest well up, and just after taking th e secon d l ea p La . , ft Eleanor fell. On nearing the brook, Mr. Willloughq, horse and Jessie kept company with Cruikshank, speed which made his rider think it " no joke," for f c l immediately applied his " persuaders" to his horse, no pace became first rate. Ind ee d, on t urn i ng i nto strat s ', running, the lot were racing, but at one of the .jumps r is latine fell, and spilt his rider—the horse still keeping:;,.. place, just as if he was still in the race. He was, In t o ever, caught at the en d o f th e fi rs t roun d. Th e othf lo carried on the running•to the finish, which ended in fa" of Cruikshank, by about a length. nit. There was a third race, but of minor interest. multitude then then took their several ways homeward. Lam plugh Rackley' ',` • • Bevil! 0 4 Wynne ~, the fac Profes s e a to Pal trat b ench H E airs riority ded w, t sedan , the (10 4 as sh e et% /101.1t1c( la dy der h e, C on . lad y a the h o tion tc A C to ent( in the bra n d, at 18 s : 44 0 PU/np 3( erring Colons ablee of the Yellin ; numb !ng ar intere me be he and in the about denly