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Varlidnuntan? tkoretbings. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY The Income Tax Bill was read a third time and gassed. There was a short discussion on the Chartist demon stration, during which Lord LANSDOWNE complimented the people on their behaviour, and Lard BROUGHAM, who made is first appearance for mblage of large bodies the session, contended that the asset of people, not for the purpose of discussion, but intir dation; was decidedly illegal. The Duke of WELLINGTON concurred in this view, and he absolute necessity of some measure to put down eek, had kei m blages s. week atte ,t the me- tropolis in a state of terror and alarm HOUSE OF COMMONS MONDAY Mr. F. O'CoNNon presented two petitions, signed b parliam en ,s, untve ot, equa electoral districts, no property qualification, and payment of members.—(The petitions were of monstrous dimen- d brouilit to the house in cab The Bill for the better security of the Crown and Go vernment was read a second time by the unprecedented majority of 417, viz., 452 against 35. Mr. Smith O'Brien, Mr. Hume, Mr. Wakley, Mr. Bright, and others, opposed the Bill wholly or in part, but after other divisions on the measure, it was ordered spe- daily for committee mat day HOUSE OF LORDS TUESDAY The Duke of BEAUFORT, with reference to the presence of numerous foreigners in this country, presumed to be emissaries from the French capital, such classes of persons baying taken prominent parts in the revolutions of Prus sia and Italy, begged to ask whether, since the repeal of the Alien Act, there was any power in the hands of the Government enabling the removal of foreigners, and if such power did not exist whether it was the intention of Governmentto take any steps with reference to the mat ter ? He also wished to know whether her Majesty's Mi nisters bad any intention of putting down a society calling itself " The National Convention ?" The. Marquis of LANSDOW NE replied, that by no mea sure at present enacted could aliens in this country be controlled otherwise than as her Majesty's subjects ; but, in answer to the question put to him by the noble duke as to whether it was the intention of the Government to take any steps on the subject, he begged to state that he held in his hand a bill to provide powers for the removal of aliens in cases where such removal was considered neces sary. Desirable, as he thought it was, that this country should on all occasions afford hospitc.lity to all those 'oreigners, whether monarchial, constitutional, or republi can, who may visit these shores, and came prepared to obey the laws during the residence they obtained under the favour of the law ; yet he could not conceal from himself, when he saw the causes now in operation—when he saw the increased number of foreigners in London— when he regarded the peculiar circumstances under which they had visited this country—when he knew they came under various influences, and those not the accustomed ones of pleasure or business, but of a totally different description—he could not but think it fitting that the Government should have vested in them the power, for a limited time, in certain cases, to compel the departure of any such persons as they might deem fit. That was the opinion of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland as well as the rest of her Majesty's Ministers. The noble marquis was understood to defer or decline answering the question as to " The National Convention." _ __ _ _ After a few words from Lords Brougham and Malmes bury, the bill was read a first time. Lord BROUGHAM, in asking whether there was any objection to the production of the correspondence between the British Government and the British Minister at Turin, in reference to the affairs of the north of Italy, took oc casion to notice the recent political events which have transpired in that portion of Europe. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, it was understood, granted the correspondence asked for, intimating at the same time that he thought it necessary to speak cautiously with reference to a state with which England was on the most friendly terms. Her Majesty's Government had advised the King of Sardinia not to interfere, but unsuccessfully, and had communicated with Austria on the subject. It wa. a matter of regret to the Government that the King of Sardinia had not taken the advice which had been tendered him. HOUSE OF COMMONS.— TUESDAY On . the motion that the Speaker leave the chair to go into committee on the Crown and Government Security Bill,. Mr. S. CRAWFORD diviied the house against the mo tion ; and the result was, that the question was carried by a majority of 321 to 19. Mr. B. COCHRANE gave notice of his intention to move for leave to bring in a bill to amend the law for the reco very of small debts. Mr. J. O'CONNELL then moved for leave to tring in a bill to repeal the legislative union between Great Britain and Ireland, and to enable her Majesty to summon her Parliament in Ireland.—Alter some discussion, the de bate was adjourned. -_-f-- HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY The House was engaged with discussing the third clause of the Crown and Government Security Bill, in which, though no real pi ogress was made. Lord John Russell an nounced a very important modification, viz. :—that that part of the bill relating to spoken words shall be temporary only, not permanent, as was originally intended. HOUSE OF 'LORDS.--Tnugsnwv Lord REDESDALE moved for a return of all the Jesuits who had applied for leave to reside in the United King dom since the commencement of the present year. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that no such return could be produced, as there was no evidence of any appli cation from the Jesuits for leave to reside in this country since the passing of the Catholic Emancipation Act. The noble Marquis next moved the second reading of the Alien Act. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGU was afraid it would be ut terly inoperative unless very stringent provisions were in troduced into it in reference to passports and registration. Earl GREY said that though the provisions of the pre sent measure were not such as to secure a complete regis tration of all the foreigners who came to this country, yet it would give the government the most complete power of removing all aliens who abused the hospitality they re ceived. Lord BEAUMONT did not consider that anything had occurred to justify the introduction of an Alien Act. The noble lord then rushed off to break a lance with Lord Brougham, in defence of the King of Sardinia and the Pope, whose conduct in Italy he contended was most jus tifiable, while the government of Austria had been most despotic and tyrannical. Lord BROUGHAM again declared that the King of Sar dinia was actuated by ambition, and the Pope by a mis chievous love of popularity, and by a fear of the Roman mob. Both those sovereigns had betrayed their trust. He hoped his noble friend would obtain the Pope's abso lution for the mischief he had done by coming forward to defend the Roman Pontiff. Lard STANLEY deeply regretted that the new bill would not be so efficient as it might have been. An Alien Act was an interference with the rights of hospitality ; and, therefore, the government had very properly made it a temporary measure. But in his opinion one of two things ought to be done—either the government ought not to interfere with the existing law ; or if they did in terfere they should take care to do so to a sufficient extent to effect their object. The noble lord then passed in re view the rest of the government measures for the preser vation of the public peace, especially in Ireland, and com plaining that they had been too long delayed, sat down, expressing an earnest hope that no time would be lost in taking measures for preventing that general arming with avowed hostile intentions which was now going on in Ireland. The bill was read a second time, and Is to be committed on Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY. After Sir W. Somerville had given a direct contradic tion to the indirect assertion of Mr. J. O'Connell, that Colonel Browne had employed an individual in Dublin to order the manufacture of pikes, Mr. THORNELY brought up a special report from the committee on public petitions, in which the Chartist petition was roughly handled, as elsewhere noticed. Mr. W. FAG., after pointing out in detail the grie vances inflicted by the tax commonly called " ministers' money" upon the Roman Catholic inhabitants of Ire land, moved that on Tuesday next the House should renolvc iteclf into a cow wittee 1.6 liwto cvnaidcration titc act itnpocing it Sir V. I:3OMERVILLE admitted the grievance, which previous ministers had been desirous of removing, but could find no substitute for the tax. ,He was willing to grant a select committee of inquiry. After.a long and acrimonious discussion, there sere— For the committee, 149 ; against it, 73. Majority, 76. Mr. Hunt: moved that the Attorney-General be directed to prosecute Mr. Attwood for bribery at Lyme Regis, as der report of the committee, and quoted the prosecutions instituted against Mr. Swann and Sir M. Lopez for similar bribery, as.precedents for such course. Mr. G. BANKE3 contended that the precedents quoted by Mr, Hume did not apply. Mr. Swami and Sir M. Loper, Lad been both unseated for bribery by the report of elation committees, whereas Mr. Attwood was not a candidate for the borough of Lyme Regis, and was only collaterally engaged in the election. It was not fair to bring on such a motion at so late an hour of the night, when no member of the Election Committee, was present. Mr. Hume, being thus appealed to, agreed to withdraw his motion and to bring it oc upon a future day, HOUSE OF LORDS.—Famal. Lord STANLEY called attention to the enormous amount of business pressed upon the Lords towards the conclusion of evert- session, leaving them no power of sufficiently considering their respective merits. One mode of palli ating the evil would be to allow their lordships a greater power in originating bills • but lie believed the remedy he bat° propose would b e f ound l less objectionable. it was n effect, that by act of parliament their lordships might have power to postpone bills that might come up from the Commons at a period too late for con s id e r a tio n un til th e commencement of the ensuing session. This would give their lordships sufficient employment at the commence ment of a session ; and the additional advantage would be gained of haying the opinion of the country upon them ditring therecess. The noble lord concluded by moving the first reading of a bill to carry out his suggestion. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE entirely concurred in the principle of the bill, and thanked the noble lord for having proposed it. He assented to the first reading of the bill, rese rving to himself, however, the right of considering its details in its subsequent ltages. titter a abort eonfersation'. the hill was mid a tiret time, t h e wow ! reatiiPg Win; pe,AptmEtl till alter the Ewter cwt., HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FazDAY On the motion that the Speaker leave the chair, to go into committee on' the Crown and Government , Security Bill, a lengthened discussion took place. but eventually, on a division, the motion for going into committee was carried by a majority of 287 to 33. The house then went into committee, and the discus sion on the third clause lasted between eleven and twelve at length moved that the chairman report d ask leave to sit again, in order to enable the government to correct the blundering which was but too Mr. H obvious in the framing of the clause. The house divided, and the motion was negatived by a majority of 305 to 48 Again the discussion was resumed, and amendments were proposed, some of which were acceded to. Others led to so much difference of opinion, as to the terms in which they were couched, that at length Mr. \YAK LEY moved that the chairman report progress, with a view to so framed he hous might know what it was voting upon The house again divided, and Mr. Wakley's motion was defeated by a majority of 270 to 32. The house then divided upon the question, that the clause as amended stand part of the bill, and it was carried in the affirmative, by a majority of 242 to 50. After some discussion on the fourth clause, the house once more divided upon the question, that it stand part of of 221 to 33 The report was ordered to be brought up on Monday FOREIGN AND COLONIAL THE FRENCH REVOLUTION The Paris papers of Wednesday are filled with extracts from the London journals of Monday, detailing the pro ceedings of the Chartists, of the Government, and of the Parliament, on that day, in respect of the Chartist demonstration. Generally speaking their sympathies are with the Chartists, but the Debats and other respectable prints express their satisfaction at the triumph of order in the British metropolis. A deputation of four distinguished persons presented to the Provisional Government on Tuesday an address from the Republic of Venice congratulating them on the establishment of a Republic in France, and soliciting its sympathies and aid. Domestic deputations having had their day, the Pro- visional Government appears now besieged by the Clubs, who come daily with suggestions for the better conduct ing of public affairs, with offers of support, and pledging themselves to give effect to the decrees of Government, particularly that one which placed under the nrotection of French honour the foreigners resident in the capital. The failure of the Bank of Thurneyssen and Co., on Tuesday, cansed increased gloom in Paris. M. Lamartine had received from the Ministers of Spain and Russia respectively assurances of the most friendly dispositions towards the French Republic. It would appear that the silly story was yet current that Lord Brougham was about to avail himself of the facility furnished by one of the multitudinous decrees of the Provisional Government, which enables foreigners resi dent in France two years to claim letters of naturaliza tion, in order to offer himself as a candidate for a seat in the National Assembly ! The movement of the troops, which were to form a part of the army of the Alps continued. Two battalions of the 20th Regiment of Light Infantry had left Marseilles, and the Bth Regiment of Hussars bad marched from Moulins for that destination. The first Battalion of of Riflemen of Vincennes had taken up on the extreme frontier. The Moniteur publishes a circular addressed by M. Armand Marrast to all the Mayors of Paris, requesting them to adopt severe measures against the lodgers and shopkeepers who refused to pay their rent to the proprie tors within their respective jurisdictions. _ La Liberte announces the arrival in Paris of the 61st Regiment of the Line coming from Meaux. A regiment of cuirassiers also arrived in Paris on Tuesday. One of our letters states that " some merriment was occasioned by the gravity with which the armed citizens (still out of uniform), who were on guard at the Tuileries, saluted them as they defiled before them." The Afonileur des Clubs states, that the Provisional Government has resolved unanimously that there shall be a great popular festival within the next week, at. which the army shall fraternise with the people and the National Guard. A banquet is to be given in the Champ de Mars, at which the Provisional Government is to assist The troops are not, however, to remain in Paris, but are to march directly after the banquet to the frontiers of Italy. It has been decided that the Palace of the Louvre shall be connected by additional buildings with that of the Tuileries, and that the Royal library shall be deposited there. The entire pile will thus form the largest museum and library in the world. The Paris papers of Thursday contain no domestic news of importance, if we except the occurrence of emeutes and disturbances at Havre, Troyes, Bezieres, and various other parts of France. With the exception of the incessant marching of armed and unarmed bodies of men through the streets, Paris was tranquil. The Monileur of Friday publishes tho weekly account of the situation of the Bank of France, which is nega tively satisfactory : the situation of the Bank had neither improved nor become worse. The elections and the preparations for war continue, however, to distract public attention from the contempla tion of the financial and commercial crisis. Party feeling in respect of the former was beginning to display itself in very unsatisfactory forms. The promotions in the army and other movements led to the belief that in a very brief space of time France would be engaged in a foreign war. The riots in various parts of the Republic were assum ing a formidable character. An additional instance of military revolt had also occurred. Two - seizures of arms took place in Paris on Wednesday last. On Thursday morning the provisional government communicated their plan of the appropriation of the rail ways, all of which are henceforward to belong to the state. The companies are to be indemnified by government stock, the value of which, together with the value of the shares, are to be estimated by their price on Bourse on one and the same day, hereafter to be appointed. M. de Rumigny, one of the two of Louis Philippe's aides-de-camp, who followed him into exile, returned to Paris two days ago. ITALY Intelligence has been received from Naples, according to which the Earl of Minto has returned to that city, and publicly testified his dissatisfaction at the " versatile" conduct of the King, who, on his side, has treacherously withdrawn all his premises to the Sicilians, and resolved to treat them as rebels. The people of Sicily, however, will not be put down so easily as his Majesty supposes. The official morning bulletin of Milan of the 6th inst. announces that the province of Brescia is entirely evacu ated by the Austrians, who have effected their retreat to the left banks of the Mincio, harassed by the Swiss and Italian sharpshooters, who have caused them a great loss in superior officers. Skirmishes had taken place on the 4th beyond the Chiese, between the Piedmontese and the Austrian rear, commanded by Prince Schwartzenberg. The latter was worsted with a loss of 50 dead and 600 pri soners. Prince Schwartzenberg retired to Pescheira, where he left 2500 men, and afterwards proceeded to Ve rona. The Austrian troops who had lately garrisoned Venice, Udine, Treviso, and Vicenzs, 13,000 in number, re-assembled in Styria, where they received ord e rs from Radetxky to march to Verona. On their way they left 600 deserters. The Piedmontese troops forming the centre of the army under the command of Charres Albert, and the right wing towards Piacenza, are calcu lated to be about 40,000 men. Thousands of volunteers are arriving daily. The Austrians blow up the bridges wherever they pass. The last of their columns quitted Desenzano (Lake of Gards) on the 4th, for Verona. Ge neral Allemandi, at the head of his vonnteers, has driven the Austrians from their positions of Lorato. Montechian, and Castiglion della Striviere. Ho was marching, by the last accounts, upon Peschiera, to try to take it by assault. The Austrians have taken the fort of Leguano, on the Adige, below Verona—an advantage of considerable im portance. . . The Sardinian ambassador in Switzerland has asked for 10,000 men, to be taken into the pay of the King of Pied mont, to be employed in Italy. _ _ _ The Society of the Jesuits has been finally ordered to quit tlic capital of the " Catholic" world, and their colleges suppressed and their head-quarters removed, with general and staff out of Rome. Where they will next set up their central banner is a puzzle. Not in Italy, most assuredly, every one of the states of the peninsula having shown unanimity in considering them the foes of freedom. DENMARK The King of Denmark has resolved to grant a constitu tion to his people, and has published a manfesto announc ing the fact. In it he declares that finding it impossible to grant a constitution based on the principles laid down in his rescript of January 28, he revokes the said rescript, and annuls the choice of delegates that may have been made in virtue of it. On the other hand he convokes the pro vincial states both for Denmark of the Duchy of Schles wig, in order that they may give an opinion —first, as to the convocation of a general diet, to which a new charter is to be submitted, and a re-organisation of the provincial states ; and two, an electoral law, having for its object the formation of a general diet. BELGIUM A few days ago a body of between 400 and 500 Belgian workmen, who had gone from France, passed the frontier at Rousbruggh e . They were unarmed, but the authori ties sent some forces in that direction. They adopted, however, measures to conciliate the respect due to unfor tunate countrymen with the precautions required for ge neral security. SPAIN.— Accounts from Madrid, -dated the 6th, an. nounce the arrival there of th e D u k e an d D uc h ess o f Montpensier. Their Royal Highnesses experienced a very flattering reception from the populace. They were met at the barrier by the queen and queen mother, and pro ceeded to the palace, .where they remain till the departure of the court for Aramuez. Madrid papers of the 7th inst. mention tumults at Barcelona, which h a d, however, been suppressed, and come of the ringleaders shot. Olozago, on his way to Cadiz, had esmped from theofticers'ir, whose custody he had been placed. On the night of the 9th inst., Madrid was thrown into some alarm, in consequence of shots being tired by sentinels on groups of individuals wbo did not return siitiQfaetory replies to their challenges. One man was killed, and a woman was wounded. PORTVGAL.—Aceounts which have been received from Lisbon to the Ist instant, announce the composition of a new ministry, SS follows :—The Duke of Saliianha, presi dent of the council ; Senhor Gongv. de Castro, foreign §l5llll Nalt9r boo juts.tie. i Et alloy Falcao, finance; Baron de Francos, war; Baron de Ourem, ma rine. The first act of the new ministry was to issue a de cree announcing that the Cortes should remain open to the 2d of June. Liszt, the celebrated pianist, has gone to Hungary, his native country, where he has been not only elected as one of the members of the Legislative Assembly, but ap pointed, one of the vice-presidents. The Austrian Government has forbidden the exporta tion of gold or silver till the end of June. A number of coloured persons, both free and slave, were arrested in New Orleans on the Sth ult., for the crime of assembling to worship God ! A New Orleans paper mentions, as an evidence of their criminality, that one of them had a bible and three prayer-books. IRELAND military officers in Dublin who may be seen to heir barracks in plain clothes will be placed under Mr. Mitchell, in addition to the prosecution for sedition, has to meet a charge of Chief Justice Blackburne, arising out of Mr. Mitchell's criticisms on the special commission. A visit was paid to theetspeal meeting in Conciliation hall on Monday by Rear Admiral Sir Charles Napier, now commanding a squadron on the Irish coast. Sir Charles was introduced by Mr. Maurice O'Connell, and remained some time as a curious listener. The " Protestant National Repeal Association" seems likely to drop still-born from the womb. There is a good deal of hard puffing" on the part of the Repeal Jour nals, who are endeavouring to infuse into it some sem blance of animation, but it " makes no sign." SLIGO ELECTION. —The nomination took place on Friday week. The candidates were Mr. John Patrick Somers, the unseated Conciliation-hall member, and Charles Towneley, Esq., of Towneley-hall, Lancashire, an English Roman Catholic, and a whig in politics. Mr. Towneley was elected ; he is brother to John Towneley, Esq., M.P., for Beverley; and brother-in-law to the Earl of Sefton, and to C. P. Grenfell, Esq., M.P., for Preston. A tenant-farmer, holding 200 acres of land in the neighbourhood of Clogheen, has been sentenced by Ser geant Howley to three months' imprisonment, for having arms in his possession without a license. On looking over the informations, the learned Sergeant discovered that the prisoner had " damned the Queen and the laws," &c., and this, no doubt, induced the learned judge to pass so heavy a sentence. Every one is aware of the fervour with which,' when appended to an Advertisement, " None but a Protestant need apply," is reprobated by our liberal commentators ; yet we have looked in vain to their columns for any cer,• sure of the recommendation in the Dublin Nation that " the servants, the butlers, the coachmen, the footmen and gardeners," in every house should be " organised" against the families that feed them. A cry is now being raised that the destruction of the church would satisfy moderate repealers, and the cry has been responded to by several not uninfluental whigs— gentlemen who have ridden into lucrative places on the strength of party agitation, and who can see nothing but ruin in the prospect of a fusion of respectable men of all shades of politics—a consummation which might be achieved under such statesmanship as that which now guides the councils of Dublin Castle. The Lord Bishop of Killaloe (the Hon. and Right Rev. Ludlow Tonson) has, by the demise of his brother, Lbrd Riversdale, which event took place, a few days since, at the family seat in the County of Cork, succeeded to the title and estates. This amiable prelate, who is unmarried, is the most eloquent pulpit orator in Ireland. Charity, indeed, seems to have selected him as her advocate, as his appeals in her behalf are irresistible. COERCIVE MEASURES.—We ;lave heard that one of the six acts passed in the year 1819, the period of the Man chester riots, against training, drilling, arming, and meet ings encouraging to such deeds, and which was heretofore considered as only extending to England, has been found to embrace Ireland also, and is likely to be enforced in the course of the present week. The penalty attached to a conviction under this act is two years' imprisonment, or seven years' transportation. The act is the 60th Geo. 111., chap. I.—Dublin Herald. MILITARY REPEALERS.—At Armagh two or three of the 57th regiment, lately showed signs of at least very questionable loyalty. One fellow in particular shouted lustily for " Repeal," and was soon after sent to the county gaol, and marched a prisoner from town next morning. On Sunday week the Romanist soldiers at Clon mel attended mass at the chapel, when many of them signed the petition for repeal, which was reported at head quarters. At Ballinasloe six of the Scots Greys have been placed under arrest for having hurrahed for repeal. THE ORANGEMEN AND THE REBELS.—The revolu tionary agitators in Ireland have recently been making overtures to the loyal Orange body to " fraternise" with rebellion ; and on Thursday a formal address to them, full of solicitations to that effect, was adopted by the Committee of Trades. The Orangemen have lost no time in vindicating their fidelity to the Queen and consti tution, and their reply is a prompt, bold, and decisive refusal to co-operate, which no " pikeman or Thug" can possibly misunderstand. ANOTHER GROWL. FOR MONEY.—John Archbishop of Tuam has addressed a letter to Lord John Russell, and which, to say the least, f ully bears out this modest prelate's reputation as a scold of the very highest order of merit. He demands more money out of the Imperial Treasury, pretty much after the fashion of the beggar in Gil Bias, and is not ashamed to assert that the whole object of the enactment of the Poor Law was to rid Ireland of the Roman Catholic population. " His Grace" is, moreover, particularly angry with the- recent declaration of confi dence in the government of Lord Clarendon, and inti mates that the total subversion of the established church would be a step in the right direction. A " PIKE " ESTABLISHMENT. —Curiosity led me to day to visit Hyland's pike manufactory in Charles-street, within half pistol-shot of the Four Courts. Outside is a sign-board with a pike painted thereon. Inside the pic ture, is realised, for I saw half- -dozen pikes spread forth on the dingy counter, and two purchasers comparing the_ size, strength, and polish of the various blades. There was no secret or mystery about the sale. Hyland vended his wares openly, and boasts of the extent of his trade, which keeps up five furnaces and twice the number of an vils—all busy with pikes. The night sales, I understand, are considerable. The persons I saw purchasing were of the better class, at least in appearance.—Dublin Corres pondent of the Daily News. STATE Of THE PROVINCES.—The intelligence from the provinces is, upon the whole, of a rather disagreeable character. The arms' mania seems to be growing more infectious, and the demand for pikes and rifles is particu larly brisk in the county of Limerick, the provincial head quarters of the Irish Confederates. In addition, there has been in the same quarter a run made on the savings banks on Monday, amounting to 14,000/., while notices have been given for the withdrawal of double that sum. . " As almost a necessary consequence of the run on the savings bank," adds the Examiner, "a run of a more partial cha racter on the Provincial Bank has occured. The savings bank pays depositors in notes of the Provincial Bank, and when the sums are received most of the depositors repair to the Provincial Bank, and demand, and of course are paid, gold for the notes." CHALKING DOORS.—Before the rebellion of '9B it was the custom to put a mark on the doors of Protestants, that the pike-men might know where their victims were to he found. Here and there - the figure of a pike is chalked on the doors in this city. On one of the ,quays a few days ago, a maid-servant in the morning found the door of the house she lived in thus distinguished, but she rubbed off the chalk. On the following morning the mark, we understand, was made with paint. The servant, who is a Protestant, having occasion, in the course of the day, to attend a place where some persons of the humbler classes were assembled, one of them said to her, " There's but three of you on the quay." " What do you mean ?" inquired the girl. " Why but three Protestants," was the answer, " and you'd better take care." We cannot vouch for the truth of this, but we give it as we have heard it. There are on the quay but three houses occu pied by Protestants, and the door of each has, we believe, bean marked. Pikes are publicly inquired after by those who can't afford a gun. Guns with bayonets ere in great request.—Cork Constitution. THE STATE TRIALS.—At the opening of the Easter term, in Dublin, on Saturday, the traversers, Mr. W. S. O'Brien, M.P., Mr. Thomas Francis Meagher, and Mr. John Mitchell, entered the court shortly before twelve o'clock. Justice Crampton took his seat at twelve, and, the grand jury having been sworn, delivered his charge to them at some length. After referring to the nature of the evidence by which they would be guided in the con sideration of the bills about to be sent up to them, and the nature of their jurisdiction as compared with a petty jury, the learned Judge concluded by saying that the de termination of the guilt or innocence of the parties rested' with the grand jury in the first instance, and if they were satisfied that the writings and the speeches charged in the indictment were written and spoken by the parties charged, with the views and motives imputed to them, were libellous and seditious in character, they would find true bills: but if not satisfied iu that respect, they should ignore them. When the learned Judge had concluded, the bills were immediately handed up to the grand jury, who, after about an hour's deliberation, returned with a true bill against Mr. Mitchell, to whom a copy of the indictment was handed. True bills were subsequently found against Messrs. O'Brien and Meagher. INSURANCE CASE.—At Cork Criminal Court, on Fri day, Hugh Kinnears was found guilty of a conspiracy, with others to defraud the Britannia Insurance company. The Judge, in passing sentence, said, " It appears that on the 30th May, 1846, you joined with others in conspiring to maintain an insurance in your favour for a sum of £492, effected on the life of a person named John M'Mahon. You have also been charged with carrying out that con spiracy by making false pretences to the agent of the com pany, and of that the jury have likewise found you guilty. You have been charged with having in furtherance of your object put forward these false pretences, with the full knowledge of the falsehood of everything you had so pretended. The jury, on all these propositions having been placed before them, have without difficulty or hesi tation come to the conclusion that you were guilty upon the general indictment. Under such circumstances, it remains for me to pass upon you the sentence to which, in my judgment, you ought to be subject. It appears that upon the insurances so effected you received a sum of £499. According to the verdict of the jury that sum has got into your pocket unjustly, dishonestly and fraudu lently." The prisoner was sentenced to pay a fine to the crown of £5OO, and to be imprisoned for six months, and until the fine be paid. REPEAL roe. laELANn..---We say again, in the name of all that is crazy, let them have repeal. Let them try their " Domestic Legislature " once again. Let them pay for their own government. Let them pay their own in come-taxes. Let them pay their own assessed taxes. Let them support, unassisted, their own officers of state — their own share of the civil list expenditure—their own prime minister—their own secretaries of state—their own , generals—their own admirals---their (Pith share of rbt army ' land navy—their own judges—their own colleges—their own gentry—their own shopkeepers—their own navvies, and—thew own poor. Let them pay their own debts. Let them keep their own soup kitchens, and their own meal depots. Let them make their own railroads. Let them job their own jobs—in Church and in State. Let them farm their own lands—with their own capital. Let them (if they can) collect their own rates ; and (if not) suffer, themselves alone, the consequence of their own default. Let them have their own trade, their own manufactures, their own commerce—and no more. And, besides all this, let them make their own laws—and, when made. obey them. When all this is done—then we too, with them, shall see and believe in the feasibility of a " Domestic Legislature "—but not till then. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.-Mr. Thomas Arkins presided over a crowded assembly at the meeting of Old Ireland ers on Monday. A gentleman of grotesque appearance, with hair dishevelled and other peculiarities of dress, or rather undress, was recognised as Dr. O'Reilly, of Anna, county Cavan, and, having handed in his subscription, proceeded to deliver a rambling speech on a variety of topics peculiarly interesting to himself, and which he omits no opportunity of laying before the public. He descanted on the military achievements of his ancestors — their fidelity to the House of Stuart—his recent alliance with an English Protestant lady, and other subjects, the general importance of which the audience were stupid enough not to recognise, and he at length desisted, in obedience to a hint from Mr. M. J. O'Connell that " their time was particularly precious just now." Mr. M. J. O'Connell then proposed a resolution expressing the association's disgust and indignation at the bill just brought in by ministers for the protection of the crown and government. He also moved that it be referred to a committee to take the opinion of counsel on the conven tion act, in order that they might form the icational Council of 300, meditated by O'Connell. The meeting was warned against the Confederates. The rent was announced to be £52 19s. 7d. THE COLD WATER CURE.—At a repeal meeting in a club-room, at Belfast, a few days since, a person named Rea was recommending a general arming, and the pur chafe of rifles, when, lo I to his astonishment the hose of a water-engine was directed to one of the open windows overlooking the mob, and the water began to fall in tor rents on the unhappy auditors below. It being then quite dark, the people did not observe whence the water came, and could not tell what was the cause. The cheering, which had hitherto been most vociferous, soon subsided, and all the revolutionary, spark that had been burning in their bosoms but a moment before now became entirely extinguished ; and every individual in the square, leaving the speaker in his glory, scampered off with the utmost precipitation, but not until they were nearly all completely drenched. The hose was then turned into the windows in the club-room, where Mr. Rea still stood, magnani mously endeavouring to rally the auditory, but his efforts were fruitless. The other members in the room took to immediate flight, when the water came in upon them in immeasurable quantities, and the rush to force open the door and get down the stairs was tremendous. At this period it was stated that a man was seen on the top of one of the houses that overlooked the rooms with the hose in his hand, directing the discharges, upon the people, and some of the individuals in the room, whose curiosity prompted them to examine for a moment, by going to the front of the window, the supposed place whence the water came, found to their cost that there was too much truth in the statement. Several of the more courageous bolted down stairs in a towering passion to get stones to dislodge the house-top occupant, but just as they had opened the door below a water-spout broke upon them, and they were obliged to shut the door again in all haste. Some of the more warlike in the house, in the height of their ardour, made several fruitless inquiries for pistols or swords, or any such available weapons, in order to punish the offender. During all this time Mr. Rea remained at the window, manfully and patriotically scorning to take refuge by flight, though the water was playing upon him in the most liberal manner. It is doing him but poor justice to say that he never flinched one inch from his post during all these trying circumstances. He at length, however, became " teetotally " silent. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. " See what bad company I have been in at Kennington Common," said Mr. Feargus O'Connor ; "my colleagues have picked my pocket." "What have you lost ?" in quired Sir William Somerville. "My pocket handker chief." " Oh," rejoined the right hon. bart., with that readiness and tact for which he is so distinguished, '' Oh, I thought it was your resolution.'" THE CHARTIST "NATIONAL CONVENTION."—This body still continues its sittings, but its proceedings have been utterly devoid of interest. Since the failure of the demonstration on Kennington Common, the language of the speakers has been somewhat less violent and vaunting than before. One amusing circumstance is that one of the leading delegates, Mr. Ernest Jones, has been arrested for debt. THE CHARTIST LEADER FRIGHTENED.—After the ex traordinary exposure of the moster petition in the House of Commons on Friday, Mr. O'Connor informed the house that " he should abandon his motion for taking the Chartist petition into consideration on Friday. He would not practice any delusion upon the house himself, nor be accessory to the practice of any delusion by others. He left the petition between the house and the country, and also between the committee and those who signed it." THE CHARTIST LION ASLEEP.—After the division had been taken in the House of Commons, on Friday, on the Crown Security Bill, the tellers appeared at the table, and informed the speaker, amidst the laughter of the house, that Mr. O'Connor was asleep during the whole of the division ! The hon. member having been called up. and asked how he intended to vote, replied, "with the Ares," an announcement which, being in opposition to all his previous votes, had the effect of producing irrepressible mirth. THE REMOVAL OF ALIENS.—The bill brought in by Government for. the purpose of getting rid of foreign emissaries of mischief, simply provides that the secretary of state, or viceroy, of Ireland shall have power to issue a warrant for the removal from the country of any sus picious foreigner, and that the latter, on disobeying the warrant, shall be liable to apprehension and commitment to prison for 12 months, and then be sent out of the kingdom. Foreigners who have been settled here for seven years are not affected by the bill. THE CHARTIST CONVENTION.—At a meeting of the delegates in London, Mr. Clark drew the attention of the Convention to the Alien Bill introduced last night into the House of Lords, by the Marquis of Lansdowne, and said, that if it were to be put in force he should be glad to see it applied to " a person' called Prince Albert," and also to M. Guizot. Notice of motion was given against the Bill. A Committee was appointed to consider the mode of pay ing the delegates. Mr. O'Connor, M.P., declared that as soon as Sir G. Grey's Treason and Sedition Bill passed into ‘t law, he would that moment avow himself to be a Republican. He would certainly move for the impeach ment of Ministers. NEW POLITICAL ASSOC/ATION.—At a meeting of the members of Parliament, held at the Free Trade Club, in London, on Thursday, on a requisition, signed by 49 mem bers, including Messrs. Hume, Cobden, Osborne, Selby, Sir W. Molesworth, Lord D. Stuart, &c., Mr. Hume acting as chairman, and Sir Joshua Walmesley as secre tary, the following resolution was unanimously adopted : —"That a more cordial co-operation is earnestly requested among such members of Parliament as are favourable to the extension of the suffrage and an equitable arrange ment of taxation, reduction of expenditure, and the gene ral advance of reform principles throughout Great Britain and Ireland." A committee was appointed. ' THE COBDEN FUND.—The following significant letter appears, without note or comment in the Manchester Guardian of Wednesday last :—" Sir,—l am a partner in a firm which contributed handsomely to the Cobden tes timonial fund, and although the subscription has been closed several months, I have not seen any account re specting the disposal of the money. I, as well as several other friends who contributed, have made many inquiries about it, but have not been able to learn anything satis factory. Can you, sir, inform me whether the testimonial has been presented to Mr. Cobden, and if so, in what shape and to what amount, and whether Mr. Cobden has acknowledged the receipt of the same ?—I remain, si r , yours respectfully, 11.8. THE. MONSTER PETITION.—This Petition, like the great demonstration got up for Monday last, turns out to „ . be a veritable hoax. The number of signatures attached to it amounted, according to Mr. Feargus O'Connor's statement, to between five and six millions, and he claimed attention to it mainly on that ground. We understand from the very best authority, that so far from the peti tioners numbering fire millions, they fall short of two, whilst the credence attaching to the veracity of the signa tures may, be judged from the fact, that not only is the name of .Queen Victoria appended to it, but the Duke of Wellington is attached nearly twenty times. Almost every slang name known to Englishmen, such as Snooks, Pugnose, and other nicknames, figure in thousands, and the very coarsest words, of the most vulgar and disgrace ful meaning, are found in most unholy abundance. — Errand boy, about fourteen, in a stationer's shop, speak ing to his master :—” I've had such a capital lark, Sir, signing my name to the Chartist. Petition. I always signs it when I goes over the bridge and when I comes back." Now, as his master tells me his business regularly takes hiM twice each way every day during the year, it would give, deducting Sundays, 1,252 of his signatures alone during the year; and, as hundreds of others no doubt think it. fine fun, it would soon make up the 5,760,000. A MAN Os MIGHT.—At a meeting of the " National Convention." held in London on Monday last, Mr. Feargus O'Connor is reported to have said, in reference to his own courage and prowess—" I have scars and marks of bayonet wounds which I have received whilst struggl ing for the people; and on one occasion, at Manchester, after a disturbance, there were no less than ninety-three warrants issued against me, at the instance of parties who had been injured by me in the exercise of the conflict. On the same occasion, I was carried away by the mob in a state of insensibility, bleeding from my wounds, and I am equally determined to exercise my courage to-day, notwithstanding the threats that have been held out against ny life."—Mercy upon us ! what a terrible fellow the Chartist member for Nottingham must be ! Why all we have read of, in prose or verse, in history or romance, falls short of his prowess in fight. The heroes of the Trojan war, the paladins of Charlemagne, and the worthies of knight-errantry, must all look small before him. Ni4ety-three persons injured by him to one fight (how many more were injured, but did not complain, we are left to guess) obtained warrants against him. It must have been a wonderful affair. But, pray, when did it all happen ? We profess to have some little knowledge of what has been going on in Manchester during the last thirty years; but, up to the time when we read the report of Mr. O'Connor's speech in the convention. we never heard of the terribl' onslaught in which he did so much mschiet We rather suspect that the hon. gentle rush has been dreaming, and has put off upon his hearers teets the mete wanderings of kis owt itoaginat'ion. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS, Dr. Keith has declined to be nominated as Moderator of the Free Church. The Archbishop of Canterbury, on Wednesday, received a deputation of the clergy of the City of London, who waited upon his Grace at Lambeth Palace, to congratulate him upon his elevation to the archiepiscopal see. CAMBRIDGE.—The two gold medals, value fifteen gui neas each, given by H.R.H. the Chancellor of the Uni versity, to two commencing Bachelors of Arts, who hav ing obtained senior optimes a least, show themselves the greatest proficients in classical learning, were adjudged on Saturday last to-1. C. B. Scott, first classic, 22nd wran gler, Trinity ; 2. B. F. Westcott, second classic, 24th wrangler, Trinity. The Bishop of Exeter having afforded to the Rev. G. C. Gorham, vicar of St. Just, Cornwall, another oppor tunity of explaining his views on the sacrament of bap tism, has finally pronounced him unsound in doctrine, and refused to institute him to the living of Bampford Speke, to which he bas been presented by the crown. It is reported that legal proceedings will be taken against the Bishop, the case having been referred to the law officers of the crown. LOYAL AND ORTHODOX. The opponents of the Bishop of Hereford, so far from having recovered their good sense, or returned to an observance of decent pro priety, appear, we regret to say, to be more rabid and impotent than ever. One of them has been annoying the Lord Primate for a reply to the protest made against the Bishop of Hereford's consecration, and has got nothing for his pains and importunity but the assurance that. his Grace of Canterbury has not o'erstepped the bounds of duty. In addition to this, a weekly journal, angry at not having slain the Bishop of Hereford with the stabs dealt at his back, proposes to brand his lordship with a nick name, and that he ,never be recognised among the semi- Romanists in our church by the title which is his own. The same paper, adverting to the recognition of repub lican atrocities by the French priesthood, holds it up as a warning to ministries that. will not nourish tractarianism. It will be a sight in that Semaine des trois Jeudis which shall see Mr. F. O'Connor ruling provisionally the des tinies of England from the Mansion-house. to beLold a tractarian deputation acknowledging the wicked abortion, and to hear the Lacordaire of the party declaring it to be God—created, because favour had not been riven by the fallen Sovereign of England to the friends of the Pope in England's church !—Church and State Gazette. PROPOSED NEW DIOCESE OF ST. ALBAN'S.—The Ec clesiastical Commissioners, it is said, intend to recom mend to the government the immediate formation of a new diocese, to comprise a portion of the extensive see of the Bishop of Rochester, and part of that of the Bishop of Ely. At presents the whole of Essex, the whole of Hertfordshire, and a large portion of Kent, are comprised in the diocese of Rochester, whilst the see of Ely includes the whole of Cambridgeshire, the whole of Huntingdon shire, the whole of Bedfordshire, and part of Suffolk. It is proposed that the new diocese of St. Alban's shall be composed of the archdeaconries of St. Alban's and Bed ford, containing 109 rectories, 112 vicarages, and 36 dona tive and perpetual curacies, served by about 400 clergy men. The new see of St. Alban's will thus be larger than either of the dioceses of St. Asaph, Bangor, Chichester, Llandaff, Carlisle, Durham, or Sodor and Man. When the new arrangement shall have been made, the diocese of Rochester will consist of the whole of Essex (a few par ishes closely bordering on London excepted) and a portion of Kent, containing 255 rectories, 165 vicarages, and 57 perpetual and donative curacies, served by about 700 cler gymen. Under the new arrangement, the diocese of Ely will consist of the whole of Cambridgeshire, the whole of Huntingdonshire, and part of Suffolk, comprising 232 rec. tories, 131 vicarages, and 71 perpetual and donative cura cies, served by nearly 600 clergymen. The Abbey Church of St. Alban's will of course serve for the Cathedral Church. COURT AND FASHION. The Court remains in the Isle of Wight, and the Queen and the Royal Family have taken daily exercise in the grounds of Osborne and on the sea shore. On Saturday, at Osborne house, the Archbishop of Canterbury was sworn in one of her Majesty's Privy Council. On the same day the Bishop of Hereford did homage to the Queen, on his appointment to the Bishoprick. Her Majesty intended to have been at Windsor during the Easter recess ; but the numerous works now in pro gress there have rendered it necessary to postpone the visit until Ascot race week. The Queen is reported to have withdrawn her patronage from the French plays at St. James's, and there is no doubt everything French will very speedily be out of fashion at Court. . .—...- The . Howe, — 120 guns, Captain Sir James Stirling, sailed from the Tagus on the 4th instant, for Madeira, to em bark her Majesty the Queen Dowager and suite. Her Majesty may be expected in England about the end of the present month. BANQUET TO VISCOUNT HARDINGE.—On Wednesday the members of the Carlton Club gave an entertainment to Lieut.-Gen. Viscount Hardinge, G.C.8., on his return from India. The banquet took place in the spacious new coffee-room of the club-house, covers being laid for above 200. Lord Saltoun presided, and was supported on the right by Viscount Hardinge, the Duke of Richmond, the Duke of Montrose, and the Marquis of Salisbury ; and on his left sat the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Athol, the Marquis of Abercorn, and the Earl De Grey. NEW BOAT FOR THE PRINCE OF WALES.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is about to be initiated in the fine, manly, and truly healthful exercise of rowing, and a new and beautiful single sculling boat is now being constructed for his Royal Highness, on the latest and most improved principles, by the Messrs. Searle, her Ma jesty's boat-builders, of Stangate-street, near Westmins ter Bridge. The skiff is a complete model of the boats used by gentlemen on the Thames, and as a specimen of workmanship is perhaps unequalled. It is 20 feet in lengi h, of proportionate breadth, and is built of the finest bird's eye-maple, with mahogany linings, sax-boards, and thwarts. The spaces betwee n th e ti m b ers are fill e d w i t h a peculiar lining, not of cork, but of a material said to be considerably more buoyant, for the purpose of rendering it more secure ; in fact, a perfeet life-boat in miniature. The cushion on which his Royal Highness will sit to pull his sculls is also stuffed with this material, and which, it is affirmed, will prevent the possibility of the little craft sinking. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. _4- CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF RAILWAYS.—This office, vacant by the resignation of Mr. Strutt, has been confer red on Mr. Labouchere, president of the board of trade. The Great Western Railway Company have resolved to carry parcels not exceeding 12Ibs. to distances not ex ceeding 20 miles for sixpence, including delivery. At the special meeting of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire the auditors' report reflected most unpleasantly on the late directors. BELFAST AND BALLYMENA RAILWAY.—OD Wednes day this line of railway was opened fir public traffic. The government inspector went over it on Friday week, and expressed himself perfectly satisfied with the works. The total length of the line, including branches, is 38 miles. At the annual meeting of the Paris and St. Germain Railway a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. has been declared. The indemnity for the late havoc on the line is as yet unpaid. Each shareholder is meanwhile to receive an acknowledgement of the dividend at 5 per cent inter est. From of f icial returns it appears that the amount of traffic for the last week, on 3,663 miles of railway, was £167,913, thus accounted for :—£79,288 for the convey. ance of passengers only, .£47,040 for the carriage of goods, and a remainder of £41,585 for passengers and goods together, not respectively apportioned ; being an increase of £13,898 over the corresponding week of last year, when the mileage was £2,812. The average earn ings per mile last week were £46, whilst in 1847 they were £55. THE CONWAY TUBULAR BRIDGE.—Th 3 Conway tube, 1,300 tons weight, was raised 14 feet on Monday, and is now within eight inches of its permanent level. The presses raised the weight at the rate of 12 feet per hour, and acted pertectly. Only ten men were engaged in the operation, which was performed during a storm of hail. Since then the tube has been raised and fixed in its place ; and we understand a party of the directors intend t) accompany the first train which is to pass through this extraordinary bridge to-day (Tuesday.) The London Electric Telegraph Company does not find it so advantageous a speculation as was at first , expected, and last week they gave notice to 150 emplogi(e, mecha nists, &c., that their services would be dispensed with for the present. Should the company not be better supported, in all probability a great number more will be discharged, the expenses being so considerable, nearly 3000 persons being employed on the different lines and the London offices, in various duties. SOLICITORTO WHOM RAILWAY SHARES HAVE BEEN ALLOTT ED.—A . P... RTN ER.—ln the Bankruptcy Court, in re the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway, it was argued as to whether the solicitors of a company, to whom shards have been allotted, became partners in that com pany. (The meeting was for declaring an adjourned and final aividend.) Mr. Cook, for Messrs. Hill and Everill, the solicitors, sought a debt of .£4406 17s. 6d., due to the complainants for expenses. His honour was of opinion that the act of one of the partners bound the other, and as they were cognizant of the whole proceedings, they could not claim as creditors. The proof was rejected. LA IV INTELLIGENCE, The Court of Queen's Bench have refused to grant a new trial in the case of Bunn v. Jenny Lind. On Friday, an application was made to Mr. Sergeant Ludlow, at the Bankruptcy Court, with respect to some goods, lately belonging to Mr. William Jackson, a bank rupt, (tenant of Mr. H. Boydell). It appears that the tenant, being in arrears of rent, and the landlord having neglected to distrain, the official assignee seized them for the general benefit of the creditors. The landlord wished to have priority of claim, but as the goods were not clan destinely removed, the court decided that the official as signee was right in the course which he had taken. LEGAL POWERS OP SPECIAL CONSTABLES.—Every constable is called upon by common law to do all that in him lies for the suppression of riot ; and each has his authority to command all other subjects of the Queen to assist him in that. undertaking. In cases of breaches of the peace, as riots, affrays assaults, and the like, corn . milted within the view of die constable, he should imme diately interkre, separate the combatants, and prevent others from joining in the affray. If the riot, the., be of a serious nature, or if the offenders do not immediately desist, he should take them into custody, securing also the principal instigators of the tumult, and doing every. thing in his power to restore quiet. He may arrest any one assaulting him in the execution of his diity. When x breach of the peaty is likely to take place, as when per- EOM are openly preparing to fight, the constable should take the parties concerned into custody. If a PF tr threaten another with immediate personal violence, or offer to strike, the constable should interpose and prevent a breach of the peace. If one draw a weapon upon ano ther, attempting to strike, the constable should take him into custody. If a party charged with a misdemeanou r escape out of custody, he may be pursued immediately anywhere ; if he take refuge in a house, the doors may b e broken open after a demand of admission, a nd after noti fication by the c o n st a bl e o f hi s o ffi ce an d object in coming' Every special constable shall have, exercise, and e njoy- - not only within the parish or place for which he shall have been appointed, but also throughout the entir. e 11 county for which the magist ra t e w h o a pp o inted him . 4 justice of the peace—all such powers, authorities, a nd advantages, and be liable to all such duties and respodsi - , bilities, as any constable within his constablewick , by virtue of the common law or by any statute or statutes. AUTHENTIC MEMOIR OF LOLA MONVES, Lola Montez, says the Literary Gazette, is the daughter of the late Major Cragie, of th e E as t I n di a CompanYs service, Deputy-Adjutant-General of the Bengal Arnl3":. Some ten or twelve years ago, Li eu t enan t J ame s (also or the Bengal Army) sailed fro m I n di a i n th e same s hip with Mrs. Cragie, the wife of the first-named officer. An in timate acquaintance sprung up between them, and ° fond mother expatiated fre q u en tly on th e cap ti v ating sil, good looks of her daughte r ; an d, on th e arr i va l of W e vessel in England, Lieutenant James was introduced W the young lady, with whom, it may be presumed, he Nvila more than half in love already. We need scarcely inform our readers that the result of frequent meetings was ° mutual attachment, which the lovers were anxious to make lasting by marriage ; not so, however, the parents for a lieutenant in the infantry, with nothing but his bare pay to look to for support, is no t th e mos t eligible oar husbands. A runaway match put an end to all discus sions as to the prudence of their being united ; shortly afterwards, the young couple sailed for India_t, Time soon showed that they wer e no t su it e d to eau" other; and the lady, to whose very existence the excite ment of a public life seems necessary, could ill.brook set tling down the wife of a subaltern officer in a marching regiment, whose tastes, mind, and character differed. so entirely from her own. Up to this period the education and mode of life of Mrs. James were precisely similar to those of most young ladies of the middling classes 0 1 society in England ; but, now came the change. She le' her husband to live with s ome more favoured lover, an d by her beauty, vivacity, and disregard of the restriction s of society, soon became the talk of India ; but, her nna" bitious spirit was not long content w ith th e ec l a t vane' that country could afford her : and, after a residence there of two or three years, she quitted it for Europe. Then it' was, we believe, that Mrs. James took to herself the epithet of Lola Montez. It might be amusing, perlialia , to follow her through all the strange adventures of bet varied and chequered life; but, as such is not our inten tion —we merely wish to show who and what she really was. A contributor to Fraser's Magazine writes of her thus :—" It is said that this now celebrated personag e ' having a singular independence of character, had long• been in the habit of travelling from city to oil seeking, by the employment of talents and beauty whi she supposed herself to possess, to augment the income, she already enjoyed : that, a fte r h av i ng b een t o s evers' places, where sometimes she essayed her talents and failed+ and sometimes merely lived upon her means, as, for in,' stance, at Baden-Baden, she went t o M un i c h." Le i j e Montez never was better than a n i n diff eren t d anc er, and was admired on the stage solely for beauty and distin guished manners. When the late Dwarkanauth T a gore gave his sumptuous entertainments in Paris. Lela Monte% was a constant visitor at them ; she was introduced t ° the friends she had formerly known in India as gra il ' James, and did not hesitate to speak with them of old times; and when questioned about her reasons for calling herself by so strange a cognomen, she replied that it was' the name of her mother, who was of Spanish extraction' These are " great facts," and it would be as needless Ur deny that Lola Montez is Mrs. James as that M a dan° Vestris is Mrs. Charles Matthews. There is ro denying that the Countess of Landsfelt has great faults, but sbe can be a very charming person an d d e li g htf u l com panion; She is graceful and dignified, and understands the art or dress to perfection. In Bavaria she devoted her life to the extirpation of the Jesuits, root and branch, and this ail' sorbing idea, it is said, destroyed her peace of mind. fl ei a title and estate of Landsfelt gave her feudal privileges and rights over some two thousand persons, who found nn reason to complain of her dominion. Her income before" quittirg Munich was about £5,000 per annum, in a dditioll to the property left he r by D u j arr i er , i n hi s w ill m ade ot r ` on the day he fought the duel in which he lost his life. The king used generally to visit Lola Montez in the morning, between eleven and one o'clock, and she v,"' sometimes summoned to the palace to consult with bi o3 l or the ministers, on state affairs; and although n o one would palliate the connection that existed between th.! monarch and his favourite, this much may be said, that was not of a coarse or vulgar nature ; and, cons idering, the extreme l eng th t o w hi c h it w...s carried, we are n ot surprised at the effect of her naturalization upon the re signed king. t *Though the editorial w E is used i n thi s memo ir, we have" o acknowledge it as a favour from a valued correspondent. he' says no'hin e , ,, : of her life in London. we may add that was not of the strictest kind. She lodged in Tichfield-stree t ' and, as isgenerally remembered, tried her fortune as a daq,L; in her Majesty's Theatre, where her person attracted grea t admiration than her talents, &c.—En. L. G. When Lord George Gordon moved that the 'petition the had presented should be taken into consideration , dc d house refused to discuss it so long as they were sureann , a and apparently overawed by a mob.. He left the hf u s ;. 3 two or three times to address the petitioners, and d ; began to be entertained that violence would be attemPl.,, when General Murray, uncle to the Duke of Athol, tf s , addressed Lord George :—" If only one of your lon e o followers enters, I shall consider rebellion as begun , 3 t , pror noten i. I will plunge my sword into your heart as its to Lord afterwards Lc). I Sl.effieM, that made this speech I " —ChrohicV.--(It is said that it was-Colonel Iled r .T l George Gordon.] P re 101 l oajaey(sisbeecAnS I found Tls.- i n comp ati ble f e w xte ith rn t a h l e s i i d rf v B o ce . 0; not always and literatur e , revo l u ti on an d civil str ife, on 0 4 , 6 other hand, have ever operated as grave impediment s the intellectual progress of a nation. The belles iellreff ezpecially, have no more redoubtable foe than d om discord. The poet has little heart to pursue his grace' vocation when each moment his creative reveries are, bre' f ken by the rattle of deadly voll e y s an d th e trarer.g, charging steeds. The pale stude n t ex ti ngu i s h es the m i n f night lamp lest its light supply a mark for the linli e h t ln i, lurking foes, and rouses from po e ti c d reams t o 1 ) 1191 v - fie.- self with stern realities, romantic, perchance, 33 5 ' 6 pen Con his imagination's wildest flight could attain• eerco lies idle and neglected, or—a yet worse fate--indu'l .g la the diatribe and savage pasquinade. A like fate bell t o, other gentle arts. The musician hangs his harp P ueel t for willow, and the painter mournfully ab a ndons a eon. A a re: whose exercise the subjects most f requen tly offere` o g scenes of rapine, misery, and blood. In the native there of Camoens, we find melancholy exemplificationso f P;ing inc mtrovertible truths. The last twenty years, lit i vas t which most European countries have made sue l _,„,/ ese strides in civilisation and refinement, and have sou'ir to . 1 :rgely to their stores of instructive and entertaining t ot rature, have been thrown away by Postural in oo' s discord and still-recurring revolution. It' the Po e° o f causes of decline in a nation which once led the re rl S nautical enterprise and discovery, were the great infl u n i s h gold from new-found countries. the oppressive SO a its yoke, and the fetters imposed on prog res s by the Je s t e r and the Inquisition, the continuance of its degraded as ea s at least in recent days, must be s oug ht i n it s own res i t is turbulence and internal quarrels. The Portuguese' lo om true, if once distinguished as daring mariners and if a t he colonists, never held a very distinguished piece 'e t hat arsna of' learning and lit e rat ure; b u t it i s strang e t : o ct their position in thes e particulars was never more a" 3 ,, c 16 and unprosperous th an a t a period when all other Is" If have advanced with a rapidity almost unpara lleled„' i n the only Portugues e name o f wor ld -w id e ce lebr" nof belles lettres, be that o f L u i s d e C amoens, others ar:,, ' i pr ee! wanting, creditably, if less unive rsa ll y , known. over the five centuries between the remote day of "'s 130' Dom Diniz," and the recen t one o f Nasciniento ilea n cage, are the names of many men o f mer it, who .of t ri steadily, and not unsuccessfully, up the giddy steel at Parnassus. As in the si s t er coun t r y o f S pa in, (hal l a and lyrical composition obtained the preference; ,apor glance over the histo r y o f th e f our per i o d s i n t o wk!ellii ) . tt tuguese literature is divided, skews th a t, nunler'f a r iter s ' least, the poets have th e ad v a n t age over th e prase ";"tioath. This taste for verse, not unu sua l i n sou thern na 10 ' at 4- would seem to continue up t o th e present dap tor t the most remarkable Po r t uguese li terat i o f this e ee rl . - Albuquerque, Garrett, Carvalho, C a stilh o , and th l less mark, although most of them haves written„Phses have chiefly devoted themselves to poetry, and in " t hese achieved their principal triumphs. But what k 5,".., of° triumphs been ? The success of a moment, the ga'„,"„ eso day. How immeasurable the interval between t ",i r iet s6 , of the writers just named and the inspired and, P'- f O le ; author of the Lusiadas ! If the fame of one of the, t han tt o " outlasts the century, it will be less for his own toe' s ' p lot' because his chief work is devoted to the praise of is the ter. For the P or t uguese , sun k en t h oug h they be„pos scale of nations, still c h er i s h th e name o f Canw - ese' their hearts, and his poetry in their memories• to t he %yeast singing the harmonious stanzas that eele br3 t hree ancient glories of Lusitania, they forget the change s Lae ] ' hundred years have wrought, and dream themsel'recsi a Ds to the adventurous and heroic days of a Diaz 11 ,," 5 beel Gsma. For many reasons the present century 5 1. e a nd most unfavourable to the advancement of literatu re stw the fine arts in Portugal. For eminence in the' l t r etort has never been distinguished. Painting, arck.-4.ores sculpture, and music, have found but chilling vF: and scanty students amongst her sons. In val; lace. schools been repeatedly established, in vain l' av- ts u t: i ' • sums been expended i n h o p es o f f orm i ng a national • the coy Muses c o u ld never b e i n d uce d to linger on sra tanian soil. Ther e th e b es t spec i mens o f architecturesives gorgeous rather than beautiful ; s cu lpt or s limit therfspaill to copying foreig n creations ; and whilst edifice% asu can boast her Riberas, and Murillos, and Veltilji-e ADS' scores of other great artists, we vainly seek on l a pen% ter-roll of fame the name of a Portuguese whe 4 it hoog has won hi m i mmor t a li ty . A s regar d s music,a weir the Portuguese often shew talent and taste in I ts otillg na tion, they go no farthe r • an d eopeser 3 amongst them. Even i n 'first-rate singers the It ws ey but eon deficient, for Lisbon possesses no national opera ch is, ports an Italian comp a ny. A n d th e th e atre, 4, 1°, 0 / inn • recently was, a very losi ng concern , is deserts'', ' r ere'" dancers and for th e b ru t a l bull-tight ; the let% life: a and cowardly imit a ti on o f th a t o f Sain.--PoBPot 'e" Deseivese.—lt will be seen by an adve.,r" s neo tt' n another column, that the celeb ra t e d aurist, roe:„ s it, e o f has returned to Lieerpool, by which an oPP, e ,Cestn e obtainieg I#l 41. ronled to these afilleteil *ad other disorders of the aural organs, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. April 18,1848'