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Varliamtntarp Vrorerbtags. 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 havims proceeded to give a revised version of the financial affairs of the country, intimated that it was not the intention of the Government to persevere in the proposition—in conse quence of the objection it had met with not only within but 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 its present rate for three years from the period at which it ;guild otherwise have expired. It was proposed to pay the expenses of the Kaffre war of £1,000,000, and the 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. lie did not pledge himself or the government as to the course it might be necessary to pursue in reference to this defi ciency " bee, It might _.ome imperative to propose, ins, in the income tar, such an amount of taxa ,sence of an increase of the revenue to that of an increase Lion, in the at extent, which could only be rather hoped for than ex 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.—TUESDAY. Earl GREY, in an explanatory speech, moved the s, motion, after some observations from Lord Stanley and the Earls of Waldegrave and St. Germans, was agreed HOUSE OF COMMONS TUESDAY Colonel DUNNE moved for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the working and efficiency of the Poor Law in Ireland. The motion was opposed by the Government, and, after a debate, was negatived by a majority of sixty-four; the numbers being 165 to 101. After some discussion, on the motion of Mr. NEWDE GATE, a select committee was appointed to enquire into the law and custom of different parts of the United King- dom, as between out-going anu in-coming Lun....r.., ...0 also as between landlord and tenant in reference to un exhausted improvements or deterioration of land and premises occupied for agricultural purposes. HOUSE OF COMMONS WEDNESDAY Mr. P. SCROPE reiterated the charges, which he had formerly retracted, against Mr. Walsh, a landlord in the barony of Ennis, for having ejected between 500 and 600 tenants from his property. Something must be done to prevent occurrences of such a description, which could only be rivalled in such countries as Algeria. Mr. MONSELL descanted on the utter insufficiency of the Poor Law in the county of Mayo. and passed some censures on the inconsistency of Mr. Scrope in bringing such censures forward, and in then voting, as he had done yesterday, against the appointment of a committee to in quire into the working of the law. Sir G. GREY defended the conduct and vote of Mr. 8 :rope, and deprecated the renewal of last night's debate on this occasion. A guerilla fire was then kept up for some time against Mr. P. Scrope by Mr. T. W. Egerton, Mr. S. O'Brien. Mr. Stafford, and Mr. Wakley, and returned by Mr. F. O'Connor and Sir W. Somerville. The Poor Removal Bill was then read a second time. The order of the day was then read for resuming the debate on Mr. Anstey's monster motion. _ _ Previously to entering upon the manifold charge: pre ferred against him, Lord PALMERSTON informed the House, in reply to a question which had been put to him in private by Mr. Wakley, tl at 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 years old at a time when events of overwhelming interest were succeeding each other with unexampled rapidity. The topics to which Mr. Anstey bad 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 papQr._ It would not be consistent wtLt. bia dilly 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, lie should have no objection whatever to such a committee. He then proceeded to deny the truth of all the charges Mr. Anstey had preferred against him, warning the house that if there was any want of arrangement in his defence, it was the necessary consequence of the want of arrange ment in Mr. Anstey's attack. The noble lord then vindi cated 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 eloquence and power, which occupied five hours and a half in delivery. His lordship was accompanied throughout by the sympathies of the House. At the close of his spr 'ch, Lord D. STUART moved the adjournment of the debate - • - 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" seems likely to terminate without any result, for the debate was not even adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS THURSDAY Petitions were presented against any alteration in the navigation laws • in favor of an alteration of the area of taxation under t he poor-law in Ireland ; against the cir- perty tax ; and for )rotection to the West India COlo The New Zealand Bill passed through committee The consolidated fund bill was read a second time HOUSE OF COMMONS. -THURSDAY Petitions were presented in favour of the abolition of the Income Tax, in favour of the Heslea of Towns Bill, against any increase in the army or navy, anc admission of Jews into Parliament. Mr. F. O'CONNOR gave notice that. on the 17 he should ask leave to bring in a bill to amend t relating to friendly societies. Mr. S. ADAIR asked whether it was the inter Government to make any alteration in the law relati the relief of casual poor in parishes in the country. sideration of relati nem ment ,ud he trust g to it would )n to ti r R. Ind intment of a ( ) Lord Earl F 1 0 ? LORDS ins! of ti Irish r farthi►►. 3 therefore imps that the la. Lord LYT the su been I ,Imuld I ae man. p of 0 re dail , nable than that laymen who eon ;rants sho►►lbl have a share in thei in danger pathies and affections of DOWNE Sail it Rai Only of late heard about the exclusion of the the power of ore troduca eat a latitude to a t educational comm LIONS—Far OR of the EXCIIEQUER the con tine atio at rechiced to a 41146 lower aolowlt. le to ms Te'c re, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER having moved the order of the day for going into committee of ways and means, on the income tax resolutions, Mr. HORSHAM 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 from 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 he 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 schedule D, viz., trade, commerce, &c., he proposed the intermediate rate of sixpence in the pound, leaving B as at present. By _ thi ght increase on schedule - A, they would relieve 11 the other classes, and raise a revenue more than equal to that derived from the tax, and without those vexatious objections to which the impost, as now levied, was liable. 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 tax would produce only £5,200,000. His proposition would at all events fall more equally on the several classes of income than the present, and he believed the scale he proposed was so far Just, that it made a difference between those incomes which were permanent, and which repre- sented accumulated capital—those which represented capital and labour, and 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 close of, his speech. A protracted discussion ensued, the proposition being, of course, opposed by the government ; at the termination of which the house , divided, when Mr. Horsman's motion was negatived by a majority of 316 to 141. The house then went into committee/reform/1, 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 The news from Italy is important. Martial law having been proclaimed in Lombardy, by order of the Austrian government. It appears that the worst effects have been caused by this. A deplorable reign of terror has been in augurated. The ordinary course of the law has been suspended, the people are not only prohibited from meet ing together in certain places, but they are forbidden to and or hiss hey are nol in public, and are not allowed to collect money for the poor, or receive subscriptions. The consternation through the whole of Lombardy is universal. Cannon are to be seen levelled in the streets of the principal towns, which seem as it were deserted. It is also forbidden to ring the bells of the churches. It was on the 22nd instant that martial law was declared in Milan. Bergamo and Venice had both been the scenes of disturbances. It was said that the secretary of the Austrian Legation at Pesaro had been assassinated. At Palermo the provisional govern ment had called a Sicilian parliament to prepare a project of constitution, the one offered by Naples having been definitively refused. Accpunis from Messina state that fighting re-com menced on the 22nd ult., and that nothing could exceed the daring of the people. They were well provided with all the necessary material of war. Their guns were heavy, well directed, and well manned ; and although the Nea politans fired well, the overwhelming force of the people rendered their exertions useless. Many of the former were killed ; of the latter the loss was not so great. At eight o'clock Fort Reale fell by assault. At ten the Ar senal was taken, and an hour after Terra Nova. All the outworks of the other forts, except thct of San Salvadore. were taken. Notice was given by the people to the com manders of the different ships of war, that at half-past 3 p.m. on that day the people would make their attack on the citadel ; but the result is unknown, as half an hour before the attack the Neapolitan steamer left the harbour. To judge, however, from former successes, the opinion that the people would remain victors against the wa troops Naples was quiet. Lord Minto was to leave imme diately for Palermo, to negotiate 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 ore ,, ,ionea 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 Calcutta in his honour had reached the so of 2,0001. within a few days from their commencement, at a time of unexampled pres sure in money matters. 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 York en the evening of the 16th.—The town of Orizaba had been taken pos session of. SPAlN.—Madrid mails of the 26th have arrived, antlbring a report of a formidable and unexpected Carlist move ment at Ignalada, the largest town of the Catalan princi- t was successfully enter -300 Matines, and at the same times by two other parties of insurgents. AUSTRlA. — intelligence 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 W.edn of October, give little intelligence of ity, governed by 161 on the night of the sday to the 30th minent interest. An expeetatiOn seemed to beentertain . ed that Sir Charles Fitzroy might be induced to resign, on account of the in- (tin wa knOwn at the date of these id - vices. The ratest shipping reports speak' of several vessels being laid on with produce for London. From the interior the news is tolerably sa- tisfactory At Moreton B the shearing commenced. The price current among th ing. " The fit stockholders tc and there is no the earlier a season had t y .ar, TERMINATION OF THE KAFFIR WAR this gratifying fact in our express editio learn that the whole of the Kaffir chiefs Kaffirs unarir duced a staff or peac masters they were met by Sir 62nd and 90th Regiments England i country now ia. The ith manag long a , the gr( to the IN opinions of The Bisll the part of the ck untimely ; but a there was deep a subject of thes rev. TT Itpealal I AMERICA eft \Vast We iindei start from Mexico, ai S America in M " will enable the firing with expedition., 3nounced !ek. We ssed the chiefs and upwards of 2000 n the 24th December, and having pro: onduct in the observances offered them their election it choose which they pleas aff of peace, and Sir H. Enka:a, the great chief !Int of I uence of orders already received SlExico.—A tT 3f pea( nd cer nisi Commission Mexican Repub] f of tt !Udell ; Pnl ly este frontiei line would lio Grande, in the Gulf of ray° del Norte by Massa del Ll that the pr mbition f north latitude. A line would then be drawn to the sources of the Rio Gila, ich flows from east to west in that parallel of latitude, MI the 32d des Gulf of California, so as to transfer the . of Old California, as well as the more tertilo region of New California, to the United States. With th"'" "—is, it is amusing to add, Mr. Polk is dis- way down t `o the Gulf of 'Calif whol© peninsi ed.—Tir BELGII. Everything seer ilm in Belgium, though occurred at Brussels on Sunday persons assembled, and shouted "Viva and other seditious cries.. These men , however, speedily apprehended by a party of the guard, and were found to be almost all Germans and ;, several of whom were armed with poniards, and h whic Belgian independence, and the the chambers voted the additional ency, has been approved The ministry has just reform, which seems to and is more full than that The &lc* affirms that F - :tisfaction, it! revolution, King .....,,;uioted his Ministers, and de -1;1, nbdiente if 11 . 1 0itun deemed it its The form or 1 country, where, according to his own expression!, he remains at the disponi of events► The 0114qe priut bas letter from Colmai 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 has taken place in the Baden country ; the tri coloured flag is hoisted everywhere ; and Mentz (Hesse Darmstadt) is in open rebellion. The Pacha of Egypt has left Alexandria for Malta, for the benefit of his health. _ __ - Lord Hardinge 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. Tom Thumb had a narrow escape from drowning, 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 Mahommedan• 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) Gazette, 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 dire 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 act, though it is rumoured that some of the rev. gentleman s friends and acquaintances had 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 neck until he is 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 for revolt—Poland is smarting from recent chastisme.it—Germany agitated by wild, though, as yet. aimless desires—Greece stands on the edge of military revolution—and, finally, Rom e 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 legal process. A motion was made to indefinitely postpone the bill; but it was lost by 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 ?—Louisville Examiner. THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE PARIS, SUNDAY The National Guard are nobly preserving peace up to the 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. The 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 Provisionsi Government has decreed the immediate esta blishment of national workshops. A meeting of Peers 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 be 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. The Paris journals of Monday announce the perfect 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 bad 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 of burning the bridge. The National Guard immediately took up arms, but not being strong enough to opp ose th e banditti, they sent for assistance to St. Germain- en -L aye. A larga detachment of National Guards of that town. ac- compaaied by a squadron of dragoons, who each carried behind him an armed citizen, immediately proceeded to Maisons, where they arrived i❑ 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 burned 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. , unts of Tuesday represent everything as ver 'here was then little - known about the fugitives x-King when he left the Tuileries with the Queen a brougham in the Place de la Concorde and drtve 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 pußhed thpparriage 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. He in a she-A Inters a travelling carriaze. b”. sa, uemre leaying t. ng towards him,six men on' , and became afraid that they were in so— Ae park lone ;I him be coaChinin t 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. Lie accordingly reentered the carriage and drove off. At the village called La 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 the Furet steamer nothing was known. _ Marshals Soult, Molitor,Sebastiani, Bugeaud, Rollie, and Dode de la Brunerie, had sent in their adhesion to the new Government. M. Dupin had been superseded by M. Baroche in the functions of Attorney-General in the Court of Cassation. M. Larochejaquelin, the celebrated Legitimatist Deputy had addressed his adhesion to the Goiernment without mental reservation." One hundred and ten hogsheads of wine, found in the cellars of Neuilly, were removed to Paris on Tueaday, and distributed among the hospitals of that capital. As the workmen and operatives accomplished the Re- volution, and one of them is member of the Provisional Government, they are not disposed to have their cl a i ms overlooked. It is accordingly stated L tha! 25,000 ofthetn unarmed, but in regular order, uenieu velure toe Ho de Vile, the seat of the Government. The Governnu has undertaken to provide work for all ! But the reci THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. to quarrel ents of this extraordinar with the number of hoUrs th some, again, are for the wage; M g iven by the at equal to all ; others, that they shall be regulated by the respective ingenuity and expertness of the various work. men ! ! One of the decrees of the Provisional Government de. dares the abolition of all titles in France. The proceedings at Rouen have been actuated by a worse spirit than much that bas characterised the revolu. tion in Paris. The correspondent of the Morning Herald writes, on Sunday evening, that the place is in a dreadful mu- I state : her fearfu' lers, and q excesses tad 4 :.l,4zppretel23ion3 of 6:L.TI-C -entertaine4, 'pc qt) W2B at the 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 brcught 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 'A bas lea Anglais," A bas lea chemins 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 puhlic works had been resumed in Paris with con siderable activity. The exact amount of money at the disposal of the state amounts to 890,000,0001., 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 days. 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 drawing out their lists of grievances for 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 wreak of 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 alresdy made a formidable demonstration in favour of liberty and reform. The Tim. s ' under date three o'clock yesterday morning, gives further details 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 the 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 powers. The provisional government have, for the same object, already fixed the convocation of the electoral assem blies for the 9th April, and the meeting of the Constitu tional National Assembly for the 20th of April. _ _ M. de Lamartine, Min'ister 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 chateau 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 tla 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 Due 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. The Morning Herald cites, as a proof that " the mi nisters, as a body, entertain no warlike feelings, that they 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 700,000 f. As pawned 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 reg ret that they (lid not help him against a republic whic must make their !warts sad. A DAI•7GEROITS CXIIOUSE.—The Debats says,—" In the devastation and burning of the Chateau of Neuilly, iere found wine of all descriptions, and a cask of rum, which they broke open. Some instants after they were all drunk, awl then a ter- pons being. 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 were dug out." SCENES IN THE FRENCH ThEATurs.—On Sunday, the managers of the I'orte St. Martin gave a gratuitous re presentation at two o'clock. The house was crammed, and Frederic Lemaitre was the principal actor. The play n The Chiffonier." In the well known pannier scene .re raised to a pitch of indescribable en mitre, as the Chtffon!er. hooked a r oya l ' s m ha ass in e p , e a r, nd ai a l and roar, at this for i t "hit" o the whole idience rose en be called _ cry, of " Vire la .Republique" reverberated through the t foundation of the edifice. The actor afterwards drew th a police ordinance, and exclaimed, "All banquets is audit a sally which was of cou rse received are prohibited ; " with shouts of laughter. The Maneliaise hymn was then chanted, followed by the celebrated Chant du Be- was distributed in the th, new edition of th will soon be streets are ;lag fast 1, is disappearing. On all tt " Libert sown motto ted over the boys of claim I the minor Government office make it permanent. ceased to be; a board i s chalked till the painter can he Rue de Louis Philippe has nailed over the name at the cor ces, in the Rue Richelieu, isxhe ner. The Hotel des P, Hotel des -; the 01, yet given. The busts .rd a new ne not been broken CV down as quickly as the Ron statues of Sejanus—the unt ;clemolished the —when the Persins directing letters t or hltels named from the n brought ; his ruin. reets . . usu 1, slid trust tO the new itegistrar o f tie RepUbllC3ll Po:t-office, beriet, munlo ;`z.,.,night commatu more dreadful were FRENCH SAFE ARRIVAL OF THE - EX-RING AND QUEEN OF THE in 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 Thu”sday 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 a 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. Peckham. This gentleman was at one time very much in the confidence of his Majesty respecting several engineering projects, being a miller, and a tenant of the king, on an estate near Chateau d'Eu. He has since retired from business, and resides at Brighton, but was, up to 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. Packham. The inhabitants of Newhaven offered their sery 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, hut 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 lOFIS ,. IfyILIPPE 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. Packham has been building a mill on some private property 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 night, and reached Honfleur at five o'clock on Saturday morning. They remained at Honfleur, in the house of a gentleman whom 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 chinged 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 pa r ty f rom Honfleur to Havre, and fearing that in this small vessel Nothing the features of the King might be reco g ni se d, th e gentle man engaged aninterpreter to int er p re t F renc h to the King. who to render his disgui se more comp l ete, passed of x in p o r me s was nt transpired waiting ranspir with d i on the as a p n a passage Englishman.s ageto Havre, where the Express 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 Alexandrine to convey them from Granville to Jersey. _ Prince Louis Napoleon and General Heaudelot arrived by steamer at Folkstone on Thursday morning. M a d ame 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 empressernent 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. —Several packages, covered with oilskin, and addressed to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, were land e d a t D over on Sunday night, from her Majesty ' s packet Widgeon, Hare com mander, from Ostend. They were im me di a t e ly d es p a t c h e d by the government authorities by the railway to London, an d 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. GUIZOT. 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 Gui2.otl" 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 tram arrived be 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 bl ess 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 the public a faithful fulfilment of their commands. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS, A CURE FOR BILE, LIVER, STOMACH AND BOWEL COMPLAINTS.-These diseases are most prevalent in hot, close, and sultry weather, and if not abated by the timely use of proper medicines fre quently lay the foundation of disorders which become incurable, to avoid which take Holloway's Pills, there being no medicine so efficacious in the cure of these com plaints, not only that they rid the liver of all redundant bile, but they likewise create a keen appetite and perma nently invigorate the constitution. Persons of all ages may take these invaluable Pills with perfect safety, for sick headaches, disordered stomachs, weaknees, and de bility, March 7, ISO, LAW INTELLIGENCE. DISTRICT COURT 1)F BANKRUPTCY. BEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER PERRY. l idter IN RE HOWARD HORSELEY.—MF. Evans, S 0 or/ applied on behalf of the bankrupt, to obtain the re s e ioi tion of papers and other documents w hi c h had bee" 5 ?Jr. by Mr. Day, one of the messengers of the ,Courr• n tei Fletcher, of the house of Irlam and Fletchei,represe,,oo the assignees, Messrs. Bla c kb urn an d C o ., u nder ,:7 0 4, authority and guarantee the s e i zure had been o °,o According to the statement o f M r . E vans , the 10 0 % 0 1 had borrowed £l3O from a gentleman of the 11' 0 Jones, to enable him to go to America. £B5 bVidreo' paid for the passage of himself, wife, and seven and a further portion in making the necessary Pre© tions. A search warrant had been issued, and unee h ` so d £2O found in the box of the bank ru pt, a go ld watc a torc seals, a number of private p a p ers , an d recom mend" letters to persons abroad, h a d b een se i ze d b y the o` at eli , ger, at the instance of th e ass i gnees , an d a s ilver cc also belonging to one of the bankrupt's sons. nl, big detention of his pape r s, w hi c h were e l emen t a ry i success abroad, his journey had been staid, a nd now unable to proceed t o hi s d es ti na ti on . U n der ` o '," circumstances Mr. E vans con t en d e d t h at any TO which the bankrapt might borrow could not be coil'. ,J as property acquired, and was not within the mea' 1 , 1 11 10" the act. The bankr u pt was exam i ne d, and stare'', I; beyond the money m en ti one d, h e h a d none o ther ! o $ possession ; neither had his wife, with the excono Is. After some little conversation, Mr. Fletcher, °n o , part of the assignees, consented that' the Trionel d papers should be given over to the bankrupt, 101 inquiry terminated. 1 The Queen's Ben c h h ave d ec id e d th a t th e N e ws 11 4 ' _d at Birmingham is li a ble t o l oca l ra t es , b ecause n ot f$ within the terms o f exem pti on p rov id e d b y a late Ac t Scientific and Literary Associations. ei YORKSHIRE SPRING ASSIZES.-011 Thursday the commission for th e Yo r k s hi re Spring Assizes ss v o lle opened before Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Baron There are sixty-five prisoners for trial, be..ides a c onsim ble number of persons who are out on bail. At the Bankruptcy Court in this town, on Monday case of Richard B a y nes , fl our -d ea l er , l ate of Mill' s tV e , was adjourned sine di e , th e b an k rupt not h av i ng ni,o ltar disclosure of his estate an d e ff ec t s su ffi c i ently satis''' to the commissioner. In the Westminster County Court, on Wednesdal'f; David Wemyss Job s o n , a lit erary gentleman. aileffi,;i' James Luke Hansard to recover a su i t o f £8 Bs., rio' terary services on a journ a l ca ll e d th e S p i r it o f the 4,, He had contributed various ar ti c l es , b ut w hi c h vie'" inserted. DANGER OF WEDDING WITH A WARD IN —At the Central Criminal Court, Thursday. Brown, a man about fifty years of age, a butler found guilty of having gi ven a f a l se s t a t ement on tn' be bl sion of his marriage. It appeared that the lab' „w married (who is now only eighteen years of age) 15 in Chancery, being heiress to about £l,lOO a-year' 1 1 ' SPRING ASSlZES.—Reading, Feb. 29.—Shipton c tiJ/ Great Western Railway Conipany.—Thi s was n et { " to recover damages for very seri ous i n j ur i es s ustain 0 1 the plaintiff, in a collision on the above ra ilway' of 4 defendants pleaded only not guilty. When the PI cO' sworn, a compromise was effected, the defendants senting to a verdict for £4OO. , r o tirt, l l IMPORTANT DECISION.-01 1 Friday, in tne b r, Exchequer, an action w a s t r i e d w hi c h was b ro ught le! widow of George Andrews, to recover comp en satlonor Messrs. Napier, the en g i n e ers , un d er Lord Carn j k i Act. Andrews, was a painter, and o n th e 3rd of id 0 4 4 last was painting the paddle-b ox o f a s t eame r North Star, opposite to the entrance to the Docks. when the Isle of Thanet steamer . came Ile, river. As the Isle of Thanet approach e d w h ere the 0 Star was moored, she slacken e d h er spee d to a / g 1): schooner, and a reach to th e sout h s id e. I n do she unfortunately struck with her bow the broak o r 9 the barge, and the barge being driven against the t: 0 0 , , Star, Andrews was killed. He was a g ood so r ve rPi earning, about 355. a week. The Jury, returned 3 , 0, 0" for the plaintiff, estimating her damages at Xl' each of her children at £25 ; in the whole £17 5 . CURIOUS CASE OF BREACH OF PROMISE o' 4 Pi RIAGE.—On Saturday, before Lord D enm an, a tried, in which Miss Knill, aged forty, sought t° a del from the Rev. Mr. Lewis, aged eighty, an IndePi, r es`, minister at Wootton-under-Edge, damages for ft, of his promise to marry her. The uncle of the I : in d also an Independent minister at the s am e place' 0 :0 1 ; plaintiff herself, who laid her d a m ages a t £l, o ",be;; mistress of the National School at Wootton. ofl gentleman met her at her uncle's in the Aug °stall year, was at once smitten with her, and, after P or tic o acquaintance, it was arranged that they should he me 11/, When the old gentleman returned home he wr - e co o , letters to his lady love, and arrangements w e : h ter4 menced for the nuptials. An ill-tempered dau, law stepped in, pronounced the whole proceeding 9 rebuked both parties severely, and put an entire lain the correspondence. The jury found for the damages £5O. COURT AND FASHION • C ,ricl co .in Thursday the Queen held a court and afl cil at Buckingham Palace. tt Prince Albert held a l evee , b y d es i re o f the ati ttg eO t i Nyednemlay, at :fit. James's Polacc,ut which tbeP i cyCe f il Lions were very numerous, and among th em were 1,-v. those of the Bishop and Dean of Blanchester , John RuQsell. , I , o lo fl , Her Majesty has presented M r . B ar tl e y with a L',4,r01/;; ring in token of the Queen and Prince Albert's ;hrid;:,, tion of his readings of Antigone and Edipus at 45 13 4 Castle and Buckingham Palace. The Queen es , ",, presented a splendid gold chain to Mr. Bartholow token of her approval of his versions of the two t A t V i f Negociations have been for so m e time Pei w ieaie rl ' i tween her Majesty and the Earl of Aberdeen fol'„d, t`jer ,11; Balmoral Castle, in the Aberdeenshire Hialt l ", pt her Majesty has taken that beautiful place, toget r ty,,,',o the right of sporting over the circumjacent pro les t the unexpired term of the lease—a period of no t . , ono,' j 1 twenty-eight years. The furniture will also, i„t ~P e ep " 0 1 stood, become her Majesty's property. The ",",1,06 , thus have a permanent residence in the A',lo frill Scotland. Balmoral is about fifty-fi v e m iles fr: 9 ,11, deen, where doubtless her Majesty a nd suite take possession of her new acquisition. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• LIVERPOOL NATIONAL o e sTEEpLE.c o!, O I On Wednesday this great national affair 60" o f e t r Aintree, but, owing to the unfavourable State 04, weather, the attendance was less numerous,"'„"e mer occasions. The Earl of Sefton and G• r a YIP' acted as stewards. The following is a return of t „ sport : Furry Sovs. given by the Earl of Sef ton , with ti S,ceer I stakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft. Mr. M. Dawson's br c Liston, 3 yrs ........ •• ' Lord Chesterfield's br c Samson, 3 yrs ...... • • • Mr. Pedley's b g Administrator, 4 yrs ...... • • 1 5 1:1 ) ,,, Lucy (not placed) made the running, at a br a t i l e Ili , followed by Samson, Liston lying well up, t . l l several lengths behind. No change took place 'Apt, came to the distance, when Liston went to the ,j won by two lengths 10 ft'' ',l HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 20 sovs. each, 100 sovs. added. Capt. Little's br g Chandler, lis t 121 b ....... Mr. G. Brettle's ch g The Curate, list 121 b • • k`' f itr 0 29 horses started. The race was admirably 0 0 0 4 Some falls took place; and Mr. Mason's The - ; , 3 a d the second round, fell and broke his near Chandler was the winner by a neck-and-Iwo' distance sweeNd , The LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP, a Handicap o tio . of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft., with a Cup or 100 solo' Mr. M. Blake's ch c Ballinafad, 4 yrs ........ • • ''.••, Lord Chesterfield's ch f Lady Lurewell, 4 yrs • • ac e, ,d This race was run throughout at a desperate P, i o o l l/ there was very little variation in the different P ° ' e , 4 4/ the horses from the commencement of the 11 0 01 1 race home between Ballinafad and Lady Pi r o. well contested, and won by the former by a leng WATERLOO COURSING MEETING' OVER ALTCAR, NEAR LIVERPOOI,. 11.1„0 1 1 ' 6 ' 0,1 TUESDAY, FEB. 29, and THURSDAY, 0. The WATERLOO Cur was won by Sir St. Ge A l t Shade; Mr. B. B. Robinson's Smut ran ut nuc kb% The ALTCAR STAKES were won b y Mr. J. Blueskin ; Mr. J. Cruso's C r i c k et ran up. re le l' The WATERLOO PURSE was won by Mr. 1 03 P Bowling; Mr. Webb's Hylas ran up. HOOTON STEEPLE . CHASE. ro od) This affair ca me o ff on Friday, on the usualc,f.ollotej Stourton. The stewards were John Massey Charles Stanley, Esqrs. The fences were 13c)il ha , A ,,F i in number, some of them of what may be calico berie height. The attendance from Liverpool, Birke o s ,,, 0 0' all parts near the scene of action was imole ll o ile s ,ri than double that of last year. The usual g o fo• v' gambling went on as on former occasions. 111 o t ^jt ...-- ft took place at half-past two o'clock, as follows,: 10 I A HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES, of 20 sovs. each tv 100 sovs. added. The winner to pay 20 Of the expenses of the ground. Mr. Crawford's The Shaver, Ilst 41b ...... Lo g ob 4 Mr. Tilbury's Chronometer, lOst 121 b .... • • ' - 13e l. p e Mr. Elmore's The British Yeoman, list 13Ib •WyP Mr. M. Canny's The Iron Duke, lOst 31b .• • • , 4fre Mr. Holmes's Saucepan Three other horses ran, but were not pla c , cs . was little or no betting on this or the other ratoe' was some smart running and good leaps. 14 1 `1 tll won by three lengths. 4 0 '1 3 1 ' la 4 The TALLY-HO STAKES, of 5 SOTS. each, • •w / Mr. To ham's b g Cruikshank, 6 yrs ...... 1".1,0 14 1 1 ,, Mr. S. W illoughby ns gr g Fearnought « a Mr. E. W. Topham us b g Pantaloon, aged , • i'lll t ' e Le',ll Four others started, but were not placed. u V s .' , beautiful race. Cruikshank and Palatine W I leapb; the rest well up, and just after taking the see,,,O` l oot $l,l Eleanor fell. On nearing the brook, Mr. ,„1.10,t; ha ll horse and Jessie kept company with Cr'? ,e4l) i speed which made his rider think it " no fi s 1 . 0 . 40 31 )/0° immediately applied his " persuaders" to pace became first rate. Indeed, on turning, e l julpg running, the lot were racing, but at one of t.: 1 1 Of e ll latine fell, and spilt his rider—the horse s t il l soy'otv e d place, just as if he was still in the race. - 1 Ol e 10 ever, caught at the end of the first round. 41 carried on the running to the finish, which C om of Cruikshank, by about a length. There was a third race, but o f minor it InDititt* tlltn took their several ways home 1 -,...... _Y este •-•Lton, a overt thagt Air accot Itic titt• ' l l Th" iy ,one 14 0 1)0 „. Pens The c ttol, the zlig , a larht th:e b( er busing