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-, ~, .. s FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. AMERICA. power in this question, and if she entertained the inten tion imputed to her, that, unless we relaxed our Naviga tion Laws, she would tighten hers, it was just and equi table that she should give us explicit notice of her intention. With regard to our colonies, these laws imposed a tax upon them for the sole benefit of this country. The question, however, concerned another and a vital point—the defences of this country ; and he was not prepared to proceed with this measure if he were con vinced that it would injure the carrying trade of this country, and deprive our navy of the resource of our mercantile marine in case of war. But he was prepared to alter these laws, because he believed that the effect of a judicious change in them would not be to limit, but to strengthen and extend, the commerce, and with the commerce the navigation, of this country. The right hon. gentleman contended upon various grounds that our ship-builders and ship-owners could maintain a successful competition with those of other countries. There was another element in this part of the question beside cheap ness, and it was a significant fact that our ship-owners were building ships dearer and dearer every year. It was not the cheap. but the dear countries which we had to fear—the countries which threatened to compete with us in capital, skill, and enterprise. What our ship ' owners required was, freedom from restrictions, and if the Baltic ships were really so cheap, why should they be debarred from the power of buying them ? With respect to the qualifications and character of our shipmasters and seamen, he thought that the standrrd of professional qualification might be im proved. He should have preferred a more gradual measure ; he wished that the Government had adhered to the uniform course of precedents, and made large con cessions conditional opc,n reciprocal concessions by other powers. To a small extent this was a conditional mea sure ; but he objected to the discretionary power proposed to be lodged in the Queen in council, with a view of ex torting reciprocity, which was a discretion too large and too delicate, and the Government would have acted more safely and wisely by undoing piecemeal, rather than by introducing a measure of so sweeping a character. The right hon. gentleman censured the policy of excluding the coasting trade from this measure; we should have offered to admit the Americans to our coasting trade if they would admit us to theirs. Upon the whole, in his opinion, the prAiminary question of time had been marked in this case by a singular combination of circumstances, and this change in our commercial policy, though characterised as a " theory," when tested by its results would show, as in other cases, that it was a wise measure, justified by past experience, and that the dangers apprehended from it were imaginary. - - - Mr. HunsoN recapitulated the unequal terms upon which out shipbuilders would have to contend with those of other nations, and challenged the result of those free trade principles upon the supposed success of which this perilous measure was based. The object of such a mea sure should be to increase employment for our poor, whereas our shipbuilders represented that it would force them to abandon a profession which afforded support to thousands. They would do as he would if he were a shipbuilder—transfer their capital to the place where the timber was grown. Captain BERKELEY entered into some explanations respecting the military part of the question. He differed in opinion from Sir James Stirling. considering that the royal nr.vy was dependent on the mercantile navy ; hut, at the same time, the, merchant service depended upon the navy, and he was glad that this reciprocity existed. It had been said that if the Navigation Laws were done away with, it would upset the registration of British seamen ; but he had watched the working of that system, and pro nounced it the greatest farce ever invented. It was hate ful to the men, and drove a great many ont of the country. He had no doubt that we should easily man our navy without this system. Captain HAlLE2lSClefended the registration system, and hoped the Admiralty would give it a fair trial. The gal lant member likewise deprecated the total abolition of the apprenticeship system, which worked beneficially for the mercantile navy. Sir A. HOOD condemned the measure, and all the ex periments of free trade, which had brought distress into our manufacturing districts, and vagrancy into our colo nies. Mr. CLAY would have been better satisfied if the change in the Navigation Laws had been preceded or accompanied by the announcement of some measure to set at rest tl►e question how our navy was to be manned in time of war. If all restrictions were taken away, he did not doubt that the whole of the interests which had been protected by the Navigation Laws would not suffer by their removal ; hut without some assurance of this kind he could not support the measure. Mr. NENYDEGATE complained o l ! the manner in which this measure had been forced upon the house, without suf ficient inquiry, and without any expressed opinion of those whom it had appointed to inquire. He complained also of the manner in which statistics had been used in this discus sion, especially by Mr. Wilson, whom he accused of mak ing comparisons which were unfair and inconclusive, and an abuse of statistics. Mr. WAWN gave his opposition to the scheme, conceiv ing it to be fraught with trschief. Lord ING ESTRE also opposed the measure, for which the government had not shown that there was any urgent ne cessity. He believed that this scheme would prove highly detririiental to our maritime supremacy, and consequently to the best interests of the country. The noble lord die put,2d the opinions expressed by Sir J. Stirling, which he delivered were in direct opposition to those of naval officers in general. He regarded this as another attempt to sacri fice a great interest—our " ships, colonies, and commerce" —to the untried theory of free trade, and he thought that the time selected by the government for introdneing the measure was inappropriate with reference to the state of the continent. Lord J. HAY differed from Lord Ingestre. He had considered this question, and he firmly believed that it was calculated to produce that energy and enterprising spirit in this country which must increase its wealth, and naval superiority. fie was convinced that first-class British ships might be built and equipped cheaper in the Thames than in any other country. In answer to the sneers which had been cast upon the statements in the blue book, respecting the moral conduct and discipline of British masters, he took upon himself the responsibility, on his own personal experience, of maintaining every one of those statements. Wnen in command, off the Douro, where there were 80 or 100 British ships, he was called upon almost every morning to decide quarrels between masters and their crews; and, in nearly every instance, the master was in the wrong. Mr. 11ILDYARD strongly urged the enormous risk which the country, and the shipping interest in particular, ran in this experiment ; and thought the government were bound to show the paramount necessity of this measure, which put in jeopardy a capital of £40,000,000, and the very ex istence of a large class of men who got theirlivelihood by, and were only fit for, one occupation. It was idle to sup pose that Prussia would carry her menace into effect, for it would cost too severe a sacrifice; the number of her ships entering inwards from her ports in England was four times that of British tonnage from those ports; and, as to Ame rica, her Executive Government might be controlled by her Legislature and reject our offer, and if the veto of our Government were then interposed, it would provoke an angry feeling more dangerous than the menace of Prussia. The hon. member pointed out, with much effect, results favourable to his argument derived from statistical facts; and concluded a speech, which was attentively listened to, with an eloquent warning to the house of the consequences of this irrevocable step—vestigia nulla retrorsurn,—that, if the experiment were entered upon, it would be utterly impossible to arrest the evil • and we should have the mor tification and the remorse Of reflecting that it had been brought about through no imperious necessity, and with no reasonable hope of obtaining a corresponding benefit. No member rising to address the house, there were loud calls for a division, and after some discussion, whether the house would divide or agree to a majority by Sir J. Walsh for an adjournment of the debate, _ _ _ Lord J. RUSSELL proposed to resume tha debate after that respecting the Spanish correspondence, which had been fixed for Monday ; but some members still calling for a division, on the question of adjournment, the house di vided upon that question, which was carried by 236 against 73. It was then arranged that the debate should be resumed on Monday. The Law of Entail (Scotland) Bill went through com mittee, and the other orders of the paper being disposed of, the house adjourned until Monday. The Royal Mail Steam-ship Britannia, Captain J. C. Lang, arrived here on Monday afternoon, with ad eioeo from New York to the 16th instant, Boston to the 17th, and Halifax to the 19th instant. She brought £3,600 specie and 43 passengers. The political advices are not important. General Scott embarked from Vera Cruz on the 30th April for New York and great preparations were making in the latter town to give him an enthusiastic reception. Upwards of three hundred buildings had been destroyed by the great fire at Detroit, and the loss is estimated at above two hundred thousand dollars. A fire broke out at Albany on the 15th instant, and &- nage estimated at thirty thousand dollars was done. The United States (steamer) will in future be employed as a regular packet between Havre and New York, leaving the latter port on her first trip on the 10th instant. Judge Moore, of New York. has set aside judgment in a case, on the ground that Aaron Bradley, as a man of colour, was incompetent to act as counsel. John Jacob Astor, the late great millionaire of this city, it is said, has laid aside in his will half a million of dol lars, for the establishment of a free library in New York. He has wisely limited the cost of the building to 60,600 dollars, so that his beneficence shall not, like Girard's (of Philadelphia) be thrown away on marble and mortar. The Indians in Yucatan still continue their depreda tions. They have destroyed the town of Valcalla by • burning it to the ground. Five hundred of its defenders had retired into forts, while the women and children were taking care of themselves as best they could, and were flying in all directions without money or food. Even the inhabitants of Balize were threatened with an attack, and were preparing to meet it. On the 13th April there was an action between about 300 Indians of Elii's division and the Yucatecos. The latter were successful. The following is the latest account from Hayti, dated Aux Cayes, April 14:—" Our city and its environs are in arms. The people have determined to overthrow the pre sident and the present order of things, and to elect another chief. All stores are closed. Every citizen is enrolled in the military ranks, and performs duty day and night. The ministers have resigned by desire of the populace, and the newly-elected ones are afraid to accept office. All is disorder and confusion, and we have fears that the pre sent state of things may last for some time." Intelligence from England by the Cambria steam-ship was received in New York on the 14th instant. It had rather a favourable influence on the markets. Prices for cotton had stiffened, and there was snore inquiry for ship ment ; for the better Andes prices were very firm, while Varlianuntan? Vrorett [no. ' HOUSE OF COMIONS.—MONDAY. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL stated that the Committee ap pointed to try the petition against tne return of Sir Wil loughby Jones, fur Cheltenham, had determined that Sir Willoughby Jones was not duly returned at the late elec tion, and that he had been guilty of bribery through his ' agents. That various parties (named) had severally re ceived bribes of from £1 15s. to £2 103. each, the slid sums having been paid in the first case for services as messengers, no such services having been pe,rformed by such parties; but that it had not been proved that these acts had been committed Atith the knowledge of Sir Wil loughby Jones. In reply to a question from Mr. Keogh, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he had no intimation from Ireland as to whether the Catholics on Mr. Mitchel's panel had been ' set aside, to the number of eighteen, in open Court by the Attorney-General, and without cause assigned. He had received letters respecting the former trials, denying that any proceeding of that kind had been adopted. Mr. BRIGHT then drew attention to the mode in which the jury was selected in the case of Mr. Mitchel, contend ing that great mischiefs were likely to be the result of the striking off of all the Catholics from the panel. He was sure the transportation of Mr. Mitchel would not tend to pacify Ireland. Mr. LAW rose to order, and Mr. BRIGHT concluded by declaring that the people of England would now go with the mass of the people of Ireland in overturning the Esta blished Church it that country. Mr. GRATTAN strongly condemned the cowardly course pursued towards Mitchel in packing his jury, a course cal culated to make re.pealers of the whole.country. On the motion for the House resolving itself into a Committee of the whole House upon the Navigation Laws, Mr. HERRIES moved as an amendment the following resolution, " That it is essential to the national interests - of this country to maintain the fundamental principles of the existing Navigation Laws; subject to such modifica tions as 'may be best calculated to obviate any proved in convenience to the commerce of the United Kingdom and itsdependencies, withoutdan 7er to our maritime strength." Mr. LABOUCHERE opposed the amendment. After speeches from Mr. Ald. Thompson. Dr. Bowring, Mr. H. Baillie, Mr. J. Wilson. Mr. 11. Drummond, and Mr. F. Scott, the debate was adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. • In answer to a question from Mr. Roche, Sir G. GREY said that instructions bad been given that the sentence on Mr. Mitchel should be carried into effect. Dr. BOWRING then moved a series of resolutions, the object of which was to bring under the supervison of Par liament the expenses of the collection of the revenue—in other words, that these expenses should not be stopped out of the gross receipts by the several departments where they were deposited, but that these latter should be re turned to Parliament, to be dealt with by its authority alone. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought the plan of the hon. gentleman almost perfect in theory, but quite impracticable. After some discussion the House divided, when the numbers were—for the previous question, 54; against it, 55 ; majority against Ministers, 1. The House again divided on the resolution, when the numbers were - for the resolution, 56; against it, 51 ; ma jority against Ministers, 5. • Tile announcement of these defeats of Ministers was • loudly cheered. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. On the order of the day for going into committee on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill. - Mr. LAW moved that it be an instruction to the com mittee to divide the bill into two bills, omitting so much in the first bill as related to the 10th George IV., c. 7, and the provisions thereof. His object was, not to show any favour whrtever to the first portion of the bill, but at all events to rescue the 10th George IV. from the operation of the measure. Mr. SPOON ER seconded the amendment. Mr. ANSTEY, after having been inforu►ed by Mr. Law that he intended to press his amendment to a division, stated that, if it were carried, he would still press that 'part of his bill against which it was directed until tardy justice was done to the Roman Catholics. lie could not, however, anticipate at the hands of the house such a slight upon the immense majority of the people of Ireland as would be involved in the adoption of this amendment. The result of it would be to leave one-third of the clergy of that kingdom still outlawed, and without any religious status. Mr. NEWDEGATE thought the house ought to know that Mr. Anstey, who proposed this bill, had been made, on the 19th of February last, by the Pope, a Knight of the Order of St. Gregory, as a reward for his great services in the cause of the Roman Catholic church. This bill tended to promote the interests of the Jesuits, but all history showed that it was for the interests of liberty that the Je suits should not be permitted either to gain or retain power. In proof of this position, he entered into many details, and quoted an extract from a recent despatch of Lord Palmerston to our Minister in Switzerland to show that he considered the society of Jesuits to be a society avowedly established to make war on the Protestant reli gion. He hoped that the house would not assent to this bill, but would allow those laws which experience had proved to he essential to the safety of the state to remain on the statote-book. The Earl of ARUNDEL contended that the Jesuits were the most loyal subjects of every government under_ which they lived. Sir R. INGLTs followed on the same side with Mr. New degate, whom he thanked for his able and conclusive speech. In reference to Lord Arundel's assertion that the Jesuits were the most loyal subjects of all countries, he reminded the house that in 35 instances these most loyal subjects had been condemned under every form of go vernment in every country in the world during the last two centuries. After a singular speech from Mr. HENRY DRUMMOND, in which he insisted that there was a most essential diffe rence between the dead Papists of books and live Roman Catholics, and in which he expressed his willingness to vote for every practical object to which Mr. Shiel had al luded ; and after a declaration from Sir H. WILLOL GIMY that he should vote for the amendment, the house divided, when Mr. Law's instruction to the committee was carried by a majority of 129 over 42 voices. The house then went into committee ; but the proceed ings were so very confused and irregular that when six o'clock came no progress had been made in the consider ation of the bill. The Chairman then quitted the chair, and the house broke up. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUURSDAY Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice of two important mo tions, one for leave to bring in a bill on F r id a y wee k t o repeal the rate-paying clauses of the Reform Bill; and another for leave to bring in a bill to alter the form of oath to be taken at the table by members of that house, on taking their seats at it. Mr. COLVILLE moved and Mr. STAFFORD seconded a motion for the issue of a new writ for the borough of Derby. Mr. HUME and Sir J. HAMMER opposed the motion. After considerable discussion, in which Sir G. Grey, Col. Sibthorp, and other members joined, the mo tion was carried by a majority of 153 over 136 voices. In reply to a question from Mr. Baillie, Lord PALMER STON observed, that he had been informed by the Spanish Ambassador that Count Mirasol had come over to this country on a special mission from the Government of Spain to afford explanation on certain recent transactions at Madrid. His reply had been, that whatever communi cations the Spanish Government wished to make to the British Government on those transactions he would be ready to receive from its official and accredited agent at our Court. He had thought it right to decline receiving any communications from Count Mirasol ; and he bad further stated, that considering the nature of the transac tions at Madrid it would be advisable that any communi cations made respecting them should be made in writing. He had since received some communications on the sub ject. He did not however feel it to be his duty to state the nature of them at present. When they were brought to a close, he should probably feel it to be his duty to lay them on the table, but it was not in his power to say at what time he should be able to do so. In reply to a question from Mr. Hume, Lord J. Rus- SELL stated, that on the 15th or 16th of June some mem ber of her Majesty's Government would explain to the house the course which the Government intended to take on the West India question. The adjourned debate on the Navigation and Regulation of Ships and Seamen, after some explanations between Mr. J. Wilson and Mr. G. Robinson. aq to a statement of the former on Monday night, was then resumed by Mr. Moffatt, who argued against the laws. Mr. G. Robinson, the Marquis of Granby, and Mr. Henley spoke in favour of them ; and Mr. Mitchell and Mr. M. Gibson against them. The debate was then adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.---FRIDAY. Lord BROUGHAM called the attention - of the house to the riotous proceedings which had been going on in the metropolis for two or three nights past. Nothing could be more irrational and nonsensical than such disturbances, which, without coming to an actual outbreak, had the effect of interrupting trade, and of harassing the civil and military force. The Duke of WELLINGTON trusted that some means would be found to stop these riotous assemblies. Perhaps the best way would be to make the persons who called them together responsible for all the evil consequences attending them. If this were done, the orators who advocated assassination would not be so ready to convene meetings for the sake of enunciating their peculiar doctrines. After some further discussion, in which the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duke of Richmond, and Lord Denman took part, the matter dropped. Lord STANLBY complained of the incompleteness of the papers concerning the diplomatic quarrel with Spain which had been laid before the house, and inquired whether any additional correspondence on the matter would be published. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE replied that the moment the additional documents were complete they should be laid before the house without any reservation. The Parliamentary Proceedings Adjournment Bill was read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. Mr. GLADSTONE opened the discussion upon the Navigation Laws. The question, he observed, was not whether the plan of the government was the best that could be devised, but whether the house was prepared, at this time, to make a change in the principles of the Navigation Laws. He was ready to give a deliberate answer in the affirmative. He thought that these laws ought to be altered, and that this was the most seasonable time for making the change, He justified the reference glade to to ".rueuago" of Prussia ; she was a 44,044.54 , \ • - •'.l`llF, LIVERPOOL STANDARD. . - for the poorer there was less demand, and lower prices were accepted. Stocks were a little better. There was but a limited demand for sterling exchanges. Bills on London are quoted at NI to 11 per cent premium Continental bills were a complete drug. The markets for Flour opened heavy on the 15th, and at a decline. Common State at 56.121, and pure Genessee Corn meal ruled steady, with moderate sales. Wheat was dull, and nominal. Corn was more firm. Pork was dull and scarce, holders of which were firm. month are said to be MM. Senard, Morrast, and Dornes. It is said that the executive commission intends to pro pose to the assembly the project of a loan of 400 millions. IMPEACHMENT OF LOUIS BLANC The committee of the assembly appointed to inquire into the case of M. Louis Blanc decided, on Friday, by a majority of 15 to 3, for the impeachment. The assembly entered into the debate on Saturday, and after a discus sion the prosecution was negatived by a majority of 368 votes against 332. INCENDIARISM IN PARTS.—Baron Rothschild's model farm villa has been burned by incendiaries, in pursuance of the system, a detail of which will be found in Blanqui's papers, viz. to destroy the bourgeoisie, by extinguishing credit, through perpetual outrage and confusion. It is supposed by the communists that the frightening away of M. de Rothschild will be a great blow at the financial means of government. There is little other news from Paris. M. Louis Blanc's prosecution is looked upon with disfavour. The electric telegraphs of France are to be immediately opened for public use. In this case all important intelli gence can be transmitted from Paris to London in little more than two hours. THE FRENCH RAILWAYS.—The French railway pro prietors are strongly protesting against the absorption of their undertakings by the French republic. The measure has been rejected by the assembly. REPUBLICAN CIVIL LIST.—The sovereignty of France being now in the streets of the capital, the nation has to provide a suitable Civil List for its many-headed and many-mouthed king, in the shape of wages for the na tional workshops in Paris, which amount, it is stated, to be £lO,OOO sterling daily. For the edification of those who are in the habit of declaiming against Royal Civil Lists, let it be known that the French Republican Civil List is at this moment running at the rate of Three Millions, six hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling per annum! TRADE IN FRANCE.—The following fact, stated by the correspondent of the Morning Chronicle, is very signifi cant as to the state of trade and monetary affairs :—" A few days ago, two Englishmen, who came to Paris to pick up bargains, went into one of the largest silk warehouses in the capital, and after looking over the stock of goods, which was a very excellent one, asked the proprietor how much he would take off the invoice price, if they would take the whole off his hands ? The warehouse proprietor, after consulting with his partner, spoke of five or ten per cent. ; but the Englishman stopped him at once, by say ing that they would give him forty per cent. on the in voice price, and not one farthing more. Tile warehouse man was indignant at first, but the end of it was that necessity forced him to accede to the offer made, and the Englishmen got the goods at sixty per cent. below prime cost. Such examples, I suspect, are not singular." The same writer adds :—" A circumstance which shows the little confidence the moneyed interests have in the future prospects of the Republic is, that some of the few re maining great bankers of Paris, who have contrived to save a portion of their fortunes, are windirr , up their affairs as fast as they can, and getting out of business." WEST INDIA MAIL. The Severn ariivecfat - tlinPiOncn Saturday from Jamaica. The revolution at Hayti arose from Soulouqui accusir , Ardorem of treashn, and putting him in prison. His adherents then attempted to displace the President, but they were defeated. It was a war of colour, between the browns and blacks. Port-au-Prince quiet. It is re ported that the English Consul at Port-au-Prince refused protection to the defeated party ; but that the French Consul protected all who required it. The negroes at Martinique were assembling, anxiously expecting emanci pation. Large amounts of specie have been recovered from the wreck of the Tweed. Santa Anna has arrived at Jamaica. In the West India islands an average crop was expected, but Jamaica wanted rain. All the islands were healthy, except Barbadoes. In Jamaica the signs of'an utter prostration of credit seem rapidly to accumulate, and such was the difficulty of obtaining money accommodation, that the rates paid averaged from 12 to 18 per cent per annum. The weather was unsettled at the latest date. No specific accounts of the progress of the crops are given by the Barbadoes jour nalists. The Dominica accounts state, that the attention of the Assembly was urgently directed by the inhabitants to the necessity of a speedy reduction in taxation, in order to give them an opportunity of maintaining themselves against the shock of the existing crisis. The St. Lucia papers, quoting late intelligence from Martinique, confirm the private advices mentioned a few days back, respecting the rising of the negroes. From Demerara information is furnished of the combined Assembly having. on the 26th of April, in reply to the opening address of the Governor, positively intimated their refusal to vote the estinia4 - es Lr the next year, until news shall have been received of the measures which may be re solved on by the home government, in connexion with the report of the recent committees of the House of Commons on the general state of the sugar colonies, " it being, under existing circumstances, impossible for the Assembly to form a correct opinion as to the means they will have of defraying the expenses of Government." Meanwhile, in order not to place the Governor in any circumstances of sudden or vexatious embarrassments, it was proposed to renew the taxation law, whence the revenue is derived, and which expires on the 30th of June, to the 15th of August next. This was resisted by Governor Light, who demanded a renewal till the 30th of September. The Assembly re maining stubborn, he said he would takes day to consider. The Court was accordingly adjourned for 24 hours, when the Governor announced his ultimatum that he could not allow any tax to be voted for a less period than three months, " which was in itself a great concession:" The members, however, could not be induced 'to alter their resolution, and it being consequently impossible to proceed with business, an adjournment was ordered bythe Governor sine die. By the accounts from British Guiana it would appear that labour on the estates is pretty nearly at a standstill, all the Creole labourers refusing to work at reduced wages. It is difficult to say which are in a worse position, the planters of Demerara or those of Trinidad. In Deme rara the labourers will not work at reduced wages, although they can afford to do so, having plentiful provision grounds. In Trinidad the people, not having provision grounds, cannot maintain themselves at any great reduction in the present rate of wages, and yet if they had provision grounds, in all prob a bility, like the Demerara labourers, they would refuse to submit to any reduction so long as their provisions lasted. Sugar was selling in a few instances so low as 52,75 per 100 lb. for shipment to Nova Scotia and other North American markets—a price wholly ruinous to planters. Labour, however, was abundant and steady, and at a moderate rate of wages. In Antigua, among other efforts to meet the disastrous contest with slave-grown sErar, a movement had been made, and it would appear with some prospect of success, to get the existing charge upon produce of 4s. per cwt. for freight reduced to 35., free of drogherage, while the latter is proposed to be reduced from 9s. 4d. per hhd. to 7s. SLAVERY AND THE WEST INDIES. — The state of Do minica and progress of public opinion there may be gleaned from the following observations, extracted from the Colonist of that island :—" What the West Indians ask is protection—protection from slave competition. If you can,' say they, emancipate the slaves in Brazil and Cuba, then we shall compete with them without hesitation ; if you cannot then your course is plain—give us protection or maintain your new principles, and revive slavery. If the mother country will do neither one thing nor the other, we submit they ought to let us alone. France and the United States will pay a premium for us, and we shall say to England in a voice of thunder, Good bye to your commercial greatness.' " DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The ,Schleswig-Holstein Journal gives, under the head of Rendsburgh, May 29 :—" This afternoon the news arrived here of a serious contest between the German and Danish troops at Sundewitt. Yesterday (Sunday) was appointed for relieving the advanced posts of the confe derate troops opposite Alsen. Of this the Danes received notice : by means of their spies. Reinforced by troops which must have been brought from Funen to Alsen, they landed on the mainland, which circumstance the Germans (lid not deem of importance, as their attention was taken up by the arrival and departure of their own troops. Di rectly after the new picquets were posted, they found themselves attacked by a large number of Danish troops, supported by artillery, beneath the heights of Duppeler, whilst at the same time a number of vessels of war and gun-boats appeared to the west of Ekensund (near Alnoer and Treppe), as if a landing were also to be effected there. It was evident that the Danes by this would endeavour to divide the attention of the German forces. On the Dup peler heights a very severe combat took place, by which great numbers were killed and wounded on both sides. No returns have yet been furnished 'of the numbers. The Danes fought with the greatest bravery. Their numbers in the field were stated to be 8,000 men, whilst the Ger mans had only 7,000. The battle lasted several hou rs , but at seven in the evening the German troops retreated by Gravenstein, and to the north towards Quars ; and the Danes advanced to near Gravenstein." The private reports speak of the loss of the Germans as near 1,000, in killed, wounded, and prisoners, and six pieces of cannon. It is not known whether the Danes will retire again to Alsen, or await reinforcements on the mainland. The Victoria steamer, which left Petersburg on the 25th ult., arrived at Hull on the 2nd instant, and brought the following intelligence :—She was at Copenhagen on the 29th of May, at which place the Grand Duke Con stantine had just arrived, having departed from Stockholm in a Russian war steamer, in company with a double banked frigate, and several smaller ships of war, together with three Swedish frigates, and other vessels; the Rus sian fleet having gone round by Stockholm to join com pany. The united fleet was lying at Copenhagen when the Victoria sailed. At Petersburg all was quiet ; and business continued dull. ...... One of the districts of Schleswig has elected Chevalier Bunsen for its representative at Frankfort. The Cheva lier has written, thanking them for the honour conferred on him, and stating that from the present state of the negociations on the Schleswig Holstein question, it will be impossible for him to repair immediately to Frankfort. FRANCE. Since our last, tranquility in France has not been in terrupted by any specific act, but apprehension prevails in Paris. The National Assembly have passed a law for the reform of the national ateliers, substituting task work, and sending the country workmen home to their own departments. It was declared by the Minister of Public Works that men refused five and six francs a day from private employers, that they might have two francs and idleness at the national ateliers. The report to the Cham ber denounced the ateliers as a national burden, and, in fact, a nuisance. The principal debate in the assembly on Wednesday was relative to the application, on the part of the At torney-General, for leave to impeach M. Louis Blanc for participation in the outrages of the 15th of May. The feeling in the chamber against him was evidently very strong. He made a speech, and defended himself spiritedly. He said—" Ido not desire to defend myself as an individual, but as a representative of the people, for, in fact, what is demanded of you, is to commence an era of persecution, to inaugurate the epoch of the republic by the reign of terror, which they reproach us with having desired to establish—we who commenced by abolishing the punishment of death. Behold to-day our recom pense. Not a drop of blood has been shed for three months ; not a single prosecution has been directed, but now hatred arouses itself, and acts with violence. What ! reproach me with having wished to violate this sacred assembly; I, who have said to the people, Here is the temple of your sovereignty.' Let him who can say to the contrary rise, that I may tell him to his face he lies. I await with impatience the examination of my conduct. It will then be seen whether I did not confer the prior even ing with the authors of the manifestation, and use my endeavours to dissuade them,—and whether I did not tell them that such a manifestation would be highly dangerous, not only to the interests of established order, but also to the interests of liberty. Yes, the interests of liberty ; for I represented that the reactionists would make good use of the effect of that manifestation. (Murmurs.) A re publican, I did not desire a manifestation fatal to the republi. (Hear.) If Iso speak, be assured it is not to avoid either imprisonment or death. Ido not fear either. (M. Louis Blanc here became very animated.) I do not fear death (said he), and in thus speaking, I know what I say ; for I undertake to say that, before long, the punish ment of death will be restored." (Loud expressions of dissent.) After a lengthened discussion, the question as to whether the impeachment should proceed was referred to a committee, the composition of which is understood to be unfavourable to M. Louis Blanc. The number of persons in custody for this affair amounts now to beta een two and three hundred. How to dispose of them will be one of the great difficulties of the government. A placard was seen posted on the walls of Paris, on Wednesday, proposing the Prince de Joinville as a can didate for the department of the Seine. The decree of banishment against the family disqualifies him. The person (M. Viguie) who proposed the prince as a candi date is to be prosecuted. The elections for the Seine are fixed for to-morrow (Sunday), and the fate of M. Adolphe Thiers is then to be decided. The committee of the assembly on the constitution determined, on Wednesday, in favour of a single president, by a intjority of 17 voices against 5. It will be remembered that ►t was determined that the presidentship of the assembly should be a monthly office. The period for M. Buchez will expire in a few days. The candidates for the presidentship for the next SPAIN. The insurrection in Seville has been put down. The insurgents who entered Portugal ha-e been disarmed. Colonel Bristow, an English officer, has been seized and imprisoned at Madrid on a charge, it is supposed, of being concerned in the late riots at Seville, but the Go vernment refuse to give any explanation of the extraor diarnary step. Considerable embarrassment is experienced in Madrid, in consequence of the scarcity of Money. Gold is sold at a premium of 13 per cent., and silver at from 10 to 11. A forced loan of 100,000,000 reals is spoken of. ITALY. Up to the 25th ult. perfect tranquillity prevailed at Rome. An attempt to overthrow the prnoisional government of Milan was made on the 28th of May, but was defeated by the national guard. The Austrians are reported to have made another un successful attack on Vicenza on the night of the 23rd. A body of 15,000 attacked and endeavoured to storm the heights in the neighbourhood of that city, but were vigo rously repulsed by the Italians under General Durando. The Piedmontese Gazette professes to know, on irre fragable testimony, that the Pope has addressed an auto graph letter to the Emperor of Austria, offering his mediation, on the absolute condition that Italy shall be evacuated by the Austrians, his holiness declaring that it is impossible that Austria can continue to rule in Italy after recent events. LOMBARDY.—PROBABLE SURRENDER OF PESCHIERA. —A bulletin from the head-quarters of Bomma Campagna, of the 27th May, says :—`• Our batteries having caused great damage to the besieged, and our trenches advancing rapidly, the King, to save the effusion of blood at Pes chiera, has sent Major La Marmora with a Bag of truce to demand the surrender of the place. The Commandant asked permission to confer with Radetsky. This was re fused ; but an armistice of some hours was agreed on, at the expiration of which a definite answer was to be given. The result is now expected. Peschiera wants provisions, and our trenches are so far advanced as soon to open the breading batteries." Letters dated the 27th ult., from the head-quarters of the Piedmontese army, given a full account of the latest. operations. Peschiera had not.yet surrendered, but as the whole of the interior • had been burnt down, and a truce allowed for 24 hours, the final surrender was momentarily expected. Pour thousand men, part of the army of Nugent, had arrived at San Michel°, within one mile of Verona.— N 6 less than 30,000 votes had been given in the city of Milan alone in favour of annexation with Piedmont, while but 50 votes were registered against it. The lists were to close on the 29th, and no doubt prevails of the annexation being accepted in every part of Lombardy. UNION OF LOMBARDY TO PIEDMONT.—On the 28th the voting on the question as to the union of Lombardy and Piedmont dosed. The union was carriedunanimously. A mixed Piedniontese and Lombard Government is to be formed, to reside at Milan. The combined fleet of the Sardinian, Venetian, and Neapolitan squadrons', blockad ing Trieste, had demanded the surrender of all the Aus trian ships of war in that port within a delay of twenty four hours, under threat of a bombardment. The Risorgimento of the 29th ult. states that the delay granted the Governor of Trieste for surrendering the ships of war belonging to Venice having expired, and the latter having demanded a prolongation of four days, the com mander of the Italian combined fleet had ordered the , firing against the town to commence. The Venice Ga zette, published at noon on the 24th ult., announces that, at 11 o'clock on the previous night, the Austrians having left their baggage in the direction of Verona, returned towards Vicenza with a large force. General Durando immediately adopted the necessary dispositions for the defence of the place, and half an hour afterwards every corps of this garrison was at its post. The two parties fought during the whole night, and the engagement still continued at nine o'clock on the 24th, when the courier started. The Austrian lines extended from San Agostino and San Felice to the gate of San Bartolomeo, and their main force was stationed on the road to Verona. They carried the first barricade .on the side of Veronna, and occupied the barrack of San Felice. They had thrown shells into the town during the night, but with little effect, having only succeeded in burning three or four houses. The temporary station of the railroad had been destroyed by their artillery. The result of the en gagement was not yet known. The Italians bad captured two pieces of ammunition and taken 154 prisoners. The Auysburgh Gazette of the 29th ult. publishes a letter from Trieste of the 25th announcing that the com bined fleet had raised the blockade of that port, and sailed away. Count Nugent had arrived at Trieste. NAPLES.— INSURRECTION IN CALABRlA. — Calabria is in a state of insurrection. The Sicilians are about to re inforce the insurgents, and to furnish them with arms and ammunition. The first movement of the Calabrian in surgents was upon Reggio and Catanzaro, where they would receive the Sicilian reinforcements and supplies, and from thence it was expected they would march upon Naples. NAPLES—THE LATE MASSACRE.—The number of slain is stated to be upwards of two thousand. The rage against the Swiss soldiers is intense. A decree disarming the citizens nas been published. INDIA.—The dates of the latest advices are—Calcutta, April the 19th; Delhi, April 21st; Bombay, May Ist; Alexandria, May 22d ; and Malta, May 26th. From Bombay we learn that the new Governor of that Presi dency, Lord Falkland, had arrived, and that Mr. Clerk had resigned the Government into his Lordship's hands, and was to leave Bombay for Europe shortly after the de parture of the mail. Sir Henry Pottinger had arrived at Madras, and assumed the reins of government in that pre sidency. The campaigns in Goomsoor had ended in the complete submission of the bill chiefs ; the friends of Chokra Pissye had forsaken him, and it was reported that he had given himself up to Colonel Ouseley. The warm season had set in all over India, and the heat was repre sented, in several places, as terrific. This rise in the tem perature had not, however, been attended with any in crease of mortality.—At Bombay there was an improved market for imports, as far as extent of business was con cerned, although the desire of holders to take advantage of it before the termination of the season had caused a slight reduction in prices. At Calcutta the improveme n t reported by the last mail still continues. Owing to the check given to shipments by the accounts from this side, freights have further receded. There has also bee n a rapid fall in the rate of exchange, which may tend to cause some additions to the large amount of specie at, present on its way to this country. The Indian steam-ship Benares, 400 tons burden caught fire when about four miles from Rajmahal, on her return from Calcutta, and was totally destroyed, with her cargo, valued at £20,000. There were one hundred and fifty passengers and seamen on board, and though twenty perished through jumping into the water from fear, the rest were saved by the captain causing the vessel to be run aground in shallow water. Among those who per ished are named, Mrs. Hartley. Captain Whistler, Miss Nash, Captain Sneyd, Mr. Grose, Mr. Houlton (chief officer of the Bemires), Mr. Shanahan, and some twenty others. A mechanics' institution, the first which has ever been established in India, has just been opened at Bombay. JERUSALEM. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.—Mpstapba Eeriff, the Pacha of Jerusalem, convened the Latin, Great, and Armenian patriarchs, with their .respective staff of clergy, in the church of the Holy Sepulchre. on the 15th of March, where he harrangued them in the Turkish language, inculcatin g peace, concord, and harmony, in order to set a good ex ample to the people ; and concluded by saying that they ought, to do this for the love of Jesus Christ, before whose sepulchre they were. Peace was made, and the Latin patriarch said to the Pacha—" I congratulate myself, that your Excellency being at Jerusalem, to administer justice, you have made yourself the conciliator of peace between Christians—an office of the greatest honor and highest glory." PRUSSIA. On the Ist instant, a large number of mechanics assem bled in Berlin, and declared for the arming, and ex changed with the civic guard mutual promises of support. They also engaged to stand by tne citizens against any attack from the military. After coming to this decision, they filed off. The proclamation of a republic was loudly talked of in many groups. The utmost indignation has been excited at Berlin, and there is more danger now of an outbreak than at any time since the days of March. Groups of unemployed la bourers continue to gather, and a proceeding by govern ment has set almost everything in a flame. Five barges loaded with arms have been sent from the arsenal (which is one of the few public buildings the citizens have allowed the troll's to take charge of,) down the river, and this circumstance having been discovered by the students, the populace became fearfully excited, and took possession of the barges, which they commenced unloading, and never was a more thoroughly revolutionary scene witnessed. The unloading continued for nearly three hours under a burning sun, the crowd increasing every moment as the event became known through the city, and the anger of the populace swelling with every case of arms dragged into their sight. The arms were again lodged in the arsenal, which will doubtless be placed under a guard of citizens again. _ - A few days since, about a hundred schoolboys of Berlin assembled for the purpose of giving their schoolmaster a katzenmusik, or concert of marrowbones and cleavers, and created such alarm by their earsplitting noises, that the drums were beaten, and more than 15,000 civic guards, with loaded muskets and fixed bayonets, appeared to op pose the youthful rioters. On the Nth ult. quiet and confidence were gradually returning in Vienna. Business had resumed its proper course. The damage done to the streets has been repaired. The behaviour of the labourers during the excitement has been admitted to have been exemplary. IHE RIVER PLATE.—The Phoenix, Captain Rooney, arrived here on Saturday- with dates from Montevideo to the 24th of March. Letters brought by this vessel repre sent Montevideo as being in an alarming state. Mr. Gore arrived in Her Majesty's ship Inconstant on the 18th, and Baron Gros in the French steam ship Magellan on the 19th. Her Majesty's steamer Hydra, from Rio, had arrived at Montevideo. Dr. Varela, editor of the Comercio del Plata, was stabbed at his own door on the night of the 20th of March. . THE POPE AND THE SULTAN.—The following presents have been remitted to the Nuncio of His Holiness, for presentation to :—A magnificent saddle, enriched with diamonds ; eight Arab horses of great beauty ; three magnificent snuff-boxes, enriched with diamonds; four decorations, for distribution at his pleasure ; GOO piques of Damascus cloth, beautifully embroidered, and of vari ous colours (the pique is a measure of 227 inches); a great number of Smyrna carpets ; 30 pieces of Angora shawling ; and a grand decoration for Pope Pius IX., and another for the Ambassador. ANOTHER INSURRECTION AT VIENNA.—On the 23d of May the ministry ordered the academic legion to dissolve, and immediately to lay down their arms. A revolt instantly took place—students and ouvriers immediately raised bar ricades. At ten o'clock a collision took placebetween the soldiers and the people. The soldiers were repulsed, and retreated upon the glacis, and occupied all the bastions. Hostilities have not been renewed. The people called for the maintenance of the academic legion, the removal of the soldiers, the return of the emperor within eight days, or the substitution of a prince in his place. On the 28th; order was entirely restored, and passages opened through the barricades, which, however, were not removed. STEAM NAVIGATION IN BRAZIL.—The navigation of the river Amazon by steam has been at length attempted, the first essay having been made by a small steamer, called the Guapiassu, drawing very little water. She pro ceeded from the city of Para to the river Negro on the Gth of November,' and returned on the 27th of January last, having occupied 82 days on the voyage, of which she was 33 detained at the bar of the Rio Negros, and called at twelve different places, stopping several hours at each, going, and coming. The experiment completely succeed ed. The great difficulty apprehended was easily overcome, that of procuring a sufficient supply of fuel. She could not stow away more than 70 tons of coals, which were only sufficient for seven days' consumption, whereas she was 19 days with the steam on, and consequently obliged to have recourse to wood. After trying several qualities, they found four different qualities thereof; which answered equally as well, if not better, than coals, obtaining a higher degree of pressure, and a greater number of revolutions from its use, at a much less expense ; that of coals for the whole voyage would have been 2,925 milreis, whereas the actual cost of the wood amounted only to 355 milreis, occasioning, moreover, much less labour from the ashes being more easily removed. The fireplace of the Guapi assu was constructed for wood, and the logs were cut to suit it. Peru is highly interested in the navigation by steam of the Amazon. A company is being formed at Rio for improving the navigation of the river Mucury, which communicates with Rio and the provinces of Minas and St. Paulo, the two most productive, fertile, and best' populated in the empire.-117orning Post. IRELAND. - Lord Cloncurry has sent £lOO Lwards the fund raising for Mrs. Mitchel. The final destination of Mr. Mitchel in now said to be L'e,•muda. The benahers of Ireland have postponed the considera tion of the admission, of Dr. Gray and Mr. J. H. Dunne, both repea7ers, as members of the Irish bar. The United Irishman is declared extinct, and Messrs. Devin, Reilly, and John Martin, have announced a suc cessor, to be called the Irish Felon, to appear as soon as possible. . Mr. John O'Connell has advised that if the Irish Attor ney General dares to speak to any Roman catholic, the latter should spit in his face. He (Mr. O'Connell) would know him no longer, and would feel degraded to be seen in conversation with such a man. An Irish declaration agninst the repeal agitation, which is now going its round, has already received the signa tures of upwards of seventy peers, including the names of the Duke of Leinster, the Marquises of Downshire, Londonderry, Waterford, Donegal, Drogheda ; Earls Roden Donoughmore, Glengall, &c., &c. The Sheriff of the city of Dublin is about to publish an explanatory statement, showing the groundlessness of representation made in regard to the panel. He will show that there were fifty-eight Roman Catholics on the panel, and ,not twenty-eight, as asserted at the trial of Mr. Mitchel. The Protestant Repeal Association held a meeting on Tuesday in the Music Hall, Abbey-street, which was crowded in all parts. Eight hundred new members were admitted. The speeches and Resolutions were strong, on condemning the prosecution of Mr. Mitchel. The meeting separated in the most peaceablemanner. Mr. Mitchel, since his arrival at the convict depot on Spike Island, has laboured under the deepest mental de pression. He does no t regre t th e li ne o f con d uc t h e so deliberately adopted, or its consequences to himself perso nally, but that his extreme dejection solely arises from the irretrievable ruin of his domestic happiness. Ma. MITCHEL'S POPULARITY.—HaIf-a-crown has been refused for a copy of the last number of Mr. Mitchel's paper. An admirable likeness of this gentleman, from a daguerreotype taken by Gluckman, has had a prodigious sale since Saturday week. One printseller sold upwards of 1,000 copies, and the demand is still exceedingly brisk. RETRIBUTION.—A singular instance of retribution over taking the guilty is related in the Kilkenny Moderator. A man named Long wa3 arrested, last week, near Avoca, count} , Wicklow, for a murder committed 27 years ago on a female whom he had seduced. The body was discovered in a sewer by the sagacity of a dog, and the accused, who absconded after the murder, was not heard of until the day of his amst. THE REPEAL RENT.—The last week's collection for this fund, as announced at the meeting in Conciliation hail on Monday last, amounted to the enormous sum of TWELVE POUNDS ! The O'Connells are said to get the lion's share of the subscription ; if, therefore, the lion is allowed to have his proportion this week, we would not give much for that which would ,fall to the lot of the jackals. At a meeting (private of course) held on Monday of the council of the Confederation, a motion, by Father Kenyon, was put and carried, to the effect that the com mittee of the Confederation, hitherto composed of 150 members, be reduced to 21, to be chosen by ballot. An address, bearing the signature of William Smith O'Brien, and advocating a direct resort to arms, was submitted to the new directory, and unanimously approved of. This document is to be laid, for final adoption, before the open meeting of the Confederates. The Issassinlike intimidation which preceded Mr. Mit chel's trial has been appropriately followed up. Mr. Whitty, the foreman of the jury, has received no less than five threatening letters of the most atrocious kind. One of them was addressed to Mrs. Whitty, and menaced her and her children, as well as Mr. Whitty, with certain death. We are informed, upon excellent authority, that others of the jury have certainly received similar commu nications, and it is stated that no one of the twelve have escaped similar murderous notices. THREATENED OUTBREAK.—It is boldly stated—and it seems with perfect truth—that on Saturday week there were thousands of misguided men ready to deluge with blood the streets of the Irish metropolis in a reckless and hopeless attempt, from which they were only dissuaded by the assurance that the time was not ripe for open and ge neral insurrection. This, to say the least, is the infer rence to be drawn from the meaning of Mr. Smith O'Brien, whose name as sponsor to the late insurrection ary appeal is a sufficient guarantee that its statements are founded upon facts. . . . . Is it prudent of Romanist writers to be complaining so angrily of the composition of Mitchel's jury ? What if they were Protestants ? Was not the prisoner a Protes tant ? Oh, but he was a Repealer ! And have not the complaining Journalists been averring for the !ast three months that " the Protestants of Ireland" were Repeaters too ? Have they not been averring it especially of the Protestants of Dublin ? and if they did not know in their hearts that the averment was false, why do they make the Protestantism of the Jury a pretext of complaint and discontent ? An Irish paper has published a letter from the Earl of Shrewsbury to Dr. Winter, avowing himself a convert• to repeal, as a preferable alternative to civil war, and calling on the clergy to unite in obtaining it. He thinks the display of an organised body would compel the Govern ment to resign, and Peel would then come in, and proba bly settle the church question, and so avoid the necessity of repeal. It seems, however, from a subsequent letter of the Earl, that the first was never intended for publication, and that as it was—" Written in the utmost privacy and confidence, immediately after the successfull popular re volts 't Milan, Berlin, and Vienna, and at a period of ex traordinary excitement and alarm at home, much of it can only be regarded as the floating idea of the moment, thrown out merely with a view of provoking an opinion , 1 from those to whom it was thus privately and coutiden- addressed." June 6, 1848. DEPARTURE OF MR. MITCHEL FOR BERMUDA•--: The Cork Reporter, of Thursday, contains the following —" John Mitchel stands no more on Irish soil. He was removed at four o'clock this morning to the Scourg i a steamer, which arrived in th e h ar b oar yesterday, a nd sailed for Bermuda this morning. If twelve months pas' over ere he stands again, a free man, on his native shot!' Ireland deserves all the obloquy and disgrace that can be inflicted on her. Bermuda is one of the strongest ~ tresses in the Queen's dominions, another St. Helena. THE "UNITY" OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC Cuunco. —lt is pretty well known that a war has been for :imp ° time raging between the Roman Catholic Bishop of Kllla loe and the renowned Father Kenyon, the latter of %awn was suspended by his superior, for the utterance of a sedi tious speech some week back. The priest of Templed refusing to swallow his words, or, like Father Beruil.ng ham, clothe himself in sackcloth and ashes, has ssince taken his proper positio n as th e sp i r it ua l leader of tPe Dublin revolutionists ; and scarcely had he entered upon his new vocation when an address, purporting to emanate from his former parishioners, was presented to BlahlP Kennedy, reprobating th e a tt ac k s th a t h a d b een made upan him by certain p ar ti es f or th e course h e h a d a dopted . e with reference to th e b race of' warlike priests whose ant e bad brought su c h scan d a l on the diocese of Killaw e ' This was rather too strong a dose for the stomachs of tha t men who nailed the chapel doors against the entrance ° I the priest appointed to do Mr. Kenyon's duty, and ac cordingly a counter-decl ara ti on , s i gne d by some, l2° °f the Kenyonites, has been forwarded to the Bishop, in the course of which th ese un d u tif u l c hild ren o f mot h er c hurch have protested against tile Bishop's proceedings. AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—On Thursday, an information was sworn by Mr. David Haynes, of Thomand-squa re ' before John Bagnell, Esq., that he had reason to be' lieve that a hostile meeting was about to take place be tween Mr. William B uc kl e y, o f S u lli van ' s-quay, and 3"lr. Abraham Haynes, o f Ballygaggin. A warrant was ac cordingly issued, and shortly after Mr. Buckley was, at rested and held to b a il ; y es t er d ay M r. H aynes gave simi lar bail, himself in £4O and two sureties in £2O ea ch. The dispute, it appears; arose on account of Mr. Hayne s shooting one of a flock of swans which flew from the pro perty of Sir Augustus Warren to Sunday's Well. On that occasion, Mr. Buckley went on Mr. Haynes groan' and told him th a t no s p or t sman wou ld he guilty o f s ac" an act. Mr. Haynes retorted by ordering Mr. Buckley to leave his g r o un d or —. The parti es did no t We"' , again until Tuesday at the Monkstown races, when 3 31 ' Buckley rode up t o M r . H aynes , w h o was also moun ted', and after a hasty interchange of epithets, the whip 01 either gentlemen was brought into active service. The combatants bein g se p ara t e d, M r. Buckley retired to T i e , stand-house tav ern , an d wro t e a hostile message, whit" was duly delivered t o hi s.an t agon i st, b ut up to the time the swearing of the informations the gentlemen failed In procuring friends wh o wou ld r i s k t h e consequences o f at tending them to the sod.—Cork paper. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. Sir Patrick Bellew has been appointed an Irish peer, with the title of Lood Bellew. Sir W. Jones has been unseated for Cheltenham, l cr reasons stated in our Parliamentary summary. LEICESTER.-Sir J. \Valmsley and Mr. Gardner 1)1 been unseated for bribe r y, comm i t t e d b y t h e i r a g" without their sanction. Mr. Russell, the ex-member for Reading, and chairwall of the Great Western, is announced as a Conservative co' didate for Cheltenham. On Tuesday the Earl of Lucan carried the appointmen t of a select committee on the Irish Poor Law,against rasters, by a majority of 33 to 27. It is said that the chartists are organising extensive l / throughoutEigland and Scot land, forthe purpose of holding great meetings simultaneously throughout the country e ll Monday next (Whit Monday.) MR. FEARGUS O'C ONNOR ' S L AND SCHEME.-11,13 committee met on Frid a y l as t, an d se l ecte d Si r Geer , '" Hayter as chairman. They meet again to-day at twelve, when Mr. Feargus O'C onnor an d two o f t h e o ffi c ers ° f the company will be examined. Mr. Grantley Berkeley has returned an answer to the usual ministerial circular sent him, that the ministry al not to consider him one of th e i r su p por t ers i n the ust sense of the term. By th' s s t e p M r . B er k e l ey gives "` his right to patronage and nominations. Lord John Russell has given notice for leave to br ing in a bill to alter the oath taken by members of parlia ment, the object of the m easure being tantainount to tea t for which the Jew Bill was b roug ht forward. Will hi? o lordship be permitted to obt a i n hi s o bj ect b y a s id e -wind We should think not. THE PUBLIC REVENUE.—In the majority for Dr. 13 0 - ring's motion for a full specification of the taxes paid "g. the Exchequer, there were A. Henry, J. Brothertom Cobden, H. Drummond, G. Hudson, Colonel Sib l e i r r r 4Y and T. Thornely. The mi nor ity was compose d ea' of government members, and yet they were deleateeimil The London correspondent of the Dnblin EvenW lives states that a very numerous me e ti ng o f th e C on serv a o wi. was held on Saturday, at L or d St an l e y' s h ouse; t° , c rsc to der the subject of the N a vi ga ti on -l aws , an d t h e 01 ,7„, g by be taken, when, after a st a t emen t ma d e t o th e ine , '" o p. Lord Stanley, it was unanimously resolved that eve Bt of, position which the torms of the house would s ures pro. should be resorted to, i n or d er t o d e f ea t the in ea posed by the Governme n t. committee THE SUGAR DU TIES .—Th e parliamereary - , has decided, by a maj or i ty o f 7 to 5, in favour of Sir Ti! Birch's resolution, recommen di ng that t h e d u ti es 0 3 it ) . reign sugars shall for th e nex t s i x y ears h e 20 s. per 0 114 and on British 10s. per cwt., th e d u t y on f ore i gn to be gradually reduced after th a t p er i o d un til t h ey are both the same footing. The majority consisted of Sir Thom as Birch, Sir E. Buxton, Messrs. M a th eson , H o pe, Niles , Lord George Manners, and Si r J. P a ki ng t on ; the inia °- rity being 11Iessrs. Labouchere, 'Wilson, Milner Gi„,hs°l" Moffatt, and C. Villiers. Mess r s. G ou lb urn and Uar" well did not vote, and Lord G. B en ti uc k was i n the chain :, FEMALE CHARTIST ME ETING .—A mee ti ng of woal e 7. Chartists was convened by a bellman, in the Pasture, a; Leicester, on Thursday week. Ab ou t 4,000 p e rsons W!' „ r e present, about half of whom were women. After sing l i i i; a Chartist hymn, Mrs. Cully, daughter of the late 1 :• 41 , o Smart, one of the ear li es t Ch ar ti st l ea d ers occupied le chair. Two re s o l u ti ons , one f or the formation of a len s ` , Chartist Association, with a "Defence Fund," for pro secuting those special constables who were said to hat' been guilty of brutal and unwarrantable attacks on ion () ; cent persons last week; the other to the effect that of dealings should be had w ith p ersons w h o acte d as spec: constables, were moved an d secon d e d b y wome n, carried unanimously. 0 -- OFFICIAL SALA R I ES .—C HEAP (?) P OSTAGE .- -F►' o "' e t return recently obtained, it appears that the actual ,11 I'fit increase of the number of a pp o i n t men t s , an d t h e ael° ll- e of salaries in all public offi c es a nd d e p ar t men t s , since , passing of the Act 4th and sth William IV., c. 6,863 as regards the number of persons, £184,368 as gards the salaries, and £17,586 as regards the et',, meats; 7,060 persons at salaries amounti ng t o £260,t; have been added to the establishment of the Post-ow% within the period of this ac c ou n t, f or th e p ur p o se of T o fording 'increased facilities a nd accommo d a ti o n to t' public in the receipt and delivery of letters, &a. The, count, exclusive of the Post-offi ce , wou ld ex hibit a °ln nution of 197 persons, and about £58,600 per annum salaries and emoluments. NORTH CHESHIRE ELECTION.—Th e nom i na tion f r 9 knight of the shire for North Ch es hi re , t o serve in Pa r (r - ,1 ment in the room of the Hoo. E. J. Stanley, now Eddisbury, took place on Wednesday at Knutsford. T. W. Tatton, of Withensh ar d, p ro p ose d Mr. Ge °r , Cornwall Lcgh ; Mr. W. Sideb o tt om , of Mottraw, 9,, 1 , conded the nomination. Mr. John Cheetharn, of Sl," 1 ., 0 ) 0 bridge, nominated Mr. F. D. P. Astl e y ; th e nomiaa; o f was seconded by Mr. Hindley, M.P. On a sh ° " t ee hands being taken, Mr. Astley w as d ec l are d to have „b. majority, and a poll was demanded on b e h a lf o f Mr. tie?„i f Mr. Legh, in nis address to his ele c to r s, d ec lares hia l-- t o a decided opponent to vote by b a llot ; b u t promise s w give his attention to any reasonable proposition as t ° ivo tension of the suffrage. Mr. Astley favours progres iiin g reform, but declares himself strongly aver se to any like revolutionary movements. g ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN IN FAVOUR OF 11 2 --, It „30, The address of congratulation on th e bi r th of a Pra b i ti er presented by the Lord Mayor of Dublin and several members of the Corporation, to the Queen, on Th?gro/4 contained, among others, the following passage :---- ' o ce Gracious Majesty, we humbly and with all due defe r ', of venture to suggest that the main cause of the inis„, er ,"iia• Ireland is that her laws are not made by an Irish P ar is ment • that, instead of a sister nation, she has otid laced 'for as a mere province ; and that the c ertain the effectual course to restore her prosperity, to preset e eoPle integrity of tile empire, and to attach most of the Peer of Ireland, is by the restoration to Ireland of the a ce/ to make her own laws and to manage her own reT eg i4o' by the repeal, as speedy as possible, of the act of , tive union, and the assembling of your MajestY I s „ de: Parliament." The following is her Maj e sty's re,?...; felt livered in a distinct and emph a ti c tone :—"' I to deep sympathy for the suffering of many o f mY s to the in Ireland. I have given my cordial san ction cza tiun various Acts passed by the Legislature for the 1 01 I Acilf, of that suffering, and I trust that by means of theseo., aided by private charity and local efforts, the pre y ` ; fully severe distress has been MI terially relieved. I n 'iptef' t persuaded that measures calculated to advance tli e rvitel' ests and promote the welfare of that portion of teLi har- Kingdom will continue to receive from the Impe ril is liament the most careful and attentive considera__lt " SANITARY CONDITION" OF TILE our painful duty this week to publish the fi, l : il i s e tins. knows but it may be the last !—of a series of ",.. jo et ,. ; respecting the health of her Majesty's ge ve .„%eelc which, we grieve to say, has, within the last r , l'e trs fortnight, become alarmingly precarious. ~,,v e - e et serious symptoms of disorder appeared on Tharslloa7l when its constitution received a smart shock in t ' at t t aet e , of Lords. Its manifest sickness bad, however , o. e ° , 9 previous notice, and a celebrated quack clocteL fee former occasion, refused to prescribe till ti vir iet t tc; forthcoming,. was actually sent for to the Isle ?_ pre give his opinion as to the general state of th e itlv or health. To add to the misfortune, a very al e from a vicious Spanish mule, put into ha" „, lu ck „l, months ago, caused one of the patient's limbsTqc o f se c would have it the most active—to fall into 3 sr_" . . sp aC3 deep mortification that amputation seemed f9r i ! tra tion" s , twenty-four hours inevitable. By tile ailml! i r s, for o rT copious palliatives, however, this calamit , Y, La t ac co present, been averted. The following tos iatlS l 3 e „ however, will indicate the progress of t." e ,„, in c l o g- Tuesday : Great prostration. Severe gril."''t it' et ._; quence of a pill administered by Dr. Bowroig• _ a il e d t ', *l . day: Still very weak. A Jesuit copferaw..7 s t o o l becomes weak in consequence. Thul;? s g r opto n ' s i tn relapse, attended with high fever; 'Rau g delirium, and great peevishness of temper- so] ~r 0. 41 1 1 0 ` 1 , 0 effort o s r tr t o t o o g r t a h l . ly, A f s ollo ,o w g e o d b to y e in p er a e t r rn i4 a/ e O 7 l. more tranquil, but is hopelessly sinking- v" Ji THE intuit of th state triuu upon doi, thief Itere sitior Such of th,