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Varliamtntarp pro retbings. HOUSE OF LORDS.—Move On the question of the third reading of the Destitute Poor (Ireland) Bill, the Marquis of CLA `CARDE the ins rve of Lord Monteagle, on Thursd ground that if retained, the b 1, thus mutilt produce a most unfavourable effect in Ireland. On a . division, the retention of Lord 3 amendments was carried by a majority of -_ll bers 58 to 46 passed. and the bill was read a t The hon sate for Killi l a clause, mond, limiting he authority to t ►d to kill hares to one On a division the clause was carried The Earl of CARDIGAN moved an amen Tent the occupier, of laud from laying soar )y a maj through Com OF COAI John Rus, came to ti Vernon Smith, and 8: lied his on the Colo think ar into for the purpose of 1 arid all gone into committee on the Certifi- DALE I •t°"' The insurg to intrenchment: 3 to 1 i West Indi, information ly to Mr. B. Ost le treaty, it had 1 lining the i A that the treaty o the Gov I Mr. D. CALI TLe debate wa '''''-$.-- HOUSE OF LORDS TUESDAY FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. • FRANCE The Clog St. Lazare, the stronghold of the insurgent: in the neighbourhood of the Bastile, which had resistec cameo aL Saturday, and which prevented the troops from advancin, y, on the into the Faubourg St. Antoine, was stormed on Sunday ted, would at four o'clock, This was announced in a letter from M Armand Marrast, mayor of Paris, to the President of tb onteagie's Assembly. the num- All the strongholds of the insurgents, except the Ft} time and mairie, were then in possession of the troops, but the earn• Never has anything like it beet has been terrifi n in Paris. PARIS, JUNE 26, 10 O'CLOCK, A.M. , nts, having been driven from their stror are retreating into the country, pursue, rational Guards and the cavalry, who have cap immense number of them. re now only in possession ofone strong g St. Antoine. bold, the Foubou it, which, I The Foubourg The insu m9ly with hi, ition of t;: vial Office mile( from the charges brought defeed the Cc of having tting on the subject of West Indian 2 O'CLOCK, P.M St. Antoine has just been taken. nts are flying into the country. cavalry and flvi -Aillery are in pursuit of then On the side of order more men have fallen than on tha of the revolt. There have been killed or wounded tei general officers distinguished for their services and thei 'enance of a without success. On Tuesday a cabriolet, with two men in it, was stopped when a large sum in gold, of Russian coinage, and a con siderable quantity of cartridges were found. The parties pretended not to understand French. and made signs that they were Poles. A National Guard addressed them in Polish, in English and German, but could obtain no reply. They were arrested and taken before the Commissary of Police. They were armed with dagger-pistols. A greapenutnber of the balls extracted from the wounded of the National Guar.] and the army were composed of pieces of iron, which, by a refinement of cruelty, w ere pierced, and a piece of cor - •ire introduced which pro -s this has prevented , and the wounded have conse- lion of the quently died n many cas --- The following is the latest report of the general officers killed and wounded in the insurrection :—General Nearier. 1.211 1 n - killed ; General Brea, assassinated ; General Francoi s , killed ; General Regnaud, killed ; General &argon, wounded in the thigh, recovery doubtful; General Corte, Wounded in the leg; General Damesme, leg amputation, some hopes of recovery; General Duvivie, wound in the foot. serious ; General Foucher, wounded. Besides these nine general officers, an immense number of colonels and superior officers have been put hors de combat. The Constitutionnel states that amongst a mass of papers found in the lodgings of Lieutenant Deflotte, were discovered several letters from M. Lamartine, to g ether with a p asspor t s i gne d b y hi m, an d another by Louis Blanc. Orders have, it is said, been given for the arrest of La martine, Ledru Rollin, Louis Blanc, Causidiere, and La- grange LATEST INTELLIGENCE BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH The Paris papers of Sunday announce that on Saturday last the monthly committees of the National Assembly were renewed, and that of the chairmen of the fifteen committees one only belonged to the late Executive Go vernment—M. Arago. The other 14 were all members of the constitutional opposition in the late Chamber of Deputies. Among them were MM. Dupin, Thiers, Du faure, Billault, Berryer, Vivien, Cormenin, De Fey, &c. Paris was perfectly tranquil on Sunday. More troops had arrived. The city of Paris stands in the valley of the River Seine, in such wise that whilst the most central part of the city occupies the islands and the strand of the river, the streets which diverge at right angles from this point rise by a somewhat rapid ascent to the high ground on each side of the valley. The centre of the insurrection was established on the low ground by the river ; its wings rested on these opposite heights; the Hotel de Ville was its most advanced post in front, but all the narrow streets and quays from that building to the Faubourg St. Antoine were in the hands of the insurgents. The attack was carried on upon this point by General Duvivier; but such were the preparations of resistance made, that, ac cording to the written statement of the Mayor of Paris to the National Assembly, " the whole district was con verted into a vast fortress, which could only be reduced stone by stone." The streets were barricaded ; the win.. dows were lined with mattresses, from behind which a murderous fire poured down upon the troops ; and a gangway of internal communication had been opened from house to house, which supplied ammunition or the means of escape to the besieged. The progress of the forces on this point was accordingly very slow; and it was in the rear of this position that the final stand of the in surrection was made on Monday afternoon. But the operations were carried on with equal skill and courage at the two wings, for that term may strictly be applied to the positions which the insurrection had assumed. On the left bank of the Seine the left wing extended to the Pantheon, by the steep and narrow line of the Rue St. Jacques, which was completely barricaded and even forti fied with cannon. The attack on this position alone cost fifteen hours' hard and uninterrupted fighting; yet it was the first which was reconquered by the troops. The at tack on the right wing, which extended to the Clos St. Lazare, was conducted by General Lamoriciere, who gra dually forced his way, on the third day, to the barriers, and there effected his junction with the central division of General Duvivier. It may be inferred from the regular distribution of the insurrectionary forces that their plan was to exhaust the troops by a fruitless attack on the bar ricades, and then to assume offensive operations by an advance of the two wings upon the National Assembly and the west end of Paris, so as to place the Government between two fires, and reduce it to inevitable destruction. The extent of organisation which the execution of such a plan, extending over a line of several miles in length, and maintained for nearly four days, discloses, is perfectly in conceivable. Every species of artifice was employed to convey ammunition. The pails of the milk-women, the couches of the wounded, and even the coffins of the dead, were found filled with gunpowder and cartouches. Large sums of money in gold and rotes were discovered on the persons of men apparently in extreme poverty, and of young children. The women of Paris took a most active part in the struggle, and conveyed orders and signals through the hottest fires. The subjoined anecdotes illustrate the desperate valour exhibited on both sides :—" There remained only seven men and two women, who fought desperately. One of the men, who held a flee in his hand, was the first to fire upon the National Guards : his companions followed his example, and the National Guards returned the fire. . The man who carried the flag fell dead. One of the females, a young woman neatly dressed, picked up the flag, and leaping over the barricade, rushed towards the National Guards, uttering language of provocation. Al though the fire continued from the barricade, the National Guards, fearing to injure this female, humanely abstained for some time from returning it, and exhorted her to withdraw. The exhortations, however, were vain, and at length self-preservation compelled them to fire, and as she was in front of the barricade, a shot reached her and she was killed. The other female advanced, took the flag, and began to throw stones at the National Guards. The fire from the barricade had become feeble, but seve ral shots were fired from the sides, and from the windows of houses, and the National Guards, in returning the fire, killed the second female. At last, only one man re mained at the barricade, but he kept up a constant dis charge. One of the National Guards left the ranks, sword in hand, and rushing to the barricade, turned aside the musket of this man just as he was a b out to fire again, and took him prisoner." The second re l ates to a boy in the Guarde Mobile :—" Like all the other battalions of the Garde Mobile, the 13th displayed the most admirable courage against the enemies of the Republic. The youth ful Martin Hyacinthe, 18 years of ago, and a simple garde mobile, gallantly mounted a formidable barricade in the Faubourg du Temple, nothwithstanding a shower of balls. Seizing the flag which surrounded it, he would not quit hold of it even to fight. When the battalion had re turned to General Changarnier's head quarter, at the Chamber. the young Martin was presented to the chief of the Executive power, to whom he presented the flag which he had taken. General Cavaignac immediately and spon taneously detaching his cross from his breast d ecorated Martin crow I d lpicinthe with it amidst the repeated c h eers of the The brave ileneral Negrier was the victim of his intre. f p o i r d e i t h .y. ea t s d. p u d f i o n n g a h b e a e r x r i t c e a n d d e e , d h h e i s r er a i n v d e db t o a th a o l 1 in 8 en t e o r him, and said, "Adieu ! I die like a soldier !" He h a d faced all the danger of the war in Africa, and had distill. • cealed in his sleeve. The leader was known by his switch guished himself beside General Daturemont, who fell at beingin the shape of a pitchfork. The chiefs had medals the head of the French army before Constantine. called monnerom, and the medal had a certai n number of After the reduction of the Foubourg St. Antoine, some notches accrading to the rank of the personage bearing it. garden mobiles received a discharge of several shots from It appears, besides, that there is no doubt that the in- a house. Three young men immediately mounted and surgents had a regular plan of government, that the found there eight persons clothed in the uniform of the names ofehe parties in the governm en t were quite settled, empire. These persons were immediately shot, and every and that among them figured some names which have one might see on the boulevard a garde mobile bearing the floured in high places since the revolution. PAR S, cap, the military boots, the cloak, and other accessories of THURSDAY.—The following is the new ministry the uniform of one of these miserable men. appointed by Cavaignac, who, as president, names his col- The National says—" We have seen some of the bullets leases.;—General Lamoriciere. Minister of War; M. Se- seized in the Rue St. Antoine These bullets, cast in nand, of the Interior; M. Bethmont, ofJustice; M. Bas- large thimbles, like those used by tailors, terminate in a tide, of Marine •M. Gond e h aux , o f Finance; Ger.. Bedau, p o i n t, an d are a d apte d to inflict the most frightful of Foreig n Affairs; M. Recurt, of Public Works ; M. wounds." Toures, of Commerce; M. Carnot, of Public Instruction; The boys of the guard mobile, who were alternately for General Changarnier, Commander-in-Chief of the Na- the last month playing at soldiers and ball, have proved tional Guard of Paris. The city was tranquil, and the themselves true heroes. One of' them, a mere lad, who Faubourg St. Antoine was busy with business. The shops captured a flag at a barricade, was on Monday publicly were all opened as usual, and the inhabitants seemed to decorated by General Cavaignac with his own cross of the have plenty to do in selling their various commodities to legion of honour. " I have just now," says the Times' the curious people who had thronged to look at the last reporter, on Monday, "seen pas Sing along the Boulevards fortress of the insurgents. two of these enjans de Paris bending under the weight of At the meeting of the assembly, M. Senard, before he —what do you think ?—garlands and bouquets of flowers, quitted the presidential chair, said that he had never 4114- showered on them on their way hither from the Faubourg ted General Cavaignac during the c r i s i s , an d the gallant St. Antoine, while two national guards marched behind general now wanted that he should still remain with him them, waving over their heads the st an d ar d s o f th e Coin -as a colleagu e . H av i ng expressed his gratitude for the munists and Sections which those youths took in the bar honour conferred upon him, he left the chair, and ascended ricades of ' the terrible Faubourg ! ' What a people ! " the tribune in his new capacity of minister, to present a BRUTALITY.—The most savage atrocities were corn project of a decree of three million francs for the relief of milled by some of the insurgents in Paris on the prison families of national guards who had fallen. A grant of ers who were so unfortunate as to fall into their power. one million francs for the mobile guard was also granted. There is a woman 40 years of age, at present confined in The assembly has decreed a mark of honourto the name the cellars of the Tuileries, who confesses with the most of General Negrier. " The heart of General Negrier shall savage joy that she decapitated five officers of the Garde be deposited i n th e I nva lid es, and his body taken to the Mobile with a kitchen knife. On the principal barricade ' city of Lisle, which claims it." His son is to be pro- of the Faubourg St. Antoine the mutilated body of a moted in the army, and a pansion of 3,000 francs, revert- Garde Republicaine was seen impaled on a stake. The ible to his children, settled upon his widow. bodies of several of the Garde Mobile were found in the The Bourse opened to-day for the first time since the Pantheon hung by the wrists, pierced with sabre and insurrection, and the triumph achieved by the friends of bayonet wounds. order has tended to give much increased confidence. COOL BRAVERY IN A BOY.—The following curious PARIS, FRIDAY.—M. Maria, late member of the Exe- incident occurred at the attack of the Barriere Poissoniere cutive Commission, is elected President of the Assembly. on Sunday week :—Captain Colliond drove the insurgents M. Bastide- is appointed Minister of Marine instead of before him from the Clos St. Lazare, at the platoon of Admiral Leblanc, who has declined. At a meeting, at• of Voltigeurs of the line, a detachment of the 6th coin tended by a large number of ex-Deputies and by the mo- pany of the 21st, and some Mobiles. Suddenly a berm derate party of the new Assembly, a resoluti on has been lean insurgent fired at a Mobile, who was quite a boy, adopted, to the effect that the following measures are in- and missed him. The latter charged his colossal adver dispensable, and that they will not support any gweeen- sary with his bayonet., but the Goliali seized the Mobile ment which does not adopt them :-1. The disbanding by the two hands, and made a shield to prevent the and disarming of those National Guards who refusjd to column from firing on him, but the littl e M o bil e, lik e a operate in resistin g th e recen t i nsurrect i on ; 2. The main- true Parisian child, tripped up the heels of the man who garrison in Paris strong enough to resist was holding him, and having disengaged himself, a shower as those of May and June ; 3. The imme- of balls inflicted justice on the rebel. .-•- -----eent of the ateliers nationaux ;4. The tem- I THE OUTBREAK AT MARSEILLES.—The insurrection 3rary closing of the clubs ; 5. The provisional mainten- at Marseilles concluded on Friday week by the total de 'nee of restrictions on the press. A committee of seven feat of the insurgents. The Mayor endeavoured to per mere named, who put themselves immediately in commu- suede the misguided men to surrender; but his exhorts deation with General Cavaignac, and it is understood that tions were in vain. A cannon-shot was then fired at the he Ministry recently formed has acceded to the terms i barricade, which effected a large breach, and a battalion , roposed• I of the 32d Regiment of the Line, which had just arrived M. Lalanne, director of the ateliers nationaux, has been from Africa, advanced in double quick time, when the rrested, and so has the brother of M. Bobuet, ex-mayor insurgents fled, after having discharged their muskets at f the 12th arrondissement, who is a prisoner at Via- the troops At t h e same moment shots were fired from ennes. every window in the faubourg at the 32d, two of whom Rumours of assassinations and poisonings are still in were killed and two wounded. Two of the insurgents culation. Shots are fired from houses upon sentinels j were killed, one of whom wnr. rho aim oroernes as th e , _ „. .. ~„... .. , ‘,.e ioe unnorm or toe env y pass. neer ... corps. All who defended the barricade were stran- Le Droit has a story that an express engine was kept in gers to the town. When once the barricade was carried, readiness at the Orleans Railway, by which, when the in- the soldiers and National Guards returned the fire against surrection was put down, several well-dressed persons the insurgents who occupied the houses. The sappers of went off at great speed, and that government sent another the 32d broke open the doors of the houses; the soldiers express engine with some national guards after them, ascended the stairs, and arrested several persons, and amongst them women, armed with poniards and pistols. iolet, with two m 1 This concluded the affeir. 'old, of Russian The theatres of Paris are brought to a situation which 'artridges were has no precedent in the history of that capital ; their seats stand French are nightly empty. They have tried reduction of prices; itional Guar even the grand opera has reduced its prices 30 or 40 per lerrnan, bu cent., but all without effect. taken bef A Toulouse journal informs us that there was a grand i with d 7 republican banquet there the other day, at which a toast alls ext. was proposed to " the immortal Robespierre;" and at d the Rhodes a club of women discussed for six hours the ques -1 ref tion of the existence of a God. which was at length carried )per v in the affimative by a majority of twelve. ITALY. The Gazette of Milan, of the 18th, says that it is re ported that Durando, having heard that the capitu latinn of aouVu 41 v izenza was not executed by the Austrians, had halted at the sound of the cannonade. Learning that the Duke of Savoy, at the head of 14,000 men, had crossed the bridge at Ronco, General Durando had retraced his steps, ar,d, in concert with the Duke and General Pepe, who brought from 4,000 to 5,000 men, he had beaten the Austrians, who in this affair had 8,000 men put to hors de combat. One of the Archdukes was reported to have been killed. The Risorgimento says, that private individuals at Venice have opened lists for receiving the signatures of such citizens as desire to demand formally from the French Government the assistance of a French army towards gaining the independence of Italy. Notice of this step had been given, not only to the Venetian Go vernment, but likewise to the Government of Lombardy. A considerable number of priests in Italy have signi fied their intention of leaving the Church of Rome if the Pope will not allow them to have wives. Whatever may be the issue of the move, it will be hailed as another symptom of the disorganisation of Popery. Verona has fallen into the hands of Charles Albert. The war grows slack, and English mediation will, we trust. soon terminate it. At Rome, the minister of the people has fallen b ac k thankfnny upon the aid an d sup port of the Conservative party. The King of Naples is about to abdicate, if his people have not already saved him the trouble. The accounts from Berlin represent the disturbances in that city as entirely at an end, and the city more than usually tranquil. _ The saddle cloth which the Turkish Sultan has presented to the Pope is embroidered with pearls and diamonds, and is estimated to be worth at least £15,000. A native boy, about six years old, has been baptised in Western Australia by a Romish priest, and has been sent Europe, where he will be educated for the purpose of re turning to the colony, and acting as a missionary to his heathen countrymen. The AineriWm Sun says that six young men, who left their native country of Fayette, in Kentucky, some fifteen years since, in order to seek a livelihood elsewhere, have all met at Washington as members of the house of repre sentatives during the present session of congress. Some disturbances have taken place on the part of the blacks in the island of Martinique, in carrying out their emancipation, decreed by the Assembly : thirty-five were killed and twenty-seven houses reduced to ashes ; tran quillity has, however, been restored. _ . The city of Lisbon is reported to be in an extreme state of poverty, but yet the bull-fights, theatres, and other places of amusement, are as well attended as heretofore. According to the last accounts from Portugal, the country was in a most unsettled state, and arrests are daily taking place of persons accused of conspiring against the govern ment. The Electress of Bavaria has been killed by an accident. The Princess had just quitted 'Munich on the 23d, to pro ceed to Vienna by Salzburg. At some distance from Wasserburg her carriage was ascending a steep bill, when a heavily laden waggon, which was coming down without the drag being put on, happening to overpower the horse which was harnessed to it, rolled down the hill, and strik ing against the carriage, overturned it on the Princess, who was killed on the instant. HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.—A telegraphic dispatch from Cincinnati, May 19, says :—" A slave-trader from the South purchased a Negro man, wife, and child yesterday, in Covington, Kentucky, and placed them in gaol for safe keeping. Last night, the woman, in the excitement of despair, we suppose, murdered her child by cutting its throat —after which the man cut the woman's, and then his own. The former ara dead—the latter is living, with but faint hope of his recovery."—New York Evening Post. • The King of the Belgians opened the Chambers at Brussels, on Monday, with a speech from the throne, con taining nothing remarkable. It concluded with the fol lowing allusion to the state of Europe :—" We are passing through a period of difficulty for European society. Belgium will not allow herself to be diverted from the wise and sure path in which she has entered. By happy union, she has been enabled to reconcile stability with progress, and order with the practice of liberty in every shape. In order to keep on that path, and successfully to accomplish her mission of peace and labour, she has only to have faith in herself and remain united. You, will afford the Government that kind co-operation which it requires in order to fulfil its difficult task; and then, again, our common efforts will have deserved well of our country." On concluding the speech, his Majesty was greeted with loud cries of Vice le Roi I R .E L A N . D, # The Earl of Milltown, one of John O'Connell's repeal noblemen, has written a letter condemning the extreme doctrines of the felon school. The estimate may be exaggerated, but it is calculated that from eight to ten million tons of potatoes will be grown in Ireland this year. _ _ The brother of a person who recently held a situation in the Nation newspaper office, Dublin, has large placards circulated, offering to " write and furnish seditious songs according to order." Government are determined on strengthening Clonmel; they are about to erect new barracks capable of accom modating 1,000 men, in addition to the two barracks there at present. . _ The meeting for the discussion as to the dissolution of the Repeal Association has been postponed to the 10th July, on the miserable plea that further time is necessary to collect the opinion of the country on the question of the projected alliance. The Be'fast Whip states that the northern distillers, instead of being terrified out of their wits, like their Dub lin brethren, at the proposed reduction of the differential duty on rum from 9d. to 4d. per gallon, are perfectly con tented with the change. ORANGE PROCESSIONS.—A correspondent who travel led over a large tract of country during the past week, writes us that the Orangemen of almost every district have determined on appearing in procession on the 12th of July.—The display at Enniskillen will be on a grand scale. Mahorhamilton Will also be the place of rendezvous for a large assemblage.—Arelagh Guardian. A DAMPER FOR THE ANARCHISTS.—The frightful accounts from Paris have produced a sedative effect upon the Irish agitation, and a manifest reaction amongst the middle classes attached to the movement. All persons who have any thing to lose look with terror at the state of anarchy, and the horrible slaughter, of which the French_ capital is now the theatre. FATAL AFFRAY.—On the night of Thursday a dispute aroseetween two parties of men concerning the posses- I lion of a farm in Tipperary. During the cont en ti on a July 4. ISA gun, which one of the men, named Maher, had in his being present. Among the absentees, those connected hand, exploded (whether accidentally or otherwise is on- • with Lancashire were—Mr. Bright (Manchester), Mr . known), and the shot took effect on William Burke, in- Walker (Bury), Mr. J. W. Patten (North Lancashire) , flitting a wound in the neck, from the effects of which Mr. Sharman Crawford (Rochdale), Mr. Greene!' (War' he died in less than an hour. I rington), and Mr. Armstrong (Lancaster). The absea- Informations have been granted in Limerick against tees connected with the adjoining county of Chester were and Mrs. Grace, on suspicion of having wilfully set I Earl Grosvenor (Chester), who is abroad, and Mr. Jame' tire to their house in Catherine -street, Limerick, in order Heald (Stockport). Of the Lancashire members, the to defraud the Globe Insurance Office. The fire w a s following voted in favour of the eovernment :—Messne stated to have been burning in different parts of the shop, Bolling, Bowrine, Brotherton, W. Brown, Alexander and tar and bog wood to h ave b een l a i d along the floor . Henry, T. M. Gibson, J. Duncuft, W. J. Fox, C. P. and counter, as well as in the kitchen on the rafters under ' Grenfell, Sir G. Strickland, Mr. James Heywood, Mr. the shop floor. There was also tar smeared on a gown ' Hindley, Mr. Thicknesse, Mr. Matthew Wilson, and Mr. which Mrs. Grace had worn that day. : Pilkington : total 15. being exactly the number o f the BIBLE-STEALING BY . A CATHOLIC PRIEST.—It will be , government majority. The four followi n g Lancashire perceived by referring to our report of proceedings at the ! members voted against them :—Sir Thomas Birch, Mr . Buncraea Quarter Sessions, that damages were awarded : Cardwell, Mr. Greene, and Colonel Lindsay. Th e Che in two cases against a Roman Catholic priest, named shire members who voted with the government were M`Keague, for carrying off a number of Bibles, and Messrs. Brocklehurst, Williams, Jervis, and Kershaw; Testaments, and other books, from the houses of two those who voted against them were solely county mem individuals who reside in the parish of Malin, in the bers, viz., Sir P. Egerton. W. T. Egerton, G. C. Legill barony of Enni.howen. These cases furnish a tnelan- and J. Tolletnaebe. choly proof of the species of liberty which the Romish --,....... priesthood would. allow to their flocks, where they per mitted to have their own way, as is, unhappily, too often the case, while they exhibit a l so t h e determined hostility On Wednesd a y, the Duke 4---_ ____ of Brunswick gained another they hear to the. Word of God. Many of these men are verdict for £1,50f against the Satirist. the loudest clamourers for freedom, and yet they are in The recorder of Doncaster has resolved to exclude Ate practice its deadliest foes, denying that right which should torneys from practising before him at the Sessions. The be most highly prized—liberty of conscience. This Mr. decision has created a good deal of dissatisfaction among M`Keague is the Roman Catholi c cura t e of Malin, and it the profession, who have hitherto rendered the barristers appears, from the evidence produced before the Assistant- business a sinecure. Barrister, that one of the complainants is not even a Ro- SMALL DEBTS COOFTS.—At the Edmonton Small manist, but a member of the Established Church, and Debts Court, on the 23d ultimo, a case was decided which y e t h e enters into his house, seizes a number of Bibles is of importance to suitors in these courts. A person and Testaments, and it may he inferred, both from his summoned a debtor to the court, who shortly after called the testimony of the female wit- on him and settled his demand. A day had been named s behalf, burns them ! Nay for hearing, which, of course, was unnecessary ; but the credo volume is so st r o ng that clerk of the court claimed the tees of the judge, clerk, and tasphusly exclaimed that he bailiff, as if it had been heard. This was resisted, and the -Londonderry Sentinel. result is. that such claim is riot legitimate. and that mall parties who had paid similar claims, with costs, are entitled _. to a restituti on o f t h e i r cash. ,---- MASON (Clerk) V. LAMBERT (Clerk).—COURT or _ _-,ter Conservati ve gives a long account o f th e QUEE N'S BENCH, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 28.—This case transference of " Salem Chapel," Morice town, Devon- came before the Court in the shape of a demurrer to the port, from the Independent Dissenters to the Chur c h of defendant's pleas. It was an action for a delapidation, Ecgland, under a license from the bishop of the dioce s e, brought by the successor of the defendant, in the perpe the dissenting minister, Mr. W. She rman , h av i ng b een tual curacy of a olace within the diocese of the Bishop of converted to the Church. Ripon, to recover the amount of certain repairs of build. THE FREEDOM OF THE CHURCH.—BV a clause of the ' ings in the benefice, which repairs the defendant had ren- Criminal Law Consolidation Bill, it is pr ov id e d th a t any dered necessary from his neglect while he was in posses- Dean or Chapter refusing to elect as bishop the person sion of the curacv.—Mr. Addison argued at great length named in a Letter Missive of the Crown, shall be liable tot in favour of the defendant, contending that the only party three years' imprisOnment, or unlimited fine. When this that could be held liable was the patron. Mr. Manisty, clause was under discussion in the House of Lo r d s , L or d in support of the demurrer, referred to several authorities: Denman suggested that it would be mu c h b e tt er t o pl ace to show that the defendant was alone liable, inasmuch as the appointment of bishops directly and avowedly with he was the perpetual curate, and was not removeable at the Crown, than to pass any such law. will.—The Court took time to consider. TESTIMONIAL.—On Saturday week, the Rev. Edward COUNTY COURTS. —A return has been made to the Bickersteth was presented with a handsome silver tea- House of Commons of the number of plaints entered, the kettle, lamp and stand, as a token of the esteem of his number of days each court sat, the causes tried, the n.oneY parishioners at Holy Cross, Shrewsbury, "at the conclu. I received, the fees of officers. lir ~ f.r.— .` sion of nine venee of f.;t1a..1 --;-:_..__.....__ _____ .. I forward on lii more, his antipathy to ti ljhe Dovil ! ! UNIVERSITY The E IND CLERICAL NEWS. LAW INTELLIGEKCE yVaIZ 111 itioniui ministration among them as their resident pastor and guide." The scholars of the National School had previously presented him with a sil ver pen and pencil-case. The reverend gentleman has removed to a benefice in Buckinghamshire. At the special request of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the honorary degree of D.C.L. is to be conferred by Ox ford University on Mr. A. B. Jinni,. fnr I.;. ,• ienuia 00- nation of £60,000 f or t h e esta bli shment of a ~p missionary college at Canterbury. The gift has been made without reserve, and the statutes of the college have been approved by his Grace. The Earl of HarrowbY, Sir George Ar thur, M. Guizot, W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and other dis tinguished personages are also mentioned as likely to re ceive an honorary degree. A WHIG SHOWER OF GOLD.—We were enabled to an nounce in our last publication that the Rev. D. J. Stewart, son-in-law of Mr. Julian Skrine, of this town, had been presented by the Lord Chancellor to the vicar. age of Hillmaeton, which is returned at £399 a-year. On Sunday morning the Rev. Dr. Phelps, another son in-law of Mr. Julian Skrine, received intimation from the same beneficent quarter that the rectory of Willingham, returned at £677 a-year, was offered to his acceptance. And a day or two afterwards Mr. Julian Skrine himself, as we have intimated in another paragraph, stepped into the pleasant appointment held by the late Mr. William Mortlock, which may be worth some £4OO or £5OO a-year. Of all this, we will only say "it is better to be born lucky than rich."—Cambridge Chronicle. FREDERICTON.-- 2 The Bishop of Fredericton, (Nova Scotia), who is now in England, has appealed for assis tance in completing the Cathedral church for his diocese. It is now in course of erection, and will contain about 800 persons; all the sittings will be free so as to accom modate the poor conveniently without distinction of colour. The total expense will be about £lO,OOO, of this sum, £3,000 has been raised in the colony. The amount still required is about £4.000, and as a proof of the im portance which the Bishop attaches to this measure as a means of good for his diocese, he has himself expended on it a sum nearly equal to the whole income of the see, for the three years during which he has presided over it. The external walls of the naveandaisleo, have been erected, and the nave roof will be put on this summer. CONSECRATION OF THE COLLEGE OF ST., AUGUSTINE, AT CANTERBURY.—The consecration of the new college of St. Augustine took place on Thursday afternoon. The ceremony was graced by a large number of the aristocracy, amongst whom were the Archbishop of Canterbury, Earl Powis, Lord Nelson, the Earl of March, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Baron Alderson, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Bishop of Oxford, the Bishop of Fredericton, the Bishop of Brechin (Scotland), Bishop Coleridge, the Deans of Can terbury, Hereford, Chichester, Norwich, and Bangor ; Archdeacons Thorpe, Harrison, and Crofts There were upwards of 1,000 clergymen present. The service in the cathedral commenced at twelve o'clock, at which hour his grace the archbishop ascended the throne. A full choral service was performed, the lessons being read by the Rev. Dr. Russell, and the communion service by the Dean of Canterbury and the Rev. Dr. Spry. The sermon was preached by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. At the close of the cathedral service, the college was in spected by the company, and a luncheon was provided for the guests. Contrary to general expectation, no speeches were delivered, and the company separated shortly before six o'clock. This missionary college is on the site which was assigned in the year 605 to St. Augustine, by Ethel bert. A part of the old monastery still remains, and the whole building has been renovated and fitted up for its present useful purpose, by the munificence of Mr. J. B. Hope, M.P. Until bought by Mr. Hope, it was used as a public-house and skittle-ground, in a lamentable state of neglect. It is believed that the founding of this college, which will accommodate about fifty students, will cost Mr. Hope between £30,000 and £40,000. The con stitution of the college is that of a warden and fellows, to be under the appointment of the two archbishops and some of the bishops. Bishop Coleridge, formerly diocesan of Barbadoes, has been appointed by the trustees the first warden. Mr. Pearson has been nominated the sub warden, and one of the vacant fellowships has already been bestowed on Mr. Moore. The college will receive its first students in about two months, or less, from the present time. The Queen has given the college a char ter of incorporation, which was signed on Wednesday , ne ening ot tne courts, in Ap r il l as t year, to Decemb er ofo t p he same year.s. During that period, 429,215 plsiints were en:ered, of which 31,443 were for sums above £10; 41,617 fo:. sums between £5 and £lO ; and the remainder for smaller sms. More, than one-half of the pl a i n t s were not tried u . In 800 of them a jury was demanded ; and of tiles, h. 1;++1- f only of the case. demanding the jury obtain a v er di c t. F or the despat p ch arties of the who d e of the cases stated the courts sat for an aggregate of 6,316 day!, the average hearing being 42 in each court a day. This's no great speed, when it is considered that, generally, the demand is not denied, and that the time or times of pay ment were all that were to be settled by the judge. The few juries demanded is an argument for the discretionary power in the superior courts of dispensing with a jury, if the party is willing to refer the matter to the judge. The judges' fees (within the time stated) were £82,652 ; the clerks' fees, £73,777; the bailiffs', £46,889 ; and the ge neral fund fees, £52,117. There are 60 courts. The average of judge's incomes for the nine months wall £1,378, or £1,722 per annum ; the clerks' fees average £1,228 for each circuit; the bailiffs', £784. The highest sum received by any judge for the nine months was £2,311, by Mr. Moylati, of the Westminster Court ; the lowest, al Nottingham, £721. The highest receipt of any of the clerk's was £2,119 ; the lowest, £717. TOese facts sus - 4 gest some ct rious considerations. RAILII %All 4. The traffic traffic for the week ended the 24th June, for the Chester and Holyhead Railway, amounted to £936 Ws 2d. ; The portion of the Chester and Holyhead Railway from the other side of the Menai Straits to Holyhead, is hkelY to be opened on the Ist of August next. The large shed recently erected at the Bury station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway fell in w ith a frightful crash on Tuesday. Two men are seriously in jured. The Conway tube is sustaining itself admirably. A train weighing no less than two hundred tons passed through it last week, and did not cause a deflection of three-fourths of an inch. The London and South-Western Railway Company have completed the extension of their line from the 'eke furnaces near the Nine Elms terminus to the York Road station near the Waterloo Bridge. There is every probability of an amicable arrangement being made between the London and Northwestern, the Chester and Birkenhead, and the Shrewsbury and Cheste r Railway Companies. THE MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD AND LlNcoragisynrilE, after a contest which has lasted for five years, have suc ceeded in obtaining their Barnsley lsranch, which opens all the extensive coal-fields of that neighbourhood to Manchester. In the House of Lords, on Thursday, the Marquis of Londonderry moved fora Select Committee to inquire into the circumstances connected with the Liverpool, Man chester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Bill, which caused the abandonment of the railway and the dis solution of the company. Within the last few days, a single branch line has been with opened, which connects th e E ast I nd i a Docks the Eastern Counties' Rail wa y. B y t hi s line, v i a Peter borough, goods may be remove d w i thout brake or car riage from this import an t d epot o f East India pro d uce , to the Mersey, Humber, Tyne, or any point in the manu facturing and northern districts. From official returns it appears that the amount of traffic for the last week, on 3,877 miles of railway, was £216, 82 % thus accounted for :—£119,724 for the conveyance of pas sengers only, £44,347 for the carriage of goods, and a re mainder of £52,749 for passengers and goods together, not respectively apportioned ; being an increase of £39, 986 over the corresponding week of last year, when the mile age was 3.025. The average earnings per mile were £56, whilst in 1847 they were £5B. RAILWAY LITIGATION.—The Great Western Company have, at this moment, a mass of law -suits of serious moment to the shareholders—namely, Ranger's, Macin tosh's, and other contractors, f or the balance of their accounts of nearly a million for making the original Great Western line in 1837; suits with Kent, Parker, and other carriers, as to the legality of their charges for carrying , involving some thousands ; actions by the sufferers from the late accident at Shrivenham, which are suspended till the trials of the men committ e d ; and a threatened re sistance to their charges, until they are reduced nearly one fourth, according to the statutable restrictions.—Railway Record. DAMAGES AGAINST A RAILWAY.—In the Exchequer, on Tuesday, Mrs. Smith, widow of the late Henry Smith, steam-packet agentat Fleetwood, brought an action against the London and North Western Railway, to recover com pensation for the loss sustained by herself and her infant son, by the death of her husband, who was one of the per sons killed by the collision at the 'Wolverton station on the sth June, 1847, occasioned by the train in which be was a passenger, being turned into a siding by a blunder, of the pointsman. The jury gave a ver di ct f or £ 2OOO, of which £l2OO is to be appropriated to the infant, and the a remainder to the widow. Th e d ecease d held very ex cellent situation, and left some property. CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD, AND BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANIES.—We understand that the statement which has appeared in some of the papers, that at the meeting held at Birkenhead on the 10th instant, a resolution wa° passed that the interest payable to the Chester and Bir kenhead shareholders should be suspended for twelve months, is erroneous. We are informed, on good autho rity, that no such resolution was passed, and that if it had passed it could have had no effect, the meeting no being legally constituted, and having been convened 131 the Directors for the purpose of their conferring with the shareholders. The understanding at the meeting vrel ° that any proposal of the Directors, for the purpose i, question, should be stated in writi ng t o th e Ch ester a n Birkenhead shareholders, in order that it might be cow sidered by them separately from the Cheshire Junction section of the proprietary. it was pressed upon the Directors at the meeting that they should at all even pay the half year's interest falling due on the Ist July. RADICAL RAILWAY PATRIOTISM.—We see, with re markable contempt not unmingled with disgust, the name. ° of some eminent professors of extreme democratic or nious among the thick-and-thin supporters of broad: gunge and mixed gunge imposture. In the proceeding' of harlequins like a noble lord who has figured in th . „° / dispute, there is nothing at all extraordinary ; they we" no very opaque disguise. For hard cash or honours, thel are always ready to jump through any hoop ; and, °: mighty fine crops are grown out of muc h, so some peePl,, make a harvest out of what, to others, would be the En" dew of all their hopes ; and th e p o liti ca l j o bb er h oote d 0° k of a county is kicked up stairs into the House of Peers, el, practice there successfully on ra il wa y bill s th e ar t s whiz had no great success in managing coercion bills. But p what principle, unless it be the old breeches-pocket Prln ciple, are we to answer for the anti-popular, an ti-con; mercial votes of those b ragg i ng p a t r i o t s, t h e " Bowring and the bearded Muntz."—Railway Times. a LILLIPUTIAN ENGINES.—T _ he Eastern Counties the Bristol and Exeter Railway Companies have deter mined upon trying a new mode of working their hr - 00 lines, the object being to economise the large expendiL,o incurred in carrying on this portion of railway traffic. _ • - I ,r, proposition is to construct a light engine, a tender, an passenger carriage, upon one frame. This peculiar en es ii, atruction is adopted for the purpose of securing the est possible adhesion with the driving.wheel of the enk.„,,,, with the least p o ssible amoun t o f d ea d we i g ht i n the g s , " l ._ load of the train. The en g i ne , t en d er , an d passengeL esffe riage are to weigh about 10? or 11 tons, and the et i " . ' e e is to afford accommod a ti on t o f or t y passengers . met r see(); th gine is to possess sufficient power to take a riage, affording accommodation to fifty passen gers , these light engines will be equal to the conveY B ,t at is, ninety passengers. The running average velocity, that the speed to be maintained, exclusive of the time e 'r Je „. the stations, and lost also in getting into speed wn parting from and arriving at stations, • is to be forty nv. per hour. itives of the people have faller. ional GE 'ulcers of all ranks of toe army and have been killed or wounded. Thar ten timusanC. ..„ ye been wounded in this frightful stiuggl( at ? Because some hundred vain, hot appointed at not having r ied_powe cited by the events . of I n in some sort revelling in idleness from the impoverished , •pnct - i In the of thej hat they carried out e Red Republicans, is proved by .s the full proportion of known T. F.' aravaux force were _the coadjutor who loathed anc ieir contaniinating touch, but who tolerate( I—their assistance for the attainment oi urg du Temple, the (female) keeper of a d to have infused arsenic in the wine she r soldiers. A p erson saw several indivi e effects of it. In the Rue de Helder ibourhood of Notre Dame de Lorette, en were detected carrying ball-cartridges and in A. man feigning to be wounded was c !ss, which was filled with gunpowder and hearses were seized which contained pow- id cruelty ha On by the insurg', es butcher their e characterised the warfa Not only did they in mat ages, out tney poisoned the wine and brandy served t troops, and poured vitriol out of the windows or, a ve fellows who contended with them frankly and wit e°;* l- 1.- A party of dragoons were lured into on, s off the Foubourg St.. Antoine, and massacre msters who filled the houses of it. ndent of the Morning Chronicle corrobo . r - 11 accounts. He writes:— these f have spoken of the assassination of five officers c le Mobile, who were decapitated by a man clothe rments of a woman ; we have told of the poisone nd wine sold in many quarters to the Nations Lnd soldiers, in consequence of which many o d ; and of the j,►gged balls extracted from th, if the bless 6. Many similar facts have been re lA_ n n - , s : I tilated and d at t .sembowekd body of a republican mu n guard. It ..tneon were found hung up by the wrists the bodies of t, nv of the Garde Mobile, pierced by stabs of sword; -id L —ln the Clos St. Lazare an infantry officer I made prisoner by th e i nsurgents, h a d his wrists cut off a A nd left to di e slowly on the ground of hi s f r i g h tful wounds, re , • 1 and ba Lien placed dying on snt of wealth after the revolution, chose tc n, to massacre, to universal pillage, the hundred and twenty thousand misnamed ntained by the State in idleness and dis- lentary preparedness for revolt and pil found ten thousand known thieves, of nd five hundred were forcats (men who ous day himselt distress -in the recent debates in the House of Commons by J George Bentinck and Mr. Disraeli; and was succeeds Lord Brougham, who implored their lordshi: as the noble earl had fully, clearly, and satin fended his own course and that of his suL office, without making any charge against otl nate. wever accede to the suggest Ts, that the debate might h, throughout the various transactions in questior that of Lord J. Russell, of whose speech on in reply to Lord G. Bentinck, the noble lord 11, uneeneroug and imperfect a view. Lord STANLEY r cal, the other speakers beirig the Marquis of I the Earl of Minto, and Lord Redesdale, whe the conclogion or ft Con was agreed to. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY The quesuon of going into commit Catholic Relief Bill originated a discus: when the motion was - carried by a majority of 26, v the In another part of his letter he relates a terrible catas numbers being 102 to 76. trophe that occurred in the Place de Carrousel, at mid- In committee, the Chairman having put the amend- night on Monday:— went of the Attorney-General, which specified the parti- " Two companies of the National Guard of the Banlieue cular " which a- 4 PO to ha nrnhihitm,4 of . . Con within the United Kingdom, a discussion 'ensued Mr. Henley moving that the chairman do report progress the committee in raris were conducting about eighty prisoners to the Tuilleries, in the cellarsmf which a large number of the insurgents were confined. When close to the Rue de • —...F.L:u Lu escape. Iney urea ny a majority of 4—the numbers, 106 to 110. A attacked their guards suddenly, disarmed some of them, second division took place on the Atrorney-General's and attempted to run. The alarm was at once given. amendment. when the numbers being equal, 113 for and The troops of the line and the National Guards in the vi against, the chairman gave the casting vote in its favour. cinity flew to arms. A terrible pell mell followed, in In consequence of this result, Sir R. H. Inglis moved which the soldiers fired, Lot only upon the prisoners, but that the chairman do report progress, which motion was upon each other, and the result was that about twenty negatived by a majority of one—the numbers 110 to 111, soldiers and National Guards were killed. More than Sir R. Inglis explaining, o i the readmission of strangers, half the prisoners were killed. The bodies of the soldiers that he had been absent from the division on his own and National Guards were carried into the Tuileries. The bodicesdie. of th e pr i soners were left fora consiaerabie time motion in consequence of having gone t o consu lt th e highest parliamentary authority as to the co ur s e p ursue d lying on the sp o t w h ere t h ey fell by the chairman in giving his vote in f a vour o f an amen d- A sad but striki ng i nc id ent o f th i s terrible warfare is the went when the numbers were equal. death of the Archbi s h op o f P ar i s, who was killed by a shot Mr. BERNAL stated, without referen c e t o th e or d ers o f from one of the b arr i ca d es w hil st striving to act the peace the house, that he did not recollect a similar circumstance maker. The anstitutionnel gives the g followin anecdote to have occurred of equal numbers on a divisio n i n com - of the Archbishop :—" Af ter havino h..,,, ~,.,...e,...4...__,.. ,_ niittee during the periods he had occupied the chair. Furthr progress with the bill under existing circum stances was considered undesirable by several lion. mem bers, and at length, on an amendment being proposed by Sir H. Willoughby, Mr. Anstey consented to the propo sition for the chairman's reporting progress, which was agreed to, and the house having resumed, the bill was ordered to be re-committed on Wednesday next. ••-•...sunarely wounded, the A rc hbi s h op o f Paris was c I to m carried a house in the Rue Saint-Antoine, and afterwards to the hospital of the Quinze Vingtz. On the way he was escorted by some Gardes Mobiles. The physiognomy of one of these brave lads had struck him, having seen him fight and dis arm his enemy, after being wounded several times. Call ing him to his side, he had strength enough left to raise his arms, and taking a little wooden crucifix attached to a black collar which he had, he gave it to he young hero, say ing to him, Never quit this cross . . . lay in on your heart, it will make you happy.' Francis Delavrigniere, such was his name, swore with his hands joined, and in the attitude of prayer, ever to preserve this precious sou venir of the dying prelate." When the news of the surrender of the Faubourg St. Antoine was announced, soldiers and officers crowded round General Lamorciere, crying, Vive la Republique! and, pressing bun in their arms, thanked him with much warmth for the noble and brilliant services he had per formed. The truth is that General Lamorciere was the hero of the day. General Cavaignac was necessarily less in action, but he directed all, The position of the insurgents was immensely strong, and that which formed the chief strength was the perfo ration of the wall of the Cite, which is 12 or 14 feet high, at intervals of 8 or 10 yards. and the creation by that means of several hundred loopholes. The barricades in advance were composed of paving stones of a hundred weight each, or of the cut stones of an hospital in course of erection, and from this invisible garrison a constant and deadly fire was kept up, which at once accounts for the immense loss of life among the troops and guards. These works were defended by between 80 and 150 ruffians, and at the Barriere Rochechouart, while the loss of the armed force was more than 1000, two only of the insurgents were killed—one of them being shot through the brain, while firing through a loophole not six inches in diameter. The insurgents ran from loophole to loophole with the agility of monkeys, and only left the cover of the high wall to seek ammunition of which they had a scanty sup ply. Under the wall they melted lead for bullets during the fight. They even attempted to fabricate gunpowder. The new barrack of the Grande Rue de Reuilly, occupied by 200 men of the line, resisted the attacks of the insurgents for four days. The rebels set fire to a brewery adjoining in expectatkin of burning the barrack ; and this plan hav ing failed, they threw vitriol on the roof with a fire engine with a similar object. Captain Loverdo, aide-de-camp of General Damesme, was taken by the insurgents, and asked to lead them. This was peremptorily refused, and the ruffians were about to put him to death, when one of them, an old sol dier, interfered, and succeeded in delivering the gallant captain, who related the fact to M. Arago, a member of the executive government, who was there at the moment. The man was surrounded and congratulated on his noble conduct ; hut after a few moment's hesitation, he retired, saying, " Well, gentlemen, I must leave you; you are at your work, and I return to mine." He then rejoined the insurgents. Writing on Tuesday, the Paris correspondent of the Morning Post says— The raising of the siege of the centre of civilization has been accomplished at a greater cost of human life than was paid by us on the field of Waterloo. The roar of the tempest has subsided, but the sea must give up its dead, and the wrecks thrown ashore by each receding wave show that the storm has been ra pacious. The Seine has folded some hundreds of corpses in its muddy embraces, as the insurgents threw the dead over the parapet over the left bank at ene time, and as the blood poured down the gutter, the river became literally reddened, making the green one red. The defunct insur gents are being thrown into trenches this morning by scores and scores, and lime is thrown on them to prevent them from lying in cold obstruction and rotting. The Debats this morning trembling alludes to a heavy firing which was heard at midnight, a few hours ago. I happened to be in the neighbourhood of the Tuileries when this happened. Some prisoners were being taken from the cellars, to be transported to some other place; they rushed upon the National Guards, and two or three succeeded in seizing the muskets, wherewith they forthwith shot their conductors. The National Guards fired in return, and their comrades on guard opposite immediately fired, and thus, as has constantly been the case ,daring this fearful conflict, they slaughtered each other; forty or forty-five corpses were thus added to King Death's nightly meal ; but as he must be supped full of horrors already, such a bagatelle is scarce worth detailing. I saw some Mobile Guards also conducting some prisoners yesterday, and one of them said, ' You have me now, but I killed 22 y es t er d ay with your own gun." Cafait 23 dors, said a youthf u l Mobile, and shot him dead." The public tranquillity was not disturbed during Tues day night, awl the insurgents appear to have been com pletely driven out of the city, although a body of them entrenched in Pere la Chaise still resisted, and in the Banlieu some of them had made an ineffectual attempt at rally. Uupwards of 200 of them were captured at Batig nolles, and a body of them, who for a moment seemed determined to make a stand at La Villette, fled on the approach of the troops. The number of prisoners in custody on Wednesday was 6500. They were all aware that the city had been placed in a state of siege, and on being taken prisoners they fully expected to be shot. The sign by which they recognised each other was a small osier twig, which each kept con. HOUSE OF COMNIONS.-THURSDAY some further skirmishing respecting the sup pression of documents by the Colonial-office between Lord G. Bentinck and Mr. Labouchere, and after a short dis cussion on the period at which the existing duties on sugar expire, in which the principal interlocutors were Mr. Barklay, Mr. Bright, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Mr. Hildyard, and the Attorney-General, it was settled that the debate on the new plan of reform pro posed by Mr. Hume should be adjourned from Friday to Thursday next, as there was no chance of bringing the debates on the sugar duties to a close before Friday next. The 'djourned debate on the sugar duties was then re sumed by Sir R. INGLis, who supported Sir J. Paking ton's amendment, which was also supported by Mr. Barklay, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Urquhart, the Marquis of Granby, Mr. Muntz, and Mr. C. Anstey ; Sir R. Peel gave a qualified support of the ministerial measure ' • and after speeches in its favour by Mr. Labo uc h ere and Lord John Russell, the house divided—for going into com mittee, 260; for Sir J. Pakington's amendment, 245: majority in favour of Government, ]5. The announce ment of this division was received with long continued cheering by the Protective party. The house went into committee pro forma, and the first ministerial resolution having been read, the chair reported progress, and ob tained leave to sit again this day. The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. Sir B. HALL gave a notice of motion for Monday, to ask for what reasons so large an increase in the metropo litan police force had recently been made; and Mr. E. DENNISON for Tuesday, to move far the appointment of a select committee to consider by wh a t means the public business of the house might be accelerated. At the instance of Mr. - WvLn a conversation took place as to the employment of the military in carrying out the survey of the metropolis. On the motion of Mr. STAFFORD, and after a debate, a new writ was ordered for the borough of Sligo, as also for Great Yarmouth : in connexion with the latter borough it may be stated that the bill for the disfranchisement of the freemen received the royal assent shortly previous to this motion being made. A conversation ensued between Mr. URQUHART and Lord PALMERSTON on the subject of returns relative to the Spanish debt due to England under the quadruple treaty, the affairs of the Mosquito territory, and as to the dismissal of the Hon. member for Stafford from the office of secretary to the embassy at Constantinople. The noble lord, in reply to Mr. WYLD, stated that he had not heard of any seizures of arms on board a British vessel on the coast of Brittany. If any private adventurer had been detected in the act of landing arms on the coast of France it was competent to the French authorities to deal with such a person according to the law. The house having passed into committee on the sugar duties, Mr. BRIGHT emphatically condemned the govern ment for having disinterred the question of protection, after they had buried it, and concluded a speech of details with respect to the past and present condition of the West India colonies, by moving, that it is not now expedient to snake any alteration in the Sugar Duties Act of 1846. The speakers in opposition to the motion were Mr. G. Berkeley, Mr. Bagshaw, Mr. Tollemache, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who expressed his pleasurable convic tion that the anticipated deficiency in the budget of two millions and a half would turn out to be only half a mil lion,—Mr. A. Hastie, Mr. Cardwell, Mr, J. Wilson, and Lord Nugent. . For ti_e resolution, 302; against, 36 ; majority against Mr. Bright, 266. The report was received on Monday, it being understood that the discussion is to terminate that .evening. COURT AND FASHION. 4, The rumour of her Majesty's intended visit to Ireland this summer is again revived. The Queen and Prince Albert, and two of the young Princes, visited the Surrey Zoological Gardens, on Tues day. Ile Queen gave a concert on Wednesday evening at Buckingham Palace. The company amounted to about 400, and comprised the members of the Royal Family, the Foreign Ministers and their ladies, and a large party of the nobility and gentry. Prince Albert was present at the field day of the Scots Fusileer Guards, on Thursday, in Hyde Park, and took the command of the regiment. The works at Wynyard Hall, the splendid seat of the IVisrgaess and Marchioness of Londonderry, are now drawing towards completion. The chapel (in which the fire originated) is being fitted up with massive columns sad pilasters of solid marble. The whole of the floor and an owl wLU 149 ba of marble, highly poliebod. HODS STANLEY 1 the various al nd r all THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. The resumed debate on Parliamentary Reform is again postponed till Thursday next. HORSHAM.-Mr. Fitzgerald has been returned. The numbers were for Mr. F. 182 ; for Lord Edward Howard (son of the Duke of Norfolk) 115._ On Monday the Parliarnet;tary Committee decided that Mr. Charles Townley had not been duly elected for Sligo borough. Alr. - James Hartley, the active manager of the Penin sular and Oriental Company, is a candidate for Sligo on the Conservative interest. CHELTENHAM.—On Thursday the Hon. Craven Berke ley was elected by 1024 votes against 848 for Mr. Agg Gardner, the conservative. The town was in a very ex cited state in consequence of the conservatives being so obstructed in going to the poll. The Peel party seems to have been completely split to pieces upon the sugar question. Messrs. Gladstone and Goulburn opposed the ministerial proposition • but Sir James Graham and Sir R o be r t P ee l brought what forces they could command to the rescue of Downing Street, and gave ministers a majority of 15. The Daily News, in criticising the contradictory speech of the latter right honourable baronet, says shrewdly enough, " he lends his aid to ministers, lest incurring defeat, they should resign before Sir Robert is prepared to take their place." POLITICAL RUMOURS.—It is still afloat as arumour, that Parliament will be dissolved in the course of a month ; but to what effective purpose, at this awkard juncture, we know not. We want to see the British people, of all classes, thoroughly convinced that the PEEL and RUSSELL theories of free trade, &c. are an absurd and mischievous sophism, producing free imports, it is true, but restricting and damaging the exports, and impoverishing the home trade. The present minister and his shifty predecessor are bound to prove the justice of their policy, or take all the odium of its complete failure, and of the ruin it has spread around us. - A STRONG GOVERNMENT.—The government majority on the sugar question was, as our readers have seen, fif teen. Of the 260 who formed the majority, 25 were Peel ites ; consequently had they voted against the govern meet, each vote counting for two, the difference would have been 50, and instead of the Government having a majority of 15, they would have been left in a minority of 35. The number of liberals who voted with the oppo sition were 20, counting 40 in a division ; put these 40 against the 50, and the difference is 10 ; deduct the 10 from a majority of 15, and it leaves the government, after ten days severe whipping, a working majority of 5 ! ! their favourite number. SUGAR DUTIES DIVISION. — From the list of the ma jority and the minority on Sir John Pakington's motion, condemnatory of the government sugar measure, it ap pears that the following conservatives voted with the go vernment :—Sir. R. Peel, Sir J. Graham, H. B. Baring, W. Bolling, W. Cubitt, Sir C. Douglas, Marquis of Douro, J. Duncoft, J. B. B. Estcourt, C. H. Frewen, C. V. Harcourt, H. C. Lacey, W. A. Mackinnon, Roundell Palmer, Sir H. Seymour, Sir J. Young. The following liberals against thegovernment : Hon. Grantley, Berkeley, Sir T. B. Birch, Sir E. N. Buxton, Earl of Euston ' Jos. Hume, R. D. Mangles, Lord Nugent, J. Pattison, J. T. Wawn, Sir H. Williamson, M. Wyvil. The following conservatives, who usually vote with Sir R. Peel, also divided against the government :—Earl of Lincoln, Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, E. Cardwell, Right Hou. H. floulburn, Sir G. Clerk, H. Barkley, W. Beckett, 11. F. Charteris, Right Hon. H. Corry, Hon. H. Fitzroy, Lord Drumlanrig, Thos. Greene, Lord Jocelyn, G. Cornwall Legh, Colonel Lindsay, Colonel Peel, G. Sandars, lion. G. S. Smythe, Sir F. Thesiger, John Walter, lion. J. S. Wortley. The house was one of the fullest of the session, no fewer than 505 cessio loch, that of on, tail, prese t In an gated stye, of the as it d solita r of a si Ijoui ing le, INT; AJnite Itevol 111,:pui Went It is deri v , h i m' -Y, tutio, str t ; Parte v on ,. tri ed ctltis at th done the 1 of 0,