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Varliamentart) iJrcrerbings. HOUSE OF LORDS.- A discussion, on the presentation of a petition by Earl Fitzwilliam, ensued, on the subject ofthe operation of the Irish Poor Law ; at the conclusion of which Earl GREY said that it was proposed to send a number -MONDAY of young female orphans trona unions in Ireland, who hal been trained to habits of useful domestic industry, a emigrants to New South Wales and South Australia, care being taken of their well-being during the passage am on their arrival in those colonies ; from which arrange meat he anticipated considerable benefit both to the emi HOUSE OF COMMONS The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, on moving that MONDAY )use do go it notice to postpone the estimates unt decided on the financial statement of that the Government could net accede to it. I entered into some explanation with reference to th budget, in consequence, he said, of some misapprehcn sions having prevailed that. it was a war budget. In committee of supply, Mr. WARD moved a vote c £245,410 which was absolutely necessary for the publi service he amount so strongly opposed, that at leng various items in the army and navy estiml The Public Health Bill was read a second time, as e also, after some debate, the Passengers' Bill, its obj that country during the past gear. At the instance of Mr. Milner Gibson, the 1 into committee on the 7th and Bth Vic., c. 11 and 9th Vic., c. 98, when a resolution on whicl a bill was agreed t to wind up their of The Passengers' Bill was, after a discussion propriety of a regard for the health of ernigran . second time and re!erred to a Select Committee The Joint Stock Companies wind: - through Committee. HOUSE OF LORDS In reply to the Earl of Radnor, up bill went session Government intended to bring in a ou highways; but it was doubtful whether it comprise the subject of turnpike trusts. The Earl of ABERDEEN, in a speech descrii would also past efforts, and the present exertions made and for the suppression of the slave-trade, concluded I he number of v in; for returns showing t by the different squadrons of different nations sine treaty was effected, by which it was stipulated that such a force should be employed on the coast of Africa with that object. The Earl of Auckland, Lord Stanley, the Bishop of Exeter, Earl Grey, and Lord Denman, took part in the discussion, and the motion was agreed to. TUESDAY HOUSE OF COMMONS The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved pointmentof two commi the expenditure other to inquire into the miscettaneous expenditure. He proposed simply the appointment of a select committee, who would have the power to suppress any portion of tl evidence which they thought it might be - make public, and also with the power of excluding all per sons not being members of the committee, whenever they thought proper. A rambling discussion followed, in which Lord G. 11,n tinck, Mr. D'lsraeli, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Hume, Sir R. Peel, Mr. Bright, Colonel Sibthorp, Lord J. Russell, Mr. Bankes, Sir R. Ingliq, Captain Harris, Mr. Slaney, Mr. S. Crawford, Mr. Cobden, Admiral Dundas, Mr. Buck, and Mr. Villiers took part ; at the close of which the mo tion was agreed to. On the motion of Mr. Hurt, seconded by Mr. W. JACKSON, a select committee was appointed, after a lengthy discussion to consider the hest means which Great Britain can adopt for mitigating the horrors of the slave trade and providing for its final extinction. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. IMPEACHMENT OF LORD PALMERSTON. Mr. C. ANSTEY moved for a return of papers and documents upon which it was his intention to found his charges against the noble lord at the head of the foreign department. The hon. member, in the course of a long speech, reviewed the whole course of the foreign policy of the noble lord, during the whole of the official car.vr. ; charged him with favouring the ambitious designs of Rus sia at the expense of the best interests of this country, and stated that the noble lord had made it his business to deceive the House of Commons, to mislead the Crown and its advisers with false statements, by the suppression of papers, the mutilation of despatches, the entire perversion of truth, and the entire substitution of falsehood. Mr. URQUHART seconded the motion. _ _ Mr. Sxstr, ridiculed alike the accusations and their promoter, whom he designated as the most truly Irish man of them all. Viscount rni.my.,..%-row observed, that in what he had to say, he would avoid the use of language which was only disgraceful to those who used it, which was at variance with the rules of the House, with the courtesies of society, and with the practice of gentlemen. But he would repel in terms the most comprehensive. in language the most positive and complete, the charges of every kind and de scription, which Mr. Anstey and Mr. Urquhart had brought and asserted against him. If the question were one between himself and " these two Members," he doubted whether he would have condescended even to contradict or disprove their assertions ; but he owed it to the House and to the country to do so as publicly as the charges had been made. If it should be the pleasure of the House to institute an inquiry into the whole of his public conduct, there was not a document in the records of the Foreign-office, not a private or confidential letter in his own possession, which he would not readi!y, and with pride, submit to the scrutiny and judgment even of his political opponents. Having said this much with re gard to the subject generally, the noble lord proceeded to notice some of the charges contained in the speech of Mr. Anstey, which. in his opinion, resembled more the "images of a kaleidescope out of order, than anything ever before presented to human vision." Amongst other things with which he was charged, was that he had sold this country to Russia. The result of this treachery on his part was obvious, in the fact that England was now a province of Russia—that Russia was predominant in the Councils of this country, and, through this country, in the affairs of the world. The first ground upon which this charge was based, that he had been complimented, some years ago, by the Russian Ambassador in a despatch to his Government, as having "made a good speech." He could assure Mr. Urquhart that, on that ground at least, his loyalty would never be called in question. The debate was adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. Lord STANLEY drew the attention of the house to cer tain seditous articles which had lately appeared in a new Dublin paper, entitled The United Irishman ; and after reading several extracts from the paper in question, wished to know whether the law officers of the crown had been consulted in the matter, and whether it was the in tention of the government to take any notice of those ar ticles. _ . The Marquis of LANSDOWNE replied that the attention of Lord Clarendon had been directed to the articles in the United Irishman, end he was confident tnat toe nest course that could be pursued was to leave the matter in the hands of the Irish government. The Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill was then read a second time on the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR; and ordered to be committed that day fortnight. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY Lord DUNCAN moved for leave to bring in a bill for the total repeal of the window duties. In so doing he ad mitted that serious objections might be urged at this time to the reduction of taxation in any shape ; but in propo sing an increase of the property-tax, he thought that the ministry should have done something to relieve the working classes from the taxes which pressed most grievously upon them. In proposing a repeal of the window-tax he did not wish to impoverish the Exchequer, as he had a substitute for the tax which he sought to repeal. The plan by which he proposed to get rid of the tax was as follows :—The additional estimates in eon- Tiexion with the army, navy, ordnance, and militia, pro posed for the present year, amounted to upwards of £600,000. He would ask the Chancellor of the Exche quer to content himself with the estimates of last year, and deduct this sum from the anticipated expenditure of the year. In that way he would provide for at least £600,000 of the entire sum which would be lost by the abolition of the window-tax. There was also a very use less luxury of which they might get rid, the squadron on the coast of Africa, which cost them £300,000 a-year, which, with the sum already named, would provide for £900,000 of the tax proposed to be repealed. Again, there were 5,000 soldiers on their way home from India, whom it was proposed to add to the military force at home. What he would propose was, that these soldiers should be permitted to rest from t heir labour, and tha instead of admitting them to the home force, the Govern went would give muskets to 5,000 of the metropolitai police force, capable of being thus rendered a most effi cient body. By this means they would save £lOO,OOO making a total saving of upwards of a million. Mr. Hums seconded the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought ti statement made by the First Lord of the Treasury c bringing forward the budget was a suffic;-^f those gentlemen who desired the repeal of were on the paper that night notices of r repeal of taxes that would cause a loss to nine millions. At a time when it was nece to increased taxation it was impossible for well disposed he might be to do so, to sacril of revenue. He felt there were objections t duties on the score of public health. The came as near as possible to an income-ta surprised that those hon. members who ad taxation should be opposed to them. The r tleman intimated his intention to cons with the view of modifying their anomali After a long debate the motion was r ritv of 160 to 68 -FRIDAY , in a speech condemnatory HOUSE OF LORDS The Earl of HARDWICKE • free trade, moved for the appoinr mittee on the navigation laws. Earl GREY would not oppoec though 11, might not consider a committee necessary ; yet it could do DO harm, as the more information their lordships had nt of a select corn the mo before them the better they would be enabled to deal with any measure that government might submit to parliament on the subject to which the motion referred. HOUSE OF COMMONS. FRIDAY The questions put to and answered by the government were relative to the late murders at Canton, the rate navine elauses of the Reform Bill, the Irish loan, foreign . . tariffs, and the present state of affairs in France. On the question of going into committee of supply, Mr. as an amendment, " that it is expedient dilure of the country should be reduced, ise in taxation in this season ewhalprotracted debate ensued upon the general nditure of the country, and that of the army and ttee was carried by a majority of The house having gone into committee, the CHAN CELLOR of the Excu EQUER proposed a vote of X 1,100,000 to defray the expense of the Kaffir war. After a debate t cornn:itte d that the chairman report progress. ae d'ivided, when the vote may of 191, the numbers being ',cress in 1846-7. NI 'reed to Mr. WAKLE' land to tposed the printing of a petition rela , which being opposed, on the ground t the petitioner sought to print his views on that sub- adjourned kustrian g FOREIGN AND COLONIAL, 'vernment may think proper to employ them d that the wellknown Jesuit Padre Ryllo has been murdered, along with six companions. by the natives of Nubia, near the frontiers of Abyssinia. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.-A second edition of the Bom bay Times announces the pleasing intelligence that, by a judicious arrangement of the troops by fir H. Pottinger, the whole of the Caffre chiefs, with their wives and NIARTIAL LAW IN LOMBARDY.—The files of German received in London on Friday, announce that the the Lombardo-Venetian States of Italy state of martial been proclaimetf by the Austrian government at Milan, At a grand hall given by the Turkish ambassador, in Paris on Monday, and at which the young Turks polked with great delight with the ladies, the Marquise de Boissy, late the Countess Guiccioli. of Byron celebrity, attracted much attention. She is still conspicuously fair, and of striking appearance. .• ; rope is now, 1u his turn, besieged himself for a constitution,—which be may not grant! What right had he, then, as a petty temporal sovereign, to sti m ul a t e other littl e sovereignties o adopt reforms, in a direction w 'lobe is late radical doliness. Pills' will cut a fine figure with a representative. overhauling his infallibility. Let the leaven work ! We predicted this state of things several weeks ago, when the Pii were io reforming extaeies. THE TRIPLE MURDER AT BRUSSELS.—O❑ Saturday morning at a quarter to nine, Rouseel and Vandenplaas, accompanied by the chaplain of the prison and the Abbe Trist, left their cells. The cortege proceeded along the Rueaux-Laines and the Boulevard-de-Waterloo, as far as the Gate de Hal, against which the scaffold was erected, '-onti• 0 - Rue 11 ^- 1- ' , . V Ito 1- ..ing .saute. andenplaas appearec ot greatly cast down, but Rouseel walked with firmness. At nine o'clock they arrived at the place of execution ; they embraced their confessors, and Vandenplaas was then ex ecuted. The sound of the knife made Roused tremble greatly, and his whole frame shook for sometime ; but he regained confidence, and gave himself up to his execu tioner, and soon after the crowd dispersed in silence. THE WEST INDIES.—From Jamaica we learn that on he north side of the island the plantations had been - d visited with very heavy rains, .n hai .ione muc. damage, destroying the roads, &c.: while the planters on the south side were complaining of the continuation of drought, and expressin g great apprehension about the crops. All the Windward Islands were in a state of great cantile firms in England connected with West India affairs having produced much depression in commercial circles. The Trinidad (Port of Spain) Gazette has the follow ing paragraph in its leading article of January 18th on the state of the West India colonies :—" The provoking sang-froid with which all discussion on the disastrous state of West India affairs has been put off by Ministers until Parliament re-assembles in February is really more bitter to endure than the most determined opposition to all measures of relief proposed, or the most obdurate re fusal to abate a jot of the cruel policy of which we are the victims. Neglect and indifference are oftentimes hvder to bear than downright injustice. There is more OT mercy I. the fatal stroke at once puts the victim out of his suspense and misery than in the do not say I will, and I do not say I will not' policy of the present Administration." The yellow fever was making sad havoc in the BSth Regiment, at Barbadoes. Colonel Phibbs, of that regiment, died on the 27th of January. Forty men had fallen victims to the malady, which is for tunately confined to the regiment. THE MURDERS AT CANTON, On Sunday, the sth of December, after being at church, Messrs. W. Rutter, Small, Bellamy, Brown, Balkwill, and M'Carte, embarked at Canton in a boat, about two o'clock in the afternoon, with the intention of sailing a few miles up the river, landing for a walk, and returning to dinner. They had no guns with them, and only two of them had pistols. They landed at the village of Hwang chu-kee, and directed the boatman to await their return. From the evidence of Chinese witnesses, it appears that the villagers attacked the Englishmen. A few of the working people shouted " Fankwei," (foreign devil,) and threw mud at them, of which they took no notice. From mud the people proceeded to tt row stones. T.leir num ber increasing, hoes and farming implements were next used. At last one of the Englishmen fired, and one of the Chinese fell. The gong was then struck, with the view of summoning the villagers. A lerge multitude soon assembled, fought furiously with the Englishmen, and overpowering two of them, continued to strike them after they were down. The other four, after endeavouring to appease the people by the offer of dollars, fled, covered with wounds inflicted by pikes, poles, knives, and stones. They were followed as far as the village of Hang Keaon, where they were captured and brought back to 'twang chu-kee the same night. It is stated that they were then confined for two days c.nd two nights, during which time they were without food, beaten repeatedly, and then cruelly butchered. Marks of the cane, as well as of the cords by which they had been tied up were visible upon four of the bodies, and it was the opinion of Dr. Majori banks that inflammation having supervened, they could not have been put to death for twelve hours, at least, after being flogged. From the marks of cords on the arms, one had been tied up on three several occasions, and the rat tans had been applied to the sides of the face as well as the back. When it was ascertained that the unfortunate gen tlemen were missing, early on Monday Mr. Consul Mac gregor applied to the district magistrates for the release of the party supposed to be hP' I captive in the villages el, _ At noon, two boats, with about thirty Englishmen, left the factories in search of their friends. They explored seve ral creeks in the neighbourhood of Hwang-chu-kee, but without gaining any information. In the mean time her Majesty's steam-ship Vulcan ar rived at Whampoa from Hong Kong, and Captain M'Dougall, with about one hundred seamen and marines, landed at the factories on Wednesday morning. In the afternoon of Wednesday, it was intimated that one body had been recovered by dragging, and that it would be sent down in the evening. The Chinese authorities, by chop dated the 7th, (Tuesday,) cffered 2400 dollars for the party, if alive, and 200 dollars for each body, if dead. On Wednesday, they were aware of the murders ; an edict of the Chief Criminal Judge called upon the well-disposed to give up the guilty, and point out where the bodies were hid. The body of Mr. M'Carte was sent in on Thursday morning. Decomposition had not commenced. The wounds were in all 44-36 incised, and 8 contusions. Many of them would have caused death, the skull being broken in several places. In the forenoon, the bodies of Messrs. Balkwill, Small, and Brown were also brought in. There were numerous wounds on each of them, the first two having marks of the rattan on the back. Mr. Brown appeared to have a gunshot wound, and, from their being only one wound in his back, and a spear thrust in the ab- domen, it is thought he was one of the two who fell at the beginning of the affray. On Friday, the bodies of Messrs. Bellamy and Rutter were brought down. Like the other, there were deep wounds on the head and chest, and the marks of ropes on the arms. Decomposition had commenced, though blood continu7d to flow from one On the evening of the 20th, it was intimated to the community that four of the murderers would be executed, the following morning, at the village of Hwang-chu-kee. On the morning of the 21st the Hon. Company's steamer Pluto carried up the Hon. Mr. Johnson, Mr. Vice-Con sul Elmslie, and Mr. Meadows, interpreter to the Con sulate, to witness the execution. They were accompanied with a guard of three officers and thirty men of her Ma testy's9sth Regiment. Four men were decapitated, but _ . 'ruin tile Tact 01 their being gagged, and the bodies buried in the stran gers ' b ury i ng ground, it was surmised that they were not villagers at all. It is understood that steamers have been sent for from Singapore, and men of war or dered down to th e coast to be prepared, should any coer cive measure be necessary. ter has not been bestowed upon a Roman Cat—, e days of James I. unt il the Whigs gave the vacant and to the Duke of Norfolk. .AORDINARY COINCIDENCE.— Sunday, the 13th instant, it was fli t, e morning service of the church was the a out as it was on that day. The last time that th Lnday after the Epiphany fell on the 13th of Fe vas in the year 1791, the year in w) ce and his family fled from P ar i s; of the heavens," which had rer t is a strange fact y-seven year rich the King f Frar has the It began to be so terribly shaken. tiinin - in" -- 13:18, King been compelled to fly from his country. also remarkable, that each part of the service (in ng the lessons, &c.), relates more or less to one subject, viz., the grat series of events referreci - io . inth; Gospel of the day. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE Revolution in France. In our last paper we stated that the King of the French had, in his speech at the opening of the Chambers a few weeks ago, condemned the Reform Banquets; that great excitement prevailed in the house during the debate on that question ; but that the offensive passage in the speech was approve(' of by a majority of 43. The opposition, stung by defeat, afterwards published a manifesto, declaring that the recent ministerial address was a flagrant violation of the rights of the deputies, and the principles of the constitution. They also declared their determination to hold a reform meeting in Paris, and it was said that the National Guards (12 legions) had given in their adhesion to the opposition party. The parliamentary reform. _ avowed obj leet of the movement was Yesterday week the government resolved to prevent the reform banquet by military force. A proclamation was issued prohibiting all assemblies, and these, when posted on the walls, were torn down by the populace. The committee of the banquet published a manifesto renoun cing the meeting, recommending , at the same time order and submission. Meanwhile the opposition deputies an nounced their intention of impeaching the cabinet on nit in which this determination nities immediately affixed their facts became known, the great- Multitudes collected in the ministers was loudly depre- Pressed, thirty de est excitement prevailed cated. During the whole of Monday night, military waggons and artillery caissons rolled constantly from Vincennes to the barracks in Paris. Troops were collected by the go vernment to the number of 100,000 men, adequate, it faithful, to suppress any insurrection. The popularity at M. Odillon Barrot (a deputy) became somewhat on the wane. On Tuesday, at noon, 30,000 persons assembled round the Chambers, which they proceeded to attack. The ap proaches were entirely closed, except for deputies. Tin populace were frequently charged during the day by ca valry. An attack was made upon the Hotel of Foreign Affairs, and the windows were broken. An attempt to force the gates was repulsed by the troops. Throughout the principal thoroughfares the lamps were entirely bro ken. Odilion Barrot proceeded at four o'clock, to lay an impeachment of the cabinet ministers before the Cham ber of Deputies. The rising was general throughout Paris. The rappel was beaten throughout all Paris tr call out the National Guards. The shops of several gun ... Is and arn►ourers were pillaged. 13 - arricades wereob viou , ly preparing in several districts. The funds, how ever, did not decline. At five o'cleek, the lintel of Foreign Affairs was fillet with troops, the mob shouting in every direction, "A Las Guizot ! La ate de Guizot !" • Several cavalry wen wounded, and sub officers killed. The mob paraded thy city singing the " Marsellaise." The Rue de Rivoli wa, unpaved ; the omnibuses were overturned, and all publi, conveyances were stopped. Several skirmishes took pin between the people and the military, but withoi injury to either. Each company of infantry d, be sides their usual arms, a collection of impltil is for cut ling down barricades, such as hatchets, i 1 axes, a THE CHAMBER. On Tuesday the Chamber of Deputies presented gloomy aspect. Few deputies were in attendance ; tb, Guizot arrived at an early hour; he looked pale but con fident. He was shortly afterwards followed by the Min ister of Public Instruction, and Commerce. Marshal Bu geaud, who was believed to have accepted the militat:, command of Paris, in the event of a revolt, took his seat close to the Ministerial Bench. At three o'clock M. Odillon Barrot entered the hall, accompanied by M e s srs . Duvergier de Hauranne, Marie, niers, Garnier ' Pages, &c. Their appearance produced some sensation. Shortly afterwards, M. de Hauranne went up to the President and handed him a pa 'nosed to be a proposition for the impeachment of Ministers. This paper having been communicated by the President to M. Guizot, the latter, after perusing it, laughed immoderately. M. Thiers, Dupin, Lamartine, Billaut, Cremieux, and the Minister of the Interior and Justice next made their appearance, but no incident of interest occurred. When the discus-ion terminated, M. Odillon Barrot ascended the tribune, and deposited on the table a formal proposition to the effect of impeaching Ministers. The President, however, raised the sitting without reading it, to the great disappointment of the Opposition, but announced that it shou - h1 be sub. mitted to the approbation of the bureaux on Thursday. The house then adjourned. Shortly after five o'clock on Tuesday a collision toot place in the Rue St. Honore. A squadron of dragoon t' — -1 in hand, and a great slaue chargec, ie people sworn s .ea iter took place. The conflict was going on at the time the last accounts left. Several wounaed had been taken to the hospitals. The money, securities, &c., of the Bank of France were removed to their caves, lest the populace shnuld fire or destroy the bank and pillage it. Tile le,ling was bitter against M. Guizot. The movement was not confined to the merely poor and destitute. The opponents of the troops were for the most part composed of tradesmen and better sort of mechanics, and in many instances masters shut up their establishments, in order to afford their men an opportunity of taking part in this manifestation. Many of the hotels were occupied by troops. During the night of Wednesday, there was sovere , fighting in the Rue Montmatre, and in the Faubonrgs St. Denis and St. Antoine. In the Faubourg Sr. Denis the fighting Was very se- re. In the Fauhouig St. Antoine the people were early victorious. In the quarter of the Temple the streets were strewed with broken glass to prevent the cavalry from charging. General Jacqueminot, the Com mander of the National Guards, went round to the differ ent arrondissements, and attempted to harangue the men, but they refused to listen to him. At three o'clock in the morning the Colonel of the Second Legion of the National Guards, accompanied by an officer, went to the Tuileries, and announced to the King that he could not answer for fidelity of his men. This account must have obtained ready credence from the King, as he could not but bear the cries of "A Las Guizot !" " Vive la Reforms !" raised by the National Guard assembled outside the gar dens of the Tuileries. At four o'clock in the morning it was announced to the people that the ministry had re signed. They received the announcement with cheers, but , exclaimed, " It is not enough. we must have reform." From that moment, however, fighting ceased, and Marshal Bugeaud, who had been invested with the command of the troops, was escorted home by the National Guards. RESIGNATION OF MINISTERS On 'Wednesday a deputy put some questions to M. Guizot, in the Chamber, relative to the movement, and he immediately rose and said,—" I have nothing to say at the present moment to the interpellations of the ho nourable member. The King has sent for Count Mole, who is empowered to form a ministry." (Loud cries of " Bravo" and cheers followed this announcement, which appeared to annoy M. Guizot.) He then continued,— " We are not to be prevented by such manifestations as those I now hear, as long as we remain in office, which will be till our successors are appointed. from doing our duty. We shall consider ourselves answerable for all that may happen. We shall act in everything we do accord ing to our best judgment and our consciences, and ac cording to what we consider the interests of the country." Odillon Barrot wished to postpone the impeachment of ministers, but this was not entertained. About one hun dred members of the opposition supported the adjourn ment ; the whole of the conservatives were against it. The chamber immediately rose in great agitation. At a subsequent meeting it was announced that minis ters were out of office. A ministry headed by Count Mole was name d, but this was merely conjectural. The Presse, in reference to the transactions of Wednes day, says :—" The whole of the quarter of the Faubourg Montmartre and of the quarter Poissonniere were near remaining last night in complete obscurity. The work men of the two establishments which supply those dis tricts with gas met in their workshops, and declared that they would not permit the gas to be lit in the evening, and that if the cocks were turned they had decided to cut the pipes. The authorities, after a long parley, were obliged to send for the troops and have the establishments evacuated." ACCUSATION OF MINISTERS The following is a copy of the accusation signed by M. 0. Barrot and 42 other opposition deputies ; "We propose to place the Minister in accusation as - - - • - - - - - - guilty-1. Of having betrayed abroad the honour and in terests of France. 2. Of having falsified the principles of the constitution, violated the guarantees of liberty, and attacked the right of the people. 3. Of having, by a systematic corruption, attempted to substitute, for the free expression of public opinion, th e c alculations of pri vate interest, and thus perverted the r epresentative gov ernment. 4. Of having trafficked for ministerial purposes in public offices, as well as in all prerogatives and privileges of power. 5. For having, in the same interest, wasted the finances of the state, and thus comprised the forces and the grandeur of the kingdom. 6. Of having violently despoiled the citizens of a right inherent to every free con stitution. and the exercise of which had been guaranteed to them by the Charter, by the laws, and by former pre cedents. 7. Of having, in fine, by a poli cy overtly coun ter-revolutionary, placed in question all the conquests of our two revolutions, and thrown the country into a pro- The following proposition, by the Abbe de Genoude was handed to the President of the Chamber of Peers on Wed nesday : -• wnereas ministers, in refusing to consent th a reform in an electoral law which deprives the citizens of all parti cipation in political rights, violate the national sovereignty, and are in consequence the cause of the troubles and dan gers which befall social order ; and whereas they thus keep France in a system immoral and ruinous at home, and de . gruumg atia injurious abroad, the undersigned, the deputy for Toulouse, demands from the Chamber the impeach ment of the President of the Council, and of his col leagues." SUBSEQUENT PARTICULARS RECEIVED ON FRIDAY NIGHT. Louis Philippe has abdicated. The Comte de Paris is king. The Due de Nemours is rejected. The royal fa mily have left Paris. A provisional government is in stalled, composed of Alphonse Lamartine, Ledru Rollin, Odillon Barrot, M ar i e A rago , Granier Page s , an d L ous Blanc. he provi- ition of Louis • of the Nations _. • Philippe has been pronounced. rl is one of the provisional go psed by Odillon_Barrot that a established under )uchess d'Or- vernment All Paris is in the hands of the National Guard. The Tuileries have been sacked, and the furniture destroyed. The king, the queen, and the princes have been allowed to depart. They left home in were all withdrawn at noon to. lost, but no great number. igham. The troops Some lives have been Mole was first named as minister, but rejected by the people. Thiers and Barrot was next named, but were re jected. The Chamber met on Thursday, but the populace over powered the majority. A republic on the model of that of the United States is proposed. The throne in use by Louis Philippe was taken from the Tuileries, and carried in procession through the streets of Paris. The palace was pillaged. At noon same day a formal proclamation was posted, to the following effect __ _ _ . Citizens of Paris !—You are ordered to discontinue firing. Thiers and Barrot are charged with the formation of a cabinet. A dissolution of the Chambers will take place, and an appeal be made to the country. General Lamoriciere is appointed commander of the national guard. _ During the morning, until eleven o'clock in the fore noon, the same bodies of troops,—infantry. cavalry. and artillery,—which during the night had occupied the chief posts throughout the city, still held them. An order then came from the authorities, in consequence of which they reversed their arms, the trumpets sounded a retreat, and they marched to their respective quarters, amidst the en thusiastic acclamations of the populace. The universities were left in charge of a few of the na tional guards. The city otherwise,surrendered to the will of the populace. The people were actively employed in constructing barricades. The third edition of the Standard of Friday evening says,—" Passing through the Place de la Concorde to wards Neuilly, the Duchess of Orleans went with her son to the Chambers, dressed in deep mourning, to place her self and her son under the protection of the deputies. The chamber has declared itself en permanence, and has refused to allow the family of Louis Philippe to resign. The appearance of Paris is frightful. The people have vented their fury on the balustrades of the Rue Basse du Rempart, opposite Guizot's, and threatened to destroy the , treet on account of the blood spilled there last night. The hotel is turned into an ambulance for the wounded ; the people, dipping their fingers in their blood, have writ ten alone the walls, " Moos. Guizot's." There are bar -icadea all along the Baulevards, mostly unfinished, as the ,attle was over in an hour and a-half. A further despatch states, that the populace held pos ession of the Tuileries, and thus continues :—" They are throwing the furniture out of the windows, and burning The number of killed is upwards of five hundred ; principally in the neighbourhood of the Palais Royal, and qetween that and the Tuileries. It is said that General Lamociciere is killed, or at least wounded, The people lave penetrated into the cellars of the Tuileries, and are iistributing the wine." The Bourse was closed. It was tated, that if the provisional government be accepted, ef ;orts would be made to support the Duchess of Orleans. On Thursday, Louis Philippe and his family fled from Paris, and before leaving, Louis Philippe signed his abdi- .ation. This document is said, by a gentleman who has :een it, to be brief, and to be couched in some such words is these :—" The Crown which I received from the erench nation I abdicate to the French nation in the 4 my grandson." All he people ere crying " Vive la Republique!" PROCLAMATION OF A REPUBLIC. Paris, Friday, 9 a.m. A Republic has been proclaimed. The King and his ..Ady are gone to Eu. The Provisional Government already appointed has heen confirmed. The following Ministers :—Dupont de :Tun., President ; Lamartine, Foreign Affairs ; Arrago, Ntarine ; Ledru Rollin, Interior; Marie, Public Works, - ,artiot, Public Instruction ; Bethmont, Commerce ; La morciere, War ; Gamier Pages, confirmed Mayor of Paris ; .Javignac, Governor of Algiers : Decourtrias, Command ant of the National Guard. All communication by railway and diligence suspended. rhe station of the Northern Railway has been burnt. It impossible to get out of Paris by that line. All is tran lull in the quarter of the Tuilleries. [Through the kind attention of our contemporary the 4/Lion, we have been furnished with the following late tatpiligence, which was published in the Times Extra irdinary of Sunday.] : Our Paris letter; of Friday evening continue briefly the narrative of events passing in the metropolis of France. " I announced to you this morning," says our corres pondent, " the surrender of the Fortress of V,ncennes to the people. I ought to have said that the garrison has declared for the Republic. Since then the Military School and, I believe, all the other depilts of artillery, Army, and ammunition have equally been occupied by the people. The detached forts will all have been taken possession of in the course of the day. " You will readily believe that all is agitation and ex citement here. There is not the slightest tendency to ill humour visible. The streets are filled literally with the inhabitants of Paris and its vicinity, who proceed to visit the various points at which occurred one or other of the memorable events of the last three days. . " The Chateau of the Tuileries is naturally the principal object. of atraction. Much of the furniture has been re moved or destroyed, but little or no plunder was perpe trated. In this respect the people of 1848 have worthily imitated the conduct of the men of July, 1830. All who presented themselves yesterday were allowed to view and visit the palace; and on leaving all were searched, and de prived of every thing that they might have been tempted to purloin for souvenirs. One man, caught in the fact of plundering, was shot instantly ; two others were found dead drunk in the cellars. " Than this nothing more honourable for the national character could be adduced. Throughout the whole of the troubles on ithem by distress,ofFrane France, pthilelagse of:ri of sufferin g s in flicted residences has never been committed. War to the Chateau' was proclaimed and acted upon, but sheer positive robbery never took place. lam induced to dwell on these facts, because of the feeling of alarm abroad lest the city be pil laged by the malefactors known to be at present in the capital. There is a romantic, and what is better a genuine, sense of honour in the hearts of the people, that will this time, as hitherto, distinguish them. " The provisional government has ordered the forma tion of 24 battalions of National Guards, to be composed of the citizens whose circumstances would not enable them to clothe themselves and give their service gratis. They are to receive the moderate pay of 30 sous per day. This will be a beneficial measure at a time when so many are out of employment. Fortunately the treasury is rich, and well able to bear that expense, and others contemplated for the amelioration of the condition of the people in this season of distress. " The formation of two corps d'armee—one on the Rhine, the other in the departments of the Alpes—is seriously entertained. In short, the provisional govern ment is energetic, and determined to exert themselves for the benefit of the country. " It is said that- the printing presses of the Moniteur have been destroyed. " The Bourse remained closed. " The Syndicate was to meet to-day to agree that all the time bargains of the month be settled at the medium price. Most of (I believe all) the banks are closed, and money, of course, not to be had. This is very deplorable, but let us hope it will not long endure." A telegraphic despatch from Dover informs us that the Duke of Nemours and part of the ex-King's family have arrived. They may, we believe, be momentarily expected in London. In the course of Friday several proclamations were pub lished by the Provisional Government. One of them offered to dress and arm the citizens who wished to enlist in the National Guards, and to pay them at the rate of 30 sous per day. Another decreed the formation of 24 battalions of moveable National Guards to march to the frontier. A third, addressed to the army, invited the sol diers not to desert their banner, France standing in need of all her children. A fourth proclamation announced the surrender of the Castle. of Vincennes a n d th e d etac h e d forts round Paris, the garrisons of which had recognized the authority of the new Government, an d t h e rece i p t of numerous adhesions . frorn the departm en t s . Thee of tflitehannexation frontiers main objects of l ofßelgiumthe of Republic thent eowFrance,o h to vte ren theßamnhedinnte., appeared to exten sionb There had .seen only a very trifling disturbance at Bou logne, and a few windows were broken. There was no e m b argo a t th e port of Boulogne upon ingress or egress to or from France. (From Yesterday's Times.) PARIS, SATURDAY. The great event of this day is the restoration of order. The acts of the Provisional Government and the new officials show consummate skill and prudence. The Minister of Finance, M. Goudchaux, has judiciously con firmed all the clerks in their employments, and this chief branch of internal administration is working. I must tell you that it was only on Monday the notice to pay the city taxes was issued. The whole of the coming year's taxes derived from per centage on rents of apartments and shopkeepers' licenses will fall into the hands of the new Government—an enormous fund with which to begin. The million a month to the civil list is already confiscated, or, as the ordinance has it, restored to the people -- a hand some addition to the fund applicable to the relief of distress. The streets are being partially cleared of the obstruc tions caused by the barricades, under the scientific direc tion of the students of the Ecole P o lytechnique, in such a way as not to compromise the security against a surprise afforded by these popular fortifications. This will enable the country people to bring in provisions, of which there is an abundant supply, and allow the vast number of coach and cab men to resume their occupation. The law courts have resumed their sittings—the post-office is at work— the shops are opened—everything is doing to calm appre_ hension. The workmen are assured that a great plan is about being adopted for their benefit, according to which every man shall have employment and fair recompense. The best spirits are being draughted into the movable National Guard, with the magic word " Frontiers" in their ears, and 30 sous a-day in their pockets. Every good citizen, whether in costume or not, is told that he is a national guard. This measure, at all events, supplies a good police, for there is an honourable esprit du corps animating this body. A man found stealing a silver spoon waz placed on his knees and shot on the spot. It is generally believed that England will recognise the Republic. It is against Austria and not England that the popular feeling runs. The hank of France has announced its intention not to limit its discounts, and has prolonged in for payment of 132 s falling due ten days longer. led M. de he wound pressed mination nor TO ieave runs. The ex-ministers are not spoken of. They were assembled, it is said, at the hotel of the Minister of the Interior, when the news of the is brought in. They then all fled by le part of the ,dicatior liere w•as an attempt on t scape, but on that score. Debtors and political priscners, as well as women, have been released. The churches have been respected, but it is certain that attempts had been made to burn the Tuileries and the Louvre, which were found to be on fire in three places the night before last. Had this been effected the consequences would have been ter rifle, for the populace would have carried the work of devastation further, and varied the scene of horrors. Some pictures of the Palais Royal gallery were delibe rately burnt, but I suppose these must have been the pic tures illustrative of the king's adventurous career. Food is being distributed at all the hospitals, and notices are issued for relatives and friends to come and claim the vic tims, whose bodies are otherwise to be interred in the old cemetery of St. Catherine. It is announced this morning that the King's beloved retirement at Neuilly has been burnt. The bridge at Asnieres, over which pass the Versailles, St. Germain, and Rouen trains, has, I am assured, ,been cut up. The for tress of Mont Valerien, that great stronghold. which stood at an equal distance between St. Cloud and Neuilly, and commanded the Bois de Boulogne, surrend,red after a resistance of five hours. All the forts detache's and for tresses round Paris are in the hands of the republic. And where was Bugeaud, the merciless oven-heater of the Dahra-- , -the man whose twine alone was to have made the hearts of the people quake ? It is a curious tact that the last Royal ordinance in the Moniteur was that which named him Governor of Paris; and the next ilav the ordi nance ran in the name (tithe French people." To-day the National Guards are all p different quarters g til review in The weather is tiernencious, blowing a hurricane, with heavy showers. FOUR O'CLOCK.—I have just heard a report from the Hotel de Ville that the Provisional Government are en chanted at the success of their measures for restoring con fidence and order. They say, one more such day, and the Republic is confirmed. There is a perfect unanimity amongst them. A great many that I meet wear tri coloured ribands on their buttons, to mark their adoption of these colours instead of the red, to which, however, some yet adhere. Among the most curious decrees is that which relates to the Tuikries, which is turned into an asylum for in valid workmen. All pawned articles under ten francs are to be redeemed for the owners by the minister of finance. The Bourse will not be opened till Tuesday 'At Boulogne a slight disturbance was created on Fri day by a crowd of young men and boys parading the streets and singing ; they made an attempt to raise a bar ricade in the Rue d'Ecu, but soon ceased. On Sunday all was again as quiet as a French Sunday can be. Various reports were:in circulation on Sunday through out the metropolis with respect to the arrival of the whole or part of the French Royal Family in this coun- tty, but the only members of the family of Louis Philippe now in Enghnd are the Duke de Nemours and his sister the Duchess of Coburg Kohary, who landed early on Sunday morning at Dover. His Royal Highness arrived in London that night. He was accompanied by one of his - children, but not by the Duchess de Nemours, and direction which the other - Members of his family had taken. He escaped in disguise. . . M. Delessert, the ex-Prefect of Police, travelled with companied by his wife. The Duke of Montebello, ex-Minister of Marine, also arrived on Saturday. having, we are told, received a very significant hint to leave Paris. The reports as to the arrival of M. Guizot in this coun try, are, we believe, unfounded. On the contrary, we have too much reason to fear that he has fallen into the hands of the people, from whom the worst was to be • expected. It is said that M. de Lamartine had endeavoured to procure a resolution abolishing capital punishment with the view of insuring his safety, hut. without success. Prince Louis Napoleon has actually embarked for France and landed at Boulogne, the scene of his former foolish attempt. He declares, however, that he goes to France merely as a citizen, to tender his services to his country. IRELAND, Mrs. M`lver, who died last week at Belfast, lived to s:e no fewer than six generations of her own family. At the Roscommon assizes there are no less that 66 cases of murder and conspiracy to murder. The county of Clare Spring Assizes commence at Ennis, to day. There are 260 prisoners in gaol for trial. About a fifteenth of the whole number of physicians, surgeons, and apothecaries in Ireland, died during 1847. At Roscommon assizes onWednesday, Thomas Dono hue was convicted and senter_ced to death, tier the mur der of the Rev. John Lloyd, on the 28th November last. The state of Mayo is not less deplorable than that of Galway. The names of seventeen persons whose deaths starvation has caused are given in the Mayo Telegraph. The Cork Examiner mentions that two awkward sports men lately fired at a bird near Passage, and missed their aim ; but managed to hit a corn-stack, valued at £BO, which caught fire, and was wholly consumed. A MISSION TO THE POPE. Bishops Mac Hale, Browne, and O'Higgins have set off, post-haste, to Rome, t ) persuade the Pope how mistaken he is in enjoining his Irish clergy to refrain from political diatribes and altar denunciations. The Limerick Examiner states that on Saturday, in the Kilrusb market, there were upwards of two hundred loads of potatoes. The public way was completely blocked up. The consequence was a very considerable fall in the price of this root. THE LATE REV. THOMAS MAGUIRE. - There are four persons in custody on suspicion of having been con cerned in the death of this divine. At the conclusion of the inquest the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Mary Reynolds, the - housekeeper of the rev. gen tleman. The Repeal Acsociktion met on Monday. Mr. John O'Connell announced, by letter, that he had postponed his motion for repeal till he had made a tour of the pro vincial towns of Ireland. Mr. Dillon Browne and Mr. Morgan J. O'Connell were denounced as renegades. The week's rent was £37. James Skeahan and James Quane, convicted at the late special commission for Limerick of the murder of Mr. Ralph Hill, suffered the extreme penalty of the law on Tuesday, in front of the county gaol. An immense mul titute of spectators were present. A sympathising local journal indignantly exclaims, " And this is the way to teach the people the inviolability and sacredness of human life."__ _ A WisE QUESTION.—Lord Nugent, on Thursday even ing to the case of a man named Howard. who had been left for execution for murder by the late special commission in Ireland, but of whose guilt some doubts had since arisen, and the lord lieutenant bed thereupon granted a week's reprieve. very gravely inquired of Sir George Grey if " Howard's innocence should be established to the satisfaction of the government, the right hon. baro net would state to the house whether the man would be pardoned ?" Did he expect Sir George to reply, " Oh, no, we mean to hang him at any rate ?" all Dthae. M`HD e A r l n E ti o A n N it T o he Poor Law Commissioners to the ter addressed by t HE eP contrary, E i t . — a p N p e o a t r w s i f t r h o s m t a n a d l i e n t g . Team board that " his Grace" has failed in his efforts to convince the authorities that he has, by proxy or other wise, paid his rates; in other words, they believe that he is still a defaulter (accidentally of course), and they fairly ground their belief on the fact of " his Grace," or his proxy (the Rev. Mr. Ryan), being unable to produce a receipt foretheast ye style m aEs o a u wr n ir t Ti t ta a el l bn l alleged to because another eurhsaes:e, thatbeen agg eirmi swaggering paid rl the eo t pr o tliy, tino collector, a man name d L a l ly. Everybody is heart i ly tired of the pedantic virulence of Mac Hale. the Earl of Shre ws b ur y , whom, in a dignified spirit of his revenge,letter, h r, addressed him simply as My Lord Archbishop, and not as Archbishop of Tuam. Mac Hale argues that both titles—his own and his opponent's —are equally valid: the one i 3 created by the Pope (conferring a territorial jurisdiction within her Majesty's dominions upon John Mac Hale !), the other flows from the crown of England. The doctor repudiates the latter, except upon the con dition that the former be recognised as authentic. ANOTHER PRIEST. —Doctor Murphy has overdone his business. He has been taught that a priest is not as po tent in London as in Kinsale, and he had to anticipate an ignominious expulsion by silently sneaking from the com taittee-rootn.—He could not trust the case to his well trained witnesses (unfortunate fellows ! they have made an exposure of their " morality," which their priest can not again be in haste to boast of) :—he must station him self in view, and endeavour to frown and fist "to screw their courage" to the swearing point. One witness—a woman--but let us take the scene from the cross-ex amination of Bridget Holy :—Had heard something said in the Chapel respecting the Roman Catholic voters who had voted for Mr. Guinness. Here the witness suddenly fainted. After the confusion incident upon such an occa sion, Mr. B. Cochrane said he had observed a person sit ting behi"d the petitioner's counsel frown upon the wit ness several times (alluding to Priest Murphy). If that person's own taste did not keep him out of the committee room while the witnesses were under examination, he would consider it his duty to move the committee upon the subject. He had remarked gross impropriety upon the part of the individual he alluded to. He trusted it would not be necessary to say more upon the subject. Mr. Cripps and Sir J. 111•Taggart had observed the pro ceedings of the person alluded to by Mr. Cochrane, and perfectly concurred in the obsirvations which had fallen from him. Father l‘lurphy retired, and did not present himself in the room during the remainder of the day.— Cork Constitution. THE POOR LAW AMENDMENT ACT.-OUr townsman, Mr. Thomas Smith, has published a pamphlet, entitled, " Results of the Central Administration of the Poor Laws, exhibited in some of its workings in the Extensive Town ship of West Derby," &c. The author is himself a mem ber of the board of guardians in the union referred to ; has devoted much attention to the effects of the new Poor Law, and brings to the field in the achievement of his object, a practical knowledge of his subject, a mind stored with statistical facts, a feeling of genuine humanity to the destitute poor, and a desire that, in adequately relieving them, the ratepayers should not be subjected to extrava gant impositions through the mal-practices of officials. The work, which is written in the vigorous style attain able only by an English scholar, is dedicated to Lord John Russell, as First Lord of the Treasury ; and, in his prefaratory address, the author expresses his strong disap probation of the new Poor Law, and the tyrannic, expen sive, and cruel manner in which it is administered. He contends that we have a class of inhabitants suitable for the office of 1 rates will become r Ind the poor be pen and urges that the norals amonzst those "cannot failto lower d the power of the na tlot space for details or sinners and national a concerned in cat the condition, the reputation tion." We regret that we have at mus le work itself, which we think exhibits in a clear manner, the total inefficiency of the Poor Law Amendment Act for the objects for which it was framed, and shows that, while it exacts much heavier contributions from those who are assessed, it leaves the poor without adequate relief, and tends, at the same time, to degrade and demoralise them. Feb. 29,1 ,_, POLITICAL VARIETIES. On Friday Colonel Estcourt was elected O r unopp osed. f iCs On Thursday, Sir T. Birch presented in t - „ I " Commons a petition from Live r po o l againg a "' in the army or navy expenditure. THE FIRST INCOME-TAX.—This impost ca - a e ir the last year of the last century. It wa s laid and and then amounted to ten per cent. a 0 EC!' The Presbytery of Edinbu rg h h ave agree- m t oi'l,„ atm parliament against the bill f or es t a bli s hi n g clir *V A lations with Rome. tb KINSALE.—The committee have decided 11, 11 1,1: 4 Guinness has not been duly el ec t e d. Mr. Se r i „ ;, g i" "A it lake lake then intimated his i n t en ti on o f proaae,:o4 hat e fir with a view of seati ng M r . W a tson"' , e . e be en fay for the borou g h. 0' • with a n COMMITTEE ON MISCEL LA N EOUS ExPENnii:kir, ll ,iy p Co py of tl Vernon Smith, Mr. Herries, Earl of Lincollig,'"6ol ; 4 PreSq, f rn Mr. Henley, Sir Geo rge Cl er k, M r . Ri ce , ' 543 of w h'• ich vv( Dr. Bnwring, Mr. Parker, Mr. Bramston, 3 t a l/ Mr. Hastings Russell, Mr. Henry Arthur I Mr. Corbally. EXp REs COMMITTEE ON NAVY, ARMY, AND Ono r4 i ft, PENDITURE.—Lord Seymour, Mr. Fox Maule'ller n is ! "P 1""! (1( Granby, S Mr. George William Bankes Molesworth, Mr.rCorry., Sir James Gaham, J ' e- Q4cl declare, )It , die m ir 1 ,0 Mr. Edward Ellice, M r . Willi am Mil es , Mr. o '',J Mr. Boring. Mr. Cobden, and Sir Thomas Ads) SLAVE, at:Rdeo ; ltoviliena.raeLt: T otui a mrio,ai A mrr n ri.ciy n i oaEI - tuted: T gwt a h ar e sd selectf(Altlaonwl Stanley, y:-, i committeezri ?Jr.o l l ie ,0 i j 1..i:4 ) ., In ‘, ~,,, LEcT 4 1 c Ds t G r i trade Lincoln. Mr. Cobden Lord Harry Vane, 10 'he lc, e li r s i; y C , o lk lo lr n . el S T irt m on P , s lT• 4°f , ( ! re se - ; ° , 1 ., n , a1 (311 Milnes, and Lord John Hay. , . •ste st e ~ - men It has been announced that Mr. Coulson, ° I P ' 4HI SIaSIT a m s • inn, has been appointed by Sir Geo. Grey to - ~f, li i e Is Pe rfectly Bethune a: parliamentary counsel to the 1100 ,j+Off - Pe nalty r duty being to prepare the bills originating cr'',. ri s , ,: n 'es, '°' , partment of the government, and revising T re ir 4, re , upon any bills brought before parliament. an d Oftillit a , l'as been s hint by Cie Secretary of State. Mr. Bethune'o l '4 Y an d th e son's predecessor, proceeds immediately to I 0 , eft, pobi. Pe, he will fill the place formerly occupied by it $ ,...' °11,1 G o , le l 'a , iis WINDOW DUTIES.-On Thursday night, t"',X 4 tes At i ;' r ntoe t were amongst the members who voted in fa .- 1 Pleat ' n ''ter h, repeal of the window tax :-Sir T. B. Birch , ''i),ro,i,. oord e , " ton, W. Ewart, R. Gardner, J. Greene, 14°11 i lfshi 'ichl li G 4 1 venor, A. Henry, E. Hindley, Col. SibthorP, i talos nent, of 2re . re nes , e. and Sir J. Walmsley. In the majoritY *)(1 0 4" etib e ii , fatfol wood, William Jackson, Sir J. Jervis, J. ' I Ilo'Td. °PerI Y repeal were W. T. Egerton, W. E. Gladsitilecioile.adt.i,stp,ciruotadti Thornely, J. Tollemache, and E. J. StanleY.,.. i fle.alaz a h Lord Granville Somerset, M.P., died at " ° ,,,,i 1 ,808 8 " 4 'n5, li nt as IT I o'clock on Wednesday evening, at his residenoo Of lif e 0 both oth ley-street. The fatal complaint was a d i ';1) 1 11 41 ns h n a heart and a general break-up of the constitatlel 3t r , l 'lritl 40 ) 3 4 quent, it is said, on the excitement which tl 'hid',,,f,tiojNlll , a n:A: I : I :: 4 i ' late peri eiNoteoendirfi from m th election, thep eiit i o a o n datghaei against hi his annoyances retl2 , t P It o t tl iht a tt l ted i Lille,t,er for Ital i : ell had al 1111 Bari e ls oorted it ~,..s___ ontr: attended Up to the last moment by his brotbe.tr of Beaufort, and in the chamber of death s t u l: v el: tio 3 ,, Ili iP`l, ceased. t ° 11 (";i NEW HINT.-Mr. Smee, in his pamP l , ll o e o( l6 o,l4k' l come-tax, urges that, while at present have to pay the whole tax, calculated, budget, at nine millions per annum, the ext e "d ',;,r IV and tax to all persons having incomes of .f5O would bring in 1,820,000 new contributors , f Oi k aY, a 4finn u, St furthersuin (even at sevenpencein the pound) ° ,50; ,i1 k ti ll Pl 'l'alti : 1 1, e ' e l per annum. Mr. Smee, however. only shall yeti 0 C ontin '_ ° i the suppo-ition that the working classes shall ' 10 , h w ity, aen j e ntal front the malt-tax, and some other taxes „Ali 0 3 iNI `"" I as , . an nounced heavily upon them. C A ,ftm eceived tel TAX THE LAND.-Make the owners of fl s „i#,l 4 a,o t ( . 1 ' to start of the land, which pays no legacy duty, con"„6"N t ( h the p • r r t at equitable share, and the lords would start '0 1 .4 het wen enel Touch the humbler classes, and the polling'l4l/4!aadarrc Dur soon have strange tales to tell, such as Sc ri p' . 00 ,1,,t,,,,, ti„,,,l az ), „ nt, n L mo a et n i n dbaierstepl:oishi however, e teov already i tsht powerfulown oh iotsot of fer doors ioasb; I e e ax . ota t 1, b .1 f e l l J , 7 11: to rnt, FOR ip act time they should make their power felt. ~, fli Pronert ii t ° tl c°rr eet who by labouring Jay and night earns .C 5 "",,5 , -. p le - , - tit Bank 1 for the support of his family remember thatto t ii / 4 44 the R ank called upon to pay £25 out of that £5OO to ,reoP eon the i n fact, ; he is just paying in a proportion seven titne s t Y °lil all the idle possessor of land. It cannot be the 1 1 - 'rd tem justice should be longer endured. fre, tq"ted int o . nr In January, 1846, a few weeks only before ~i4 f 4„, ta ck, , . a . tw ge i tcuie a , oecau s , was permitted to begin its career of rum, ; . 0 111„.„) 4 ,41 )0 „ lone i n , the abolition of al restrictions, an annual f of 4 ' , 11 th e eleve n l l i was issued from the Treasury, the foot ° , err,,, ereto, the these magic words :- O'of el f 1' 1" shirt " Surplus Revenue, £3,817,640 1 15 ' re?, 'irinl the B a Y to. ' Well : Free Trade, in the January of the lieftkit,Vind paying fr-ho° tillsticlociii4L4itii`e"''tatt3illliollfio't had had more than a twelvemonth's tenure n oe s o ,lXie a notes of 4f and enjoyment. In January, 1848, again ° jull Ails o 0 tea of the ' 1 sheet issue from the Treasury mayand its col, Nils f: is ell note i and very conclusive comment, be foun d ' , ag e e , e , or b ae . but ungratifying announcement 1 ~k, `tie 'o at , a : " Deficiency, £2,956,689 Bs. l u. Isgr Ole r , , There it is : Lord John points to it with tie llcift 4l stock 1 . 1( with malignant complacency, quietly tell s itk;e i r e i 4 ,1 1 -Is of it, a make it, good by nearly doubling the existilt Pre 4 ,,, t , the issue WHO REPEALED THE CORN LAWS long affair, or I could shew the world w„. 9 m a 11 01,1„,,''unds o f repealed the corn laws. At present. this 3 Will I , l 'l any a, state: I athised the creation of the the ki t oe enti ti advice was followed ; I then advised the F, , , t4,,, notes to ti agitation to aid the manufacturing inteLed'itidi, `'Opt receive Cobden and the League worked out 10 rifle' 'll 4 11 ".". the l og bests. For thirty years I stood alone 0° c6 4 l :l l) t t l i4 . i i nl erest at : Ey:flange, as the advocate office traee i ll ae Vt, 4 f -ss uer of all times I have said that I should c li a v o e se t d ° ' i it:4":A;n , agai n l a ) have seen it law ; and, moreover, The Zolverein really caused it; and the Baron Billow to create that association, e n d sP, l eflia), ~,N1 4 ire n, ,,,,, create it, his letters to me prove. I owne:,,o , ', o , ct,i , ii a Zold b e b ' in Prussia, three estates noble, (the Ma il ,o o , l o ,•tte t h g e ," notes : and three estates not noble (that is, estalet, •1! 1110 1,..,''' cont,4, titles of nobility) ; and I had in Liverpool (10;0 0. !:, I lEt' y l 'I not , c ' emancipation of all the serfs, which Tglo„,','oWikbierest the nation was that led to my advising the way to r ,''ickelNl , ei p a tou r „. ' lightened landowners.-Parnphlet ly Tr"; `TV fie f t'te N Ptere s r r ii , THE MANCHESTER " GAME COCK• "..,, theqllor:Ote ashese little incident created some amusement 2 "1 fliu its.sq tk 4 1'11 n Commons, on Thursday evening. Colon!, for t o ! N i lln g 4 u eY 0 14 e i rr i the discussion upon Mr. Colville's moti ° l o od , of It t do s ' they ," bring in a bill to enable all occupiers of ic ift e lP Y, tr?* they .-s right to kill hares on that land, to do e ° ,"'', "I've t o ' h nse, the required to takeout a game certificate, saw,. r ) l l,if*lft 4,, l ' a Y in ill Y s t k w n o ow bu n l o k r y c v a o r l e um w e h s e , th c e o r n t t l a ie ini h n o g n. th m e em:b i e ci r eL l ri l o d fli i 3 O , 4 : ^ :tti i vttri e eab i, - " ia. l ll , o nu r:t inn i entt ‘ ii l ) intended to bring in a bill or not; but he n e ce b`fr!),,,4„ Paid it, his , committee appointed on the motion of the SIJ t. 0)1 e not , 0.1 fi Nt x e s- in 1845 and 1846, on the subject of the g a , ico , .„IL er e ~. Pansi on what did it all end in ? Much in the son,, w r li: kt,NC,', ovvn ~ ' motions of the hon. gentleman had d ° ,'' 1 4 "24; 4 % ,"' L a tl e ie: c , ' Parturiunt montes naseitur ridieulus In, u- ile f irskti' d l shi t ,'" neari;y; was the hon. member now ? (Laughter*, ) ,,,,) f, Ok e - a line ti . 7. he was a man of no game at all. (Langn'-'dP, Rte ' e ll f ays tit game cock. (Laughter, which was renege ad / 0 6 1 k: 114011 ' 1541 a b y member for Manchester entering the hous e di f Itollid have re a " 0 , f• p r 1( gar seat.) He was glad to see the lion. gent' el nlo ofi Nei, Power on his perch. (Renewed laughter.) t ri1, e ,, 0 10: 1 4 Illiti 4 k1 44,1 a rate of failed in establishing any case by these vo r e q ! [ li e Z ftl 'n a nd th cations, but he, nevertheless, called upon t" (( e d 4tir 41 0 „;',, 10 G az : the expense of the inquiry. Now, if b e hadi, A t alte t .'"" Ninth thorp) had obtained a committee, and s' o "4 N T all ti ed by a sil failed-if he had had the presumption. I) , e lo sl,.° l ir t , t l e ei te ,, lll es wh et insolence, to dare trouble the House 0C,,, r e./.oli Nsver bas of int a useless manner, he certainly should and wii N , as a ( the bat bound to bear the whole cost. (Hear, n'004 . ‘0 1 ; Ii • fl s ° file i t Thousands and thousands are squandered,epiiol ht h e ei Y i this R printing voluminous parliamentary paper- , be fi, P / I „r'f, lio n , Th a Ned, i t which are uselessly moved for. It would :ftfrei l l'it'o ae,,,." / (/ re check upon this waste of the public money ' t i l e? N i 4 tr a ,„!that 1 w w h h e o n c e 3 v l el for r them tbey• been promoted by their publication. MR. W. JACKSON'S MAIDEN SPEVC II IO2 Ity,, l llti a e „ d •illfed straightforward statement of the mann, t e l ‘,ll,"".lk, ,v, r , it o - ,;; 11 , 1 ° not failed were to a r h e o qu w ir t e h d at t to i tf p r . a pti l ibgib ic / i : r i et : ,:t s ahli a lalti:ytes ; ept v at ; anoidv e isa n i d,r t ews b a iAt theohferi c a gr n e Ha t t r o a vu d as e leu i oe s fcoco of having s , mportiaadcTuesday 3 r en v e l los t ~ii Vei - "" 1 th e v c H a u e l b u a e a t tellsthan per iwell k headnol; f t a l icat't% '; ' : :: 0 11. i : ‘‘l'l ) l k tl 4t l li n e be e r ou o Hn f E l l purchased on the coast of Africa for x','Del:D l '.*lti t t ; of T adunsß,araahnzodilosdiatrteidsxalroewopeorts of cornmit t i, flifqt 411, ; and d . of £4 is paid in merchandise, on which , P if4.l Ik ll .(, 4 tiel e ,- fifty per cent profit is obtained, thus re d A f r ici l be ° , r, ? ,4 y l 2 .4l , .,, a n ,Li a 'r t . u T n a c ' y e , a co o s e t x t c o h .t an 2 g ; o t o h f a o t om th m e o se d l i e tie o s b , je g cot id of aa t d lie siice unknown, and consequently of no val ne "..io ilj 4 .Mi ' ). l Cathy arrives, then, at the very sensible conch r o , i l V ttS,'s cruelty was carry our merchandise there, the African s o'ls t!i,''fii t t„.Th er Y change their palm oil and other prodlic e di tti e o f tss 4 tp, lest su e is E thus doing away, the slave-trade. So far, the slavers ha n iilil fir :A ''‘lr d ' aze o r t ' i , parties trading to that coast, and they 14 ,",,it ° . , e r 4 , yt,elf, e " of w, - ,,, 1 in exchange but human beings ; the re'",,.ol'otr, 1 1 t1, 1 11t,,"',' ; th e ' '},, that bloody wars are carried on, and P,:„ . to',or nipti,,,.'ro wl joy slaves. No reasonable man can doubt t"„" l eff,;r. hrele ,' ' he ' i; - , I free labourers could be procured for 0 „',..0 1 0r fr i , 4 ^,40f,N, wG, - , that we can successfully compete with othe r ' I IIV ~,,Nte mattes and eventually withdraw a large squadron i:'!,,f; 11,, l' l' s n ,, e S , an immense cost to the nation. Taxatil ii:f i st ot ed ga edr e , a ead to such a height, that public men ron s iis o l % ezistt , tly a °l ,l4 % re practical men have demonstrated • and, % 0 ° iifj tdr iti , N IO O I, o vooi son's suggestions be adopted, the resill', t fo j A tra v Y; lititl y ll t would be of an importance which we cali n O , of, Itsseemh4 13,," The numerous friends and admirers of , 0 0/10'. 1 ‘trk, r( be exceedingly gratified to learn that he cc i t lie,o o 6,:,kq 1)e prole4o on his powerful speech from all sides 0 1 f o iq ,0 14 -. .;, , tht11t. 01 .. :411111.'0"oihlinetLiat Robert H. Inglis, senior member for o , s; , , lfi'lit 'slu e i ' ) ; elai: h t ',.), who immediately followed him, declare , ' for',' . 'l eoa ce ueat t i , th e ~rc one of the most remarkably successful' for "$ ,l 0 lelati n 4t tate f i a fitll which he (Sir o. Inglis) had witnesse" iieStioil4.l4l4, stag 0 esse n sions." Mr. Joseph Hume, who spbke e cl/i 14 0 ,g e N es might confidently say a more efficient sllf t ,:iy 41 . 4 i5i 0a 7 . 4e of of al, made in that house." And after him ,;', of . 4% ' f?v e , the - i Lord Palmerston both spoke eulogistical" $, 4 se,, wa s _Y Co q S' 'l Ol a l , , , i ''d ii oo i cin nti ..... 64 A lai tof ght i g i METEOROLOGICAL RE ~s e , N L , ii iti , Pro v i, rl his BY MR. C. H. CHADBURN, 71, I .'' la' ' Ireil `resti " 1 64 "Itth th r tla to ca pJ 4 ° ,) t th e :ve b ° : , ' s e , n e : ATMOSPHERIC 1 Temperature in I - d id il o t t c , (l it v :.l'ela t "le ei gbade by self-re- 1111 0 % 0 0' fot i t t Y of 1 11 4 4 to , et ti ) 4t Or B ° l 4 b e tu le lt• iti *hi e 'oe• of tt DrY 170 1 y 11 tteh • l ety • 1 th nt is 8 1 0 t' bulb. ~.‘, a ei 4l , od e _ _ ---•-• pe 0 , th at eg, matte opl Feb. In. I .., Deg. 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