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'MONDAY HOUSE OF LORDS A discussion, on the presentation of a petition by Earl Fitzwilliatn, 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 of young female orphans from unions in Ireland, who had been trained to habits of useful domestic industry, as emigrants to New South Wales and South Australia, care being taken of their well-being during the passage and on their arrival in those colonies ; from which arrange ment he anticipated considerable benefit both to the emi- grants HOUSE OF COMMONS.—: The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUE the House do go into Committee of MONDAY Dying that in reference notice to decided o pone t nates unt that ti - 4overnment could e to i He ther entered into some explanation with reference to tl budget, in consequence, he said, of some misappreher 'ions having prevailed that itwasa war budget. move ch the Admiralty ha £245,410 which was ibsolutely necess service, being the amount by w exceeded the last year's estimate so strongly opposed, that at lengtl withdrew the motion ; after which, various items in the army and navy estimates were agre to. 'oposition wa The Public Health Bill was read also, after some debate, the Passe gentleina being to prevent a recurrence of the evils to which Canad bad been exposed by the emigrants who had arrived i that country during the past year. At the instance of Mr. Milner Gibson, the hous into committee on the 7th and Bth Vic., c. 111, and Btl and 9th Vic., c. 98, when a resolution on which to foam a bill was agreed to, for enabling joint-stock companies to wind up their affairs. The Passengers' Bill was, after a discussion as to the propriety of a regard for the hea second time and referred to a Se t Conmitte( HOUSE OF LORDS to the Earl of Recloor, .QIIiSOfLANSDOWNE sail p bill wer ernment int !ed to brin at it was doul TUESDAY btful whether it e subject of turnpike trus past efforts, and the pr for the suppression of tL ent exertions made and TT slave-tr :oncluded by ►nov- by the different squadrons of different. nations since the treaty was effected, by which it was stipulated that such a force should be employed on the coast of Africa with that object The Ea] .l of Auckland, Lord Stanley, the Bishop Exeter, Earl Grey. and Lord Denman, took part in t discussion, and the motion was agreed to. HOUSE OF COM)/ The CHANCELLOR of the Ex( pointment of two committees,—the one to inquire the expenditure of the army, navy, and ordnance, an other to inquire into the miscellaneous expenditure. proposed simply the appointment of a select comm who would have the power to suppress any portion of tt evidence which they thought it might be injudicia make public, and also with the power of excluding al sons not being members of the committee, whenever the) UER rC: thought proper. A rambling discussion followed. in which Lord G. Bcn tinck, Mr. D'lsraeli, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Hume, Sir R Peel, Mr. Bright, Colonel Sibthorp, Lord J. Russell, Mr Eankes, Sir R. Inglis, Captain Harris, Mr. Sin S. Crawford, Mr. Cobden, Admiral Dund and Mr. Villiers took part .t the close of which the r Lion was agreed to. On the motion of Mr. Herr, JACKSON, a select committee a conded t lengthy discuss n to cot Mr. Britain can adopt for mitigating the horrors of the slay trade and provlding for its final extinction. HOUSE OF COMMONS IMPEACHMENT OF LORD PALMERSTON 24r. C. ANSTEY moved for a return of papers and ocuments upon which it was his intention to found his charges against the noble lord at the head of the foreign WEDNESDAY foreign policy of aepartment. The hon. member, in the course of a lon g speech, reviewed the whole course of the _ .the noble lord, during the whole of the official ch. Charged him with favouring the ambitious designs of Rut. aia 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 .gapers, the mutilation of despatches, the entire perversion 49f truth, and the entire substitution of falsel. Mr. URQUHART seconded the motion. Mr. SHELL ridiculed alike the accusations and their promoter, whom he designated as the most truly Irish man of them all. Viscount PALMERSTON observed, that in he would avoid the use of language v to say, 'hat he had al to those who used it, which was at va, with the rules of the House. -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. 1f the question were one between himself and " these two Members," be 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. It 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 readily, and -with - pride, submit to the scrutiny and judgment eve 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 be 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. Ile 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.-TRURSDAY Lord STANLEY drew the attention of the house to cer tain seditious articles which had lately appeared in a new Dublin paper, entitled The United Irishman ,nd atter wading 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, and he was confident that the best Leave the matter in course that eau the hands of the Irish governor be pursued was to The Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill was then read a second time on the motion of the Lonn CHANCELLOR; end ordered to be committed that day fortr.ight. ST OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY Lord iTuNrcnisr moved for leave to brit total repeal of the window duties. In so doin erred at g in a bil witted tha to the redu ;ion in at sing an i: ase of the pyoperty-tax ministry sh Id have done ometbi to relic grievously upon them. In proposing a repeal of the tax he did not wish to impoverish the Exchequer, substitute for the tax which he sought to _ po that the -Window Ilan by which he proposed to ge follows e army, n nexion posed for the present year, amounted t X.G00,000. He would ask the Chancellor , t rid of the £600,000 c liture ( lost by stoontioti of the window tax. There was also a very u less luxury of which they might the coast df Africa, which cost . • :et rid, a lion, with the sum already named, would provide for )00,000 of the tax proposed to be repealed. Again, re 3,000 soldiers on their way borne from India, was proposed to add to the military force at What he would propose was, that these soldiers there itted to re: from tt kets to 5,000 of the met , lo of E snaking a total saving a lir. Hum The ( conded ELLOII. of ant the bud those gentlemen who desired the - were on the paper that night no' repeal of taxes that would cause At a time „, tion it was jell might be to tto so telt It thoso hon. nu to tha win era who ad The r d ho opposed to them an intimated his intention to coi with the of modifying their an f 160 to 68 HOUSE OF LORDS. — The Earl of HARDWICKE, in a spe ved for the appointor free tra( Earl Gr FRIA Al 'igation lawi; would not oppose t Diglitnot consider a committee necessary ; yet it could do uo harm, as the more information their lordship had 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 g clauses 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. IlumE moved as an amendment, that it is expedient that the expenditure of the country should be reduced, not only to render an increase in taxation in this season reduced as Fpe( the present la]. As t of taxation mewhat protracted debate ensued upon the general iture of the country, and that of the army and iiled: when the original qu, ,n for going into com- was carried by a major' the nun The house having gone into committee, the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER proposed a vote of X 1,100,000 to defray the expense of the . Kaitir war. Mr. HUME moved that the chairman report progress _ _ a majority of 191, the numbers being Mr. WARD then moved a vote of £245,410 19s. 7d. for the navy excess in 1846-7, which ci , a , agreed to. The Landed Property (Ireland) V was read a second Mr. WARLEY proposed the printing of a petition rela 'e to the land tax, which being opposed, on the ground ais views on ject at the expense of - the public, a division took place, when forty members not being present, the house stood adjourned. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL 30,000 Russian troops are assembled on the frontiers of Galicia, ready at a moment's notice to march where the Austrian governt along with six companions by the natives bay Time nnounees the pleasing, intell mee that, by a judicious arrangement of the troops by Sir H. Pottinger, the whole of the Caffre chiefs, with their wives and fami lies, had been made prisoners, and that the war was at an TIAL LAW IN LaOAIIIARr Term an in London on Friday, announce that the is becoming daily more critical ; and that martial law has been proclaimed by the Austrian government at Milan, n 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 much attention. She is still conspicuously fair, and of and liberal Pope is now himself for a constitution which he wereign, t . _ timulate other little sovereignties Tection where he could not. and pt refo: dare not, folio Globe is r I:he correspondent of the ministerial ling up pity for, and lenity with, his ;s. Pins will cut a fine figure with Int prea 1b _ Itative. overhauling his infallibility. Let the leaven work ! We predicted this state of things several weeks ago, when the Pii were in reforming extacies. THE TRIPLE MURDER AT BRUSSELS.—On 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, tronting the true Haute. v anaenpiaas appeared to be greatly cast down, but Rouseel walked with firmne3s. At nine o'clock they arrived at the place of execution • they embraced their confessors, and Vandenplaas was then ex- The sound of the knife made Rouseel tremble hole frame shook for some time ; but he ;allied confidence, and gave himself up to his execu mer, and soon after the crowd dispersed in silence. -From Jamaica we learn that on island the plantations had been THE WEST INDIE the north side of t y rains, which had done much ge, destroying the roads, &c.: while the planters on 'h side were complaining of the continuation of , and expressing great apprehension about the All the Windward Islands were in a state of great ;loorn. the failure of the West India Bank and large mer viand connected with West India affairs i much depression in commercial circles. drought .ntile firms hi I having produ !zette has the follow- The money, securities, &c., of the Bank of France were removed to their eaves, lest the populace should fire or destroy the bank and pillage it. The feeling was bitter against M. Guizot. The movement was not confined to the merely poor and destitute. The opponents ,of the troops were fir the most part composed of tradesmen anti better sort of mechanics, and in many instances masters shut up their establishments, in order to afford their men anopportunity of taking part in this manifestation. parag raph in its leading article of January 18th on ae state of the West India colonies :—" The provoking iang-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 hitter 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 harder to bear than downright injustice. There is more MOny of the hotels were occupied by troops. During of mercy in the fatal stroke which at once puts the victim the night of Wednesday, there was severe fighting in the q 0 and misery than in the Tdo not say Rue i'vfontmatre, and in the Faubourgs St. Denis and say I will not' policy of the present St. Antoine. In the Faubourg St. Denis the fighting was The v,liow fever was making sad very sec- 88th Reg , at Bar Colonel re. In the Faubourg 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 the fidelity of his men. This account must have obtained ready credence from the King, as he could not but hear the cries of "A Las Guizot .' `• Vive la Reforme I" 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. 27th of Jant to the malady, which is foi tunately confined to the regiment THE MURDERS AT CANTON. On Sunday, the sth of December, after being at church, W. Rutter, Small, Bellamy, Brown, Balkwill, ,arte, embarked at Canton in a boat, about two 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 throw stones. Tieir 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 lrrge multitude soon assembled, fought furiously with the Englishmen, and overpowering two of them, continued to str►ke them after they were down. Messrs, and 111`( 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.) lie 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 A' 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 brou g ht ba c k tollwang chu-kee the same night. It is stated that they were then confined for two days 4nd 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 t had been tied up on three several ()cc .rms, one .sions, and the rat- tans had been applied to th back. When it was tlemen were missi _ gregor applied to tl of the party su A sides of the face as well as the _xertained that the unfortunate gen g, early on Monday Mr. Consul Mac 'e district magistrates for the release , osed to be held captive in the villages. ___ a subsequent meeting it was announced that minis ters were out of office. A ministry headed by. Count Mole was named, but this was merely conjectural. The Press reference to the transactions of Wedne Pt...... At_ _ - t noon, two boats, with about thirty Englishmen, left the .ctoriea 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, 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 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 pipes. he authorities, after a long parley, were obliged to send for the troops and have the establishments evacuated." CCUSATION OF MINISTERS I 2400 dollars for the 00 dollars for each body, if dead. The following is a copy of the accusation si a 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, the calculations of pri vate interest, and thus perverted the representative gov ernment. 4. Of having trafficked for ministerial purposes in public offices, as well as in all prerogatives and privileges ned by M he same interest, wasted hus ,. comprisel the forces ing viok dated the 7th, (Tuesd id 2 party, if alive, On Wednestla3 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'Cajte was sent in on Thursday morning Decomposition not commenced. were in all 44-36 incised, and 8 contusions. Many of them would have caused death, the skull Wing in several places. In the forenoon, the bodies of Small, and Brown were also , -serous wounds on each of them, brought in. le first There were it. Brawn jack, an a spear thrus is thoug g of ti fray. On Friday, the bodies of s on the am , though blood condi:m;(l to flow from on( On the evening of the 20th, it was intimated to the ommunity that four of the murderers would be executed, .1., at the village of Hwang-chu-kee. 21st the lion. Company's steamer the followi On the mo Pluto h Reg a sent for of the I Gospel o Mr. Johnson, IVIr: Vice-Con- I Mr. Meadows, inter] reter to t lit. Four mei trig gag pore, and it: prep. til the NV Norfoll Qt, it v 1791, th so ten great series of events rOerr he Con- They were accompanies and thirty men of her Ma. rmised that they Rom an Ca' The last time that ille the 13th of ; md when "ii A unmoved Again in 1848, to fly from - his count; to iu the THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. lIIE 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 approved of by a majority of 43. _ The .. opposition, stung by defeat, afterwards published a manifesto, declaring that the recent ministerial address was a flagrant violatign 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 avowed object of the movement was parliamentary reform. 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 Tuesday. To the document in which this determination was expressed, thirty deputies immediately affixed their signatures. When these facts became known, the great est excitement prevailed. Multitudes collected in the streets, and the conduct of ministers was loudly depre cated. During the whole of Monday night, military waggons and artillery caisson* rolled constantly from Vincennes to the barracks in Paris. Troops were collected by the go vernment to the number of 100,000 men, adequate, if faithful, to suppress any insurrection. The popularity of 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. The populace were frequently charged during the day by ca valry. An attack v 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. Odillon Barrot proceeded at four o'clock, to lay an impeachment of the cabinet ministers before the Cham. her of Deputies. The rising was general throughout Paris. The rappel was beaten throughout all Paris to call out the National Guards. The shops of several gun iillaged. Barricades were ob. The funds, how- miths and armourers were viously preparing in several district, ever, did not decline. At five o'clock, the Hotel of Foreign Affairs was filled with troops, the mob shouting in every direction, "A bag Guizet ! La tile de Guizot !" Several cavalry were wounded is sub-omcers killed. The mob paraneu tne city singing the " Marsellaise." The Rue de Rivoli was unpaved ; the omnibuses were overturned, and all public conveyances were stonned. Several skirmishes took place injury to either. Each company of infantry carried,be sides their usual arms, a collection of implements for cut ting down barricades, such as hatchets, pickaxes, adzes, 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 street 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 along the walls, " Mons. Guizot's." There are bar ricades all along the Baulevards, mostly unfinished, as the battle was over in an hour and a-half. A further despatch states, that the populace held pos session of the Tuileries, and thus continues They are throwing the furniture out of the windows, and burning it. The number of killed is upwards of five hundred ; principally in the neighbourhood of the Palais Royal, and between that and the Tuileries. It is said that General Lamoriciere is killed, or at least wounded. The people have penetrated into the cellars of the Tuileries, and are distributing the wine." The Bourse was closed. It was stated, that if the provisional government tie acCepted, ef forts 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 cation. This document is said, by a gentleman who has seen it, to be brief, and to be couched in some such words as these :—" The Crown which I received from the French nation I abdicate to the French nation in the name of my grandam." A 11 the people are crying " Vive la Republique !" PROCLAMATION OF A REPUBLIC. Paris. Friday, 9 a.m. A Republic has been proclaimed. The King and his family are gone to Eu. The PrOisional Government already appointed has been confirmed. The following Ministers :—Dupont de l'Eure, President ; Lamartine, Foreign Affairs ; Arrago, Marine; Ledru Rollin, Interior; Marie, Public Works, Carnot, Public Instruction ; Bethmont, Commerce ; La morciere, War ; Gamier Pages, confirmed Mayor of Paris ; Cavignac, Governor of Algiers : Decourtrias, Command ant of the National Guard. All communication by railway and diligence suspended. The station of the Northern Railway has been burnt. It is impossible to get out of Paris by that line. All is tran quil in the quarter of the Tuilleries. [Through the kind attention of our contemporary the Albion, we have been furnished with the following late intelligence, which was published in the Times Extra ordinary of Sunday.] : Our Paris letters 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 depots 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 of France, and the s,:rzes of sufferings in flicted on them by distress, pillage of private 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. " 1h; ;,,,K;te;;; - ioiiio-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. 4 , A fourth proclamation announced the surrender of the Castle of Vincennes and the detached forts round Paris, the garrisons of which had recognized the authority of the new Government, and the receipt of numerous adhesions from the departments. The annexation of Belgium to France, and the exten sion of the frontiers of the Republic to the Rhine, appeared to be the main objects of the new Government. There had :seen only a very trifling disturbance at Bou logne, and a few windows were broken. There was no embargo at the port of Boulogne upon ingress or egress to or from France. (From Yesterday's Times.) PARK, SATURDAY. The greet event of this day is the restoration_ of order, The ads of the Provisional Government and the new officials show consummate skill and prudence. The Minibtor 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 reets are being partially cleared of the obstruc -I by the barricades, under the scientific direc tions causes a, in such a affOrded by these Popular fortificatim4. '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 •. I • a national guard. This measure, at all events, supplies a good police, for there is an honourable eBprit du corps animating this body. A man found stealing a silver spoon vras placed on his knees and shot on the spot. It is generally believed that England will recognise the is against Austria and not England that the runs. The bani Its intention not to limit its di popular t as p rolonged the time for payment of bills fall n 100,000 f. fo days longer, ieti M. de a his det ias given Initiation not-to leave Pan said, at the hotel wh.n the news of the t. They then all fled by g's abdication was brou rt of the criminals confined in the differed: gaols to escape, but they are well watched over, and the public tranquillized on that score. Debtors and political priscuers, as well as women, have been released. The churches have been re.spected, but it is certain that attempts had been made to be on t this been effected the con*equenceit he nigh would bAve been ler- rifle, for the populace would have carried the work of devastation further, and varied the scene of horrors. Some pictures of the Palais Roy-11 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, surrendered after a resistance of five hours. All the forts detacheea 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 name alone was to have made the hearts of the people quake ? It is a curious fact that the last Royal ordinance in the Moniteur was that which named him Governor of Paris; and the next day the ordi nance ran " in the name of the French people." To-day the National Guards are all passing in review in different quarters. The weather is tremendous, 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 Tuileries, 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 try, but the only members of the family of Louis Philippe now in England are the Duke de Nemours and his sister the Duchess of Coburg Kohary, who landed early on Sunday morninrat 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 was, we are told, unable to give any information as to the direction which the other members of his family had taken. He escaped in disguise. M. Delessert, the ex-Prefect of Police, travelled with the Duke, and arrived in London yesterday morning, ac 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, but 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. THE CHAMBER On Tuesday the Chamber of Deputies presented a gloomy aspect. Few deputies were in attendance ; the benches of the Opposition were completely vacant. M. 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 military 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 Messrs. Duvergier de Hauranne, Marie, Thiers, Gamier, Pages, &c. Their appearance produced somesensation. Shortly afterwards, M. de Hauranne went up to the President and handed him a paper, supposed 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 discussion 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 tat it should be sub mitted to the approbation of the bureaux on Thursday. The house then adjourned. Shortly after five o'clock on Tuesday a collision took place in the Rue St. Honore. A squadron of dragoons charged the people sword in hand, and a great slaughter took place. The conflict was going on at the time the last accounts left. Several wouneed had been taken to the hospitals. _ _ )f power. 5. For 4.. 41-anrlnno "f +I, the exercise of which had been guaranteed to them by the Charter, by the laws, and by former Dm_ ilutionary, placed in question all the conquests of our two revolutions, and thrown the country into a pro- The &lowing proposition, by the Abbe de Genoude was nded to the President of the Chamber of Peers on Wed. Whereas minis in an electoral law whiCh d Kers which bef demanC ment of the refusing to consent io areform rives the citizens of all violate the nation sovereignty the troubles and dal nd where , ,nd ruinous at hoi fiber ti lent ot the Council, and of his VET) ON FRIDAY Philippe has abdicated. '1 The Due de Netr we left Paris. Thdeditor of ti vernment. It . leans, until tl been rejected. All Paris is Tuileries havl The king, the queen, and the princes have I were all withdrawn at noon t lost, but no great number, 4.61,“.• • - ! . 3 is rejected. The rayarf, provisional government is it nse Lamartine, Ledru %gib zo, Granier Pages, and Lot olution has been accomplished, and the provi ernment is now sitting. at the Hotel de Vile. ition of Louis Philippe has been _pronounced. e National is'one of the provisional go. was proposed by Odillon Barrot that a . be established under the Duchess d'Or le Comte de Paris came of age. This ld a republic insisted upon. the hands of the National Guard. M E een sacked, and the furniture destroyed, n alla-wed g, in t IRELAND Mrs. M`lver, who died last week at Belfast, lived to Ere 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 on Wednesday, Thomas Dono hue was convicted and sentenced to death, for 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 awk ward sports men lately fired at a bird near Passage, and missed their aim ' • hut managed to hit a corn - stac k, va l ue d a t £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, to 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 Kilrush 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 Acsociation met on Monday. Mr. O'Connell announced, by letter, that he had post 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, 'adverting 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 had thereupon granted a week's rep r i eve , ver y g ravely inquired of Sir trstateyn:Ydr,suielrdxepochmi eiyapi 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 Le pardoned 1" Did he expect Sir George to reply, " Oh, no, we mean to hang him at any rate ? DR. WHALE AND THE Poon RAT. — Notwithstanding all the asseverations to the contrary, it appears from a let ter addressed by the Poor Law Commissioners to the Tuam 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 • (the Rev. Mr. Ryan), being unable to produce a proxy receipt for the amount alleged to have been paid to the collector, Everybody is heartily tired of the pedantic virulence of Mac Hale. He has written another swaggering reply to the Earl of Shrewsbury, whom, in a dignified spirit of revenge, he style Earl Talbot, because that noble lord, in his letter, addressed him simply as My Lord Archbishop, a man named Lally. and not as Archbishop of . Tuam. Mac Hale argues that both titles—his own and his opponent's —are equally valid: the one is created by the )sape (conferring a territorial dnt has toanosnpsao overdonennutpi anticipate the n a j t con ditionhha his n n s Mac Hale!), the other flows from the crown of England. that the former be recognised as authentic. jurisdiction The A Ni d n.o T e i I t i o oE r ni tdrwoepnpi PRIEST.—Doctor repudiates s a i pT t e l l _s K e r t ip h n M e soac a l l latter, business. He has been taught that a priest is not as po tentigaominious expulsion by silently sneaking from the com mittee-room.--He could not trust the case to his well trained witnesses (unfortmiate fellows ! they have made an exposure of their " mora lity," w hich their priest can not again be in hast e t o b oas t o f) :—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 th cross-ex amination of Bridget Haly :—Had heard sometbingsaid 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 lie had observed a person sit ting behind the petitioner's counsel frown upon the wit ness several times (alluding to Priest Murphy). If . that person's own tast e did not keep h i m ou t o f the committee room while the witnesses were under examination, he would consider it his duty to move the committee upon the subject. lie 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. Sl•Taggart bad observed the pro ceedings of the person alluded to by Mr. Cochrane, and -urred in the observations which had fallen `her Murphy retired, and did not nrc.,,,+ perfectly co. himself in the room during the remainder of theda3 Cork Constitution. THE POOR LA Mr. Thomas Smith, I " Results of the Cent exhibited in OF townsman AMENDMENT AC as published a pamphh JAdministration of the I s workings in the Extem re Town a mem Fel/. 29, 1848. POLITICAL VARIETIES, On Friday Colonel Estcourt was elected for Deli° unopposed. On Thursday, Sir T. Birch presented in the House ° Commons a petition from Liverpool against any incre o in the army or navy expenditure. ' THE FIRST INCO ME - TAX .—Thi s i m p os t came in alb the last year of the last century. It was laid on in 17v1 and then amounted to ten per cent. The Presbytery of Edinburgh have agreed to petit° parliament against the bill for establishing diplomatic rc" lations with Rome. KINSAIIE. - ---ihe committee have decided that g r ' Guinness has not been duly elected. Mr. Serjeant King: lake then intimated his intention of proceeding with scrutiny, with a view of seating Mr. Watson as a member for the borough. COMMITTEE ON MISCELLANEOUS EXPENDITURE.--$ t Vernon Smith, Mr. Herries, Earl of Lincoln, Mr. Henn' Mr. Henley, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Rice, Mr. Stafforu' Dr. Bowring, Mr. Parker, Mr. Bramston, Mr. Horsoln Mr. Hastings Russell, M r . H enr y A rt h ur Herbert, all Mr. Corhally. COMMITTEE ON NAVY, ARMY, AND ORDNANCE r' s ; PENDITURE.—Lord Seymour, M r . F ox M au l e , M r . 1-101 Mr. George Bankes, Sir J ames G ra h am, M arqu is ° Granby, Sir William Molesworth, Mr. Corry, Mr. Waiter' Mr. Edward Ellice, Mr. William Miles, Mr. John Greene' Mr. Baring. Mr. Cobden, and Sir Thomas Acland. SLAVE TRADE —The se l ec t comm itt ee on t h e s l a te , trade was nominated a s f o ll ows : — v i z. M r. H utt . lin Gladstone, Mr. Edwa r d St an l ey , M r . H ume , E a rl ° Lincoln, Mr. Cobden, Lord Harry Vane, Mr. Jackson+ Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Colonel Thompson, Mr. Evell t/ Denion, Lord Courtenay. Mr. Simeon, Mr. Moncktn° . Manes, and Lord John Hay. It has been announced thlt Mr. Coulson, of Lincoln inn, has been appointed by Si r G eo . G re y to succeed s', Bethune as parliamentary cou n s e l t o th e Home-office, duty being to prepare the bills originating with anY„ . u e ; partment of the government, and revising or report's; upon any bills brought before parliament, and referred to him by Cie Secretary of State. Mr. Bethune, Mr. C 0; son's predecessor, proceeds immediately t o I n di a , vibe' he will fill the place formerly occupied by Mr. MaraulaP WINDOW DUTIES.—On Thursday night, the follool were amongst the members wh o vo t e d i n f avour. o f the repeal of the window tax :—Sir T. B. Birch, J. Brother' ton, W. Ewart, R. Gardner, J. Greene, Lord R. Gros' venor, A. Henry, E. Hindley, Col. Sibthorp, R. Thi ck. nesse. and Sir J. Walmsley. In the majority against the repeal were W. T. Egerton, W. E. Gladstone. J. Il e , r Y . wood, William Jackson, Sir J. J erv i s , J. W. P a tten, Thornely, J. Tollemache, and E. J. Stanley. Lord Granville Somerset, M.P., died at half-past te r ` o'clock on Wednesday evening, at his residence in 11°r ; ley-street. The fatal complaint was a dis ease of tb heart and a general break-up of the constitution, con'`; quent, it is said, on the excitement which attended tb late Monmouth election, and the annoyance which heel' perienced perienced from the petition against his return. He sr i , e attended up to the last moment by his brother, the Dube of Beaufort, and in the chamber of death their difference' ceased. • a' NEW HINT.—Mr. Smee, in his pamphlet. on the • t „, come -tax, urges that, while at present 500,000' pers° have to pay the w h o l e t ax , ca l cu l a t e d, i n th e pres,c ,l budget, at nine millions per annum, : th e ex t ens i on of r l ' a , tax to all persons having incomes of £5O and m oor, would bring in 1,820,000 new contributors, and rai , e o o furthersu in (even at sevenpeneein the pound) of-£5,177 , ' 0 per annum. Mr. Smce, h owever , on l y proposes t his °,l the supposition that the working classes shall be re lieve from the malt-tax, and some o th er t axes w hi c h pre y heavily upon them. TAX THE LA N D.—Make the owners of fixed _propel of the land, which pays no legacy duty, contribute tlo equitable share, and the lords would start up in ar n li Touch the humbler classes, and the polling-books . „ 1 soon have strange tales to tell, such as Edinburgh s ';) Lambeth have already shown to be possible. Professi on men are, however, powerful out of doors ; and if the)'. e .i, not disposed to submit to this barefaced extortion , time they should make their power felt. Let the el; who by labouring day and night earns £5OO per al l° if for the support of his family remember that, when D e 4 i, called upon to pay £25 out of that £5OO to this in 1 1 340 be is just paying in a proportion seven times greater r' in . the idle possessor of land. It cannot be that such an justice should be longer endured. In January, 1846, a few weeks only before Free f o r was permitted to begin its career of ruin, by agitation the abolition of all restrictions, an annual balance 5 1 1 ,;fi was issued from the Treasury, the foot of which these magic words_:— "Surplus Revenue, £3,817,640 Ils. 2d." e a Well: Free Trade, in the January of the present, e pt had had more than a twelvemonth's tenure of experir i co and enjoyment. In January, 1848, again does a ha sheet issue from the Treasury ; and its concluding Ui and very conclusive comment, may be found in thee" but ungratifying announcement : " Deficiency, £2,956,689 Bs. Id." There it is: Lord John points to it with a laugh; people to with malignant complacency, quietly tells the ! make it good by nearly doubling the existing income' be WHO REPEALED THE CORN LAWS ?-It would 001 long affair, or I could shew the world who it Was, a 0 repealed the corn laws. At present, this much ;V, state: I advised the creation of the Zolverein, .to o' advice was followed; I then advised the ge tting a myt , agitation to aid the manufacturing intere s t s , two be , Cobden and the League worked out to fruition 11 , 1, 0 01 bests. For thirty years I stood a l one on th e Liverr a Exchange. as the advocate of free trade in corn; 31-1 all times I have said that I should live to see it lav i 'a have seen it law ; and, moreover, caused its heil ti c The Zolverein really caused it ; and that I a dvised ( 10 Baron Billow to create that association, and that h'" g litt, create it, his letters to me prove. I owned a princ i P t es./ in Prussia, three estates noble, (the Mariensee Otto; and three estates not noble (that is, estates not insf, th° titles of nobility); and I had in Liverpool to sign emancipation of all the serfs, which I gladly did: .n ,." was that led to my advi s i ng th e way to master o'o lightened landowners.—Pamphlet by nr. Pickering; w ia f THE MANCHESTER " G AME COCK."—The fh_rfee,°„ little incident cr ea t e d some amusement in the 107 ",, v Commons, on Thursd a y even i ng. C olonel Sibtlea l the discussion upon Mr. Colville's motion for I° la ° bring in a bill to enable all occupiers of land, ha v i e il 4 , right to kill hares on that land, to do so without, ; de required to takeout a g am e cer tifi ca t e , sa id—" He ü b ' s sll know nor ca re w h e th er t h e h on . mem b er f or M a nf intended to bring in a bill or not ; but he held in his ' two bulky volumes, containing the evid enc e tiefer. „ .'sefl committee appointed on the motion of th e hon. nie"-00" in 1845 and 1846, on the subject of the ga me laws what did it all end in ? Much in the same way a s ' - V rn motions of the hon. gentleman h a d done—i" e', Parturiunt montes nascitur ridicul us mus .' Bu t b io,01: was the hon. member no w ? (L aug ht er .) H e had 401' he was a man of no game at all. (L aug ht er .) lie ' . 11 0 ; game cock. (Laughter, whi c h wa s renewe d on the n member for Manchester entering the house and talol7porgr 11 seat.) He was glad to see the hon. g en tl ema n onee o V, on his perch. (Renewed laughter.) The hon. '''sb!, failed in es t a blishi ng an y case by th ese vo l um i n ousf o t cations, but he, nevertheless, called upon the house the expense of the inquiry. Now, if he (ColonF n A'i thorp) had obtained a committee, and had so a l : 0, failed—if he had had the presumption, he would I ," if tic' insolence, to dare trouble the House of Cotnmons i i ,i/11 a useless manner, he certainly should have felt ti te r); bound to bear the whole cost. (Hear, and lauV o l i o s l o f Thousands and thousands are squandered every se F ot lo 4 ; printing voluminous parliamentary papers, nine-re ce lla, which are uselessly moved for. It would be an e s no bl",, check upon this waste of the public money if the ro ae s:" who call for them were required to defray their elf!',V whenever they failed to show that the public sera } ' been promoted by their publication. .110 II MR. W. JACKSON'S MAIDEN SPEEC.--w• A 0 straightforward statement of the manner in whiP - iffi A African trade is conducted, made by Mr. William P i n o,'; in the House of Commons on Tuesday n i g ht, is e'art, value than a hundred reports of- Committees, and ; 0 0 4 the great value of having practical men in par l '? s He tells us, and it i s a we ll k nown fact, that 513 1 a ctl." ( s purchased on the coast o f Af r i ca f or £4 , and re-c; Cuba and Bra z il s a t £lOO per h ead; that the pa ltry ) P 0 4 ; e l of £4 is paid in merchandise, on which, _no den bt 'asO e t . fifty per cent p ro fit i s o bt a i ne d, th us re d uc i ng the t o i o ; cost to £2 ; that the sole object of the Africans i s unknown,ati exch ati g a e n o d f commodities,consequently value. t:c; arrives, then, at the very sensible eopolusion, 0 511, 1 e; g i d a oeo : it e nri - 'ge t ri away , merchandisew d il e aa . yl 10 0 l f a ther e, ga r ll , leda t ht other ht s eel l al a res v u e Ar r ef s r: pro d uc e i h cw a a l ni t sh forw b t e hil e el : glei° ; 3'°::1111 : % , 1 irthcsns parties tradin t g to that coast, and her i ouu w lt ld of take in exchange out human beings ; that bloody wars are carried on, and prisoners : i1 C1 5 6 slaves. No reasonable man can doubt that thous`,,, o t t free labourers could be procured for a mere sons °y that we can successfully compete with other sugar't i e,4 and eventually withdraw a large squadron main° e tlli an immense cost to the nation. Taxation is nocr,g orl'y to such a height, that public men must listen Jt i r practical men have demonstrated • and, - should I "; o . l ofi n is son's suggestions be adopted, the results to our jii would be ofan importance which we cannot NUS' e,, s o o'id The numerous friends and admirers o f M r . Jacr iv eY be exceedingly gratified to lear n th a t h e was coraP l ,,,, on his powerful speech front all sides of the be ti l,er s '? Robert 11. I ng li s , se 'or member for Oxford V" „ 's esP;tt, rliately foil -I him, declared " his sPe t ti„,` ) e -lost rem _aful, f o ra fill I ';');I' Ing atnessed for se eph , who spoke next, q„t IV more efficient speech had tell after him Mr. Cara _llO one of the most remarkab which he (Sir n. Inglis) ha, sions." Mr. Joseph Hume, . _ nfidentl that hoti METEOROLOGICAL REGISTERt w op 71, LORD-STII:°;/1 : D A VY t 01 i 0 .41 ti'l! of p b u e r lll. 1 1 1 ;11 b .. 48 47 0 ,65 #. , 0. 48 46 0 ,5, 0 ,0 0 0 50 43 O ,IU 50 48 144,, 49 47 /.;1 50 47 . 48 W BATH E shower; heavy squalls.---: bright.-262h: clouded; r bevy squalls and occasion bright. 71 4 . ith 81'.°w,e,5 3C of it ship of West Derby, ....Le author is himsel bcr of the board of guardians in the union refs has devoted much attention to the effects of the Law, and brings to the field in the ob:— object, a practical know! uately r them, the r a in the viz as style r in wt sioners 1 annuitan tne cui extracts, exhibits' 111. 7 a — ci Poor-Law Amen total ineffici Act for t from tt who are assessed, it lc aoor without adequate relit o degrade and demoralise them. to lower We regret that we have not space for details 01 lint must refer to the work itself, which we think .yofth s for which it much heavier ds, at the same tim tyrann Di Ac ;We h; soldierE The' the pre :reates riireitce; Then The visional States moot. Provisic blishm e has bee t adopted confisete Bou at Atniei Loss of 1 of Or lea At Madt has form lotion at of the Al blork he s of Franc It was John RAI The la Money a Mr. B Railw ay , the Adn i t on and 41 "„ g bet, It was boll has be ready i hig of about he n4e- Stan A CUi If ''Wes to amount amounts. ORIGI eating ai It is (sa tleous op by the R that its which h Europe. 210 COI estor ho r t o ti t oro ,Tur( the colt ] a - e.spoti si Addl e 1 0 , t 1 A s l of a tt,amount ti l Zktp st o ,`- y uge ! 4 8t1 tl ra w . tra;, s ' 43 see,. With by E tions