The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-29 00:00:00

iparliamtntarp laroretbings. HOUSE OF LORDS.--AloNnny. A discussion, on the presentation of a petition by Earl Titzwilliam, 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 pated considerable benefit both to the emi- went. he HOUSE OF COMMONS.-: MONDAY HANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, on moving that _se do go into Committee of Supply, observed, in reference to the motion of which Mr. Hume had given notice to postpone the estimates until the House had decided on the financial statement of his noble friend, that the Government The C the Hou Ld not accede to it. He then ration with reference to the ne expl, !e, he said, of som ,pprehen- ed that it was a war budget mittee of simply, Mr. WARD moved a vote of tolutely necessary for the public nt by which the Admiralty had t year's estimate. This proposition was that at length the hon. gentleman ; after which, votes on account of rmy and navy estimates were agreed 4 was ab; ho fitTlilll 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 toanaanswered by the government were relative to the late murders at Canton, the rate paying 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. HUME 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 unnecessary, but that the expenditure should be further reduced as speedily as possible, to admit of a reduction of the present large amount of taxation." A somewhat protracted debate ensued upon the general expenditure of the country, and that of the army and navy in particular, at the termination of which the house divided, when the original question for going into com mittee was carried by a majority of 98, the numbers being 157 to 59. . . . . 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 Kaffir war. Mr. HUME moved that the chairman report progress. After a debate the committee divided, when the vote was carried by a majority of 191, the numbers being 252 to 61. Mr. WARD then moved a vote of £2-45,410 19s. 7d. for the navy excess in 1846-7, which was agreed to. The Landed Property (Ireland) Bill was read a second time. Mr. WAKLEY proposed the printing of a petition rela tive to the land tax, which being opposed, on the ground that the petitioner sought to print his views on that sub ject at the expense of the public, a division took place, when forty members not being present, the house stood adjourned. £245,410 Ve r v is exceeded ti various items in the a The Public Health Bill was read a second time, as was also, after some debate, the Passengers' Bill, its object being to prevent a recurrence of the evils to which Canada had been exposed by the emigrants who had arrived in that country during the past year. ce of Mr. Milner Gibson, the house went on the 7th and Bth Vic., c. 111, and Bth when a resolution on which to found nr enabling joint-stock companies and 9th Vic., c. 98 greed to, to wind up their aff The Passengers' Bill was, after a discussion as to the propriety of a regard for the health of emigrants, read a second time and referred to a Select Committee._ ---..—...—_ The Joint Stock Companies winding up bill went through Committee. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY In reply to the Earl of Radnor, Nlarquis of LANSDOWNE said, that during th e present nent intended to bring in a bill relative to it was doubtful whether it would also biect of turnpike trusts. comprise the The Earl of ABERDEEN, in a speech descriptive of the ►nd the present exertions made and making ssion of the slave-trade, concluded by mov -3 showing the number of vessels captured A squadrons of different nations since the 1, by which it was stipulated that such ployed on the coast of Africa with for the he diff treaty v a force should be er that object. -ue Earl of Auckland, Lord Stanley, the Bishop of .E xe ter , Earl Grey, and Lord Denman, took part in the discussion, and the motion was agreed to. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tousnior. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the ap pointment of two committees, —the one to inquire into the expenditure of the army, navy, and ordnance, and the other to inquire into the miscellaneous expenditure. He proposed simply the appointment of a select committee, who would have the power to suppress any portion of the evidence which they thought it might be injudicious to 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. B(n -tinck, Mr. D'lsracli, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Hume, Sir R. Peel, Mr. Bright, Colonel Sibthorp, Lord J. Russell, Mr. Bankes, Sir 11. Inglis, 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. Burr, seconded by Mr. W. .elect committee was appointed, after a lengthy discussion to consider the best means which Great Britain can adopt for mitigating the horrors of the slave trade and providing for its final extinction. JACKSON, a 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 career; 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. 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 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 condcaoended even to contradict or disprove their assertions ; but he owed ;t t. 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 readily, 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." Tie 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.—T EIURSDAY. 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 ; 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 LA NSDOWNE replied that the attention of Lord Clarendon had been directed to the articles in the United Irishman, and he was confident that the best 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 Loan 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 con nexion 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 or last your, and deduct this sum from the anticipated expenditure of the year. In that way he would provide for at least £OOO,OOO 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 an 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 their labour, and that instead of admitting them to the home force, the Govern ment would give muskets to 5,000 of the metropolitan 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. HUME seconded the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought the statement made by the First Lord of the Treasury on bringing forward the budget was a sufficient answer to those gentlemen who desired the repeal of taxes. There were on the paper that night notices of motions for the repeal of taxes that would cause a loss to the revenue of nine millions. At a time when it was necessary to resort to increased taxation it was impossible for him, however -well disposed he might be to do so, to sacrifice any source of revenue. lie felt there were objections to the window duties on the score of public health. The window duties came as near as possible to an income-tax, and he was surprised that those hon. members who advocated direct taxation should be opposed to them. The right hon gen tleman intimated his intention to consid er these duties with the view of modifying their anomalies. After a long debate the motion was rejected by a majo rity of 160 to 68. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY The Earl of HARDWICKE, in a speech condemnatory of free trade, moved for the appointment of a select com mittee on the navigation laws. Earl GREY would not oppose the motion. though he might not consider a committee necessary ; yet it could do SO WM) AS the more information their lordships 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 government may think proper to employ them. It is said that the well-known '.Je;uit Padre Ryllo has been murdered, along with six companions, by the natives of Nubia, near the frontiers of Abyssinia. CAPE OF Goon HOPE.—A second edition of the Bom bay Times announces the pleasing intelligence 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 end. MARTIAL LAW IN LOMBARDY. — The files of German papers received in London on Friday, announce that the state of affairs in the Lombardo-Venetian States of Italy is becoming daily more critical ; and that martial law has been proclaimed by the Austrian government at Milan, Padua, and in other cities. At a grand ball 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. RomE.LIThe reforming (!) and liberal Pope is now, in his turn, besieged himself for a constitutio n ,— w hi c h he may not grant ! What right had he, then, as a petty temporal sovereign, to stimulate other little sovereignties to adopt reforms, in a direction where he could not, and dare not, follow ? The correspondent of the ministerial Globe is now preaching up pity for, and lenity with, his late radical Holiness. Pius will cut a fine figure with a representative, overhauling his infallibility. Let the leaven work ! NN'e 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, fronting the Rue Haute. Vandenplaas appeared to be 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 Rouseel tremble greatly, and his whole frame shook for some time ; 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 the north side of the island the plantations had been visited with very heavy rains, which had done much damage, destroying the roads, &c.: while the planters on the south side were complaining of the continuation of drought, and expressing great apprehension about the crops. All the Windward Islands were in a state of great gloom. the failure of the West India Bank and large mer 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 sangfroid 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 harder to bear than downright injustice. There is more of mercy in the fatal stroke which at once puts the victim out of his suspense and misery than in the Ido 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 88th 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. awn Zvi u RDERS AT CAN 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 bad 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. Tileir 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 large m u ltit u d e 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 Hwang chu-kee the same night. It is stated that they were then confined for two days and 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 held captive in the villages. At noon, two boats, with about thirty Englishmen, left the factories in search of their friends. They explored seve ral creeks in th e ne i g hb our h oo d of Hwang-chu-kee, but without gaining any information. In the me an ti me h er M a j es t y ' s s t eam - s hi p V u l can 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 2-100 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. nnolorona woannts on oo.oh of then, tho Igrat 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 be 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 continued to flow from one corpse. 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 . jesty's 95th Regiment. Four men were decapitated, but from the fact of their being gagged, and the bodies buried in the-strangers' burying 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 the coast to be prepared, should any coer cive measure be necessary. A garter has not been bestowed upon a Roman Catholic since the days of James I. until the Whigs gave the vacant blue riband to the Duke of Norfolk. EXTRAORDINARY COINCIDENCE.—It is a strange fact that on Sunday, the 13th instant, it was fifty-seven years since the morning . service of the church was the same throughout as it Was on that day. The last time that the sixth Sunday after the Epiphany fell on the 13th o f Fe bruary was in the year 1791, t he year in which th e Ki ng of France and his family fled from Paris; and when " th e powers of the heavens," which had remained . unmoved for ages, be g an to be so terribly shaken. Again in 1848, has the King been compelled to fly from his country. It is also rem ar k a bl e , that each part of the service (in cluding the lessons, &c.), relates more or less to one subject, viz., Gospel of the day. the great series of events referred to In the 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 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 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 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 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, 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 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 ber of Deputies. The rising was general throughout Paris. The rappel was beaten throughout all Paris to call out the N.tin.,l Grimylc. The shoes of several gun smiths and armourers were pillaged. Barricades were ob viously preparing in several districts. The funds, how ever, did not decline. At five o'clock, the Hotel of Foreign Affairs was filled with troops, the mob shouting in every direction, " A bas Guizot ! La tete de Guizot 1" Several cavalry were wounded, and sub-officers killed. The mob paraded the city singing the " Marsellaise." The Rue de Rivoli was unpaved ; the omnibuses were overturned, and all public conveyances were stopped. Several skirmishes took place between the people and the military, but without much 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, &c. 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 tho 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 be 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 grandson." All the PeOple are crying " Vive la Republique!" PROCLAMATION OF A REPUBLIC. Paris, Friday, 9 a.tn. A Republic has been proclaimed. The King and his family are gone to Eu. The Provisional 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 ; Gartner 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 depiits of artillery, army, and ammunition have equally been occupied by the people. The detached forts will all hare 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 Tuileriesis 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 series 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 iQ bptter a genuine. 00 „„ :.,;arts 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 !foniteur 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 ne e d of all her children. 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, app eare d to Government. at Bou logne, and a few windows were br o k en . T b l e ie t r h e e h m ad ai -anee objectsn n There was no embargo at the port 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 judic i o usl y 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 Polytechnique, 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 w hi ch every man shall have employment and fair recompense. The best spirits are being d raug hted 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 tolithat he is a national guar d. Thi s 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 was 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 bank of France h as announced itsintention not to limit its discounts, and has prolonged the time for payment of bills falling due ten days longer. It has also put down 100,000 f. for the wounded M. de Rothschild h a s given 50000 f., and expressed his deter mination not to leave Paris. The ex-ministers are not spoken of. They were assembled, it is said, at the hotel of the Minister of the Interior , when the ne ws of the Kin▪ g's abdication was brought in. They then all fled by back doors. There was an attempt on the pa rt of the criminals confined in the difkrent gaols to escape, but they are well watched over, and the public tranquillized 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. Ha d thu▪ s been effected the consequences would have been ter rific, for the populace would have carried the work of devastation further, and varied the scene of horrors. Some pictures of the Palais Roy-a 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 detaches 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'CIOCK.—I have just heard a report from the Hotel de Vilie 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 Koharv, 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 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, Garnier ' Pages, &a. Their appearance p r od uc ed some s en sation. 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 that 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. ITonore. 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 wounaed had been taken to the hospitals. The money, securities, &c., of the Bank of France were removed to their caves, 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 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 severe fighting in the Rue Montmatre, and in the Faubourgs St. Denis and St. Antoine. In the Faubourg St. Denis the fighting was very severe. 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, ouL uuey remuscu w 11bCcAa c Lice o clot K 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 bas Guizot ."' " Vire la Reforme !" 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 named, 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 bet r ayed 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 niihlic nffirps. as well as in all prerogatives and nrivileees 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 policy overtly coun ter-revolutionary, placed in question all the conquests of our two revolutions, and thrown the country into a pro found agitation." . . _ The tollowing proposition, by the Abbe de Genoude was handed to the President of the Chamber of Peers on Wed nesday : " Whereas ministers, in refusing to consent to 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. grading and 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. Tie Comte de Paris is king. The Duc de Nemours is rejected. The royal fa mily have left Paris. A provisional government is in stalled, composed of Alphonse Lamartine, Ledru Rollin, Odillon I3arrot, Marie Arago, Granier Pages, and Lous Blanc. The revolution has been accomplished, and the provi sional government is now sitting at the Hotel de Ville. The deposition of Louis Philippe has been pronounced. The editor of the National is one of the provisional go vernment. It was proposed by Odillon Barrot that a regency should be established under the Duchess d'Or leans, until the Comte de Paris came of age. This has been rejected, and a republic insisted upon. 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 . e r d e e p a a l l r t w . t h T d h r a e y w l n e f a t t h n o o n o z e n t o in - a day ltron sora gham eit . ce T s h ha e v t e r b o e o e p u s lost, but no great number, IRELAND. Mrs. M`lver, who died last week at Belfast, lived to see 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, today. 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 senter.ced 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 awkward sports men lately fired at a bird near Passage, and missed their aim • h u t managed to hit a corn-stack, valued 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 i n en j o i n i ng his Irish clergy to refrain from political diatribes and altar denunciations. The Limerick Examiner states that on Saturdey, 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 MA GUIRE. 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 Association 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 49'7 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 life." the people the inviolability and sacredness of human f A WISE QUESTION. - Lord Nugent, on Thursday even hi n a g d „ h 'a e d e v n er l t e i f n t g fo t r o e t x h e e c u c a t i s o e n of fo a r mm murder namedn rder h by the l a Howard, tesp e w e i h a o l commission in Ireland, but of whose guilt some doubts had since arisen fe, oatnhde houseth Howard'se lo u r d. innocencel i et e h u e t r e s n ht i o n tel t l dmhgbaaedntwh established e o r u e l u d p thereupon granted a we t e i k o ' n s orfetphrieegvoel,,evreeteiliye riinqhutihreodn.obfaroSi_r Did he expect Sir George to reply, " Oh, ptnGoeaetrtoidwrl the would lea G dtd r i .: e sf, y cac i no, we mean to hang him at any rate ?" DR. WHALE AND THE POOR RATE.—Notwithstanding_ all the asseverations to the contrary, it appears from a let ter addressed by the Poor Law Commissioners to the Tuarn board that " his Grace" has failed M 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 o f 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 for the amount alleged to have been paid to the collector, a man named Lally. Everybody is heartily tired of the pedantic virulence of Mac Hale. H e h as written another swaggering reply to the Earl of Sh rews b u ry, whom, in a dignified spirit of A or rchbishop, and not as Archbishop of Tuam. Mac Hale argues that r h e i v s e l n et g t e e , r h , aedsdtyrelessEedarhliTmalsbhnotp,ibyeacsausleytLhatdnAoble lord, in both titles—his own and his o pponent's—are equally valid: the one is created by the Pope (conferring a territorial jurisdiction within her Majesty's dominions upon John con dition that the former be recognised as authentic. M The a c doctorle ) ,iriteehpeuhdoaitsaht been e fl tnh o ewt taught ag f th r t o te from the that h tx e ac ecprto priesta ump oon tEngland.ht eapo is s ni atws ghennoi letfmoetANOTHEßrximanepcni.onvuiioueorwurame eo.e Pa ,pti i thui E oeel ssi couldoh. , re, morality, Dsyowornsecai not teir o tin r ynt t trust Murphy I s pw u st on r hit p en: ahictekhy. case sneaking saeefsni from e o ot overdone d eti In o sse n c e 0 his business. r a tent in London as in Kinsale, and he had to anticipate an trained witnesses bua nt dle et ( n u ud n se f a o tv r ao t k u ue n r t a th th oe fsrco fellows'ewnne from no they din fi silt havethe .cross-ex amination can not again be in haste to boast of) :—he must stationo screwmade of Bridget Haly :—llad 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- Arr P Cochrane said he 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 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 aubject. Ho 1,04 yvovo is,arropn•ioly 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. M‘Taggart had observed the pro ceedings of the person alluded to by Mr. Cochrane, and Perfectly concurred in the observations which had fallen from him. Father 3,lurphy retired, and did not present himself in the room during the remainder of the day.— Cork Constitution. te witness —mll THE POOR LAW AMENDMENT ACT.-0111* 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 We s t D er b " &c. The author is himself a mem bery of the b oar d of g uardians in the union re f e rred t o ; 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 vigoro us st y le 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 sire, and cruel manner in which it is administered. He contends that we have a class of inhabitants suitable for the office of local administration ; foresees that by the present system, which does away with settlements, the rates will become national levies, and the poor be pen sioners and national annuitants, and urges that the scheme generates a corruption of morals amongst those concerned in carrying it on, which "cannot fail to lower the condition, the reputation, and the power of the na tion." We regret that we have not space for details or extracts, but must refer to the work itself, which we think exhibits in a clear manner, the total inefficiency of the Poor Law Amend m ent 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 nine time, to degrade and demoraliee them. Feb. 29,1841. POLITICAL VARIETIES. On Friday Colonel Estcourt was elected for Devizes unopposed. On Thursday, Sir T. Birch presented in the House of Commons a petition from Liverpool against any increase in the army or navy expenditure. THE FIRST INCOME-TAX.----This impost came in with the last year of the last century. It was laid on in 1799, and then amounted to ten per cent. The Presbytery of Edinburgh have agreed to petition parliament against the bill for establishing diplomatic re lations with Rome. KINSALE.-The committee have decided that Mr. Guinness has not been duly elected. Mr. Serjeant King lake then intimated his intention of proceeding with a scrutiny, with a view of seating Mr. Watson as a member for the borough. COMMITTEE ON MISCELLANEOUS EXPENDITURE.--Mr, Vernon Smith, Mr. Herries, Earl of Lincoln, Mr. Henry, Mr. Henley, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Rice, Mr. Stafford, Dr. Bowring, Mr. Parker, Mr. Bramston, Mr. Horsman, Mr. Hastings Russell, Mr. Henry Arthur Herbert, and Mr. Corbally. COMMITTEE ON NAVY, ARMY, AND ORDNANCE Ex- PENDITURE.—Lord Seymour, Mr. Fox Maule, Mr. Hume, Mr. George Bankes, Sir James Graham, Marquis of Granby, Sir William Molesworth, Mr. Corry, Mr. Walter, Mr. Edward Ellice, Mr. William Miles, Mr. John Greene, Mr. Baring, Mr. Cobden, and Sir Thomas Acland. SLAVE TRADE.—The select committee on the slave trade was nominated as follows :—viz. Mr. Hutt, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Edward Stanley, Mr. Hume, Earl of Lincoln, Mr. Cobden, Lord Harry Vane, Mr. Jackson, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Colonel Thompson, Mr. Evelyn Denison, Lord Courtenay, Mr. Simeon, Mr. Monckton Mimes, and Lord John Hay. It has been announced that Mr. Coulson, of Lincoln's inn, has been appointed by Sir Geo. Grey to succeed Mr. Bethune as parliamentary counsel to the Home-office, his duty being to prepare the bills originating with any de partment of the government, and revising or reporting upon any bills brought before parliament, and referred to him by the Secretary of State. Mr. Bethune, Mr. Coul son's predecessor, proceeds immediately to India, where he will fill the place formerly occupied by Mr. Macaulay. WINDOW DUTIES.—On Thursday night, the following were amongst the members who voted in favour of the repeal of the window tax :—Sir T. R. Birch, J. Brother ton, W. Ewart, R. Gardner, J. Greene, Lord R. Gros venor, A. Henry, E. Hindley, Col. Sibthorp, R. Thick nesse, and Sir J. Walmsley. In the majority against the repeal were W. T. Egerton, W. E. Gladstone, J. Hey wood, William Jackson, Sir J. Jervis, J. W. Patten, T. Thornely, J. Tollemache, and E. J. Stanley. Lord Granville Somerset,. M.P., died at half-past ten o'clock on Wednesday evening, at his residence in Har ley-street. The fatal complaint was a disease of the heart and a general break-up of the constitution, conse quent, it is said, on the excitement which attended the late Monmouth election, and the annoyance which he ex perienced from the petition against his return. He was attended up to the last moment by his brother, the Duke of Beaufort, and in the chamber of death their differences ceased. NEW HIST.-Mr. Smee, in his pamphlet on the In come-tax, urges that, while at present 500,000 persons have to pay the whole tax, calculated, in the present budget, at nine millions per annum, the extension of that tax to all persons having incomes of £5O and upwards would bring in 1,820,000 new contributors, and raise a furthersum (even at sevenpencein the pound) of £5,177,000 per annum. Mr. Smee, however, only proposes this on the supposition that the working classes shall be relieved from the malt-tax, and some other taxes which press heavily upon them. TAX THE LAND.—Make the owners of fixed property, of the land, which pays no legacy duty, contribute their equitable share, and the lords would start up in arms. Touch the humbler classes, and the polling-books will soon have strange tales to tell, such as Edinburgh and Lambeth have already shown to be possible. Professional men are, however, powerful out of doors ; and if they are not disposed to submit to this barefaced extortion, it is time they should make their power felt. Let the man who by labouring day and night earns £5OO per annual for the support of his family remember that, when he is called upon to pay £25 out of that £5OO to this impost, he is just paying in a proportion seven times greater than the idle possessor of land. It cannot be that such an in justice should be longer endured. In January, 1846, a few weeks only before Free Trade was permitted to begin its career of ruin, by agitating for the abolition of all restrictions, an annual balance sheet was issued from the Treasury, the foot of which bore these magic words : " Surplus Revenue, £3,817,640 Ils. 2d." Well : Free Trade, in the January of the present year, had had more than a twelvemonth's tenure of experiment and enjoyment. In January, 1848, again does a balance sheet issue from the Treasury ; and its concluding line, and very conclusive comment, may be found in the graphic but ungratifying announcement : " Deficiency, £2,956,689 Bs. ld." There it is : Lord John points to it with a laugh ; and, with malignant complacency, quietly tells the people to make it good by nearly doubling the existing income tax'. WHO REPEALED THE CORN LAWS ?—lt would be long affair, or I could shew the world who it was that repealed the corn laws. At present, this much I will state : I advised the creation of the Zolverein, and the advice was followed ; I then advised the getting u p of agitation to aid the manufacturing interests, and Mr. Cobden and the League worked out to fruition m y be heats. For thirty years I stood alone on the Liverpoo l Exchange, as the advocate of free trade in corn; and at all times I have said that I should live to see it law. I have seen it law ; and, moreover, caused its being s °' The Zolverein really caused it; and that I advised the Baron Billow to create that association, and that he did create it, his letters to me prove. I owned a principalitf in Prussia, three est a t es no bl e, (th e M ar i ensee estates ,/ and three estates not noble (that is, estates not involving titles of nobility); and I had in Liverpool to sign for the emancipation of all the serfs, which I gladly did. This it was that led to my advising the way to master our en lightened landowners.—Pamphlet by W. Pickering, Esq' THE MANCHESTER " GAME COCK."—The following, little incident -- created some am usemen t i n th e H ouse o f Commons, on Thursday evening. Colonel Sibthorp, in the discussion upon Alr. Colville's motion for leave to bring in a bill to enable all occupiers of land, having * right to kill hares on that land, to do so without being required to take out a game certificate, said—" He did not know nor care whether the hon. member for Manchester intended to bring in a bill or not ; but he held in his hand two bulky volumes, containing the evidence before the committee appointed on the motion of the hon. members in 1845 and 1846, on the subject of the game laws • and what did it all end i n ? M uc h i n t h e same way as 'other motions of the hon. gentleman had done —in smoke. Parturiunt montes nascitur ridiculus mus.' But w here was the hon. member now ? (Laughter.) He had fl o wn: he was a man of no game at all. (Laughter.) He was no game cock. (Laughter, which was renewed on th e hon' member for Manchester entering the house and taking his seat.) He was glad to see the hon. gentleman once more on his perch. (Renewed lauzliter.) The hon. member failed in establishing any case by these voluminous publi cations, but he, nevertheless, called upon the house to pal the expense of the inquiry. Now, if he (Colonel sib thorp) had obtained a committee, and had so signally failed—if he had had the presumption ' lie would say the insolence, to dare trouble the Ho u se of Commons in sueh,. a useless manner, he certainly should have felt himseil, bound to bear the whole cost. (Hear, and laughter). Thousands and thousands are squandered every session printing voluminous parliamentary papers, nine-tenths 01, which are uselessly moved for. It would be an excellen t check upon this waste of the public money if the memberS who call for them were required to defray their expense; whenever they failed to show that the public service had been promoted by their publication. MR. W. JACKSON'S MAIDEN SPEECH.—The plain straightforward statement of the manner in which the African trade is conducted, made by Mr. William Jackson in the House of Commons on Tuesday night, is of more value than a hundred reports of committees, and shoes the great value of having pra c ti ca l men in pa r liament' Ile tells us, and it is a well known fact, that slaves are purchased on the coast of Africa for £4, and resold 0 Cuba and Brazils at £ lO O per head ; that the paltry peic B of £4 is paid in merchandise, on which, no doubt, som e fifty per cent profit is obtained, thus reducing the s ant' cost to £2 ; that the sole object of the Africans is to ge t an exchange of commodities, gold and silver being aline!: unknown, and consequently of no value. Mr. Jackso n arrives, then, at the very sensible conclusion, that if 1 0 carry our merchandise there, the Africans will gladly e% change their palm oil and other produce for our goodel. thus doing away, in a great measure, with the motive F . : the slave.-trade. So far, the slavers lin - ro boon tba onl y parties trading to that coast, and they would take nothing in exchange but human beings ; the result of which i.st that bloody wars era carried on, and prisoners sold o f slaves. No reasonable man can do u bt th at thousands 0A free labourers could be procur e d f or a mere song, 811...,". that we can successfully compet e w ith ot h er sugar-grov e s; and eventually withdraw a l arge squadron maintained 0" an immense cost to the nation. Taxation is now getting to such a height, that public men must listen to w 13 14 practical men have demonstrated ; and, should Mr. Jac l ‘ .. son's suggestions be adopted, the results to our colonies would be of an importance which we cannot fully estinantt The numerous friends and admirers of Mr. Jacksou sy . Sl be exceedin g ly grat ifi ed to learn that he was complimente v , on his powerful speech from all sides of the house. Robert 11. Inglis, senior member for Oxford University , who immediately followed him, declared " his speech sr°2 one of the mos t remarkably successful, for a first effor t ' which he ( Sir h. Inglis) had witnessed for several 91; sions." M r . Joseph Hume, who spoke next, added, "P might confidently say a more efficient speech had not heel made in that house." And after him Mr. Cardwell an Lord Palmerston both spoke eulogistically of the addreS3' METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, BY MR. C. H. CHADBURN, 71, LORD-STREET. purnlc •ature in DFaailittivn WI of at Rain. 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