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Varliamtntarp itirorrttangs'. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY Mr. EVANS moved the issue of a new writ far the bo rough of Derby in the room of the Right Hon. E. Strutt and the Hon. E. F. L. Gower, whose election bad been determined to be void. Mr. MACKINNON seconded the motion. Sir J. HAMMER repeated the same objections to the is su6 of this writ which he had urged a few days ago against the issue of the writ to the borough of Bewdiley. He rose, however, to implore the Government to take into se rious consideration the present dangerous state IA things in so many boroughs; for at this moment it required, more than anything else, amendment and reform. Mr. Hums submitted that the election committee had made their report, he had no doubt, for the purpose of suspending the issue of the writ • and in order to carry their intention into effect , he should move that the writ for the borough of Derby slio - tild not issue forthwith. The Earl of LINCOLN concurred in the objections to the issue of this writ; as also did Lord John Russell and Sir Robert Peel. After a long debate, the House divided on Mr. Hume's amendment, when the numbers were—Ayes, 199 ; noes, 43 ; majority in its favour, 156. So the writ was not allowed to issue. Sir G. GREY moved that the report of the Crown and Government Security Bill be brought up. This having been done, a smart debate ensued, and the report was re ceived: The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then moved that the House should resolve itself into a committee of the whole house on the Copper and Lead Duties. Sir C. LEMON moved, as an amendment, that a select committee be appointed to inquire into the effect of the existing duties on the importation and production of cop- per ores. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER resisted the amendment, and explained the reasons which induced him to save the trade in copper and lead ore by sacrificing a falling revenue and by proposing that reduction of duties which he had described at length in bringing forward his budget. Mr. Carew, Mr. Robartes, Mr. Wyld, Lord G. Ben tinck, and Mr. Henley, supported the amendment; and Labcrachere, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Muntz, Mr. Schole leld, Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Gladstone op posed it, and spoke in favour of the schedule of copper duties proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The House then divided, when the numbers were—for the amendment, 35 ; against it, 102; majority against the amendment, 67. The House then resolved itself into the proposed com mittee. The resolutions were then agreed to. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY Lord BROUGHAM took occasion to state, with reference to his application to the Provisional Government of Trance, in order that he might become a French citizen, that his sole object had been the preservation of his pro perty in that country, and without any desire of divest ing himself of his rights as a British subject. The MAncruis of LANSDOWNE stated, in answer to a question from Lord Beaumont, that many persons who had been found in Dublin engaged in firing at a mark for the purpose of military training had been arrested. On the report of the Election Recognizances Bill, which bad previously gone through committee, Lord BROUGHAM moved a clause proposing to enact that the bill should not be retrospective, or affect any vested interest, or decide any question now pending in any court, or in either House of Parliament, the house dividing, for the amendment 21 ; against it, 16. Lord MONTEAGLE 'complained of the course pursued by the noble and learned lord, as it had been on the as surance that it was not his intention to divide the House, that several peers favourable to the bill had gone away. He should to-morrow move that the House do reverse the decision to which it had come. _ . . The Earl of MALMESBURY confirmed the statement made by the last speaker, which was strongly and empha tically denied by Lord Brougham, amidst much laughter and cries of order, after which the subject dropped. The Crown and Government Security Bill was brought up from the Commons and read a first time, and the Removal of Aliens Bill a third time and passed. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. Sir G. GREY moved the third reading of the Crown and Government Security Bill. Mr. HUME moved as an amendment that the bill be read a third time that day six months. The amendment was supported by Mr. F. O'Connor and Mr. P. Wood, and resisted by Mr. Headlam, Mr. Adderley, Mr. Seymer, and Mr. Mitchell. Sir. It. PEEL, in giving his support to the bill, adverted to the necessity which existed for such a measure, con sidering the peculiar state of the times. It was not a mea sure directed against the great body of the people, whose noble conduct had, on a very recent occasion, proved the strength and universality of their loyalty. It was a mea sure which they had a right to call for at the hands of the Government, inasmuch as it was the duty of the Govern vernment to protect the lovers of order from those dis turbances into which other countries had unhappily fallen. He wished it to be distinctly understood, however, that he approved of the bill as a temporary measure. Advert ing to the present condition of France, the right hon. baronet again emphatically deprecated any interference with the affairs of that country, the experiment now going on in which, although in his opinion one which would result in great injury to the working classes, was one to which it was desirable to give a fair trial. The right hon. gentleman then indulged in some banter di rected against Mr. Feargus O'Connor, expresstng a hope that should that occur towards which the honourable member had expressed such indifference, the accession to the throne of the Pope, the Devil, or the Pretender, he would possess, whichever was the successful candidate, the unqualified confidence of the Crown. Mr. BRIGHT again expressed his uncompromising op position to the measure, which would yet prove itself as damaging to the Government as it was oppressive and insulting to the people. He begged the Government and the House to observe that Sir Robert Peel approved of it as a. temporary measure, a course which, as far as the authority of the right hon. baronet went, fully justified the opposition which he (Mr. Bright) and others had offered to it in all its stages. To whom did the House and the country owe the temporary character of the bill ? Was it the Government, or to those on the opposition benches who had throughout given it such ready support ? Neither the right hon. baronet nor his friends had sug gested the change which made the bill temporary instead of permanent. The Government had been reluctantly driven into the alteration by the opposition which had been offered to the bill. Lord J. RUSSELL briefly recapitulated his former rea sons in favour of the measure. Adverting to the present state of Ireland, the noble lord contended that the trea sonable practices going on there were greatly exaggerated, the loyalty of the great mass of Irish people being unim peachable. He then gave notice that the Government would, immediately after the Easter recess, introduce measures into Parliament for the extension of the Irish franchise ' and for the general improvemement of the Irish people. To a repeal of the union he was unalterably opposed ; and should such repeal ever be attempted by forcible means, he would resist them so long as he had strength or life left in him. The House shortly afterwards divided, and the num bers were—For the amendment, 40 ; against it, 295 ; majority against, 255. •The bill was then read a third time, and was immedi ately afterwards passed amid cheers. HOUSE OF LORDS.-WEDNESDAY The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of the Crown and Government Security Bill. Lord STANLEY would not oppose the bill, but wished that a longer period had been allowed to discuss its pro visions. Lord BROUGHAM was also in favour of the bill. Before the noble lord sat down he took the opportunity of warning the public press against reporting seditious speeches. Lord CAMPBELL said that he should be ashamed of being a party to any measure tending to coerce the public press, nor did he believe that the cause of sedi tion had gained any advantage recently by the publica tion of inflammatory speeches. The Duke of WELLINGTON agreed with Lord Stanley in regretting that more time had not been devoted to the consideration of the bill, but conceived that it was abso lutely necessary, in order to check the rise and spread of disaffection. Extraordinary times required extraordinary measures, and the government would be left in a very awkward position if they were only provided with the ordinary means of suppressing sedition. He hoped, therefore, that the bill would pass unanimously, and in the shortest space of time, in order that the Govern ment might but it in operation immediately. Lord DENMAN expressed the highest admiration for the noble duke, but thought him mistaken when he said that there was a growing contempt for the law; nothing, so far as his observation went, could be further from the real character of the English people. The Duke of WELLINGTON explained his meaning, and, after some further discussion, the bill was read a second time. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY. Mr. D'lsaAELi brought before the House the conduct of the German Confederation towards Denmark. En gland had guaranteed to Denmark, by treaties made in 1715 and 1720 and still in force, the complete enjoyment of the Duchy of Schleswig. We had been called on by Denmark to fulfil our guarantee, and it would be most politic to remind Prussia that if she called on us to neg lect that guarantee, we might perhaps forget the guarantee which we had given to Prussia for the security of her Saxon dominions. Lord PALMERSTON trusted that the house would excuse him, if he abstained from following Mr. D'lsraeli with any arguments either on one aide or the other. Her Majesty's Government had signified to the Government of Denmark and the Government of Prussia, which acted in this matter as the representative of the German Confederation, its willingness to act as mediator between them ; and under such circumstances it would be unfit ting for him to express any opinion on the present occa sion as to that side on which he thought the right predo minated. Having defended the Chevalier Bunsen from the unfounded censure which Mr. D'lsraeli had thrown at him, Lord Palmerston stated his perfect concurrence in Mr. D'lsraeli's doctrine, that we were bound to respect the guarantees which we had given by treaties, but re minded the house that the Prussian troops had not entered either of the duchies for the purpose of wresting the duchy of Schleswig from the Danish Crown, but to support a party in Schles w i g , whi c h held that its ancient constitution entitled them to be incorporated with Hol stein, and not with Denmark. He hoped that the dispute might yet be adjusted by an amicable arrangement be tween the parties, and that it would not lead to the fatal result of war. which every reasonable mina would have just cause to deplore. After a few words from Mr. Urquhart, the motion was I agreed to. Mr. COLVILLE then moved that the house resolve itself • into committee upon the Game Certificates Bill. .Mr. AUDERLEY moved that it be an instruction to the committee to extend the operation of the bill. to enable occupiers of land, having a right to kill game on that land, to do so, by themselves or persons authorised by them, without being required to : take out a game cer-, tificate. The amendment was opposed by the Earl of March, 11r. Colville, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who said that he could not afford to lose the duties on game. :certificates, which produced a revenue of £160,000 a-year, acid was supported by Mr. Seymer, Captain Harris, "Mr. ''S. Crawford, and Mr. Bright, the latter gentleman re commending that the present bill should be withdrawn, and a better and a larger bill brought in 'by the Govern ,ment. After some general conversation on the Game Laws, in which Mr. Grantley Berkeley, Mr. P. Bennet, Sir .J. Tyrrell, and Colonel Sibthorp delivered their peculiar opinions, Mr. Adderley withdrew his motion, and the house went into committee. In committee Mr. G. Berkeley, by a majority of 49 over 44 voices, carried an amendment on the fourth clause. whereby every person not having obtained an annual game certificate is prevented from destroying hares by -firearms or guns under this bill. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THIIRSDAY The Bishop of OXFORD wished to ask the noble lord on the woolsack, whether it was his intention to intro duce any bill for the regulation of charitable trusts ? The LORD CHANCELLOR replied in the affirmative, - stat ing that it was his intention to introduce a bill shortly after the holidays. On the motion that the Crown and Government Secu rity Bill be read a third time, Lord BROUGHAM said that he had no objection to the reduction of treason to a minor offence, but he could not allow that opportunity to pass without stating his convic tion that the offence of high treason was just as much deserving of capital punishment as the crime of murder, for offenders of that class often brought about civil war which invariably led to great loss of life. The offence, therefore, of high treason was often productive of great loss of life, and it ought to be held in as much abhorrence as that of murder or any other repulsive crime. Lord CAMPBELL perfectly agreed with the opinion of his noble and learned friend, and could assure the house that no offence was fraught with so much danger both to life and property as that of high treason. (Hear, hear.) The Bishop of OXFORD said he was sure that the noble and learned lord opposite (Brougham) did not wish it to go forth to the world that he was anxious that capital pu nishments ought always to be applied to treasonable of fenders. It appeared to him that the opinion the noble lord wished to convey to their lordships was, that the Crown ought not to be deprived of the power of inflicting capital punishment upon parties convicted of high trea son. (Hear, hear.) _ _ _ . Lord BROUGHAM said he was much obliged to the right rev. prelate for giving him an opportunity of explaining his meaning. He never meant to convey to their lordships that he was favourable to inflicting capital punishment upon all treasonable offenders, but simply that it was in judicious to take the power of inflicting that punishment out of the hands of the Crown. It was absurd to say, upon the authority " Thou shalt not kill," that capital punishment ought to be abolished, for the same authority asserted. that " whoso sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood he shed." The bill was then read a third time and passed HOUSE OF LORDS.—SATURDAY. The Royal assent was given by commission to the Crown and Government Security Bill, as well as to several other measures. The House on its rising adjourned to Thursday, the 4th of May. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-SATuRDAY Sir GEORGE GREY stated that there was no foundation for a declaration put forth by Mr. Cochrane in an 'ad vertisement, to the effect that no opposition would be offered to the assemblage of people on Easter Monday for the purpose of presenting an address to the Secretary of State for the Home Department. On the contrary, that individual had been informed three weeks since that no such address could be received, and the police had in structions to prevent any procession through the streets likely to lead to the hindrance of business and the injury of trade. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL, FRANCE Our readers would perceive from the news given in our express edition of last week that Paris was in a great state of excitement. The Paris papers of Tuesday announce that that town was thrown into great alarm at day break by the beating of the rappel. The whole of the guard turned out, several with ball cartridge, and continued pa trolling and marching, or in position, until ten o'clock, when they were dismissed. The cause of the alerte was information received by the government that the Hotel de Ville, the Treasury, and the Bank, were to be attacked on Monday night. A partial attempt on the Hotel de Ville was said to have been made. Two guard houses were attacked, but the assailants were beaten off. An attempt to induce the workmen on the Strasburg railroad to join them was made by the communists, but failed. MM. Blanqui and Cabet were said to have been arrested. Notwithstanding, however, the alarm of the morning, the whole day passed quietly, and the effect of the mani festation', both of the National Guards and the Commu nists, has had no other effect than that of greatly strength ening the moderate portion of the Provisional Govern ment. The Communists are universally treated as public enemies, who are desirous of bringing about anarchy and confusion. Even the respectable portion of the working classes are turning against them. They feel that they have been deceived—that they are the dupes of parties who have broken all their fine promises, who are utterly incapable of reducing their theories into practice, and who are making the gullibility of the people the means of for warding their own selfish views. The events of the two days have certainly done more for the cause of modera tion and good government than all that has happened since the revolution. Great satisfaction has been expressed by the National Guard and the public by the announcement of the ap pointment of General Changarnier to the chief command of the National Guards of the Department of the Seine, in the place of General Courtais, but the appointment is not yet official. It is said that General Changarmier, in accepting the command of the National Guards, made it a condition that a garrison of at least twenty thousand troops of the line should be brought into Paris. A considerable number of persons have been arrested who were caught in the act of distributing seditious pro clamations among the people, and stuck up inflammatory placards in the streets. Four persons have been arrested in the Fauburg St. Antoine, who were dressed in the uni form of captains of the National Guard, but it is doubtful if they are entitled to the distinction. Paris had on Wednesday recovered from the conster nation and alarm occasioned on Tuesday by the beating of the rappel, and the assembling and precautionary mea sures and movements of the National Guard. _ Orders for the arrest of M. Blanqui and others of the terrorist party had been issued. Several arrests had, in fact, taken place ; and some of the clubs, that were pre sided over by M. Cabet among others, had been closed for the present. Forty thousand troops of the line were to be in Paris this day. The Provisional Government had ordered several mea sures for propitiating the people. The foreign news received by this express mentions, among other facts, the surrender of Peschiera to the Lom bardo Sardinian army. The great holiday for republican rejoicings took place in Paris on Thursday. The number of persons assembled at all points of display was immense , notwithstanding that the rain poured down during the proceeding in torrents. At the grand review, upwards of 300,000 national guards and gardes mobiles are said to have assisted, together with 5,000 troops of the line, and nearly the whole popu lation of the capital. The procession to the Champ de Mars, with its innumerable, flags, banners, glittering arms, variety of civil and military costume, and bands of music, were peculiarly imposing ; and the cheers which greeted regular soldiery, and the appearance of the members of the provisional government, were exceedingly gratifying to the friends of peace and order. Republican colours were distributed, with appropriate, though somewhat inflated, speeches, to the colonels and standard bearers of the several regiments ; and a number of addresses of attachment and devotion were received by M. Lamartine, and his colleagues, and replied to with cheering manifestations of confidence. In the evening, Paris was lighted up with a general illumination, the ef fect of which,, however, was spoiled by the wet weather. M. Ledru Rollin, the French Minister of the Interior, has had a separation de biens declared between him and his wife, an Irish lady, whose maiden name, it appears, was Harriet Sharp. This separation de biens saves the wife's property from the husdand's debts. [We have heard during the present week that, whereas Monsieur Rollin had fifty-three writs out against him previous to the Revolution, he is now not only free from debt, but living in the most luxurious style.] The Presse and several others of the papers did not ap pear on Good Friday, in consequence of the fete of fra ternity of the preceding day. Those of the journals that were published contain little else than the details of the fete and decrees of the Government already noticed. The most perfect calm reigned in Paris on Friday. In the departments, however, disturbances and agitation existed to an alarming extent. The weekly returns of the Bank of France, published on Friday, show a very lamentable change in its situation. The stock of bullion had diminished two millions of francs ; that of the branch banks in similar amount. The over due bills in the hands of the bank had been endorsed by five millions ; the sum to the credit of the Treasury had been diminished by seven m illi ons ; th e amoun t curren t, by two millions ; the .Bank-notes in circulation had in creased by four million francs. The most perfect calm reigned throughout Paris on Saturday—the eve of the elections—the epoch the arrival of which had been so much dreaded. The whole city was in motion however. Lists of candidates were everywhere in preparation. The Mode - ris and the ultra-Republicans alike anticipated the successful return of a majority of their party, although the latter affected doubt upon the point. The persons best qualified to predict were of opinion that of the thirty-four representatives for the de partment of the Seine ( Paris), twenty would be of the working classes. Should it be otherwise—above all, should the Assembly display a majority of Mode're's—serious con sequences appear expected by all who think upon the subject. Lord Henry Seymour has, it is said, had a heavy,loss at Paris. His butler has absconded with plate valued at nearly 50,000 francs, and with 1,000 francs in coin. Az yet no news has been received of the fugitive. 'THE LIVESTOOL STANDAID. UNITED :STATES, The Caledonia arrived iniLiverpool on Tuesday evening, bringing advices to the 4th instant from New York, and the 7 5th from Boston. 'The Hibernia steamer entered Halifax on the 7th instant, after a fine run out ;. the 'Tiraehington, due at New 'York, had not made her appear ance. The New York , journals are occupied with the contemplation of passing events in the European continent. A grand demonstration took place in the park at New York on the 4th instant, .in honour of the revolution in France. The city was illuminated. and a variety of plat forms were erected; at which orations were delivered in a variety of languages, English, French, German, 4c. The feeling of satisfaction at the spread of republican princi ples is, however, somewhat modified by the fear that, in the present position of the French people, and in view of the communist doctrines which at first made so promi nent a part of the new faith, stability cannot be relied on. In evidence of this, it appears in the proceedings of the Senate that a resolution tendering the congratulations of Congress to the French people was lost by a majority of twenty-one to twenty-three votes. It is a question of time rather than feeling which causes this action, as the general hope is for a peaceable establishment of a Repub lican Government in France. The President of the United States transmitted to both Houses an official message, communicating the despatches of the American Minister in Paris, announcing his course in recognising immediately the new Government, which the President very emphati cally approves. With reference to commercial affairs, the Courier and Inquirer says—" Our position in the United States is sound and flourishing, c ommercially. The money market, after being somewat disturbed by the money convulsions of Europe, is calm and free. A law of the United States for raising sixteen millions of dollars by loan, has been agreed to. It is not supposed that proposals for more than ten millions will as yet be issued, and the stock can only be negociated at par, at an interest not exceeding six per cent. Our markets for stocks and produce have been variously affected by the late European news. Stocks, which at first fell, have again rallied, and advanced higher than before the arrival of the Caledonia. Produce, on the contrary, droops, mainly because of the check given to exportation to France, which, in cotton especially, was considerable at this season of the year. In foreign exchange, our quotations for English ster ling . are from 8 to-9,1, and in extreme cases 91. In France there is no market—few caring to draw, and fewer still being able to nogociate bills on France. The cotton market has suffered a decline of 2 to of a cent. per lb., owing to the advices per Caledonia, and the continual large accumulation of stocks at the southern ports, the excess at the latest dates received over the stocks at the like period last year reaching 235,000." The news from the frontiers of Sleswig and Holstein continues of the most warlike character. A correspondent of the Morning Post states, that the Queen of Portugal has sent all the crown jewels and plate on board Sir Charles Napier's fleet. The Eskudar, Turkish steamer, has been lost about 29 miles from Trebisonde, with a cargo of the value of £25,000, uninsured. The Bishop of Cape Town, the Right Rev. Dr. Gray, arrived on Sunday. the 20th, in the Persia, with the Rev. H. Douglas and the Rev. Mr. Badman. Lady M. Fitzroy and Lieut. Masters have been killed at Sydney, by the overturning of Governor Fitzroy's car riage. John Jacob Astor, undoubtedly the wealthiest man in the United States, died in New York on the 29th ultimo, at the advanced age of eighty-five. His property is esti mated at ten millions of dollars. LADY MORGAN AND THE POPE.—Lady Morgan has addressed a memorial to the Pope, praying that her work on Italy may be removed from the Index Expurgatorius. His Holiness has not at present made any sign. A new custom-house which is to be erected at New Or leans will be the largest building in the United States, as it will cover 99,000 square feet of ground, a site which exceeds by 32,000 square feet that occupied by the capitol, at Washington. The Duke and Duchess of Montpensier quitted Madrid on the 14th instant. They intend passing the Holy Week in Aranjuez. and thence proceed to Seville, where they purpose taking up their residence in the alcazar of that city. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—AdeIaide papers to the 11th of November represent the colony as in a state of unexam pled prosperity. There is a grtat demand for labour ; thousands could be advantageously employed for carrying out the extensive designs which were contending in the market for a priority in the supply of labour. --- • - . . NEW FACT IN TELEGRAPHING.—Last Monday. during the rain, the Troy and Montreal line worked successfully from Troy to Burlington, a distance of 186 miles, with a battery of ten cups, in which spring-water was substituted for sulphuric acid ; and the battery bad been at work with the water for four or five days previous.—New York Tribune, April 3. ANTICIPATED COLLISION WITH RUSSIA. — The Cologne Gazette of the 19th says ;—" An engagement between Hungary and Russia, on and respecting the duchies of the Danube, is considered inevitable. The independent Hun garian Government seems resolved upon the speedy arma ment of the peoplo, and extensive warlike preparations, 300,000 fire-arms have already been ordered at Vienna. From the Cape of Good Hope papers have arrived, and are almost filled with Sir Harry Smith's journey across the Orange River to Natal, which place he reached on the 9th of that month, and where his reception was most cordial. From Kaffirland the only news of importance is the death of the Tambookie Chief Umtirara, who died, as is supposed, by poison. The Queen of Portugal has been sued, in the Portu guese courts, for wages due to the kitchen-maids, stable boys, and other servants of the palace. The proceedings have been instituted by a money-changer who has dis counted the treasury orders which have been paid to the servants instead of money, and which are now several months overdue. . The ✓ last letters from Cairo state that two barrels of gunpowder, deposited in a house in the quarter called Ua gouche, had exploded, and destroyed a range of five houses. Fifty bodies of men, women, and children, in a frightful state of mutilation, were subsequently dug out of the ruins. An investigation has been set on foot to discover the cause of this disaster. The suppression of Keying is making a great sensation in Canton, and may be looked upon as an important event in the present position of the country with reference to foreign powers,—Wang, Keyang's able coadjutor, has also been recalled ; it will be remembered that a year ago Wang was dismissed with ignominy for some informality committed in the promotion of a civil officer, and that he was only restored to office at the earnest solicitation of Keying. VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.—Papers from Hobart Town to the 2d of January ; from Port Philip to the 30th of De cember ; and from Adelaide to the 11th of November, have been received. The conclusion of the year presented the colony of Van Diemen's Land in a very painful and dangerous state. The legislative council of the colony, the municipal council of Hobart, the Puisne Judge, had all been suspended. L' Etat c' est moi bad been realised on a small scale by Sir William Denison. The colonists were in a state of considerable excitement. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.—By the schooner Wave, which left the western colony on the 29th of September, and ar rived on Thursday, we have Perth files extending over a period of nearly six months. The reality of the coal dis covery is satisfactorily confirmed ; Dr. Von Sommer's search for metallic minerals has been partially rewarded by the finding of some very rich zinc ore. The sandal wood trade is flourishing, and the increase of flocks and herds is very satisfactory. Cattle and sheep were being exported to the Mauritius, and it was intended to make a shipment of sheep to Singapore. The chief want of the colonists is a supply of labour.—Adelaide Observer, Oct. 30. GAS IN NORWAY.—Our readers may not be aware that illumination by gas has reached this remote country ; and it is curious to observe the high prices obtained there, while in England the gas companies in nearly every in stance are lowering their demands. Ou the Ist January last. Christiania, the capital, a city containing about 35,000 inhabitants, was partially lit by an English com pany, wno have obtained a contract from the municipality for 30 years, at the rate of ss. per 1000 cubic feet for the public lamps, and at 9s. for the private consumers. Fur ther, the contract, should the company demand it, is to be prolonged 15 years, on a reduction of ten per cent. in their prices. MASSACRE OF FRENCH SEAMEN IN THE SOCIETY ISLANDS.—By intelligence from the Sandwich Islands, we learn that there has been a bloody encounter in one of the islands of Pomantu, belonging to Queen Pomare, where the natives of Barclay and Tolly massacred Capt. Ricardi and the crew of a French galliot. On receiving this intelligence, a steamer was directed to the spot, and twenty of the natives, who appeared to be implicated in the crime, were taken to Otaheite to be tried. Of this number ten have been acquitted, four condemned to the public works for life, and six to the penalty of death. The capital punishment of three of them is, however, sus pended till the government should decide upon the peti tion for a resp i te. The other three have been sent back to their native island, where summary punishment will be at once executed.—Journal de la Haye, April 18. THE OVERLAND MAIL FROM INDIA.--The overland mail brings intelligence from Calcutta to the 7th, and from Bombay to the 15th March. The commercial intelli gence begins to improve, and though m one y is s carce , con fidence deficient, and transactions f ew , th e w ors t i s considered past. At Calcutta, Sir T. Turton has resigned his ecclesiastical registrarship (from which he received £6OOO a-year.) He bad been speculating in Union Bank shares with the money committed to his charge, and is said to be £150,000 behind. The affairs of the Union Bank continue to present a most deplorable appearance. Some £600,000 worth of post bills will, it is expected, be repudiated. The papers are almost wholly devoid of poli titical intelligence. The Punjaub is, if possible, more peaceful than the company's dominions. Seinde has all at once become transformed from the most si ckl y to one of the most healthy states of Bombay. THE AUSTRIANS AND PIEDMONTESE. — IM P ORTANT VICTORY.—The Piedmontese Gazette of the 15th instant states that the volunteers of the Venetian provinces, who had intrenched themselves in the strong positions of Montobello, between Vicenza and Verona, were attacked by the Austrians, and forced to retreat on Vicenza with considerable loss. Want of discipline, rivalry, and the absence of any commander-in-chief, were the causes of this disaster. A letter, dated Frioul, of the 7th instant, states that a large body of Austrians had traversed the Isonza. marching on Udine, and that the inhabitants of this town were raising barricades to defend themselves. It is added, however, that they retrograded on the follow ing day in all haste, in order to oppose an e x p edi tion of Dalmatians against Trieste. The Piedmontese army re mained in contonments between the Mincio and theAdige. The king had established his head quarters, by the last accounts, at Pozzolongo, on the right bank of the Mincio, at two leagues from Peschiera. Marshal Radetski was, with part of his army, at Villa-Franca, half way from Verona to the Mincie. IRELAND. -*- The Roman Catholic Bishop Kennedy has properly re buked Priest Birmingham for his furious epistle. Maurice O'Connell intends to retire from public life, and John O'Connell will do the same, unless the repealers consent to agitate peaceably. _ The Limerick t ; hronicleays that a baronet, of ancient family, is now working in' he county of Meath, as a com mon labourer, at a shilling a day. Three thousand six hundred and sixty-five tenants of Loid Farnham, K.T. in Ireland, have addressed his lord ship—offering their services in defence of the Lord Lieutenant at any-moment. There is no abatement in the run on the savings'-banks. The sum of £4OOO was drawn out in Kilkenny on Monday. Since the commencement of the panic in that locality the calls have amounted to £15,000. The property of Mr. Smith O'Brien, amounting, it is said, to between £4,000 and £5,000 a-year, will become forfeited to the Crown on conviction of the hon. gentle man for high treason in endeavouring to seduce the Bri tish soldiers. THE LIMERICK 'RIFLE CLUB had sharp practice yes terday evening. The target was a rude sketch, in chalk, of the " human face divine," over which xas inscribed; in large letters, the word " Clarendon." One gentleman gave a most convincing proof of his proficiency by plant ing a ball on the tip of the nose of this flattering like ness of vice-royalty, a feat which elicited much laughter. —Limerick Examiner. Strong incitements to rebellion are no longer confined to the United Irishman, the Nation, and the Music-hall. The majority of the committee of the Repeal Association and the Freeman's Journal, the organ of that " loyal body," have fairly taken the field against the constitution of the United Kingdom. O'Connellism is flung to the winds, and Mr. J. H. Dunn, the late preacher of moral force, is crying "Up with the barricades." These people are now more eager for the fray than Mr. Smith O'Brien himself, or Mr. Michael Doheny, who have specially fixed the week after the harvest shall be gathered in for the turn out. Thirteen young men, who had been practising military exercises, in the rear of a house in Ship-street, Dublin, were seized on Sunday night week, by the police, and committed to custody. When the officers entered, the recruits were just in the act of " learning to walk in time," when the nicety of the movement was interrupted by the police sergeants. The charge entered against the debutants was for " unlawfully assembling and practising military exercises." The secretary of a rifle club was present at the inauspicious gathering. A search for papers was made, but none of consequence were dis covered. it appears the thirteen formed a drilling sec tion of a rifle club, presided over by the editors of the United Irishman. Their military propensities had for some time been under the notice of the authorities, and had just reached a point at which it was deemed expedient to interfere. The parties were brought up before the magistrates on Monday, at the head police-office, when the thirteen were fully committed for trial for drilling, training, and exercising to arms. SAVINGS' BANKS.—ROBBERY.—Instances are daily occurring in proof of what we said respecting the losses likely to be incurred by the imprudent withdrawal of money from Savings' Banks. On Monday a contrywoman who had just drawn £6O and converted it into sovereigns was met on the South Mall by some fellows who asked her if she had got her money and whether she had had any difficulty about it. She replied that she had, and that there was no difficulty. They said they were glad of it, for that they had money in and they were going to ask for it. The poor woman told them that they had nothing to do but go down and present their books, and by way of facilitating the process she volunteered to accompany them. Making her way through the crowd, she suddenly missed her men, and soon after discovered that they had cut her pocket, and that the £6O which she supposed secure was gone. She gave expression to her grief in loud lamentations, but she has since heard nothing of her money, for the loss of which she and similar sufferers may thank their Nations, their United Irishmen, and other " popular" prints, which have been indulging their hatred of English government by urging the people to draw their lodgments from a bank in which they would have been more wisely left.—Cork Constitution. DEMONSTRATIONS OF LOYALTY.—Proofs of the loyal attachment of the people to the Crown and Constitution of the United Kingdom are every day crowding upon the authorities and the public. We this day publish several very satisfactory documents of the kind—amongst which is one from the loyal yeomanry of Newtownbarry, county of Wexford; another, from the tenantry of the Brook borough estates, in the county of Fermanagh ; and, a third, from the tenants and residents on the Farnham estates, in the county of Cavan. The latter is addressed to the noble landlord of those flourishing estates, Lord Farnham, with a request that his lordship would convey to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant the expression of the sentiments therein contained. It received in three days, since Monday, the signatures of three thousand six hundred and sixty-five individuals ; and though primarily intended (as we are informed by one of the subscribers) as a declaration of Protestant feeling, the subscribers could not resist the earnest desire of many of their worthy Roman Catholic neighbours to be permitted to join them in this loyal demonstration. The Lord Lieutenant's commentary upon this address is a just compliment to an exemplary resident landlord, and an i n d us t r i ous , l oya l, 1 and prosperous tenantry.—Dublin Mail. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The meeting in Conciliation Hall on Monday was tolerably well attended, but neither the orators nor the auditory appeared to be in spirits. The prosy Mr. Maurice Leyne presided, and the three Messrs. O'Connell laboured heavily to maintain their ground ; but it was evident that the momentum of the machine had gone beyond their control. Mr. Maurice O'Connell went so far as to say, that as he and his bro ther John were determined to agitate within the law, and not beyond it, this might possibly be the last speech he (Mr. M. O'Connell) would ever deliver in that hall. (Cries of " och-one, ' and the gallery ladies nearly in tears.) His last words would be to caution the people against rash and foolish leaders who would lead them to destruction.—Lord Miltown added the expression of his lordly wisdom against an insurrectionary movement. — The celebrated priest, Dr. Miley, supported those pacific inculcations, especially as the government was now so well prepared, and the inequality of the contest so ob vious.. But—(said the rev. gentleman, at the same time placing his hands on his breast, in concluding his obser vations)—if it be decreed by Providence that what we seek for—the freedom of the country—shall be obtained only by a baptism of blood, in such case the priesthood of Ireland will not be found wanting in their duty to the people any more than the clergy of other countries. (Here the whole assembly rose en masse and uncovered their heads, and continued to cheer the sentiment voci ferously for several minutes.)—Mr. John O'Connell next addressed the meeting.—Amount of rent for the week, £25. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF "TOM STEELE.”—On 'Wed nesday evening last, the late Mr. O'Connell's " head pacificator" attempted to commit suicide, by jumping off Waterloo Bridge, London, into the Thames. A water man passing through the bridge at the moment, seized him in the water immediately after the plunge, and brought him ashore, when he was conveyed to King's College Hospital. When Mr. Steele came of age he entered into possession of a fortune of £15,000 or £16,000 ; but the whole of that has been wasted in Irish agitation, and a short time ago he passed through the Dublin Insolvent Debtors' Court, since which he has been living on an allowance out of his estate. He does not appear to have sustained serious injury from his rash attempt. The un fortunate man, a few days before, addressed a letter to a friend, in which he said,—" The highest aspirations of my nature were, that I should be O'Connell's principal instrument of peace, his ' Head Pacificator of Ireland," in his efforts for the peaceful, bloodless regeneration of his own country, and for setting an example to other realms, as was nobly proved in England by Richard Cob den and his league, how revolutions may be achieved by the consolidated organisation of public opinion, and with out the pollution of carnage, bloodshed, and convulsion. Before you receive this to-morrow I will have ceased to live. lam quite weary of existence," although of course, as a matter of manly firmness,:in private society I deport myself as if I were without a care. I shall manage the matter in such a way that there shall be no corpse for the ceremonial of a coroner's inquest and post mortem exa mination. When a thing of this kind must be done, the more quietly and less theatrically it is done the better." EXTRAORDINARY SPEECH OF THE REV. MR. KENYON. —On Sunday week, the celebrated Father Kenyon pre sided at a meeting held at Templederry, the object of which appears to have been to rouse the people of the lo cality to a high degree of sympathy, if not of vengeance ' in behalf of the anarchists, Mitchel, Meagher, and O'Brien. He said—and we quote only a few passages of his address, —" There are three men, the bravest among the brave that this land ever produced, now about to suffer persecu tion for their patriotism (cheering). That is, John Mit chel, a Presbyterian from the north, the son of a Pres byterian clergyman—(cheers), — the editor of a paper which you may have read or heard read, although it is but a young one, the United Irishman (cheering). With him are Thomas Francis Meagher, a Catholic, from Waterford (cheers), and a worthy representative of Irish Catholic feeling; and William Smith O'Brien, a member of the Established Church (cheers), who, although a Pro testant by religion, is a true Irishman at heart, and a de scendant filled with the chivalry and heroism of the illus trious Boru." (Loud cheers.) In continuation he exclaimed—" Do you fear—you starved and whipped and lashed wretches—do you fear death ? (Cries of ' No, no,' and prolonged cheers.) Well, then, will you listen to m e ? I tell you, my countrymen, that if things go on as th e y have and are going on, another million of you will have died of starvation within the year." During the whole of this violent and seditious address the rev.speaker was vehemently cheered. He urged his audience to resist all government prosecutions of the three " marty rs ." The crowd exclaimed "We will ! We'll die for them ! " If (he continued) you be apathetic,. " you deserve to be whipped, lashed, and fed on porridge to all eternity." At the close of his speech, he said—" the council of the confederation advises all Irishmen to act prudently but determinedly. It advises no person to act imprudently, or expose himself needlessly and uselessly to the harpies of the law. But prepare yourselves. (Cries of "We will ; we will : we are already prepared,' and long and tremendous cheering.) If arms are wanted in any other part of Ireland, they are more wanted here if we could have them. The present enactment prevents us from possessing them avowedly, but I tell you openly to be ready from day to day, to watch every opportunity, to face every obstacle, and when the moment comes we shall be found with arms in our hands, we shall not be unpre pared, and then every man must arise and do battle bravely." (Cheers.) It may be that the rev. father was urged to these wild expressions by a degree of insanity ; but they are nevertheless dangerous as addressed to an ignorant multitude, and we trust that his further rheto rical flourishes will be averted by the intervention of the powers mosv entrAgVato the Lord Lieutenant. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE, The Earl of Auckland, during the Easter recess, will pay a visit to his brother, the Bishop of Sodor and Man, at his lordship's palace, Isle of Man. Petitions for the revision of an act of Henry VIII., lately made famous in the case of Dr. Hampden, and on other matters of interest to the church, have been adopted at Bristol. The Bishop of Durham, in a letter to the Mayor of Newcastle, has expressed his readiness to head a voluntary " Easter Offering" to the Vicar of Newcastle, with a subscription of £lOO. The Bishop of Hereford's (Dr. Hampden) late parish ioners at Ewelme have presented him with a handsome silver salver, "as a memorial of their high esteem of his soundness of doctrine, purity of life, faithfulness and love during the twelve years of his ministry among them." THE IRISH CHURCH.—In the House of Commons, on Wednesday, Mr. Bright asked " if government intended to do anything to remedy the grievances of the Irish church, which had been acknowledged some years ago, but still remained unredressed." Lord J. Russell replied that he had no measure to introduce on that subject. ENTHRONIZATION OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTER BURY.—It is now definitely fixed that this ceremony shall take place at Canterbury Cathedral, on Friday next. The mayor and town council will form part of the procession, and the day be one of general celebration, as many of the nobility and gentry of the county, and of the extensive province over which the Archbishop presides, will assem ble at Canterbury on the occasion. It is understood that his grace will consecrate the chapel at St. Augustine's College on the 29th, and preach a sermon at the Cathe dral on the 30th. A PROPER REPLY.—The Rev. C. Thomas, lately per verted to Romanism, has addressed a letter to the Bishop of Norwich, in which he attributes " the happiness" of his belonging to " the one and undivided fold of Christ" in some degree to the line of conduct pursued towards him by his lordship. In his reply the Bishop says, he is " not sorry to find that Mr. Thomas has seceded from our national establishment, and should be glad to hear that the many clergy holding similar opinions, or verging towards them, would follow his example, as he thinks their principles highly prejudicial to the advancement of pure and spiritual religion and the real welfare of our Church:" He also expresses his belief that " the time will sooner or later arrive when, by being brought into closer contact with the Romish faith, Mr. Thomas's mind will shrink from an approval of those many monstrous superstitions and practices sanctioned by the priesthood of the Papal Church, so inconsistent with sound reason ing and so revolting to common sense." THE REV. S. R. MAITLAND.—A week or two since, a report was published in certain Tractarian papers to the effect that the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury had " dis missed"—such was the offensive and false expression— had " dismissed" the above-named reverend gentleman from his situation of librarian at Lambeth, and had ap pointed, in the place of the reverend gentleman so " dis missed," one of his (the Archbishop's) own sons-in-law ! At the time this report was published we strongly sus pected that it had no foundation in truth, and our suspi cions have been happily confirmed. The Athenevum, which paper takes up the subject only because it is con nected with literature, and whose authority in literary matters and literary intelligence is indisputable, distinctly states in its last number that Mr. Maitland " resigned his situation of librarian at Lambeth." Our contempo rary further states, what we hope was not known to the Tractarian papers when they declared that Mr. Maitland had been " dismissed"—viz., that it was his wish to have retired some time since ; but that, at the particular re quest of the late Archbishop, he was induced to retain an appointment which his Grace appears to have thought, in common with all literary men, could hardly be held by a more competent person.—Church and State Gazette. CHURCH OF ENGLAND HERESY.—We he;(.l, — with much pleasure, the other day, that in the new clergy discipline bill, which is about to be introduced into the house of lords, there is likely to be a clause, defining, safely, and with justice and propriety, the crime of " heresy," to be that of contravening the doctrine of the thirty-nine articles. It is perhaps difficult to conceive of a more reasonable or just proposal. It is entirely in con formity with the royal declaration prefixed, which states the object to be, the " settling of doubts, and shutting up of debates." In fact, to leave the nature of " heresy" undefined, and to allow accusers to allege that to be heresy which they imagine to be at variance with something they found in some of the church services, her rubrics, or her canons, would expose the clergy to annoyance and perse cution without end. In the Church of England, the thirty-nine articles are the written law. Let it suffice — it is amply sufficient for all purposes. The articles are eminently scriptural—simply dogmatic, and faithfully Catholic : they have stood the test of generations —are theologically profound, scripturally exact, and traditionally pure. Let them continue to be respected, and held up as the rule of law in the church ; and happy and prosperous she will be, if the orthodoxy of all her sons will bear to be tried by such a test ; and we sincerely hope and believe that any attempt at innovation, in this respect, will be firmly resisted by a great majority of the prelatical bench. —Morning Herald. LAW INTELLIGENCE. Mr. Gutteridge was too late in making his application for a new trial, and we presume that he will, therefore, be brought up immediately for his libels on the Bishop of Manchester. In the Common Pleas, last week, the court decided that a foot race was a lawful game, Mr. Justice Coltman ob serving that he could not help being staggered by seeing how much the decision might sanction the vice of gaming. The legislature must, however, interfere, if that should be necessary._ In the Court, on Friday, the Earl of Chesterfield obtained a decree permitting Mr. Thomas Slingsby Duncombe to disentail estates in Yorkshire, to which he had lately succeeded by the death of his father, in satisfaction of a debt of £86,000 due to the noble plain tiff. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.-Phillips v. Charles.— This action, for breach of promise, was tried before Mr. Justice Patteson and a special jury at the last assizes for the county of Gloucester, when a verdict was given for the plaintiff with £lOOO damages. Mr. Whately, Q. C., now moved for a rule. calling on the plaintiff to show cause why There should not be a new trial, on the ground that the damages were excessive. The Court said the conduct of the defendant had been very cruel and unfeeling, and the plaintiff was entitled to a considerable amount of damages for the treatment she had received. Lie jury were the proper judges of the amount of damages, and the Court would not interfere. The rule would therefore be refused. Rule refused. LEGALITY OF HOLDING SESSIONS DURING ASSIZES.— Our readers will remember that, at the Liverpool Assizes, Baron Alderson expressed his doubts as to the legality of sessions held during assizes; and on this expression the question was raised before the Recorder of Manchester on Saturday week by Mr. Monk, in the case of a person named Smith, who was found guilty of breaking into a house, and stealing a gold watchguard chain, the property of William Kidd. Mr. Monk applied to have judgment postponed, and an argument ensued. The Recorder re fused to postpone judgment, feeling assured that his juris diction could not be interfered with, and accordingly sen tenced the prisoner to be transported for ten years. In a second case, where the point had been raised by Mr. Pollock, it was also over-ruled, and the prisoner was sen tenced to 21 days' imprisonment and hard labour. COURT OF EXCHEQUER—THE CHANCELLOR A WIT NESS—TAMLYN (PAUPER) V. COOPER.—This was nn action to r ecover compensation in damages for libellous words uttered by her Majesty's Counsel practising in the Court of Chancery. The damages were laid at £5OO. The plaintiff formerly in person stated that he had em ployed the learned defendant as his counsel. Afterwards he had been unable to do so ; and the learned counsel then made a statement in court, to the effect, that he (the plaintiff) had entered into an agreement not to trouble his lordship by bringing the case on any more. This was a gross falsehood, and the first libel complained of. The second cause of action consisted of a letter written by the learned defendant, in which similar words were made use of, and upon which the plaintiff conceived that his petition had been dismissed. The Lord Chancellor being called as a witness, had no recollection of the cases, except what he gathered from his endorsement on the petition. Other witnesses were called, but the plaintiff failed in all his attempts of proof. Verdict for the defendant. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. -4,- During the six months ending the 31st December last, 110 persons were killed, and 74 were injured, on all the railways of the United Kingdom. The cofferdam and the wharfs for the docks at Grimsby, connected with the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire line, are nearly completed. The first locomotive engine and train crossed by the tube over the Conway at ten minutes past twelve on Tues day last. There was not the slightest deflection, nor, in deed, perceptible vibration, during its passage. The chain of communication between London and Paris, via" Boulogne, is now completed by the opening of the Boulogne and Amiens Railway. The journey will now be completed in the short space of thirteen hours. The shareholders of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway, at their special meeting, formally approved of their bills before Parliament in the present session. All legal proceedings with the Edinburgh, Leith ;and Granton are suspended until a final explanatory report has been submitted to the shareholders. The completion of the great iron tubular bridge over the Conway, and the consequent opening of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, are events of such importance both to the communication with Ireland and to the cha racter of railway engineering in this country that we must refer to them once again. We formerly noticed the happy transference of the tube from the workyard to its position between the opposite piers. But it was then at a great depth below its final place. It had still to be pumped up by a Bramah press and steam-engine to its height. The pumping up of this great mass—nearly as large as one of the rows of houses in Great George-street —by the two ends, is perhaps the most formidable lift ever attempted. It was effected at the rate of about 2 feet per hour, and was done uniformly, quietly, and so insensibly from the large mass, that it seemed rather that the ground and sea and houses sank down below the bridge than that the bridge itself was in motion. Trains have passed through with great loads, and without producing vibration.—Rail way Chronicle. _ _ LIVERPOOL MANCHESTER, AND NEWCASTLE-UPON TYNE JUNCTION RAILW AY.--The The Dicrectors have is sued a " Special Report." in which they state that, being aware that a strong feeling exists amongst some of the shareholders that the line should be immediately aban doned, they have now determined to submit to the consi deration of the shareholders the simple questions, viz.- 1. Are the shareholders in favour of an immediate and .total abandonment of the undertaking ? Or, 2. To drier April 25, MA n tel ic i us °r o i ptleieriocdonnsoitdeeraxetninogf two o e y p e r a o r p s ri ? ety A o s f th su ey ch ar a o ascertain the opinion of each shareholder fortkviiti4o this question of immediate abandonment, in order. et o they may be in possession of the views of the eroPr i nr ie, as soon as possible, they send a circular to eeen., FL,„r°ro/0' tor, with two forms, embodying answers to tab'',oo questions. The directors state that, in order to re:at any suspicion of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Ccne. having a preponderating influence at the Board; t'lel,ctei cured the resignation of two of the directors ee„nnogr, with that company, viz. Mr. Houldsworth and /aliol, per, and that they have elected Mr. Flews and Mr' of Livool, in their stead. g at ° 1 From erp official returns it appears that the e ra° traffic for the last week, on 3,663 miles of railway'ler £175,470, thus accounted for :—X86,385 for the , 43 „, ° of ance of passengers only, £44,942 for the eau = ol d P goods, and a remainder of £44,145 for asseng'' 0 i g o o c o r d e st o o o g f e t x 1ie 1 r 4 , ,5 n 36 0 t o vreesrptehcotively corresponding apportioned as week ° es ep year, when the mileage was 2,812. The aver a g e /the ings per mile last week were £4B, whilst in 184/ were £57 POLITICAL MISCELLANY. th. On Saturday, the House of Commons adjour n ed Easter recess until Monday next. - Vinc'fte. Mr. Milner Gibson has resigned his office as sident of the Board of Trade. ° A charg‘ d'affaires on behalf of the United the court of Rome has been appointed. poted A gold box, value 100 guineas, has been Pr es " ""' Mr. Cobden, by a body of commercial traveller:aid grateful acknowledgment of his admirable and an exertions in promoting the cause of free trade. n peir Lord Ashley has written a timely address to the re on% tives of Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Cheshire, OP St tl~ his sympathy with their difficulties and privationad exenr present time, and his admiration of the mauly a n plary patience with which they are being endured. : ;noti Of the 28 representative peers of Ireland,.there,6lo and never was, one in favour of repeal ; that of peers, only three are avowed repealers ; and thVont. Irish members of the House of Commons only t re pfalers 14,..4 tY THE CHARTIST EXCHEQUER.-It came out dory, Chartist Convention, on Thursday, th a t the f el) completely exhausted. The expenses of the $ l3 w eek' "National Assembly" will amount to £3OO _ A P er f o l: f The suffering classes are expected to find the oev"., u ts,, AIR. MIINTi AND THE CHARTISTS. - MY. , 71 1 1 Birmingham, has contradicted a paragraph vilu, e „ t Wit that he presided at a Chartist meeting held in tr tba: Mr. Muntz, however, declares that, in his 001 0 00 would have been no impropriety in his presiding a meeting. fel fi The little minority in the Commons are quite te u s icl of anger. that " open and advised" treason, a" gre,i -• t,OO made a distinct and tangible offence ! This is, for the more liberal organs of " pregress." Jt r a„ and the Times are just now eulogising the nesv - :.„, - . 0 0:0 alty of the Weekly Dispatch ! This Sundayf;lo - democrats begins to fear whether Charl es pe, Communism will answer, when swarms of H.,titisa bidders for popularity come into the field of color . 4 10 M The nomination of candidates for the united of Bewdley and Stourport took place on Mond eb r t he ti ° candidates were the Hon. Spencer Lyttleton, for, Lord Lyttleton, Lord-Lieutenant of the county ( !,, e ,ev,_ cester, in the Liberal interest, and Lord Mande vlH pf est son of the Duke of Manchester, and a rejec ted t ie m . date for Westminster at the last genera l elect/n o d; Conservative interest. The show of hands was de c la re r, he in favour of Mr. Lyttleton. The poll took f o wl" the following day, when Lord Mandeville was e ' a majority of 171 to 156. rep rtet fi ril POPISH LIBERALITY.—Lord Beaumont is .( have said, in reply to Lord Redesdale, that be Jes 11 I Redesdale) " was mistaken in supposing that Ol e iat . 6 were in any way connected with the Tablet ';',,bor h t lish paper which hopes the Queen's troops wrinr in Ireland. Now, the fact is that several coP'l o ° llp Tablet are taken by the students at Stonyhurst , they are obliged to subscribe to that paper, othell.r being forbidden. The Times is strictly forbidde.H_ pin very long ago several students, disgusted with ta; 0 P' contained in the Tablet, petitioned their profelos; allowed to change it for the Times. Their reques.„os4,t, fused, with the observation,—" The Tablet is g oo cellent paper, and ought to be printed in letters °f fro p —Times. don cei EMPHATIC.—The following decisive declare 4eo,gy the prime minister of England has, at all events , !_ t ril.. the alarming rumour which charged the a disposition to concede the Repeal of the , 4 Union. In his place in the house on Tues?2,lo:g Lord John Russell emphatically declared bound to negative all motions, in whatever forTetbete the Repeal of the Union for their object ; if dergf discussion, if discussion they choose ; in debate , es rP;#. they choose ; by argument or in other ways 11 0 the people to arms, and by urging them to tak e 0 Vilif of force, by force if force be necessary ; as long 14 4 ,, breath or life in me I shall oppose the ReLlaas' Legislative Union between Great Britain and OV.; tho• THE ELECTORAL FRANCHISE. — It appears 10 ish ever the constituency is composed either whogYeebald governretir. of a class of voters lower than theten-pound be a s t ge t !, g er corruption shows itself; and it is found to be l e r el,alo o , and inveterate in those places in which the 10,00,„,a0 voters preponderate. It is clear that what is rist2 th e improvement in the quality of the electors, : an _mot "Yar to numbers in the lower and more corruptible d 4,01 constituencies, would be merely to make Ole d gu mouths of all the boroughs in the kingdoln,4 o l, sLyencl state of the constituencies of Liverpool, BP' c ang' - tatit° furnishes unanswerable evidence, that a bie to 0 1. might be far more numerous than it is pOs si bi all l l4l' the constituencies in smaller places, even i.iinfitlf suffrage, and jet be as corrupt as Yarmouth or „no, Mere numbers are thus no security for Puri t A preponderance of ignorance and violence in whigflo , encies renders them doubly objectionab le ' 0/ 19 "yry A CHARTIST CHOKER.—An u ltra Chartist , in n 4 te ter, wishing to g i ve f u ll f orce t o a demonstratio fe7i plated to take place in the neighbourhood in a t aSal l Or recently wrote to a brother Chartist in London 0"0 him with a certain number of " Murphy's I ‘ l , ;o rpre' Pikes," at sixpence each, as the Chartists ofbb were determined to "try their strength !" to v/Hj p sil ta ' ceived the following reply :—" Dear Brother• -- ` to your application, I b eg t o say t h a t as Chartis m pi don and many other lar ge t owns i s no w at hal e et count , and never likely again to be at e r ' o l ve v/ea t iyel dined the retailing of pikes and other " c e ; l iana>, for the purposes of Chartism. Therefore 3i- of stre w ' of your party are determined upon a t r L a f using 0 1/a the more legitimate way would be, instead °tr oll: 4 o and guns, to take ropes, and try the strertg".` b i e necks as Chartism is `no go !" Yours, Joshua R—ds." ; Pr ev l , A 0 ,0 0 FRENCH FRATERNITY AGAIN.—no OP I e England that the expulsion of the English AW France was occasioned merely by the action .?!.. te Wog The following quotation from Michaelet's the Revolution will show that they have nq,,,1„70 teachers (See Bohn's edition, page 455) d i s si o ;er of two kinds of men (English and French) so, as ilk pr, our public works is a great injustice, inasmuello cessive and confined specialty of the Englis h , r iort t i;th e feriority as a man) tells in his favour as a Sur - o pdei 0// is as absurd as cruel to place a Frenchnoiliag orders of a foreigner who knows little or ncT s i a IH; a ticl language, and to whom he can neither el:P r 01,1 nor complain. It is immoral to p l ace a sober s e we c e the direction of a thing brutalized by ginipt them are never free from intoxication. in Orr" thrice impious, is it to behold a Frenchman, t he under the rod of an Englishman—the son 0 ' bat Army under a serf whose father made nothing s for'i i c,l ll the Englishman a tool. But we can or something more trivial. The German the i zre say totip man, 'Thou art still a man!' " tare s ilse 00/ in- - „ a a THE ECONOMY OF EDUCATION.—Ina v;',1 50 1:1 tb pamphlet, just published, entitled, " The J..yr.vo aSucthhooorl,; t a ho L ß et e t v e . r jo to hn L p o u rd ftoi J i o , h m n . R A u . i , n ss t ite e e l r i ,ri ctobric o b l v ; e o : home, Kent, makes an attempt—the in fir ti s l t e Nv ict i;e o : !ti s fr oo S l of f e t m h b e member to whichhaN- have seen n — or to n f c o e r m entails, an ap p . roxi ti e t e TO ° 0 °` perism. As no general return exists, the ea' f e virdet, l ; founded on the results of inquiries made ink t he V O l l O but the subject is so important that we thin.a ip eat p osis O° 'AO ment might very properly include the a t he„ door paupers in reading and writing, araollir. Y s `tiol' e l poor-law statistics. The following. ar e diuol n 0 50:,,j0 remarks :—" But, it will probably be in the is enerir pauperism that the national saving will be rl e , ts 0 5- ,pj felt. Although possessing no official refittA o o - 4 ell y i the comparative amount of educated and all oa l‘• pers in our union workhouses, we are be without means of ascertaining the result , w t be 1 1 0 0;6, obtained by a general investigation. Frn te, we le of tions of the ' Central Society•of Educationibe ag e d 1 0 06 state of intelligence among paupers above r poll! t ir , the inmates of workhouses in the two in e g u ffolay ia ft , dreds and ten unions in the county of 0 0 5 0 4 of three incorporated hundreds and twelve in thjeptleaod county of Norfolk, and the twelve union', s in' e al f3 l' division of Kent. The number of pauP4 2 ,soln I 0 ( these returns is 2,725, viz., 1,313 men, 1,.1 .1 1 11 4, " the time when the information was colleet e rs ,,o o oo,oo * * It appears that out of 2,725 Pa u P l i e d 9 1 ,htb ) 0 , 0' 1 in 195, could write well; and if we ,a 00 0-eT tr ocli t o,' write decently, they will make up ins' a; may be described as having some degree i• r ec., 0 40 s oy Allowing my former calculation to be cor., 011 6 0 0 • e thirds of the people of England can writ e ' j o v 1:10 11 0 0 (P oo in a given number there are five paupers, ars!, 0 1 0 11 f attained this degree of instruction, to olw ro l,sbvi ts to e t same ignorant condition taken :in a tbstree l o ri, whole population of England and Wales,., try ea, uneducated man is five times more Ilse t i ie ele a 0 • e d t he 00, , burden to society, than if he had rem' , knowledge of reading and writing.. amount of poor-rates raised in a nle_,ool £6,000,000, and making full allowanc e Poe! fo yff curnstances of every description, ther e „dcan ee f Ilayr balance of £4,000,000 available for the 7,, p aitf".. education, and the real welfare of the conl,u_: be ttel lo o4.4 ot a I s , this is a practical argument in favour ~,ho ~s e A t r o em p o ay ve l d lis ab sh m a T re d o e f st t i h tu e t t i a o x n, fo c r an th a e n eir c h , o sion for education, which every spur o ep n ep i r.l:ob li e e: ,: lsh v o°, idle, and improvident. The alternative I. ,_ c ida foc os t il It to Lie rates and poor rates. It is not difficult the I' d P ee t° the less obnoxious tax. At the meeting u_ st ate , p iti v e Public School Association, the chairman_bahlY,r r ev assessment of 41d. in the pound would Pr s polir l i c li,?' carry out their scheme ; and a very nla i l;t to a t he; e "yle r tion in the amount of pauperism than t ryakfvc Dufton points would, therefore, l ee n l .----. rinient a most profitable one in this con t" Guardian. I 7'he Re ) AV