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Prouttlinß - 5. in Par'mini% HOUSE 01 -TUESDAY The County Courts Extension Bill was discussed in commit. tee. The discussion was opened by the Loan CHANCELLOR, who repeated his criticisms upon the details of the measure; his objections, however, being principally directed against tht clause conferring jurisdiction in equity. The bill, he said, would make the County Cour* than'Mvsters in Cl Cher ext that the a the bi . your of t CAMPBEI lions of I Lord Chs diSCUSSIOI relaiiOn to which they had nei• )rd CRA NW( to divide UI al of tl upon s some of which were struck out reconciler HOUSE OF CO Lord J. RUSSELL ancounc examine t operation levy char OCCw CAST Lion second In come ship any I the b any r then 'd ASH provisions of the act. 'The co etnpoWered to adapt old loclgi on which to erect new ones. charges ; no perk ing ." only vii largeme that the J. Russ against the 3. RUSSELL and, after s 4 'SE OF COMMONS.—WI E moved the second reading of t the core lion that t as warmly we of Government in tt of the ( greed to HOUSE OF CO -THURSDAY FOREIGN AND COLONIAL, AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE HERMANN The United States' mail steam ship Hermann, Captain E. Crabtree, arrived off Cowes at 3 p.m. on Sunday, and after landing the mails and passengers intended for England and France proceeded on her voyage to Bremen. The Hermann sailed from New York at noon on the 29th ult. She encountered strong hi ac winds during the greater part of the passage. She has a large cargo for Bremen, and specie value'R43.ooo for Havre. On the Ist, in latitute 41 deg. 08 min. longitude 59 deg. 35 min., passed the United States' mail steamer Baltic, bound to New York ; on the 9th exchanged signals with the hark Emmanuel, of Newcastle, bound west ; on the 11th with the ship Squanturn, of Boston.; and on the 12th, off the Lizard, spoke the brig Hesperus, of Bremen. The Her mann, on the 12th, ran into the schooner Hope, of Yar mouth, from Liverpool, the schooner receiving severe e, and being dismasted, was towed into Cowes by damag the Hermann for repairs. The British and North American mail steamer Canada reached Boston on the .28th ►alt. after a passage of 13 can steal Brother Jonathan, from d put into Norfolk, in a and paddle wheel broken. had bt'en issued at Washington retary of the Treasury, according to which it t the Cabinet have determined that freight ightiv included as part of the cost of import oods, wares, and merchandize, from foreign , m.Halifax of the 27th ult., in y was proy the following intelligence The new An wr York, boi An importan the S appears th cannot be ation of countries e New York Herald, conta respecting " The off are not yet projected Can from the Nova Scotia railway delegatci but the Halifax Sun says We ority, and hasten to lay before 's, that the whole affair of iission of the Hon. Mr. ur fellow cit How. The whole amount to build the railroad to Montreal and Quebec has been secured at 3i per cent. Mr. How was in great spirits—nor was it at all apprehended that any change of e negotiations which have been virtually The local provincial governments have ect with any branch railroad to the American, in anywise attec brought to a cic power to co territory - Netv York rl From r hes the follovvin ;eyed to close t ad Canal nflict a ow on the trade and con •ce of t materially t trade leadin prosper from La b o and other the lower lake and th, ake Ontario. Great excitement prevails towns connected with the commerce of understood to be a retaliatory one again: Government and the State of New Yoi ler not reciprocity of trade, and a from the free use of al." s rantir _ out the Cam 1(1, the Champlain ( FRANCE On Frid the existing N. of want of confidence in 327; f After a rrarriari ion from Colonel SIBTHORP, Lord JOHN der in council had been made ordering St. Paul's to be opened free to the public, and that in anticipation of that order the Dean and Chapter had already, in a great =ensure, done so. psed in the Assembly, but it, 275 • majority in favour of the mi n istry, 52. A vote of 200,0d0f. for the celebration of the anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic, on the 4th May, has been agreed to. A bill is in preparation by the Ministry for a general credit of 80 millions, divided over 20 years, - protested for the repair of all re _ ligious monuments and edifices er.—Lord Tt appears that the Cathedral of Rouen is in such a dila pidated state that it alone will require an outlay of four millions for the nee , ary repairs The Moniteur publishes it decree of the President of the Republic, appointing M. de Royer, late Minister of Justice, to be Attorney-General of the Court of Appeal in Paris. Another decree names Admiral Vaillant, late Minister of Marine, to be Governor-General of the French West India Islands. An illegal manufactory of gunpowder and machines for casting bullets has been discovered in the canton of Juligny, Allier. The whole of the Conservative candidates were elected by a large majority, municipal councillors in the Sarthe. The new ministry is composed as follows :—Foreign, M. Baroche ; Justice, M. Rouher ; Finances, M. Fould ; Interior, M. Leon Faucher; Commerce and Agriculture, M. Buffet ; Marine. M. Chasseloup-Laubat ; Public In struction, M. de Crouseilhes ; War, General Randon; Public Works, M. Magna. PRUSSIA Our advices from Berlin are of the 11th inst. The Prussian Government is preparing a memorial set ting forth its plan of action in the Federal Diet at Frank fort. The Ministerial paper states that besides England and France, Russia, too, has remonstrated, if not protested, against the Austrian annexation scheme. Russia has likewise desired that all the German States should accede to the Frankfort Diet. The King of Greece has arrived at Berlin. THE OVERLAND MAIL. A telegraphic despatch from Trieste has brought the following : " Trieste, April 11 " The steamer Italia, from Alexandria, with the des- patches from India, has run aground at Umago, about 20 English miles from Trieste. Two of Lloyd's steamers have been sent out to take the passengers and letters. The mails may be expected this evening." Since the above despatch was received, we have obtained full details of the intelligence from second editions of the morning papers of yesterday. The following are all the features of interest :-- Bombay is healthy. A heavy thunder storm burst over the Presidency on the Rth March. The market for manufactured goods had not rallied, although within the last fortnight some heavy sales had taken place. Exchange bad fallen, but prices rose in proportion. Stock on hand considerable, and more was expected. Raw cotton declined since last quotations. The decline in price received by the last English mail of the 7th of February caused a corresponding decline of 7 rupees per candy. The new crop is good and clean. The tranquillity of India remains undisturbed. A skir mish had taken place at Burrow, in the mountains near Kohat, between some robber hordes and a Punjaub regiment, in which the former were defeated and driven back. The Governor-General issued a general order, on the 15th, regulating the pay of the officers and men in the Punjaub, and reforming the military organization there. The army of the Punjaub is to be placed under the order of a Brigadier, at a fixed salary of 2000 rupees per month. The Marquis of Dalhousie was at Atlock on the Bth of March, en route for Peshawur. He proceeds to Simlah in May. His lordship was suffering from ill health. The ship Buckinghamshire. Captain M`Gregor, was burnt in the Hoogly, on the 3rd March, whilst sailing down river to start for England. It was insured for £18.0,(), and the cargo £97,000, in the London Insurance Cum pany. Two invalid passengers perished. Captain M'Grantham, of her Majesty's 9th regiment, had been severely wounded by some robbers who attacked him whilst out riding with a young lady. lie was left for dead on the ground, but hopes were entertained of his recovery. An order was to be shortly issued by the Governor-Ge neral prohibiting military officers from holding situations as directors, secretaries, and auditors of the Indian Bank. A conspiracy had been discovered in Nepani, the object of which was to murder General Jung Bahador. The con spirators were his own father and brother. The general is a favourite of the army, whom the conspirators endea voured to gain over. Lord Grosvenor, the Hon. Leveson Gower, and Mr. Egerton had been received on visit by the King of Oude. A tiger and buffalo fight took place in their honour. Gen. Sir Dudley Hill died of apoplexy at Umballah. Captain J. D. Cunningham had also died. From China the accounts state that the murderers of Dacasta had been taken. Four piratical junks had been captured. Exports heavy. On the 22d ultimo there were no fewer than 2,907 un claimed letters lying at the New York Post-office. A statistical work, just published, states the number of Protestants in the Prussian Monarchy at 10,016,798, that of Papists at 6,079,613. In the city of Rome, which contains 170,381 inhabi tants, there are 34 bishops, 1240 secular priests, 1892 regular priests, and 1467 monks. Letters from Stockholm, of the 22nd ult., state, that a pleasure excursion of 600 persons from that city to London had been organised. ANOTHER WARNING.—A great powder magazine at Temesva, Hungary, blew up on the 3rd, and caused con siderable destruction of life and property in the vicinity. Letters from Egypt, dated March 18, in the Athentevnt. describe, in mournful language, the destruction of ancient temples, &c., and state, that little hope exists of pre serving even the colossal statue at 31eraphis, the finest in Egypt. Letters from New Orleans, dated March 5, say, " Miss Cushman made her last and farewell appearance at the Histrionics, last week, in Meg Itlerrilies and Lady Mac beth ; and it is said she has retired from the stage, and will lead a private life hereafter." The Russian Government has decided that the thou sandth anniversary of the Russian empire, which, accord ing to the Russian historians, dates from the year 452, shall be celebrated next year with the greatest pomp in all the cities and large towns of the European and Asiatic provinces of Russia. _ _ _ _ An instructive incident has taken place in the Prussian parliament. The legislature has been called upon in peti tions, to recognise the supreme government of the King of Kings, by opening its deliberations with some form of Christian prayer. The proposal has, after consideration, been rejected. Seais.—Accounts from Madrid of the sth instant state that M. Bravo Murillo had announced on the preceding day, that the deficit in the budget of 1851 had been re duced to 50,976,000 reals. There remained, however, a deficit in the budget extraordinary of 151,5 . 70,000 reals, which M. Murillo was confident might be paid offin the course of four years. SWITZERLAND.—The French refugees who . had pro tested against thei r removal to the interior on being threatened with ex p u l s i on have signified their willingness to comply with the federal order. Up to the 10th, how ever, they were still at Geneva, and letters from Geneva state that the government of that canton had refused to expel them from its territory. The charge d'affaires of England in Berne had demanded communication of the passports delivered to emigrants proceeding to England. The correspondence between Lord Londonderry and the French president, relative to Abd-el-Kader, has attracted much attention . in the French press ; and the usual amount of international jealousy is directed against any . diplomatic mode. suggested by England for the extri cation of the heroic captive from his perjurous captivity when the generous .. initiative taken in his behalf by Gen. Fabvier in bringing forward a motion for his liberation Mg :muted by a large majority of the .cis ably, GREECE.—The Vienna Gazette announces that Prince Leopold ofliavaria and his wife formally refuse to accept the crown oflGreece for their eldest son, after the death of King Otho, unless Art. 40 of the Greek constitution, which requires that the king should profess the Greek re ligion, be modified. - The continent of Europe continues true to the character of the year of the Great Exhibition, or, according to a various reading, the Great Exposure. All the efforts to patch up a new cabinet in France have nearly failed. In Spain, the cortes are dissolved, and the ministry is likely to share the same fate. In Germany, Austria and Prus sia are trying to galvanize the old Frankfort diettack into life ; while Baden re-proclaims military law, and the King of 'Wurtemberg has suspended the constitution as an un wieldy piece of machinery. A PE/ILMVIIHROPIST.—M. Derzy, chevalier of the Le gion of Honour at Montargis. France; has bequeathed his whole fortune , (500,0001) to the town council of his na tive city, for the sake of founding a public establishment of the following description :—A working man's school, where mathematics, music, drawing, and the English and French languages, shall be taught gratuitously, so many hours each week; and formation of a public library. The tenth part of the yearly income is reserved for pecuniary assistance to old townspeople and others in needy circum stances: The mayor of Montargis is among the testamen tary executors.— The Builder. TURKEY —The Austrian Ambassador has received the assurance of the Porte, that liossuth,%Batthyani, Mes saros, the two P rzels, and Asboth, shall still be detained at Kutayeh. The other fugitives, some 60, will soon be liberated. Gmar Pasha was still at Jaiza, on the 15th. A further reinforcement of 1,000 Arnauts passed through Bosna Serai, on its way to Turkish Croatia. All com munication between the Herzegovina and Turkish Croatia is interrupted by Skender Beg, who occupies Livno with 3,000 men. The Seraskier is said to have received a very important despatch from Constantinople. The Hospodar of Servia has been ordered by the Porte to be prepared to enter Bosnia with 10,000 men, if necessary. According to the latest advices, a corps of 2,000 insurgents, from the Kraina, was advancing upon Novi, for the purpose of affecting a junction with the rebels at Piedor. Omar Pasha is concentrating his troops at Banialuka. THE SOCIALISTS OF PARIS.—On Sunday week a man caused a crowd to assemble on the Boulevard St. Martin by addressing gross insults to every well dressed lady who passed. " Wives of Aristos," he cried, your laces and velvets shall be burnt ; yeur husbands shall be hanged, and you shall be sent to the guillotine." Shortly carriage coming up containing several trirpcmpti_ he PriPti " Ynn enc. thnf hd., 4. that magnificent velvet cloak; I will burn it," and at - the tame time he rushed to the carriage, clung to the door, and threw a bottle of vitriol on the lady's dres nately her clothes only were burnt The spe Fortu- )rs, in- dignant at this act of fury, arrested him. When oues- tioned by the Commissary of Police. he said that he had long been tormented by the fixed idea of destroying the splendid toilette of some lady, and had purchased vitriol to effect his design. It is supposed that he is mad, and he was sent to the Prefecture of Police. MIXED MARRIAGES IN SPAIN.—A curious Case has arisen in consequence of the marriage of a Spanish lady with an English manufacturer, residing in San Felice de Guisolsi a town situated between Barcelona and Roses. The priest having refused to solemnise the marriage unless the bridegroom turned Roman Catholic, the parties were married by the English Consul at Barcelona. under the Consular Marriage Act of 1849. The curate complained to the bishop, who ordered a separation, and lied recourse to the civil governor of the province, who directed the alcalde of San Felice to carry the separation into effect. - The bridegroom has applied to the British minister in Madrid, and various communications have taken place upon the subject between Lord Palmerston and the Spanish government, which has referred the affair to the Royal Council. The Royal Council has decided that the separation shall take place until a dispensation is obtained from the bishop to enable the curate to solemnise the marriage according to the Roman Catholic ritual. Thus the affair rests for the present. A PARISIAN DRANIA.--It may be remembered that, some time ago, a terrible drama took place in the Rue d'Anjou St. Honore : A gentleman named Caraby learned that a man was, at a late hour in the night, in the bedchamber of his wife. He rushed into the room by the balcony, armed with a pistol, and discharged it at the adulterer. He did not hit him, and the latter suddenly disappeared ; he had slipped away by the balcony into his apartment in the adjoining house. M. Caraby descended the staircase, and, on arriving at the bottom, saw a young man resembling him. He immediately discharged another pistol, and inflicted a serious wound in the face and neck of this person. The victim was named Borgognon ; and the adulterer was subsequently discovered to be M. de Coetlogon. Coetlogon and Madame Caraby were con demned to two years imprisonment for the adultery ; but M. Caraby had to pay 22,000 francs to M. Borgognon for the injury he had caused him. The payment of this sum. and of the law expenses to which he had been subjected, almost ruined him. Yesterday he brought an action be fore the Civil Tribunal against M. de Coetlogon, to obtain payment of a certain sum as damages for the adultery, and for the expenses he had paid. The tribunal admitted the principle of the demand, hut has taken time to fix the amount of the damages.—Galignani's Messenger. A STRANGE STORY.—The following very strange story appears in one of the journals :—" A. M. Macqrtart, con tractor for slaughtering horses at Montfancon, purchased four days ago a lot of 33 worn out animals, and among them were several which had formerly belonged to the army. The 33 were soon killed, and the men proceeded to cut them up. Judge of the stupefaction of one of the men, named Matelot, on finding in one of them a small box in silver, containing a cross of the Legion of Honour, and a paper, in a perfect state of preservation, containing the following lines As I cannot survive the defeat of my emperor, and as I have neither wife, nor child, nor cousins, I am about to get myself killed in a last charge against those scoundrels, the English, and as I will not let them have my cross, I will make my faithful horse, Château Margot, swallow it. He will give it up when he can.—Pierre Dardenne, Sergeant in the 2d squadron of Red Lancers.' Matelot took the things to the Commis sary of Police of the district, and that functionary allowed him to keep the silver box. As for the cross. it was sent to the Grande Chancellerie of the Legion of Honour. From documents published by the professors of the Ecole d'Alfort, it appears that certain horses have lived to the age of 4h; that which Charles XII. rode at the battle of Pultowa attained that age. The white charger of Napoleon lived 29 years. Chateau Margot is supposed to have been about 40."—Galignani. _ . RIOTS IN Noiw AY. — More communist disturbances have taken place in Norway. At Drontheim, on the 16th ult., about 300 persons assembled in front of an hotel, in which the respectable inhabitants of the town were having a ball, is 1.6..0ur of the Queen's birthday, and began cry ing, " ,;ith the burghers!" They afterwards sent a ',Z., o ~tones against the windows, and not only broke , T—ry pane, but injured several persons in the room ; one ,a,,y was seriously cut in the head, another in the breast. the rioters then attempted to force their way into the ball-room, but the gentlemen resisted them, and succeeded in driving them into the street. A detachment of soldiers came up, and arrested some of the rioters. The latter dispersed about town, ,and broke the windows of several houses. It was not until two o'clock that order was com pletely reestablished. The next evening the disturbances were renewed, and were of a most serious character. About 1000 persons assembled, and were proceeding to different acts of violence, when the police and the military appeared. The former summoned the people to disperse, and caused the riot act to be read. The crowd, however, refused to go away, whereupon the military charged them three times. The people resisted, and four national guards were cut in the head with sharp instruments. Several regimentsof cavalry and artillery were accordingly marched into the town from the adjacent garrisons, and, after some time, succeeded in reestablishing order. All suspected houses were minutely searched, and about 320 rioters were arrested. At Medal, three leagues from Drontheim, there were also serious disturbances, but they were put down. MURDER AT TURIN. (From the Times' Correspondent.) Great crimes are of rare occurrence at Turin, but a murder has just been committed under circumstances of as barbarous a nature as either the English or French calendars can present. The case excites a great sensation here, as the persons concerned, though not noble, belong to the second rank in society, and the lady who has fallen a victim to her husband's brutality was remarkable for beauty of person, amiable manners, and an unsullied reputation. I conceal the true names of the parties, but give the particulars exactly as they have occurred. Not three years since, a wild young man sought the hand of a young lady of good fortune; but in consequence of his dissipated character, her friends refused their consent. The young lady, however, fascinated by the handsome person and dashing style of her lover, was of a different opinion, and she so wearied her family that they at last agreed to the marriage, taking care, however, that all her fortune should be settled on herself. The conduct of the husband was for the first year exemplary, and poor Louise was as happy as she desired ; but after that period old habits returned, and M. Julien was rarely at home, spend ing days and nights in debauch, and losing his last shilling at the gaming table. So notorious was his conduct, though the lady never made a complaint to her natural protectors, that her family became informed of it, and they repeat edly pressed her to abandon a person altogether so un worthy, and to return to the paternal roof. The poor lady, however, was deaf to all their entreaties—the husband had gained an ascendancy over her mind, and the attach ment which she bore him was not diminished by his cruel behaviour. She supplied him with money from her own resources, as long as they lasted ; but when her last shilling was expended she was compelled to say, " So ;" a denial he would not accept, as he was persuaded she had funds still in reserve, or that her family would advance money if she asked it. Violent altercations on this sub ject frequently took place, and the rascal did not confine his brutality to words alone, but he frequently beat her, even when in that state when a man with one spark of tenderness in him would have respected. The servants, of course, took notice of these circumstances, and her friends once more besought her to come back to the pa ternal roof, but she still clung to the object of her first love, and continued to drag on a miserable existence. She was confined about a fortnight since ; but it would seem as if the increase of family only enraged her profli gate husband the more ; and on the night when the mur der took place, lie was heard by the maid-servant using the grossest langua g e, an d swearing that if she did not procure him money and give up all her trinkets he would take her life. The maid-servant, who overheard these threats, hurried t o th e n e ares t police station, and induced one o r t wo men t o accompany 116 r to the house for the protection o f h er m i s t ress; b u t w liat was their horror, on entering the lady's room, to see Tier on the floor bathed in her blood, while the child, of ten days old, was in the agonies of death on the bed. Mc hus band was not to be f oun d ; b u t th e p i s t o l w ith which he had first shot his wife, and then, immediate de L ath not taking place, heat in her head, was on the floor . I .Ying I THE LIVERPOOL STINOARD. near its victim. Medical assistance was, procured, but the poor lady lived only long enough to describe the horrid scene I have just recounted, and she and' her infant ex pired at the same time. It was not stated that the hus band murdered both wife and child, but in the struegle the latter was so much injured that it also fell a victim to his fury. The lady declared that after- she was shot she made an effort to rise from her bed and call for assistance ; but that the brutal monster pulled her to the ground, and beat her with the butt. end of the pistol till he believed her dead. The husband, after this desperate act, rushed from his house to the river side, and giving his breast a slight flesh wound with a penknife. threw himself into the water, for the purpose, it is supposed, of, having it believed that the crimes were committed in a state of madness, and that he had not only murdered his wife and child, but sought self destruction also. He was found at break of day by some labourers going to their morning work, lying on the sand, and apparently in a state of severe suffering. By their aid he was removed to the nearest hospital, his crime being then unknown ; but as soon as the truth was dis closed he was given over to the civil power ; and as his present weakness seems to be a pretence, he will speedily be brought to trial, and no doubt suffer the last penalty of the law. It is generally alleged that his affected lunacy is a mere feint, put on with the hope of saving his wretched life; but though it appears that he lost some blood, and that a slight congestion of the brain has taken place, the physicians declare that lie is a responsible person, and all Turin invokes maledictions on him. THE COLONIES Sir W. MOLESWORTII moved a resolution to the following effect :—" That it is the opinion of this house that steps'should be taken to relieve this country from its present civil and mili tary expenditure on account of the colonies, and at the same time to give the inhabitants of the colonies ample power for their local self-government, and to free them from that impe rial interference with their affairs which is inseparable from their present position." The hon. baronet urged the expedi ency of the case at considerable length, contending that it and economical, and strengthened his position al and other evidence. Towards the Sir William made a ;chivous policy pursued by Sir by a var the whc H. SMith, and his complete ignorance of the state of affairs in the eastern frontier of the colony.—Mr. URQUHART seconded the motion.—Mr. HAwEs believed that the policy advocated by Sir W. Molesworth, which was based entirely upon pecu niary considerations, would be deeply injurious to the colonies, and would injure the best interests of the empire. Moreover, ild find it very difficult to distinguish lonies proper" and colonies which were . He would not, however, deny that lining the present military establish s were capable of being reduced; but the the ex 6( me n the col Sir W. Molesworth's plan ii'ould be to e of our colonial possessions ; and then, having abandoned them, other countries would be invited to come forward and bid for them. lie did not believe that our states men or merchants were prepared to take any such course, nor were such views entertained in the colonic; themselves. He should, therefore, oppose the motion, not on account of the money, but of the principle. Defending the conduct of those who had entered into the Caffre war, which he asserted was necessary . to protect our frontier, he proceeded to deny that the colonists could take care of themselves without the inter vention of the mother country. lie repudiated the notion that there was any connection between the necessity or utility of local self-government, and the maintenance of an army and navy for the purposes of imperial control. Ile went on to say that Sir W. Molesworth's plan would reduce our trade with the colonies, and increase that of the United States by 25 per cent. Good faith with our emigrants demanded that we should keep possession of territories to which they had gone out on the faith that Government would secure their lives and property. He defended the conduct of Lord Grey, who had, he said, used dne diligence in dealing with the South African difficulty ; and he stated that the Government had been gradually reducing , the estimates for the colonies from £220,000 to £lBO,OOO annu ally. He concluded by moving the previous question.—Mr. ADDaRLEY thought that the Cape question might be reserved for the present, but remarked that Sir W. Molesworth's plan contemplated doing no more with the colonies generally than Lord Grey himself proposed to do with Canada. He advocated the necessity of retrenchment, but said that it could not be hoped for while the colonial expenditure was caused by a de partment not under the control of the house. He supported the motion.—Mr. E. H. STANLEY opposed it, in a speech of considerable length, concluding by declaring that the adoption cff the plan would be the abandonment of our colonial empire. —Mr. COBDEN remarked that Sir NV. Molesworth bad been charged with arguing upon pecuniary considerations, but the fact was, there never was a period in history when the state of parties depended more upon pounds, shillings, and pence. He .conceived this a fair opportunity (not afforded by the Manches ter school) for a fair vot Lord - JOHN RI tant one, for it the reduction of expenditure.— Lt. said that the question was a most impor , not a question of saving money, but of the ce or des He denied that the ttached to the mother country is for their defence should be when our r withdrawn. T the arms of other countries, and then, when we en hostile stations. (He 'ed in war, these colonies would become hear.) For there was no denying that although we might t ated by the most benevolent feel jugs to - wards foi:eign nations, our great place was an object of envy to many other states, who would he only too ready to .attack us if they saw us disposed to shrink from the assertion of our empire. And setting even this aside, the honour and reputation of the country would grievously suffer when we came to hear of the butchery and destruction flour fellow-ccuntrymen where we bad settled them. Contending that the difference of races in most of our colonies would make it impossible to grant them the constitutions desired by Sir W. Molesworth, he said that great reductions had been made in our colonial expendi ture, and that more might follow, but he should feel it his duty -to resist the motion.—The debate was adjourned till Tuesday. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY The reports of the committee on the Apprentices and Ser vants' Bill was brought up, and an amendment, moved by Earl REDESDALE, extending the protection of the law to all servants, without any limitation as to age, was agreed to. The Patent Law Amendment Bill, numbers 1 and 2, were read a second time and referred to a select committee.—Lord BROUG H A M moved the second reading of the Law of Evidence Amendment Bill, which was designed to remedy the inconve niences resulting from the present state of the law, by which parties concerned in the issue of a cause cannot he compelled to give evidence. The noble lord argued in support of the bill, and in reply to various observations, at considerable length, contending that the instances in which the proposed altera tions would further the ends of justice would far more than counterbalance the opportunities it might afford for perjury and fraud.—The LORD CHANCELLOR stated his reasons for believing that the bill would not be found to be as beneficial in practice as it seemed in theory ; and criticised unfavourably the clauses relating to husbands and wives. After some observa tions from Lords Campbell and Cranworth, who concurred in its general principles, the bill was read a second time. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY On the motion for going into committee on the assessed taxes, Mr. DISRAELI rose to move the resolution, of which he had given notice, that in any relief to be granted by the remis sion of adjustment of taxation due regard should be paid to the depressed condition of the owners and occupiers of land in the United Kingdom. He commented with great severity on the -course pursued by government during the present session with reference to the agricultural interest, inveighing against their conduct in refusing to relieve the distress which they acknow ledge to exist, and disappointing hopes which the farmers had been led to entertain by the expression in the royal speech. After expressing his astonishment that the amended budget withdrew the small modicum of relief to the agriculturists which was originally proposed, he proceeded to eulogise the virtues of the agricultural classes, and to intimate some of the steps which the government might have taken for their especial relief, and concluded by expressing his intention to agree to the repeal of the window tax, but to oppose to the utmost, the imposition of any kind of income tax on farmers. The hon. gentleman's speech occupied two hours in delivery, and was received by loud cheers from the Protectionist members. — Mr. I—knot:cumin said the terms of Mr. Disraeli's motion N - ere self-evident, and the government had ah.v..ys endeavoured to act in full accord ance w i t h t h em. H e argue d t h at t h e re li e f afforded to the agricultural classes, b • the repeat of the win dow and modification of the house taxes, was much greater than would result f rom measures originally proposed with that object, or tha n wou ld h e given bv the repeal of the income-tax, as recommended by Mr. Herries. He called upon the house not to entertain the vague propositions shadowed by the speech of Mr. Disraeli, but to , satisfied with the relief offered by the Chanceilslotrhoefit;uh,eigeEtxte.leeierquoe.r, considering that sufficient for the day (Loud laughter.) objections f tot plan w l , i r e o goxernmen o t —Mr. G LAD.TONE made many scheme ; but as all the defects of that the one proposed by Mr. Disraeli, with the addition of retained many otters, lie had no alternative but to vote against the motion.— Lord J. MANNERS contende d th a t the ministers had given the -agriculturists no valid grounds for believing their distress would be diminished, and he appealed to the house that, by agreeing tp the present motion to recognise the principles, if practicaffle, mers.ircs could he taken for their relief.—Mr• BRIGHT denied that owners of land were suffering distress, or -bad the slightest ground for relief, and maintained that the difficulties of the occupiers of land were the consequences of the vicious system to which they had been so long subjected, and could not be effectually removed by act of parliament.— The CHANCELLOR of the Excif Fare:: maintained that the proposals for the remission of taxation, made in his amended budget would confer on the agricultural class as large a share of reillltf as it would give to any other class,—Sir R. PEEL, also very briefly expressed his intention of giving his vote in favour Jof the motion.—Lord NORREYS, Sir %V. JOLIFFE, and Colonel l'SlßTHoltra having spoken amidst calls for a divis ion and other manifestati onsn of • npatience Lord J. Ru3SELL com plained of the delusion practisedd upon , the country by these motions, which, when - brought forward in parliament, dis tinctly disclaim any intention of changing the free trade policy of the country, but the result of the division upon which was paraded to the country asaproof of the partiality entertained int yo y r th th e e h m ou o s t e iol, ) 121'7 ragoainic f protection.—The house then dkiided. It, 2G3 majority, 13. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. The Bishop of London h squite recovered. It is stated that the Bishop of Oxford is about to pro hibit Dr. Pusey from preaching in his diocese. The Leeds Intelligeneer contradicts its statement that Mr. Wilberforce has joined the Church of Rome. Sir Robert Peel voted on Friday night in favour of Mr. Disraeli's motion, and his brother Frederick against it. The members for Liverpool also voted against it. The foundation stone of a new church at Harewood, near Leeds, to he built by Lord Harewood, was laid on Thursday week by the Bishop of Ripon. ORDlNATlCN.—Candidates for ordination by the Bishop of Chester, on Trinity Sunday, must send a ll ne cessary papers to his lordship's secretary, C. T. W. Parry, Esq., on or before the first of May. _ _ 'Tlie clergy of Leeds have addressed the Bishop of Ri pon on the recent perversions in that town. They renew their expressions of attachment to the great principles of the Reformation, and protest against the corruptions of Rome. The address is signed by Dr. Hook, Rev. W. Sinclair, &c QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM.—The Rev. Dr. W. Warneford has given the munificent sum of £1,400, in addition to his former gift of £3,000, towards the endow ment of the Professorship of Pastoral Theology,—the appointment to be vested in the senatus of the arts de partment. ANOTHER EPISCOPAL DIFFICULTY.—A difficulty has arisen in the parish of St. Dunstan, Stepney. the Bishop of London having refused to license the Rev. S. G. Poole to the afternoon lectureship of the parish, to which he has been elected by the inhabitants. A meeting of ratepayers has taken place, presided over by Mr. R. Beeton, Church warden, at which a resolution against the refusal of the Bishop of London to license the nominee of the parishio ners was carried unanimously. A deputation was ap pointed to wait upon the Bishop, to remonstrate against his opposition. In the event of his refusing to reconsider his decision, the parishioners are determined to bring the matter before Parliament THE LATE EPISCOPAL ADDRESS.—The Manchester Guardian says, with reference to the non-appearance of the Bishop of Manchester's signature to the recent epis copal address :—" We believe we may state that his re fusal to sign was solely grounded on a perception that it would be inconsistent with the episcopal dignity to esk as a favour from his clergy what he felt entitled to de mand as a measure of obedience !" The Church and State Gazette says that the address, as originally drawn up, was much more decided in its tone, and that subse quently it was much modified ; and that to these changes among other reasons may be attributed the omission of the names of Manchester and Hereford. Our contem porary justly adds—" The more we reflect upon this do cument, the more we despair of its conciliating tie obedience of the clergy, or satisfying the just expectations of the Protestant laity of our church." THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.—The following letter has been addressed by Sir George Grey to the Archbishop of Canterbury :—" Whitehall, April 1, 1851.—My Lord Archbishop,—l have received the Queen's commands to transmit to your grace the accompanying address, which has been presented to her majesty, signed by a very large number of lay members of the united church of England and Ireland, including many members of both houses of parliament. Her majesty places full confidence in your grace's desire to use such means as are within your power to maintain the purity of the doctrines taught by the clergy of the established church, and to discourage and prevent innovations in the modes of conducting the ser vices of the church not sanctioned by law or general usage, and calculated to create dissatisfaction and alarm among a numerous body of its members. I am, there fore. commanded to place this address in your grace's hands, and to request that it may be communicated to the Archbishop of York, and to the suffragan bishops in England and Wales, who, her majesty does not doubt, will concur with your grace in the endeavour, by a judi cious exercise of their authority and influence, to uphold the purity and simplicity of the faith and worship of our reformed church, and to reconcile differences among its members injurious to its peace and usefulness.—l have, &c., G. Grey." TIIE BISHOP OF LONDON AND FOREIGN PROTEST ANTS.—The Bishop of London has addressed a letter to the Marquess of Cholmondeley, as President of the Fo reign Aid Society, stating that, in his opinion, " we may, in perfect consistency with our obligations as members of the Church of England, assist in providing those of our guests who belong to Protestant Churehes, and hold the great doctrines of Evangelical truth, with the means of attending the public service of God, according to their own forms of worship, during the short period of their visit to this country, although such services could not be per formed in our Churches, nor could any of our Clergy pro perly take part in them," and suggesting that the Society should lend its aid in making arrangements for the pur pose. In consequence of this communication the Com mittee of the Society have addressed a circular to foreign Protestant Ministers, in which they say : The precise object which is contemplated by the two Bishops, whose jurisdiction extends over our metropolis, and by the Archbishop, who concurs in their view, is to afford to you, if you desire it, the opportunity of renewing friendly intercourse with the Established Church of this country, so far as the sanc tion of the diocesan avails ; and if you desire to place yourself in a position analogous to that which you hold in your own country, as an ordained minister of a national Church, we shall be glad to receive your communication, and provide a place where, without necessarily joining in our rites and ceremonies, you may celebrate the worship of Almighty God according to your own forms and order. - ZIETROPOLIS CHURCHES FUND.—The Bishop of Lon don has addressed a letter to the clergy and laity of his diocese, informing them that in consequence of the com pletion of more than fifty new churches contemplated in the appeal made by him fifteen years ago, " the opera tions of the Metropolis Churches Fund will now be ex tended to the whole of the diocese of London, and con tributors to it may give their subscriptions to any parti cular church, and with such conditions respecting patron age as they may think best." The following are the principal facts set forth in the appeal : Since the first appeal was made in July, 1836, the sum of -€240,000 has been collected and expended in building, or as sisting to build, 64 churches, the total cost of which has been upwards of .e 445,000. Six additional sites have been obtained by gift or purchase, on which churches will be built as soon as the requisite funds are subscribed. In addition to these, two other churches have been erected by the pious munificence of individuals ; one in Westminster, with an endowment, parson age•house, and schools; the other in the parish of St. George's in-the-East. Another is building in Westminster at the sole charge of one of the canons and his lady. These 67 new churches will not, however, supply the deficiency which ex isted when the fund was first set on foot, as since that time the population •f the metropolis has gone on increasing at the rate of 30,000 a-year. In 13 of the most destitute parishes, con taining, according to the census of 1841, a population of about 700.000, not fewer than 100 additional churches and 200 clergy men are required to carry out with full effect the parochial system of our church. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. A Cabinet Council of three hours and a half duration was held on Thursday at the Foreign-office. Mr. Bright and Mr. Gibson will meet their constituents in the Free-trade Hall to-morrow (Wednesday.) AYLESBURY ELECTION.—CIose of the poll :—Bethell, 544 ; Ferrand, 518 ; majority for Bethell, 26. Mr. Gore Langton, a Protectionist, was elected without opposition M.P. for West Somersetshire on Thursday. Mr. Bright has declined to become a candidate for the representation of Rochdale. lie is determined to try his chance again at Manchester. Mr. Geach, of Birmingham, was on Tuesday returned member for the city of Coventry, by a majority of 436 votes over Mr. Strutt, the late M.P. for Derby. ;MINISTERIAL. TRIUMPHS.—On Tuesday ministers ac complished another victory—they had a majority of nine ! On Friday night, on Mr. Disraeli's motion, they had a majority of thirteen! The treat Protectionist Meeting announced for the Ist May, will, instead thereof, be held in Drury Lane Thea tre, on Tuesday the 29th April instant. The Duke of Richmond, K.G., will take the chair. ENNISKILLEN ELECTION.--on Friday, Mr. Whiteside, (LC., was returned by a majority of 85 against 68 for Mr. Collins. Both parties were conservatives, and the latter gentleman is a very popular solicitor in the borough. The House of Commons will rise to-day and adjourn for the Easter Holidays to Monday the 28th inst. The work hitherto done is utterly insignificant in amcunt and character. The Lords, having little to do, will adjourn from Monday to Thursday the Ist May. The whole affair of legislation in the feeble hands of the Russell Ministry is little better than a mockery. THE INCOME TAX.—In the minority in favour of Mr. Ilerries' motion on Monday night, we find the names of Sir P. Egerton, W. T. Egerton, G. Greenall, J. Greene, Lord J. Manners, G. F. Muntz, E. H. Stanley. Among the majority for continuing this hateful tax, E. Cardwell, Sir T. B. Bi rc h, W . B rown, A . H enry , L. Heyworth, Sir J. Walmsley, W. Ewart, W. Jackson, T. Thornlcy, &c. It is stated that Sir Robert Peel wished to be present at the Stanley Banquet, and was reluctantly dissuaded from going. Ho has evidently thrown off his father's creed, and joined th e P ro t e ctionists. His speech on the Papal! Bill was excellent, and he voted for Mr. Ilerries' motion on Monday night, and for Mr. Disraeli's motion on Friday. IMPORTATION OF CORN AND 3TONEY.--It iS not a little curious to cont ras t th e presen t s t a t e of matters with that existing in 1814-15, when the restoration of peace caused the pressure of the debt which had been contracted du ring the previous one-and-twenty years, to be felt at once in all its severity by the nation, aggravated by the blessing of a large importation of corn. The following sketch is from the pen of Mr. Doubleday, perhaps the ablest and most lucid writer of his school The first trouble which the triumph of 1814-15 brought upon the heads of the ministers and their supporters, was of'a somewhat singu lar nature, being the plague of ' plenty and cheapness.' Cheapness and plenty had, hitherto, been esteemed among the first blessings of a state of peace. Amongst the people, indeed, they were esteemed so still ; for, amongst the illumination-devices, one of the most vulgar was a great loaf, and a foaming pot of beer, with the mottoes of ' I am coming down !' and ' I am coming after you !' This vulgar state of matters did not, however, suit persons who had now contracted a national debt of eight hundred millions of pounds, and who now were still paying taxes to the tune of sixty millions per annum. They by no means relished the mottoes attached to the big loaf and the cauliflower-headed pot of porter; and when they saw them, in 1814, in the way of being realized with all speed, their inward consternation was tremendous. In short, when, after the opening of the ports, they saw French corn, French sheep, French cows, French poultry, and French pigs, besides butter, cheese, fruit, and vege. tables, about coming over by ship-loads and boat-loads, amidst rapidly falling prices and universal difficulty, both commercial and agricultural, they were thunderstruck ; and instinct, if not reason, told them that no time was to be lost before something was done. They felt at once that a highly taxed and tithed country, as England now was, could not possibly carry on cultivation in competi tion with lightly taxed and untithed continental rivals. As early as the autumn of 1814, therefore, they had got together parliamentary committees to inquire into the state and prospects of agriculture ; and these committees soon came to the conclusion that, if the landed interest were to stand at all, it could only be by means of protec tion, and a corn-bill. That these committees were right in the abstract, I do not see how it is possible for any reasoning man to deny." RAILWAY AFFAIRS The South Wales Railway Rill be opened from Chep stow to Gloucester on the 18th of June. An arrangement has just been made with the majority of the water carriers between Liverpool and Manchester, and intermediate towns, by the London end North-Wes tern, and Lancashire and Yorkshire Companies. It is stated that the London and North-western railway have rejected the overtures of the telegraph company to secure a monopoly of that line for the wires of the com pany. - The 18th of June next has been fixed as the day for opening the portion of the South Wales line f rom Chen- stow to Gloucester, in order to complete the rail commu nication between that city and Swansea. The contract for the Norwegian railway has been granted by that government to Messrs. J. L. Ricardo, Peto, and Brassey for £450,000. The length of line is fifty miles, and is to run from Lake Men son to Christiana, whence a line of steamers will shortly be established to run to this country. LANCASHIRE ANDYORKSIIIRE ANDEASTLANCASHIRE RAILWAY COMPANIES.—The committee of the House of Commons declared unanimously, on Friday, upon the bill of the East Lancashire Company, that the preamble had not been proved. The bill had reference, we believe, to the joint line and stations at Liverpool, and sought to dis turb existing parliamentary enactments. The bill was opprsed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company. IRELAND. A greater breadth of land is now being ploughed up in Ireland for potatoes tha❑ during the last four years. Baron de Schcepping:, the charge d'affaires for Russia at Lisbon, has transmitted to Ireland £90,000, to be laid out in the purchase of encumbered estates. The Dublin Nation states that the Tenant League has decided upon starting Mr. Lucas, of the Tablet, and Mr. Sergeant Shee (if not elected for Longford) for the repre sentation of the county of Meath at the next election. The Waterford News says. " We are informed that Thomas Cooke, one of the police, when taking the census in 1841, asked a lady her age, and she told him she was twenty-eight. He, to his great surprise, on inquiring her age in '5l, was told by her she was exactly twenty-seven I" FLAX COTTON.—The new process of M. Claussen for the production of flax-cotton is now stated to have been commenced on an extensive scale at the Kildinian Mills, near Cork, belonging to Mr. Dargan, where the price of £4 per ton without the seztl is offered for the raw mate rial. Sixty tons of the cotton, it is said, are to be forth- with prepared for the Manchester market. . . EMIGRATION.—AII the roads entering this city are crowded daily with emigrants, with cur loads of luggage, boxes, bags of potatoes, &c., for America. Many of them are comfortably clad, others look very poor • but, with scarce an exception. the} are all abl e b o di e d, and appear to be agricultural labourers, seavants, &c. Satur day there was rn uuusual rush of emigrants for Liverpool, by steamers, thence to take shipping for America. It was computed that on that day no fewer than 1,100 per sons, male and female left this port. This we k there is a similar rush, as the emigrants are leaving by sa ili ng vessels.—Cork paper. THE REPEAL ASSOCIATION REVIVED.—A meeting was held on Monday at Conciliation Ilall, called by ad vertisement, of persons styling themselves the Repeal Association, eschewing altogether the word " Catholic," which Mr. John O'Connell had lately added. The money part of the business was very successful, a collection of £5l 9s having been made, a sum far beyond the weekly contribution latterly received under Mr. O'Connell's auspices. A letter was read from Mr. O'Connell, de claring himself still as staunch a repealer as ever. An address to the people of Ireland, and a petition to parlia ment against the removal of Kilmainham Hospital, were agreed to by the meeting. HORRIBLE ATROCITY.-011 Sunday night five fellows forced an entrance into the house of a man named Nash, of Castletown. Nash had received some money from a son of his who is in America, which the thieves expected to come at. Having entered the house, they Owed Nash on his knees, and threatened him with death if he did not give up the money. He assured them it was not in the house. Failing in this, the wretches made a fire of straw, and placed Mrs. Nash over it, and kept her in that posi tion until burned in a shocking manner. A servant maid got out through a window, and called out some neigh bours, who came to give assistance ; but ere they arrived the fellows had decamped, without their booty.—Clonmel Chronicle. BRUTAL MURDERS.—Two brutal murders have just been committed in the South of Ireland. The victim in the one case is a respectable farmer named Brown, residing at Knock, near Skull. On Monday, the 31st ult., he went to Skull on some business, and never having re turned, a search was made next morning, when his body was found on the roadside, close by a fence on the lands of Lowertown, a bruised and mangled corpse, the chest and ribs being literally smashed in. A man named Dris coll is in custody on suspicion. —The victim in the other case, which is reported by the Limerick Chronicle, is a female, whose body was found in a canal with the skull dreadfully broken, and the entire forehead laid open, as if by blow of a hatchet or some blunt instrument. Stones were also tied to her feet and apron. The body has been identified as that of the wife of a labourer named Hanley, who cohabited with a young woman with whom he was on the point of sailing for America. Both these parties have been taken in custody on suspicion. —Another cruel murder was committed on Saturday, by an old woman, on a young girl, for the sake, it is supposed, of half-a crown which the girl had in her possession. COURT AND FASHION. Her Majesty and the Prince visited her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday. The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the Duke of Devonshire with a visit on Saturday, at Devonshire-house, Piccadily. A sumptuous dejetiner was served up, after which the royal pair were conducted through the magni ficent saloons of that splendid mansion. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, visited the British Museum on Thursday. Prince Albert is almost a daily visitor at the Crystal Palace. often accompanied by the Queen, with one or more of the royal children. Prince Albert has promised a deputation from the but ton burnishers of Birmingham to revive the fashion of wearing gilt buttons, and was pleased to accept several sets for himself and the two royal Princes. Prince Albert inspected on Friday, at Buckingham Palace, a Bible, a fac simile of that used by King Charles I. upon the scaffold on the day of his martyrdom, copied from Smith's " Collectanea Antiqua,', which was submit. ted by Messrs. Lambert and Brown. Lady John Russell intends giving a series of receptions immediately after the Easter recess. The Earl and Countess of Wilton, Lord Grey de Wilton, and the ladies Egerton, arrived in Grosvenor square, on Saturday, from Egerton Lodge, Melton Mow bray, for the season. Lord Stanley arrived in town on Friday, from New market. The junior branches of his lordship's family have left St. James's-square for Brighton, where the noble Lord and Lady Stanley arc also expected to pass the holidays. A CONTENTED OLD BACHELOR.—In one of the re • turns of the Dudley union, that of Joseph Jones describes him as " Alias Old Joe ;" " Head of Family but no memberi, a paradox ;" " Inflexible miserly bachelor ;" and he appends the following poetical illustration of him self to his schedule : " I have no wife to vex and tease me; Nc child to trouble or displease me ; No lodger to intrude his feet Into my dwelling—quite neat; No visitor to share my roof, And after that to stand aloof; No servant keep, but save her pelf, And do things better for myself; A miser surely, tho' not fat, My household's cover'd by my hat. " Rowley, 31st March, 1851." 6 ` JOSEPH JONES. THE EARTH'S ROTATION EXPERIMENTALLY PROVED° —Galileo discovered that all the vibrations of the pendu lum are isochronous—that is, the longest stroke of curve the weighted end can reach is performed in the same go philosopher, an hi in a i n n p c h li r o , or a a m f . e 0 inches; neui t, of and Paris, a young zd and a s a has just made a discovery which promises to be of im portance in physics. If a pendulum be set in motio n i n a vertical plane from north to south, such plane t o an ordinary observer appears to be stationary ; Mr Fou cau lt, pro st m ro is k i e n however, shows this not to be the case, but that the plane is itself slowly, but surely and visibly, moving round the point of suspension, contrary to the earth's m o ti on , or from east to west. The experiment has just been repeated under the superintendence of M. Arago, and fully con firmed. If a pointer be attached to the weight of a pen dulum, suspended by a long and fine wire, capable of turning in all directions, and nearly in contact with the floor of a room, the line which this pointer appears to trace on the ground, and which may easily be followed by a chalk mark, will be found to be visibly but" slowly turn ing round, and thus confirming the rotation of the earth by an experiment on its surface. The subject has caused a great sensation in Paris, and it is intended to apply to Government for the use of the Pantheon, for a grand experiment on a pendulum ;lung from its highest point. April 15, 051, ABD-EL-KADER AND LOUTS NAPOLEON• The Marquess of Londonderry, in a letter to Lora Glengall, gives an interesting account of an intervie"' which he has recently had with Abd-el-Kader at th, Castle of Amboise, in Touraine, where the old warrior ? detained in captivity. Lord Londonderry also corniron l. cates an important correspondence between Louis NW . leon and himself en the subject of Abd-el-liadi s'e Co" finement It appears that the noble lord, after procuriog the necessary authoriz a ti on f or hi s a d m i ss i on to the eX• Emir, proceeded to Amboise, accompanied by Lady lA n. donderry and one of his daughters. Being admitted t° the Castle, which is situated on a very lofty height °V rock, rising from th e r i g ht b an k o f the Loire, after . short delay the party were conducted to the apartmen ts o Abd-el-Kader, when, up on th e d oor being opened, to us° his lordship's words— se The interesting old warrior stood before us. His bourmoo4 is as white as the driven snow—his beard as black as jet —l„ projecting huge eye-brows of the same hue—with teeth 1, 4 ivory—and most expressive dark eyes, showing peculiarlY, t ,."o white liquid tinge surrounding the pupils. His stature is ',I and commanding—his gestures—softness and amiability. "' expression almost inexplicable. Upon my approaching hill' the Emir held out a very large, bony, and deep brown hand me. which, when I grasped, he turned to lead me to the BO and the seats prepared at the head of the room. The COra' mandant alai three or four of his officers entered the root]) with us, and we all sat down. The conversation which ensued was carried on throug h the medium of an interpreter, and his Lordship hasiqg expressed the deep interest the British Empire took 11 ! the Emir's warlike deeds and his fate, and the r egret which was felt at his bei ng d e t a i ne d a pr i soner, the old' warrior expressed a strong desire to see and converse vvitk the President, and knowing that his Lordship had beet! on' terms of friendship with the President, inquired whether he could not manage to effect an interview O r him. His Lordship said he was afraid this would be impossible, but that if a boon could be granted by th: President he thought Lady Londonderry and he vieu l ,, be likely to secure it, and promised to make the Emir wishes known to the President by letter. The Wl' after tea had been handed round, then took their depar ture. On reaching Tours, his Lordship wrote a letter to the President, in whi c h, a f ter p l ea di ng f or t h e lib er ty 01 the old man, who, bowed down by misfortunes an d losses, he thought would be very unlikely to injure the great and powerful nation which keeps him in captivitit and expressing his conviction that, if the slightest danger could result, it would be more than compensated by the glory which would be showered on the French nation by a great act of generosity, his Lordship communicated the request of Abd-el.Kader. We extract the following from the President's reply That which y,u tell me of the Emir Abl-el-Kader has grer!tlY interested me, and I find markedly in your solicitude for WI the same generous heart that interested you some years since in favour of the prisoner of Ham. I confess to you, that Wln the first day of my election, the captivity of Abl-el-Kader has not ceased•to occupy me, and to weigh like a burden upon I P,I heart. I have also often been oc cu pi e d i n see ki ng fq , means that could permit me t o pl ace hi m a t lib er t y, wane . ? risking a compromise of the repose of Algeria. and the security of our soldiers and colo n i s t s . T o -d ay , even th e new Anibal; bassador, who is about to repair to Constantinople, is charge(' by me to study this question; and believe me, my dear gar" guess, no person will be more happy than I, when it will be permitted to me, to rend er lib er ty to Abl -e l - K a d er. shall always be very glad to see the Emir, but I can see him to an nounce no good news; I am, therefore, until that period arriVellf deprived of the possibility of granting his request. THE PAPAL AGGRESSION. Mr. Page Wood, the new Solicitor-General, was amour the hearers of Cardinal Wiseman at St. George's Romisi' Chapel, Westminster, on Thursday. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.—Copies of the subjoined placard were posted on Sunday last up on th e Th o l se l an d c h a pel gates of Kilkenny. This significant appeal to the passion, of the rabble curiously illustrates the meaning some 1 0 ; man Catholics attach t o suc h can t p h rases as " lib er ty 0' conscience," the ' free right to petition,'&c, The Pope—Cardinal Wiseman ! ! !—The following stranger s in this city have petitioned Parliament against the Pope , Cardinal Wiseman, and the Catholics of Ireland, CO'' firming the base charges of Drummond against the re", ligious institutions of o ur coun t ry . M en an d wome n °' Ireland will you stand this ?' The natural effects of 81/ appeal which would have done credit to the genius of the Inquisition itself have been attacks on several unoffendlog individuals. THE GREAT ANTI-PAPAL LEAGUE.—The noblernell, members of the House of Commons, clergymen of tl4 Church of England, and dissenting ministers of all tr evangelical denominations, who have been engaged ' 5 some weeks past in forming a basis fo r a grea t A n ti-paP League, concluded their labours in Osborne's Hotel. o n Friday. The formation of this powerful league will be. forthwith inaugurated by a great g a th er i ng i n the largas' place which can be got in London. When its constito' tion and plans are brought before the public, it will strike terror into the heart of popery. It will be more than de fensive. It will assume the aggressive. It will bring i fs means and appliances to bear even on the very city f in duc t the itself. One of its principal objects will be to the British government to demand from the Pope tb il „ toleration to En g lish P ro t es t an t s i n R ome w hi c h we E" abundantly accord to Roman Catholics in this countrY."' Morning Post. MORE RESERVE.—In one of the principal villages to the north of London, some benevolent ladies have RI maintained a school for the children of the poor, man"; . and supported by themselves. They h a d se l e cted are of tress, who came to them with the recommendations ,0 two of the Chelsea clergy, and who professed to belong: ep the Church of England. A short time back, in con - • quence of some unpleasant rumours, a close inquiry set on foot;—when, after for some time professing au t herence to the Church of England,—the mistress vre e ! a b last brought to admit that she had v isit e d the Rotto s a priest once, twice, perhaps more than six times, -13° confessed,—in short, after long f enc i ng , th e p l a i n avow. B came out, that she had join e d th e Ch urc h o f Rome 1, June last ! "And have you, since then, and while Y ° l continued mistress of the Church of England schoo,,, confessed to the priest ?" " Yes ; to two priests . 0 " And have they, kno w i ng thi s c i rcums t ance , g i v en 3°4 absolution ?"—" Yes." " Th en , I mus t t e ll you, that, ' t you were to call in the first stranger that went by, and ' e him know that, while occupying this post, you have e oll ‘ fessed, and been absolved by your priests, he—anY Iv ; different person—would declare that those priests rr e ' nothing better than a couple of rogues !"—Herald. THE PAPAL AGGRESSION AND PORTUGAL.—A COf respondent of the Times thus writes from Lisbon, ference to the " Papal Aggression" upon Portugal • , " This aggression upon Portugal consists in the POP! , attempt to deprive the Archbishopric of Goa of its jul, diction over the Roman Catholic Church, in those 11 ,,, jacent possessions, which have passed from Portugal to dominion of the English and Dutch. The Pope had e l ' dently attempted to tamper with Archbishop Torres be: fore he went to Goa, but he, upon his arrival, insiste:t_ upon maintaining intact the rights of the Portugue - .! Crown ; he would not allow the Pope's Vicars-Aposto ltE ] to usurp the jurisdiction of his Archbishopric, and, so far as the English possessions are concerned, it appears tba Archbishop's spiritual authority was acknowledged, 01 . 1 the Pope's innovations disallowed. The Holy See le' however, never at a loss to compass its ends, and there; fore the Nnncio in Lisbon adopted the Count of Thonaer,.. party, and the Count being appointed by the Saldant" Ministry to arrange the affair with the Nuncio, Arch i bishop Torres was recalled from Goa, with the consent of the government, and no other successor being appoint! to that distant See, the Pope can, in the meantime, pia ,, his cords in India just as he likes. u t r N i n PIEDMONT.—AN Signor I N l t o o r e . LAND.—In the sitting of the 27th ult. of the Chamber 0- De N p u ut N ie N s Eß o l f E T S tion of considerable importance in the present position 0 ,, Piedmont with respect to Rome. The first article dire': that no person under 21 years of age shall take religion; vows in a convent. By article 2, such person must / 131 i r o A n N e developed AiPr' E a TpOrop::::: lived in a society at least six months within the period °,„. two years before taking their vows. Article 3 prescrib e _; that no fo re i gner w h o s h a ll h ave t a k en vows in °qty; countries, contrary to the rules laid down in the prececliP t ; articles, shall be admitted into a religious commu n o , within the Sardinian States. Article 4 extends this P , l ip vision to Sardinian subjects who have taken vows foreign countries. Article 5 provides that any Pcf tv accepting vows, or allowing them to be taken, contra ry 9 9 ~e the above provisions, shall be punished with five Y'j exile ; and any person taking such vows shall be dePPI, of civil rights. The Chamber took this bill into consl o '; ration by an immense majority. It is obvious th t r Popery is in its death struggle in Italy ; and that, but N ie the presence of Austrian and French bayonets, the wh° a horde of spiritual vampires who have for ages f a stene,, themselves upon the heart of humanity would be dri c r, out of every portion of the Peninsula. In addition to tl'_/ above fact, full of hope as it is that the regeneratio n Italy is not far distant, it is understood that the comn'!3 nial council of Turin has decided that the ground require for the erection of the monument in commem arationli the Siccardi law, abolishing ecclesiastical privileges, 511 ' be granted gratuitously by the city. CHALLENGE TO A POPISH BISHOP.—The vr Aid Herald of Thursday last, contains a letter from the ftl, Joseph Baylee to the Roman Catholic Bishop Br°" from which we take the followint; pithy extracts : ,Do Corifes.yion.—Uuder this head you again evade proofs. They are too disgusting and abominable for me to Pu IP. lis ßu h, even in Latin. tc t I offer to prove, in the presence of twelve resP e able husbands and fathers— I. Priests are bound to ask obscene and polluting rue' tions of all females moral and immoral. 11. All females are bound to explain, with rev: 4 o 'o minuteness, subjects which ought to strike any wool' mind with horror. dint' 111. No heathen classic is a thousandth part so P°' ing as Romish books of devotion. oti S . these •e awful accusat: mill hire to .dese are ccu.ations ; will you venture them to the test •, do The Celibacy of the Clergy.—Under this head 51 , 0 0 not even attempt an answer to my arguments. 0 , 0 0 merely say, that it is lawful for n man t o ma ke a v O V O if the Church enforcing a vow was the same as a , re' voluntarily making a vow. I shall merely, therefore? state the arguments : 1 , OP, I. Celibacy is recommend e d, no t t o the clergyto the laity, in all the placesin the New Testament vgn` is referre to. 11. Marriage is recommended to bishops, and lt!, tho his children and household we ll regu l a t e d, is g iven ler , Holy Ghost as one qualifi ca ti on o f a Ch r i s ti an min is fa ilP' 111. Forbidding to m arr y is a dep ar t ur e f r om the the work of seducing spirits. IV. St. Peter was a married man. V. Marriage is honourable in all, Therefore in the derv.