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Varliamentarp proreatitgs. HOUSE OF LORDS I.IOND AY After some observations from the Bishop of LINCOLN as to Mr. Horsman's speech on the state of the clergy in his diocese, The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH called the attention of the house to the increase which had taken place in the public expenditure at a time when, owing to the distressed state of trade at home and abroad, it was more than ever ne cessary to observe a rigid economy. The Miscellaneous Estimates had risen from £2,332,638 in 1838, to £3,659,000 in 1847. The noble earl then went through several items in those estimates to prove the enormous increase that had taken place, and concluded by calling on the government to postpone every charge upon the public purse which was not absolutely indispensable. The Marqiiis of I:ANSDOWNE would not follow the Earl of Ellenborough through all his details. but would content himself with observing that there were no means whatever within the reach of the government and parliament by which the wants of a constantly increasing population and an extending empire could be provided for without an in crease in the public estimates and expenditure. In con clusion, he would assure their lordships that, the govern ment were deeply convinced of the importance of carrying on the public service with the greatest practicable regard to economy, and that the subject should continue to exer cise their earnest attention. _ _ _ After some further discussion the returns moved for by Lord Ellenborough were ordered, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. -:VIOLA D Al After a short discussion upon a petition respecting a compromise in the case of ti house i ved its€ nto committee on the Pu blic Health Bill, and was engaged during the rest of the evening in the discussion of its clauses. HOUSE OF Li TUESDAY The house sat only for a short time HOUSE O. After a short cony( position to adj ie same side as Lord ( v of 'S policy v hick forined the subject also spol' Inted Nlr. Hum F ndments, was then reported to port was received forthwith, the bill The Earl of HARROWBY, in opposition to the bill, com bated the argument deduced from the admission of SoCi nians into Parliament. Socinians were admitted, not as Socinians, but as Dissenters, who took the oath upon the faith of a Christian. He concurred with the Bishop of Oxford, that the admission of Jews into Parliament would lower the religious tone and standard of that great as sembly. _ _ The Earl of YARBOROUGH advocated the measure, as relieving the Jews from a species of persecution. The Earl of DESARW took a different view of the mea sure, and supported the amendment. considering that the bill was a violation of the constitution. The Earl of ELLE:,'MhitE said, if he could believe that this bill would create an indifference towards religion, still more if it would unchristianize the Legislature, no induce ment should prevail upon him to support it ; but he could not believe that such a consequence would result from admitting a few Jews into Parliament. Lord STANLEY began by paying a compliment to the able and unanswerable speech of the Bishop of Oxford, which was sufficient to justify their lordships in throwing out this bill. He denied, with the right rev. prelate, that the privilege of sitting in parliament was a right ; it was a trust, the withholding of which was no punishment and no persecution The noble lord attacked with some se verity the argument which the Bishop of St. David's had founded upon the analogy between the Unitarian creed and Judaism, and he drew a distinction between those civil functions which a Jew could exercise as well as a Christian, and the office of making laws binding upon Christians. The argument in favour of the bill,drilwn from the fact of the election of a Jew by the city of Lon don told the other way : suppose the city had elected a pauper, a minor, or a woman. He did not apprehend any other house of parliament ; but, on the other hand, what was the great object to be gained by the admission of that number of rich Jews, for which their lordships were to legislation of this country ? The question was, whether their lordships would maintain that principle, or would fly in the face of the deliberate judgment of the country, repudiate the Christian character, and let an inference be drawn that this house was indifferent to the profession or non-profession of Christianity, which would produce a deep effect upon the public mind, and especially on the minds of the soundest and most religious portion of the *rom the legislature of this country, alienating their he sptpch tb. -*lon from the venerable Prelate to the L. au expla er a reply from t his lordship, wit: Contents— , s divid of LANSDOWNE hen the number 32 ; total, 128 38 ; total, 163 proxies, Their lordships then adjourned HOUSE OF COMMONS Dr a variety of questions ty's Government, of to the conduct of Sir H. Bulwer in Spiin, and to THURSDAY been answered by her Le most important re- On the qu Speaker do now leave the by surp X clauses s, which be had pledged himself to tions last year to retain in his bill of this N' a t er w a Mr.. MuNTz supported the amendment, as did Mr EWDEGATE, Mr. W. PATTEN, Mr. HENLEY, Sir W LAY, and Mr. P. Woon ; on the other hand +1 course adopted by the Government was defended by Lord MoR- Mr. S. CRAWFORD, and Mr. HUDSON, who re- this recommendation Mr. SPOONER complied, first received an assurance from the Attorney .l that the bill, after it had gone through commit should be reported immediately and then reprinted ; Ind that it should be reserved for future consideration nst I after it was reprinted. . - The house then resolved itself into committee, and was engaged for some time in the discussion of the remaining clauses of the bill. Tll the hoes( on for a sweeping 20th of June next ament of the hous atory speec Hume, for which he recei , ied - a severe Mr. Cobden. Lord JOHN RUSSELL ex sent neither the middle or " People's Charter," or which came very near to it .stigation from A his opinion that at pre - hed for the ing classes wi: great plan of reform motion was then. by leave, v bill, with its a 'I ecommitted, the amended clauses were inserted, and the report of the amended bill was also received forth with. The bill was then ordered to be printed and re considered on Thursday. !II against Mr. I On the motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL. the Joint Stock Companies Bill was read a third time. A clause proposed by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL was added to it by way of rider. Another clause, proposed by Mr. HEAD. LAM. giving. a power to shareholders to stop creditors, by the intervention of the Court of Chancery, from proceed ing against them, individually, for the recovery of their just debts, was opposed by Mr. M. GIBSON, Mr. G. J. TURNER, and the SOLICITOR-GENERAL, on the ground that it was not founded either on justice or on equity. It was supported by Mr. AGLIONBY ; but, on a division, was negatived by a majority of 94 over 9 voices. The bill was then passed. On the motion of the LORD-ADVOCATE, the Law of Entail (Scotland) Bill was committed. Considerable dis cussion took place in committee on the bill, after which the house resumed, and the report was ordered to be re ceived on Friday. ues _ The other orders wcre then disposed of, and the house HOUS .TIIURSDAY HOUSE OF COMMONS- FRIDAY adjourned The preliminary subjects referred to were, the suggested abolition of grand juries within the limits of the jurisdic tion of the stipendiary magistrates of the metropolis ; the taking of Lord R. Grosvenor into, and his discharge out of the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms, the noble lord, from an accidental circumstance, not having appeared at the table at the usual hour to be sworn on the Dublin election committee ; Mr. Ewart's motion relative to the substitution of direct for indirect taxation ; and a conver sation relative to the Windsor Castle and Town Improve ment Bill. On the question of going into committee of supply, Mr. HuME asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer in what manner he proposed to provide for the £3.000.000 defi- . . ciency of last year —a question which the ri, declined to answer at present. ght hon. bart The house then went into committee, when, on the question of further grants on account for the naval service, a discussion ensued relative to Mr. Cobden's previous statements as to the inactivity of British men-of-war on f- - the '-- f--- .oreign stations, _ :ion. member dec._ :rom copies of the logs of the ships referred to, the accuracy of the infer ences he had drawn. After observations in explanation from Admiral Dundas, and Captain Berkeley, and a personal attack from Mr. B. Cochrane on the hon. member for the West Riding, the growing storm was allayed by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who urgcd that, inasmuch as the latter hon. evidence adduced, it would be a waste of time to piarsuc the_subject further. _ Various items of the miscellaneous estimates were pro nri...l va;tl-. tba nnl a nna ninincr ricer to a diczanceinn hn;na COMMONS.—TUESDAY sation on Lord G. Bentincl _ irn over the Derby day, which was duly carried upon a division Lord G. BENTINC showing the quant!tit 1845, £ duties all arti and 184( on thos and the quantit S of cotton, woollen he co rr tion of a t. in the num per centagi tion of the motion Lord G. Bentinck had s the cou to show comrner by whic theory r was now in his lordship's int Iv to mak nions wer believed under his bring down M EWDEGATE followed on tl and Sir G. CLERK defe tion was more the become m Mr. LA a of Sir R it hrar Peel's c it as to of his lo; then postpc [lament, till reform of pai Mr. F. 0'1,( in order to deliver an obju ed for a variety of retur on the redu object of 1 present experi resum !e itself n reply from Lord G. BENTIN - cx the return the ho The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved the second read ing of the Jewish Disabilities Bill. lie admitted, at the outset, that this measure, thouii it affected the interests of some of her Majesty's most loyal subjects, was not of a nature to excite the s me interest as other measures for 1 disabilities. It was but a small voice removing c which endp Lion wa The noble upon the subj, that voice uttered a claim for is then took a viev f our leg] gn of Queen Elizabth, ob- serving that the bill made no in the constitutional law of this country, which recognized no such disabilities, and those who objected to the measure were bound to make good their grounds of opposition. His lordship showed that the policy of the test the effect of which excluded the Jews from parliament was directed not against the Jews, but against the Roman Catholics. The justice of removing the practical disabilities of the Jews had - oeen advocated by statesmen of great authority, and this bill came to their lordships recommended by the House of Commons, whose opinion had been expressed by three successive majorities. He denied that this was a religious question ; no precept of religion, no part of the revealed will of God, precluded their lordships from entertaining this measure of relief in favour of a people who, although not Christians, were a people between whom and Christians there existed din - and unquestionable relations ; and whos benevolence, charity stro .ct, important, and humanity, gave them the His lordship showed the gest title to stih relief tency of permitting a Jew to act singly, as a magistrate, and excluding him from a popular assembly, where he would be but a unit, and that the policy of England in respect to the Jews was at variance with the practice of other nation The Eal- incons aouGn moved that the second reading of the bill be deferred for six months, content that the small a sure would nitude of the sacrifice. The principle which this measure would proclaim, namely, that whatever be the religion of a man he would be entitled to be a member of parliament was destructive of one - the reformatory establishment for juvenile offenders, at Parkhurst. The Irish Franchise Bill was read a second time, after which the Borough Elections (No. 2) Bill passed through committee, Colonel Sibthorp's opposition, and that of other hon. members, proving unavailing, as, on a din a great crisis of th e f a t e o f thi s country; warn i ngs of division, the original motion was carried by a majority of various kinds had been given by the direct interposition 88, the numbers being 166 to 78. The Tobago Relief and of Providence, and the political evils which had visited Immigration into British Guiana and Trinidad Bill was other countries were not likely to be averted from this read a second time; after which Lord Palmerston laid the nation by a legislation for private purposes which would further correspor ' relati - to the r- tr- -actions of the constitution. I mon law of the land, this measure, arising f ter of the Jews, who most important principles ity was parcel of the corn- lentify t Ituttons We were desecraU Aden( —we to L. .ece,. ra, In Spain upon the table. and the house adjourned Duke of CAMI FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. THE OVERLAND MAIL krc:hbishop of CANTE ith which t pOrtion of the most valuable Advices, in anticipation of the Overland Mail, have reached London, bringing dates from Calcutta to the 6th of April, Madras the Bth, Bornbay the 15th, and China, . . . March 29. This arrival communicates no political news of interest—suffice it to say, that the most profound tran quility reigns throughout India. The rajah of Sattarah, brother of the deceased rajah, died on the sth of April, hands of the British government. The ren tal is said to exceed £150,000 a year. The judgment of the Supreme Court of Calcutta has affirmed the validity of the Union Bank post-bills, thereby fixing the shareholders of that disastrous concern with a million sterling of liabilities, of which they hoped to have been exempted. The firm of Carr, Tagore, and Co., of which the cele brated Dwrrlcenouth Tagore was the founder, has failed — to them no one imputed dishonourable conduct. No further failures had taken place at Bombay or Madras, and markets at both places were improving, and credit and confidence reving. The Boogtie chief, Islam Khan, who had been assigned lands near Larkhanah, in Scinde, on his surrender after the murderous victory of Lieut. Merewether, has fled with his family to the hills, where he will, it is said, be joined by the remnants of his retinue, intent on foray, and eager for revenge. Lord Dalhousie continued at Calculta, quietly pursuing the wise and peaceful course of policy he seems to have chalked out for himself. Commercial matters both at Bombay and Calcutta were in much the same state as at the departure of the previous The papers from China acquaint us with the arrival at Hong Kong, on the 29th March, of the new governor, Samuel George Benham, Esq., where he was received with all due honours. His excellency took the oaths and his seat as governor on the following day. Trade dull, rust in commercial dealings FRANCE. Whilst the French Commission is ruminating over the fabrication of a constitution, protected in its de liberations by a fine army of 50,000 soldiers, the bour geoisie of Paris are filled with an alarming sense of in security. It seems that neither Communists nor the sections are extinct notwithstandi ng the failure of the outbreak headed by Barbes, Raspail, and Sobrier. It is apprehended that the Terrorists may make another at tempt at any moment, and although the clubs are being suppressed one by one, and there is present the powerful army which we have just mentioned, both the Govern ment arid the peaceably-disposed are ill at ease. The finance committees would, it was understood, re port strongly against the government propositioa for the redemption of railways. A protest of the Orleans Princes against the project of banishment has excited ,much in terest. Lists of candidates for the twelve vacant seats for Paris are published in the government papers. The.con test will he a warm one. Tbe Refonne supports .avowed Conanauditts. istianiz:.: the Bri. parliament briefly expressed the high Jews, whom he ha/ known ,ngland ; but ag long as this nienr, lie could not consent into parliament, CiNXING in favour of it, rent and pecu sviewed by a embers of the co-m- in Hanover, a remained a ( to the admi After a si Tit( ruder of ti the sus lark mun►ty The Earl of WINCRELS after whom the Duke of ARGYLE, in a maiden speech of considerable ability, supported the bill, whilst he admitted the remarks of the Earl of Ellenborough, that this was a religious question, and dissented altogether from the doc trine that Christianity had nothing to do with legislation in this country. followed on the The Bishop of ST. DAVIDS supported the bill, after whom The Bishop of OXFORD said it was painful to the feel ings to seem to stan in the way of granti ng a r i g h t to any class of people in this country ; and if what was asked was a right he should be prepared to give it in spite of ulterior consequences. But he contended that this was no right withheld from Jews. What was called the right of sitting in parliament was no right at all ; it was a trust given to a representative to be exercised in favour of the repre sented. The right rev. prelate quoted extracts from writ- ings of modern German Rabbis, to show that the Jews bad no identity of political feeling with the people with whom they were domiciled, but _were a. nation within a rine ; it had been nation This was r prectically adopted by the Jews in Russia, who assisted the slytttered army of Napoleon, and, in the war between France and England, an English Jew was found ready to contract a loan with the French Government. He con- tended that the amongst us upon Jews c viand had come to sojourn i express understanding that they ascribed this bill to a private motive, to the position in which the Prime Minister had found himself at the last election. That it would unchristianize the legislature of this country. in the very truest sense of the word he fully believed. It would admit into parliament not merely dis believers, but enemies and haters of Christianity. The principle upon which this country made laws to govern half the globe was, that the law of England, as all our jurisconsults declared, rested on the New Testament, and this bill would ov and impair A small band of sturdy Jewish members might decide the fate of a ministry, and he warned their lordships, if they passed this bill, that it would lead, sooner or later, to the separ ation of church and state; that it would wound the reli gious sympathies of the people of this country ; would in jure all and strengthen none. The Earl of Sr. GERMANS, in supporting the bill, re plied to some of the arguments of the Bishop of Oxford, and denied that the Jews were incapable of feeling an in terest in the affairs of the country in which they resided. The Earl of EGLINTOUN supported the amendment, and Lord LYTTEJ.TON the bill, without mooting any new point. he foresaw pol emselves with nu tion, t TTIE LIVERFVOL STANBARD. The general principles on which the Constitution shall be based have been agreed to by the committee. There is to be but one chamber, with triennial elections by uni versal suffrage, as at present. The Republic will have a president, to be elected every three years. The magis tracy, including judges of all courts, are to be submitted to election every three years. All these elections for pre sident, and representatives, and magistrates are to take place, on the sanze day, every third year. It is suppoeed that the stipend allotted to the clergy will be continued. The instability of public men .and public measures among our Gallic neighbours, seems to have imparted a ray of hope to Prince Joinville, who has put forth some feelers in La P r esse newsp a per, in order, apparently, to complicate the prevailing confusion, and to precipitate a crisis, which may terminate in calling the ex-royal sailor, and the denouncer of Englisi. naval supremacy, to the throne which his father filled for eighteen years. The decree banishing Louis Philippe and his family for ever from France and her colonies, was passed in the Na tional Assembly on Friday, by a majority of 632 against 63. The Mayor of Havre has given -notice that, in conse quence of the straitened *condition of the city coffers and the prolonged continuance of the financial crisis, all pub lic warehouse dues must be discharged previous to the removal of any description of merchandise. _ A COINCIDENCE.—The Univers calls the attention of its readers to the following extraordinary coincidence, and asks can it be purely fortuitous :—" The attack on the National Assembly was made on the 15th of May ; the revolution in Vienna was accomplished on the 15th of May ; and the insurrection at Nariles took place on the 15th of May." The Univers might have added that a movement at Berlin was meditated on the 15th of May. THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND THE FRENCH RAIL- ROADS.—The project for the dispossession of the railway companies, and the forced purchase ,of the lines by the Government, is at length brought forward by the Govern ment. It is presented to the Chamber, and appears in the Moniteur of Sunday morning. The following are the conditions recommended :-1. To take their prices at the last settlement of 15th February. 2. Their prices on 4th April. 3. The average of their prices for the six months preceding the revolution of February. It is proposed that the last should be adopted by the assembly. The indem , nity to be given in stock, at the price of the Bourse for the corresponding period to that selected for estimating the value of the shares. Letters from Civita Vecchia n.oitie us tieing of an alarmir aracter. The ministry was resolved - , and there were fears that the events of the Ist of May would be repeated. Bozzelli was i trusted with the formation of a new minist€ It was reatened to stated that the French :squadron at Naples bombard the royal palace. The -Piedmonese Gazette of the 22d, states that the council and committee of public safety of Mantua had sent two deputies to offer to King Charles Albert the homage of the districts evacuated by the enemy, and that his Majesty received the deputation most graciously, de claring that he would make all the efforts which the ne cessity of the war would permit for the defence of the province INSURRECTION AT NAPLES. tics the scene of an insurrection on the 17th It app( _ s that the struggle between the rioters and the troops lasted upwards of six hours, during which 100 of the latter were killed. The same letters add a circum stance, but which we cannot credit until further confirmed. city for severs All the beautiful villai anti -"- laces which skirted the bay have, it is said, been reduced to ashes, The King has ordered Prince C..riati to form a nc Ministry, and has disbanded the National Guards. Letters from Messina of the 3d May state that, not withstanding the armistice, the Neapolitans continued to make sorties from the citadel, but the Sicilians received them with a shower of balls. On the 30th there was a fight which lasted all night to the next day. The Sicilians suffered but little loss ' although the enemy's was severe.. The Neapolitan Major Flores, mortally wounded ou the 24th, died in Reggio a few days afterwards. The loss of the Neapolitans on that day was twenty-six killed and forty wounded. The citadel has been reinforced with troops and provisions. The Comforti Ministry has resigned, and the following is the composition of the new Ministry :—Bozzelli for the Interior and, provisionally, Public Instruction ; Prince Ischitella, War and Marine ' • Torella, Agriculture an d Commerce and, provisionally, Ecclesiastical Affairs ; Ca rascosa, Public Works ; and Paolo Ruggiero, Finances. This news is, no doubt, premature, but ere many days are over, we expect a general insurrection of the provinces. The Chamber of Deputies is dissolved, and the Govern- that they shall be escorted to their homes To the preceding, we add the following from the Italia of Pisa : "The Civic Guard of Naples has been almost annihi lated, after a valorous resistance. After the struggle, all who were taken with arms in their hands were shot, by order of the King ; many others were carried, bound hand and foot, on board a ship, where there are a£ present more than 500. The National Guard has been suppressed, and an order issued that whoever did not give up his arms within 24 hours would be shot. Naples is become a charnel house, and is governed by martial law. The white Bour bon flag is subjected for the tricolour." PRUSSIA The first session of the National Assembly of Prussia was opened on the 22nd instant, at Berlin, by the King in person. The time originally fixed for its meeting has been anticipated on account of the pressure of affairs, political and financial. The great task of the present Assembly is to frame this constitution, of which the form has been already laid before it by the ministry ; it is ex pected that some parts of the plan will be rejected, or greatly modified, and that most of them will be warmly debated. His Majesty having made a speech to the se nators, retired, and the Assembly was declared opened. M. Schon, an ex-Minister, was elected president. A serious collision took place, on Sunday, between the Prussian soldiery and the citizens, aided by the Burgher Guard, at Mayence. Several were killed and a large number wounded on both sides. The soldiers were beaten into the fortress, and then General Von Huser issued a proclamation declaring Mayence in a state.of seige, and threatening bombardment if the citizens did not surrender their arms. Besides this measure, the trains on the railroads were stopped, the steamers prevented from departing, and ingress and egress to and from the city compelled to cease. At the instance of the civic authorities, the people on Monday delivered up their arms, and the Civic Guard was dissolved. The exasperation of feeling against the Prussians is represented as intense. SPAIN The Espana of the 20th of May states that amongst the causes of the dismissal of Sir H. Bulwer there are some which very gravely compromise his character. The same paper states that Sir H. Bulwer, before his departure, sent another note to the Spanish government, declaring that he would withdraw with the whole of the legation, and that the reply was, that the passports which had been sent were intended for him and for him alone; because he alone and not England, nor the English government, nor any other agent or functionary of that government at Madrid, could have given cause for the unfortunate but indispensa ble step which had been taken. Lieutenant-General Comte Mirasol, on a special mission from Spain to the British government, arrived on Thursday, at the Hanover Hotel, in Hanover-square. AnsruiA.—ln Austria a most astounding event has taken place. The Emperor suddenly left the capital on a plea of ill health, but really because he had been filled with mistrust as to the sentiments of the people towards him. There were some who looked upon the matter as a mere ruse on the part of the Emperor to test the loyalty of his subjects ; if that be so, it answered its purpose, for the people were clamorous for his return, and when he made his appearance again at the Palace in Vienna, the people were in raptures. THE WEST INDIA MAlL. — These advices gave a melan choly account of the state of affairs throughout the islands. The colonists it Jamaica, however, are bestirring them selves in the defence of their property, and are at length taking decisive means to represent their depressed and ruined position. A meeting had been held for " taking into consideration the alarming state into which the plant ing and agricultural interests of the islands are thrown by the announcement of the determination of her Majesty's ministers to adhere to their ruinous measures of 1845." Resolutions explanatory of the impoverished state of the island, the destruction of property, the decline of trade, &c. were passed, and finally it was determined to forward petitionsTand memorials to her Majesty and parliament. The New York Legislature has passed an act to abolish imprisonment for debt, and limit imprisonment for fines, allowing each day's imprisonment to liquidate eight dol lars of the fine. So active is the slave trade in Brazil, that 5,000 negroes were lately landed at Bahia, within two months, while about 7,000 others were disembarked in the neighbour hood of Campos, Rio Grande, and Rio de Janeiro. THE CHOLERA.—We are informed that the Asiatic cholera had appeared at Constantinople. The pestilence has also reappeared at Moscow. By prior information, derived from the official returns, it appears that during the last year 300,000 persons had been attacked, and about 100,000 persons had perished in Russia. In certain towns in Russia, comprising a population of 411,245, 21,295 per sons had been attacked, of whom 11,361 had died, the number attacked being 1 to 19.5 of the population. In nearly the same towns, but with a smaller population, 305,329, the number of sick on the former visitation in the year 1830-31, was 15,550, of whom 9,018 died, the number of sick being then Ito 19.6 of the population. The late course of the disease in Russia is agreed to have been in all respects similar to the course in 1830-31. It was then abated by the frost, and re-appeared with the spring. It was hoped that it had spent its force at the period when the frost sets in, but its revival at widely distant points, under similar circumstances to the former, is regarded with great interest by the medical authorities, and gives its own warning, which, it is to be hoped, may not be needed.— Times. _ PEACE POLICY.—On Tuesday, in the National Assem bly, M. de Lamartine delivered a long speech. on the Italian and Polish questions. He regretted the irregula rities that had been committed on the frontiers of Bel gium and Baden, as they had militated against the Polish cause by chilling the sympathies of Germany; With re gard to Italy, he dezlared that as . soon as aid ;should be demanded there were sixty thousand men ready to cross the Alps ; but unless the Italians themselves 'demanded French intervention, it would be against their 01%17,1 avowed principles in favour of the independence of people, and re spect for nationalities, to obtrude such aid upon them. He then read several ,communications from eminent Italians, deprecating French intervention. Neverthe less, although they, ad not as yet been called upon , to support the oaugo of Italy, yet they had by their lame of policy stimulated and animated the cause of that country's independence. Here he went over the sys tem pursued lay the old Government, which tended to crush and choke the efforts of the Italian people, and contrasted with it the course pursued by the Govern ment of the Repulic. The democratic spirit had spread from Rome through Naples, Tuscany, Mcdena, and, in fine, throughout all Italy ; and he concluded this part of his speech by declaring that, cost what it would, Italy should be free. Coming to the Polish question, he read the instructions forwarded to the agents at the northern courts, anal he was enabled to state that the reply of the King of Prussia and of Baron d'Arnim to the sustained correspondence kept on the subject of Poland had been most satisfactory. He could assure the Assembly that the language of the King of Prussia had never wavered from the commencement. Before the revolution of Berlin the King assured the French representative of his intention to accord to Posen a separate organisation, and to recognise the indepen dence of that province. After the revolution of Ber lin, he held precisely the same language, and if the King's promis'es had not been carried out, the blame was to be attributed to other circumstances. Here M. de Lamartine detailed the unhappy collisions that had broken out in Posen between the Poles and Germans, and which the Poles had, by their own intestine divisions, brought about : nevertheless, the King of Prussia had again renewed his promise with regard to Posen, so soon as the restoration of order would enable him to accomplish his intentions. He then turned to the state of Germany, and dwelt on the general marks of sympathy manifested throughout the German States in favour of Poland, as elicited by what took place at Cracow, and he proceeded in the most eloquent terms to point out what would have been the consequences of an attack by the French Republic on the German States for the sake of Poland. He shewed that all nationalities would have been armed against France, and that the cause of de mocracy would have been ruined beyond hope: and the first victim would have been Poland herself, who would have been crushed before France could come to her relief. He proceeded to show that the restoration of Poland should take place with the consent of the northern powers, acted on by the moral efforts of the people of Germany, stimulated by democratic France. M. de La martine concluded by speaking in a most energetic man ner in favour of moral intervention through Germany, and showing the folly and uselessness of armed invasion. IREL 4 N D it to be on the jury at all ased. acquittal, had, it but did duty for his father, de REPEAL Goons.—Among the tradesmen have prepared for th repealers, besides pikes and rifles, "repeal letter paper," ar An unfortunate lunati many years a respectabl, s which th, .pedal u. )üblin of ardent wife; who has been frequ husband taken to an.asyl ;rannell, for iurdered his really recommended to have her 1 --s declined. Dr. Doyle Club, in Sil lii Tl4.c. h that the ought not, by any means, to allow John, if f to be sent away in a convict-ship, and the course, promise that they won't. MouE ARRESTS.—A warrant has been issued for the arrest of C. G. Duffy, and informations charging T. D. Reilly with having committed felony under the new act, have been sworn to. On Tuesday, Mr. Reilly was brought Doyleifes, Of up at the police-office, and after a great deal of discussion was admitted to bail, to appear at the next commission, a THE BEGGlNG ciliation Hall repeal individual who acted as foreman of th case of Smith O'Brien was installed as chairman_ John O'Connell stated that the Association was now destitute of funds, and he called on `• the youna blood of Box AGAIN N meeting of the Con- jury in the lat, Ireland—the children now growing lectors, and if they could not to give at least a halfpenny p," to become col .ribute a penny a-month, True bills were foUnd on Wednesday against Patrick Fogarty, Andrew English, Patrick Kelly, J. O'Brien, J. Brenman, Michael Murphy, C. Macnamara, Frederick Bridgeman, Wm. Bell, Peter Devey, Bernard O'Sullivan, trick Farrell, and Wm. Maclog' gaged in drilling and training in Shin- Patrick Farr .er, for having been en: _ treet, in the city of ate neighbourhood of the re connected with the con- Dublin, THE CROPS TN IRELAND.-With respect to potatoes, it is gratifying to know that a considerable width of them has been got down in the district, and that the early planted ones a:-e doing well; exhibiting, where they have Seen examined, proots m oealthy germin ation. Wheat is most luxuriant in appearance, and bids fair, so far, to vie with the crop of last season. Oats, in rich, well pulverized land, are looking remarkably healthy. Early sown barley has a very healthy hue. Grass l a nd s and young clover beds are remarkably promising. —Drog heda Arclua. uxuriant and On Tuesday week, a man named Harty, living near Limerick, died of fever, and before life was extinct, his brother went with a party of ruffian 3, and entered Ys house and pillaged it of everything, and then drove the cattle off the land, without leaving his wife as much as would bury her husband. The Sunday after they again visited the house, took the corpse of the dead man, flung it on to the dunghill, and beat the unfortunate widow and her friends. The police afterwards obtained possession of the cattle, which they gave to the widow, and eight of the ringleaders in the barbarous act have been committed for trial. There is no limit to the ferociousness and fanaticism of the Irish Confederates. At a meeting held in Dublin on Sunday, a Mr. R. O'Gorman, jun., hazarded the hold idea that Mitchel's advocacy of murder by vitriol squirts and ginger beer bottle grenades was a direct act of Divine inspiration. "Perhaps" said the brilliant orator " that glorious enthusiasm which has swept him so far ahead of us may have come from God, and as yet we do not perceive its light." The idea was greeted with tre mendous cheers ; and fired Mr. Mitchel's colleague in guilt, Mr. T. F. Meagher with still more brilliant con ceptions. __ THE " UNITED IRISHMAN." The renowned priest of Templederry, the Rev. Father Kenyon, has arrived in Dublin, for the purpose, it is said, of superintending the editorial department of the United Irishman, in the event of that journal being deprived of the services of its pre _ _ sent staff. Mr. Kenyon has been relieved of his ecclesi astical duties, and as it is added that he has no intention of taking any steps to induce Bishop Kennedy to with draw the sentence of suspension, the rev. gentleman will have ample time to devote to the pursuit of newspaper literature. He is possessed of property in the county of Limerick sufficiently ample to render him independent of the income derivable from the parish of Templederry. THE STATE PROSECUTIONS IN IR In the case of the Queen v. Mitchell, on Wednesday, at Dublin, Mr. Holmes, counsel for the prisoner, applied for a postponement of the trial on the ground of the absence of a material witness. An affidavit was put in supporting the application. The Court agreed that the matter should stand over until next day. when the trial of the prisoner proceeded, before Baron Lefroy and Judge Moore. The attorney-general, J. Monahan, Esq. ; Mr. Henn, Q.C. ; Mr. Whiteside. Q.C. ; and Mr. Perrin, appeared to con duct the prosecution ; and Mr. Holmes, Sir Colman O'Loghlen, with Messrs. Pigot and O'Hagan, conducted the prisoners defence. A challenge mas made to the array on the part of Mr. Mitchell, and the matter was referred to the jury, who, through their foreman, found that the panel was fairly and impartially made out by the High Sheriff and his officers. A jury was then sworn in, and the indictment was read at length. The prisoner was in dicted for two distinct publications —one a speech delivered at the Limerick soiree, and published in the United Irish man of the 6th of May; the other a letter addressed to the Protestant farmers, labourers, and artisans of the north of Ireland, published in the same journal, on the 13th of May, of which the prisoner is the proprietor and publisher, the object of both articles being to take away the style, honour, and royal name of our sovereiem lady the Queen ; and to compel her to change her measures. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. The court then ad journed to Friday, when the case was fully gone into, Mr. Holmes making a splendid address in favour of the pri soner, and contending that it was perfectly legal to recom mend the public to arm, on account of the oppression exercised by the Saxons. Mr. Hethl then replied, and after Mr. Justice Moore had charged the jury, they retired, and after about two hours and a half consultation, returned a verdict of guilty. Mr. Mitchell was then removed, and on Saturday morning he was brought up to receive sentence, and on being asked if he had any objections why it should not be passed, he said he had ; it was because he had been found guilty "by a packed jury; by the proceed ings :of a partisan sherif, and by a jury which was packed—was juggled—not by a sheriff, but by a juggler." He was proceeding in this strain when he was interrupted by Baron Lefroy, who then in a lengthened address passed sentence on the prisoner of fourteen years transportation. The learned baron, in the courseof his address, said that the jury could not have come to any other decision, and condemned the line of defence adopted by Mr. Holmes for the prisoner, which his lord ship said amounted very nearly to matter as objectionable as that for which the prisoner stood charged. Mr. .Mitchell was then allowed by the court to speak, when he went on to say that he had several weeks ago promised Lord Clarendon that his lordship should either pack a jury to convict him, or he (Mitchell) would provoke his lordship to a contest in another field. He was then going on to speak of " packed juries, partisan judges, and perjured sheriffs," when he was stopped by the court, and told that he could only be heard within the limits of public decorum. He then said that he retracted nothing and repented of nothing which he had said or done, and that hundreds were ready to follow his course, but on this Baron Lefroy ordered him to be removed. The turnkey then caught Mitchell by the arm, and as he was taken away Lis friends crowded round him, but durinE e whole time he deported himself in perfect composure and deli berate self-possession. At this moment a scs eitement ensuei which, we bel not been Cc, It was nervous I thrillin - g in the extreme The personal friends and adherents of Mr. Mitchell, who thronged the dock, rose, and, in a rush to get a touch o the prisoner, created a commotion at once_reckl ho. vicinity of sight of They seer presence of the judges or the police authorities. Gentle men of the bar, who wore the costume, disrobed themselves and entered into active resistance to the police, by whom several persons were taken into custody, amongst whom were Messrs. Meagher, Doheny, and Richard O'Gorman, jun. During the excitement that prevailed at this period of the proceedings in which the crowded court seemed completely absorbed, Baron Lefroy rose and retired from 14 bench, but Judge Hoare remained unmoved by the excitement. The learned judge was evidently affected by the distressing circumstances under which the prisoner was placed. - After order had been restored, Mr. Doheny, a barrister, and Mr. T. F. Meagher, were brought up in custody of policemen, charged with creating a disturbance in court. At first they both said, that though they did not intend to offer any contempt to the court, they adopted every word that Mr. Mitchel uttered. They were allowed a few mi nutes to consider whether they would not make an apo logy ; but, on refusing to do so, they were removed in custody, but after the lapse of a little time, they were again brought up, - when, on stating that they did not mean any disrespect to the court, they were allowed to be discharged. When the court were about to proceed with the ordinary business, Mr. Holmes rose and said that he begged to repeat all that he had stated the day before, with respect to the treatment of Ireland by England, and that perhaps under the late Act of Parliament the At torney-General might think it right to proceed against him. Loud applause followed.—On Saturday afternoon Mr. Mitchell was conveyed in irons in the prisoners van, escorted by a party of horse police, supported by a squa dron of Carbineers, to the North Wall, where he was placed on board the Sheerwater, which immediately started for Spike Island, Cork. The proper,y of Mr. Mitchel at the United Irishman office, has been seized by the Crown. We have not heard of any disturbance in Ireland. Mrs. Mitchell and her children had an interview with Mr. Alitchel on Saturday. The scene was harrowing in the extreme. For some time the convict preserved a stern composure until subdued by the presence of his wife and artless children, he bent into tenderness. COURT AND FASHION. The Court returned to Buckingham Palace on Friday, from Osborne [louse. Queen Victoria attained the 29th year of her age on Wednesday, the 24th of May; but the event was not publicly kept until Saturday, when her Majesty held a drawing room at St. James's Palace. Lady Sarah Lindsay was safely delivered of a daughter on Friday, at the Earl of Balcarras's mansion, in Berke ley-square. The Queen has conferred the honour of knighthood upon John Romilly, Esti., M.P., her Majesty's Solicitor- General. The Committee for Privileges, on the Saye and Sele Peerage claim, have resolved that the Rev. Frederick Twisleton has made out his claim to be Baron of Saye and Selo. iensington, on resift Royal Big! George the urday evening, aged 71. Her ness was the daughter and twelfth child of THE QUEEN'S DRAWING-ROOM.—Her Majesty's draw ing-room on Saturday was the most brilliant this season. The foreign ambassadors, the Queen's cabinet ministers, the archbishops and bishops, and the chief judges were present. The Queen's costume was very magnificent ; the dress of white satin, tastefully ornamented with gold blonde and lace, all the articles being of British maim facture. Her Majesty wore on her head a very brilliant diamond circle. The dresses of the royal duchesses were a►so m great eeauty ; that of the Duchess of Kent was of silver striped, ornamented with lace; and the dress of the Duchess of Cambridge of white glace, trimmed with lace. The stomacher and head-dress of the former duchess were richly adorned with diamonds ; and those of the latter duchess were adorned with brilliants and emeralda of great value. The dresses of the duchess of Sutherland. Lady rorman, Lady Gainshorough, Lady Canning, Lady Douro, Lady Charlemont, and the other ladies of , the Court, were all of British manu f ac t ure. O n b e i ng intro •.• . duced, the Archbishop of Canterbury delivered an address of congratulation on the auspicious return of her Majesty's natal day. LAW - INTELLIGENCE. TRIAL BY JURY.—.In the third report of the Common Law Commissioners, p. 70, it is recommended that if, after a deliberation of 12 hours , the jury are unable to agree, the veraict or tr out or the 12 should be received. Had this suggestion been carried into effect by parliament, Messrs. O'Brien and Meagher would be now receiving the due reward of their deeds. IMPORTANT TO LIVERY - STABLE KEEPERS AND OTHERS.—In a horse case tried on Friday, in the Court of Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Justice, in summing up, said,—" There were two very prevalent errors against which the public should be guarded. One was that a per son had a lien on a horse for the payment of money due for its keep ; the other that a party might sell property left with him, to pay the expenses incurred in keeping it. In neither of these caaes did any such right exist, though, rrom Inc appearance or auverusements in the papers, stating that property would be sold to pay expenses, the public seemed to be of a contrary opinion." RAILWAY AFFAIRS, No fewer than 102 railways have had further time granted —generally two years—for completing their works. At a spec'a' meeting of the Lana titer and Preston :un tion, after some discussion, the usual dividend of 15s. 2d. on the whole shares, 10s. Id. on tne three-quarter shares, and 4s. on the quarter shares, was declared. Mr. Meacham, one of the persons injured by the acci dent on the Great Western Railway, died on 'Wednesday, from erysipelas brought on by exposing himself to cold, at the Swindon station. THE GUAGES.—The commissioners appointed to en quire into the merits of the guages, have reported that the mixed guages should have a fair trial under their in spection, and that if it answer pretty well in practice, then that the broad guage should go to Birmingham. The Edinburgh and Northern Railway is now open from Ferry-Port-on-Craig to Burntisland, and to Edin burgh, making the communication complete between the Tay and the Forth. On the Perth side also a communi cation has been opened between Edinburgh on the one hand and Perth on the other, as far as Abernety road. The special meeting of the London, Brighton,' and South Coast shareholders on the steam-boat question, took place on Fridsy, but came to no result, the declara tion of the votes being adjourned till the next day. The meeting was very decided in the expression of disapproba tion at the proposals of the directors. The Sussex Express mentions a locomotive of a novel kind, and one likely to be very useful for occasional pur poses. On the Lewis line, a velocipede is propelled by is propelled by paddles and worked by the porters of the establishment. The object of this portable locomotive is to enable the officers to pass along the rail without the expense and encumbrance of a steam engine. The speed attained by this means was from fifteen to twenty miles an hour. From official returns it appears, that the amount of traffic for the last week, on 3,710 miles of railway, was £192,238, thus accounted for :—X98,175 for the convey ance of passengers only, £50,532 for the carriage of goods, and a remainder of £43,531 for passengers and goods together, not respectively apportioned ; being an increase of £24,569 over the corresponding week of last year, when the mileage was 2,862. The average earnings per mile last week were £52, whilst in 1847 they were £59. RAII.WAY RESULTS.—There were 32,000,000 passen gers on the railways in Great Britain and Ireland in the six months ending the 31st of December, 1847. The traffic for the year ending June, 1847, on 3,036 miles of railway, produced above £5,150,000 from passengers, and above £3,330,000 from goods, or together £8,500,000 sterling revenue. The passenger traffic was in the follow ing proportion :--First class 16, second class 20, third class 7 ; Parliamentary class 5 ; undefined 14. The rates of fares average on the Midland lines—first class 3d., se cond class 2d., and third class ld. per mile ; on the Great Western 2d., rid., and ld. per mile ; on the North- Western 2d., Itd., and 9-10.—per mile.—Nash's Sta tistics. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY On Tuesday evening last, a dreadful accident occurred on this line, by which three persons were killed—two of them . ...._.....,... instantaneously. The express down train from Carlisle for Edinburgh did not reach the latter place until half an hour beyond the usual time. The train then left Carlisle at 7 3 p.m., consisting of an engine and two carriages, and, owing to some circumstance which has not been clearly ascertained in consequence of the death of all the men in charge of the train, it ran off the rails when within a short distance of West Calder and Torphin station, which is about 15 miles from Edinburgh, and the engine became embedded in the earth to a very considerable depth. The engine -driver and the fireman were killed on the spot, both being at once crushed and scalded. The guard had one of his legs broken, and was: otherwise so much injured that he died shortly afterwards. There were 11 passengers, only two of whom were injured, and that but slightly. The cause of the engine getting off the rails can only be imputed to the sheerest accident, aided probably by the jumping motion to which engines are subject when running at a very high speed. Another account states :—" The engineer was driving at a very rapid speed, far beyond that allowed by the time table ; and thus the poor man, in disobeying the printed rules of the company, which positively forbid making up lost time, has forfeited his life by his temerity. The driver's name was Nicholl, that of the guard Taylor, and that of the stoker M'Lean. ENGLISH DEFINITIONS FOR AN 'RIM DICTIONARY UNITED TRISHMEN.—Natives of Ireland, who are always quarrelling with each other, and every one else. CONFEDERATES.—A political party, bent on dissolving all existing ties between Ireland and the rest of the world. MORAL FORCE.—Brickbats, fruit in an advanced stage of decomposition, blazing tar-barrels, and shillelahs. PHYSICAL FORCE.—Threatening to use pikes and rifles, and running away from them when used by others. A. Saxoi4.—Every man who receives rent from land, follows an honest calling, keeps a civil tongue in his head, a whole coat on his back, and does not subscribe to Mr. Mitchel's paper. • SAXON OPPRESSION. --Paying Irish debts out of En- pockets, feeding Irish faminewith English s-ul;sc tons, and supporting Irish I IRELAND'S OPPORTUNITY no police " convanient." bour out of English wages. —Materials for a row, and ENGLAND'S DANGER.—Not Mr. Mitchel's bluster. AN IRISII PARLIAMENT, SITTING IN COLLEGE-GREEN. —A convention of Kilkenny cats. MARTYRDOM.—Circulating 40,000 of your newspapers per week, and pocketing the pryfits.. policemen FRATERNITY Encouraging men to cut each others throats EQUALITY.—AIIowing nobody to keep anything that anybody else can take from him. IRELAND FOR THE Irusx.—A country of quarrelling voters, unemployed labourers, and rifle clubs ; or, in other words, electoral divisions, extension of suffering, and vote by bullet.—Punch. NY 30, 184 g, POLITICAL MISCELLANY. NORTH CHESHIRE ELEC TION.- -- The ,an take place to-morrow, and the friends of, 3 5 4" Legh are confident of his success. A'S e eg' CIRENCESTIM ELECTION.-011 Wednesday cop tion terminated in the return of Mr. Mullings, servative. The poll was stated to be--iq l " Ponsonby, 130; majority, 132. mpten i. EMIGRATION.—It is said that the Government d 0 plates an immediate appli ca ti on t o Parliament f or a 51 4 rity to raise a loan for emigration. The amount, it will be at least £500,000, perhaps £lOO,O OO . , IforPe tb i Lord Portman has been a ppoi n ted by Lord. stea d 0 ' churchwarden for the C r o wn i n M ar ylebone, 1.6' Lord Kenyon, who has fill e d th e office under eve r ' nistry, for thirty years. The Right Hon. T. B. Macauley has now neitber:o g flllen,;3. in the Cabinet nor Parliament. The hon. withdrawn into private life, muc h to the relief an", e los% faction of the Grey section of th e Mi n istry, NO l ° l ' 3 ' owed him a grudge. d c° l ?' OUR DIPLOMATIC DOINGS.—Our e n g 0 temporary, the Morning Post, contains the fol l lo o its correspondence from Madrid :—. l The Brit bee , have been taken down at the E m b a s s y, and its m e T a kiif including his Excellency, ar e b us ily employed leave of their mistresses and payin g ac counts. t tha s LANCASHIRE ELECTION.—The petition Wi t ! c n,o o return of Mr. Armstrong for Lanc a st e r was withdnoott Monday, in consequence of a d ec i s i on by the ( 1, 1 0 .01 1 ?, upon a whole class of cases, the a d m i ss ion of win e ' t o have given Mr. Stanley a ma j or ity, b e i n g adverse petitioners. tiiatisbgtivs The amount subscribed for Mr. Cobden, ace' es so the treasurer's accounts, was £76,761. The e xpos_ l i ft , £6,500, and the balance has b een h an ded over 'l 5 O Cobden. who says that " throu g h this liberality, l' e ha va4 in possession of an ample competence, and that he retired from the risks and anxieties of business , . devote himself to public life." RUPT"RE ' _The ° f6 °tig; FOIL F SPAIN WITH ENGLAND.- , meddlesomene O ss of Lord Palmerston in Span' 400 has produced its natural and expe c t e d e ffect. T }l- t, t ` v of Ministers have refused to gu a ra n t ee the i nin' uP d e ctil, British embassy, which was th e o p en f oc us of J ), against themselves. Mr. B u l wer , th ere fore , ree c l o ulo passports, and arrived at Dover on Wednesday wee that Mr. Bulwer's mischievous prompter, Lord ' r Fo'' ton, could be as summarily banished from •the Office. g, , 44 NAVIGATION LAWS. —A very numerous ii.- -ti° ,oo; seamen was held in their H a ll, S un de r l an d, on .11-"°-,;:e0 to adopt petitions to Parliament against the P t alterations in the Navigation La w s. Th e greates t 0 1S 0 hensions are entertained of the workin of the ir` se . , o s system in shipping affairs, and the sailors arc unag l f e tal in rendering all the opposition in their power to ° c od: measure which impends over British maritime sulf e vni en' and which will deprive our bmve tars of the eu'dPl°l4 lad and comforts they now enjoy under those provl e , „ tiv that have been tested by the experience of centur'" which are now to be sacrificed to senseless clan -10 ' 1r ' 1 .0 , ME" NEAR.—Nine-tenths of ° to ps' glad to hear that the bill for th e ist holl! fer of the Docks passed the H ouse o f Common' fir s " I further opposition on T ues d a y, an d th a t it w as re at e tio• time in the House of Lords on Th urs d a y l as t. A id this of the. Dock Company (probably the last) will be be i e tor s ' day, to obtain the s anc ti on o f th e presen t proP i r! l• preparatory to its being read a se con d ti m e by th eit ij ships. In all human probability, th ere f or e, the IA 0 0 1 become law in about one month from this BY OR BEFORE THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER Dn'')o,ol' DOCK DUES OF B RISTOL WILL BE REDUCED THOSE OF LIVERPOOL !—Bristol Mi rror , Saiuru ,in' 7 t, ipte DIVISION ON THE JEWS BILL.—WC find th e '` o ) ing among those who voted for the second reading, y o rlf: Jews Bill in the House of Lords :—Archbishop 0 ' 0 4 Bishops of St. David's, Worcester, . Manchestfr'were: Hereford, Duke of Cleveland, E ar l s S e fton, Ell e I nvg s ' A 0 and Derby, Lords C ann i ng an d H ar di n ge. I '; e iltur• those who voted against were, Archbishops of Can' earl' and Armagh, Bishops of Bangor, Bath and Vi r e!!l' isle, Chichester, E xe t er , Gl ouces t er an d B r istol. l'" h . e ster' Lincein, Llandaff, London, Oxford, Ripon, 13 ' )e Salisbury and Winchester. Dukes of Welli n g t lei a : Newcastle, Marquis of Salisbury, Earls Cardigan'enTiet ton, Aberdeen, and Harrowby, Lords Delamare , S k dale and Stanley E ‘-‘ Gc low citizens will be RUMOURED CHANGES IN THE MINISTRY. -- ;: i . tiOn mound in London that there is to be a modil'e - t o 1 3 " the government—that Lord John Russell shrinks t - 1 .0 ,e flye budget (which will, it is said, reveal a deficit, ot;l n sir it; or six millions !), and that he wishes for the fli° ° bat Peel, whether as colleague or substitute is uneertethe one there are difficulties in either supposition. 19 `'•oi c alti e , s hand it would scarcely be spirited to shrink th e (1, Boat of the crisis, by leaving his successor in the lu rc .,: t , on the other hand, it would he awkward to a( l .lT.' is vota net in which two " leaders" should be found- , of th rions, however, that Lord John is beartilY task of government. Another rumour, is N ith "''i l Clarendon is to be replaced by Lord Hardiog e ' by a a Y iji ol o i a int rc sy po C ofl l l i e6 : 43o E no t vl ye E r c: 631 1 v o ro N . tary rule, in Ireland. t i e -f s e . n M ry ß r. nt the politics of the due to the trio there was not much to choose, bat the noi.t Ino returned one to say that he appears to ht' lagog lier rate man of the three. Vincent, the ChaYtiSt BP; iv, of course well known ; and Mr. 3 e r g ennt 1 "" r pears to have had a violent relapse in his political ie.° and opinions, for he avowed himself at the noroinatict3ool favour of household suffrage, vote by ballot, el' ia o, districts. triennial parliaments ; opposed to the gatile,verso the present gaol discipline, &c., &c. ; and his Nil' _ l ot, tion obtained for him 56 votes ; a paltry acknowlenclg. soo certainly, but 'quite sufficient for the pretensions P' intended to reward. era ill THE BANK AcT.—The expectation is now gee ni oss noised abroad, that the Lords' Committee v3' 311, , ro ach immediately, report that the Bank Act of 1844 13 33 ",„ the; to do with the distress felt in commercial circles ti ' s , of last autumn :—and that the Committee of the li e to Commons will only be prevented from ogreet ug r tioa e similar vote by the continual presence and active exe . 0 -be• of some members of her Majesty's Government. f the tier this is a fit line of conduct for the Ministers iv°ittea Crown, let our readers judge. Here is aelas to nominated by the Ministry itself and so nomine t L, s e 3 ,. ° ; secure a majority. And yet, so entirely has the u" Sir Robert Peel's bill been broken down, that it, gill the only by the greatest exertions that a verdict ag"',"' bill will be averted,—if, indeed, it be averted at al'' that Oa 0 THE JEW BILL.—WC are truly rejoice. to risti the House of Lords ha 3 rejected this most 1133c,:i00 on measure. The second reading came on for Thursday night, when, after a most animated arufoonas resting debate. the House divided, there bei" —Content : present, 96—proxies 32,—total, .1119joriti; disca,2 irate, Content : present, 125—proxies 38,—total, 16 3 . l oc o a against the 2nd reading 35. The Earl of ELLEr' 3 ' ° b, opened the opposition to the bill in an able sPee c i j /ira e concluded by moving that the bill he read a see ° ,%ea r ; that day six months. The Archbishop of CAN II. •, -- 0 ( 41 ; the Earl of WINCHILSEA, the Bishop of OxF°-i -great speech), the Earl of EGLINTOUN, the Earl (3e Day, ROWDY, and Lord STANLEY opposed die bill. r st . v is it; ev: eicneenenr rig Of ARGYLE (in a maiden speech), the Bishop 0,01 vie urn's (in a speech that ought to expel " - to O f ' bench), and the Earl of ELLESMERE—We are sorry' supported the bill. arm s eji A SCENE.—There was a amous ssage of I c, r • o bd or Tuesday night between Mess rs . O'Conner a" ( P° in the House of Commons. The former twitte'apoai Mr. flume severely for deceiving the people by ing his motion for the Little Charter : " upon 0 13 ohielloar and conscience he believed Me;;;;. - 1 - 1ume ,C 'n P 1 ',,"0 Co., only intended to use the people for their ns v , e , e , u t ty poses." This called up the ex-leader of the " ro , not only snubbed O'Conner most unrnere" u lion' c 'fr "defied" him, and sneered at his miserable ttle " I have set the honourable gentleman publicly %d o , ante, and all his followers," said Mr. Cobden' e t th t .' t r a e t p p li u ed bl never failed to beat them by votes whenever In we' t ebti that once is ic m h e meetings." ir g nevers. " in e tTo the this the b C u h t ( te i l) ; : ° ,o uti rrie meeting in his life. " I said the followers of ti.,„` e uilt °f able gentleman," explained Master Cobden. " c time fur the friends of the man of " unadorned e10 t,, , P o tial ' to look more closely after him. After the :gn i t - o these loose assertions have a very ugly look. 1311•P',„ EFFECT OF THE REJECTION OF THE JE tba- re vis hail the decision of the House of Peers for inn l i e ,,jes : re st ff p war e oec a tn r i: s apa u va elps palpable been i t e: l l e t toh f aeacl legislatingelß r o i Bis i it. Practically, But it legislature.ii P ft r dd a io c ve t i i sn c eailnllafiy laws ssii infinitely saeobavecre t e h deop : tiarofio i i.tt ir l ;e :, force of the declaration is not simply negat ive s one t— oaf an d u households,ll another a er s rt f another oer e ao ; ubr a i rsi parliamenti t f . w - e R h r a l g c1 1;0 0 0n c e t h ou, s i tiam n t o o t t a be re e a n li li t g v h ; te a n b e u d g f b e e w a . r f e or ier t g h y e rn m e i n tli °° ' the I ) v ia% have warned their congregations of the Christ, the source and origin of all our lan f ' s '„ se of t t he presentative of such congregations in the 11° , f i v er. f Of mons has dared to refer to that supreme La w " o rts ° •reo' risk of ridicule, pity, and contempt. The be des pot th e pious have bled, the spirits of the weak 113ve the thoughts of the reflecting have become eritaT; jotte r 0 3 0 presence of the huge anomlly. Anything ig c oy. jo g , falsehood. Infidelity is preferable to bYF'°cis net,Ppi contradiction could not last. God is God, or n e b ,tica',lo3' If he be the guide in toe household, he is an% the s. o tif in the legislature. If his blessing be needed i_ re ag e , to chamber, it is required ten thousand times rn , u i ocir in the chamber from which proceed the hiw s i viotls 13 0 govern physically, morally, and socially, , r e ef boo co It t o t sponsible and immortal souls. The Hon- vindicated by its voice the national consistea%tar_, i 4 said the denier of Christ's divinity shall n ot ra roi l; os iti: is ii4 Christ's believing children, but the min er P t bat t h . s on i ; contained in a major, which further declares. ,noof I to s a l of God are immutable and universal, as he ° ,itted die ll ° 3 nipotent and omnipresent. We must be Per_ t he,-.... 0 0 1 ., that a true, a believing Jew, " one not wearlty,, tt ou religion, of which he has andoned the rf a g aie nt never have demanded what a Christian Pa' 1 ' tee' the power to grant. A Jew more attached to `i o f h e t , e than desirous of worldly honours in the 1!I _ riv il porary sojourning, would shrink from at , Z .co l . I °, o lo a nd (11 ion ' e s; eagerly desired by Baron Rothschild , Lora rrbe r Brig ish parliaments than of final restoratit?•_,a,. Jerusalem, Englaqd is not the land of (17 s bec oll it 0 0. 0 disability of the Jew rests in himself. It ri b , s tich xi , 0, upon him by hands Purer than mortal! ,s ic „ o pc eop le be taken off. For the Jew two alternatives .r ti o p believes and becomes amalgamated with 3 _, CD :pial e rbirth' he disbelieves and stands apart. There is e "_ ° ,„ 1 0 If he cannot believe, let him not at all events ditoto right for a mess of pottage•—falitt - 1341 burgh e overfly a pas o ver " Ireland's cup of misery," %Vs .tears (apparently an Irishman,) " has been for ing, and it seems not W be yet full I" ..t..!.. 4. OUR !Pvegshaod 01 A a p n d thus It ( ,G° look in A nd tell a " 1\ hat tlg e fur gtoroodhoj tirst—E nst Caus e G od and at to the 4 1 Mete tl X o ' ° n 2 : as I w, if the titY that tl Nex t — ther ( The da y , I,_ I9orest 4,4 i;ave sa r loeSttev as 'rY 1 Y 1; Y e t hi s t u gh hip; Toxthese, t bY ti i?sPeak t, aY ch again s t the I r all ti he The pr►ncil wealtl For .„, Tli o Z4' rY IN lawl T 1"1.; h: that B eneath 7 i tlt t orte fart to t I b nuewel Kin g e on beclare4 Aa Let h e ',. lar Wh en fa; I'en Pet abe'!l knot 11