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upon this question. But this delusion, like
others of a kindred character, soon evapo-
rated, and two large constituencies send back
to Parliament the men whom the " British.
flag" juggle had banished. Their first essay
is an assault upon our " Civis Romanus " in
the very citadel of his strength, and the
rest is matter of history. The letter of
M. WALEwsxr, which the Times has learned
since the Government were overthrown
to call an " outrageously insolent and offen-
" sive despatch," was too much even for the
Peace party. And so Lord PatnimisTos's
career is ended, not because he has bungled
the Indian question—not because he has
betrayed the Liberals upon Reform—not
because his jobbery has been scandalous and
his levity intolerable—but because the foun-
dations of his popularity hare crumbled be-
neath his feet, and he stands revealed and
exposed as a thoroughly Un-English Minister.
London, England, 1858-02-27

ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.

'Sir W. JOLLIFFE, in moving that the house on
rising should adjourn to Monday, briefly explained
the course which the Ministers proposed to adopt.
Is was, he said, the desire of the noble earl at the
head of her Majesty's Government that the house
should assemble again on Monday for the despatch
of business, and at the same time move such writs
as might be necessary for those offices that had not
yet been filled up. It would then be his duty to ask
the house to adjourn from Monday till Friday week,
the 12th of March, tho earliest period they could
naturally hope her Majesty's Ministers would be
again in their places in that house.
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THE NEW MINISTRY.

THE following is a correct list of the new
Ministry, so far as the appointment/ are
filled in :--

THE CABINET.

The Earl of DERBY I First Lord of the Tree-
-81117.
}Chancellor of the Eache-
Right Hon. B. DISRAELI quer and Leader of the
House of Commons.
Sir F. TIIESIGEE
Marquis of SALISBURY
Earl of HARDWACKS
Earl of MALMESBURY
1 Secretary of State for
Foreign Affain.

Mr. SPENCER WALPOLE . Home Department.
Lord STANLEY • Colonies.
General PEEL

Earl of ELLENBoaotroa President of the Board
• of Control.
President of the Board
Right Hon. J. HENLEY '}
of Trade.
Lord JOHN MANNERS
President of the Board of
'1 Works.
First Lord of the Admi
Sir JOHN PAICINGTON
•1 ralty.

NOT IN THE CABINET.

The Duke of MONTROSE .}Chancellor of the Duchy
of Lancaster.
Lord COLCHESTER Postmaster General.
Sir W. JOLLIFFE, Bart }Secretaries of the Trea-
Mr. G. A. HAMILTON
Secretary of the Admi-
Right lion. H. CORBY
ralty.
' Earl of DONOUGHMORE .
• Vice President of the
Board of Trade.
Mr. S. FITZOERALD
reign Affairs.
Mr. HARDY 'Under Secretary for the
j Home Department.
Under Secretary for the
Earl of CARNARVO
•1 Colonies.
Lord HARDINGE Under Secretary for War.
r President of the Poor
Law Board.
'President of the Board of
• f Education.
. Judge Advocate.
. Attorney General.
. Solicitor General.
. Lord Advocate.
. Lord Steward.

SOTHERON ESTCOURT
Mr. Azoraux Y
Mr. EDWARD EGERTON .
Sir F. KELLY
Mr. CAIRNS
• Mr. INGLIS
Marquis of EXETER ~ •
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AMERICA.

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INDIA.

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

The following telegram from her Majesty's Acting
Consul-Genetal in Egypt was received at the Foreign-
office Feb. 21, at 1.45 p. in :

ALEXANDRIA, Feb. 16, 1858.

The Oriental arrived at SnPz the 13th inst. She brings
Bombay dates to the 28th January.
The commander-in chief moved on the 14th January with
the head quarters of his army to a position (Kanowy), oc•
cupied up to that time by Walpole's Brigade.
That corps had been previously thrown forward to the
Ganges, for the purpose of constructing a bridge at a
point opposite the confluence of that river with Rimighur.
Brigadier Walpole completed the required bridges and
crossed the Ganges by it into Rohilcund.
The commander-in•chief reviewed and inspected the
brigade previous to its departure for Bareilly, whither it
was to march fur the purpose of clearing the city of the
rebels under Khan Bahadoor Khan.

Sir Colin Campbell himself did not intend entering Ro-
hilcund with the main body till he received from Agra a
siege-train, to be escorted down by her Majesty's 38th.
The rebels who passed from Rohilcund into the Moo-
znffernuggnr district on the 30th January were beaten
by Captain Boisragen, end driven back aen,ss the river.
The Calpee rebels are still in force, it is said, under the
leadership of the Nana Sahib, and that this chief is
threatening ns in the direction of Nagotee. If this be
the gradual concentration of columns from Jubbulpore,
News, and Mehore, there will wan be an end to this
resistance.

An engagement took place between Captain Montgo-
mery, the Superintendent of Police at Ahmednuggur, and
a gang of Ilheels in the district of Chanelore, on the road
to Mallagamur. Captain Montgomery, three other officers,
and fifty men were wounded.

This-telegram arrivedDiMalta and Alexandria by her
Majesty's ship Urgent on the 20th Feb., at 11.541 p.m.
(Signed) LYONS, Admiral.

CHINA.
CAPTURE ,JF
The following telegram was received at the
Foreign-office, Feb. 21, at 10 a.m.:—

AIANANintiA, Feb. 16, 1858.
The Bengal has just arrived ■t Suez, and brings the
following intelligence :
Sir Cohn Camp'aell had defeated the rebels [at] Futty-
ghur, and was waiting for a heavy siege-train from Agra,
on arrival of which he would move with his whole ,force,
in concert with Jung flahadoor, on Oude.
Canton was taken the 29th of December.
Commissioner leh was captured on the sth of January,
also the Tartar general. Yell was taken in the dress
of a coolie. Lio was sent on board the Inflexible on the Bth.
(Signed) LYONS, Admiral.

The intelligence from India is on the whole satis-
factory. Sir Colin Campbell has been everywhere
London, England, 1858-02-27

LXST NIGHT'S PARLIANIF,NT.

Much excitement was exhibited in both houses
consequent upon the accession of a new Ministry•
Noble lords and hon. members had, of course,
changed places, respectively occupying positions
corresponding to those they bad previously tenanted,
but on opposite sides of the house. The Treasury
bench in the Commons, with the exception of Mr.
Whiteside and Mr. Fitzgerald, was necessarily almost
deserted, the members of Administration having
vacated their seats on accepting office under the
Crown. Sir J. Graham, Mr. S. Herbert, Mr. Glad-
stone, Mr. Drummond, Sir De Lacy Evans, and Sir
C. Napier sat in their usual places on the Ministerial
side of the house, below the gangway. Mr. Spooner
took a seat immediately behind the Ministerial bench.
Mr. Hayter, Mr. Lowe, Mr. J. Fitzgerald, Mr. Wilson,
Sir B. Hall, and some other members of the late
Government, occupied seats on the front Opposition
benches. Mr. Cardwell and Sir F. Baring occupied
corresponding seats on the Opposition side of the
house to those they did on the Ministerial side before
the resignation of the late Ministers. Many of the
members on entering the house were unable to
realise the change, and could with difficulty recog-
nise their friends. The late Attorney-General, on
entering the house, walked up to the Ministerial
benches, where he appeared treatly surprised to find
Mr. Whiteside sitting at his ease. The hon. and
learned gentlemen shook bands, and it was only on
the late Attorney-General calling to his assistance
his eye-glass that he discovered his mistake, and
walked across to the Opposition side of the house
amidst roars of laughter, in which many of his late
colleagues heartily joined. The attendance of mem.
hers on the Opposition side of the house was far
more numerous than those on the Ministerial side.
Lord Palmerston arrived at twenty minutes past four
o'clock. He entered the house from behind the
Speaker's chair. He took his seat in the front
Opposition bench, immediately opposite his usual
seat on the Ministerial side of the house.

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The woolsack was cccnpied by Lord Redesdale, in
the absence of Lord Woodstock, the new Lord
Chancellor.

LAW OF LIBEL.

The seoond reading of the Law of Libel Bill, which
stood for Monday, was postponed after some conver-
sation, in which Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Brougham,
and Lord Campbell took part.

MINISTERIAL POLICY.
The Marquis of SALISBURY, who spoke from the
Treasury bench, intimated that the First Lord of the
Treasury intended lon Monday next to make a state-
milt respecting the policy of the new Administra-
tion.
Lord GR4NVII.LE expressed his willingness to con-
cur in any arrangement that might suit the conve-
nience of the Government.
Their lordships adjourned at twenty minutes past
Ave o'clock.
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THE INDIAN LOAN BILL.

On the motion that the Indian Loan Bill should
be considered as amended in committee, a miscel-
laneous discussion took place, in the course of which
Mr. CARDWELL and other members deprecated hasty
procedure with a measure which had not yet been
fully debated.
Mr. R. MANGLES, on the other hand, entreated the
house not to delay a bill which had become a matter
of pressing necessity, in order to supply the East
India Company with funds to carry on the war.
After some explanation from Sir G. C. LEWIS and
Mr. V. SMITH, the debate was adjourned until
Monday.
The house adjourned at six o'clock.

THE TRIAL OF THE BRITISH BANK DIRECTORS
has continued throughout the week. The case for
the Crown closed on Wednesday, when Sir Fitzroy
Kelly delivered a brilliant speech in defence of Mr.
Stapleton. Sergeant Shee followed in defence of
Alderman Kennedy. Mr. Edwin James addressed
the court on behalf of Mr. Esdaile, Mr. Slade on
behalf of Mr. Owen, Mr. Huddlestone for Mr. H.
Brown, Mr. Lawrance for Macleod, and Mr. Seymour
for Cameron.

THE PROSECUTION OF FATHER CONWAY came to a
close on Saturday last, when the jury were dis-
charged, being unable to arrive at a verdict.
THE trial of the Rev, Luke Ryan is postponed
till after Trinity term.
London, England, 1858-02-27

" ISOLATED POLITICIANS."

Fr is always matter for regret when one sees
high talents wasted, and great opportunities
neglected, owing to some mistaken principle
of conduct. Alen of brilliant abilities and
great attainments have in repeated instances
not reached their full fame owing to some
fatal perverseness or strange wilfulness.
Parliamentary history records many such
cases, and a most instructive chapter might
be written on the text of " isolated politi-
cians." To stand alone, and act solely from
himself, was a fatal error iu Lord CHATHAM ;
and the fathers of the present generation saw
the splendid qualities of WINDHAM compara-
tively useless on account of his indifference
to the value of connection in politics.
Not merely single individuals, but small
cpinnections of a few eminent Politicians, have
oof,asionally betrayed the propensity to
"isolation." Living in the influence of
"ply," they disclaim allegiance to its
London, England, 1858-02-27

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LONDON,SATURDAY.FEBRUARY 27,1858.

POSTSCRIPT.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to com-
mand that Colonel James Hope Grant, K.C.8., of the
Ath Lancers, be promoted to the rank of major.
general in the army, in consequence of his eminent
services in command of the cavalry division at the
siege of Delhi ; and in that of a division at the relief
of Lucknow, under General Sir Colin Campbell,
G.C.8.; also, in the subsequent operations at Cewn-
pore, when the rebel army sustained a total
defeat.

The Gazette of last night contains the appoint•
ments of Loftus C. Otway, Esq., C. 8., to he her
Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the Mexican
Republic ; John Savile Lumley, Esq., to be Secretary
to her Majesty's Legation at Madrid ; Montagu Yeats
Brown, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Genoa ;
James Annesley, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at
Riga; Richard Levinge Swift, Esq., to be her
Majesty's Consul at Oporto ; Captain the Hon.
Edward Alfred John I larris,R.N., to be her Majesty's
Consul-General for the Austrian Coasts of the
Adriatic Sea; and Colonel John Lintorn Arabin Sim
mons, to he her Majesty's Consul• General at Warsaw
London, England, 1858-02-27

HISTORY.

1. The Earliest Inhabitants of Italy. From Tea.
dore Mommsen's History of Rome. Trans.

lated by George Robertson. With Preface by

Dr. Schmitz. London :J. NV. Parker and Son.
2. A Short Course of History. By H. L. Chapman.
Series IL London : , h ittaker.
3. Landmarks of Modern History. By the Author
of " The Heir of Redclyffe." London Newby.
1. THE: theory here enunciated by Professor' Momm-
sen does not materially differ from that which has
been generally adopted in this country. Piemisiug
that in Italy there are no traces of that Mongolian
population which in other parts of Europe preceded
the advent of the Indo-Germanic races, he indicates
an opinion that the first inhabitants of that penin-
sula of whom we know anything were the people
called the Tapygians. Other historians have held
that the first great wave of population, which, coming
from the East through Asia Minor, spread over
Greece and Italy, is represented to us by the word
Pelasgi. In what relation his Tapygians stand to
those Pelasgi, Professor Mommsen does not tell us.
We should be glad to know whether he considers
them identical, or a branch of the main stock, or a
later immigration altogether; but on this point he is
silent. The second great wave, which, proceeding
more inland from the plains of Persia by the Black
Sea, Scythia, and Thrace, rushed down upon Italy
from the north, is commonly thought to have con-
sisted of the Etruscans, Opicans or Oscans, and
Sabellians, of whom the third were pushed further
southwards by the second, till checked by the
remnant of the Pelasgi in Apulia and Calabria: while
the Opicans themselves held Central Italy, and were
regarded by the Greeks as par excellence the
Italians. Professor Mommsen regards the Dpicans
as a main stem, divided into Sabelli and Latini ; but
the difference between this theory and that which
regards all three as successive influxes of one great
migration then crossing into Europe is not great.
London, England, 1858-02-27

SIR R. LETRELL.

Sir R. BETHELL claimed attention to a subject
which, as he declared, nearly concerned the decen-
cies and privileges of debate. He proceeded at
considerable length to comment upon the speeches
delivered " elsewhere " by the Lord Chief Justice,
Lord St. Leonards, Lord Cranworth, and Lord
Wensleydale, in which his own opinion respecting
the law of aliens had been so strongly controverted.
He complaine 1 of the language employed by those
noble and learned lords on that occasion, contending
that they had infringed the privileges of Parliament
by criticising anything that had been said in that
house, and defended the view he had taken upon the
legal question.
Mr. S. WARREN justified the course pursued in the
other branch of Legislature, expressing his entire
concurrence on the legal opinion there enunciated
respecting the point at issue.
Mr. WHITESIDE also coincided in this view.

The subject dropped, and the motion for adjourn-
ment to Monday was agreed to.
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Volitual.

A CABINET Cotrscrt. was held on Saturday at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury
in Downing•street. The Ministers present were—
\ iscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl
Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis
of Clanricarde, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Claren-
don, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, Lord Panmure, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood,
the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of
Alderley, the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, and the
Duke of Argyll. Lord Palmerston, upon the break-
ing up of the Council, had an audience of her Ma-
jesty the Queen at Buckingham Palace. In the
course of Saturday evening her Majesty summoned
the Earl of Derby to the palace. The noble earl
had a lengthened interview with her Majesty. The
noble earl had an audience of her Majesty on Sunday
afternoon, and again on Monday, Tuesday, Wed-
nesday, and Thursday afternoons.
HI: RIGHT HON. TICE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE or
COMMONS gave his second parliamentary full-dress
(honer on Saturday evening, the 20th inst., at his
house in Carlton-terrace. The following had the
honour of receiving invitations :—The flight lion.
Mr. Disraeli, the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, the
Right Hon Sir John Pakington, the Right Hon.
London, England, 1858-02-27

gout anb 4astion.

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the week at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty's
levee, announced for Wednesday, the 10th of March
next, will not be held. Her Majesty will hold a
levee on Wednesday, the 17th of March, and a further
levee on Wednesday, the 21th of March next.
London, England, 1858-02-27

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Mtimplitan.

Da. LIVINGSTONE was entertained at a farewell
public dinner on Saturday evening last at the Free-
masons"ravern. The occasion was marked by the
presence in the Great Hall of upwards of three hun-
dred gentlemen distinguished in art and science. Dr.
Livingstone was sensibly affected by the warmth and
good feeling exhibited towards him. He said that in the
new expedition he neither expected to make a great
fortune nor to explore any large portions of a new
country, but he did hope to find a pathway by the
Zambesi to high lands, where European commercial
settlements could be established. He was not san-
guine as to any speedy, but of an ultimate result

I feel convinced that if se can establish a system of
free labour in Africa it will have a most decided influence
upon slavery throughout the world. Success, however,
under Providence, depends upon us as Englishmen. I
look upon Englishmen as perhaps the most freedom-
loving people in the world, and I think that the kindly
feeling which has been displayed towards me sine,: my
return to my native land has arisen from the belief that
my efforts might at some future time tend to put an end to
the odious traffic in slaves. England has, unfortunately,
been compelled to obtain cotton and other raw material
from slave States, and has thus been the mainstay and
support of slavery in America. Surely, then, it follows
that if we can succeed in obtaining the raw material from
other sources ;than from the slave States of America we
should strike a heavy blow at the system of slavery itself.
I do not wish to arouse expectations in connection with
this expedition which may never be realised, but what I
want to do is to get in the thin edge of the wedge, and
then I leave it to be driven home by English energy and
English spirit.

The Duke of Argyll and the Bishop of Oxford also
spoke on the occasion, and several other toasts were
drunk before the meeting separated.
A SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the East India
Proprietors was held on Wednesday for the purpose
of agreeing to a vote of thanks to the Governor-
General, the Governors of Madras and Bombay, and
to Mr. Halliday, Sir John Lawrence, and Mr. F;ere,
for the energy and ability they have displayed " in
employing the resources at their command" to sup-
press the revolt in India. An amendment excluding
Lord Canning from the vote was rejected, and the
original motion carried after a brief discussion. A
second vote of thanks to Sir Colin Campbell and
Generals Outram, Wilson, and Inglis was the subject
of an animated discussion, the Directors at first
refusing to add the name of Sir William Peel to the
vote. The opposition to the Board was so unanimous
that they ultimately gave wad, and the name of Sir
W. Peel was added after that of General Inglis.
Other votes to the naval and military services gene-
rally were agreed to.
London, England, 1858-02-20

BIRTHS.

DILLON—On the 14th instant, in Upper Seymour•etreet, Lady
Louisa Dillon, of a son.
HUNTER—On the 13th instant, at Ramsgate, the wife of
Lieut• Colonel Win. Hunter, of a daughter.
LURGAN—.On the 11th instant, in Dublin, Lady Lurgan, of

a 6011.
PETO—on the 14th instant, at Kensington Palacc•gardens,
Lady Peto, of a son.
ROTHSCRII,D—On the 16th instant, at Paris, the Baroness
Alphonse de Rothschild, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES.

MASKELYNE—PATTON— On the 15th instant, at Clifton,
Captain Maskelyne, Royal Fusiliers, to Rosins Elizabeth,
daughter of Colonel Patton, Inspecting Field Officer, Bristol.
PONSONBY—COVENTRY—On the 9th instant, at St. George's,
Hanover-square, the Hun. Gerald. Ponsonby to Lady Maria

Coventry,
London, England, 1858-02-20

LATEST NEWS.

BOMBAY, Jan. 24.
I have just learned a painful piece of news. Cap-
tain Montgomery, chief commissioner of police at
Ahmednuggur, started towards Cbandore, on the
road to Malhgaum, in pursuit of a gang of Blieels,
whom be found at Kudkur, on a hill covered with
jungle, about twelve miles. S.S.E. of Chandore. The
force at his command was composed of detachments
from the 4th Rifles, 19th and 21st Native Intaittr),
and some police. Three times he assaulted the posi-
tion of the Bheels, and three times he made his way
m. On each occasion he was repulsed with loss, and
on the last, being severely wounded in the thigh, and
having lost three officers, dangerously hit, and fitly
men killed and wounded, he was forced to retie.
The names of the officers hurt on the occasion are
Lieutenant Stuart, Nizam's Infantry, severely, since
dead of his wounds; Lieutenant Davidson, of the
19th Native Infantry ; and Lieutenant Chamberlain
of the 21st Native Infantry, both severely.
The Bheels are again concentrated about Konnour,
near Aurungabad.

CITY, Eleven o'clock.
Consols for Account

THE TRIAL OF THE BRITISH BANK DIRECTORS was
commenced on Saturday last, before Lord Campbell,
at the Court of Queen's Bench. The Prince of Vales
was present on this day on the bench. The trial has
continued throughout the week, the whole period of
which has been taken up in the examination of
Mr. Paddison, and one or two other witnesses. The
whole proceedings have been of the most uniu-
teresting character. The trial will last, in all proba-
bility, for several days.
London, England, 1858-02-20

THE PRESS, FEBRUARY 20, 1858.

The Earl of HARDWICKE suggested that, consider-
ing all things, the war in India and the state of our
foreign relations, a larger embodied militia force
would be desirable.

Tho returns were ordered.
Lord BROUGHAM laid on the table a bill reforming
the law of bankruptcy and insolvency, as regarded
the county district courts. The bill proposes to
give a jurisdiction in bankruptcy in certain districts
to the present county courts. A main object of the
measure is to localise the administration of the law
of bankruptcy in the same manner as the general ad-
ministration of justice.
The LORD CHANCELLOR would not promise to
adopt the bill, but would give it his best con-
sideration. _ _ _

Lord STANLEY of Ar.nEnr,EY stated that the Go-
vernment intended to propose a bill that would
facilitate settlements in bankruptcy cases by agree
meat between the debtor and creditors, by which it
was hoped much loss of funds by litigation would be
prevented.
Their lordships then adjourned.

DOUSE OF COMMONS—Tattnsmy.
NEW MEMBER.

Major Onvix took the oaths and his seat for the
borough of Limerick in the room of Mr. Sergeant
O'Brien.

Lord PALMERSTON presented a petition from the
inhabitants of Dublin, represented at a public meet-
ing, and signed by the Lord Mayor, praying that the
office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland might not be
abolished.
London, England, 1858-02-20

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THE TRI %I. or FATHER CONWAY commenced on
Tuesday in Dublin. The Attorney• General made a
speech of three hours' duration. The trial is ex-
pected to last for some days, as the evidence is most
voluminous. The case for the Crown was completed
on Wednesday. On the following morning Mr.
O'Hagao, Q.C., opened the defence.

rim ABOLITION OF THE VICEROYALTY was discussed
at a great meeting at the Rotunda, on Monday. The
Lord Mayor presided. Lord Howth proposed the
first resolution, to the effect that Mr. Roebuck's
motion, coupled with Mr. Horsman's attack on the
office of Viceroyalty, made it a duty on the part of
the meeting to resist, by all constitutional means,
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of a similar tenor, were adopted, and a petition
drawn up.
LIMERICt ELECTION.—The High Sheriff officially
declared the state of the poll on Monday, at one
o'clock, as follows :—Gavin, 7ts•2 ; Ball, 733 ; ma-
jority, 49.
Two MEN have been committed for trial for the
recent murder of Mr. Ellis in Tipperary.
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Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, K.C.B.
BRYDOES—On the 15th instant, at Lee Priory, near Canter-
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DUNLOP—On the 10th instant, at Hyres, in the South of
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OLIVIER—On the 14th instant, at Bath, Mary, wife of Lieut.-

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WILSON—On the 12th instant, at Jersey, Mr. Justice Wilson
late Chief Judge of the Mauritius, aged 73.

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FOREIGN REFUGEES IN THE SARDINIAN

DOMINIONS.

Tußnr, Feb. 19.

The Sardinian Government has presented to the
Chambers a projet de loi relative to conspiracies
against the lives of foreign Sovereigns.
The news appears to be confirmed that Hodge
has bean arrested at Genoa. He is charged with
having been compromised in the late attempt, and
it appears that he was in regular correspondence
with Orsini.
London, England, 1858-02-20

SECOND EDITION.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THE morning papers express various opinions
on the debate of last night. The Times coun-
sels the resignation of Ministers unless a
paramount sense of duty should compel them
to remain in office ! The Post thinks that the
division must be regarded as " a menace and
" a threat on the part of the Commons of
" England to a loyal and faithful ally," and
considers that the inevitable result must be
to embroil this country with France.
The Daily News, on the contrary, believes
that Mr. M. Gibson's amendment is " one to
which the whole heart and soul of the country,
as well as of the majority in the House of
Commons, has responded ;" and observes that
" a considerable number of Lord ➢erby's fol-
lowers consented to vote for the first reading
rather than displace Lord Palmerston on the
general question whether some modification
might not be made in our municipal 1:w which
would convince the French Emperor of our
national unwillingness to see him personally
harmed."

It is quite clear that those who attempted
to confound the bill itself with the resolution
of Mr. M. Gibson are wilfully perverting the
truth, and endeavouring to alarm the country
by a danger which does not exist. The Con-
servative support of the bill sufficiently proves
that that party will support the dignity of the
French Emperor. Their support of the amend-
ment proves that they will support equally the
dignity of the English Government. A support
that was not endorsed by the English people
must have been worthless to the Emperor, and
far more likely to embroil us in ultimate hos-
tilities than the declaration of last night.
By a singular instance of retribution, the
gentlemen whom the Premier expelled from
Parliament a year ago have become in turn
the instruments of his own downfall. The
spell is now broken, and whether he resign or
not, must abandon that high tone which he
has heretofore adopted towards Parliament.
London, England, 1858-02-20

T 1-1 E 1? RES 5, FFBRUARY 20, 1858.

Petitions to Parliament were agreed upon at both
meetings. A great meeting is to be held at Liver-
pool next week, and another meeting is reported to
be convened in Hyde•park for to-morrow.
THE reported resignation of Sir J. Potter, M.P.
for Manchester, is denied by the Manchester Guar.
dian.

THE ARMY ESTIMATES for the ensuing year 1858 59
amount to 11,538,3871., against 11,443,2351. of last
ear. The number of men required is 130,135,
against 126,796 of last year.
THE MONTHLY TRADE AND NAVIGATION RETURNS
for December last have been issued. The British
exports returns of the three last months of the three
last years 1855, 1856, and 1857, show an enormous
falling off in the latter. Thus in 1855, 180,000/. ;in
1856, they rose to 288,000/.; and in December last
they fell to 107.0001.
London, England, 1858-02-20

THURSDAY.

Mr. ROEBUCK—that on that day fortnight he should call the
attention of the house to the subject of the Viceroyalty of Ire.
lend, in the words of his notice which st..,od on the paper.
Mr. PACKS—that on the motion for going into committee on
the Church-Rates Abolition Bill, be should move that the house
do go into committee on that day six months.
Mr. WlSE—that on Thursday, March 4, he should move—
" That this house is of opinion that the recummendaticu of the
select committee of 18:.0 on official salares, to discontinue the
salary of the Lord Privy Seal, and to transfer the duties of that
Minister to some other department of the Government, should
be carried Into effect."

Mr. LIDDELL—that that day fortnight he should call a'tention
to the subject of the delay in the con traction of railwaya in
India, with a view to an inquiry into the causes of that delay.

Lour) PALMERSTON received a deputation of noble-
men and gentlemen, representing the Orange Asso-
ciation, on Saturday last. The deputation waited
upon Lord Palmerston for the purpose of presenting
a memorial protest, signed by 2,700 of the leading
peers, members of Parliament, magistrates, country
gentlemen, and others, against the recent letter of the
Chancellor of Ireland, recommending the Lord Lieu-
tenant of the County Down, directing him not to m.
commend gentlemen to be justices of the peace who
would not subscribe to a declaration that so long as
they held the commission they would not connect
themselves with Orange lodges. Lord Palmerston
made a lengthened reply to the deputation, recom-
mending them to break up the Orange Association.
He did not intimate the withdrawal of the Chan-
cellor's letter, but promised to give every considera-
tion to the protest presented to him.
Stu DE:LACY EVANS'S SELECT CON lIITTEE, to inquire
into the transport of troops and stores to India, met
for the first time on Wednesday, End again yester-
day. Mr. P. Me?vile and Mr. Mason, secretaries to
the Military and Marine Departments of the Easi
India company, were examine) at length,