The Press.
London, England, 1854-08-05 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

SATURDAY;

Upon this the Dwarf came forward and said, " Hearken to me. I
have told the Old Man of the North that the only hope of escape from
the danger he s in, and the only hope of remaining here, is to gather
round him tho e that are here. When he tells his story you will know
it all!"
Then the Old Man of the North turned to the porter, and told him
that he would receive him into his service, and pay him from the public
treasury, while he might work or be idle as he pleased, and invent
jokes to be spoken on the spur of the moment, as he lay in the sun.
To which the porter answered, "Oh ! happy day ! Oh ! day of agree-
able surprise and joy !"
" But," said the porter, " I am oppressed with much doubt, and
an eager curiosity. I pray you to resolve me the meaning of all this."
The Old Man of the North replied, " Porter, I do not say that
thou art an honest fellow, for I know not that thou art ; but the work
of carrying all this trash deserves a requital. What do you wish to
know ?'
Th I have carried all
en said the porter, " I pray you to tell why
these things, and who you are that require it ?"
The Old Man of the North answered the porter thus :—" Open
your eyes and attend with your ears, which are sufficiently long, and
make no remark upon anything which you may see. But first tell me
your tale and who you are."
" Sir," said the porter, "my history is simple, and the occa•
sion of my coming here, so that what I have to say will be very short.
You called me this morning when I was regarding the palace
named the Admiralty, where I fain would earn my bread from any
master who would employ me, whether he was one of the Faithful or a
dog of a Frank. I followed you to a dealer in rhetorical mysteries;
then to the house of a cunning wizard who is skilled in the art of
raising and quelling political storms (for I have heard of him in Spain
and Ireland); then to the house of a dealer in church furniture and
red-tape ; then to the house of a professor of sleight-of-hand, a Wizard
of the North, who is learned in the art of turning himself into all
shapes and colours; then to the residence of the Dwarf of Progress,
whom I believe to be him that came out of the Coal-hole, and whom I
have seen when I have plied at Guildhall and the House of Commons,
give miles of yarns out of his mouth, and immediately swallow the same
again ; then I followed you to various other places of a like condition,
until I have come hither, where you have had the goodness to suffer
me to continue till now—a favour I shall never forget. This, sir, is
my history."
" Then," said the Dwarf to the porter, " you may go."
" Nay, not so," replied the porter. " These gentlemen have heard
my history, and I desire the satisfaction to hear theirs."

Mr. MALINB urged the inconsistency of the present
system in the difference it established between
money transactions in commerce and those in land.
He thought the bill would be of great advantage to
the landed interest.
Mr. SPOONER thought the bill ill-timed and im-
politic.
After a few words from Mr. HENLEY, the opposi-
tion was withdrawn, and the bill went through com-
mittee.
The house then went into committee on the
Public Health Bill, when Sir W. 11iOLE8WORTII ex-
plained the constitution of the new board.
The consideration in committee of the Bills of
Exchange (No. 2) Bill was resumed, but the further
progress of the measure was opposed by Mr. Digby
Seymour and other members, until Sir E. Perry,
who had charge of the bill, consented to withdraw it
for the session.
The Bankruptcy Bill went through committee.
The Customs Bill was read a second time.
Adjourned at a quarter past twelve o'clock.

SPAIN.
Madrid advices of the 81st have arrived by tele-
graphic despatch in Paris. They state that on the
evening of the 29th General O'Donnell arrived at
Madrid, and proceeded immediately to the residence
of Espartero. The two generals then presented
themselves on the balcony, whence Espartero ad-
dressed the multitude. He then embraced O'Don-
nell. Afterwards they both went to the palace,
where Espartero took the oaths as President of the
Council, in the presence of the Queen.
Madrid was tranquil, but the barricades remained,
and the people spoke of maintaining them until
Espartero had formed his Ministry.
General Dulce was advancing upon Madrid with
the troops which had followed O'Donnell.
General Blaser and Vista Hermosa were said to
have taken refuge at Gibraltar.
Queen Christina was still at Madrid, but it was
believed that she would set out for Portugal.

Despatches from Vienna, dated on Thursday, and.
nounce that the Austrian army of the south bad not
crossed the frontier at any point, nor had it been
joined by its commander-in-chief, who was in the
capital. Bucharest advices report, on the other
hand, that the Archduke Albert has removed his
head quarters from Herrnanstadt to Bisoritz, and
that the Austrian troops are marching uninterruptedly
into the Bukowina.
Forremainder of Latest Foreign intelligence HO 2) • 731.