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London, England, 1856-04-12

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ANOTHER frightful assassination in the open day
has added fresh notoriety to Ireland this week.
On Tuesday evening, as Mrs. Kelley of Rookwood,
county Roscommon, was walking al short distance
from her house, in company with her nephew, two
men with blackened faces and disguised in petti-
coats rose from behind a hedge, ordered him to stand
aside, and, deliberately placing a pistol within a few
inches of her head, literally blew her brains out.
The cause of this horrible murder is declared to
have originated in Mrs. Kelley giving notice of her
intention to raise the rents of her tenantry to the
rate previous to the late abatement. An inquest has
been held on the body, and a verdict of Wilful
Murder returned. The police are taking the most
active steps. The relative of the deceased has been
arrested, and hopes are entertained that the mur-
derers will soon be hunted down. The correspondent
of the Freeman's Journal writes:—

This day (Wednesday) I visited the place where this
dreadful murder was committed ; it is on the top of a bill,
along way from Mrs. Kelly's house. It is said that when
the unfortunate lady was walking with her nephew the two
assassins, having their faces blackened, and being other-
wise disguised, came into the field through the gate.
They walked quietly up to their victim, who at first was
not aware of their approach ; but, seeing them, and
apprehending their murderous purpose, she fell
fainting to the ground; while in this condition one
of the murderers deliberately stooped over the pros-
trate body and shot he through the head with a
pistol. He then stepped aside, and the other miscreant
did the same. The head of the deceased presented
frightful spectacle, the skull being literally blown into
fragments and the brains scattered about, I picked up
many pieces of her skull, and saw one bullet dug out of
the ground underneath where her brains lay.
Mrs. Kelly, it will be remembered, succeeded to
14,0001. a year, and 200,0001. by the death of Mr.
Kelly, in 1840, and after a severe litigation with the
next of kin for nearly ten years, entered at length
upon the full enjoyment of her property.

THE KING OF BAVARIA continues his encourage-
ment to science and literature. Hi% Majesty has
just founded a gold medal, to be called " The Maxi-
milian Medal," to be distributed four times in each
year as a prize for eminent works of science and
literature. A pecuniary gratification of from 200
to 400 ducats (the ducat is worth about llf. rioc.) will
be attached to each.

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THE PRESS.

Therefore, religion is an inestimable thing. But, on the other hand,
as nobody knows what religion is, as we have, as the Frenchman said,
"ninety-six religions and only one fish-sauce"—(laughter)—and as every-
body flies at everybody's throat, the moment a creed or a definition
is proposed. I think it is of no use to try to enact a religious education.
(Hear, heat.) I have disposed of both of these plans, but there is a
third, upon which the opinion of the Government is sought, namely,
a secular system. Now, though the word sounds newfangled, it is not
new. Horace wrote an ode, which he called Carmen Seculare, though,
for the information of the Manchester school, I should mention that
there is nothing about carmen, or any other members of the lower
orders, in it. ( Laughter.) In astronomy, we have a secular inequality,
which the gentleman who found out that the moon had stopped turn-
ing would do well to study. The word is simply equivalent to
" profane," the latter having been used for it until lately, in contra-
distinction to " sacred." Now, Sir, do you think I would consent to
give the children of this country a profane education ? Heaven forbid,
Sir. Anything like profanity is so distasteful to me, that the other
night when a gallant Admiral (Wallcot) so far forgot himself as to
say " d—n "in this House, it was as much as I could do to remain
present. ( Hear, hear.) lam most deeply imbued with the sense of
reverence, and my organ of veneration is developed to a remarkable
degree. Therefore, Sir, I must oppose any profane scheme. such as
that propounded by cottonmongers and Socinians. (Applause.)
Having now shown, Sir, that it is impossible for the Government to
support any of the three schemes before the House, I may he asked
what I would advocate, and I may be reminded that a Ministry is in
a serious and responsible office, and that the welfare of millions of
our fellow-beings depends on our course of action. I reply, at once,
that I admit it, and that I see in the course which her Majesty's
Government is prepared to adopt the best guarantee for the happi-
ness of those millions. Away with your libels and slanders upon the
people of England—(cheers)—away with your false allegations that
they are not taught ! Did ever our ignorant and untaught nation
select a good Government ? ( Hear, hear.) And what kind of a Go-
vernment has this nation selected ? ( Applause.) Sir, for the Govern-
ment of this country to meddle in the education question would en-
danger its position, and it would be an unworthy and ungrateful
return to the people, who have placed us where we are, did we insult
them by declaring them ignorant, or injure them by imperilling our
places. Therefore, Sir, I beg to announce that her Majesty's Govern-
ment has decided upon doing—nothing. (The Noble Lord sat down
amid loud cheers from his supporters.)
London, England, 1856-04-12

AUDIT OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.

Mr. BOWYER, on Tuesday, called attention to the
constitution of the Board of Audit and to the defects
of the law regarding the audit of public accounts.
The hon. member detailed at length the present
arrangements for auditing the public accounts, the
immense arrears of business on the hands of the
audit officers, and the want of power in the Audit
Board, which he characterised as a purely passive
board, having no power to compel the production of
accounts or enforce the requisitions it might make.
The hon. and learned gentleman then proceeded to
take an historical review of the origin and progress
of the audit system, carefully indicating as he went
along the peculiar defects and shortcomings with
which in each successive reign it was chargeable.
He had come down to the twenty-third year of
George 111., and was elaborately explaining the
state of things at that period, when
AR HON. MEMBER moved that the house be
counted.
There were at that moment about a dozen mena-
hers present, of whom the majority appeared asleep,
but the Government " whips," rushing eagerly into
the lobbies and adjoining rooms, collected as many
hon. gentlemen as completed the prescribed quorum,
and so saved the " House."

Mr. BowYEn then resumed his argument, and,
after drawing a contrast between our Board of Audit
and the Court of Accounts in France highly favor-
able to the latter, concluded by expressing a hope
that the Government would see the propriety of in-
stituting an inquiry into this matter, with the view of
substituting a more efficient tribunal for the very
defective one now in existence.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave detailed
explanatii,ns respecting the functions of the Audit
Board and the portions of the public accounts that
were audited at the Treasury and in other depart-
ments. He did not believe that the business of the
department had fallen considerably in arrears.
Sir F. BARING following, made a few remarks.
Mr. DISRAELI thought the Audit-office ought to be
directly responsible to the house. The notice of the
Government must be drawn to the question, and he
trusted the matter would not be lost sight of, and
that the house would see that the auditing of the
public accounts was placed upon a satisfactory basis.
He thanked the hon. and learned gentleman for
bringing forward this question under rather dis-
couraging circumstances, owing to accidental causes,
and acknowledged the ability which he had shown in
dealing with this as with other matters which he
took in hand. _

Lord PALMERSTON said, it was a mistake to sup-
pose that the audit of the army accounts was not
complete and effectual, and deprecated transferring
the control of the army expenditure to the public
auditors.

Some observations were made by Mr. HENLEY and
Mr. W. WILLIA3I9, and the subject dropped.
London, England, 1856-04-12

THE WHIG MODEL FARM.

The noble lord (Lord Palmerston) had said that Ireland had been suffering from sectarian
differences, and therefore we must establish a MODEL F./m—Mr. Disraeli, House of Commons,
April 4, 1856.
Oh ! green are the grasses of Erin's green isle,
And green is the haulm of its pra ties :
But greener by far are its flats, all the while
We reap and we harvest them gratis.
Oh ! Erin's the Whig Model Farm !
Oh, yes! It's our own Model Farm !

We fenced as Whigs only are able to fence,
And we drained to the Treasury level;
The new Irish Income Tax paid our expense
While we pitched Tenant-Right to the devil.
Oh ! Erin's the Whig Model Farm !
Oh, yes! It's our own Model Farm!

Its grievances—antediluvian crop—
And its rank weeds of partisan hate
Were our staple manure : for our dressing on top
We used Blarney and Blatherumskate.
Oh ! Erin's the Whig Model Farm!
Oh, yes ! It's our owu Model Farm !

We harrowed, we trenched, and our clod-crushing tools
We got from the great Agitator;
We ploughed on the simplest and safest of rules
With the sub-soil machine of our Hayter.
Oh ! Erin's the Whig Model Farm !
Oh, yes ! It's our own Model Farm!

For Keogh's new Guano we paid rather high,
For its virtues we couldn't discover ;
What with that or the Sadleir-O'Flaherty
What dockweeds came up in our clover.
Oh ! Erin's the Whig Model Farm !
Oh, yes ! It's our own Model Farm !

As the dockweeds die off we may still hope for spoil
From the slime, of corruption begotten ;
So our farm may he found, like much other good soil,
Most highly productive when rotten.
Oh! Erin's the Whig Model Farm!
Oh, yes! Its our own Model Farm !
Oh ! green are the grasses of Erin's green isle,
And green is the haulm of its praties ;
But greener by far are its flats, all the while
We reap and we harvest them gratis.
Oh ! Erin's the Whig Model Farm !
Oh, yes ! it's our own Model Farm

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London, England, 1856-04-12

LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1856.

No divining wand is needed to foretell the
catastrophe of a Cabinet beaten twice in one
week. Peace being proclaimed, the weakness
of the Ministry becomes palpable to all.
The progress of events has brought Govern-
ment into a position which may be described
as status quo ante " Coalition." Whoever ex-
amines the list of the Russell Cabinet, as it
stood in 1850, will find that in representative
tone and official aptitude it was considerably
superior to the Ministry over which Lord
PALMERSTON presides. The country, however,
was not satisfied with the old Whig Families,
and it expired of exhaustion. The present
Ministry has now no longer the factitious sup-
port of a continental war to divert scrutiny
from its pretensions, and to lull the dissatis-
faction with its debility. If Lord Jolts
RUSSELL, with his united " great Whig party,"
was not able to administer affitirs, how can a
patchwork connection strive against the pres-
sure of the House of Commons recovering
with Peace its right of free inquiry?
The present Government is manifestly weak,
both collectively and individually. As a
Cabinet, it represents no policy; as a Minis-
try, it has little special ruling talent.
Its Premier has past the period when the
mind can adjust itself to urgent calls for
vigorous effort.. Mr. DISRAELI happily reminded
the Noble Viscount of the ambiguity of a
career in which many years were spent under
the tutelage of Lords LIVERPOOL and CASTLE-
RIAGH. When Lord PALMERSTON was young he
as a dubious Liberal in his speeches, and a
zealous Tory in his votes; when he is aged
he is a Premier of a " Liberal " connection,
which suspects him of being " an old Tory " in
false colours. Though fatally facile with his
pen and speech, Lord JOHN RUSSELL was at
least zealous as an administrator ; but the con-
duct of Lord PALMERSTON in the Home-office
shows how little the country can expect from
hits on education, administrative reform, or
the amendment of the law. Whether from the
levity of his character, or a peculiar in-
capacity for discerning political principles.
Lord PALMERSTON has never shown that moral
vision inherent in a great ruling nature. He
was never the chosen leader of a Parliamen-
t!rY Party, and accident alone precipitated
arm into the Premiership. The age demands
energetic application of sound . principles.
Force and freshness are necessary for the
treatment of the social problems that press for
solution ; but in so conventional a character
as that of Lord PALMERSTON it would be vain
to look for profound ideas. To coquet with
opposites, and to embrace nothing heartily,
has been the inherent vice of his Mashy sys-
tem of politics, at once unstable and unsound.
Next to the Premiership the office of Lord
Chancellor is the most important, and in that
Post the Russell Cabinet had the superiority.
Nobody ever hinted that Lord CorrEs HAM was
a failure on the Woolsack, and he had great
weight with the profession, while, as a law

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London, England, 1856-04-12

THE PRESS.

A MAIN LAW MEETING was held at Oxford, on
Tuesday evening, in the Town hall, when Dr. Lees
attended as the representative of the " United
Kingdom Alliance," and was proceeding to explain
their objects and principles, when the uproar became
so great—fireworks being thrown in rapid succession
on the platform—that the advocates of the
" Alliance," seeing the hopelessness of continuing
the warfare, closed the proceedings.
A SHIPWRIGHT AT NORTH SHIELDS recently took
a rope's-end and thrashed his wife. The next day
the wife took a pie to the docks for her husband's
dinner, but, on removing the lid, instead of finding a
beefsteak or mutton chop, ho found a portion of the
rope with which he had ill-used her, and, on re-
monstrating with his wi'e for such conduct, she
coolly replied that if the rope's end was good for her
it could not be bad for him.

MR. RIDLER, Manager of the Cheltenham and
Gloucester Bank, died suddenly last week, and the
bank is now completely dissolved. The bank was
founded by the Liberal party in 1836, but from
continued losses was forced to close a short time
since, after honourably paying all claims.
THE boiler of a railway engine, when between
Carlisle and Glasgow, burst last week, threw the
train off the rails, killed the driver and stoker, and
severely injured several passengers.
A GREAT exhibition of art treasures is about to be
proposed to take place in Manchester this year.
London, England, 1856-04-12

THE PRESS.

requiring for their adoption the concurrent
acceptance of two others ; (1) distinction of
clerks from copyists; (2) flee passage from
department to deptrttnent, so that the Civil
Service may bveome as much an organised
profession as iv the army. It remains to be
seen Mother these detects will be supplied;
unless they are supplied, Lord GODERICH'S
resolutions most fall to the ground.
London, England, 1856-04-12

Expenses of civil government in every branch mak-
ing up the remainder, and barely amounting, with
every item included, to 10,000,0001.
This result seems worth noting. Taxation is
raised to maintain government. In civilised Europe
peace is the normal state of man, war the exception.
Yet in England, in 1455, past. and present wars ac-
tually absorbed more than 7-Bthe of the entire public
expenditure, the civil government of the country
being carried on at a cost considerably under Bs. per
head for each member of the population.
Table VI. gives the capital amount of National
Debt, as follows :
In 1853

.. £771,335,000

1854 ..

775,041,0(X)

1855 . . 793,375,000
To which it is probable that about twenty millions
more will in a short time be added.
On this unsatisfactory statement follow 3 a column
of principal British imports, from which one or two
samples will suffice :
Of cotton, in 1855, there came in 890,159,000 lbs.
Of coffee, 64,063,000 lbs.
Of wheat, 2,667,000 qrs.
Other grain, 3,061,000 qrs.
Flour, 1,922,000 cwts.
Of sugar (raw), 7,344,000 cwts.
Of tea, 83,117,000 lbs.
Of spirits, nearly 10,000,00(1 gallons.
Of wine, about 8,900.00(1 gallons.
Of tobacco, 38,500,000 lbs.
r Collectively, the real value of these and other
articles of import may be stated at:—
£143,850,000.
In 1854, it was 152,591,000.
Of exports (Table XIV.) we have a corresponding
catalogue, in which the most remarkable feature is
the extraordinary increase which has taken place
within the last fourteen years. Total exports (de-
clared value) were
In 1841 .. £51.545,000
In 1855 .. 95,669,000.
The most rapid vise having taken place since 1848.
This export trade is, roughly, divided thus :
To the United States and

California .. £21,410,000
Australia 11,031,000
East Indies 10,026,000
North American Colonies 6,878,000.
Forming more than one•half of the whole, and
leaving for other countries about £40,000,000.
Of these exports, cotton manufactures constitute
the chief, their value being (Table XV.)
£27,581,000.
Iron and steel produce £0,500,000 nearly.
Cotton yarn .. 7,230,000
Woollens .. .. 7,717,000
Linen 4,118,000.

Textile fabrics, collectively, are exported to the
amount of £51,000,000: exceeding half of the entire
exports of the country.
Taking next the items of tonnage, we obtain the
foll3wing results (Table XXI.) :
In 1841, tonnage of vessels entered and cleared at
porta of the United Kingdom was—
British. Foreign.
6,790,000 tons. 2,69.8,000 tons.
In 1855, 10,919,000 7,569,000.
Collectively, the tonnage was :-
11141. 1855.
9,418,000. 18,489,000.
Showing that trade has in that time nearly doubled.
Pauperism in England and Wales, Jan. 1, 1856,
were .. 877,767
Scotland 79,887
Ireland .. .. 73,083

1,030,737
The numbers showing an increase, except for Ire-
land, since 1853, but a decrease, since the earlier
(1841.6), for which raturns are given.
We omit the estimates of population, since these
are both incomplete and, to some extent, uncertain.
London, England, 1856-04-12

FACTS ABOUT THE POST-OFFICE.

THE second annual Report of the General Post-office
is issued. The most material facts contained in it
are the following :--
Number of letters delivered in the United King-
dom (1855), 458,000,000.
Proportion per head to each number of the popu
lation, 18 letters yearly.
Increase per cent. on number in 1854, 3.
Average increase per cent, during last live years, s}.
Newspapers delivered (retransmissions included),
71,000,000 in the year, or nearly 200,000 daily.
Book-packets sent through the London-office,
about 1,400,000 yearly.
One-half the letters of the entire kingdom pass
through the London office.

All tho colonies, except ten, have adopted a uni-
form postal rate of sixpence per half-ounce. The
principal recusants are Mauritius New Zealand,
Cape of Good Hope, and West Australia.
London, England, 1856-04-12

THE PRESS.

THE LONDONand WESTMINSTER BANK
issues CIRCULAR NOTES of IW. each, payable nt every
important place in Europe. These Notes are issued without
charge, said they are cashed abroad free of commission The
Bank also issues. free of charge, LETTERS of CREDIT on all
the principal Cities and Towns in Europe. The Letters of Credit
are issued only at the Head Office in Lothbury. The Circular
Notes may be obtained at the Head Office, Lothbury, or at any
of the Branches:—
Westminster Branch l, St. James's-square
Bloomsbury ditto 214, High Holborn
Southwark ditto 8 Wellington•st., Borough
Eastern ditto ..87, High-street, Whit echapel
Marylebono ditto 4 Stratford-place, Oxford-street
Temple-bar ditto 217, Strand.
The rate of Interest allowed on Deposits of 5001. and upwards,
at the Bank or any of its branches, is now Five per Cent.
J. W. GI LBART, General Manager.
London, England, 1856-04-12

COLONIAL CONSTITUTIONS

An Outline of the Constitutional History and existing Government of the British Dependencies ;
with the Orders in Council, Statutes, and Parliamentary Documents relating
to each Dependency.
BY ARTHUR MILLS, ESQ., OF THE INNER TEMPLE,
BARRISTERAT LAW.

" The main object of this Volume is to supply some brief compendious information on the Constitutional History
and present Political Condition of the British Dependencies. With this view, the dates and titles of Public Documents,
comprising Orders in Council, Acts of the Imperial Parliament, and Parliamentary Reports, Accounts and Papers,
relating to each Dependeney, have been separately arranged, and prefaced by a short Historical Summary, and a Sketch
of the present Constitution of each."—E.rtract from Preface.

JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street.

MONTALEMBERT ON ENGLAND.

THE AUTHORISED TRANSLATION, post Rvo., 55.,

THE POLITICAL FUTURE OF ENGLAND.
By COUNT MONTALEMBERT, of the French Academy.
" Before closing our notice of M. Montalembert's work, we must record our praise of the sharp, pithy, sparkling
style in which it has been rendered into English. The translation shows a thorough knowledge and a thorough mastery
of both languages."—Alheneum. - _

JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street.

NEW PUBLICATIONS.
London, England, 1856-04-12

INCOME AND PROPERTY TAX.

Mr. MUNTZ, on Tuesday, moved a resolution,
" That an equitable adjustment of the income and
property tax is essential to the interests of the
country, particularly as regards the rates of payment
upon industrial and professional incomes, compared
with those derived from fixed property." Mr. Muntz
then briefly expressed an opinion that a tax upon
property was the best tax that could be imposed;
but there was a great difference between a property
tax and an income tax. A man who had property
should pay for its protection ; but the tax upon
incomes operated unequally, and the mode of assess-
ment, by which a man was often made to rob himself,
was a denial of justice. The present tax was not
fair in itself; it was unjust to the public at large,
and its injustice and inequality might be remedied.
Mr. POLLARD•URQUHART seconded the motion. _

The CuANcEu.on of the EXCHEQUER said the
motion would nocesquate an entire reconstruction of
Pitt's policy, of which Mr. Muntz had carefully
abstained from intimating more than the general prin-
ciple. All taxes were subject to serious objections,
but Government could not be carried on without
taaation. Ur. Ditunta proposed that the income taut

should be repealed, and that the tax should be a tax
upon property alone. He had argued that it was
the holder of property who should pay for the protec-
tion of the State ; but Adam Smith laid it down that
taxes should be paid in proportion, not to property,
but to revenue. Moreover, this plan at present pro•
posed by Mr. Muntz would derange the relations and
proportions of the schedules, which had been disturbed
by the tax on successions, He (the Chancellor of
the Exchequer) believed that this was not a favorable
moment for enter taining such a discussion, and, that
the house should nut pledge itself to an abstract
proposition, he would move the previous question.
Mr. LUNG thought that nothing was more dange-
rous than for the house to adopt an abstract pro-
position upon the subject of our finances, unless it
had before it some practical plan; that a tax should
be judged of with reference to a substitute proposed.
He should, therefore, vote against the original
motion. At the same time he was strongly impressed
with the conviction that this tax must become a per-
manent part of our taxation, and that its principle
must undergo some revision.

Mr. W. WILLIAMS advocated some modification of
the tax as respected incomes of small amount. _

Mr. SPOONER could not support the motion, as he
dissented from the latter portion. He believed that
the assessment of the tax might be made less harsh,
and at the same time more productive.
After a very few words from Mr. MACKIE and Mr.
JOHN MACGREGOR,
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said the inequality of the tax
pervaded all the schedules, and instanced the Long
Annuities, which paid, he said, twenty per cent. tax,
instead of 61. 3s. 4d., which was nothing more than
extortion and robbery.
. _ _

Mr. MUNTZ made a brief reply, and, the house
having divided, his motion was virtually negatived
(the majority deciding that the question be not put)
by 194 to 63.

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London, England, 1856-04-12

POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTRALIA.

The Earl of HARDWICKE' on Monday, called the
attention of the house to the delay which had taken
place in organising a regular postal communication
between England and the Australian colonies, and
asked if there was any objection to lay on the table
the memorial from the colonies on the subject.

The Duke of ARGYLL said there would Le no ob-
jection to the production of the memorial, and inti-
mated that the Government, having invited tenders
for the performance of this postal service by a
Treasury minute issued in February last, were now
in possession of information from which they
hoped speedily to elicit and arrange the cheapest
and most rapid means of correspondence with
Australia.

The subject then dropped.
ANNEXATION OF OUDE.

The Marquis of CLANaccAnnE, on Thursday, in-
quired as to the course pursued by the Court of
Directors of the East India Company in reference to
the treaty of 1837, concluded by the Governor-General
with the King of Dude.
_ . _ .

The Duke of ARGYLL explained that, though the
treaty was printed in this country, it was disallowed,
f-r an informality, by the Indian Government. He
deprecated any formal discussion on the subject until
Lord Dalhousie could appear to give full explanations
as to his administration of Indian affairs.

THE PROPOSED ROAD THROUGH ST. JAMES'S-PARK.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE, on Thursday,
moved an address to the Commons, requesting a
copy of the report regarding the suggested altera-
tions in the approaches to St. James's-park. He
criticised many of the suggestions contained in that
report, expressing much disapprobation of the scheme
for removing the York Column, and opening a
thoroughfare from Waterloo-place into the park.
Instead of spending money to remove the column,
he thought a better object would be attained by
improving the end of Downing street.

A prolonged conversation ensued upon this sub-
ject, in which the Earl of Aberdeen, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, the Earl of Malmesbury, Lord Panmure,
Earl Grey, and other noble lords took part. The
bias of opinion was against the proposal for removing
the column, but strongly in favour of the project for
consolidating all the public offices in some new range
of buildings, occupying the area between Downing-
street and Palace-yard.
London, England, 1856-04-12

AUSTRIA.

The reductions in the Austrian army are still con-
tinued, and the army, it is reported, will be brought
down to the level of 1847. Enormous fortifications
are at the same time being erected at Cracow.
The return of Count Buol is not anticipated for
some little time at Vienna.

Negotiations with Berlin had already commenced,
with the view of obtaining from Russia some moditi•
cation of her prohibitive system, and the Austrian
Government is certainly showing some desire to
amend the errors of her own old commercial policy.
An Imperial ordonance decrees the free admission
of several articles subject to import duty.
Upon the subject of the peace, the Austrian jour•
nals are not very communicative ; the Correspondence
is convinced that it is " honourable for all parties,"
but the feeling at Vienna was not satisfactory as
regards the position Austria has been compelled to
hold at the Conferences.

The Queen of Greece is expected at Vienna in the
course of the summer.
PRUSSIA.

The Prussian Moniteur, of the fith, publishes a
decree restricting the negotiation of securities at the
Bourse, and demanding an examination of the ques-
tion whether the propagation of non .official bulletins
of prices cannot be prevented by administrative or
legislative measures.
London, England, 1856-04-12

FINANCES AND TRADE.

Tin Statistical Abstract, presented within the last
few days to Members of Parliament, contains so
interesting a summary of national finance and pro-
sperity, that we are induced to lay before our readers
a few of its principal calculations.
The first table drawn out by the Treasury is that
which indicates the state of the revenue from 1841
to the present time. In these fifteen years six have
been years of deficit, nine have indicated a surplus.
The largest surplus has been that of 1853, amount-
ing to 3,255,0001. The largest deficit that of 1855,
amounting to 21,141,000/. In this last year the re-
ceipts were 63,364,0001.; the expenditure was
84,505,000/. ; or, in round numbers, the income
equalled three-fourths only of the outgoings.
Taking the last year of peace, 1853, we find from
Table (I 1), that the Customs gave 20,902,000/. ;
Exci5e,15,337,0001.; total revenue being 54,430,0001.
Again resorting to round numbers, the proportions
would stand thus :
Customs .. 7 18ths of the whole.
• Excise .. 5-18ths of the whole.
Other sources 6-18ths, or 1-3rd of the whole.
We prefer taking the figures of 1853, as those of the
last two years refer to a state of things now happily
gone by. But coming down to this later period, we
find in 1855, a total of 63,304,0001., divided thus :
Customs £20,987,000.
Excise .. 16,389,000.
Other sources, 26,000/. nearly ; the increase being
due for the most part to property tax, which from
5,500,000/. in 1853, has swelled to more than
13,500,0001. in 1855.
Examining next (No. III.) the items of expendi-
ture, we see in 1855
For interest and management of
debt, funded and unfunded .. £27,615,000
Army .. .. 19,745,000
_ _

Navy
Ordnance

.. 19,014,000
.. 9,632,000

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THAMES EMBANKMENT AND BATTERSEA-PARK.

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son as to whether there was any intention to continue
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TRADE REGULATIONS IN RUSSIA.

Lord PALMERSTON, on Thursday, in reply to Mr.
Ewart, as to whether it might be practicable to
endeavour to make arrangements with the Russian
Government for the removal of vexatious restrictions
imposed upon British traders in Russia; more parti-
cularly the regulations of the guilds as to the buying
and reselling of imports and exports, said :
I am fully aware that the internal regulations of Russia
affecting trade are exceedingly unfavorable to commercial
transactions, and a grievance to foreigners ; and, un-
doubtedly, her Majesty's Ministers will be anxious to avail
themselves of any proper opportunity to impress on the
Russian Government the expediency, for the sake even of
its own interests, of establishing a more liberal commer
cial system within its own dominions. But I am sure
that the hon. member and the house will feel that with the
negotiation now proceeding on the subject of the general
pacification of Europe this is hardly the most fitting
moment for opening a discussion of that nature. The
Russian Government would, in all probability, be indis-
posed to mix up matters relating to its own commercial
policy with the question of peace; and, therefore, a more
opportune occasion must be chosen for commencing the
overtures to which the hon. gentleman refers. I can
assure the house, however, that this subject shall not
escape the attention of her Majesty's Government.

SALE OF CAVALRY AND ARTILI
CRIMEA.

HORSES IN THE

The Earl of MATMESBURY, on Thursday, inquired
into the truth of the report that the Government
intended to sell the horses of the cavalry and artil-
lery in the Crimea, before embarking those portions
of the army. He deprecated the measure as likely
to injure the military character of the country in the
eyes of other nations. If the horses were sold to the
Russians, it would be easy to represent them to that
people as trophies gained from us during the war.
Lord PANISIURE explained that the expense of
bringing home each horse by the transports now in
the Black Sea would be 471.; if by transports sent
from this country, the expense per horse would be
671. He could not see any degradation in selling
such horses as were not necessary ; nor would
there be any difficulty in replacing them at home.
The Government had no intention of authorising a
general sale.
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Mr. WATSON objected to the selection of the com-
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partisan tribunal.
After a few words from Mr. MACARTNEY,
Mr. J. MACGREGOR, observing that the great sea-
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committee, recommended that it should be wholly re-
constituted.

A similar conclusion, upon different grounds, was
urged by Mr. HADFIELDand Sir F. BARING.

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were to exercise no judicial functions, but merely to
ascertain facts, for which duty he considered its mem-
bers were amply qualified.
The discussion was pushed at much length, and
with considerable warmth, by various hon. members.
Mr. F. Sctir.r.v reopened the Irish point of the con-
troversy ; and Mr. LABOUCHERE defended the present
selection of the committee. The house at last divided
upon the motion for adjourning the debate, which
was negatived by a majority of 108 to 67-41. The
committee was then nominated.

Upon the motion of Mr. WILSON, on Thursday,
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motion that Mr. Beamish's name be added to the
list vice Mr. Kirk, Mr. Lowe opposed the proposition
The question was debated with some vigour, when.
the house divided, and the following numbers
appeared : _ _

For Mr. Beamish 94
" Mr. Kirke

Majority against the Government candidate 21
Mr. Beamish's name was then entered on the
committee, and Mr. Kirke's removed.
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BOARD OF ORDNANCE.

Captain L. VERNON, on Tuesday, in moving for a
copy of the correspondence between the Clerk of the
Ordnance and Lieutenant-Colonel Harness, Deputy-
Inspector• General of Fortifications, respecting his
removal from that military position, entered at some
length into the details of the case, complaining of
the system in the Ordnance of making the military
branch subservient to the civil.

Mr. MONSELL gave explanations upon the subject
of the removal of Colonel Harness, and denied that
there was any idea of giving civilians in the Ordnance
any military control.
After a short conversation the motion was with-
drawn.
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THE MILITIA AND FOREIGN LEGIONS.

Mr. PEEL, on Monday, in reply to Mr. Hume and
Mr. Otway, said that now peace was concluded
measures would be taken for the disembodi•
ment of the militia. With respect to the Foreign
Legions, those in the pay of the country were about
30,000 or 40,000 men. As regarded the Turkish
Contingent, it would be retransterred to the Turkish
Government. As regarded the German Legion, no
decision had been yet come to, but, of course, no
such force would be maintained for any considerable
length of time.

CRIMEAN MEDALS.

Mr. F. PEEL, on Tuesday, in reply to Major
Sibthorp, stated that her Majesty's Government had
accepted the offer of the Emperor Napoleon to confer
a war medal on the English army serving in the
Crimea.
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THE PRESS.

These are matters which cannot any longer
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Liberals into the snare of an anti-Maynooth
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crusade were penned in no spirit of indiffer-
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ism. We now direct notice (and shall con-
tinue to do so) towards the exaggerated
importance given by the present Cabinet to
the Roman Catholics, and to the influences
artfully employed at Dublin Castle to foster
and increase the social pretensions of the
Papacy in Ireland.
London, England, 1856-10-25

RUSSIA.

The solemn entry of the Emperor into St. Peters-
burg was effected on the 14th, with similar ceremony
as at Moscow. The weather was fine, and at night
the city was brilliantly illuminated.
A telegraphic despatch from Hamburg, Wednes-
day, October, 22nd, announces the arrival at Kiel of
four Russian men-of war. This squadron, which is
on its way to the Mediterranean, consists of the
screw man-of-war Wiborg, the screw frigate
Polkan, the Castor fngate, and steam-corvette
Philactel.

A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 10th, gives
the following authentic explanation with respect to
the squadron being about to proceed to the Medi-
terranean :—" There is no question of a squadron,
but only of some few vessels which are shout to
leave the port of Cronstadt and proceed in different
directions. These vessels are the screw frigate
Polkas, which is to take up her station, as before
the war, at the Pirteus, to be at the disposal of the
Russian Minister ; the brig Pkiloctete, which goes
to Constantinople for a similar purpose; and the
paddle frigate Olaf, which is placed at the disposal
of the Empress Dowager during her residence at
Nice. You see, therefcre, that this is nothing of a
squadron ; and as to the political object which the
journals seek to a tech to the affair, I can assure you
that there is nothing of the kind."

SPAIN.
RENEWAL OF RELATIONS WITH RESSLIL.

The Madrid Gazette of the 18th contains an ac-
count of the reception by the Queen of General
Count de Benkendorff, aide-de-camp to the Emperor
of Russia, " charged," says the official journal, " to
present to her Majesty two letters from his sovereign
—one containing the formal notification of the ac-
cession to the throne of the Emperor Alexander IL,
the other being a private letter in which H. I. M.
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HIE BRANDE.

A FIRESIDE HISTORY OF A QUIET LIFE.
BY HOLME LEE,
AUTHOR OF " THORNEY HALL," " GILBERT MASSENGER,"
2 vols. post Bvo.
London : SMITH, ELDER, and CO., 65, CORNHILL.

PRESCOTT'S (W. H.) NEW HISTORICAL WORK.
London, England, 1856-10-25

BIRTHS.

BURT—On the 21at ult., at St. Rites, the wife of the Hon. A. P
Burt, AttorneyOeueral, of a daughter.
DENT—On the lAth instant, in Thurloe•aquare, Lady Beaujolois
Dent, of a daughter.

LURGAN—Ou the :Ist instant, at Brighton, Laly Lurgan, of
a NOII.

MALING—On the 10th instant, at Bayswater, the wife of Lieut.-
Colonel C. S. billing, Bengal Army, of a daughter.
MOODY—On the 18th instant, at Edinburgh, Lieut.•Colouel
Moody, R.E., of a son.
REYNA RDSON—On the 20th instant. in Lower Seymour.
street, the wife of Colonel Birch Reynardson, C. 8., late Ore•
nadier Guards, of a daughter.
SYNGE—On the 4th ult., at Government House, Nassau, Ba-
hamas, the wife of Millington Henry Synge, Esq., Captain
Royal Engineers, of a daughter.

BOYS—TRUSCOTT—un the 15th instant, at Worth, Kent
Henry Boys, Commander lt.N., to Margaret Henderson,
Truscott, niece of the late Rear• Admiral Henderson.
PEA RSE—GUINNESS—On the 14th instant, in Dublin, Robt.
Charles Thomas Pearce, Esq., to Edith Frances Sheridan,
daughter of Richard Samuel Guinness, Esq., M.P. for Barn-
staple, North Devon.
STANNUS—FITZGEHALD—On the 16th instant, at Paris,
Walter Trevor Stimlus, Esq., son of the Dean of Ross, to the
Hon. Catherine Geraldine Vesey Fitzgerald, daughter of Lord
Fitzgerald and Vesey.
London, England, 1856-10-25

DEATHS.

CARLISLE—On the 20th instant, Annabel's, daughter of the
late Sir Anthony Carlisle, F.R.S., of Laugham•place.
HASSAI.L—On the 19th instant, at Richmond, Mary Ann, wife
of Richard Hassell, M.D.
HOLM—On the 21th ult., at Highgate, J. D. H olm , Esq., a most
disuuguished phrenologist, aged dl.
OAK ELEY—Ou the 17th instant, at Oakeley, Salop, Lieut.-Col.
Oakeley, 50th ttegt.
PEARCE—On the 19th instant, at Cheltenham, John Church
Pearce Church, son of ',taut: Colonel Church Pearce,
aged 18.

PERCY—On the 20th instant, at Scotsbridge, Herta, Vice•
Admiral the Hon. Joaceline Percy, C. 13.
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REIGN OF THE EMPEROR

CHARLES V.

BY WILLIAM ROBERTSON.
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THE QUEEN OF SPAIN.

The Paris correspondent of the Times (second
edition) states that the Queen recently proposed to
General Narvaez " a project of law for the restitu-
tion to the clergy of the national property, not, how-
ever, the property which still remains unappropriated,
but the whole of the Church property that has been
sold since her accession to the throne. General
Narvaez literally stood aghast, a•id the very hairs of
his moustache twisted with affright. What! the
property to change hands which had been he.d for
the last twenty-one years by thousands and thou-
sands of Spaniards, and of which so many of all par-
ties have become legally the possessors !" The
general refused, as did also the Marquis cf Viluma
(the head of the Absolutist Farty), whom the Queen
next called in. The King, it is said, is the instigator
of this reactionary proposal. The correspondent
adds :—" It was expected that the Queen bad some
idea of sending for the Archbishop of Toledo to form
a Ministry ! From these and other circumstances it
is much to be feared that still more serious events
than the last are likely to occur in Spain."

MISS JULIA WHIM'S INSURRECTIONARY
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of the 20th :

TO Tiir. EDITOR OF " THE DAILY NEWS."
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for the " Emancipation of Italy," fur publication in your
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