The Express.
London, England, 1848-08-05 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1848.

the amp of any parish not comprised lea union, wbe may, though
not settled therein, be exempt from ItabiliV to removal therefrom ,•
and such crrn.ar shall In Iffe ows of • onion dance lap pmm and
ripel.oll in such emigration upon the COMMIX fund; sad in
the cam of a parish not in a union upon the monies is their hands for
the relief of the poor.
Mr. C. BULLER bad no objection to the clause, and
would swot to it on the bringing up of the report, which
wee accordingly ordered.
air W. JOLLIFFE mooed the following clause •
Andbe It eoaoted, that from and after the plowing of this set, no
warrant of removal shall be granted for any person from the union is
which such foercat shall have resided for live years nest beat-. the
aortas for such irarnatt.
Mr. C. BULLER considered it of far too grtl,t trepetteeee
to introduce incidentally into a temporal,: memure lA. the

present.
Sir W. JOLLIFFE then wit iirew the clause.
The house resumed, and the report was ordered to be
''.-rought up on Monday a. it.
The house at half past 3 adjourned to 5 o'clock.
The SPEAKER resumed the chair shortly alter 5 o'clock.
TIIE CHANNEL ISLANDS.
Dr. BOWRINO inquired from the right hon. baronet
the Homo Secretary, whether it was the intention of the
government to introduce any changes in the criminal law
of the Channel Islands, and in the mode of their adminis-

tration ?
Sir G. GREY replied that the report of the commis-
sioners appointed to inquire into this subject, with respect
to Jersey, had been received some time before their report
with reference to Guernsey. The former had been sent for
the inspection of the state of Jersey, and the draft of an
order in council was in the course of preparation, to carry
into effect the recommendationof the commissioners as to the

royal court of Jersey.
Mr. EW Alt r inquired whether the government intended
to renew the commission, with a view to an enquiry it.to the
civil laws of the Channel Islands Mahe same way as had been
dt ne with regard to the criminal
Sir 0. GREY said that the commissioners were of opinion
that the civil laws of the Channel Islands would open 140 wide
and eaten-inc a field of inquiry, that it could not lw brought
to a termination within any reasonable time. It was not,
therefore. intended to re-appoint the COMMINOOII.
THE GERMANIC CONFEDERATION.
Mt. DISRAELI, liming the noble lord the s ecretary
for Foreign Affairs in his place wished to put to the
, noble lend a question on the su'bject of a recent act ot
aggression or annexation committed by that body, which by
courtesy was styled the Germanic confederation. The house
would remember that by the treaty of 1839, which regulated
the dismemberment ot the kingdom of the Netherlands, the
King of the firthi elands, acting under the advice of the
great powers, ot wham this country had been one, had con-
ceded a portion of the grand duchy of Luxembourg to the
erection of the new kingdom of Belgium, and by the same
treaty the duchy of Limburg became a province of the king-
dom of the Netherlands; it being • condition in the same
treaty that the King of the Netherlands should compensate
the agnates interested in the duchy of Luxembourg, and
also that he should compensate the German confederation
for the lota they might sustain from the relinauidinient of
part of the territory rf Luxembourg. The King of the
Netherlands, acting under the advice and with the
co-operation of Great Britain, hail made pecuniary
cumpensat on to the agnates of his house, and had
also undertaken that although Limburg should become
a province of the kingdom of the Netherlands, yet, as
far as the supply of men and money was concerned,
the Germanic Contederaiion should not lose by the retire-
quishment so made. 'These arrangements were at the time
perfectly Yilsatltfityml to
decreeall partiese y concerned;
uedl buttl intenwlnaos
tional Assemble at Frankfort, these arrangements which
had tended in 1539 to maintain the pace ot Eurepe were
entirely repudiated, and it had been announced on the part
of the German National Assembly, that it could not sanction
the regulations established by those solemn and salutary
treaties to which Great Britain with other great powers had
been parties; and hence it was to be feared that in his iliac.-
lion similar occurrences to these which the Schleswig Hot.
stein lineation had given birth to would arise in this matter.
Be (Mr. Disraeli) therefore heaged to silk the noble lord
whether he could hold out any hopes to the house that by hie
linterference in the aflair the faith of the treaty referred to,
would be observed.
Lord I'ALMERSTON said the hon. gentleman had
stated correctly the arrangements which had been made by
the treaty of 11439. By that treaty a portion of the getout
duchy of Luxembourg was annexed to Belgium, and the
house was probably aware that that grand duchy formed
part of the Germanic Confederation, its virtue of which the
y stated that in consideration of the cession so made
by the grac.d duke of a portion of the territory of Luxem-
bourg, he was to receive an equivalent in the Limburg dis-
trict, which was to be held by him, either as incorporated
with Belgium or in his quality of Grand Duke of Luxem-
bourg, awl by a subsequent article cf the treaty it was
provided that he was to come to an arrangement with
the agnates of the house of NIO4•11. As to what had pre-
cieely leveed with the Germureic Confederation her fda-
jesty's government hat no official knowledge, but recently he
(Lord Palmerston) had reedy. el a representation from the
minister of the King of the Netherlands on the subject of
the recent proceedings at Franktoit with reftrence to Lim-
burg, sae before he 110 prepared to form an accurate opi-
nion as to the decree of participation which England had in
the treaty of 1839, he had inquired from the Netherlands
government what had then pa- al between the King at the
Netherlands and the Germanic Confederation on that point.
To that inquiry he had not yet received the information
bought, ate. therefore he was unable at present to answer
whether or not the British government could consider itself
entitled Or au:limier(' to interfere.
THE AMERICAN POSTAGE QUESTION.
Mr. CARDWELL begged to ask the noble lord whether
the papers repecting the American postage question would
be laid on the table of the house before the termination of
the present session of porliament.
Lord PALMERSTON replied that the negotiations on
this subject Mail been chiefly conducted by a department of
the government different from that with which lie was con-
nected, and therefore at the moment he was not prepared to
answer the question. Ile would however male inquiries,
and on Monday give an answer to the hon. member.
EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO COMPANY.
Mr. BM; %THREE asked the right hon. the Presiglent of
the Board of Trade whether the Eastern Archipela Com-
pany had paid up the portion of their proposed capital
(50,0001.) required by their charter of incorporation; and,
if not, whether the charter had been avoided ?
Mr. LABOIJCHERE replied that it was true that the
50,1.001. had not been paid up within the twelve metitha
tram the date of the charter ; hut, as this had not aria, n
from any neglect or tech, son the part of the e. my soy, but
was owing to their deed of settlement having been dela) ed
by the Chamber of Commerce at Liverpool and other places,
to whom as opposieg parties it had been sent—under these
circumstances, the Board of Trade hail not deemed it right
to advise her Majesty to avoid the charter.
HORSHAM ELECTION.
Mr. C. ANS fEY asked if it were true that the action of
" Newmarch r. Sir John Jervis," which had been brought
to recover penalties for bribery at the last election fur
Horsham had been compromised.
The AT I assert upon my honour
that it has not been compronsiaed. (Hear, hear.)
ARMING TUE POLICE.

Lord I). STUART said he had observed that the police
now appeared at night on duty hi the streets arm. d with
swords, and he wished to know whether, it no disturbance
took place, this was to be continued.
Sir G. GREY assured the noble lord that as to the " habi-
tually arming" the police with these weapons, no such in-
tention existed.
REGISTRATION, &c. (SCOTLAND) BILL.
In answer to &question put by Mr. Mats,
The LORD-ADVOCATE was understo,d to intimate his
intention to proceed with this and the Scotch Marriages
Bill during the present session.
DENMARK AND THE GERMAN STATES.
In reply te • question by Mr. Cindery as to the differ-
ences between Denmark and the German Siete,
Lord PALM EUSTON said he felt great disappointment
that the armistice had not been concluded, as lie had the
best 1-C11.911 to expect when last the subject was mentioned
He belts red, however, that the delay was owing
more the matter of form than to any essential differencee.
The fact was, that pending the negotiations and before the
agreement was made, the Archduke John had been elected
administrator of the German emtere, and a question had
alien, whether the armistice could be properly carried to a
conclueion until it had received his sanction as admipie
teeter. Hence the delay, but still be (Lord Palmerston)
entertained the hope that very shortly the armistice would
be concluded. (Hear, hear.)
DISEASED SHEEP.
Mr. F. O'CONNOR inquired whether the right hon. the
President of the Board of 1 rade bad heard a statement that
no less than 1,500 diseased she, p had been taken out of
different Hocks. and sent for sale into Smithfield market ?
Mr. LABOUCHERE had not rec. ived any such intelli-
gence, though he had every reason to bell. ve that n great
camber of diseased sheep hail been sent into the market.
LE IC ES EB. ELECTION.
Mr. PACKE, aliudiug to the o! Mr. Gardiner, begeed
to ask if any member of the government could now offer
an explansuon to the statement of his hon. colleague (Sir
M. Raiford)?
Lord J. RUSSELL said the Secretary of the Treasury had
Instituted an inquiry into the matter, but he (Lord J.
Enasell) had not received the result.
THE FACTORY BILL.
Mr. M. GIBSON, after r.derring to certain convictions
which had recently taken place under the Factory Act at
Manche ter, iotoired whether it wee the intention of the
government to introduce any measure to settle the miscon-
struction which had been put upon the law.
Alter a L. w words from Mr. BICIWIT,
Sir G. GREY replied that the government did not intend
to make any alteration in the low during the present ses-
sion. He admitted, however, that sem.: settlement was ne-
cessary.
CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS BILL.
On the motion for resuming the committee on the Corrupt
Practices at El. tione Bill,
Sir D. L. EVANS called the attention of the noble lord
at the head of the government, and of the right tan. ban.
the member for Tainworth, to the circumstances dischwect
in the evidence taken before the recent Cheshire election
committee, of which he (Sir De Lacy Evens) bad been a
member, submitted that in providing against conuption
at elections, the point with respect to what ahould consti-
tute agency ought not to be lost eight Lord J. 'RUSSELL was undereteod to say that the law,
was not meant to apply to the cane of refreshments given at
county elections; but he believed committees had given op-
posite decisions, and no rule had teen laid down so di finitely
u to entitle it to authority.
After a conversation,
Lord CO I.7ItILSAY said that, u chairman of the North
Cheshire committee, he must exculpate the Lon. mentlor
from any knowledge of the treating, which had beOU Car'ied

en to • great extent; sod on this secouut the committee had
thought it necessary to bring the subject before
law the house
should.
Mr. V. SMITH thought it necessary that die
be altered, but did not see how the usual sysvm of liberality,
udispleyed in the distribution of tickets, could be interfered

with.
Mr. WORTLEY expressed his conviction that treating of
this kind was not punishable by law.
Mr. BRIGHT contended that there ought to be the same
law for counties as for boroughs, and that no favour should
be shown to country gentlemen. (Rear, hear.)
Col. SIBTHORP condemned the bill generally, and said
he was for hospitality and the exercise of Christian chanty.
(Great laughter.)
Mr. SPOONER saw nothing in the bill to prevent its
being made applicable to counties as well as boroughs.
Mr. HOBLIOUSE asked whether a gentleman was to be
excluded from supporting local charities, lest he should In
held guilty of bribery ?
Sir R. PEEL said the distinction formerly wet. whether
the treating was given with tho intent of corrupting the
voter. Sulisequently, the act of tree:ring itself, apart from
any corrupt intention, wag made
: an offence, it it were done
alter the testing of the writ or summons. The difficulty
raisin out of the apparent harshness in the case of county
voters, however, was one which had not been crested by the
act of the noble lord, but which arose under the law an it had
existed for the last hundred years.
Mr. HENLEY referred to the North Cheshire case, and
contended that there was not the slightest ground for alleging
treating with a corrupt intent in such cues.
The motion for going into committee on the bill was then
agreed to, and the Speaker left the chair.
On clause 5,
Mr. lIO9HOUSE prof. sled against the appointment of
the commissioner by the ju hies of assize.
The SOLICITOR.GENIe:RAL snid it was moat desirable
that these appointments should not be political and hence
the propriety of their being made by the judges.
Mr. HENLEY thought it was of the utmost importance
that the political imparti.lity of the judges should be pre-

served.
Mr. EWART was for giving the power of nomination to

the Shaker.
Mr. P. HOWARD did not think there was any fee, of
the impartiality of the judges suffering by leaving the power
of nomination with them.
Cul. SI would oppose the clause altogether.
Mr. HUDSON had wrong objections to vesting the nomi-
nation in the hoods of the judges.
Mr. SPOONEIt thought that the judges were in the best
position to make the nomination.
ItOIIINSON could not see how the political impar-
tiality of the judges was to be affected by giving the nomina-
..

tion to them.
Mr. Id u LUNGS and Mr. Ult4:10,11T supported the clause.
Mr. NEWDEOATE was in tarour °I the house appoint-

in the commissioners.
The amendment was then negatived without a division.
Ou the point of two commissioners,
Mr.IIEN LEY thought one gentleman of long standing
would conduct the inquiry better than two. A divided re-
sponsibility was a had responsibility. (11,:ar.)
The SOLICITOR. GENERAL thought the point raised
by the hon. memts r was worthy of consideration.
Col. SIISTIIOItI' would much pre:er no commissioner.

(Laughter.)
Cl.uae 7 was struck out.
Ou Chilli,' 8,
Mr. MULLINOS expressed an opinion that the barrister
ought to be allowed a clerk.
The AT CORNEY•GENERAL said revising barristers
were not allowed clerks. They only Mcreawil
Cot. SIIITHORP : Generally speaking the clerics are the
beat men. They do the work wUM their masters are idle.
Mr. UGBILOUSE caked why these tarristirs were to have
pow.r to hold their courts as far as ten miles trout the

town.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said the barrister might,
from riots or other cause, be o'iliged to leave the town.
Col. SIBTIIORP thought it an iusult to any respect-
able borough to introduce such a provision. No well.con-
ducted commissioner would lie expelled from Lincoln by
riots unless he misconducted himself, and then he would be
ducked in the Witham, or otherwise treated according to his
deserts.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he would agree to
strike out the words. He did not think them important.
Several other verbal and literal amendments were made,
end the clause was agreed ty.
Mr. M ..iLLINLIS moved the following proviso to this clause
Provided alway., that if such inquiry before such commissioner. 22
aforesaid cannot be eurupleted in one day, the said 120.112112,011er2
shall proceed de die Octiit to during the period of nix hour., of each
day, between the hours of nine of the clock in the morning and we of
the clock in the evening, until such inquiry is fully completed and
rnncluclisl utverthelels, if the calif commissioners shall deem it ne-
misery or expedient, and they respectively in titer opinion think that
the lace of the case require an adjournment of such inquiry,
they reepectively may adjourn the proceedings from time to
tune and front place to place, in such RUMMY as they
respectively shall think proper; but where any such ad-
journment is from place to plats., or °Met wise than de cite its diem,
the cause or reason of such adjournment shall he mitered by the said
021226122221Vre Oil the minutes of their proceedings, and the seal com-
missioner. shall a 1.., enter on such proceedings toe hours of the day
on which they respectively commence, and conclui4 their respective
inquiries on each day, and the trite celiac •-f their not proceeding for
the toll timo of six hours on each dire, if such should he the cane :
Provideclabio, that when the oommissieners shall adjourn much Court
of Inquiry to any plait not in or within ten miles ol such city or bo-
rough, the sant 1221111ii•Oqupers sheath give three days' nonce, tit the
least, of the time aril place of meeting under any roach adjournment,
by causing such notice to be affixed against such town hall, market,
or otter publie building of such city or borough 2A aforesaid, and the
said cougniseicriers shall, in the minut I. of theg proceeding+, renrid
the rearocn for such adjournment, and *hall in their report specially
mention such adjournment, arid the re: wow for the rune.
Mr. HENLEY observed that he saw no provision in this
bill that the courts should he open courts.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that usually they
would be open courts, but there might he occasions when it
might be useful and desirable that the courts should be
close I.
Col. SIDTHORP decidedly protected against this as most
unconstitutional and un-English—dangerous in precedent and
still more so in practice. This convinced him still more that
the bid was it dirty mode of proceeding.
The proviso was adopted.
Clause 9 was agreed to after some verbal amendments.
Mr. HODGSON asked whether tee inquires under this
bill were to be confined to the lastelection in a borough or to
antecedent elections ?
The SOLICITOR GENERAL said the inquiries would
apply only to the last election, except in canes where matters
were to be inqu red into which would elucidate the proceed-
ings at such lest election.
Col. SIIITHOIIP had hoped the inquiry would be gene-
ral. If there was to be any inquiry he thought if ought to
extend into every city and borough suspected or not
suspected. This was a purifying—a sanitary measure; why
should not ali boroughs have the benefit of it ? If there was
to be an inquiry into the truth let it be universal. Truth,
they say, lay in a well; " then," said the hon. meuiber,
" pump it up, sir, pump it up." (Great laughter.)
Clause 10 was agreed to.
Ou clause 11,
The SOLICITOR:GENERAL said objection had been
made to the examination of the sitting member, and he pro-
posed to introduce words to obviate that objection.
Col. SIBTROItP raid there was another pert of this clause
to which he objected. The commission was to have power
to call for documents and deeds, lle told them plainly he
would mot trust any commission with his documents and
deed+. lie would go to the Tower rather. (Laud laughter.)
Mr. HODGSON wished to know what was the meaning
of introducing the word deeds ? What had deeds to do with
the matter?
The SOLICITOR GENERAL reminded .he hon. gen-
tleman that lessen, for instance, were deeds, and that leases
might be grained to voters for a corrwet purpose.
Mr. HENLEY asked whether it was contemplated that
solicitors were to be put upon their examination as to matters
in which they had acted professionally, and wherein the cou-
lidenee attaching to professional assistance ought, as before
[other tribunals, to be respected ? lie wished to know also
whether witnesses before these commissioners were to have
their expenses?
The SOLICITOR GENERAL said that he did not ap-
prehend that in connexion with WSW inquiries the privilege
extendt.d in other inquiries to solicitors, cur the benefit of the
client be it remembered and not for that of the solicitor
himself, could pr,.,-crly be given to then. As to the ex-
punts of witnesses, these, of course, would be allowed them.
Mr. HENLEY said that in this case the indemnity given
to principals, in relation to evidence given by themselves,
should be applicable also to inculpatou evidence given by
their agents.
The SOLICITOR GENERAL apprehended that the
indemnity given to the priticipds woe already of general
application. He admitted, however, that there was some
difficulty in the matter, and he should like to postpone the
modification of the clause until he hail further consider. d
the point.
Mr. HUDSON asked whether the deeds end documents
called for were to be made public ?
the SOLICITOIL. OEN EItAL raid only such extracts
from shim as effected public queoti•in.
C SIISI'IIOIII' protested against the whole proposi-
tion of calling for deeds and documents acd bankers' books.
The clause as amended, exempting the sitting member
from examination, was then agreed to, the question as to
solicitors being left for future determination.
Clauses 11, 12, 13, and 14 were agreed to.
On clause 15, which provided an indemnity for witnesses
who might be examined under the provisions of this bill,
being proposed,
Mr. HOOHOUSE objected to the clause, and declared his
intention to divide the committee against it.
After a brief discussion,
The committee divided—For the clause .., 117
Against it
The clause, alter some verbal amendments was then agreed
to and ordered to stand part of the bill, as were also clauses
16 and 17. clause 18, which provides the money penalties,
was postponed. Clauses 19 to 25 inclusive were aijecil to
without any discussion.
The SOLICITOR GENERAL brought up • new clause
to extend the provisions of the bill to Scotland, as suggested
by the right hor. baronet the member for Temwotth.
Col. SIBTIIORP thought this was an underhand mode of
introducing a new clause, and he submitted that it ought to
be printed and in the hands of members before it was enter-
taint d.
The LORD ADVOCATE defended the clause, which he
contended was merely of a technical character.
Mr. HENLEY concurred with the hon. and gallant mem-
ber for Lincoln that the clause ought to be printed, other-
w:se the committee would be taken completely by surprise.
The LORI) ADVOCATE acceded, and the clau.ae was
postponed in order that it might be prime I and delivered to
members.
The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to read over the names
of the boroughs comprised in the ischeettile. thrby, Hors-

Zhe erpregiti.

MAILS.

Th. overland closed mails, rid Manedles, to the Mediterranean,
Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, Hong-Kong, he,, will be made up on the
evening of the 7th Aug.
The mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, Cadiz,
and Gibraltar
will be made up on the morning of the 7th Aug.
The mails for British "Mtn America, and the United States,
will be mime up on the evening of the 11th Aug.
The Weal mill., excluding Bermuda, Nemo, Ravenna,
Honduras, New Orleans Vera Lt., Tampico, and Porto Rico, and
ineluiling those for Madeira, Jacmel, Carthage., fauna Martha,
Chagrrs, Panama, West Coast of South America, and St. Jua.d.
Nicaragua, will he made up on the morning of the 17th August.
The overload mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Wanda
Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, Hong-Kong, and China, rio elouthami•
ton, will ho made up on the evening of the 19th August.
The minis for New South Wales, Van Diemana Lend, and New
Zegliind will he made up on the evening of the 314 August.
The mails for the Wee Coast of Africa and Madeira will be made
up on the evening of the 31st August.
The roads fur the Brasile, the River Plate, Monte Video, Perndm-
Mien. Bahia, Madeira, sad Buenos Ayres, will he made up on the
evening of the 4th September.

LONDON, SATURDAY, AUG. 5.
OUR hopes of yesterday, that the successes of
RADETSKI might, through the moderation of Aus-
trian princes a 4 statesmen, be rendered conducive to
peace, are considerably dashed by the intelligence
since received of the v ctorious marshal having re-
plied to the King of SARDINIA'S demand of an
armistice by coupling it with the most disgraceful
conditions. 'I lot cause of the independence of North
Italy has, however, been weakened, not merely
by the superiority of the Austrian a.-ms to those of
Piedmont, but by the dissensions and vacillations of
the Milanese. A pure republican party has sprung
up in that city, to retract the allegiance promised to
CHARLES ALBERT, to repudiate Piedmontese sove-
reignty a:4 union, and to throw themselves into the
arms of France. France can be very little obliged to
these anarchists, whose suicidal folly thus lays the
Milanese at the feet of their German oppressors.
Whatever may have been the antecedents of
Crunt.es ALBERT, and however precipitate and
questionable in the eyes of Europe, his first
attack upon Austria, the Italians certainly
have no cause to reproach him. Hit risked
all for them, led his army to conflict with
the Austrians, and in a lengthened campaign gave
every proof of generalship and more of heroism. No
prince ever earned a crown with more justice than
CHARLES ALBERT has earned theta Lombardy. Instead
of generously rushing to the rescue and seconding
his efforts, the Milanese now abandon themselves to
democratic guidance, and behave, we are sorry to
say, like certain women who are ever ready to quit
the lover that becomes penniless and powerless in
order to hang upon the arm of a more puissant
protector.
Such conduct on the part of the Milanese, coupled
with the utter inefficiency of the Lombard troops in
battle, does certainly oiler some pretext for the re-
fusal of RADETSKI to allow CHARLES ALBERT, re-

treating serous the Po, to secure impunity ezd at
armistice for Milan. North Italy thus .eslysed by
the defection and wavering of its very cur, —tor Magi
is its centre—the Austrian general might :..some
the Italian cause has disappeared, and that it mem.
remains for him to take vengeance uo Kiagl
PIEDMONT.
It must be plain to every one, that France cam*
' suffer either CUARLES ALBERT to be crushed, it
even Milan to re-become Austrian. Till Ie is use k
arguing whether this is just or not, a I.ether
have the right to interfere, or whether is »m id of is
conveniences arc not likely to follow. France newt
interfere. General CAVAIGNAC may be as pacifier
Cardinal FLEURY, and the French chamber itself
desire " peace at all price," ap M. GUIZOT
falsely accusedof doing. no French goverument coot
not attempt such a policy without being hanged 4
effigy all over the country, and spat upon, and kicked
into the very abyss of contempt. It no one del
would eject such a government the red republit
would rise to do it, and would have popular support.
There is, therefore, no use in coop eturing what,
French government will do ; we all know what it
must do. Aud deeply do we deplore, while we taw;
the necessity.
Hopes no doubt may still be entertained that Ita.
DETSKI may be mode rate, and will not provoke the
French, or that he will be ever-rule d. Our Vieille
letter gives small hopes of this ; on the c,,Etraty, the
news of even RaDETsKI's first suttee., has so elated
the court that the EMPEROR. has been made to
refuse returning to Vienna in a tone of evet
sarcasm. A popular insurrection is expected
at Vienna, and, perhaps a reou'llte, u Lich, it
is well known, will be the sign.lofHnnrian a,terrea.,
Lion. And even the Viennese liberals, senue.gs: whore
our correspondent miugles, are rowed b) Ittusvotea
triumphs to cry "No treaty with CIIARLis ALBEIT'
Whilst men are thus as mad at Vienne its ill Milk
how can the French be expected to pitserve titer
senses ?
Neither are half measures possible. There vu
talk of a French force occupying Ancona. Teat mu
all very well in the olden time, and wan ...efficient is
awe MLTTERNICII. But the coming of the Free*
now would cause an insurrection of the korner,'
The Austrians would infallibly attack the Ito.nagers.
and they must be defended. The French gotemmue
thus could not send less than 30,000 men to Ancona;
although a wiser and more determined plan would he
to throw them into Venice.
If a military re-action takes place in Germany, end
France finds herself opposed to tne old kiegs, and the
old principles of the holy alliance, France mast look
for succour chiefly to the ultra-liberals 0: Germany
and of Poland. This will be another war of pro.
pagandism and of principle. Let us, however, hope
such day still distant, and let r.s trust that Proridenee
may yet avert the calamity of a European
war. The Archduke JOHN is a wise and influential
prince, at the held of an assembly widen tag given
many proofs of wisdom and moderation. haeland,
France, Prussia, and the Lieutenant of the Empire
may yet have power, by a common under standing, to
avert the danger and the struggle waieh is but tea
ninent.

EVERYTHING that savours of " a trick " we divas,
and we especially dislike tricks played off in pulls.
ment. Now with all duo deference to Lord Chao.
cellor COTTENIIAM, for whom, it is almost heedless to
say, we entertain sincere respect, we must express La
opinion that there is something about hi, mode of
dealing with the " Charity Trusts Regulstios Bell" that
seems vastly like an attempt to gain an Indent. Elven.
tage. We don't know whether the bill is intended
to be pressed through both houses or not—we believe
that the government do not know themselves, and
that their decision entirely depends upon the feeling
expressed both out of doors and in upon the
subject. We don't know much about the merits or
demerits of the bill, and truth to tell, at this period
of the year, we don't care. But what we feel, and
very strongly feel, is this, that the msith of Angie
is much too late a period of the session to propose
even a good measure, that is not of the first necessity,
especially if it affects, and very gra \ ely tette, ts, as this
does, a thousand diverse interests.
No one will have forgotten the celebrated bill
of Lord Chancellor Lv DltteST, proposed to
the House of Lords in 181 G, for the TO.
I gelation of charitable trusts. The object of that
bill was a job, and as such it was denounced in the
Daily News at the time. The opposition to it wee
extremely vigorous, and it was most unexpectedly
and wonderfully successful. After numerous skis
mishes, in which Lord BROUGHAM brought into fl
all the light artillery of his caustic humour,
LYNDHURST came down to the House of Peers ea do
18th of May, and moved that the bill be read a spud
time. The motion was opposed by Lord Chemist
Corse,: IIAM, end the bill was thrown out by a at
jority of 2. A more powerful piece of ressonisg
the present Loan CIIANCELLOK'S speech upa
occasion has rarely been heard within the HORN of
Lords. So successful was the effort, that even la
BnouGtlAM gave up the attempt to reply. "I fed,.
he said, " considerable difficulty in rising to addren
you. The observations of my noble and leaned
friend have been so multifarious, sometimes so grave,
sometimes as light, sometimes so jocose, at able
times in so serious a vein, net, while I listened to
them with interest, yet I must own that their very
variety prevents my making any attempts to follow
him." These " observations" were various indeed.
They affected not only the principle and details d
the measure, but the principle and details of
all schemes for the administration of charity
estates. They showed the infinite importance
of the subject—the thousand difficulties surrounding
it— the almost hopelessness of the attempt to say
the conflicting interests concerned The noble lad
pointed out how unsuccessful had been other ale*
cetted plane for administering charity trusts, la
proved that the main cause of their ill-suceeseins
attributable to the fact that crude and hasty legisla-
tion had been attempted. And yet in the het
of all this—without notice—without 'nepenthes
of any sort—the noble lord comes doe n and lays
upon the table in the month of August a memos
affecting charities as materially as the measure
1846, which he asks the house within a week to seed
to the Lower House of l'arliamest, where of cone it
could only pass among the muss of ill-digested bill
hurried through the house at the close of every Fe*
sion, without consideration and almost in igsoninced
anything beyond their titles.
Now if the object is to pass the bill this year before
it can possibly have been read by many of the petite
likely to be interested, we mu.etsay svcthinkthstcone
very censurable. If the object be only to get the
assent of the llouse of Lords to the measure, in cede
that next session it may be introdueed seed posed
without discussion, as " merely a renewal of the
bit
before their lordships last year," why, then, we tee
ture to say that we hope that project will fad entire'''.
The bill is one that requires very mature, candid,esi
impartial consideration in all its bearings. It ie.,
that ought to be in the hands of every one comers°
for several weeks before it is passed, and it oughtcot
to be passed at a:1 except with the general concurrelft
of 11w country.
We arc not anxious to discuss the measure tette
present tune. It we are obliged, however, to expos
any opinion about it, we feel bound to say that it sp.
pears to have one of the main faults of the bill de
nounced by Lord CorreNnAu in P 446. That
gave to every person, directly or indirectly interestal
in the application of a charitable trust, the eight °
institute suite or proceedings respecting the applies'
tion of any portion of the property. Lord Cove-sits-I
wisely objected to this, as tending to provoke litigonol•
The same defect is apparent in the prteent meals°.
It is not at all cured, but rather augmented, by do
alteration in the courts before which proceedings era
to be taken. In the former case commissions
to be appointed ; in the present instance the juziodie•
tion is to be vested in the judges of the county 03,31
in whose district the estate may he Pituatel
in reality, only makes the matter worse by ospelrbge
the door for a multiplication of litigious sse
commissions would have been a ls,dy to whom a !le!
ral appeal might have been made, but here true:.
living in Londonhaving property belonging to the Trt,s.
in Wales, Northumberland, and Cornwall goy
dragged before County Court judges in each and
of these districts to answer any appeal with whegi!_
litigious suitor may harrass them. As the ests°
would have, no doubt, to pay the cost", tbe .1 %31
would most probably be thus eaten up, jast as
TENHAM described it would be under the orw
tion of the measure of 1816.
subßicucttwahtaalt we
aetmthaiisnlseay objectron topui.beleiontejungareons7l,i
in a position nor a temper to deal with so imPrtin

matter uit deserves. Even if the bill should get to
the Commons, we should be disposed to countenance
very stroug representations to the government on the
impropriety of an attempt
.to get a measure of this
importance through parliament on what might be
called " the sly."

FRANC

PARIS.FRIDAT, II A.M.

The report on the insurrection is the enTcoasing
subject here to-day.
The Messayer @Aye The club of "eepresentatives
held at the I'alais National, can -.; to a resolution on
Wednesday to support the c:ftowing candidates for
the Vice-Presidency of the Assembly, viz., MM.
Corbon, B sio, Ccomettin, Guinard, Georges Lafayette,
and Gustave de Beaumont. 'lbis list has been acceded
to by the clubs of the Institut and Cercle Democra-
tique. The meeting was complete; the ban and
trite-ban of sen-i-Nlontagnards were convoked ;
more than 301) members attend. d, and the discussion
was most animmed. 'fhe club of the ralais National
intends, it is said, to suppo t M. de Lamurtine fur the
presidency, if M. Arruaf.d Nlarrast accepts the em-
my to England."
STATE OF THE BANK or FRANCE up to Aug. 3, with
the corresponding items of the Fee. dine wetk :
Week ending Week ending
July 79. Aug. 3.
r. c.
Capital
Natal of new fused beaks, 23,330,00.1 0 23,300,000 0
Reserve
Deserve of new fused beaks 2,900,600 14 2,900,630 14
Reserve in real property ..... 4,0010,100 0 4,000,000 0
Bank notes in eireuLativa 307.0000.0 n SOG 310,400 0
W. Branch banks
Bills to order
Account current of TIWAINT7, ilvalltor 12,197.70 0 21,66.1,109 14
Divers ...vents current. 81.040,712 5.1 72,991.941 24
AC.Unito current in the batachcs 21.7170,- 60 0 21,278,263 0
Rempts iklyaklNC at eight
Reocipts pay Oils Id eight in the
branches
Drafts ol branch hulks payable by
bank 4,621,3.53 72 4,116,726 SG
Drafts of balk taiyulde by branch
oinks
Dividends tuiy able
Bank of Algierusuni not yet invested
in Treasury bonds
Discount, divers immesh% an] CI
penol 739,935 38 770,620 70
INACIRLIMI and divers interests iu
branch banks
Re-Ilie,ount Lot hall-year 421,9.12 27 472,932 77
lotto in branch banks ............--- 642,1 3 0 647,153 0
Sundries

LIABILITIIM

617,434,037 95 616,930,339 60
MINTS.
Coin and ingots
Cssh in the branch hulks ........
Bills over due 1,384,-74 91 2.016.545 27
Bills uud accoptances In Paris 96,733,161 52 92,554 A-7 59
80. do. in, brown hanks ....... ...-- 1;i9,i93,100 67 140,253,130 87
Advances on bullion
Advanees on Frencii public Meek 37,962,596 65 37,876494 65
Adv.inves on French public funds by
branch beaks
ees Adm to the state on Treasury
bonds 50,000,000 0 30,000,000 0
AdVAneh.. to the state on kun of ISO
23,000,000 0 2.5,001,000 0
millions
Stock forming reserve
Stock, disposable funds 114218,400 71 11,217,860 71
Investment of new fused beaks in
public funds
Bank buildings brunchture.....--- 4,000,000 0 4,000,000 0
Real property obanks 2,323,241 0 2,523,241 0
Interest in Algiers Bank
hiterest in National Di. oust Bank 200,000 0 200,000 0
Intetest of branch hanks in the
National IhKount Banks of the
provincial togas
ProteArd bills
Protested bills in branch banks 11,012,613 0 10,913,342 0
Expenses of management
Exposes of management of branch
banks 46,970 0 89,355 0
&unlike

61;,414,07 0 616,00,139,G0

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.

REPORT OF THE CONINIITTEE ON THE
PARIS INSURRECTIONS OF MAY AND JUNE.
TLIURsDAY, AUG. 3.
We yesterday published the opening portion of the
report on the Paris insurrections, which was read to
the Chamber by M. Bauchart, connected with the
affair of the 13th May, and the intentions of the re-
volutionists. M. Bauchart continued as follows :
The decrees discovered pronounce the abolishing the
representation of the people, and constituting a com•
mittee of public weep, c map sod of nine menibt rs, whose
names are lett in blank. They prohibit the exportation
of money, outlaw the citizen who 'Will cross the
frontiers, abolish all power, charges, and public func•
lions, with the exception of mayors, create committees,
composed of five ouvriers out of seven members well
known patriots; they confer on the committees the verification
of the public revenues and judges in question of police, order,
and execution of deem s, they create a guard called the
garde otter iire, composed of known patriots, and pronounce
the dissolution of the national guard, and outlaw all national
guards who shall go out ia arm, or unif-rm ; they
establish a progressive tax payable within a short
period. Ihe property of those who should not
pay was declared common, their furniture was to be
sold and distributed to the poor—the communes were con-
voked to acknowledge the committee of pubic safety and
the actual republic; they decreed that the organisauon of
labour should be de creed in three weeks, and wholly fur the
benefit of the <furriers. Thus, Sobrier's house was the
theatre of the conspiracy, and, singularly enough, who should
be the first in the attack on the Assembly but a visitor at Sa-
brier's, one of the most violent chiefs of the clubs
—Lonstetried. lie was arrested—and what did he
declare ? "That he came with the authority of M.
Ledru Rollin to oppose or repress the imetele called before
justice. M. Ledru Rollin did not deny this; he praised this
man, his filelity and honesty in different missions confided
to him in the departments, and acknowli dged that he had
accepted his services oa the l•ritti of May. If we
ask the executive commission, it replies that it
is surrounded itself with advice, that it called toge-
ther all the responsible authorities, that all measures were
taken in common, that it had given orders that it could not
foresee that these orders would not be executed, that there
was no gevernment beyond the reach of mistakes or treason."
Ask the commandant of the National Guard. He replied
that the four legions ought to have been in a body on the
bridge,and thinks it was the president who ordered the footways
not to be stopped; that if the Place Bourgogne was without
trcops and the means of resisting thee:mettle, it was because he
relied on the Natioraal Guard, and that its chief, General
Tampeure, had abandoned it to go into the tribunes as a
spectator ; that the troops of the line who should have
been stationed in the esplanade of the Invalides were at the
Champs Elysies ; that the squadron of dragoons was in
the tanneks at the Huai d'O,say, but that a conflict be-
tween this troop end the people would have led to the '
murder of the assembly ; that the prefect of police bad ,
written him : " lie quiet ; if you do nut beat the rappel
there is nothing to tear." That the gate. of the assembly '
were only opened to some delegates, mid it could not he sup-
pnwil the people could forfeit their word and rush in in a
crowd. Ask the Minister of War. He answers that he was
gone to the Luxembourg for oiders ; that the command
in chief had been conterred on another, and that he
himself was without authori'y ; that he would have
resigned but for the imminent danger • that if he
had advised the rappel not to be beaten, it was
because he thought it dangerous nicer the assembly, and 1.
likely to lead to a mae.acre oe the representatives, that Gen. !
Tampouse was under toe orders of the Minister of the In-
terior, and bad MI miler to give. 110 yon speak of the con-
duct of the ger teal of division, it is r plied that be removed
the troops tern the Invalidcs, and only obeyed the order of
the commander-in-chief, as was his duty. It is thus
that with ill defined duties, the responsibility seems
to be shifted, or rather weighs more heavily on
all who were held 1 able to it. It is certain that
neither in the report of the 3lct May, nor in the proses
rerbal of the executive commission is the proof that the
general c anniatid w a given to M. de Courtais. The execu-
tive commission says : Commend was absent. There was no
unity; but where was the fault? Who will accuse
. the executive commission ? Was it the duty of the
executive commission to demoi.d an active and de-
voted service of the prefect of police, and who
al, ne ought to have acted iii such an emergency i
Vie aid that the executive commission t t,,uo ht (vre quote Its
own wort!) they liml a sutlii:ently strong force in the inter-
vention of the body organised, not for ~mettle but for order,
under the name of the Montagnards, Garde Republicaine,
and Garde Lyonnaiee. In presence of such an assertion
one le confounded with astonishment, particularly when one
considers what passed at the Prefecture of Police, and
of which the executive commission could not be
ignorant, for they declared " they were not sure
of 31. Caussidsere, that he had no police." The
absence of the prefect of police at the council of the
i 14th of May, to which he had been summoned, struck
the commission. It left M. Caussidare, nevertheless, at the
head of the police, confining itself to summoning him the
11
next morring for the second time. Ho did not then come—
said he was ill, but would go to the Luxembourg if they de-
sired it. The commission did not insist, and were
contented with this reply. It demaodect reports on the
bete'—" to be informed on the projected movement." No
doubt well intended, but perfectly fruitless. On the morning
of the 15th no report had come to the ministry of the inte-
rior. "'Chat was unfortunate, but not extraordinary," cad
the commission ; it sent itself some officers of ordnance to the
suspected points. Reports at last arrived, they could
not tell from whom; seditious language had been
used, end name arms were found hidden under !douses.
Thus during iii this day, as before, there was no persdrial
COmmunicaticn be.;ween the goverment and the prefect ,
of Police. More than Oil., the Minist, rof the Interior, since !
ha had entered on this de:ties, bad never seen that turn-
. n'ssr7- In a report of that minister only are these words:
31. caunsi,,Kre wee,' with us to arrest on the first move-
ment Sobrier; lliaoque is wateteet." And a few minutes
before, an oidontance of the prefect of police came
n. to say in his name that the imnlifestation had at its
hod men on whom he could r.'lY as on himself'
lltut if he could answer for the chiefs of .she movement, he
!mew theoi l Wu he then ignorant that ..'"ohrier was at
their head. tad yet he declazes that, in a contennee with