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REVERSES OF FORTUNE.—It is currently reported
in Sunderland that Mr. George Hudson, late M.P. for that
tt_wn, has obtained a settlement of his heavy claim
(said to
be about 200,C0C) upon certain Spanish railways, and that
after paying all his liabilities, he will be in possession of a
handsome fortune. Rumour further states it to be the in-
tention of Mr. Hudson to offer himself for the represecta-
tionof Whitby at the neat vacaney.—.Nevicothiountal•

Of this great Christian nation (which he has not
yet named) the Count DE MONTALEMBERT takes
occasion a little further on to remark, quite as
uncompromisingly—She, this Victim Nation, has
called to all the powers, to all the rights, here
below. She has invoked, turn by turn, with
the most poignant adjurations—Civilization, Huma-
nity, the Rights of Nations, the New Right,
Modern Ideas, Progress, Honour,Recollections,Pity,
Public Conscience! She has obtained nothing ! To
this piercing, heart-rending appeal no one hes re-
sponded ! And, he goes on, with noble accents of
scorn, to single them out one by one, and to arraign
them, each one amongst, them for its respective de-
falcation. Civilization, he says, this self-vaunting
Modern Civilization, has virtually confessed itself
vanquished by Barbarism ! Liberty, this haughty
and austere liberty—haughty and austere at least
(theoretically) against oppression—has been power.
less, here, to secure even the most elementary
of all liberties, the liberty of living ! And so on,
with the rest. But—at last—in this frozen tran-
quillity, in the midst of this universal indifference
one voice, says the Count DE MONTALTMBERT, one
voice is heard—one alone—replying to that cry of
distress raised 'ay agonised Poland. The affecting
eircunaste.-aces attendant upon the lifting up of that
solitary voice in reply to Poland, had already been
recognised where its recognition might least have
been anticipated—namely, on the seventh of last
month, in the Cnamber of Deputies at Turin.
It had, then and there, upon the mere men-
tion of it, been welcomed, not only with
profound emotion, but with resounding acclama-
tions. M. BROPPERIO, it was—himself one of the
most conspicuous adversaries of the Papal
Power—who,
on the 7th of May, in the
,Member of Deputies at Turin—seized the
as it were upon the very
opportunity to remark,
morrow of the publication of the POPE'S Ency-
clical,--w"ithout resources, with-
out army, on the brink of his grave, reprobating
thus a powerful potentate because of his swallowing
up a whole people with his despotism, I feel
myself moved to the very centre of my
the
tbiemineg,ofl
GlineElGieovßey ciazorrtwed
inbachkomtaoge, 1
applaud." Whereupon, the whole assembly—listen-
ing to those fervid words—itself applauded. It is
to be regretted that the Count DE MONTALEMBERT
should have had reason for remarking here, in a foot
note of .Le Correspondant, that no similar incident
transpired during this recent session in the French
Chambers. Reverting, however, to the ettra•Par-
liamentary remarks uttered by that Great French
Orator, whom untoward circumstances hays un-
happily denied admission within the walls of the
Imperial Legislature—reverting, however, we say,
to what is here said, without the walls of that
Legislature by the Count de MONTALEMBERT in
reference to this one voice raised in bahalf of Poland
—speaking of it in his character as Catholic, he
each:ices, not very surprisingly, even when his
words come to be echoed here in Protestant Eng-
land—the voce which has thus been raised, this
one solitary, isolated voice---" It is the voice of
o religion—a voice plaintive, indignant, immortal.
That which is here visibly bettor° the eyes of us all,

alike of friends and of foes, equally of the faithful
and of the impious—it is that which has here;spoken,
and which has spoken thus—alone--to the nation
that is being crucified !

Turn by turn, however, in the sequel of his argue
meat, the Count de MONTALEMBERT arraigns, as
we have already expressed it, the great nations of
the west, to whom, collectively and separately, the
Victim Nation has during these last 18 months of
her agony appealed, but, as the world knows, altoge-
ther in vain. France, England, Germany, Italy—he
takes them one by one into painful and afflicted con-
sideration. What we of course have most to do with,
ly=re, we turn to at onca with all eagerness. " Eng-
land!" exclaims the Count DE MONTALEMBEET, in
anguish—he who best, we believe, among all livir g
Frenchmen, possibly among all continental Euro-
peans, appreciates us English and our political
institutions—" England !" exclaims this conspicum
ous friend and admirer of England and of English
Institutions—" how, can I paint here the mournful
pity with which the lamentable decrepitude of her
foreign policy (the foreign policy of this England
we were so proud of) inspires nowadays
even her best friends, even her most faithful
admirers ? Day after day they speak to us
exultantly of the incontestable progress of den
mocracy iu the bosom of this great free people.
But what matters that, if these advances
are only simultaneous with the decadence
but too clearly manifest now (through her foreign
policy) of her energy, of her capacity, of her integ-
rity in the management of the affairs of Europe."
And so forth. We care not to continue, here, the
afflicting remonstrance. Tae decadence of our
national influence, as represented by our foreign
policy, is only too painfully apparent. It admits,
in simple fact of no denial. But, the responsibility
of it appertains—this in effect is our one consolation,
as it is also our profound and ineradicable convic-
tion—the responsibility of it devolves, not upon
the Nation! It devolves solely and excluSively upon
the Government, by whom the nation is misrepre-
sented at so many points—all of them of gigantic
importance—in regard to the Poles, in regard to
the Danes, in regard to the Confederates.

The second reading of the Penal Servitude Acts
Amendment Bill was not achieved without a dis-
cussion, in the course of which some very wise
suggestions were made, but they do not seem to
have been paid much heed to. Lord CRANWORTH'S
motion was the wisest of all—that transportation
offered the best means of disposing of the convicts
generally; It is very much to be regretted that it
was not contrived in some way or other to carry
out the recommendations of the commissioners—
there are so many reasons in favour of the plan,
and it seems to offer an advantage to all sides.
Here in this country we are set free from the
great anxiety of watching there men, and are re-
lieved from the fear of their renewing their depre-
dations, which brought them originally into trouble.
The men themselves are no doubt greatly benefitted
by the change. They can lead a new life, in the
strict and literal acceptation of the term. If disposed
to redeem their evil ways, they meet with encou-
ragement on all sides ; if inclined to relapse into
wrong paths, they ere saved the great danger of
their former companions in vice surrounding them,
and danger is put far behind them. As for the
colonists themselves, they would be the gainers in
acquiring so much more assistance in their numerous
undertakings. It is inconsistent for them now to
raise such an outcry, when they were at one time
most glad to meet with the aid of those they now
scam. The chief absurdity of the clamour that
has been made regarding this proposition is, that
there would be no likelihood of the convicts escep-
log from Western Australia. As the inhabitants there
tile us 6 eejae, aid IY Q.. 1 G4l (see
a piece of unjustifiable interference on the part of
the other colonists, to make themselves so disagree-
able and unaccommodating. Lord GRANVILLE said
that " from each of the colonies, except Western
'Australia, there came the strongest remonstrance!'
This affirms the report that has already been cir-
culated concerning the idea that it was prejudice
which urged the minds of those who put so decisive
a negative on the suggestion, and made their veto
of exclusion the signal that doomed hundreds of
their fellow creatures to a wretched fate at home.
instead of entering on a new existence in distant
lands. Lord GRANVILLE'S arguments on this point
are very inconclusive, because a Government is not
bound to attach importance to the unreasonable
demands of colonists, although their unjust repre-
sentations should never be overlooked. For this
reason it appears that a mistake has been made in
ignoring the request of Western Australia to allow
the convicts to be sent to a greater extent, and in
acceding to the overbearing request of the other
colonies to desist from the enterprise determined on.
One of the first fruits of the pernicious workings of
this act has been to give up the proposal of the
commissioners to make seven years the minimum
term of a sentence to penal servitude. It has been
reduced to five, and thus an important feature in the
disciplinarian system has been changed through the
unwise acquiescence in a chimerical notion. Lord
CARNARVON'S opinions oa such a rubject
as that of this debate are always worth
listening to, and it is satisfactory to
find that to a great degree he approved of this
measure, although he also was disappointed at the
turn events had taken respecting the plan of trans.
portation. He very forcibly illustrated his view of
the subject in contradiction to the arguments used
by some, regarding the universality of the Austra-
lian settlement which was opposed to it, by saying
that " So far from their being a universal concur-
rence of opinion in opposition to it, the district of
Moreton Bay had itself petitioned for an increase of
convicts." Very true were the strictures passed by
(he noble lord on the style of the systems which
have hitherto prevailed in this country regarding
the convicts, and the notable failure of their work-
ings. Certainly there can be no doubt that they
have not accomplished two very important deside-
returns; they have neither bestowed safety on the
public, nor exercised a check on the offending par-
ties to restrain them from further mischief, and on
others to deter them from following so very per.
nicious an example. There have been some grievous
errors extant in the old plan, and the prospect of
their being early partially rectified is at any rate
satisfactory in its way. Lord CARNARVON stated
that,the principle of the Bill was to inflict "sharp
and certain sentences," and he did not deny
that he approved of this notion. It has been proved
by experience that it is a positive cruelty to the
unhappy
individuals themselves to pamper them
in such habits of luxury, and to afford them
first one relaxation and then another, so
that they quit their prisons in some respects
more prone to the commission of error than
when they entered it, by not having their passions
subdued by stern treatment and their period of
durance rendered, in reality, a penance, as it should
be in all things Consistent with the preservation of
their health and strength. Nothing has been of
more detriment to society than that specious senti-
mentalism which transferred to the criminal the
sympathy and consideration which belonged of
right to his victim, and 50 confused the relative
bearings of things, and the issues of right and wrong
that caricaturiste were not out of place in repre.

senting imprisoned felons in a sort of state with
lacqueys attending to them and all around awaiting
their orders. Lord CARNARVON faithfully depicted
a great part of the cause of these evils when he men-
tioned that blame attached itself to the Judges and
the Home Secretary. The former persisted in pass-
ing short sentences upon these offenders, and by
this means society was not perfectly protected, and
also there was exhibited on the part of the Home
Secretary so much uncertainty, vacillation, and
misplaced tenderness towards greet and notorious
criminals that crime received a fresh impulse in this
country. This description very naturally portrays
the state cf thiegs prior to the formation of a Royal
Commission, and the final introduction of this mea-
sure, which is, at any rate, a remedial one, and pro-
mises, if faithfully carried out in its several
ramifications to effect come progress in the
much desired path of reform. Lord CARNARVON
was in favour of the system of police supervision.
This may be necessary, but great care should be
exercised in its woileings, in order that mischief
may not be done by the adoption of means supposed
and intended to be remedial. Much harm may be
done to the discharged convict if caution is not em-
ephloayeegdes thinfaot may havellowing
his movements and tracing the
taken place in his character.
At the same time, it cannot be denied that it is very
necessary to try some plan for the eognisance of the
system appears,
fromlj all accounts, to be a very good
one, and it would be vie 11 if it were more implicitly
followed in this country. If a great and beneficial
change does not take place in our prisons and con-
vict establishments, it will be very discreditable,
after the universal sentiment of public opinion
which has been expressed on the matter, and an-
other failure will necessitate the whole subject com
in before Parliament, and a complete revision and
remodelling of the whole system fundamentally.

It is a lamentable fact that one of the direct
afflictions that befall humanity is at the same time
desolating the Old and New Worlds. Civil war is
devastating the ancient and effete empire which
claims to be the leader of civilisation, while it is
sapping the strength and retarding the progress of
the great 'Western Republic, whose admirers would
have us regard it as the model of political wisdom.
In America, and in China alike, the horrors of inter
necine strife are tending to the ruin of the nation
and the wretchedness of the people; differing, how-
ever, in the two countries from the fact that in one
they are the product of a chronic and well-nigh
hopeless complaint, in the other the result of a fierce
and acute disorder. Our dealings with the two
cases have been systematicaliy different. We have
tried intervention in the one case, and non-inter-
vention in the other. We have treated unques-
tionable rebels as belligerents, and have, on the
other hand, refused to look upon belligerents as any
other than rebels. Men, money, and ships have
been at the service of the one civil war, while the
other has waged fiercely for three years without
obtaining that verbal interference or acknowledg •
ment which some persons think would be sufficient
to arrest its progress. But in neither case has our
Government contrived to escape blame, and in both
instances i't has had the satisfaction of being called to
account for contributing by its conduct to the waste of
blood and treasure, and the wholesale misery inflicted
by civil war. Their offence in the trans-Atlantic
struggle has been a negative one, but with regard
to China they are more seriously involved. From
time to time the questions appertaining to our
Chinese policy are discussed in the House generally
with the same result. It usually happens that ne
decided movement results from these debates, ye
they are not withoutp service as reflecting in some
ergree the 1211Zell of tee country. Ihe die-
cussion cf Tuesday evening was one that could not
be overlooked, whether from the political standins
of the hon. member who introduced it, from the
length to which it extended, the numberand variety
of the speakers, or the masterly manner in which
Lord PALMERSTON disposed of the arguments of his
adversaries. The case is undoubtedly a difficult
and a complicated one. It is not to be met by a few
general maxims, nor capable of being treated by a
panacea like that recommended by Mr. COBDEN.
The vicissitudes of Chinese civil war arc certainly no
business of ours, and it is idle to talk of interfering
on the grounds of humanity and hatred of bloodshed,
while we leave the great Western struggle to go
on unchecked. But it is also none of our making,
and had an Englishman never set foot in China the
Taeping rebellion would have been raging all the
same. The real difficulty of the case lies in on,
commercial interests, which are of course also the
commercial interests of China, and hon. gentlemen
who censure so severely the policy of the
Govern-
ment in defending the treaty ports do not show any
conclusive reason why we should surrender our
rights, damage our commerce, and saff a serious in-
jury to be inflicted on the Chinese themselves by
the destruction of their trade because a civil war
has broken out in another part of the Empire. Mr.
COBDEN, in his severe strictures upon our Chinese
policy, remarked that " it was a remarkable fact
that this is the only foreign country in which we
have sought to force fade by violence and war, and
it is the only country which forma an exception to
the progress made in our commercial dealings."
The hon. gentleman forgot, however, that the de-
pression of trade must be attributed rather to the
internal commotions of the Empire than to any
interference of ours. Lord PALMERSTON, it is true,
maintained that our trade with China was by to
means in the condition represented by Mr. COBDEN,
but it is evident that if it fails to realise the expec-
tations of our merchants at present, such a state 01
things is owing to the war in the silk districts, the
piracy, &c., which Mr. COBDEN and his Mende
would leave unchecked. 'Whether we can rea-
sonably hope that peace will be soon esta-
blished is, as Lord PALMERSTON observed, beyond
the power of any man to predict. But having esta-
blished commercial relations with that country, and
thus opening to our trade au outlet, including one.
third of the human race, there can be no reason
why we should draw back now from the position
attained with so much difficulty. It is no more a
selfish policy to protect cur relations with China
than to follow out the interests of commerce in any
other shape. It is certainly very undesirable that
we should, as a nation, interfere in their internecine
wars, but we have every right to defend those
treaty ports to which we have some claim. Mr.
COBDEN'S suggestion of the establishment of open
porta presents one very serious difficulty. It requires
the consent of the Chinese themselves, who would
never agree to such a plan. The question of piracy
is one which needs prompt and careful attention,
for the extent to which it is carried in Chinese
things existing 15
th
orderi which for-
bade waters is something startling. Of itself, it is sus,
cient to cripple the most flourishing trade. We
read with astonishment Mr. COBDEN'S declaration
a n
othra2tohyeewarasnatsgo restored,to s e ethestate
d
of
the
the destruction of pirates, unless they were
proved beyond all question to have attacked a
square-rigged vessel. He wishes this order to
supersede the very moderate and sensible instruc•
tions issued by Admiral KUPER last year, whet,
he directed that Chinese vestels sh Aild on no sc
j count be destroyed by her MAJEtalr'S ships, unless

the officers were requested by competent Chinese ,
authorities to do so, or ut:less a pirate was caught
in the act of piracy. This °Mei c? 118 forth Mr.
COBDEN'S stern reproof; bat it is only reasonable
and just that we should lend our aid to the sop.: ,
pression of that piracy which is so disastrous to
Chinese trade. Notwithbtanding the hen. member
for Rochdale's able and temperate speech, and
the fierce invectives of the member for Birmingham,
there seems little grcurd for censuring the course
which several successive Governments have pur-
sued in endeavouring to foster our trade with
China by every means in their power. Altmbers
are often too ready to attribute the want of faith,
the cruelty and injustice so common with Eastern
nations, to some fault on the side of our authorities,
and en Englishman's natural horror of unnecessary
violence and bloodshed makes them too prompt to
pass severe censures without full information. Of
this we had recently a striking example in the case
of the Kagosima ; and we should have thought
that that iessOn might have taught the hon. mem-
ber for Rochdale and his associates to be lees sus-
picious of the Eastern policy of our Statesmen.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION,

HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 1.
TESTS ABOLITION (OXFORD) BILL.

-
Order for committee read, Motion made and question
proposed, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave th chair.'
Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That"
to the end of the question, in order to add the words
" this house will, upon this day three months, resolve
itself into the said ccrnmittes," instead thereof. Question
put, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part
of the question." The house divided—Ayes, 236 ; Noes,
226.

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AYES-236.
Adair, H. E. Fenwick, E. M. Norris, J. T.
Adam, W. I'. Fenwick, 11. North, F.
Agnew, Sir A. Fermoy, Lord O'Brien, Sir P.
Alcock, T. Finch, C. W. U'Conor Don, The
O
Andover, Lord Finlay, A. S. ,
'Loghlen, Sir C.
Anstruther, Sir R. Fitzroy, Lord F. Onslow, G.
Antrobus, E. Fitzwilliam, C. W. Owen, Sir H.
Ath umney, Lord Fo!jambe, F. J. S. Facie, Col.
Ayrton, A. S. Forster, C. Paget, C.
Aytoun. it. S. Forster, W. E. Paget, Lord C.
Bagwell, J. Foster, W. 0. Pease, 11.
Baines, E. Fortescue, F. D. Peel, Sir R.
Baring, Sir F. Fortescue, C. S. Peel, F.
Baring, T. G. French, Col. Fender, J.
Baxter, W. E. Gaskell, J. M. Peto, Sir M.
Bazley, T. Gibson, T. M. Pilkington, J.
Beaumont, W. B. Gilpin, C. Pinney, Col.
Beaumont, S. Gladstone, W. E. Ponsonby, A.
Bellew, It. M. Glyn, G. C. I'otter, E.
Berkeley, H. F. Goldsmid, Sir F. Powell, J. J.
Biddulph, Col. Gower, F. L. Pryse, E. L.
Black, A. Greene, J. Jtamsden, Sir J. W.
Blake, J. Greenwood, J. Ricardo, 0.
Blencowe, J. G. Greg-son, S. Robartes, T. J. A.
Bouverie, E. P. Grenfeli, H. R. Robertson, D.
Bouverie, I'. P. Grey, Sir G. Rothschild,Baron M
Brand, H. Gurdon, B. Russell, A.
Bright, J. Gurney, S. Russell, Sir W.
Brown, J. Iladfie,d, G. St. Aubyn, J.
Browne, Lord J. T. lianbury, It. Scholetie..d, W.
Bruce, H. A. klauthey, J. Scott, Sir W.
Buchanan, W. Hankey, T. Scully, V.
Buckley J Gen. Ilanicastle, J. A. Seely, C.
Buller, J. W. Ilartington,Marquis Seymour, Dfinby
Burke, Sir T. J. Ilayter, sir W. Seymour, Digby
Butler, C. S. Headlam, T. E. Seymour, A
Butt, I. Ilenley, Lord .Shalto, R. D.
Buxton, C. Herbert, 11. A. Shelley, Sir J. V.
Caird, J. Dibbert, J. T. Sheridan, R. B.
Calthorpe, F. H. Hodgkinson, G. Sidney,'
. A.
Cardweil, E. Hodgson, K. Smith, J
Childers, H. C. E. Holland, E. Smith, J. B.
Cholineley, Sir M. Howard, C. W. G. Stacpoole, W.
Churchill, Lord A. Butt, W. Staniland, M.
Clay, J. Ingham, It. Stansfeld, J.
Clifford, C. C. Jervoise, Sir J. Stuart, Col.
Clifford, Col. Johnstone, Sir J. Sykes, Col. W. 11.
Clifton, Sir IL King, F. J. L. Talbot, C. R. M.
Clive, G. Kinglake, A. W. Taylor, P. A.
Cobbett, J. M. Kiugiake, Serj. J. Thompson, 11. S.
Cobden, R. Einnaird, A. 1. Tite, W.
Coke, Col. Layard, A. 11. Tollemache, F. J.
Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Langton, W. H. G. Tomline, G.
Collier, air R. P. Lawson, W. Tracy, C. R. D.
Corbally, M. E. Leatham, E. A. Trelawny, Sir J. S.
Cowper, W. F. Lefevre, G. J. 6. Turner, J. A.
Cox, W. Lee, W. Verney, Sir H.
Craufurd, E. H. J. Lewis, H. Vernon, H. I'.
Crawford, R. W. Lindsay, W. S. Villiers, C. P.
Crossley, Sir F. Locke, J. Vivian, H. H.
Dalglish, it. Lysley, W. J. Vyner, R. A.
Davie, Sir 11. R. F. MacEvoy, E. Waldron, L.
Davie, Col. F. Mackie, J. Warner, E.
Bering, Sir E. Mackinnon, W.(Ly.)Watkin, E. W.
Dillwyn, L. L. Mackinnon,W. A. Western, S.
Douglas, Sir C. M`Mahon, P. IVesthead, J. P. B.
Duff; M. E. Maguire, J. F. Whitbread, S.
Duff, It. W. Marjoribanks, D. C. White, J.
Dunbar, Sir W. Marsh, M. H. White, L.
Dundas, F. Martin, I'. W. Wickham, IL W.
Dundas, Sir D. Martin, J. Williams, W.
Dunkellin, Lord Massey, W. N. Winnington, Sir T.
Dunlop, A. AI. Merry, J. Wood, air C.
Enfield, Viscount Miller, W. Woods, 11.
Ennis, J. Mitchell, P. A. Wrightson, W. B.
Esnaonde, J. Moncreitr, J. Wyviil, M.
Evans, 'l'. W. Monsell, W.
Ewart, W. Morris, D. TELLERS.
Ewart, J. C. Morrison, W. Dodson, J. G.
Ewing, H. E. C. Neate, C. Goschen, G. J.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]
AMERICA.
(Per North American, via Crookhaven.)
NEW YORK, MAY 21 (Morning).

On the evening of the 19th inst. General E
corps made an unsuccessful effort to turn Grant's
right. '

The Federals captured 300 prisoners and lost 700
in killed and missing.

General Beauregard is in General Butler's imme-
diate front preparing to assault his entrenchments,
General Sherman has reached Cassevilie,

A great battle is imminent at Atalanta.
Mr. Stanton, Secretary of War, announces that
25,000 veteran troops have been sent to reinforce.
Cieneral Grant.

The author of the forged proclamation of Presi-
dent Lincoln has teen arrested and sent to Fort
Lafayette. He concocted the proclamation for
speculative purposes.

NEW YORK, MAY 21 (Evening).

There is no war news.
The Confederate steamer Florida left Bermuda
on the 14th inst., it is believed for the track of the
New York and Liverpool steamsrs.
The City of Manchester and the Hansa, sailing
to-day for Europe, take 550,000 dole. in specie.
NEW YORK, MAY 21 (Morning).
Gold 831, per cent. premium.
NEW YORK, MAY 21 (Evening).

Money easy, Gold 831 per cent. premium. Stocks
slightly firmer, New York Centrals, 135. Illinois
133, Erie 117. 5 dots. 20 cents. United States.
Bonds, 106*. Cotton advancing. Middlirg Up.
land, 91 to 911.

FURTHER DEFEAT OF THE FEDERALS,

(FROM THE TIMES' CORREtiPONDENT.)

(Per the North American via Crook haven, June 2.)

NEW YORK, MAY 20.

M daybreak on Wednesday Grant again unsuc-
cessfully assaulted Lee's centre and left. After a
desperate conflict, lasting throughout the forenoon,
the Federate were forced to retreat, with loss of 1,200
killed and wounded.

An attack by Lea is stated to have been subse-
quently nxr_le upon Grant's front and repulsed.

Johnston continues to draw Sherman away from
his base. Official despatches from the latter, to 2
p.m yesterday, announce his arrival at Kingston,
70 miles south of Chattanooga, and that he c, as
still advancing, and Johnston retiring.
The Federals had occupied Rome.

The surprise against Butler on Monday appears
to have been completely successful. The Confede-
rates captured General Hickman, with nearly his
whole brigade and eight or ten cannon, and drove
the whole Federal force to their intrenchments at
Bermuda. The Federal loss in killed and wounded
is admitted to be 2;00. General Ransom com-
manded the Confederates.
The Government has suppressed the World and
Journal of Commerce, for having published the
forged proclamation. Both printing offices are in
possession of the military.

MAY 21.

On Thursday Ewell gained Grant's rear, and
attempted the capture of the Federal supply trains,

The result is unknown; but after an hour's
lighting, in which the Federals lost upwards of
1,000 men, the Confederates returned to their in-
trenchments.

Mr. Howard, of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, has
been arrested, as the author of the forged procla-
mation, and-sent to Fort Lifayette. He 11,,L, con-
WILL
Gold, 183.

DENMARK.

DENMARK AND THE CONFERENCE.

COPENHAGEN, JUNE 1, 11 A.M.

The Dagbladet of to-day expresses itself violently
against England's proposal at the Conference for
the division of Schleswig, and demands that the
Government should meet it with a decided resist-

ante.
The organ of the Conservative party likewise
prefers war to the acceptance of this proposal.

PORTUGAL.

LISBON, JUNE 1.

Her Majesty's ship Racoon, with Prince Alfred
on board, will sail for Ireland when the weather
moderates, calling at Spithead.

!SPAIN.

AIADRID, JUNE 1.

It is asserted that Marshal Espartero has openly
assumed the direction of a subdivision of the Pro-
gressist party.
Rumours are current that a modification of the
Ministry will take place after the close of the
session.

FRANCE.

PARIS, JUNE 2.

M. Dump, Minister of rriblic lestruction, has
presented a report to the EcapeTer, pointing out
the abnormal position occupied by Renal), who
by a measure of public order has been inopacitated
for the rest two years from fulfilling the duties of
his Professorship at the College of France,
The Minister says :—"lt is as contrary to the
good administration of the public funds as to the
dignity of a distinguished scholar, that he should
be compelled to submit to the anomaly of receiving
salary without fulfilling his functions. Not being
able to restore M. Renan to the chair which
he occupied on a single occasion, it is expedient
to loyally terminate the present abnormal state of
things by appointing M. Ronan to other functions."
In consequence of M. Duruy's report, an impel
rial decree has been issued, appointing M. Ronan
Assistant Curator of the Imperial Library.

The ceremony of the consecration of Notre .Dame
took place yesterday as announced. Mgr. Darboy,
Archbishop of Paris, went to the church on the pre,,
vious day, and prepared the different sacred vessels
to be used on the occasion. The ceremony com-
menced at seven in the morning with closed doors ;
it was long, and in strict conformity with the decrees
of the congregation of Rites of May, 1833, and July,
1845. The doors, the wall's, and the altars were
all blessed by the consecrating prelate, and the
sign of-the cross made on theca with water and oil.
One of the most characterietic parts of the cere-
monial, and which representa the alliance of the
Church of Asia with the Latin Church, is that in
which the prelate, mitred and creziered, and
commencing by the left side of the building,
writes diagonally on the floor with the end of
his crozier all the letters of the Greek alphabet,
and then, beginning by the opposite corner, writer
those of the Latin. It was only at half.past
nine that the doors were opened to the public,
who had assembled in great numbers waiting
for admission. The psalms prescribed by the
Mgr. Darboy was assisted
ritual were then sung. •
by Mgr. Ravient, Bishop of Troyes, and Mgr.
Lecomtier, Bishop of Montpellier. The other pre-
lates present were Mgr. Trioebes Archbishop of Ba-
bylon, and the Bishops of Meaux, Pamiers, Bois,
Orleqp, Aciro, Bc:urb9n, Sura, ChArtris, Parium,

and Ne.ncy. Mgr. Ravine; celebrated the mass
performed after the consecration. Mr. Hamille
Director of Public Worship, was present to repreg
sent the minister of that department, and Conn
de Montalembert, M. Thayer, senator, end M. Car"
nudet, Councillor of State, as members of the Connci
of Wardenship for the cathedral.
" We have reason to know," says the Patrie,
" that prior to the last sitting of the Conference the
Danish Government made known to the Powers its
determination to re.e,ste,blish the blockade at the
expiration of the delay fi.ted for tlla suFinnsiep of

arne.e."
BoußsT2, I.—The market has beer; firm, bet
without any alteration in Rente, Threer, for the
Account, being unveried at 63f. 65c. Mobilier 'lava
improved to 1,1401. The Railway Market quiet,
o.nt previous prices in general were maintaleedl
The market closed as follow:, :
Italian Loan 69 65
Do. and month
Ditto Threes
New Memican
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Russian
Austrian ..
Spanish Threee
Borne Debt
Deferred

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3 pa: Ceuta
Do. end month 69 65
Credit Mobilie.• 1136 25
Do, end month 1140
Bank Ehare6 3300
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