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the system, when the Speaker's attention was directed to
the fact that there were not 40 members present, and tho
house was accordingly counted at 20 minutes past 7

o'clock.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-MAY 30.
ROMAN CATHOLIC OATH BILL.

Order read for resuming adjourned debate on question,
" That Mr. Speaker do now leave the chair." Question
again proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the
chair." Debate resumed. 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
six months, resolve itself into the said committee," in-
stead thereof. Question put, " That the words proposed
to be left out stand part of the question." The house
divided—Ayes, 193 ; Noes, 126.

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AYES —193.
Acton, Sir J. Foljambe, F. J. S. Moncreiff, J.
Adair,,H. E. Forster, C. Alcor, H.
Adam, W. P. Forster, W. E. Moore, C.
Agar-Ellis, L. G. Fortescue F. D. Morrison, W.
Bagwell, J. Fortescue, C. 8, Murphy, N. 1).
Baines, E. French, Col. Neate, U.
Baring, A. H. Gavin, Major O'Brien, Sir P.
Baring, Sir F. Gibson, T. M. O'Conor Don, The
Baring, T. G. Gilpin, C. O'Donoghue, The
Bass, M. T. Gladstone, W. E. O'Ferrall, M.
'Tuley, T. Goldsmid, Sir F. O'Loghlen, Sir C.
Beale, S. Goschen, G. J. O'Reilly, 11. W.
Beaumont, W. B. Gower, F, L. Puke, Cot
Blake, J. Greene, J. Paget, Lord C.
Blencowe, J. G. Gregory, W. H. Palmer, R. W.
Bouverie, E. P. Greville, Col. F. Pease, H.
Bouverie, P. P. Grey, Sir G. Peel, Sir R.
Bowyer, Sir G. Grp. svenor,Lordltd. Peel, F.
Brady, Dr Gurdon, B. Peel, J.
Bramston, T. W. Gurney, S. Pilkington, J.
Brand, H. Hadfield, G. Pollard Urquhart W
Bright, J. Hanbury, R. Portman, W. H. B.
Browne, Lord J. T. Hankey, T. Potter, E.
Bruce, Lord C. Hanmer, Sir J. Potter, T. B.
Bruce, H. A. Hartington,Marquis Powell, J. J.
Buckley, Gen. Hervey, Lord A. Pritchard, J.
Burke, Sir T. J. Hervey, Lord A. H. Ramsden, Sir J. W
Butt, I. Hassard, M. Redmond, J. E.
Buxton, C. Headlam, T. E. Robartes, T. J. A.
Cardwell, E. Henderson, J. Robertson, H.
Cheetham, J. Henley, Lord Roebuck, J. A.
Chohneley, Sir M. Hennessy, J. P. Russell, A.
Churchill, Lord A. Hesketh, Sir T. St. Aubyn, J.
Clay, J. Hibbert, J. T. SalomotmAiderman
Clifford, C. C. Iliorsmide, E. Schneider, H. W.
Clive, G. Howard, Lord E. G. Scully, V.
Cogan. W. H. Hunt, G. W. Seely, C.
Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Jackson, W. Seymour, Danby
Collins, T. Jervoise, Sir J. Seymour, Digby
Corbally, M. E. Johnstone, Sir J. Shelley, Sir J. V.
Cowper, W. F. Kekewich, S. T. Sheridan, H. B.
Cox, W. Kennedy, T. Smith, J. B.
Crawford, R. W. King, E J. L. Stacpoole, W.
Dalglish, R. Kinglake, A. W. Stansfeld, J.
Davey, R. Laird, J. Steel, J.
Davie, Cot F. Layard, A. H. Stirling, W.
Denman, G. Lanigan, J. Thompson, H. S.
Dent, J. D. Lawson, W. Tollemache, F. J.
Dickson, Col. Leader, N. P. Tottenham,Lt.-Col.
Dillwyn, L. L. Lefevre, G. J. S. Trelawny, Sir J. S.
Dodson, J. G, Lever, J. 0. Vandeleur, Col.
Douglas, Sir C. Lewis, H. Villiers, C. P.
Doulton, F. Liddell, H. G. Walter, J.
Duff, M. E. Locke, J. Western, S.
Dundas, Sir D. Longliald, R. Westhead, J.:P. B.
Dunne, M. Lowe, R. White, J.
Egerton, E. C. M'Cann, J. White, L.
Enfield, Viscount MacEvoy, E. Wickham, H. W.
Ennis, J. Mackinnon, W.(Ly.) Winnington, Sir T
Esmonde. J. M`Mahon, P. Woods, H.
Evans, Sir De L. Maguire, J. F. Wyvill M.
Evans, T. W. Marjoribanks, D. C.
Ewart, J. C. Marsh, M. 11.
Fenwick, E. M. Martin,J.
Fenwick, H. Mills, J. R. Monsen, W.
Foley, IL W. Mitchell, T. A. Castlerosse, Vist.

TELLERS.

NOES-126.
Adderley, C. B. Floyer J. North, Col.
Arbuthnott, Gen. Fraser, Sir W. A. O'Neill, E.
Archdall, Capt.M.E. Gallwey, Sir W. P. Pakington, Sir J.
Astell, J. H. Galway, Viscount Palk, Sir L.
Ayrton, A. S. Gard, R. S. Parker, Major W.
Aytoun, It. S. Getty, S. G. Patten, CoL W.
Bailey, C. Goddard, A. L. Paull, H.
Bateson, Sir T. Gore, J. R. 0. Pevensey, Viscount
Beach, Sir M. Gore, W. It. 0. Powell, F. S.
Beach, W. W. Grogan, Sir E. Fryse, E. L.
Bentinck, G. W. P. Hamilton, Lord C. Repton, G. W. J.
Bentinck, G. C. Hamilton, 1. T. Ridley, Sir M. W.
Benyon, R. Hardy, G. Rogers, J. J.
Beresford, W. Hardy, J. Rose, W. A.
Beresford, D. Hartopp, E. B. Sclater-Booth, G.
Blackburn, P ' Harvey, R. B. Smith, Abel
Booth, Sir R. G. Ileygate, Sir F. Smith, S. G.
Bremridge, R. Holiord, R. S. Smollett, P. B.
Bridges, Sir B. W. Hood, Sir A, Somerset, Col. E.
Bruce, Sir H. Hopwood, J. T. Somes, J.
Burrell, Sir P. Ingestre, Viscount Stronge, Sir J. M.
Butler, C. S. Jervis, Captain Stewart, Sir M. K.
Cairns, Sir H. Jolliffe, 11. Surtees, H. E.
Cargill, W. W. Jones, D. Sykes, CoL W. 11.
Cartwright, CoL her, D. S. Taylor, Col.
Cave, S. King, J. K. Tite, W.
Cobbold, J. C. Kinnaird, A. F. Tollemache, J.
Cole, H. Knox, Major W. S. Torrens, It.
Cole, J. L. Langton, W. G. Trefusis, C. H. It.
Corry, H. L. Langton, W. 11. G. Treherne, M.
Craufurd, E. H. J. Lee, W. Trevor, Lord A.
Curzon, Viscount Macaulay, K. Trollope, Sir J.
Davie, Sir H. R F. Mackie, J. Vance, J.
Du Cane, C. Mainwaring, T. Verner, Sir W.
Duncombe, A. Malcolm, J. W. Verner, E. W.
Dundas, F. Manners, Lord J. Walcott, Admiral
Du Pre, C. G. Mills, A. Wttluegrave-Leslie
Dutton, It. H. Montgomery, Sir G. Walker, J. It.
Egerton, A. F. Mordaunt, Sir C. Whiteside, J.
Fane, Col. Mowbray, J. R. Whitmore, H.
Farquhar, Sir M. Mundy, W. TELLERS.
Fellowes, E. Nicol, W. Newdegate, C.
Fergusson, Sir J. Noel, G. J. Lefroy, A.

The Belgian Contingent in Mexico.

BRUSSELS, May 28.

The Minister of War has issued the following
order of the day in consequence of the official de-
spatches received from Mexico describing the en-
gagements in which the Belgiant Contingent have
recently taken part :

" The country and the army will learn with grief and
pride the immense and glorious loss which they have just
sustained.

" The subjoined report, received by the Government
from the Cabinet of the Emperor of Mexico, needs no com-
ment. It will be entered in the orderly-books of the diffe-
rent regiments, and read to the assembled companies.
" It would give me much pleasure if the almoners of the
garrison would hold a funeral service for the repose of the
souls of our comrades who fell heroically upon the field of
battle.

" On the day of this ceremony all duty will bo sus-
pended to enable all to be present.
" Baron CUAZAL, Minister of War.

" Brussels, May 28."

Here follows the official report from Mexico
alluded to above, headed
Reports upon the events
,4
which led to the engagements at Tacamburo," and
dated April 11, 1865. It states that the remnants
of the old Republican army of the centre, which
were driven from Jalisco last year, took refuge in
the State of Michoacan. These remnants still mus-
ter from 3,000 to 3,500 men, commanded by Ar-
teaga, Regules, Pueblita, &c. At the approach of
the rainy season it was necessary for them to leave
the Tierra Caliente, where the climate rendered it
impossible to follow them, and go up to the tempe-
rate regions in which the populous
towns aresituated
e is cultivated, in order
of the
and north,maiz
to levy money and provisions. With this object Re-
gules having concentrated his forces, marched upon
Zamora and La Piedad. Not being able to enter
those places he took an easterly course between the
Lakes of Patzcuaro and Cuitzo at the beginning
of April. The pacification of Michoacan was
intrusted to the French Colonel Potier, a very
active and energetic officer, who was the captor of
the notorious guerilla Romero. He had under his
orders a battalion of the French 81st Line Regiment,
two battalions of Belgian Volunteers—one com-
manded by Lieut.-Col. Vandersmissen, the other by
Major Tydgadt, and the Mexican brigade of Gen.
Tapia, 1,500 to 1,600 strong. The cavalry consisted
of a squadron of the Imperatrice Regiment and two
auxiliary squadrons under Col. Lamadrid. The plan
formed by Col. Potier was to confine the Juarists to
the unhealthiest and most depopulated district of the
Tierra Caliente, between the Rio de las Balsas on
the south and the two rivers descending, one from
Urupuan on the west, the other from Tacamburo on
the east. Col. Potier would subsequently enter the
rectangle with five flying columns—two coming from
the banks of the Rio de Urupuan, two others from
the Rio de Tacamburo, and the fifth from Taretan.
Urupuan and Ario were already occupied by two
Imperial garrisons, each of 150 men, with two mor-
tars. The enemy having unmasked his movement,
by marching from Zamora under Zacapu, Col. Po-
tier left Morelia on April 3d with three columns, the
Ist, under his orders, comprising the battalion of the
81st French Regiment and a part of Tapia's brigade
the 2d, under Lieut.-Col. Vandersmissen, consisting
of the battalion of Belgian Grenadiers, half a squad-
ron of the Imperatrice Regiment, and one mortar ;
and the 3d, under Major Tydgadt, of 25 Belgian
Volunteers, half a squadron of the Empress Regi-
ment, and a mountain mortar. The two first co-
lumns met at Patzcuara ; the third received orders
to descend to Cuitzco and afterwards to Tacamburo
to take up their position. Regules deceived the anti-
cipations of Col. Potier by marching from Zacapu to
Cuitzco. Lieut.-Col. Vandersmissen was sent to
Chucandiro with general directions to always inter-
pose his force between the enemy and Morelia, but
could not march,quick enough to intercept the Jua-
rists, who each day made from 15 to 18 leagues.
Regules, after entering Cuitzco, marched upon Ta-
camburo, closely pursued by the Imperialists. Not
being embarrassed by any baggage, and command-
ing Indians indefatigable in marching, he succeeded
in putting a distance of 20 leagues between himself
and the enemy. Tacamburo, situated at the entrance
to the Tierra Caliente of Michoacan, is surrounded
on all sides by thick vegetation, little hills and
ravines, so disposed that it is very easy to approach
the place unseen. The church stands in the centre
of the town, having a large open space in front.
Major Tydgadt luartered his troops in a co nvent