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nected with a fresh movement of the tribes hostile to
Russia.
A Warsaw journal contains the following statement
of the force of the Russian army :—" It consists of 72
regiments of infantry, divided into 32 battalions, and 24
regiments of cavalry of 192 squadrons ; the artillery con-
sists of six corps and 690 guns. The total number of
the a3tive army is 290,000, without counting the
reserve. The reserve is composed of 6 divisions of in-
fantry and 6 brigades of cavalry, and forms a force of
80,000 men, without counting the pulks of Cossacks."
The A ssemblec Nationale says :—" The Constitutionnel
confirms the news which we gave on Monday of a corn-
munication having been made by the Cabinet of St. Pe-
tersburg to all the Courts of Europe. The Constitution-
Izel which, we admit, must be much better informed
than we are, on account of its relations with official
circles, contests the character which we have ascribed
to the communication of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg.
It matters little, however, whether it were a note, or a
simple despatch which was communicated co the Minis-
ter of Foreign Affairs of France ; the important point,
and the Constitictionac/ makes no difficulty in admitting
it, that the substance of our article cannot be contested."

SPAIN.
The Madrid journals of the 11th contain no political
news of interest. The editors of the Diario and the
Noredades, against whom, as already stated, a prosecu-
tion has been commenced, had surrendered to take their
trial. It had been definitively fixed that the Court
should go to La Granja at the end of the present month,
for the sake of change of air for the Princess of the
Asturias. The Duke and Duchess of Montpensier were
about to leave Seville to take up their residence at San
Lucar de Barrameda, where they intend to pass the
summer. Nothing further was said about modifications
in the Ministry. The provincial journals contain further
accounts of damage done to the crops by the recent
storms, especially in Granada and Malaga.
The Three per Cents. were at 45.

MPERIAL PARMA ME NT.

HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.)

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.
Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition from the
Grand Jury of Dublin, praying that a system of regis-
tration of births, deaths, and marriages be established in
Ireland.

THE BISHOPRIC OF SYDNEY.
Lord REDESDALE asked the noble duke the Secre-
tary of State for the Colonies what was the reason of
the delay which has occurred in the appointment of a
successor to the late Bishop of Sydney, who died in
England on the 20th of February last ?
The Duke of NEWCASTLE said that some altera-
tion had been contemplated in the present division of the
colonial see, and until that was determined he had not
thought it his duty to recommend her Majesty to fill up
the vacancy caused by the death of the late bishop.
111INUTHS OF EDUCATION.
The Bishop of SALISBURY, pursuant to notice, rose
put a question to the Lord President of the Council on
the subject of the minutes of the Committee of Council
of Education, dated 2nd April, 1853. It was not neces-
sary for him to assure their lordships that he was not
about to make an attack on the Committee of her Ma-
jesty's Council, or on the noble earl who presided with
so much ability over it ; and still less did he wish to dis-
turb the relations which had subsisted between the
ecclesiastical and civil authorities of the State with re-
spect to the education of the people, which had existed
for so long a time. The right rev. prelate proceeded in
a low tone of voice, and amidst a general buzz of con-
versation in the house, to point out the amendments and
alterations which he suggested should be made, but no
two consecutive sentences reached the gallery. He pro-
ceeded to put the following questions to the President of
the Committee of Council :—Whether the minute is
applicable to mixed schools of boys and girls, as well as
to schools in which boys and girls are educated sepa-
rately ? And, if so, in what manner the estimate for a
grant is to be made ? Whether it is required that the
income of the school from the specified sources should
amount to the rate named in respect of the whole num-
ber of children on the register of the school, or only in
respect of the children in behalf of whom a grant is
claimed ? Whether the minute may be so modified, as
not to require so long a period of attendance on the part
of the scholars, and so as to allow the calculation to be
made on the aggregate attendance of the whole school,
and not on the separate attendance of each child ? Whe-
ther in schools in which, under the provisions of any
trust deed a portion of the children are necessarily ad-
mitted without payment, the attendance of such children
may nevertheless be calculated in the claim for a grant ?
Whether the condition as to the holding of a certificate
by the master or mistress may be dispensed with (at
least for the present), the condition as to the efficiency
of the school, according to the subordinate regulation,
section 8, being equally enforced ; The right rev. pre-
late was understood to say, in conclusion, that he
deemed it of prime importance not to disturb the system
based on voluntary education, stimulated by the assist-
ance which had been so long in operation.
Earl GRANVILLE (who spoke in a very low tone,
and with his back to the gallery, so.that not a single
sentence was completely heard) was understood to say
that the right reverend prelate need not have apologised,
having, in making his very able speech, dwelt solong on
a subject with which he was so competent to deal, and
was of such importance to the rising generation, on the
ground that a discussion was expecte which would be
more lively and of a personal character ; nor was it in
the least necessary, for the right reverend prelate to
have stated that he was not actuated by any desire to
attack the committee of the Privy Council, or to excite
any want of co-operation between that committee and
the clergy. The noble earl then, as far as we could
make out, proceeded to answer the questions of the
right reverend prelate, but we were unable to ascertain
more than that the committee of the Privy Council were
anxious to encourage the voluntary system of education,
and that in the disposition of the funds at their disposal
they were obliged to see that due economy was exercised,
and that every sum was so applied as to increase the
quality as well as the quantity of education.

CHARGE AGAINST MR. KEOGH.
The Marquis of WESTMEA.TH rose to bring for
ward the motion of which he had given notice, for " a
select committee to inquire into the subject of language
alleged to have been used by her Majesty's Solicitor-
General for Ireland at Moate, in the county of West-
meath, and at Athlone, in the month of July last."
He said that the subject of the motion he was about
to make was brought before the house incidentally on
Friday last. On Monday there appeared in a public
print, which it was understood was under the influence
and guidance of a noble person high in the Govern-
ment, an article abusing him (the Marquis of West-
meath) for bringing this matter before their lordships.
He could, however, afford to treat that with the most
supreme contempt. An insinuation was made that he
had been put forward by the noble earl lately at the
head of the Government, to bring the matter before
their lordships. He had no reason to suppose that
the noble earl had any sentiment on the subject that
he would put him (the Marquis of Westmeath) for-
ward in that way. But the fact was that no human
being was acquainted with his intention until he wrote
to a noble friend now sitting beside him, and sent him a
copy of his notice of motion, but which would not be put
on the minutes, as he (Lord Westmeath) had not taken
the oaths and his seat. Neither the noble earl (Derby)
nor any member of his Government was aware of his in-
tention until he came over to this country. The issue
raised by his motion was a simple one. However, on
Friday, when the subject was mentioned, the noble duke
the Secretary for the Colonies thought fit to go to the
bar, and having returned to his place, as one of the mi-
nisters of the Crown, gave to him (Lord Westmeath)
across the house, a most distinct denial of the charge he
had brought against the Solicitor-General for Ireland.
He would not make any apology whatsoever for having
brought the matter forward. He did not think he need
do so, for he was not so dishonest as to see any one go
into his county, and in which lie held a commission of
the peace, and use such language to the people, as he
would shown, by irresistible proof, had been used, with-
out noticing it, and he thought he could not be expected
as an honest man not to have noticed it. The noble
duke had introduced a collateral issue on his motion
quite beside it, and which had nothing to do with it. It
struck him that the noble duke had done so in order to
call off the attention of their lordships from the substan-
tive matter of his motion, and to give rise to a discussion
about events with which he had nothing to do. He
now entreated their lordships not to be led away by ex-
traneous subjects if introduced by the noble duke. It
had nothing to do with the matter whether Lord Derby
or any of the late Government had offered to make the
the Solicitor-General " Master of the Horse " or " beater
of the kettledrums," or to put him into any other office
because the words and language with which he was
charged, were used at a period long subsequent to the
formation of that Government. He would now proceed
to refer to the evidence on which he made the charge,
and by which, if their lordships granted the committee,
he would consent to lay his head upon the block if
he did not irrefutably prove his case. In the first place
there were three magistrates who were ready to come
forward and prove upon oath that the words were
uttered by the hon. and learned gentleman (Mr. Keogh)
from the open window of a house in the main street of
Moate, which was a quarter sessions town, and one of
the polling districts for the county of Westmeath. The
promise of the hon. and learned gentleman's presence
had occasioned considerable excitement, and a large
number of persons were assembled in the street to hear
him. The three gentlemen, who were magistrates of
the county, were amongst those, and they had very pro-
perly intimated their readiness to come forward and de-
pose to the worth uttered. The words used by the hon.
and learned gentleman—as one of these gentlemen was
ready to prove on oath—were, "Boys, the days are now
long and the nights are short. In autumn the days will
be shorter, and the nights longer— but in winter the days
will be very short, and the nights will be very long, and
then let any one remember who voted for Sir R. Le-
vinge." Another person who was present said he was
not ten yards from Mr. Keogh at Moate when he made
the speech in question, and that he distinctly heard him
refer to the short nights of summer and the long nights
of the coming winter, and say " Woe be to those during
those long nights who vote for Sir Richard Levinge."
This gentleman was also a magistrate.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE—What are their names ?
The Marquis of WESTMEATH—Mr. Richard Rey-
nolds was the first, and Mr. Godfrey Levinge was the
other. The minister of the parish, who was also
present, stated that he remembered the words, as did