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LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1847.

HARRY PETILLTOTTS, having somewhat recovered
from the buffeting so severely administered to him,
some time since, by the Mayor of Exeter, re-ap-
peared last night in the House of Lords, and, with
his lawn sleeves well tucked up, resolutely put on
the gloves to risk a boxing match with the Marquis
of LANSDOWNE on the subject of education. As an
old Westminster pupil, the President of the Council
evinced his skill in the pugilistic art, and very
speedily knocked the breath out of the body of his
spiritual antagonist. The pugnacious Lord STANLEY,
who loves the science of sparring to his heart's con-
tent, acted as second to HARRY of Exeter, but could
make nothing of the contest with so miserable a prin-
oi
Pal. On the other hand, the Marquis of LANSDOWNE
was seconded by the Bishop of NoawxcEr, that being
" the unkindest cut of all "to his ecclesiastical com-
peer. The Bishop of NoR
wl
his sentiments. Hs emphatically c made no disguise of
anu
tolddlnof
the Bishop of
Exrrzu, recoiling from the blowsi his opponent,
that he well merited the h
got, for that
sg he ought to have acted straightforwardly, he
a andnot
have attempted to receive, for a particular
opurposecome
money out of the public funds which ought t
out of the private sources of himself and others ; thata
he ought to have been above striking a side blow,
and that his proposal, if carried, would create
disgust throughout the country, especially amongst
the Dissenters." The proposal of the discomfited
Bishop was to the following effect :—" That it is the
opinion that persons in holy orders, not exercising
holy orders, ought not as such to be ineligible to the
office of schoolmasters in schools receiving aid from
Parliamentary grants." This is an abstract resolu-
tion than which, as a general rule, there is nothing
to which either House of Parliament has a greater
objection to confirm. It invariably implies a great
dsal more than is expressed in its literal terms,
and is generally resorted to fcr hypocritical pur-
poses. The latter assertion is, for the most
part, easily corroborated by a reference to the
public
_character of the mover. For practical

The report of the Special Committee on the sus-
pension of Bills for new railways was on Thursday
adopted with some slight and unimportant amend-
ments, while such of the resolutions as are intended
to form the substance of new standing orders were
referred to the Standing Orders' Committee. There
can scarcely be a difference of opinion as to the pro-
priety, nay, the imperative necessity of some inter-
ference with the quantity of railway business now
pending before the House. The present disturbed
state of the money-market, the manner in which
our national finances, and all the commercial in-
terests of the country are fettered and restricted
by the Act of 1844—an Act which could scarcely be
supposed to have any object but that of creating uni-
versal distress and general embarrassment—forbade
the immediate progress of many schemes excellent in
themselves, and calculated eventually to be attended
with great advantages both to the public and the
shareholders. A certain pause was desired by many ;
a breathing time, that would permit the monetary
affairs of the country to be placed in a sounder and
healthier position ; a power of suspending, without
abandoning, their prospects ; of retaining the
ground they had pre-occupied, on which they
had expended time, labour, and money, and which
would undoubtedly be immediately seized by others,
if they for a moment exhibited symptoms of yielding
it up. We long since, and indeed previous to the
adoption of Lord DALHOUSIE'S Bill, advocated the
concession of such a power, not merely in the Bills
pending before the Legislature, but in those sanc-
tioned during former sessions. We desired that the
periods within which the companies were bound to
complete their works should be extended, so as to
afford more ample time to the shareholders for the
payment of the calls. No such alternative, however,
was then afforded ; no choice was allowed but that of
dissolution or active progress. Many who would
gladly Larc thpir time. and waited for a more,
propitious season to carry their works into execution,
could not consent to sacrifice the expenditure that
had already taken place, to abandon the advantages
they hoped ultimately to attain. They therefore
voted against the dissolution of their respective com-
panies, and the pressure on the market was increased
and aggravated by the unwise refusal of the power.
The members of the Special Committee have exhi-
bited greater discretion in the present instance. They
unanimously rejected the suggestion that all Bills
should be arrested without exception—that a com-
pulsory stoppage should be put to their further
progress. Such a course would be most unjust to
the parties interested—a most improper interference
with the rights of the individual shareholders. There
were cases, too, where the expense of the construction
would be trivial in comparison to the benefits to other
more important lines, and where any delay would
be most injurious to parties concerned. A selec-
tion by the Committee of the Bill of those that
should be allowed to go on, and of those that should
be rejected or stayed, would also be open to grave
objections; indeed, were it even desirable, it would
be a matter of the greatest difficulty, if not
impossibility, for the Committee to enter
into the necessary investigations. They, therefore,
decided on leaving it optional with the parties to
suspend further proceedings on the second reading or
any subsequent stage of a Bill, and to proceed with
the same Bill next session at the stage where it has
now been suspended, and the deposits in the mean-
time to be returned to the parties by whom they
were made. This privilege will, no doubt, be eagerly
accepted by many of the companies: belligerents who
are contending for particular districts will gladly
consent to a temporary armistice during which
their differences may be amicably arranged,
or on the cessation of which they may
return to the contest with renewed vigour. On the
whole, although some few may have desired that the
Committee should have adopted a stronger course,
there are none who will not approve of the step they
have taken.

In addition to this judicious decision, the Commit-
tee came to certain other resolutions directed against
some of the abuses that have hitherto prevailed in the
railway system, and which resolutions will put a
total and immediate stop to the objectionable
practices. One of those is directed, and most pro-
perly, against the recently introduced system of pay-
ing interest on the amount of calls out of the capital of
the company. Such a course was well termed a
mockery, a delusion, and a snare, and led many
people to think that they were making an investment
on which they should receive a certain interest for a
limited period, with a future increase ; such a course
was, to say the least of it, illusory and unworthy the
English character. It was wholly unknown in
former times, and its chief effect was to induce many
who really could not afford to speculate, or to lie out
of their money for any prolonged time, to join the
undertakings. The other resolutions are of no less
important a character, and have been no less urgently
called for. They are directed against the construc-
tion of branches, extensions, or the contribution
to other lines of railway by existing compa-
nies, until there shall have been a subscription contract
actually entered into, and deposits paid for the special
purpose. They prohibit them, moreover, from paying
out of their capital, raised for other objects, the depo-
sits required by the standing orders on other projects.
There are other and most judicious restrictions placed
on the powers of purchase, sale, lease, or amalgama-
tion, until certain portions of the capital authorised
to be raised should be actually ion 4 fide paid up, in
the policy of
and which, we d
of the public.
which we fully and cordially concur,
oub t not, will receive the approba-
tion

from I
1 Letters and journals y mention the or-
ganization of two Commissiontsei b
Grand Duke of T —IISCANY, one for
t,i, order of the
a new civil code and the other for thee compilation of
eomptlation of
a new penal code.
The Piedmont Stale Gazette publishes the conven-
tion between the King of SARDINIA and the canton;
of St. Gall, the Grisons, and Tessino, relative to the
construction of a railway which is to run from Genoa

to Lake Maggiore, and thence to the lakes of Wal-
lenstadt and Constance.

By the Independanoe of Brussels of Wednesday
we have the following description of the result of the
elections in Belgium:—
" The electors had to return yesterday sixty members
to the Chamber of Representatives (47 for the ordinary
renewal of the Chamber, and 13 new nominations). Out
of these 60, 36 belong openly to the Liberal party; the
clerical party and the Ministry can claim only 24, and
even amongst the new members there are some whom
their previous career attaches more to our opinion than
to that at our adversaries. We shall not now make any
long reflections or. the result obtained, but we consider
it as excellent for the Liberal opinion, and it appears to
us to respond to all the hopes that could have been in-
dulged in. We may also remark that out of the mem-
bers subjected to re-election 21 had voted against the
Ministry in the memorable division of April 29, 1846,
and 21 had voted in its favour. But out of the 21 op-
ponents only one of those who again presented them.
selves was rejected by the electors; whilst out of the
partisans of the Ministry five were beaten."

Madrid papers of the 6th have arrived, but from
the extraordinary interest attached to the position of
political parties in Portugal, little intelligence is con-
tained in them relative to Spanish affairs. No infor-
mation had been received in the capital confirmatory
of the capture of DAs ANTAS by the squadron off
Oporto. Contradictions had appeared in most of the
newspapers of the rumoured entrance of the troops of
Queen ISABELLA into Portugal, and of their occupa-
tion of the Valenza de Minho.

According to the chit-chat of the capital upon the
day our dispatch started, it was believed that his
Majesty the KING-CONSORT had visited the Papal
Nuncio Monsignore BRUNELLI, and that the latter
personage entertained hopes of arranging a recon-
ciliation between the royal couple. Little credit was
however given to the cn dit.

MADRID BOLSA, JUNE 2.—The Three per Cents. were
done at 30%; the Four per Cents. at 18 ; the Five per
Cents. at 18A, ; the Debt without Interest at ; And the
Coupons at 15.

The Paris journals of Thursday have been duly re
ceived.

The discussions of the preceding day, in the
Chamber of Deputies, testified the ardour of the an-
tagonism which is growing more intense every suc-
cessive day between the Government and the Oppo-
sition. It is amusing to observe the diversity of
opinion expressed by the different journals upon the
character and bearing of the discussions, one per-
ceiving merely rhodomontade and fustian, where
another recognises logic and eloquence, and vice versa.
Among the more significant casualities of the debate,
perhaps the most remarkable was the evidence of im-
patience and indifference afforded by the Deputies
during the harangue of M. GIIIZOT. Is this the
shadow of the coming event—or rather, to him,
of the coming disaster? Is the awe of his didactic
utterance fading into derision and scorn ? Is the
prestige of his voluble voice vanishing ?
Referring to the discussions which arose upon the
justification of the total occupation of Algeria by
General LAMORICIERE, and the examination of the
propriety or impropriety of the Kabylia expedition,
and the establishment of the French civil possession
in Africa, the Constitutionnel remarks as follows :
M. de Lamoriciere possesses considerable fluency,
and the demonstration which he made of the advantages
of our establishment in Algeria appeared to us irre-
futable! His plan of colonization is more questionable,
and we shall examine it when the question shall be
brought before the Chamber. After that speech, and a
few observations from M. de Tracy, M. Guizot ascended
the tribune. At length, said he, the Chamber is about
to be perfectly informed as to the intentions of
the Government with respect to Algeria. We were
disappointed. M. Guizot ascended the tribune as
ignorant of the subject to bo treated, and as sterile
of ideas, as we have ever seen him. It was not
that he had not statistics and maps prepared by the Mi-
nester of War, nor that he was deficient in extracts from
dispatches, instructions, and proclamations. But M.
Guizot comprehends not figures, nor facts, nor details,
whenever the question is not to generalise, by some
theory of philosophy and history, but to deduce from
them a practical resolution, a fruitful idea, or an act of
Government. Facts teach him to speak, but not to act;
and never has his portfolio contained anything but a
book or a piece of special pleading. Thus, he confined
himself to reading, without any order or method, a con-
tinuation of letters and extracts—a summary of ex-
penses contracted—and figures arranged at random. The
Chamber was completely fatigued—private conversa-
tions began to raise their murmur, and we saw M.
Guizot, the skilful orator, the chief of the Cabinet, dis-
cussing the most important question which now occu-
pies France, have occasion to obtain silence through the
intervention of officious friends or of the President.
Some Conservatives, v$ ho found themselves about to fall
asleep, thought it prudent to quit their places, fearing
to fail in respect to the great Minister, as M. Dumon
did in the Chamber of Peers during the speeech of M.
de Salvandy. But Bou Maza, who attended the sitting
in a private tribune, felt himself vanquished by the mo-
notonous tone of the Minister's voice, and closed his eyes.
The clover Arab, like the entire Chamber, was tired
into sleep. Such was the triumph which M. Guizot ob-
tained on the subject of Africa. This long speech con-
tained nothing but a prepared eulogium on Marshal
Bugeaud, on whom M. Guizot was happy to cast the
weight of the discussion. Not that the Ministry does
not accept the responsibility of all that has been done in
Africa; but M. Guizot invented, as is well known, a
Ministerial responsibility of a peculiar nature—a pure
constitutional fiction. The Ministers, for example, did
not approve the expedition against Kabylia, but they
admit that they suffered it. The moral responsibility
belongs to the Marshal-Governor—the responsibility of
the Tribune belongs to the Minister, who is a mere
man of straw. That expedition against Kabylia be-
came to-day an overpowering proof of the profound in-
capacity of the Ministry, and the occasion of the
strongest revelations. It was discovered to. day that
the Minister in all his dispatches to the Marshal
previous to the 2d of March had opposed the idea of
such an expedition. Suddenly, on the 10th of March,
the Minister of War wrote to the Marshal to authorise
him to enter into Kabylia. On the 12th the Minister of
War, on learning the voluntary submission of several
Kabyle tribes, changed his opinion, and regarded the ex-
pedition as unnecessary. Nevertheless. the moment for
execution arrived, and the Moniteur Algerien announced
the entrance of the troops into campaign. M. Guizot
being questioned in the Chambers, rolused to explain—
he neither approved nor disapproved, and he remained
obstinately silent. It was only a few days since that the
Government formed an opinion. It appears from what
we have already stated, that after the 12th of March the
Minister had two descriptions of dispatches in his part-
folio—the one forbidding the expedition, the other au-
thorising it. The commission demanded that those dis-
patches should be communicated to it. The duty of an
honourable Ministry was to refuse all communication, or
to communicate all. But M. Guizot communicated the
dispatches blaming the expedition, and concealed those
which authorised it; and M. Guizot, like a Parliamen-
tary conjuror, produced the latter dispatches in the
midst of the discussion."

On Thursday the Chamber of Deputies continued
the adjourned debate upon the extraordinary credits re-
quired for Algeria. Among the more important
decisions of the Chambers upon this particular was
one for the opening of a credit of 25,000,000 francs
for the support of 34,000 men and 3,300 horses be-
yond the forces already determined in 1846. After
a few observations from MM. BEAUMONT, BUREAU
DE PUZT, and GARNIER. PAGES, the proposition was
acceded to with the diminution of 75,000 francs from
the required 25,000,000.

A very pleasant little calculation is given by the
National—a calculation likely to afflict the bellicose
coxcombs of the Boulevards with asphixia—namely,
that whereas in 1831 the effective troops of France
in Algeria amounted to 18,000 men of all ranks and
regiments, they have increased successively in 1834
to 30,000 men ; in 1838 to 48,000 men ; in 1841 to
70,000 men ; in 1843 to 76,000 men; in 1845 to 83,000
men ; and in 1846 to 101,000 men !
In the Afoniteur Algerien of the sth instant is an-
nounced the arrival of the squadron of evolution at
Algiers, and the honourable reception of the Prince
DE JOINVILLE by the Governor-General.
On Thursday the remains of Marshal GROUCHY were
consigned to the grave in the cemetery of Pere la
Chaise, having been conveyed thither with much
pomp from the Invalides. Among the mourners were
the two sons of the departed warrior, Lieutenant-
General and Colonel GROUCHY, together with Gene-
ral ARTHUR O'CoNNoR, a veteran now in his eighty-
fourth year, and whose wife was the niece of Mar-
shal GROUCHY and the only child of CONDORCRT.

From the Gazette du Midi of the 30th ult. we tak
the subjoined : _

" Maria Christina leaves to-morrow. She did not
meet the reception here which she expected, and still less
such a reception as the marriage portion question must
ever procure her in France. The King was travelling
with the Queen, and had taken with him his two bro-
thers—the Counts of Aquila and Trappani—they have
not returned, and Christina departs without having seen
any of her family except her mother the Queen Dowager,
and tho Princess Caroline, her youngest sister. The
other sister of Christina, the Infanta Amelia, who re-
mained in Naples with her husband, Don Sebastian, ab-
stained from visiting the ex-Regent. Exiled by her,
they could not decently appear at her receptions. Even
the people treated her most coldly, and, atter having for
agomld.omisioebntittillieved that she was about to bestow large
sums of money on them, when they found she held the
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Stilesast,gthey turued. their backs on her, and nobody paid
The 'llll°M CU% closed 94 the Parisi Bourse on Thum•

day at 77f. 65c.; the Five per Cents., at 117 f. 60c. ; the
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,272 f. s(lc. ; Rotten, 976 f 25e.;
Havre, 660 f. ; Great Nui therv,ol:l2sc. ; 74;; Lt)c. ;
Vierzon, 6151. ; 13,,unIeaux, 5 tit. ; 41(4 ; Troyes
and Muntereau, 230 f.; Basle, I 90f. ; Dieppe, 317 t. 50c.; Paris
and Strasburg, 431 f. 25c. ; Tours and Nantes, 415 f.; Paris
and Lyons, 441 f. 25c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 450 f. ; Bor-
deaux and Cette, 450 f. ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 291,4.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 11.
Demerara, VA—Northern of France, 1 1 —Paris and
Rouen, SS—Paris and Strasbourg,4fri,—Rouen and Havre, 25

MARKET NE WS.—(TINS DAY.)
covENT-G.A.21-way.
The supplies of both fruit and vegetables here were very
extensive, yet Ve general demand was brisk, at our quo:a-
tions :—Gooseberries, 13 9d to 3s ; and Currants, 4, to 6s
per half sieve ; Greens, is 6,1 to 2s 6d per dozen bunches ;
Cauliflowers, la to 23 3d ; and Summer Cabbages, 8(1
to Is 9d per dozen hci,els ; Forced French Bears, Is 3d
to 2s per 100; Green Peas, 2a to 4s per half-sieve; Pota-
toes (old), 8s to 12s per cwt; ditto, (new). 3d to 8d per lb;
Turnips, is 6d to 3s 6d; and Carrots 4s to 7s per dozen
bunches; Horseradish, Is 9d to 3s; Celery, Is to •2s 3d;
and Asparagus, is to 4a per bundle; Cucumbers, 3d
to 2s each ; Spring Onions, 3d to 9d per bunch ;
Radishes, 3d to 8d per dozen hands; Mushrooms, Is to
Is 6d per pottle; Rhubarb, 4d to is 3d per bundle; Hot-
house Grapes, 33 to 5s per lb; Strawberries, 10d to is 4d
per pottle; Cos Lettuces, is 6d to 2s per score.
ATEUTGATE AND LEADENHALL.
We had a very slow inquiry for each kind of Meat on the
following terms:— Beef, fro t 3s 8d to 43 8d ; Mutton, 4s 2d
to 5s 2d ; Lamb, 5s 8,1 to 65 8d ; Veal, 4s 2d to ss ; and
Pork, 4s to 5s per Sibs, by the carcase. Ducks Is 8d to 2s Gd ;
Turkeys, 2s to 6s 6d ; and Pigeons, 6(1 to 10d each ; Fowls, 3s
to 8s per couple ; Eggs, 6s 6d to 7s 6d per 100 ; Fresh Butter,
ge supplies of most articles were on sale, while
the
10d to Is per lb.
HUNGERPORD.
Fa
y, at but little alteration in
Value.
NEWPORT.ea
Beef, from 35 6d to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 48 to Si 6d ; Lamb,
giernaevrealradetaand wag steady,
6s
ser tosibt 10d; Veal, 4s 2d to 5* 2d; and Pork, 43 to Si
lIITSITECEAPEL.
Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 4s to 5s 6d ; Lamb,
5s 8d to 6s 8d; Veal, 4s to ss; and Pork, Si 10d to 55
per 81bs.
BILLINGSGATE.
Turbots, 128 to 18s ; Cod Fish, 2s to 6s ; Haddocks, 6,1 to
is 4d; Whiting, 4d to 8d ; and Lobsters, 8d to 2s 9d each ;
Soles, 8d to 2s 6d per pair; Eels, 4d to 10d per lb; Dlacka-
rel, 12s to 21s per 100; Salmon, is to is 6d per lb.
BREAD.
The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from
11%d to Is ; of household ditto, 91/2d to lld per 41bi
loaf.
HIDE MARKET.
Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 21/2d to 2%d per lb ; do. 641 b to
721 b, 3d to 314 d ; do. 721 b to 80Ib, 31/2d to 33rd; do. 801 b to
881 b, 4d to 414 d; do. 881 b to 961 b, 41/2(1 to sd; do. 961 b to
1041 b, 51/2d to 6(1 • Calf Skins, each, 4s 9d to 6s 9d ; Horn
Hides, 13s; Shearlings, 10d to is ld ; Lambs, 2s to 2s 6d.
HAY WIARILETS
SMITTIFIRD.—Meadow Hay, 215 s to 3114 s ; Clover ditto,
315 s to 41145; and Straw, li 651 to 11 12s per load. A full
average supply, and a heavy trade.
CUMBEKLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 15s; Clover
ditto, 315 s to 41 125; and Straw, 1/ 7s to 11 13a per load.
Supply tolerably good, and trade dull.
WrirracitArEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 31 14s; Clover
ditto, Si 5s to 4/17s; and Straw, 11 Cs to 11 103 per loaf.
Trade dull at late rates.

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