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LONDON. TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1846.

Already has the new Administration commenced
its Parliamentary labours ; the first chapter of the
Ministerial catechism in the Commons was perused
overnight, and the answers of the Prime Minister
and his associates was (considering the uproar of
curiosity which prevailed among their inquirers), to
all intents and purposes, satisfactory. It would be
the very acme of absurdity to anticipate any decisive
movements on the mere inauguration of a new Cabinet,
and hence no rational observer will have experienced
anything like disappointment at the proceedings of
yesterday evening. An immediate introduction of
reformatory measures, before the excitement conse-
quent upon their nomination to office, or an explicit
revelation of their intentions, would augur but little for
the wisdom or the precision of the Ministry, when it is
remembered that their Parliamentary numbers are,
up to the present moment, incomplete. The public
is, therefore, abandoned to the same uncertainty with
reference to the course which Lord J. RUSSELL and
his'adlierents will determine, or have determined, upon
following about the various important questions to be
submitted to the decision of Parliament. Neverthe-
less, for the reasons which we have already intimated,
we consider this apparent hesitation of the Ministry
to be a conspicuous evidence of their sagacity and
forethought. Although their official entrance into
the Lower House was almost entirely remark-
able -for the torrent of inquiries with which
they were instantly greeted, and for the adroit
evasion of those inquiries by themselves, that even-
ing's performance of our legislators was not wholly
destitute of interest. Although the lips of the
Cabinet Councillors are virtually sealed for the nonce,
and the nature of their forthcoming announcements
as dubious as heretofore, we can, notwithstan ling,
obtain a glimpse of the futurity which awaits the
present Government from the circumstances atten-
dant upon their first occupation of the Ministerial
benches. Those circumstances are significant enough
of the popularity of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S Adminis-
tration and of the activity which has characterised th'
preliminary movements of its members—no less than
eleven of the newly-elected Ministers simultaneously
returned to Parliament as the representatives of their
several constituencies. And this fact necessarily in-
spires us with sentitt.ents ofgratification and hopeful-
ness, since, from the recent issuing of the writs for
those different elections, from the scattered position
of the boroughs and counties, and their distance from
the seat of government, eleven new Members, all
without exception of the most liberal principles, are in-
finitely more than could have been anticipated eight
months ago. Nor is the mere coincidence of their
unanimous return by their electors the only propi-
tious fact among those circumstances; on the con-
trary, there is one of a still more encouraging cha-
racter, namely, the enthusiasm which has been testi-
fied in those different borough and county elections in
favour, not so much of the candidates, as of the noble
and enlarging principles of which they were the ex-
ponents and the advocates. The Premier, Lord JOHN
RUSSELL, was proclaimed the representative of the
citizens of London by acclamation. Sir GEORGE GREY,
the Home Secretary, was returned by the enfran-
chised people of Devonport with similar unanimity and
similar expressions of satisfaction. Colonel Pox, the
Surveyor of the Ordnance,was declared by the returning
officer to be duly elected as the representative of the
Tower Hamlets, notwithstanding a feeble and blunder-
ing effort to advance an opposing candidate. Sir
JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE, President of the Board of
Control, was acknowledged to be the recipient of the
suffrages of Nottingham, in the teeth of an earnest
and pertinacious opposition. Lord PALMERSTON, the
Foreign Secretary, was returned for Tiverton with-
out a dissentient voice. Mr. JERVIS, the Attorney.
General, in like manner, has, so to speak,
received his credentials from the electors of
Chester. Mr. LABOUCIIEBE, Secretary for
Ireland, with the universal applause of his constitu-
ency, was pronounced to be the representative of
Taunton. Admiral DUNDAS, one of the Lords of the
Admiralty, was speedily reinstated in his dignity as
Member for Greenwich, without even a hint at oppo-
sition. Mr. C. Wool), Chancellor of the Exchequer,
after the mere phantom of an antagonist had been
put in nomination at Halifax was declared to be the
successful candidate for that borough. Lord MARCUS
HILL, Comptroller of the Household, obtained, it

because the tenant could not be assured that
he should enjoy an adequate return for the capital
expended, either in the length and certainty of his
tenure, or in the obtaining a fair compensation for
his outlay and labour on quitting his farm. We ex-
pressed our regret that it was not retrospective in its
nature, and that it allowed compensation only for im-
provements hereafter to be effected, hut that no allow-
ance was to be made for the improvements of a similar
nature, which had already taken place ; we do not
conceive that there would be any extraordinary diffi-
culty in estimating the value of such improvements,
the time when they were made, and the allowance to
which the tenant should be entitled therefore—the same
machinery which is adopted for the other purposes
mentioned in the Bill would be amply sufficient for that
also. Had such a law been in operation, we should hay e
been spared the contemplation of the painful scene
which recently took place at Bird Hill, in the county
of Tipperary, where a tenant, who had expended his
entire capital in erecting a dwelling-house and other
buildings, to the amount of over 1,500/.,was turned, with
his family, on the wide world, for an arrear of rent
amounting to not more than one-sixth of the sum ex-
pended by him within a few short years, and which
arrear may be recovered from him by an action
for mesne rates, if he should have enough left to
gratify the cupidity of his landlord ; but if the mea-
sure should not be extended during the present ses-
sion, at least let it be carried into effect as it now
stands, and let the earliest and most serious considera-
tion of the Government be devoted to the subject, in
which, of all others, the happiness and prosperity cf
our sister kingdom is so dependent. The cultivation

of the waste lands—the providing of abundant em-
ployment for the surplus population by means thereof
—the creation of a sturdy and independent yeomanry
on the lands so reclaimed—the extension of the Ulster
tenant right, which has been found to act so well in
such parts of the country as it is in operation,
throughout the entire kingdom—are all of the most
serious importance, and afford a wide field for the
labours of the philanthropist and the statesman. We

continues to be the chief topic of comment in them.
The Moniteur makes the following official announce-
ment :
" We are happy to be able to announce that the aide-de-
camp of General Oudinot, whom we had counted among the
number of victims of the deplorable accident of which the
Northern Railway has been the theatre, has not sunk under
his wounds. There are, on the contrary, great hopes of his
recovery. Thus, the number of persons killed, including
the two conducteurs, amount to 14. The latest accounts,
brought on Satur lay evening by M. Frissard, divisionary
inspector, who visited the scene by order of the Minister of
Public Works, enable us to affirm that we shall not have to
announce and deplore any further deaths."
Notwithstanding this announcement, however, the
general belief in Paris was, that upwards of fifty per-
sons had perished. The conducteur bourgeois states
that there were thirty-five persons in the waggon
which was overturned into the morass. The
accident is said to have been occasioned by
the engineer suddenly shutting off the steam
and stopping the engine, when the impetus of
the carriages behind forced the middle carriages off
the rails. The official report of M. FRISSARD Com-
pletely confirms the report addressed to the Company
by the Sub-Inspector. The KING of the FRENCH,
on hearing of the accident, immediately dispatched
his aide-de-camp, General RUMIGNY, to the spot.
The Tapers and the Tadpoles of the French Oppo-
sition are sadly in want of a " good cry " on which
to go to the people at the next election. The
" Pritchard indemnity " cry is felt to be somewhat
stale, yet it is the best they have; so that there can
be little doubt but that the Ministry will have
as large a majority in the next Chamber as they had
in the late one :
The trial of Dr. CONNEAU and CHARLES THELIN,
for aiding and abetting in the escape of Prince LOUIS
NAPOLEON ; and of M. DEMARLE, commandant of
the fortress of Ham, and two keepers, for neglect of
duty; has just taken place before the Correctional
Tribunal of Peronne. The proceedings lasted three
days. The only evidence that presents the slightest
interest is the following:—
"Dr. Conneau, one of the prisoners, deposed that he had
been connected with the family of Prince Louis Napoleon
since 1820, having been for about nine months secretary to
his father. He afterwards went to Florence and Rome, and
finished his medical studies there. He practised at Rome
for three years, and was at last obliged to quit that city, for
having, in 1830, given an asylum to two of nis friends, when
sought for by the police ; and for having, in 1831, dressed the
wound of another friend, who had been hurt in a disturbance
at Rome. Witness after that joined the Prince at Aremberi,,
and remained there until the death of Queen Hortense, who
in dying laid an injunction on him to remain always with her
son. When the Prince was ordered to be co,tined at Ham,
witness obtained permission to remain with him, and was
allowed to go out and in as he pleased. Witness considered
himself to have been kindly treated by the Government in
being thus permitted to remain with the Prince on such
favourable'conditions, and looked on himself as under obliga-
tions to it, but not to such an extent as to be obliged to
betray to it the intentions of the Prince. In October last, M.
Poggicli, a laws :r, came from Florence. with letters from
M.M. Montalivet. Decazes, and Mold, praying them to exert
themselves to obtain the Prince's pardon, but their endea-
vours were without result. In November the Prince wrote
to the Minister of the Interior to obtain a temporary liberty
to see his father, but his proposition was not accepted. He
also wrote to the King, which. letter was published in the
journals. In the month of May the Prince, finding all his
efforts of no avail, determined to attempt an escape. The
Prince's health was at this time indifferent, and witness had
applied for the favour of having him removed to some
mineral bathing place. This course had been pre-
scribed by Drs. }larjulin, Larrey, and Lacroix. Thisap-
plication was also replied to in the negative. He learned,
also, at the same time, from Loid Londonderry, who
had exerted himself to procure his liberation, that he
gwlyapterhoevdidehdia t
opportunity.l clothes in
saw no hope of succeeding. The Prince determined to avail
himself of the occasion of workmen being in the fortress to
attemptwhh
he
his
afterwards
evasion.He
escaped, e
anddin
On May 25th the Prince disguised himself about half-past
r
six, cut off his moustaches, dyed his whiskers black, and put
on a black wig. Thelin gave a glass of brandy to one of the
workmen, and witness watched who passed in the corridor.
The Prince then left the room, and witness did not see hint
afterwards. Witness desired, if possible, to conceal the
escape for 24 hours, and for that purpose informed the
keeper when he called that the Prince was ill. When the
commandant called, about nine o'clock, witness, who was on
the watch, came forward to meet him, and observed that, if
tie matter was not pressing, it was better not to disturb the
Prince, as he was ill. The commandant withdrew, and called
again at half-past twelve. Witness told him that the Prince
slept, and the other went away, though reluctantly. In the
evening he called again, and insisted on seeing the Prince,
and witness took him into the inner room. the Prince's bed-
chamber. Witness hail placed a figure in the bed, and going
up to it, spoke as if to the Prince; receiving, of course, no
answer. He came back to the commandant, aid made a

possible, a more undoubted welcome at Evesham, and
the Hon. Captain BERKELEY, another of the Lords of
the Admiralty, as the phrase goes, " walked over
the course" for the representation of Gloucester.
Other instances of this enthusiastic welcome of the
Ministerial candidates might be adduced and particu-
larised in the person of the Hon. Mr. CowrEß, Sir
DENIS LE MARCHANT, and others; but we shall
conclude the catalogue of electioneering memora-
bilia by a reference to the j abilant returi,
of the Right Honourable RICHARD LALok
SIIEIL for the borough of Dungarvan. We have cast
this retrospective glance at the transactions which
have recently transpired in the provinces, because in
them we recognise the satisfaction of the British
people with the character and principles of the R us-
sELL Administration. From these electioneering remi-
niscenses we may deduce the prevailing sentiments of
the nation, and in their unanimity behold an emphatic-
tribute to those who have realised the brightest hopes
of free trade, and an emphatic sanction of the new
Cabinet and its leader. After such fortunate pre-
liminaries we may anticipate largely.

cannot hope for an immediate settlement of these
questions, but we trust that before the next session
the Government intentions with respect thereto will
be fully matured and laid before the public for their
approval.

Accounts from Basle of the 10th state, that Austria
was concentrating troops on the frontiers of Switzer.
land, in order to watch the progress of events. On
the 7th the Diet decided that a federal camp
should be assembled this year as usual.
The proposition was opposed by the partisans of the
Jesuits, but their opposition was unavailing. The
Catholic body had again protested against the secu-
larisation of the convents of Argovia.

The Levant mail has arrived, bringing intelligence
from Syria, Constantinople, and Greece, to the 27th
June, and from Malta to the 4th July. At that date
the Lebanon was completely pacified. It was re-
ported at Constantinople that the Russians had sus-
tained some reverses in Deghestan. Greece still con-
tinued infested with brigands. The KING and QUEEN had
been on a tour in the Peloponnessus. It was ex-
pected that the Prince DE JOINVILLE would visit
Malta. The mail also brings accounts from Alex-
andria to the 29th. MEuEmET Ara was
anxiously expecting the arrival of HAMID
BET, who is to escort him to Constantinople.
The PAcRA intended to sail two days
after HASSID'S arrival. HAMID left Constantinople on
the 27th. The Russian Consul, M. Fos, had in-
formed MEIIEMET Ara that both the English and
French AmbEssadors had raised objections at Constan-
tinople to his visit.

Madrid papers to the 7Lh have arrived. They con-
tain intelligence from Portugal to the 2d. At that
time the Miguelite movement had been completely

suppressed.
MADRID BOLSA, JULY 7.—The Three per Cents. were
done at 32% for cash, and 33 for paper; the Five per Cents
at 20% for cash; the Debt without Interest, at 63/4 for
cash; the shares of the Bat.k of San Fernando, at 281; and
those of Isabel, at 197.

We have received the Paris papers of Sunday.
The accident on the Great Northern RAilway si

The principal members of the new Administration
last night took their places in the House for the first

time after their re-election. It would, of course,
have been impossible for them to have maturely con-
sidered the course to be adopted by them on the various
questions of consequence which were alluded to in the
course of the evening, or to be enabled to state the line
of conduct to be pursued with respect to each. All
that could be hoped for was that an early day would
be appointed that the Ministerial intentions might be
fully set forth as to the various measures of the late
Government which would be proceeded with, dropped
or altered in some particulars during the present
session. The Premier has fixed Thursday next for

his important explanation, and it must be
admitted that nu unreasonable delay has been
demanded for that purpose. The public attention in
Ireland has been particularly directed to the three
Bills brought forward by Lord LINCOLN immediately
before his retiring from office, for the improvement
of the relationship between landlord and tenant, by
granting compensation to the tenants for permanent
and valuable improvements effected by them
on their holdings during their occupation, it
subsequently deprived of the enjoyment thereof,
and also for the improvement of the law relating to
ejectment, and the diminution of stamp duties on
leases—for, although these Bills by no means go far
enough, or effect all that is required on thesrute subject,
yet yet they were received by all classes and pa
valuable improvements and moves in the right direc-
tion, the principle of which would, without
doubt, be much extended in the next ses-
sion. We were, therefore, much gratified by the
statement made with respect thereto by the Right
Hon. the Secretary for Ireland, who said that he had,
with others, been engaged in a careful examination of
those measures, with a view of seeing whether any
benefit in them to Ireland could not be se-
cured notwithstanding the change of Government,
and promised that the Premier or himself would,
on Thursday, state the course the Government would
take with respect to them. We have already pointed
out the vast importance of the first of these measures:
improvements of the greatest consequence both to
landlord and tenant, calculated permanently to in-
create the value of the farms, have not been effected,

sign to him that the patient was aNleep. The commandant
said, He cannot remain all day asleep. I wait until
he wakes' He then sat dqwn, looking at the bed, and a
little after exclaimed, • Ali! hr is about to awake; he stirs!'
The commandant then listened, and not hearing any breath-
ing. he went over to the bed, and discovered the deceit. He
lit'once turned toward witness, and said,' The Prince is go:le!
At what o'clock?' %Vaness replied, • At seven this morning.'
'WI,o was on guard ?' Witness replied, 11-tto Dot kn,nv.

make up the rooms in the Prince's apartment, who said to
him—' The Prince is nothing better, he is in the sitting-
room.' Witness thought the man had just seen him. It
was only towards evening, when Thelin did not return,
that he began to suspect that all was not right. 'Witness
then called the man just alluded to, and on interrogating
him, finding that he had not seen the Prince since the morn-
ing, he determined to go again to the Prince's room. He
then discovered the evasion. itness, in the course of his
interrogatory, declared that he believed the keepers to be
perfectly free from all knowledge or participation in what had
taken place.
" The Court, after hearing evidence for the several pri-
soners, condemned Dr. Conneau to three months' imprison-
ment, and acquitted all the rest.
" Thelin, the Prince's valet-de-chambre, being absent, was
condemned, by default, to six months' imprisonment.
Count MONTHOLON was set at liberty on the 10th
instant by a Royal order.

There was nothing done in the Funds in Paris on

Sunday.
The following are the quotations for the new lines
MARSEILLES, JULY B.7—Mar:eilles and Avignon, 880 f. ;
Northern, 722 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 530 f.
LYONS, JULY 10.—Marseilles and Avignon, 881 f. 25c.•
Paris and Orleans, 1,270 f. ; Rouen, 1,006 f.; Lyons, 526 t:
25c. ; Great Northern, 727 f. 50c.

BUSINESS DONB IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EACIIANUE, JULY 13.
Boulogne and Aui:ens, 124 --Bordeaux, Toalouse, and Cette
(Mackenzie), 14 —Dutch Rhenish, 614—East Indian, %- Great
Western Bengal, % —Luxembourg, 24 Northern of France Con-
stituted, 13!4, —Paris and Lyons Constituted, A X --Paris and °dean,
48 % —Sambre and Meuse, 4 - West Flanders, 34.

And nothing mure passed between them.
"Commandant Demole declared that he had been at first
deceived by the assertion of Dr. Conneau that the Prince was
ill., and mixt by the declaration of the §eryaig appointed w

THE SUN,• LONDON, T'U'ESDAY EVENING, JULY 14, 1846.