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LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1851.

In the House of Lords, last evening, the Royal assent
was given by commission to several public and private
Bills.

Lord MONTEACLE gavo notice that in bringing up the
report on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill he should move
a clause exempting Ireland from the operation of the
Bill, and also a clause exempting such Roman Catholic
prelates from the penalties as should be described ac-
cording to the form used in the Bequest Act as
Roman Catholic archbishopP, bishops, Scc.
Several Bills were forwarded a stage, and their Lord-
ships adjourned.
The Commons held a morning sitting in the new
House.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated, in
answer to Mr. VERNON SMITH, that it was in contem-
plation to erect a new National Gallery, and that Ken-
sington-gardens had been proposed as a site.
In the Committee on the Consolidated Fund Bill the
introduced.
The clause was
The remainder of the sitting was occupied in discus-
sing the clauses of the Medical Charities Bill.
In the eveaing sitting,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL withdrew the Registration of
Assurances Bill.
The further consideration of the case of Mr. Alder-
man SALOMONS was postponed to Monday.
On the motion fur the third reading of the Customs'
Bill.

Mr. HERRIES moved as an amendment—" That an
humble address be presented to her MAJESTY, praying
that she will bo graciously pleased to direct the proper
steps to be taken for giving effect to those provisions of
the Act 12 and 13 Viet., c. 29 (for the repeal of the
navigation-laws), whereby her MAJESTY is empowered
to adopt
i towards any foreign country, in which a pre-
ference s given, directly or indirectly, to national vessels
over British vessels, such measures as may appear to her
MAJESTY justly to countervail the disadvantages to
which British trade and navigation is so subjected."
The Right Hon. Gentleman contended that the effect of
the repeal of the navigation-laws had been to depreciate
the value of the property of the British shipowner, and
complained of the injustice of compelling him to man his
vessel with British seamen, and at the same time expose
him to foreign competition.
Mr. LABOUCEIERE considered the mercantile interests
had been much improved by the repeal of the naviga-
tion-laws. Commerce had extended, and the ship-
owners had had their share of the benefits of the in-
creased employment. The acts of the shipowners con-
tradicted their words, for whilst they were complaining
of depression they were constantly building new ships.
Mr. G. F. YOUNG admitted that British shipping had
not declined since the repeal of the navigation-laws, but
contended that it had not increased in the ratio in which
it would have increased bad not the " cheap market"
policy been adopted.
Mr. WILSON controverted the statistics of Mr. G. F.
YOUNG, contended that the motion would never be car-
ried, and declared that the British owners were the
victims not of competition with the foreigners but with
each other.

Mr. DISRAELI, understanding that the Government
were engaged in negotiations on the subject, suggested
the withdrawal of the motion.

Colonel THOMPSON considered that having recourse
to retaliatory measures would be like cutting off the
nose to spite the face.

Lord J. RUSSELL said, after the speech of Mr. DIS-
RAELI, he could not understand with what view the
motion had been brought forward. He admitted that
while negotiations were pending, such a resolution would
be most inconvenient; but ha thought it quite extraor-
dinary that this fact had not presented itself to the Hon.
Member for Stamford before submitting his motion to
the House. If, however, Hon. Gentlemen on the other
side of the House were satisfied that their case had
broken down, he could only say that he was glad to hear
that their confession of their error would be ratified by
the decision of the House.

After a few words from Mr. WAWN and Mr. MIINTZ,
the motion was withdrawn.
On the motion that the Customs Bill be read a third
time,
Sir J. PAKINGTON wished the third reading to be
postponed, as he had an important subject to introduce.
Lord JOAN RUSSELL could not consent to such post-
ponement, upon which Sir J. PAKINGTON moved the
adjournment of the House.
On the House dividing,
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The motion was negatived by a majority of 158 to
50; and, after a short discussion, Sir J PAEINGTON
divided again on the question of adjourning the House,
which was rejected by 22 to 146.
The Bill was then read a third time and passed.
The other orders of the duy were then disposed of,
and the House adjourned at a quarter to Three.

Death has yet further diminished the living sou-
venirs of NAPOLEON. In consequence of the recent
demise of Marshal SEBASTIAN!, we are reminded of
the rapid disappearance of those great warriors who
were the paladins of the modern CHARLEMAGNE. It
would be idle, however, to regret the departure at a
ripe old age of men whose destinies have been fully
accomplished. All that the journalist has to do is to
record each successive dissolution. It may likewise
be permitted to him to revert incidentally,
as it were, in the publication of this intermitent
obituary of the illustrious, to those epochs
of glory where the veterans first distinguished
themselves as striplings on the field of battle, or as
subordinates in the cabinets of diplomacy. In both
capacities Marshal SEBASTIAN! rendered himself re-
markable. He was a captain of no mean acquire-
ments, even in the midst of those extraordinary sol-
diers whose military genius was only eclipsed by
that of their EMPEROR. He was entrusted with the
responsibilities of a very memorable and embarrassing
embassy at a time when the smallest short-coming
would have been detected by the lynx-like vigilance
of the Prince of BENEVENTO. He was a de-
bater of no ordinary intelligence at a period
when the fate of France was in a
great measure dependent upon the discussions of her
Legislature. He was an administrator of recognised
eminence under circumstances bewildering to the
wiliest conductors of the duties of government.
Everywhere, moreover, the deceased revealed the same
pertinacious industry, the same dauntless self-posses-
sion, the same untiring patriotism, the same faithful-
ness in carrying out the ordinances of the National
Constitution. Marshal SEBASTIAN! was the ser-
vant of his country as much under the
regime of the Empire as he was, subsequently,
under the influences of the Restoration.
or under those stormier ones of the July Revolution.
He revealed only increasing capacities accordingly
as his career manifested its development. As far
back as the memorable 18th Brumaire his valour and
devotion were recognised by General BONAPARTP,
and the appreciation in which the young officer was
regarded by the First Consul was very speedily mani-
fested towards him by that illustrious chieftain. Af-
terwards, when the imperial crown had been assumed
by NAPOLEON, SEDAsTIANI was selected by
him to undertake the carrying out of
that difficult task with which the victory
of Austerlitz was followed up with so much prompti-
tude—we mean the consolidation of an amicable alli-
ance between the Sublime Porte and the Imperial
Goverment—an alliance happily completed through
his exertions as Ambassador at Constantinople. The
importance of the diplomatic labours here entrusted
to his loyalty and nivian may be very readily ap-
preciated when it is remembered that it was among
the objects of NAPOLEON by that means to
prevent the passage of British vessels up the channel
of the Dardanelles.
Successful on the field and in the audience chambers
of the SULTAN, SEBASTIANI was afterwads not less so
in the tribune and in the cabinet. His merits as an
orator, and his general reputation as a civilian,
caused him, in 1817, to be chosen by the electors of
Aisne to fill the place vacated by the death of General
Foy as a member of the Constitutional Opposition.
Subsequently, the authority acquired by him within
the walls of the Parliament, opened up to him a
paasege into the councils of the Administration. On
the morrow, as it were,
duties, it is welllinown
was intrusted with the conduct of the external politics
of the July Revolution, he
the country, and in the discharge of his Ministerial
obtained for Marshal_
his unyieldingthat his sagacious forethought,
application, and his ever-ready intelli-
genceship of his Sovereign. SEBASTIAN! the friend-
his many political In the midst, however, of
sue
man appears to have been, thest icskoldier -s tates-
disease productive of such andn with a
poignant continual
torture as to incapacitate him from ra* •
ixing longer in the
labours of public life. With comparatively •
very little

intermission this same malady seems, moreover, to
have afflicted him more or less incessantly up to the
moment of his dissolution. Insomuch so that it
would have been cruelty for even his most intimate
friends to lament a demise which at length put an end
to his sufferings.

With his departure, as already observed, France
has lost another of the few remaining Lieutenants
of NAPOLEON. Six Marshals are now alone
surviving, out of that long and glorious catalogue
inscribed imperishably on the tablets of history.
SOULT is one, GERARD another, REILLE another,
MAEMONT another, EXCELMANS another, and last
but not least interesting of them all, JEROME BONA.
PARTE, the only one of NAPOLEON'S immediate family
still living, his youngest brother, ultimus Ro-
manorzn. Gradually as the list diminishes we
shall have passed beyond the limits of that
age of greatness which witnessed so many miracles
of glory, and shall retain no longer amongst us
those living illustrations of it which have hitherto been
regarded with so much interest. When these men
shall have followed their renowned compatriots to the
tomb, the last among the human evidences of the
imperial power of NAPOLEON will have been effaced,
and we shall be enabled only to peruse the records of
his pomp and puissance, as a dream that has vanished
and a tale that is told. Remembering these things,
it is impossible to regard without emotion the de-
parture of such men as Marshal SEBASTIAN!, or to
record their names in the obituary without pro-
nouncing over their graves some words of respectful
commemoration.

A case of cruelty towards a child of tender age,
which fell under the judicial cognizance of the ma-
gistrate at Clerkenwell on Wednesday last, presents
features of a doubly revolting character. A Roman
Catholic priest, named WEALE, who exercises the
functions of master of a school connected with the
Roman Catholic Church, in Duncan-street, Islington,
inflicted such savage chastisement on one of the
hapless creatures entrusted to his superintending care,
that the cries of the tortured victim attracted the atten-
tion of a tradesman named HINCHLEY and other persons,
who hastened to the spot whence the piteous groans
of agony proceeded. On entering the school-house
they found a poor boy, named JOHN FARREL, almost
expiring under the savage lash of this sacerdotal
monster, a mass of lacerations, lividity, and streaming
gore. He had been seized and flogged with a gutta
percha whip, on the legs, thighs, and other parts of
the person, for a considerable time ; lashed and
flayed on the delicate skin (the child was but six
years old) with an instrument that would cut
like a knife at every stroke. Had not this
providential interposition occurred, the little
creature might have never survived the bru-
tality of the reverend ruffian. GOD forbid that
we should hold forth this wretch as an instance of the
general character or demeanour of the Roman
Catholic priesthood, which numbers amongst its
members some as amiable individuals, of as kindly
hearts and gentle conduct, as any in existence.
Cases of barbarity towards children are always spe-
cially deserving of public notoriety and reprehension,
and in the present instance the enormity of the
offence is aggravated by the circumstance of the per-
petrator being one of a body of men who assume a
paternal authority over their flocks, and who,
although we willingly admit them to be personally
humane, know, that as far as their vassals are
concerned, impunity attends upon their actions
however extravagant. Disgusting as it is to see
a Christian minister branded as a brute, and
justly hissed and hooted by the populace, still more
disgusting is it to contemplate the grovelling pros-
tration of mental independence which pervades the
despicable thralls of priestcraft. It is enough to
make one shudder on reading Mr. CoMBES' indig-
nant remark, " that a donkey's hide is nearly as hard
as that of any animal, still it would be cruel to beat
one with such a weapon," to picture to the imagina-
tion the knouting of the writhing child ; but it is
utterly loathsome to find parents in the face of day
stifling the natural affection that the moat untutored
savages naturally feel for their offspring, and striving
to screen the ferocious torturer of their own child,
while all in court were horrified at the awful and
harrowing sight which his person when exposed,
presented, because that torturer was—their priest.
What says the mother when asked by the magistrate
if she sanctioned beating to that extent ? She replied,
" .1 see he has been very much beaten, but I don't want
to punish the gentleman, because he had my authority."
Toe father was by no means behind band in branding
himself with infamy ; far, on a similar inquiry being
put to hint as to whether he sanctioned such severity as
that exhibited on his child's person, the besotted
fellow said, " An faith I an sure I don't wish to hurt
the good gentleman." That groans and hisses were
evoked by this filthy pandering to priestly
tyranny was certainly small matter of surprise,
nor that the presiding magistrate should have ex-
claimed, " then I can tell you and your wife that
you are both brutes." To render the affair complete,
the defendant sought to delude the court by the pro-
duction of witnesses glibly deposing quod molliter
manus imposuit, and Mr. CoMBE, thoroughly dis-
gusted and shocked at such a case of abominable tur-
pitude, held the dastardly culprit to bail in his own
recognizances to appear at the next session, and ex-
pressing a hope that a prosecution might be instituted
by the parochial authorities, as it would be useless to
expect that the parents who had shown themselves
devoid of all natural feelings would bestir themselves
in the behalf of justice and outraged humanity.
We sincerely trust, however, that Mr. HINCHLEY
may find no difficulty in prevailing on the Islington
guardians to prosecute, as we are not yet arrived
at such a pass as that the crimes of ecclesiastics are
exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary tri-
bunals of the country.

In this case we have a fair sample of the paralysing
influence which the Popish priesthood exercise over
the consciences of their thralls. Spiritual terror
cowed the FARRELS into an unnatural acquiescence
with the villany of WEALE. Spiritual terror drives
men to vote black what is white, to obstruct the ad-
vancement of education and knowledge, to hug
the chains of a sleepless and uncompromising
despotism. The spirit of Pontifical autocracy, un-
yielding, uncompromising; yet plausible and subtle
when expediency demands, that spirit under which
it may be literally said " men dare not call their souls
their own," is even now seeking to insinuate itself
throughout the extent of the land, to realise, accord-
ing to its own interpretation, the language of the
poet—

" Spiritus intus alit, totamque infusa per artus
Mena agitat molem, et magno se corpora miseet."

Let Englishmen whose brains are not befuddled
by the mummeries of Puseyism, with its one foot
in the mire, ponder on thA amount of mental
freedom accorded to the worshippers of the Jugger-
naut of conscience, and ask themselves how far they
should supinely countenance the insolent encroach-
ment of a pretentious power, the humblest minister of
whose decrees can find blind tools, glorying in their
fatuity, even to the extent that these wretched
FARILELS evinced towards the Reverend WILLIAM
WEALE.

CABINET COUNCIL.—(TIIIB DAY.)—A Cabinet
Council was held to-day, at the Foreign-office, Downing-
street, at one o'clock. There were present—Lord John
Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lord Chancellor (who
came from his court at Lincoln'. Inn), the Marquis of Clan-
ricarde, Earl Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Broughton de
Gyfford, Sir Francis T. Baring, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl
of Minto, and the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere. The
Ministers were sitting when we went to press.
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ASsAiILT of Anms.—Last evening, Mr. Alfred
Shury gave an evening's entertainment at the Whittington
Club, Strand, illustrative of the different methods of attack
and defence with the foils, basket stick, sabre, sabre v.
bayonet, savate, &c. The principal performers were Guille-
mend, M. Prevost, Signor Gardini, M. Lusignan, Herr Van-
dermaest, MM. Le Boucher and Lecomte, Sergeants Chal-
mers, Jones, and the beneficiare, Mr. A. Shury. The foil
play of Prevost and Guillemand was a specimen of brilliant
fencing, the hits remaining with the veteran Guillemand.
Mr. Alfred Shury, although suffering under the influence of a
swollen arm, was unwilling to disappoint a numerous com-
pany, and went through the feat of severing a sheep across
the loins at one cut, and other feats of a similar character.
The assault with the carne, in which the Belgian, Vander-
macat, had a decided advantage over his Gallican opponent,
Le Boucher, elicited much hilarity, as did likewise the "set-
to" with the basket stick.

CRIMORNE GARDENS. —The state of the weather
yesterday rendered it impossible to carry out the grand and
imposing naval tte which had been advertised for the
evening. It is announced for Monday next, when it is
hoped the weather will be propitious.
THE COLONELCT OF THE 36TH REGIMENT.—We
have much pleasure in stating that Major-General Lord
Frederick Fitzclarence, G.C.H., Lieut.-Governor of Ports-
mouth,
will have the colonelcy of the 36th Regiment (Here-
fordshire), vacant by the demise of General Sir R. H.
Sheaffe, Bart.

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