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upon it

MR. PLumpTun said that the.difficulty which the go-
vernment found in the settlement of this question arose,
not from the people of England being unjust people, but
from their being a religious and Protestant people. The
leaders of both parties in that house had told them plainly
where they were going ! and he, therefore, had hoped that
at the next election the people would take care to elect re-
presentatives of their own Christian and Protestant feel-
ing.

kr. NEWDEGATE declared his intention of voting for
these minutes, and asked Lord John Russell whether in
case he should hereafter issue any other minute recom-
mending a plan of popular education, he would pursue the
same course which he had upon this occasion, and submit
it to Parliament for approbation.

Lord J. RUSSELL answered in the affirmative

The house then divided, when the numbers were—For
Mr. Duncombe's motion, 47 ; against it, 372 ; majority
against it, 325.

HOUSE OF LORDS

.-FRIDAY

The royal assent was given by commission to various
bills.

The LORD CHANCELLOR, in answer to the Earl of
Wicklow, replied, that in consequence of information he
had received from Ireland he had been induced to make
alterations in the Incumbered Estates Bill, the second
reading of which he should move on Tuesday.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in reference to the re-
cent execution of a female at Bury St. Edmunds, which
had been brought under his notice, and that of the house,
on a former evening by the Marquis of Westmeath, ob-
served, that having caused inquiries to be made as to the
revolting circumstances alleged to have )aken place on
that occasion he, on the authority of a letter he had re-
ceived from the clergyman who attended the unfortunate
woman in her last moments, positively denied that any
circumstances such as those which had appeared in the
public prints had occurred. The rev. gentleman stated
that some individuals had endeavoured to obtain admit-
tance to the gaol, and were refused, to which refusal might
be attributed the false statement which had been pub-
lished, and which was in direct contravention of the facts.

The Marquis of WESTMEATH expressed himself satis-
fied with the explanation given.
Lords STANLEY and MONTEAGLE having, in explana-
tory speeches as to their contents, presented several im-
portant petitions from distillers in the United Kingdom
against the Customs Duties Bill, the Earl of CLARENDON,
in a speech detailing the course which the government
had pursued with reference to the measure, moved that it
be read a second time, Lord CAMPBELL and Earl GREY
supporting the motion. _ _ _ _ _ _

The Duke of MONTROSE moved that the bill be refer-
red to a select committee ; the speakers in favour of that
proposition being Lords EGLINTON, STANLEY, and

NIONTEAGL/

At the termination of the debate the house divided, the
second reading being carried by a majority of 9; the num-
bers being 57 to 48.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY

The question of the second reading of the Bathwick
Church Bill was carried on a division by a majority of 52.
Lord J. RUSSELL, in answer to Sir De Lacy Evans,
replied, that the British Government had expressed a very
strong opinion against the course pursued by that of
Portugal with respect to the prisoners taken by Marshal
Saldanha, which he hoped would have the effect of pro-
curing a mitigation of their sentence, but as yet no intel-
ligence had been received that the order so justly com-
plained of had been recalled. The noble lord also, in
reference to the business of the House, stated that if the
education debate should close that night, he should pro-
pose that the report be received on Monday ; after which
the Chancellor of the Exchequer would submit a vote to
enable the Loan Commissioners to advance some large
sums of money for certain railways in Ireland. Sir G.
Grey would then propose the consideration of the Prisons
Bill, on which question it was to be presumed the debate
on transportation would arise. Monday, the 3rd of May,
he had consented to give up in favour of the third reading
of the Factory Bill, and on Monday, the 10th, he pro-
posed to go on with the Railway Bill.
Sir W. MoLEswotern postponed his motion relative to
the existing exclusion of Roman Catholics from partici-
pation in the grant for education until the bringing up
the report.
The adjourned debate on the education question was
resumed by Sir WILLIAM. CLAY, who.moved an amend-
ment to the effect that the opportunity of participating in
all instruction, other than religious, should be afforded to
children whose parents may object to the religious doc-
trines taught in schools receiving pecuniary assistance
from the state. A protracted discussion :entaied, the
proposition being opposed by the Government, at the
termination of which the House divided, 74 honmenbers
voting in favour of Sir. Wm. Clay's motion, and 210
against it. _ _

-The house then resolved into committee, and the grant
of £lOO,OOO for the purposes of education was agreed tq,
and the report WAS ordered to be brought up on oudy.

chant brig Canning having been destroyed by fire in the
;ellan, 16th December last—carpenter and
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two men su

fathoms water

The Cologne Gazette states that the Prussian Cabinet
has decided on not renewing the navigation treaty of the
2d March, 1811, between the Zollverein and England,
which is about to terminate. The southern states of
Germany objected to the treaty being discontinued on ac-
count of the effect it would have on the importation of
sugar; but the Zollverein states were unanimous in re-
solving that it should not be renewed in its present form.
The Cologne Gazette adds, that the despatches directing
the cessation of the treaty were sent to London-last week
A NEW

MlRACLE.—geveral Roman Catholic journals
record a new miracle. According to the tale, the Virgin
Mary appeared on the 19th of September, 1846, to two
shepherd boys, who were together on the mountain of
La Salette, in the diocese of Grenoble. She spoke to each
in his native tongue—to one in French, to the other in
the German patois of the frontier ; giving to each a very
long exhortation on the want of diligence among the peo-
ple of Corps, the village to which they belonged. She
wore a wreath of roses ; when she went away they saw
that the grass did not bend under the pressure of her feet ;
she disappeared gradually, the light of her countenance
dazzling them. On one spot where her foot rested a foun-
tain sprung out, which has not since dried ; and the water
has proved a successful remedy for sick persons.

POLITICAL

MISCELLANY.

THE FACTORIES BlLL.—Among the parties who voted
for the report of the committee on this bill, were Lord
Sandon, Sir Howard Douglas, W. Entwistle, Lord George
Bentinck, J. I. Blackburne, J. Brotherton W. Ewart,
Captain Gladstone, G. Hudson, Sir R. H. Inglis, Sir J.
Jervis, Lord J. Manners, Lord J. Russell, J. Tollemache,
W. B. Ferrand, J. Fielden, &c. The following names
appear among those who voted against receiving the re-
port ; W. Brown, W. T. Egerton, Sir R. Peel, T. Thorn-
ley, J. Bright, T. M. Gibson, G. C. Legh, J. A. Roebuck,
J. Hume, &c.
MR. BRIGHT'S SPEECH ON THE EDUCATION QUESTION.
—Mr. Bright, in his speech on the goverriment plan of
education, on Tuesday evening, is reported to have said,
(alluding to the established church) :—" His forefathers
had languished in prison, under the direction of that
church which the house was now asked to aggrandise.
Within the last two years, the place of worship he at-
tended had been stripped of its furniture to pay the sala-
ries of the ministers of the church." As Mr. Bright's
usual place of residence is Rochdale, this assertion would
be generally understood to have reference to something
which had occurred in that town. We have, therefore,
been requested to state, that, so far, as regards the clergy
of Rochdale, or any of them, there is not the slightest
foundation for the statement ; and that none of those gen-
tlemen have salaries or stipends derived from any source
which would have given rise to any such proceeding as the
stripping of the place of worship attended by the hon.
gentleman, or any other place of worship.—Manchester
Guardian.

MR. GRANTLEY BERKELEY, M.P.—On Monday a meet-
ing of the electors of West Gloucestershire, or, rather,
of that large portion of the county within the limits of
the Forest of Dean, was held at the Speech House, Dean
Forest, for the purpose of hearing certain explanations
proposed to be made by the hon. Grantley F. Berkeley.
The meeting was held in the centre of the Forest of Dean,
a wild, uncultivated district, and was attended by some
500 persons, chiefly miners and coal-masters. Mr. Berke-
ley, after entering into the disputes with his brother,
moved a resolution condemnatory of the government
education-scheme. Reverting again to politics, he said
he had found a gentleman willing to support him in his
hour of need—Mr. Clayton, of Bierley Hall, Yorkshire,
whom he now introduced to the meeting. Mr. Clayton
was an iron-miner and coal-master, and therefore well
acquainted with their interests. If ever two tories should
be nominated, Mr. Clayton would be ready to come for-
ward and solicit their suffrages.—Mr. Hunt (a quaker)
then came forward and spoke against Mr. Grantley
Berkeley's public conduct, mqv especially his vote in
favour of the game laws. Mr. E. said that they should
have an anti-game-law candidate at the next election. A
warm debate followed.—Mr. Grantley Berkeley replied,
and with other speakers charged Mr. Hunt with being
the-abettor of Earl Fitzhardinge. In the course of his
remarks, Mr. Berkeley was interrupted by Mr. Trotter, a
gentleman of the neighbourhood, upon which Mr. Berke-
ley said :—" 1 won't be interrupted. Don't do it again,
because I won't stand it. If you interrupt me again, I'll
have you out of that carriage."—Mr. Trotter subsequently
said he thought Mr. Grantley Berkeley ought not to come
out in that punch o' the head" sort of style. He (Mr.
Trotter) would be killed before he would be intimidated.
Mr. Grantley Berkeley afterwards denied that he had
threatened to strike him, and the apology was accepted.

—After some personal matters, both parties getting rather
warm, a resolution condemning the government education
plan was carried. A resolution expressing approval of
Mr. Grantley Berkeleys explanation, was also carried by
three votes to one. An amendment, expressing dissatis-
faction at the hon. member's conduct, was lost by about
the same proportion of votes..