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under consideration, and that they would be introduced as
soon as they had attained a shape in which they could be
presented to the house. It was now the intention of the

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Morning Paper

THE QUEEN OF SPAIN'S HEALTH.—Experience, says
the Aladrid correspondent of the Morning Post, has
demonstrated that the clique, into whose hands the un-

increase of the police force, to leave the increase of that
force to be effected in any disturbed district, to the dis-

fortunate Queen of Spain has fallen, is as remorseless as
it is unscrupulous in the pursuit of its darling object—the
accession of the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier to the
Spanish throne. Isabel ll.'s health has lately declined,
whir' `.-(1 ' - to l - ''--fa

cretion of the Lord Lieutenant, to charge the whole ex-

pense of the extra force upon the disturbed district to
which it might be sent, and to form a reserve depot ade-
quate to meet the exigencies of the public service. The
right honourable gentleman then briefly recapitulated the
state of the law in England as regards accessories, to
which the law in Ireland had several years since been assi-
milated.

—cn is attributed by some ler being in the family
way, by others to care, by many to irregular habits, high
feeding, and an immoderate addiction to sweetmeats, and
by not a
_few to all the above-mentioned causes, except
the first. I thought the same, but within the last twenty-
four hours I had reason to change my opinion, although

Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL had listened with patience,
amazement, and sorrow, to the speech of Sir G. Grey,
who seemed to treat an invasion of the constitution, so
far as Ireland was concerned, as the lightest thing in the
world.
After a lengthened debate,
Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD said that if he could per-
suade himself that the bill would repress crime in Ireland,
he would give it his ready support ; but it was because he
believed that instead of repressing it, it would only aggra-
vate it, that he felt himself bound to vote against it. The
system of Irish landlordism was the true cause of Irish
crime. They heard much of the rights of property, but
were they to have no respect for the rights of labour ? In
Ireland the poor man had no security for the fruits of his
labour. Hence the crime which they all deplored.
Mr. MOORE supported the bill, severely criticising the
conduct of certain organs of public opinion, which " pan-
dered to the vile animosities of race, and poisoned the
social virtues of the English people."
After a few words from Captain Harris and Sir W.
Verner, the house divided, and the numbers were—For
the second reading, 296 ; against it, 19 ; majority for, 277.
The bill was then read a second time.
4s.

there is little doubt but that the-Queen's present mode of
living is calculated to shorten the existence of a person of
a scorbutic habit of body. It is not certain that she is
enceinte ; her symptoms, instead of being such as are
peculiar to that state. may prove indications of a general
break up of her constitution. I have a suspicion respect-
ing the real state of Isabel Il.'s health, as well as of the
eventual results of the medical treatment she is undergo-
ing. Time will clear up the mystery, and let us hope that
the denouement will not be a terrible and a startling one.
NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE.—ProbabIy one of the most
remarkable feats of a newspaper enterprise, is the result of
that which appears in this morning's Herald—the reso-
lutions of Mr. Clay, delivered at Lexington the day before
yesterday. The distance is nearly one thousand miles.
Knowing the importance of Mr. Clay's opinions and
movements in the popular contest now about to take
place in this country, we made extraordinary arrangements
last week to run an express exclusively for the Herald.
We have, however, taken into the enterprise, since our
arrangements were made, two of our contemporaries, who
will also publish the same this morning. About 11 or 12
o'clock, the day before yesterday, the meeting was held
at Lexington. Our reporters were there, and when the re-
solutions were read, and Mr. Clay had delivered his speech,

HOUSE OF COMMONS—FRIDAY. our express started on horseback, running 84 miles, to
Sir R. INGLis inquired whether it was true that the Cincinnati. At Cincinnati the notes of our reporters
Earl of Minto was now at Rome, and whether he had were written out, and the whole was sent on through the
signed a convention with the Court of Rome for the electric telegraph, to this city, a distance of nearly 1.000
establishment of diplomatic relations with the Sovereign miles. The speech and resolutions were received early
of Great Britain.
yesterday morning, and. but for the intervention of Sun-
Lord PALMERSTON said he was happy to have an op- day, we should have been able to
portunity of answering the question. The Earl of Alinto wh?le_L'xingtpniroceedings I_ll. less
York Herald.
hours from
had been, as was well known, for some months in Rome, their delivery in Kentucky.—New York Herald.
but he was not there in any official capacity whatever. WEST INDIES. The steam ship Forth arrived at
He had no instructions to negotiate any convention with Southampton on Tuesday with the West Indian and Mex-
the Court of Rome, nor was he in any way accredited to ican mails. She has brought upwards of 300,000 dollars.
that court. The rumour alluded to by the right hon. In lat. 43 18 N. lon. 35 40 W., on the 30th Nov., she
baronet was, therefore, wholly destitute of foundation. fell in with the wreck of the Amity of Liverpool, timber
He would add, that as long as any doubts remained of the laden, but no papers on board. In Jamaica things were
legality of holding diplomatic relations with the Court of still very flat, and no improvement whatever had taken
Rome, her Majesty's advisers had too much respect for place. The markets continued in the same sluggish state
the law to do anything which would be construed into an as per last advices. In Trinadad they were beginning to
infringement of it. The doubts he referred to rested recover from the effects of the late hurricane. At St.
upon the construction to be placed upon the word " com- Christophers on the sth ult. the weather changed, and
munion." The law forbids the Crown to hold " com- that showers had been general throughout the island.
munion" with the Court of Rome, and the question was, Although the rain was late for the season, it was never-
whether this " communion" had reference only to the theless expected that the supply would benefit not only
sacrament of religion or to diplomatic communion. It the old, but also the young canes. The weather at An-
was not for him to state his opinion upon the subject, but tigua, previous to the 20th ult., was also exceedingly
he had no difficulty in saying that until Parliament should favourable for agricultural operations, and the next year's
have cleared up this doubt as to the law, her Majesty's crop would, it was thought, prove productive. Barba-
government would take no step which could by possibility does on the 6th still suffered from the want of water.
be construed into a contravention of the law. " This," it is remarked, " is the hottest November we
A short discussion arose out of a statement made the have ever experienced. For the last ten days, not a
previous evening by Mr. B. Cochrane to the effect that shower has fallen in the city to refresh the earth, or im-
Dr. Ryan, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Limerick, had part the slightest coolness to the air. There is a great
in his address to his clergy incited the people to assassi- dearth of American arrivals, and we fear this scorching
nate their landlords. The Earl of LINCOLN, Mr. LABOU- weather will materially affect the present supply, so that
cugaz, and other hon. members spoke iz very high terms probably this description of provisions will again rise high
of Dr. Ryan, and spoke also in high terms of eulogium of in price."
the general conduct of the Roman Catholic clergy. SANGUINARY AFFRAY ON BOARD A SLAVER.—On the
The house went into committee on the Crime and 22nd July, H.M.S. Waterwitch, in company with an-
Outrages (Ireland) Bill, and the discussion of the clauses other, captured a Brazilian brigantine, which was subse-
occupied the remainder of the evening. quently given in charge in Lieut. W. G. Mansfield, R.N.,
and four seamen, to be conveyed to St. Helena for adju-
dication. Oa ing to adverse winds, he bore up for Sierra
Leone. On the 11th of August, about midday. while the
crew were all engaged, the lieutenant, being at the mo-
ment pulling a rope which had been recently spliced, was
murderously assailed from behind by one of the prisoners
(who were four in number, and during the day time al-
lowed the liberty of the vessel) with an axe used for chop-
ping firewood. At the same moment the other prisoners
furiously attacked the sailors in the bunks, who, from
the unexpected nature of the assault, were driven from
their post wounded and unarmed. Lieut. Mansfield,
laying hold of a piece of firewood, gallantly, but unequally,
contended with a Brazilian armed with a cutlass. In the
course of a desperate struggle, the officer received no
fewer than nine , ounds. With the assistance of two
men, who had been up in the shrouds, the crew rallied,
and three of them rushed aft upon their antagonists,
whom they speedily overpowered, one of the prisoners
leaping overboard and perishing in the waves. The lieut.
himself was dangerously wounded, and one of the crew
had been previously killed. Lieut. Mansfield fortunately
reached Sierra Leone, and the prisoners were brought to
trial, but acquitted, as the Court found that the alleged
crime had been committed in an attempt to recapture
their own vessel, then under the Brazilian flag, and not
amenable to British jurisdiction, the sentence of the
Court of Admiralty not having been then pronounced.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
ALTCAR CUI3MEETING, DEC. 9 AND 10.
The SEFTON CUP was won by Mr. Woolf's Major ; Mr.
Graham's Lion ran up.
The MOLYNEUX PLATE was won by Lord Sefton's Sea
Breeze; Mr. Swan's Scorpion ran up.
The CROXTETH PURSE was won by Mr. Taylor's Tiny
Salute; Mr. Woolf's Nimble ran up.
GOOD SPORT.—During a short stay at Redcastle, D.
Baillie, Esq., and A. Baillie, Esq., shot 1200 head of
game. The list includes six red deer, five roe, pheasants,
partridges, hares, rabbits, a good many couple of wood-
cocks, and last, though not least in the bag, four seals.
Some of these huge aquatics find their way up the firth ;
their general place of resort is a sandbank nearly opposite
to Redcastle, where the performance of their uncouth
gambols is occasionally arrested by the arrival of a few
well-aimed rifle-bullets.—lnverness Courier.

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THE CHESHIRE HOUNDS—OnWednesday(to-morrow),
at flankelow ; Thursday, at Cholmondeley ; Saturday, at
Wrenbury- at half-past ten.
SIR W. W. WyNN's HOUNDS—On Tuesday (this day),
at Kennels ; Thursday, at Queen's Head ; Friday, at
Carden—at half-past tent