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THE POET OF THE PRESENT.

A Poet must ere long arise,
And with a regal song sun-crown this age,
As a saint's bead is with a halo crown'a;—
One, who shall hallow Poetry to God
And to its own high use; for Poetry is
The grandest chariot whereon king-thoughts ride ;
One, who shall fervent grasp the sword of song
As a stern swordsman grasps his keenest blade,
To find the quickest passage to the heart.
A mighty Poet whom this age shall choose
To be its spokesman to all coming times.
In the ripe full-blown season of his soul.
He shall go forward in his spirit's strength,
And grapple with the questions of all time,
And wring from them their meanings. As King Saul
Called up the buried prophet from his grave
To speak his doom, so shall this Poet-king
Call up the dead Past from its awful grave
To tell him of our Future. As the air
Doth sphere the worlds, so shall his heart of love—
Loving mankind, not peoples. As the lake
Reflects the flower, tree, rock, and bending heaven,
Shall he reflect our great humanity;
And as the young Spring breathes with living breath
On a dead branch, till it sprouts fragrantly
Green leaves and sunny flowers, shall he breathe life
Through every theme he touch, making all Beauty
And Poetry for ever, like the stars.

is a young publication of great promise : moreover,
it has already done much for the elevation of the
educational cause. While more especially designed
for the schoolmaster and schoolmistress, it will be
found interesting and valuable to the mothers of
families, and all interested in education.—The
Protestant Magazine (Wertheim and Macintosh),
is especially interesting this month, from a paper on
the Papal Aggression in Holland, the people of
which country feel the pressure and interference of
Popery. The present position of the Dutch sup-
plies another instance of the way in which the peace
of a kingdom is to be broken, and party arrayed
against party, merely to gratify the arrogant pre-
tensions of the Church of Rome. Home Thoughts
(Kent and Co., London), a nice little monthly
visitor for the fireside, pleasantly written and illus-
trated, is this month rendered attractive by a
sketch of the popular author of " Bleak House,"
somewhat meagre and imperfect. Diogenes
(Piper Brothers, London) still throws his light
upon many subjects—not surveying the world with
the surly eye of a cynic, although with sufficient
severity when it is called for. One feature we
especially admire, the existence of no party predi-
lection, and a desire to do justice to all. This
characteristic of the new Punch will please English-
men, who have an inherent love of fair play.—
The Home Companion (69, Fleet•street, London)
comes arrayed in a new garb this month. We like
its "shining morning face" exceedingly. The
engravings, typography, and letter-press, all ex-
hibit improvement. It is a pleasing fact connected
with these cheap serials that, after carrying on their
readers a certain length, they are compelled to im-
prove, else the readers whom they have helped to
educate will desert the ranks of their subscribers,
and attach themselves to publications of a higher
class. This theory the history of the Hone Com-
panion illustrates well.

VARIETIES.

WANTED.—An intended bride who is willing to begin
housekeeping in the same style in which her mother began.
UNCLE Tom AND WHAT HE HAS DONE.---44 Uncle
Tom's Cabin" has simply exposed to the world our
nakedness. The secrets of the prison-house of slavery
are all revealed. " Uncle Torn has uttered no false-
hoods—he has exaggerated no wrongs. He has simply
told,- in tones which have thrilled upon the ear of the
world, the tragic story of the slave. And now no Ame-
rican can visit Europe without meeting with insult
wherever he is known. All that is noble in our glorious
institutions is forgotten in the deep abhorrence of slavery.
The tongue of every American is tied. The hands of
every American are fettered. The example of our coun-
try, instead of cheering the hearts of the lovers of liberty
in other lands, tends but to darken their dungeons and to
rivet their chains. And all this because thirty thousand
men refuse to pay the honest wages of free labour to those
who till their fields, wash their linen, and polish their
shoes.—New York Tribune.
THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD AND SIR WALTER SCOTT
In a life of Sir Walter Scott, recently published, his first
interview with the Ettrick Shepherd is thus amusingly
told :—One day, while Scott was still in Edinburgh, there
came into the city a brawny, rough fellow, driving a flock
of sheep. It was James Hogg, who finding himself in the
capital, was seized with a violent desire to see himself in
print, and accordingly got somebody to strike off a few of
his verses, which, however, made no sensation. " The
Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border" set him to work at
imitating the old Scottish ballads ; and as his efforts were
warmly praised by Scott, he came down again from the
forest to pay his friend a visit. He, with William Laid.
law and others, was invited to dinner. The worthy shep-
herd appeared in his ordinary herdman's dress, with his
hands well tarred by a recent shearing. Not being accus-
tomed to the society of "grand folk," he had com-
muned with himself as to how he should act, and had
come to the conclusion that he ought to copy the lady of
the house in all things. Mrs. Scott, being unwell, re-
ceived her guest reclining on a sofa, and Jamie accord.
ingly, true to his principle, had no sooner made his best
bow, than he crossed the room, and stretched himself out
upon another. At dinner he ate, drank, laughed, and
chattered, amusing the guests by his strange, uncouth
jokes and remarks, and even songs. As the good wine
began to operate, Jamie grew familiar, and after tickling
everybody by his rapid advance from " Mr. Scott" to
" Shirra," " Scott," " Walter," and " Nettie," he at
last threw the company into convulsions:of laughter by
addressing Mrs. Scott as " Charlotte."
LIFE AT BADEN.—Hither come flocking the represen-
t tatives of every nation of the world, and of almost every
class in each. Royalty, princely houses, and nobility
with twenty quarterings, are jostled in the indiscriminate
crowd with houseless adventurers, beggared spendthrifts,
and ruined debauchees. All who can contribute the clink
of their Louis-d'ors to the music are welcome to this
orchestra! And women, too, fair, delicate, and lovely,
the tenderest flowers that ever were nursed within do-
mestic care, mixed up with others, not less handsome
perhaps, but whose syren beauty is almost diabolic by
comparison. What a Babel of tongues, and what confu-
sion of characters. The Grandee of Spain, the escaped
Galley Slave, the Hungarian magnate, the London
" Swell," the old and hoary gambler with snow-white
moustachios, and the unfledged minor, anticipating man-
hood by ruining himself in his "teens." All these are
blended and commingled by the influence of play; and,
differing as they do in birth, in blood, in lineage, and
condition, yet are they members of one guild, associates
of one society—the gambling-table. And what a leveller
is play ! He who whispers in the ear of the Crown Prince
yonder is a branded felon from the Bagnes de Brest ; the
dark-whiskered man yonder, who leans over the lady's
chair, is an escaped forger; the Carlist noble is asking
friendly counsel of a Christino spy ; the London pick-
pocket offers his jewelled snuff-box to an Archduke of
Austria. " How goes the game to-day ?" cries a Neapo-
litan Prince of the Blood, and the question is addressed
to a red-bearded Corsican, whose livelihood is a stiletto.
Is that the beautiful Countess of Hapsburg ?" asks a
fresh-looking Oxford man ; and his friend laughingly
answers : " Not exactly ; it is Mademoiselle Varenne
of the Odeon." The fine-looking man yonder is a Mexi-
can General, who carried off the military chest from
" Guanaguato ;" the pompous little fellow beside him is
Lucchese Count, who stole part of the Crown jewels of
his sovereign; the long-haired, broad-foreheaded man,
with open shirt-collar, so violently denouncing the
wrongs of injured Italy, is a Russian spy ; and the dark
Arab behind him is a Swiss valet, more than suspected of
having murdered his master in the Mediterranean. Our
English contingent embraces Lords of the Bedchamber,
members of parliament, railroad magnates, money-
lending attorneys, legs, swells, and swindlers, and a
small sprinkling of university men, out to read and be
ruined—the fair sex, comprising women of a certain fast
set in London, divorced countesses, a long category of
the widow class, some with daughters, some without.
There is an abundance of good looks, splendid dress, and
money without limit ! The moat striking feature of all,
however, is the reckless helter-skelter pace at which every
one is going, whether his pursuit be play, love, or mere
extravagance. There is no such thing as calculation—no
counting the cost of anything Life takes its tone from
the tables, and where, as wealth and beggary succeed
each other, so do every possible extreme of joy and
misery ; and one wagers their passions and their emotions
exactly as they do their bank-notes and their gold pieces.
—The Dodd Family Abroad, by Chas. Lever.
THE AMERICAN INDIANS AND THEIR SLAVES.—
Of all the numerous Comanches and Kiowas, whom we
met on the Arkansas in the neighbourhood of Fort Atkin.
son and the crossing of the river, there was indeed
scarcely one who had not one or several male or female
Mexican children with them, whom they themselves
boasted of having kidnapped in Mexico, telling us the
places were they were from. To conclude from what we
saw, there must be, not hundreds, but thousands of
Mexicans, most of them of a tender age, in slavery
among the Indians of the plains. Others were full-
grown men and women, the former entirely barbarians
like their Indian masters among whom they had lived
from their south, the latter in some cases a good deal
more cultivated on account of their having been kid-
napped at a more advanced age, which is never the case
with a male captive, full-grown men being always killed
when they fall into the bands of these savages. Some of
the Mexican men whom we met in this state of captivity
looked worn-out and poor, and complained of being ill.
treated and not getting food enough, while others de-
clared that they would by no means, even if they could,
return to their native country, and confessed that they
were themselves used to participate in those horse-stealing
and kidnapping expeditions which the Comanches and
Kiowas proudly call " campanas," speaking with an ex-
pression of cupidity of the " cavallas, mules, mugeres y
muchachas." the horses, mules, women and girls, of
Mexico. The boys appeared to be generally well-treated.
Some of them had even been adopted as children by the
Indians. An old Kiowa chief who visited our camp, had
three boys with him whom he declared to be his children,
telling us at the same time that of two of them he was the
real father, while he had brought the third one from
Mexico, in one of his military expeditions. This third
boy was evidently kept as well as the two real sons of the
old man, and when we asked the chief, as well as the
boy, whether they would like to separate in case we
should pay him a good price for the boy for the purpose
of taking him along with us to his native place, both
laughed with a sort of contempt, showing fully that both
were as well satisfied with each other as with their situa-
tion in general. The fate of the girls kidnapped in a
tender age is even less painful. They are generally
brought up by those who capture them to make the wives
of their sons. The chiefs visiting our camp with their
families, all had Mexican wives. The fate of a full-
grown woman falling into the hands of the Indians is
often not so easy as this. She seldom escapes violence
and brutality.—Correspondence of the New York Tribune.
TEA AND ITS ADULTERATIONS.—AduIteration with
simple leaves of trees is innocent enough compared with
some of the abominations to which the competing prin-
ciple has resort, and can practise with impunity. On the
continent the natives have not waited for that propitious.
ness of site and climate which the Chinese tea-plant has
been proved to require. English tea having first served
them as a foliage, is next seized to satisfy our national
appetite. Many a wry face have our wandering country.
men made over the tea-pots of Rhineland and of Flan-
ders. A lady, a friend of ours, once met an old Belgian
peasant gathering leaves from some wayside trees and
hedges, a little distance out of Brughes ; and upon asking
him what be was storing so carefully in his basket, the
old man, taking her for a countrywoman, answered, to
her horror, " tea for the English !" He looked as old
in his task as Wordsworth's leech-gatherer. But' al-
though it is sufficiently unpleasant to be mocked in our
pilgrimages in search of the picturesque by the very vege-
table kingdom, still, this is harmless, comparatively,
when we read the accounts given by Mr. Twining and
others of the villanous mixtures and disgusting ingre-
dients detected in the compositions of convicted spurious
tea-dealers in England. If it is difficult for the expe-
rienced to detect the true from the false, difficult teas
may defy the scrutiny of the public. When the company
were merchants, this system of adulteration did not and
could not exist. They had the first choice of all the teas
which were imported from the tea districts into Canton.
These were there submitted to the inspection of a gentle.
man chosen from among the tea-brokers of London, who,
at the head of the regular servants of the company, care-
fully examined the teas several times previous to com-
pleting the purchase, and then fixed their valuation ; and
so great was then the confidence of the Hongmen in the
spirit of honourable dealing which always influenced the
company, that they invariably acquiesced in every reduc-
tion of price that was decided upon. Again, on being
exposed to sale in London, every chest of tea was sub-
mitted to another examination from the tea-brokers,
and their report published. These gentlemen were entirely
independent of the company, and could have been actu-
ated by no ulterior motive in the good report they did
constantly give. Inferior teas were thus rejected—adul-
terated teas impossible. Moreover, the cultivation of the
finest descriptions of tea was encouraged by the genero-
sity of the company. For the delicate flavoured black
souchong, which is now so rare, and only to be had in
England in the shape of a choice present from some
friend in China, the company paid higher prices than
were given for green tea, and pains were consequently
taken to foster its growth. And this the company did
without regard to profit. They imported some teas, as
they exported certain British productions (to promote re-
ciprocal commerce) at a positive loss ; confiding for
remuneration to their aggregate profits. But the free im-
porter, whose object is necessarily immediate gain, and
who is not sufficiently conspicuous before the public to
induce him to make generous sacrifices for the sake of
high character, can neither afford nor care to flatter the
discriminating tastes of the rich, or satisfy the demands
of the poor, by such rare principles of conduct. His ob-
ject is simply to get rid of his stock ; he has no feeling of
responsibility to the nation, and experience, latterly
somewhat painfully bought, teaches us that, without
some wholesale check upon private rapacity, the public
must unavoidably become victims to a system of almost
universal chicanery. Against this, the position, interest,
and honour of the company were ample guarantee. But
the artists, both of China and England, have now full
swing, and, with all vegetable nature for their material,
and the entire
Population of the British isles and colonies
for their subjects, there is reason to believe, that when
they have destroyed our palates, they will soon be able to
compete openly with the genuine tea growth itself.—
Fraser's Magazine.

MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

ROYAL PARK THEATRE.—Mr. M'Kean Buchanan,
the celebrated American tragedian, has been drawing
crowded audiences to the above theatre during the week.
He has appeared in several of Shakspere's tragedies.
ITALIAN OPERA IN LIVERPOOL.—It is understood
that Mr. Copeland is negotiating with some of the greatest
of living artistes for the production of Italian opera at the
Theatre Royal.

Miss E. L. WILLIAMS, the Welsh Nightingale, gave
three concerts at the ball in Lord Nelson street last week
—all of which gave satisfaction to the audience. The
Nightingale appeared in native costume in giving her
Welsh songs, and her appearance was creditable to the
Principality.

Mr. SAQUI'S vocal and instrumental concert, at the
hall, Lord Nelson-street, to-morrow evening, gives pro-
mise of unusual interest and success. The vocalists will
be Miss Drayton, Miss Phillips, Miss Wemyss, Miss S.
Wemyss, Mr. Miranda, and Mr. Saqui ; and the instru-
mentalists, Miss F. Levy, (her first appearance in public,)
and Mr. Lawson. The programme is rich and varied.

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—" Henry the Fifth " was
played for the last time at the above establishment on
Friday evening. The other performances during the week
have been " Julius Ciasar" and " Othello." The after-
piece each evening has been " Our Mary Ann," in which
the newly-revived dance, " Pop goes the Weasel," has
been happily introduced. Mr. George Vandenhoff ap.
peared for the last time on Saturday night, in Hamlet.
He is now in Manchester, where he is a great favourite.
SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—TiIe talented Dis-
tin Family gave one of their popular entertainments on
their inimitable Sala-horns, at the Concert-hall, Lord
Nelson-street, on Saturday evening. The hall was densely
crowded. Mr. Distin, senior, was, as usual, received with
the utmost enthusiasm ; and his trumpet solo, " The Sol-
dier Tired," formed the feature of the evening. Mr.
John Willy presided at the piano-forte, and executed two
solos with great taste—rather too much taste, indeed; for
the audience, who were better pleased with the somewhat
insipid songs of Miss Felton.

MR. H. H. ROGERS gave his first piano-forte soiree, on
Tuesday last, to a numerous and highly respectable
audience. He was very nervous on sitting down to the
instrument, and consequently did not do justice to the
Marche des Slovacques. He, however, recovered himself in
Mendelssohn's " Lieder OhneWorte," which herendered,
or rather sung, in a style which we have seldom heard
equalled, two of which met with a merited encore. "Le
Vamanier" was also encored. The second part opened
with Liszt's difficult arrangement of Schubert's Bar-
carolle, which Mr. Rogers played with great spirit and
precision. As an executant of Chopin's music, he stands
unrivalled, as was proved by his playing of the preludes,
(one of which was encored,) waltzes, and mazurkas. The
concert terminated with the celebrated Marche des
Croates, which was also encored. Thus the falsity of the
idea that an audience cannot be entertained during an
entire evening has been proved by there having been no
less than five encores, and the audience remaining till the
close of the performance. We observe that the second
takes place on Friday, the 20th instant, when Beethoven's
celebrated Sonata Appassionata will be performed.

SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH TO INDIA.—A company for
the establishment of this magnificent project has been
formed in France. It is intended (says the Patrie) to
continue the submarine telegraph which comes from Eng-
land to France by land to Nice and Genoa, reaching
Spezzia to the bottom of the gulf of that name. The new
line will then start from that point over Corsica and Sar-
dinia to the coast of Algeria, as far as the regency of Tunis.
This part of the work will be finished in two years. At
the end of that time the line will be prolonged along the
shores of the Mediterranean to Alexandria. The cable
will lie at the bottom of the sea, and the points chosen for
crossing are very favourable. From Spezzia to Cape
Corse the maximum depth is only 220 metres; in the
Strait of Bonifacio it is only 80; and from the extremity
of Sardinia to Bona, on the coast of Africa, it is only 327.
The average depth is much less considerable.
ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.—Owing to the draw-
ing-room, appointed for the 2d June, the schooner match
of the Royal Thames-Yacht Club, from Gravesend round
the Mouse Light and back, originally fixed for that day,
will take place on the Ist of June.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY, MAY 3.
THE CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL..—The LORD CHAN-
CELLOR, in moving the second reading of the Charitable
Trusts Bill, described the mode by which the Govern-
ment proposed to put an end to abuses, and to place all
the charities in the country upon a more useful and
efficient footing. Read a second time.
THE ANNUITIES COMMUTATION BILL.—Tn proposing
the third reading of the South Sea, &c. Annuities Com-
mutation Bill, Earl GRANVILLE stated it would be neces-
sary to introduce a supplemental measure. The bill was
read a third time and passed.
Their lordships then adjourned.
FRIDAY, MAY 6.
The Salford Extension and Improvements Bill was
read a third time and passed.
REGISTRATION OF ASSURANCES.—The LORD CHAN-
CELLOR moved the third reading of the Registration of
Assurances Bill.— Lord ST. LEONARD'S opposed the
measure, which would, in his opinion, do great harm, its
only advantage being that it would facilitate the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer's scheme for taxing real property.
Their lordships then divided, when the bill was carried by
57 to 29.
The Lunacy Registration Bill, the Lunatic Asylums
Bill, and the Lunatics' Care and Treatment Bill were
read a third time and passed on the motion of Lord St.
Leonard's.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY, MAY 3.
CHICORY.—Mr. WILSON, in answer to Sir John Trol-
lope, on the subject of the duty on foreign chicory, stated
that the duty would be reduced from £2O to £4, and that,
for the convenience of English growers, it would con-
tinueat that rate till September,lBs4, when it would cease.
POST, OFFIC E ESPIONAGE.—Lord PALMERSTON, in
answer to Mr. Phinn, stated that no instructions had
been given to interfere with the letters addressed to
foreign refugees, nor did he believe that any such letters
had been interfered with in any way.
COUNTY FRANCHISE.—Mr. LOCKE KING made his
annual motion for leave to introduce a bill to make the
franchise in English counties the same as that in
boroughs, namely, the occupation of a tenement of the
annual value of £lo.—Lord JOHN RUSSELL suggested
the withdrawal of the motion. The Government were
not indisposed to consider the whole question, and they
would submit their proposals under circumstances which
would ensure a full and calm discussion. The motion
was withdrawn.

PROSECUTION OF A CANDIDATE FOR BRIDERY.—Sir
JOHN SHELLEY, founding upon the report of the Chat-
ham Election Committee that Sir Frederic Smith had
been guilty of bribery, by procuring employment in the
Post-office for the son of an elector, moved that the
Attorney-General be directed to prosecute Sir Frederic
Smith for bribery, in accordance with the standing order
of the house.—Sir FREDERIC THESIGER expressed a
hope that, after considering the evidence, the house
would not interfere. A discussion ensued, the prevailing
opinion being that there was no intention on the part
of Sir Frederic Smith to commit bribery, and that his
proceedings could not fairly bear that construction.—
Mr. DRUMMOND said he would like to see the man
who, in his conscience, could say that he was entitled to
throw the first stone at Sir Frederic Smith. Let the
house do what it may, influence would be exercised, and
the representatives of the Three per Cents, the Bank
directors, East India Company's directors, railway kings,
and the like magnates, would continue to sit within the
walls. He did not think the result of recent inquiries
very much calculated to put the Emperor of Austria or
the Duke of Tuscany much in love with representative
assemblies. It was too much to object to a voter's wife
getting a few yards of ribbon, when so much in a "legiti-
mate" way was done with a bit of ribbon in the " other
house." As to the motion, those who voted for it would
be disgraced, and not Sir Frederic Smith. On a division
the motion was rejected by 188 to 78 ; majority, 110.
MILITARY AT ELECTIONS.—Sir JOHN FITZGERALD,
in moving for leave to bring in a bill, providing that the
act which regulates the presence of soldiers in England
during a parliamentary election be extended to Ireland, ,
proceeded to narrate and criticise the military and legal
proceedings connected with the Six-Mile-Bridge affair,
but before he had completed his survey the house was
" counted out."

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4.
Mr. DUNLOP presented a petition from the incumbent
and inhabitants of St. Bartholomew's district, Liverpool,
against opening the Crystal Palace on the Lord's Day.
PROBATE OF WILLS.—On the order of the day, moved
by Mr. HADFIELD, for the second reading of the Probate
of Wills and Grants of Administration Bill, a short dis-
cussion arose as to the expediency of proceeding with the
bill, the SOLICITOR-GENERAL having announced that a
bill was in preparation, embracing the whole testamentary
jurisdiction, which would be introduced by the govern.
ment after the commissioners had made their report. The
bill was read a second time proforma.
PAYMENT OF WAGES.—Sir H. HALFORD, in moving
the second reading of the Payment of Wages Bill, ex-
plained its object, which was, he said, to bring within
the scope of the existing law certain practices contrary to
its spirit, and which, by an unfortunate construction of
its letter, had been exempted from its operation. He
detailed the distresses of the stocking-weavers, the abuses
and evils connected with middlemen, and the hiring of
knitting-frames, which it was proposed to subject to a fair
competition in open market.—ln the course of the dis-
cussion Mr. CARDWELL said, if he believed that the
grievances of the framework knitters would be met by
This bill, he should recommend the house to adopt it ;
but he was convinced that its effect would be directly
opposite, and recoil upon the very class it was intended
to relieve. On a division the bill was thrown out by 188
to 127.
COMBINATION OF WORKMEN.—The third reading of
the Combination of Workmen Bill was opposed by the
SOLICITOR-GENERAL, but six o'clock arrived before a
decision was come to.
THURSDAY, MAY 5.
NEW WRIT FOR BERWICK.—On the order for resuming
the debate upon the question as to the issue of a new writ
for the borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Mr. PHINN
enlarged upon the notorious corruption of this borough,
and moved that the ant be suspended until the 2d of
June.—Mr. K. SEYNIER, Chairman of the Election Com-
mittee, opposed this motion.—Sir F. THESIGER argued
that it would be unjust to the constituency to suspend the
issue of the writ ; and upon a division the motion for the
issue of the writ was carried by 220 to 62.
MR. HALE, THE ROCKET MANUFACTURER.—Mr. T.
DUNCOMBE inquired whether it was the intention of the
Government to proceed with the second information
against Mr. Hale, the manufacturer of the patent war-
rocket.—Lord PALMERSTON, in the course of his reply,
alluded to the mis-statements and false accusations made
by newspapers, and said he was told the other day that in
the seizures which have been made in Italy there were a
set of daggers found of English manufacture, and that
the authorities were indignant at the detestable and diabo-
lical conduct of the man who had been Minister for
Foreign Affairs in England, for that on those very daggers
his name was inscribed—" For," said they. " here on
these very daggers is ' Palmer and Son !" (Roars of
laughter.) " What a detestable and diabolical Revolu-
tionist this man is," said they, " who sends daggers here
with his own name upon them !" (Renewed laughter.)
He had no hesitation in saying that the Government had
no desire to press hardly upon Mr. Hale, and that the
evidence they had did not bear out or justify proceedings
against any other persons, British or foreign.—Mr.
BRIGHT, after speaking in terms of intense bitterness of
the Times, inquired whether policemen had been employed
to watch M. Kossuth's house ; if so, whether it was done
with the authority of the Home-office, and whether the
expense was defrayed by the Government, or out of the
metropolitan rates, or by the Austrian Government or the
Austrian Embassy.—Lord PALMERSTON replied that the
expense of our police was borne by this country, and that
it was their duty, if they had reason to think that persons
were engaged in proceedings contrary to law, to inform the
Government; but that he had given no special directions
to them regarding M. Kossuth.
THE BUDGET : SCENE " IN THE HOUSE.—The
House went into a Committee of Ways and Means.—On
the resolution granting an income-tax until 1860,—Mr.
LAWLESS moved that the words " Great Britain" be sub-
stituted for " United Kingdom." He approved of the
rest of the budget, but, although he hoped the time
would arrive when Ireland could bear her full share of
taxation, that time had not come yet.—Colonel DUNNE,
regarding the budget as disadvantageous to Ireland, ex.
pressed his regret that Mr. Lawless had not voted the
other night for Sir E. B. Lytton's amendment, instead of
bringing forward a motion not likely to succeed.—Mr. V.
SCULLY said his conclusion was that Ireland would, on
the whole, be benefited by the budget.—Mr. DUFFY
said his main objection to the budget was that it would
be oppressive to the middle classes of that country. In
the course of his speech he declared that the grossest
corruption ever practised since the days of Walpole and
the Pelhams had been practised, under his own eye, upon
Irish members of that House.—Mr. J. BALL moved that
these words be taken down.—Lord J. RUSSELL observed
that if Mr. Duffy meant to refer to any members he
ought to name them. If he was ready, with the Speaker
in the chair, to charge any Irish members individually,
with the corruption with which he had charged them
generally, he should not refuse to vote that the words be
taken down ; otherwise it would be better to treat words,
which Mr. Duffy was unable to prove, with contempt.—
A warm discussion ensued, in which Mr. LticAs disputed
the interpretation put upon the words, arguing that they
conveyed no imputation upon any persons except Her
Majesty's Ministers.—Mr. DUFFY having declined to
retract the words, they were taken down, and the Chair-
man being ordered to report progress, the House re-
sumed, when the occurrence was reported to the Speaker,
who inquired of Mr. Duffy whether he had any explana-
tion to offer or would retract the words.—Mr. Dun,'
declined either alternative, and was directed to withdraw.
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desired to state the names of the members whom he con-
sidered the Government had practised upon in a corrupt
manner.—Mr. S. WORTLEY moved that the words re-
ported to the House be taken into consideration next day.
—Lord J. RUSSELL thought this the preferable course ;
and after some further debate, amid many manifestations
of impatience, the provsition was agreed to.—On the
motion of Mr. STANLEY, Mr. Duffy was ordered to at-
tend in his place next day.—The House adjourned at five
minutes past 2 o'clock.

FRIDAY, MAY 6.
RUABON.—In answer to a question, Mr. WILSON said,
there was no intention to withdraw the assent which the
Treasury had given to the arrangement between Sir
Watkin Wynn, as lord of the manor of Ruabon, and the
Crown.

WHITSUNTIDE HOLYDAYS.—Lord JOHN RUSSELL
stated, that he should on Friday next move that the
House at its rising do adjourn till the Thursday following
for the Whitsuntide recess.
HARWICH ELECTION.—Mr. HEADLAM reported, from
the Harwich Election Committee, that G. M. Peacock,
Esq., had not been duly elected, and that David Wad-
dington, Esq., had been duly elected, to serve for that
borough. • '<

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