The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-06-12 00:00:00

lIOUSE OF COMMONS-FRIDAY.

Mr. DICKSON took the oaths and his seat for Limerick,
in the room of Mr. William Smith O'Brien, convicted of
high treason.
Mr. MILEs moved for a return of all correspondence
which had taken place between the Committee of Council
of Education and the Committee of the National Society
upon the subject of the management clauses, subsequent
to the last publication of the minutes ; copies of the
management clauses, as amended ; and of all conditions
which are imposed, either upon Roman Catholic schools,
or schools of dissenting bodies, previously to the advance
of any sum of money towards the building of the aforesaid
schools by the Committee of the Privy Council of Educa-
tion.—Agreed to.
A discussion followed on the evictions which had taken
place in Ireland, and the consequent destitution produced,
but no result was arrived at.
On the motion to go into committee on the poor relief
(Ireland) bill,
Sir W. H. BARRON moved, as an amendment, that the
property at present rated to support the poor in Ireland
is totally inadequate for that purpose ; that in England
there are sixty-seven millions of property rated to the
poor, the population being about fifteen millions; whilst
in Ireland there are only thirteen millions of property
rated to the poor, with a (much poorer) population of
about eight millions ; showing nearly three times more
property in England per head to support the poor than
in Ireland; that, therefore, it is necessary to provide fur-
ther means to support the poor of Ireland, in order to
remove the extreme pressure which is now crushing down
the ratepayers in that country, and checking the energies
of all employers and capitalists. The hon. member,
amongst other remedies, proposed that an income tax be
laid on all persons not now rated for the support of the
poor in Ireland.
After a discusssion, the amendment was negatived by a
majority of 144 to 30.
[During the exclusion of the reporters, immediately
before the division, Mr. J. O'Connell addressed the
House, and when the gallery was re-opened (the House
being then in committee), that gentleman alluded to the
absence of the reporters whilst he was speaking, and took
notice that " strangers were in the House." The galle-
ries were thereupon cleared, and were kept closed (with
a short intermission, after a division) until the house
adjourned at one o'clock.]

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

FRANCE

The French Government received on Tuesday morning,
the sth instant, the official news that M. Lesseps, the
Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Rome, had
positively become deranged in his intellect. A letter is
said to have been addressed to the President of the Re-
public by M. Lesseps himself, in which he proposes to
him (the President) a detailed plan of a bedchamber. It
was believed this unhappy incident would still further
complicate the Italian question.
M. de Lesseps arrived in Paris on Wednesday. There
is no doubt whatever as to the state of mind of the unfor-
t nate gentleman.
MESSAGE OF THE FRENCH PRESIDENT.—Louis Napo-
leon has communicated his presidential message to the
assembly. It is as weak as it is long. It commences
with regret that the President had not yet been able to
carry out all his views, but hopes the new assembly will
enable him to do so. It then confesses that the French
finances are in a ruinous condition ; states the amount of
the army, navy, and national guard ; and enters into con-
siderations of the agricultural, the industrial, and the
commercial questions—all of which are matters of embar-
rassment. On foreign affairs, it tells nothing new : it
endeavours to get as well as possible over the Roman
question—cordially speaks of England—declares France
ready to meet any opponent, but yet desires to maintain
peace ; and, finally, relies upon the aid of God to enable
Louis Napoleon to carry out his mission ! With refer-
ence to the French interference at Rome, the message has
several curious paragraphs. After alluding to the Pope
as having, for two years, taken the initiative in useful re-
forms, and as having been adored by the people, he states
that that sovereign all at once was advised secretly to fly his
capital—the result of a private conspiracy rather than the
movement of the people. After the measures taken by
Austria, in concert with Naples, as regarded Italy,
France, he states, had but three modes to adopt—either
to oppose by arms all intervention, or break with
Catholic Europe, for the sole advantage of the Roman
republic, which France had not recognised—to leave the
three powers to re-estafilish the papal authority, or to
exercise a direct independent action. The last mode was
adopted. The expedition to Civita Vecchia was, there-
fore, resolved upon, and all promised success ; but a con-
currence of unfortunete circumstances decided otherwise.
On the 10th April, 6,000 French soldiers presented them-
selves before the walls of Rome. "They were received
(he adds) with a discharge of musketry ' • some of them
were even drawn into an ambush and made prisoners of.
We must all lament the blood shed on this unhappy day.