The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-07-04 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

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FRANCE.

MONDAY. The Clos St. Lazare, the stronghold of the insurgents
Ting of the Evicted I in the neighbourhood of the Bastile, which bad resisted

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the Saturday,
into the F
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of the amendr
agle, on Th
blil, thus rti

lours the attempts.of General Lamoriciere of
nd which prevented the troops from advancini
subourg St. Antoine, was stormed on Sunday
at four o'clock, This was announced in a letter from M
no. Armand Marrast, mayor of Paris, to the President of th(
m I kssembly. of Lord Monteagie's

produce a most unfavourable effect
On a

)rity of 11

-the num- All the strongholds of the insurgents, except the Bth
1 was read a third time and mairie, were then in possession of the troops, but the cam-

age has been terrific

Never has anythiui like it been

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nto committee on the Certifi-
lland) Bill, Lord REDESDALE

sate for K

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The Earl of CARDIGAN moved an an

The Game Certificates for Killing Hares Bill also

OF COMMONS.-
the suppressed NITt

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came to t
deeltred
part of su

brave fellows whc

vitriol out of the window
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LIICILI irnintly anti W
good faith. A party of dragoons were lured into one
the streets Of the Foubourr St_ Antninp_ nmi

Tmonsters who the houses of it.
he correspondent offilled the Morning Chronicle corrobo-
rates _these fearful accounts. He writes :
"We have rd

unsa 01
them died ; and of the jagged- balls extracted from the
wounds of the blesse's. Many similar facts have been re.
lated to us. On the principal barrier of the Foubourg St
Antoine might have been seen impaled on a pike
tilated and disemboweled body of a ren,o-,

the mu

n, at me an eon were found hung up by the vvri;i:ial;7l';odie
of many of the Garde Mobile, pierced by stabs of sword
and bayonets. In the Clos St. Lazare an itif..,4..... _nc__

- -••...aLa umeer,
made prisoner by the insurgents, had his wrists s
cut off,
and left to die slowly on the ground of his frightful wounds.
A soldier had his feet cut off, and then placed dvincrim

Orders have, it is said, been given for the arrest of La-
martine, Ledru Rollin, Louis Blanc, Causidiere, and La-

grange.

ST INTELLIGENCE.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

The Paris papers of Sunday announce that on Saturday
last the monthly committees of the National Assembly
were renewed, and that of the chairmen of the fifteen
committees one only belonged to ti,e late Executive Go-
vernment—M. Arago. The other 14 were all members
of the constitutional opposition in the late Chamber of
Deputies. Among them were MM. Dupin, Thiers, Du-
faure, Billault, Berryer, Vivien, Cormenin, De Fey, &c.
Paris was perfectly tranquil on Sunday. More troops
had arrived.

The city of Paris stands in the valley of the River Seine,
in such wise that whilst the most central part of the city
occupies the islands and the strand of the river, the
streets which diverge at right angles from this point rise
by a somewhat rapid ascent to the high ground on each
side of the valley. The centre of the insurrection was
established on the low ground by the river ; its wings
rested on these opposite heights ; the Hotel de Ville was
its most advanced post in front, but all the narrow streets
and quays from that building to the Faubourg St. Antoine
were in the hands of the insurgents. The attack was
carried on upon this point by General Duvivier; but
such were the preparations of resistance made, that, ac-
cording to the written statement of the Mayor of Paris to
the National Assembly, " the whole district was con-
verted into a vast fortress, which could only be reduced
stone by stone." The streets were barricaded ; the win-
dows were lined with mattresses, from behind which a
murderous 'fire poured down upon the troops ; and a
gangway of internal communication had been opened
from house to house, which supplied ammunition or the
means of escape to the besieged. The progress of the
forces on this point was accordingly very slow ; and it was
in the rear of this position that the final stand of the in-
surrection was made on Monday afternoon. But the
operations were carried on with equal skill and courage
at the two wings, for that term may strictly be applied to
the positions which the insurrection had assumed. On
the left bank of the Seine the left wing extended to the
Pantheon, by the steep and narrow line of the Rue St.
Jacques, which was completely barricaded and even forti-
fied with cannon. The attack on this position alone cost
fifteen hours' hard and uninterrupted fighting; yet it was
the first which wag reconquered by the troops. The at-
tack on the right wing, which extended to the Clos St.
Lazare, was conducted by General Lamoriciere, who gra-
dually forced his way, on the third day, to the barriers,
and there effected his junction with the central division
of General Duvivier. It may be inferred from the regular
distribution of the insurrectionary forces that their plan
was to exhaust the troops by a fruitless attack on the bar-
ricades, and then to assume offensive operations by an
advance of the two wings upon the National Assembly
and the west end of Paris, so as to place the Government
between two fires, and reduce it to inevitable destruction.
The extent of organisation which the execution of such a
plan, extending over a line of several miles in length, and
maintained for nearly four days, discloses, is perfectly in-
conceivable. Every species of artifice was employed to
convey ammunition. The pails of the milk-women, the
couches of the wounded, and even the coffins of the dead,
were found filled with gunpowder and cartouches. Large
sums of money in gold and notes were discovered on the
persons of men apparently in extreme poverty, and of
young children. The women of Paris took a most active
part in the struggle, and conveyed orders and signals
through the hottest fires.
The subjoined anecdotes illustrate the desperate valour
exhibited on both sides :—" There remained only seven
men and two women, who fought desperately. One of
the men, who held a flag in his hand, was the first to fire
upon the National Guards : his companions followed his
example, and the National Guards returned the fire.
The man who carried the flag fell dead. One of the
females, a young woman neatly dressed, picked up the
flag, and leaping over the barricade, rushed towards the
National Guards, uttering language of provocation. Al-
though the fire continued from the barricade, the National
Guards, fearing to injure this female, humanely abstained
for some time from returning it; and exhorted her to
withdraw. The exhortations, however, were vain, and at
length self-preservation compelled them to fire, and as
she was in front of the barricade, a shot reached her and
she was killed. The other female advanced, took the
flag, and began to throw stones at the National Guards.
The fire from the barricade had become feeble, but seve-
ral shots were fired from the sides, and from the windows
of houses, and the National Guards, in returning the fire,
killed the second female. At last, only one man re-
mained at the barricade, but he kept up a constant dis-
charge. One of the National Guards left the ranks,
sword in hand, and rushing to the barricade, turned aside
the musket of this man just as he was about to fire again,
and took him prisoner." The second relates to a boy in
the Guarde Mobile :—" Like all the other battalions of
the Garde Mobile, the 13th displayed the most admirable
courage against the enemies of the Republic. The youth-
ful Martin Hvacinthe, 18 years of age, and a simple garde
mobile, gallantly mounted a formidable barricade in the
Faubourg du Temple, nothwithstanding a shower of balls.
Seizing the flag which surrounded it, he would not quit
hold of it even to fight. When the battalion had re-
turned to General Changarnier's head quarter, at the
Chamber, the young Martin was presented to the chief of
the Executive power, to whom he presented the flag which
he had taken. General Cavaignac immediately and spon-
taneously detaching his cross from his breast decorated
Martin Hyacinthe with it amidst the repeated cheers of
the crowd." _ _

The brave General Negrier was the victim of his intre.
pidity. Standing on a barricade, he reoewed a ball in the
forehead. In falling, he extended his hand to those near
him, and said, "Adieu! I die like a soldier!" He had
faced all the danger of the war in Africa, and had distin.

cealed in his sleeve. The leader was known by his switch ' guished himself beside General Damremont, who fell at
being in the shape of a pitchfork. The chiefs had medals the head of the French army before- Constantine.
called monnerona, and the medal had a certain number of After the reduction of the Foubourg St. Antoine, some
notches according to the rank of the personage bearing it. gardes mobiles received a-discharge of several shots from
It appears, besides, that there is no doubt that the in- a house. Three young men immediately mounted and
surgents had a regular plan of government, thatsthe found there eight persons clothed-in the uniform of the
names of the parties in the government were quite settled, empire. These persons were immediately shot, and every
and That among them figured some names which have one might see on the boulevard a garde mobile bearing the
figured in high places since the revolution. cap, the military boots, the cloak, and other accessories of
PARIS, THURSDAY.—The following is the new ministry the uniform of one of these miserable men.
appointed by Cavaignac, who, as president, names his col- The National says—'• We have seen some of the bullets
leages :—General Lamoriciere. Minister of War ;M. 'Se- • seized in the Rue St. Antoine. These bullets, cast in
nard, of the Interior; M. Bethmont, of Justice; M. Bas- large thimbles, like those used-by tailors, terminate in a
tide, of Marine ; M. Gondchaux, of Finance; Gen. Bedau, • point, and are adapted to inflict the most frightful
of, Foreign Affairs; M. Recurt, of Public Works; M. wounds."
Mures, of Commerce; M. Carnot, of Public Instruction; The boys of the guard motile, who were alternately for
General Changarnier, Commander-in-Chief of the Na- the last month playing at soldiers and ball, have proved
tional Guard of Paris. The city was tranquil, and the themselves true heroes. One of them, a mere lad, who
Faubourg St. Antoine was busy with business. The shops captured a flag at a barricade, was on Monday publicly
were all opened as usual, and the inhabitants seemed to decorated by General Cavaignac with his own cross of the
-have plenty to do in selling their various commodities to legion of honour. "I have just now," says the Times'
the curious people who had thronged to look at the last reporter, on Monday, " seen passing along the Boulevards
fortress of the insurgents. two of these enfans de Paris bending under the weight of
At the meeting of the assembly, M. Senard, before he —what do you think ?—garlands and bouquets of flowers,
quitted the presidential chair, said that he bad never-quit- showered on them on their way hither from the Faubourg
ted General Cavaignac during the crisis, and the gallant St. Antoine, while two national guards marched behind
general now wanted that he should still remain with him them, waving over their heads the standards of the Com-
as a colleague. Having expressed his gratitude for the naunists and Sections which those youth's took in the bar-
honour conferred upon him, he left the chair, and ascended ricades of 'the terrible Faubourg ! What a people ! "
the tribune in his new capacity of minister, to present a BRUTALITY.—The most savage atrocities were com-
project of a decree of three million francs for the relief of mitted by some of the insurgents in Paris on the prison-
families of national guards who had fallen. A grant of ers who were so unfortunate as to fall into their power.
one million francs for the mobile guard was also granted. There is a woman 40 years of age, at present confined in
die The assembly has decreed a mark of honourto thename the cellars of the Tuileries, who confesses with the most
i of General Negrier. "The heart of General Negrier shall savage joy that she decapitated five officers of the Garde
,„e,-, ,wer be deposited in the Invalides, and his body taken to the Mobile with a kitchen knife. On the principal barricade
.ati- ,ose to city of Lisle, which claims it." His son is to be pro- of the Faubourg St. Antoine the mutilated body of a
eery age, the
rooted in the army, and a pension of 3,000 francs, revert- Garde Republicaine was seen impaled on a stake. The
4 th
ible to his children, settled upon his widow. bodies of several of the Garde Mobile were found in the
-
of Febru-
The Bourse opened to-day for the first time since the Pantheon hung by the wrists, pierced with sabre and
arfer' comparative
son), Ang in idleness insurrection, and the triumph achieved by the friends of bayonet wounds.
.em t 5 ,ned, the ruined order has tended to give much increased confidence. COOL BRAVERY IN A BOY.—The following curious
..desrn-
PARIS, FRIDAY.—M. Maria, late member of the Exe- incident occurred at the attack of the Barriere Poissoniere
,lunds- thousand misnamed cutive Commission. is elected President of the Assembly. -on Sunday week :—Captain Colliond drove the insurgents
maintc" te in idleness and dis- M. Bastide is appointed Minister of Marine instead of 1 before him from the Clos St. Lazare, at the platoon of
edness for revolt and pH-
Admiral Leblanc, who has declined. At a meeting, at- 'of 'Voltigeurs of the line, a detachment of the 6th com-
aousand known thieves, of tended by a large number of ex-Deputies and by the mo- pany of the 21st, and some Mobiles. Suddenly a hercu-
derate party of the new Assembly, a resolution has been lean insurgent fired at a Mobile, who was quite a boy,
adred were forcats (men who
. for enormous crimes). That adopted. to the effect that the following measures are in- and missed him. The latter charged his colossal adver-
themaphwq timt th.s, ~......;.,1 ,-..,f dispensable, and that they will not support any govern- Eary with his bayonet, but the Goliah seized the Mobile
ment which does not adopt them :-1. The disbanding by the two hands, and made a shield to prevent the
and disarming of those National Guards who refused to column from firing on him, but the little Mobile, like a
operate in resisting the recent insurrection ; 2. The main- true Parisian child, tripped' up the heels of the man who
tenance of a garrison in Paris strong enough to resist i was holding him, and having disengaged himself, a shower
such attempts as those of May and June ; 3. The imrne- I of balls inflicted justice on the rebel.
diate dissolution of the ateliers nationaux ;4. The tem- THE OUTBREAK AT MARSEILLES.—The insurrection
porary closing of the clubs ; 5. The provisional mainten- at Marseilles concluded on Friday week by the total de-
ance of restrictions on the press. A committee of seven feat of the insurgents. The Mayor endeavoured to per-
were named, who put themselves immediately in commu- suade the miaguided men to surrender; but his exhorta-
In the Faubourg du Temple, the (female) keeper of a nication with General Cavaignac, and it is understood that tions were in vain. A cannon-shot was then fired at the
Rine-shop is said to have infused arsenic in the wine she the Ministry recently formed has acceded to the terms barricade, which effected a large breach, and a battalion
served to the poor soldiers. A person saw several indivi- proposed. of the 32d Regiment of the Line, which had just arrived
duals fall from the effects of it. In the Rue de Helder M. Lalanne, director of the ateliers nationaux, has been from Africa. advanced in double quick time, when the
and in the neighbourhood of Notre Dame de Lorette, arrested, and so has the brother of M. Bobuet, ex-mayor insurgents fled, after having discharged their muskets at
-well-dressed women were detected carrying ball-cartridges of the 12th ,arrondissement, who is a prisoner at Via- the troops At the same moment shots were fired from
in their baskets. A man feigning to be wounded was oar- cennes.
every window in the faubourg at the 32d, two of whom
ried on a mattress, which was filled with gunpowder and Rumours of assassinations and poisonings are still in were killed and two wounded. Two of the insurgents
ball, and some hearses were seized which contained pow- circulation. Shots are fired from houses upon sentinels were killed, one of whom wore the uniform of the engi-
der and rail. and orderlies as they pass. neer corps. All who defended the barricade were stran-
Treachery and cruelty have characterised the warfare Le Droit has a story that an express engine was kept in gers to the town. When once the barricade was carried,
carried on by the insurgents. Not only did they in many readiness at the Orleans Railway, by which, when the in- the soldiers and National Guards returned the fire against
instances butcher their prisoners with the atrocity of surrection was put down, several well-dressed persons the insurgents who occupied the houses. The sappers of
savages, but they poisons -,,,,,,1 to went off at great speed, and that government sent another the 32d broke open the doors of the houses; the soldiers
-as and poured express engine with some national guards after them, ascended the stairs, and arrested several persons, and
without success. amongst them women, armed with poniards and pistols.
On Tuesday a cabriolet, with two men in it, was stopped This concluded the affair.
when a large sum in gold, of Russian coinage, and a con- The theatres of Paris are brought to a situation which
siderable quantity of cartridges were found. The parties has no precedent in the history of that capital ; their seats
pretended not to understand French, and made signs that are nightly empty. They have tried reduction of prices;
they were Poles. A National Guard addressed them in even the grand opera has reduced its prices 30 or 40 per
.-- aava NJutien of tne assassination of five officers of Polish, in English and German, but could obtain no reply. cent., but all without effect.
the Garde Mobile, who were decapitated.. by
_a_ man They were arrested and taken before the Commissary of A Toulouse journal informs us that there was a grand
in the garments of
.a woman ; we have told of the poisoned Police. They were armed with dagger-pistols. republican banquet there the other day, at which a toast
brandy and wine sold in many quarters to the
clothed Natio- ,
Agreat number of the balls extracted from the wounded was proposed to " the immortal Robespierre ;" and at
- of the National Guard and the army were composed of Rhodes a club of women discussed for six hours the ques-
pieces of iron, which, by a refinement of cruelty, were tion of the existence of a God, which was at length carried
pierced, and a piece of copper wire introduced which pro- in the affimative by a majority of twelve.
jected on each side. In many cases this has prevented
the extraction of the ball, and the wounded have conse-

ITALY.
The Gazette of Milan, of the 18th, says that it is re-
The following is the latest report of the general officers ported that Durando, having heard that the capitu-
killed and wounded in the insurrection :—General Negrier, lation of Vizenza was not executed by the Austrians, had
killed ; General Brea, assassinated ; General Francois, halted at the sound of the cannonade. Learning that the
killed ; General Regnaud, killed ; General Bourgou, Duke of Savoy, at the head of 14,000 men, had crossed
wounded in the thigh, recovery doubtful; General Corte, the bridge at Ronco, General Durando had retraced his
wounded in the leg; General Damesme, leg amputation, steps, and, in concert with the Duke and General Pepe,
some hopes of recovery; General Duvivie, wound in the who brought from 4,000 to 5,000 men, he had beaten the
foot, serious; General Foucher, wounded. Besides these Austrians, who in this affair had 8,000 men put to hors
nine general officers, an immense number of colonels and de combat. One of the Archdukes was reported to have
superior officers have been put hors de combat. been killed.
The Constitutionnel states that amongst a mass of The Risorgimento says, that private individuals at
papers found in the lodgings of Lieutenant Deflotte, were Venice have opened lists for receiving the signatures of
discovered several letters from M. Lamartine, together such citizens as desire to demand formally from the
with a passport signed by him, and another by Louis French Government the assistance of a French army
towards gaining the independence of Italy. Notice of
this step had been given, not only to the Venetian Go-
vernment, but likewise to the Government of Lombardy.
A considerable number of priests in Italy have signi-
fied their intention of leaving the Church of Rome if the
Pope will not allow them to have wives. Whatever may
be the issue of the move, it will be hailed as another
sYniptow, of the disorganisation of Popery.
Verona has foll.n into tho hands of Charles Albert.
The war grows slack, and English inealation will, we
trust, soon terminate it. At Rome, the minister of the
people has fallen back thankfully upon the aid and sup-
port of the Conservative party. The King of Naples is
about to abdicate, if his people have not already saved him
the trouble.

The accounts from Berlin represent the disturbances in
that city as entirely at an end, and the city more than
usually tranquil.
The saddle cloth which the Turkish Sultan has presented
to the Pope is embroidered with pearls and diamonds, and
is estimated to be worth at least £15,000.
A native boy, about six years old, has been baptised in
Western Australia by a Romish priest, and has been sent
Europe, where he will be educated for the purpose of re-
turning to the colony, and acting as a missionary to his
heathen countrymen.
The American Sun says that six young men, who left
their native country of Fayette, in Kentucky, some fifteen
years since, in order to seek a livelihood elsewhere, have
all met at Washington as members of the house of repre-
sentatives during the present session of congress.
Some disturbances have taken place on the part of the
blacks in the island of Martinique, in carrying out their
emancipation, decreed by the Assembly : thirty-five were
killed and twenty-seven houses reduced to ashes ; tran-
quillity has, however, been restored.
The city of Lisbon is reported to be in an extreme state
of poverty, but yet the bull-fights, theatres, and other
places of amusement, are as well attended as heretofore.
According to the last accounts from Portugal, the country
was in a most unsettled state, and arrests are daily taking
place of persons accused of conspiring against the govern-
ment.

The Electress of Bavaria has been killed by an accident.
The Princess had just quitted Munich on the 23d, to pro-
ceed to Vienna by Salzburg. At some distance from
Wasserburg her carriage was ascending a steep hill, when
a heavily laden waggon, which was coming down without
the drag being put on, happening to overpower the horse
which was harnessed to it, rolled down the hill, and strik-
ing against the carriage, overtulned it on the Princess,
who was killed on the instant.
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.—A telegraphic dispatch from
Cincinnati, May 19, says :—" A slave-trader from the
South purchased a Negro man, wife, and child yesterday,
in Covinr,ton, Kentucky, and placed them in gaol for safe
keeping. Last night, the woman, in the excitement of
despair, we suppose, murdered her child by cutting its
throat—after which the man cut the woman's, and then
his own. The former ara dead—the latter is living, with
but faint hope of his recovery."—New York Evening
Post.

The King of the Belgians opened the Chambers at
Brussels, on Monday, with a speech from the throne, con-
taining nothing remarkable. It concluded with the fol-
lowing allusion to the state of Europe :—" We are passing
through a period of difficulty for European society.
Belgium will not allow herself to be diverted from the
wise and sure path in which she has entered. By happy
union, she has been enabled to reconcile stability with
progress, and order with the practice of liberty in every
shape. In order to keep on that path, and successfully
to accomplish her mission of peace and labour, she has
only to have faith in herself and remain united. You,
will afford the Government that kind co-operation which
it requires in order to fulfil its difficult task ; and then,
again, our common efforts will have deserved well of our
country." On concluding the speech, his Majesty was
greeted with loud cries of Five le Roi!

IRELAND.

--.--

The Earl of Milltown, one of John O'Connell's repeal
noblemen, has written a letter condemning the extreme
doctrines of the felon school. _ _

The estimate May be exaggerated, but it is calculated
that from eight to ten million tons of potatoes will be
grown in Ireland this year.
The brother of a person who recently held a situation in
the Nation newspaper office, Dublin, has large placards
circulated, offering to " write and furnish seditious songs
according to order."
Government are determined on strengthening Clonmel;
they are about to erect new barracks capable of aeccm_
modating 1,000 men, in addition to the two barracks
there at present.
The meeting for the discussion as to the dissolution of
the Repeal Association has been postponed to the 10th
July, on the miserable plea that further time is necessary
to collect the opinion of the country on the question of
the projected alliance.
The Belfast Whig states that the northern distillers,
instead of being terrified out of their wits, like their Dub-
lin brethren, at the proposed reduction of the differential
duty on rum from 9d. to 4d. per gallon, are perfectly con-
tented with the change.
ORANGE PROCESSIONS.—A correspondent who travel-
led over a large tract of country during the past week,
writes us that the Orangemen of almost every district
have determined on appearing in procession on the 12th
of July.—The display at Enniskillen will be on a grand
scale. Mahorhamilton will also be the place of rendezvous
for a large assemblage..—Armagh Guardian.
A DAMPER FOR THE ANARCHISTS.—The frightful
accounts from Paris have produced a sedative effect upon
the Irish agitation, and a manifest reaction amongst the
middle classes attached to the movement. All persons
who have any ;thing to lose look with terror at the state
of anarchy, and the horrible slaughter, of which the
French capital is ,now the theatre.
FATAL AFFRAY.-.--OH the night of Thursday a dispute
arose between.two patties of men concerning the posses-
oice of A
.farm in Tipperary. Daring the contention a

July 4, 1848.

gun, which one of the men, named Maher, had in his being present. Among the absentees, those connected
hand, exploded (whether accidentally or otherwise is un- with Lancashire were—Mr. Bright (Manchester), MN`
known), and the shot took effect on William Burke, in- Walker (Bury), Mr. J. W. Patten (North Lancashire),
dieting a wound in the neck, from the effects of which Mr. Sharman Crawford (Rochdale), Mr. Greenall (War'
he died in less than an hour. rington), and Mr. Armstrong (Lancaster). The abseil.
Informations have been granted in Limerick against tees connected with the adjoining county of Chester were--
Mr. and Mrs. Grace, on suspicion of having wilfully set Earl Grosvenor (Chester), who is abroad, and Mr. Janice
fire to their house in Catherine-street, Limerick, in order Heald (Stockport). Of the Lancashire members, the
to defraud the Globe Insurance Office. The fire was following voted in favour of the government :—Messrs•
stated to have been burning in different parts of the shop, Bolling, Bowring, Brotherton, W. Brown, Alexander
and tar and bog wood to have been laid along the floor Henry, T. M. Gibson, J. Duncuft, W. J. Fox, C. P.
and counter, as well as in the kitchen on the rafters under Grenfell, Sir G. Strickland, Mr. James Heywood, Mr.
the shop floor. There was also tar smeared on a gown Hindley, Mr. Thicknesse, Mr. Matthew Wilson, and Mr-
which Mrs. Grace had worn that day. Pilkington : total 15, being exactly the number of the
BIBLE-STEALING BY A CATHOLIC PRIEST.—It will be government majority. The four following Lancashire
perceived by referring to our report of proceedings at the members voted against them :—Sir Thomas Birch, Mr.
Buncrana Quarter Sessions, that damages were awarded Cardwell, Mr. Greene, and Colonel Lindsay. The Che-
in two cases against a Roman Catholic priest, named shire members who voted with the government were
M`Keague, for carrying off a number of Bibles, and I Messrs. Brocklehurst, Williams, Jervis, and Kershaw;
Testaments, and other books, from the houses of two those who voted against them were solely county mem-
individuals who reside in the parish of Malin, in the bers, viz., Sir P. Egerton, W. T. Egerton, G. C. Legb/
barony of Ennishowen. These cases furnish a melan- and J. Tollemache.
choly proof of the species of liberty which the Romish
priesthood would allow to their flocks, where they per-
mitted to have their own way, as is, unhappily, too often
the case, while they exhibit also the determined hostility ' On Wednesday, the Duke of Brunswick gained another
they bear to the Word of God. Many of these men are verdict for £1,500 against the Satirist.
the loudest clamourers for freedom, and yet they are in The recorder of Doncaster has resolved to exclude at-
practice its ,deadliest foes, denying that right which should torneys from practising before him at the Sessions. The
be most highly prized—liberty of conscience. This Mr. decision has created a good deal of dissatisfaction among
M`Keague is the Roman Catholic curate of Malin, and it the profession, who have hitherto rendered the barrister%
appears, from the evidence produced before the Assistant- business a sinecure.
Barrister, that one of the complainants is not even a Ro- SMALL DEBTS COURTS.—At the Edmonton Small
manist, but a member of the Established Church, and Debts Court, on the 23d ultimo, a case was decided which
yet he .enters into his house, seizes a number of Bibles is of importance to suitors in these courts. A person'
and
own Testaa aments, an
f rod it
the test may be in Ter
of td,
he both
female t- on him ands ettled his demand. A day had been namedness brought forward on his behalf, burns them ! Na Y for bearing, which. of course, was unnecessary ; but the
more, his antipathy to the sacred volume is so strong that clerk of the court claimed the fees of the judge, clerk, and
when he discovered it he blasphemously exclaimed that he bailiff, as if it had been heard. This was resisted, and the
had " foundjhe Devil ! ! "—Londonderry Sentinel. result is, that such claim is not legitimate, and that many
parties who had paid similar claims, with costs, are entitled
to a restitution of their cash.
MASON (Clerk) v. LAMBERT Clerk).
The Exeter Conservative gives a long account of the QUEEN'S BENCH,
ENCH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28.—This case
--COURT OF
transference of " Salem Chapel," Morice town, Devon- came before the Court in the shape of a demurrer to the
port, from the Independent Dissenters to the Church of defendant's pleas. It was an action for a delapidation,
England, under a license from the bishop of the diocese, brought by the successor of the defendant, in the perpe-
the dissenting minister, Mr. MT. Sherman, having been tual curacy of a place within the diocese of the Bishop of
converted to the Church. Ripon, to recover the amount of certain repairs of build.'
THE FREEDOM OF THE CHURCH.—By a clause of the ings in the benefice, which repairs the defendant had ren-
Criminal Law Consolidation Bill, it is provided that any dered necessary from his neglect while he was in posses-
Dean or Chapter refusing to elect as bishop the person sion of the curacy.—Mr. Addison argued at great length
named in a Letter Missive of the Crown, shall be liable to in favour of the defendant, contending that the only party
three years' imprisonment, or unlimited fine. When this that could be held liable was the patron. Mr. Manisty,
clause was under discussion in the House of Lords, Lord in support of the demurrer, referred to several authorities
Denman suggested that it would be much better to place to show that the defendant was alone liable, inasmuch as
the appointment of bishops directly and avowedly with he was the perpetual curate, and was not removeable at
the Crown, than to pass any such law. will.—The Court took time to consider.
TESTIMONIAL.—On Saturday week, the Rev. Edward COUNTY COURTS.-----A return has been made to the
Bickersteth was presented with a handsome silver tea- House of Commons of the number of plaints entered, the
kettle, lamp and stand, as a token of the esteem of his number of days each court sat, the causes tried, the money
parishioners at Holy Cross, Shrewsbury, "at the conclu- received, the fees of officers, &c., from the opening of these
sion of nine years of faithful ministration among them as courts, in April last year, to December of the same year.
their resident pastor and guide." The scholars of the During that period, 429,215 plaints were entered, of which
National School had previously presented him with a sil- 31,443 were for sums above £10; 41,617 for sums between
ver pen and pencil-case. The reverend gentleman has £5 and £10; and the remainder for smaller sums. More
removed to a benefice in Buckinghamshire. than one-half of the plaints were not tried. In 800 of
At the special request of the Archbishop of Canterbury, them a jury was demanded ; and of these, in a little more
the honorary degree of D.C.L. is to be conferred by Ox. than a half only of the cases did the parties demanding the
ford University on Mr. A. B. Hope, for his splendid do- jury obtain a verdict. For the despatch of the whole of the
nation of £60,000 for the establishment of a missionary cases stated the courts sat for an aggregate of 6,316 das,
college at Canterbury. The gift has been made without the average hearing being 42 in each court a day. This iS
reserve,_ and the statutes of the college have been approved no great speed, when it is considered that, generally, the
by his Grace. The Earl of Harrowby, Sir George Ar- demand is not denied, and that the time or times of pay-
thur, M. Guizot, W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and other dis- went were all that were to be settled by the judge. The
tinguished personages are also mentioned as likely to re- few juries demanded is an argument for the discretionary
ceive an honorary degree.
power in the superior courts of dispensing with a jury, if'
A WHIG SHOWER of. GOLD.—We were enabled to an- the party is willing to refer the matter to the judge. The
nounce in our last publication that the Rev. D. J. judges' fees (within the time stated) were £82,652 ; the
Stewart, son-in-law of Mr. Julian Skrine, of this town, clerks' fees, £73,777 ; the bailiffs', £46,889 ; and the ge-
had been presented by the Lord Chancellor to the vicar. neral fund fees, £52,117. There are 60 courts. The
age of Hillrnarton, which is returned at £399 a-year. average of judge's incomes for the nine months was
On Sunday morning the Rev. Dr. Phelps, another son- £1,378, or £1,722 per annum ; the clerks' fees average
in-law of Mr. Julian Skrine, received intimation from the £1,228 for each circuit; the bailiffs', £784. The highest
same beneficent quarter that the rectory of Willingham, sum received by any judge for the nine months was £2,311,
returned at £677 a-year, was offered to his acceptance, by Mr. Moylan, of the Westminster Court ; the lowest, at
And a day or two afterwards Mr. Julian Skrine himself, Nottingham, £721. The highest receipt
of any of the
as we have intimated in another paragraph, stepped into clerk's was £2,119; the lowest, £717. These facts sug-
the pleasant appointment held by the late Mr. William gest some curious considerations.
Mortlock, which may be worth some X4OO or X5OO a-year.
Of all this, we will only say "it is better to be born
lucky than rich."—Cambridge Chronicle.
FREDERICTON.—The Bishop of Fredericton, (Nova
Scotia), who is now in England, has appealed for assis-
tance in completing the Cathedral church for his diocese.
It is now in course of erection, and will contain about
800 persons ; all the sittings will be free so as to accom-
modate the poor conveniently without distinction of
colour. The total expense will be about £lO,OOO, of this
sum, £3,000 has been raised in the colony. The amount
still required is about £4,000, and as a proof of the im-
portance which the Bishop attaches to this measure as a
means of good for his diocese, he has himself expended
on it a sum nearly equal to the whole income of the see,
for the three years during which he has presided over it.
The external walls of the naveandaisles, have been erected,
and the nave roof will be put on this summer.
CONSECRATION OF THE COLLEGE OF ST. AUGUSTINE,
AT CANTERBURY.—The consecration of the new college
of St. Augustine took place on Thursday afternoon. The
ceremony was graced by a large number of the aristocracy,
amongst whom were the Archbishop of Canterbury, Earl
Powisa, Lord Nolenn. the Parl of l‘f arrth , Mr. Juctier.
Coleridge, Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Baron Alderson,
the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Bishop
of Oxford, the Bishop of Fredericton, the Bishop of
Brechin (Scotland), Bishop Coleridge, the Deans of Can-
terbury, Hereford, Chichester, Norwich, and Bangor ;
Archdeacons Thorpe, Harrison, and Crofts There were
upwards of 1,000 clergymen present. The service in the
cathedral commenced at twelve o'clock, at which hour
his grace the archbishop ascended the throne. A full
choral service was performed, the lessons being read by
the Rev. Dr. Russell, and the communion service by the
Dean of Canterbury and the Rev. Dr. Spry. The sermon
was preached by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury.
At the close of the cathedral service, the college was in-
spected by the company, and a luncheon was provided for
the guests. Contrary to general expectation, no speeches
were delivered, and the company separated shortly before
six o'clock. This missionary college is on the site which
was assigned in the year 605 to St. Augustine, by Ethel-
bert. A part of the old monastery still remains, and the
whole building has been renovated and fitted up for its
present useful purpose, by the munificence of Mr. J. B.
Hope, M.P. Until bought by Mr. Hope, it was used
as a public-house and skittle-ground, in a lamentable
state of neglect. It is believed that the founding of this
college, which will accommodate about fifty students, will
cost Mr. Hone between £30,000 and £40,000. The con-
stitution of the college is that of a warden and fellows, to
be under the appointment of the two archbishops and
some of the bishops. Bishop Coleridge, formerly diocesan
of Barbadoes, has been appointed by the trustees the
first warden. Mr. Pearson has been nominated the sub-
warden, and one of the vacant fellowships has already
been bestowed on Mr. Moore. The college will receive
its first students in about two months, or less, from the
present time. The Queen has given the college a char-
ter of incorporation, which was signed on Wednesday

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS,

POLITICAL MISCELLANY.

The resumed debate on Parliamentary Reform is again
postponed till Thursday next.
HORSHAM.-Mr. Fitzgerald has been returned. The
numbers were for Mr. F. 182 ; for Lord Edward Howard
(son of the Duke of Norfolk) 115.
On Monday the Parliamentary Committee decided that
Mr. Charles Townley had not been duly elected for Sligo
borough. _ _

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

RAILWAY

'AIRS

-The traffic for the week ended the 24th June, for the
Chester and Holyhead Railway, amounted to £936 100•
2d.
The portion of the Chester and Holyhead Railway from
the other side of the Menai Straits to Holyhead, is likely
to be opened on the Ist of August next.
The large shed recently erected at the Bury station of
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway fell in with a
frightful crash on Tuesday. Two men are seriously in-
jured.

The Conway tube is sustaining itself admirably. A train
weighing no less than two hundred tons passed through it
last week, and did not cause a deflection of three-fourths
of an inch.

The London and South-Western Railway Company
have completed the extension of their line from the coke
furnaces near the Nine Elms terminus to the York Road
station near the Waterloo Bridge.
There is every probability of an amicable arrangement
being made between the London and Northwestern, the
Chester and Birkenhead, and the Shrewsbury and Chester
Railway Companies. _

THE MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE,
after a contest which has lasted for five years, have suc-
ceeded in obtaining their Barnsley branch, which opens
all the extensive coal-fields of that neighbourhood to
Manchester.

In the House of Lords, on Thursday, the Marquis of
Londonderry moved for a Select Committee to inquire into
the circumstances connected with the Liverpool, Man-
chester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Bill,
which caused the abandonment of the railway and the dis—
solution of the company.

Within the last few days, a single branch line has been
opened, which connects the East India Docks with the
Eastern Counties' Railway. By this line, via Peter-
borough, goods may be removed without brake or car-
riage from this important depot of East India produce, to
the Mersey, Humber, Tyne, or any point in the manu-
facturing and northern districts.
From official returns it appears that the amount of traffic
for the last week, on 3,877 miles of railway, was £216,820,
thus accounted for :--X119,724 for the conveyance of pas-
sengers only, £44,347 for the carriage of goods, and a re-
mainder of £52,749 for passengers and goods together, not
respectively apportioned ; being an increase of £39,98&
over the corresponding week of last year, when the mile-
age was 3.025. The average earnings per mile were £56,
whilst in 1847 they were £5B.

RAILWAY LITIGATION.—The Great Western Company
have, at this moment, a mass of law-suits of serious
moment to the shareholders—namely, Ranger's, Macin-
tosh's, and other contractors, for the balance cf their
accounts of nearly a million for making the original Great
Western line in 1837 ; suits with Kent, Parker, and other
carriers, as to the legality of their charges for carrying,
involving some thousands ; actions by the sufferers from
the late accident at Shrivenham, which are suspended till
the trials of the men committed ; and a threatened re-
sistance to their charges, until they are reduced nearly one-
fourth, according to the statutable restrictions.—Railway
Record.

Mr. James Hartley, the active manager of the Penin-
sular and Oriental Company, is a candidate for Sligo on
the Conservative interest.

DAMAGES AGAINST A RAILWAY.—In the Exchequer,
on Tuesday, Mrs. Smith, widow of the late Henry Smith,
steam-packet agent at Fleetwood, brought enaction against
the London and North Western Railway, to recover com-
pensation for the loss sustained by herself and her infant
son, by the death of her husband, who was one of the per-
sons killed by the collision at the Wolverton station on.
the sth June, 1847, occasioned by the train in which he
was a passenger, being turned into a siding by a blunder
of the pointsman. The jury gave a verdict for £2OOO, of
which £l2OO is to be appropriated to the infant, and the
remainder to the widow. The deceased held a very ex-
cellent situation, and left some property.
CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD, AND BIRKENHEAD,
LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY
COMPANIES.—We understand that the statement which
has appeared in some of the papers, that at the meeting
held at Birkenhead on the 10th instant, a resolution was
passed that the interest payable to the Chester and Bir-
kenhead shareholders should be suspended for twelve
months, is erroneous. We are informed, on good autho-
rity, that no such resolution was passed, and that if if
had passed it could have had no effect, the meeting not
being legally constituted, and having been convened hi
the Directors for the purpose of their conferring with the
shareholders. The understanding at the meeting W
that any proposal of the Directors, for the purpose in
question, should be stated in writing to the Chester and
Birkenhead shareholders, in order that it might be con-
sidered by them separately from the Cheshire Junction
section of the proprietary. It was pressed upon the
Directors at the meeting that they should at all events
pay the half year's interest falling due on the Ist July.
RADICAL RAILWAY PATRIOTISM.—We see, with re-
markable contempt not unmingled with disgust, the names
of some eminent professors of extreme democratic opi-
nions among the thick-and-thin supporters of broad"
guage and mixed guage imposture. in the proceedings
of harlequins like a noble lord who has figured in this
dispute, there is nothing at all extraordinary ; they Wear
no very opaque disguise. For hard cash or honours, thel
are always ready to jump through any hoop ; and, al
mighty fine crops are grown out of much, so some peoPle
make a harvest out of what, to others, would be the wit
dew of all their hopes ; and the political jobber hooted ow'
of a county is kicked up stairs into the House of Peers, t°_,
practice there successfully on railway bills the arts will'
had no great success in managing coercion bills. But or;
what principle, unless it be the old breeches-pocket
prin-
ciple, are we to answer for the anti-popular, anti-coin:
mercial votes of those bragging patriots, the "
Bowring and the bearded Muntz."—Railway Times. a
LILLIPUTIAN ENGINES.—The Eastern Counties en
the Bristol and Exeter Railway Companies have deter,:
mined upon trying a new mode of working their braoue:o
lines, the object being to economise the large experldik.be
incurred in carrying on this portion of railway traffic. A
proposition is to construct a light engine, a tender, sou__
passenger carriage, upon one frame. This peculiars eet;_,
struction is adopted for the purpose of securing the g:
est possible adhesion with the driving-wheel of the engia,
with the least possible amount of dead weight in the groom
load of the train. The engine, tender, and
riage are to weigh about 10?... or 11 tons, and the carrier
is to afford accommodation to forty passengers. The er
gine is to possess sufficient power to take a second %
::
riage, affording accommodation to fifty passengers, so
the
these light engines will be equal to the convey_l_
ninety passengers. The running average velocity, Ira:, at
the speed to be maintained, exclusive of the time lost
the stations, and lost also in getting into speed when
de-
parting from and arriving at aatitons, is to be forty
per hour.

CITELTENHAM.—On Thursday the Hon. Craven Berke-
ley was elected by 1024 votes against 848 for Mr. Agg
Gardner, the conservative. The town was in a very ex-
cited state in consequence of the conservatives being so
obstructed in going to the poll.
The Peel party seems to have been completely split to
pieces upon the sugar question. Messrs. Gladstone and
Goulburn opposed the ministerial proposition ; but Sir
James Graham and Sir Robert Peel brought what forces
they could command to the rescue of Downing Street,
and gave ministers a majority of 15. The Daily News,
in criticising the contradictory speech of the latter right
honourable baronet, says shrewdly enough, " he lends his
aid to ministers, lest incurring defeat, they should resign
before Sir Robert is prepared to take their place."
POLITICAL RUMOURS.—It is still afloat as arumour, that
Parliament will be dissolved in the course of a month ;
but to what effective purpose, at this awkard juncture, we
know not. We want to see the British people, of all
classes, thoroughly convinced that the PEEL and RUSSELL
theories of free trade, &c. are an absurd and mischievous
sophism, producing free imports, it is true, but restricting
and damaging the exports, and impoverishing the home
trade. The present minister and his shifty predecessor
are bound to prove the justice of their policy, or take all
the odium of its complete failure, and of the ruin it has
spread around us.
A STRONG GOVERNMENT.—The government majority
on the sugar question was, as our readers have seen, fif-
teen. Of the 260 who formed the majority, 25 were Peel-
ites ; consequently had they voted against the govern=
ment, each vote counting for two, the difference would
have been 50, and instead of the Government having a
majority of 15, they would have been left in a minority
of 35. The number of liberals who voted with the oppo-
sition were 20, counting 40 in a division ; put these 40
against the 50, and the difference is 10 ; deduct the 10
from a majority of 15, and it leaves the government, after
ten days severe whipping, a working majority of 5 l !
their favourite number.

SUGAR DUTIES DIVISION.—From the list of the ma-
jority and the minority on Sir John Pakington's motion,
condemnatory of the government sugar measure, it ap-
pears that the following conservatives voted with the go-
vernment :—Sir. R. Peel, Sir J. Graham, 11. B. Baring,
W. Bolling, W. Cubitt, Sir C. Douglas, Marquis of
Douro, J. Duncoft, J. B. B. Estcourt, C. H. Frewen, C.
V. Harcourt, H. C. Lacey, W. A. Mackinnon, Roundell
Palmer, Sir H. Seymour, Sir J. Young. The following
liberals against the government:— Hon. Grantley Berkeley,
Sir T. B. Birch, Sir E. N. Buxton, Earl of Euston, Jos.
Hume, R. D. Mangles, Lord Nugent, J. Pattison, J. T.
Wawn, Sir H. Williamson, M. Wyvil. The following
conservatives, who usually vote with Sir R. Peel, also
divided agalust the government:—Earl of Lincoln, Right
Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, E.
Cardwell, Right Hon. H. Goulburn, Sir G. Clerk, H.
Barkley, W. Beckett, H. F. Charteris, Right lion. H.
Corry, Hon. H. Fitzroy, Lord Drurnlanrig, Thos.-Greene,
Lord Jocelyn, G. Cornwall Legh, Colonel Lindsay,
Colonel Peel, G. Sandars, Hon. G. S. Smythe, Sir F.
Thesiger, John Walter, Hon. J. S. Wortley. The house
was one of the fullest of the session, no fewer than 505