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31AY MORXING, JULY 11-, T 854

INstIRRECTION IN SPA:IX

A litEw event has occurred in European politics
whitil may serve to fill up the intervals between
theltore exciting :accounts which are'almost daily

looked for from-the seats of war in thelaltic, the
Mack Sea, and or. the Danube. Spain, the country
of revolutions, niter' a lengthened period of cora-
Iparatiire tranqiillity, has broken out into open
Tevolt; and -though the telegraphic despatches
...speak of its suppression as a thing easily effected,
there is every reason to believe that it is of far
.greater consequence than the Government choose
to acknowletige. The Spaniards, as a people, are
• notorious for their enthusiasm --(A* loyalty to the
person Of the Sovereign, in *Mai they indulge as
a • pasSion;-; and though they submit to much in-
justice and tyranny before this deep-rooted feeling
can be destroyed, there are bounds even to such
exuberance of devotion. After u series of revolu-
tions for ministerial changes,-even the iron des-
potism of Marshal NAWVAEZ -"could not destroy the
popular regard for QUEEN ISADELLA, but she has
herself flung away the love ,of 'her people by the
infamous profligacy of her conduct. Regardless of
ever 'tie, of every moral oblig,ation, of the com-
monest decencies of life, she-.has outraged all pro-
priety, and, for the indulgence of her own vile
passions, has shown that,. in .the lowest depths Of,
'infamy to which it was believed her mother hid
suik, there is a lower still,: in which the daughter
'has plunged, until she has beeome an object of
scorn and loathing. She has -succeeded in out-
Tivalling the worst days of court profligacy, without
even the homage which vice :pays to virtue, of
endeavouring to conceal. her vicious conduct under
.a show of outward propriety ;- and now, when her
government is assailed by open rebellion, she meets.

with no sympathy, .and is received with indifference
and silent contempt in her own capital, by the
meta who, a short time since, would have been
..eager to rally roundand defend her. It is perhaps
. fortunate for the interests of morality that thebrest
of. Europe is actively, engaged in more serious war-
fare, so - that she . has no allies-to which she may
appeal in defence of her spurious legitimacy. Eng-
h lautlis no longer inn position to repeat the foolish
act of sending out an adventurous General, with
the-sweepings of Newgate, as mercenary soldiers,
to "battle for Liberalism under the pretence of
supporting Constitutional Government ; and the
SpaAards may therefore enjoy the fUll opportunity
oNighting out their quarrels among themselves,
without much risk of interference. 'lt can matter
buidittle to the interests.of humanity, for that is
more:likely to be promoter . by the overthrow of the
present Spanish dynasty, which has notione feature
to recommend it. The people are sunk in slavish
suparatgion, and the most intolerant Ligotry of
the Rotutish heresy ; while the. Sovereign has shown
herself.= apt pupil of the -school in which she has
been ;bred, by being at once personally and politi-
cally .infamous. In no other country but Spain
have Protestants been refused , Christian !burial ;
and if;the ,Spanish Government :should
.now have
to drink thellitter dregs of thedowest degradation
they will .be but the natural fruits of so vile a
system. Every country under Romish influence
has suffered, but Spain has been tho most intensely
Roman; these like Inquisition perpetrated its most
diabolical iniquities ; and however long it marbe
delayed, the day d reckoning is sue :to arriVe;.for.
it is impossible for any nation to prosper where the
grossest superstii,iou and the most gheingidolatry
form the national religion.

THE PARIJAMENTARY SESSION

THE proceedings,of:the House of Comnawas each
.succeeding week afford acs instructive lesson of the
utter folly of keeping up the contemptible farce of
legislation under the present Coalition Administra-
tien, which commenced its .eareer by boasting that
:it contained " all the talents," and has proved
itself worthy only of the "antiquated imbecility"
•which is its nominal head. it is now well known
that of all the measures which were promised at
the beginning of the present session, the only one
which has not been rejected er abandoned is the
Oxford University Reform Bill, which has under-
gone so many alterations, that it hardly bears a
resemblance to the measure which was first intro-
duced, and which will only be allowed to reach
maturity through the favour or forbeatance of the
Earl of DERBY, and ' after a further purification.
Well might the noble Earl congratulate Lord
CANNING on the shmular felicity he enjoyed of
being the first member of the Government who,
by the 6th of July, had been enabled to propose
to their lordships any one measure of importance,
which had been promised and produced on the
part of the Government, and which had also been
so fortunate as to obtain the sanction of the other
House of Parliament. It was the single sheaf of
the sessional harvest, and yet had been so meta-
morphosed that it was difficult for its authors to
recognise their own bantling. Day by day have
we to report the proceedings of both Houses of
Parliament ; but, with the single exception of this
suspicious Bill, and the mere formal proceeding of
voting the supplies to the Crown, it is impossible
to point to any business which has resulted from
the many long discussions in the Lower House.
On Tuesday last, the House of Commons was
engaged in a wordy warfare on some unintel-
ligible project about the rights of neutrals, intro-
duced, we believe, in order to afford Sir WILLIAM
MOLESWORTH the opportunity of making a long
speech to prove that free ships make free goods.
It was not of the slightest consequence whether
the motion was earned Qr rejected; and so little

interest did it excite, that the House was counted
out. On Wednesday, the whole sitting was occu-
pied with an adjourned debate on the motion of
Mr. SHEE, for leave to introduce a Bill to appro-
priate the temporalities of the Church of Ireland
to secular purposes ; and, though every speaker
opposed the scheme from different motives, the
debate was again adjourned. It was merely useful
as showing how little a Romanist is bound by the
most solemn oath : the mover having sworn to do
nothing to injure the Church, and yet proposing
to rob it of its means of usefulness; while another
Romanist member opposed the Bill, simply be-
cause he considered nothing less than the destruc-
tion'of the Irish Church could be a satisfactory
settlement of the question. On Thursday, a morn-
ing sitting was occupied in defeating the sacri-
legious Church Building Act ; and the evening
sitting was prolonged by the sledge-hammer elo-
quence of the Quaker member for Manchester,
vainly endeavouring. to defeat the annual grant
called the Regium Donum. The rest of the time
has passed in asking and answering idle questions;
and the war, with which Parliament has had in
reality little to do, is made the excuse for this
playing at legislation. It is time that the country
seriously set itself to the task of applying a
remedy but the task will-be hopeless, so long as
Liberalism is allowed to influence the electors,
and, through them, to retain incapable Ministers
ire -office.

Austrian fidelity is in some degree founded upon
the recollection of the assistance rendered by
Russia in the suppression of the Hungarian insur-
rection, and partly strengthened by the delay
which took place in either Austria or Prussia
joining the western alliance. In estimating, how-
ever, the probabilities, we must bear in mind that
Russian assistance in Hungary was rather humi-
liating than otherwise to Austrian independence,
and might produce a feeling the very reverse of
gratitude ; nor should it be forgotten that the
interests of Austria, in the protection of her fron-
tiers on the Danube, are directly involved in the
restraint of Russian advance in that direction.
Every blow struck by Russia at Turkey in Europe
is indirectly levelled at Austria ; the free navi-
gation of the Danube is also a question of impor-
tance to the latter power, and, therefore, if we
give the, EMPEROR of AUSTRIA credit for under-
standing the interests of his own empire, we may
readily believe that he has entered into the contest
with the full purpose of opposing a barrier to the
advance of Russia, and thereby lending valuable
assistance to the operations of Turkey and the
Western Powers. Prussia has also a direct inte-
rest in the question, though, from motives of a
purely personal character, she has been slow to
show any signs of vitality; but now that she is
better prepared, and Russia has full occupation for
her troops on all sides, we may receive some useful
aid from Prussia on the northern frontier.
With true German deliberation, the Austrian
and Prussian Governments delayed any active
operations until they received a formal reply from
Russia to their joint demand for satisfaction.
This has now reached Vienna and Berlin, and
though the exact terms of it are not known, the
substance of it is said to be quite in accordance
with that evasive and tortuous policy which seems
ever to have characterised the proceedings of
Russia. The Emperor professes his willingness
to evacuate the Danubian provinces, upon the
other European powers pursuing the same course,
and he is also willing to join with them in a united
protectorate of the Christians of Turkey, adhering
with well-feigned hypocrisy to the assumption that
his conduct has been solely dictated by his great
regard for the interests of 'Christianity. He also

expresses his desire to enter into negotiations for
the settlement of the affair. The chief danger to
be apprehended from such an offer is the opening
which it may afford for our own government, as
represented by Lord ABERDEEN, whose sincerity
has always been doubted, to listen to such over-
tures under the pretence of a desire for peace,
though we can hardly believe that, after the many
proofs which have 'been afforded of Russian dupli-
city, any promises can be in the slightest degree
relied upon. If the Austrian government really
appreciate the value of this reply, it will act as a
stimulus increased exertions ; and the more
recent accounts state that the Russian forces are
being concentrated on the Austrian frontier, as
though intended 'to ,do battle with the troops

which are now hastening to expel them from the
Danubian provinces. We may, therefore, expect
to hear -shortly of active operations in this quarter;
and as Prussia is pledged, by the recent treaty, to
co-qperate with 'Austria, the Emperor of RusslA
will soon'find the wholeaf Europe leagued against
him, and nothing left:but defeat or -submission.
In 'the .Black -Sea, -it appears that the allied
fleets have proceeded to invest Sebastopol, and
that even -the Russian vessels, which are lying
within the.protection of the batteries, have ven-
tured to :make their .appearance, but with such
evident fear of British -naval prowess, that the
sight of a war steamer ,quickly drove them back
into shelter. .Protected, .as they are, with power-
ful batteries, and the .natural .advantages of pre-
cipitous rocky cliffs, it 'may be some time before
they can be dislodged.; but it is believed that,
when troops • can be brought to the attack on the
land side, this important fortress will be found
to be not quite -so -impregnable as has been gene-
rally supposed. All that -skill and courage can
.accomplish will,, no doubt, be brought to bear, and
the rescue of the Crimea from Russia will be the
:most effectual blow that ,conld be struck at Rua-
-slan influence in the .Black. Sea,
In the Baltic, -Sir CHARLES NAPIER seems to
have justified the confidence Which was reposed in
him; but it is said that !he :kad to refrain from
attacking Cronstadt until he wceived special in-
structions from home, which :it is also said have
recently been forwarded to him. The latest ac-
counts state that 'his .fleet was yin front of this
celebrated fortress, as though prepared to com-
mence operations, and that we might soon expect
to hear some account ,of it. Airlegiher this expec-

:taloa may or may not be realised, at will not be
denied that he has £ready done good service in
impaling an effectual blockade of Russia; shutting
up her _fleets in Helairzfors and Cronstadt, sup-
,pressing her commerce, ;and destrnying an im-
mense quantity of stores and other naval resources
on the extensive line of _Russian coast. To his
exertions ,we no doubt owe the limmuuity of our
commerce from any interference from Russian
cruisers, which have been ,effectually prevented
from :
.leaving the Baltic ; and, therefore, we are
-the more :indebted to the services which he has
:performed with such careful prudence, ;than could
have been,deziwed from any eclat which he might
lave gained !by► the brilliancy of an attack upon
e :fortresaof Ckonstadt.

ARRIVAL OF THE CHAMPION OF THE

SEAS,

l'Has new inammothelipper Champion of the seas, built
by Mr. Donald 3PICoy, of Boston, for Messrs. James
Baines avid Co.'s ",Black Ball Line " of Packets from this
port to Australia, arrived in the Mersey, yesterday, from
New York, with a very large cargo of breadstuffs. The
Champion of the Seas cleared at New York on the 14th
ult., but, owing to the difficulty of procuring seamen, she
was detained for a considerable period in the stream and
at Sandy livok. Notwithstanding that she had very
unfavourable.and baffling winds during the entire length
of her voyage, used so light -that she has had her royal
sails set all the passage, which perhaps has never before
occurred in cress:tag the Atlantic, her performances have
been regarded so: exceedingly satisfactory, having run
940 miles in 60 hours —sever2l of the first-class liners
for this and other ports, which left a considerable time
before her, not having yet made ;their appearance. After
discharging cargo, she will be placed on the berth for
Australia, and will be commanded lay Captain Newland,
whose performances in the Golden Ageship amply justify
Ike selection. Mr. WlCay, of Boston, is at present
!building two vessels of larger dimensions even than the
Champion of the Seas, which we should say is a three-
decker of 3,500 tons. The other two are the. James
Baines (named after the principal of the firm), and will be
commanded by Captain Charles M`Donnell (late of the
Marco Polo) ; and the Donald M`Kay, to be commanded
by Captain Warner (late of the Sovereign of the Seas),
both 4,000 tons register each.

A CAxxosr BILL, weighing 311 b 6oz. has been dug up
within about 200 yards of the ruins of the old castle -at
Castle Donnington, Leicestershire.
THE MA.mmorn STEAMER. - The immense screw
and paddle steamer, building by Scott Russell, at
Millwall, for the Eastern Steam Navigation Com-
pany, is to be completed in twelve months. Her
keel has been laid down, and several of her bulk heads, or
compartments, are raised, and the works are proceeding
with energy and expedition. A railroad has been laid
down the entire length of her way, to facilitate the con-
veyance of the materials from the factory to the different
parts of the vessel. The exact dimensions of the ship are
as follows :—Tonnage, builder's measurement, 22,000
tons ; tonnage burthen 10,000 tons ; extreme length,
680 feet ; extreme breadth, 83 feet ; extreme depth, 58
feet ; power of engines (screw and paddle), 2,600 horse.
Her engines are in the course of construction, and will be
fitted in the vessel before she is floated off. The hull will
be entirely of iron, and of more than usual strength, the
magnitude of her size enabling Mr. Brunel, the architect,
to introduce many precautionary measures conducive both
to support and security. From her keel up to six feet
above the water line is double, of a cellular construction.
The upper deck will also be strengthened on the same
principle, and will form a complete beam, similar to the
tube of the Britannia-bridge, so that any external injury
will not affect the tightness or the safety of the ship. She
is divided into ten separate water-tight compartments,
each being 60 feet in length, enabling her to take out
sufficient fuel for a voyage to Atvatg44 444 back to Eng-
land without stopping,

WAVERTREE BOARD OF HEALTH

La monthly meeting of the Wavertree Local Board ol
Health was held last night in the Public-offices, Waver-
tree. The chair was occupied by the Rev. W. Badnall
chairman of the board. There were also present Messrs.
Bowers, Anderton, Hill, Davies, Witham, Gore, Chaffers,
Rishton, and Picton.

The minutes of the preceding meeting having been read;
The CHAIRMAN referred to the hours at which water n
supplied to the township, and said, from a communication
which had been received from Mr. Duncan, on the part of
the water committee, it had been stated that the supply
was from eleven in the forenoon till half-past four in the
afternoon each day. This he considered much too limit(
a time, and when it was recollected that the supply
not given on Sundays, the case appeared much w
parricularly for the poor, who had no means of storm
a supply from Saturday afternoon till Monday fore
At all events, as the inhabitants were led to beli
the water was got into the township the supply
continuous, that condition had not been fulfilled

Mr. GORE said he had had a conversation with Mr.
Duncan, and that gentleman had informed him that till
the water from the Rivington works was introduced, no
chance existed of the township of Wavertree receiving any
additional supply ; but, for one, he was of opinion that
the supply of water from eleven in the forenoon till half-
past four in the afternoon daily, was an ample supply,
and with very little management would be found so.
Mr. RISILTON considered the hours sufficient for sup-
plying the township, if the supply were kept up for that
time ; and, in urging the necessity for husbanding the
water from one day to another on the part of the con-
sumers, he instanced the case of the cottages in Liverpool
a few years ago, when they only received a water-supply
every two or three days, and the inhabitants considered
themselves well off.

Some further conversation ensued, in which Mr. CILIF-
PERS, Mr. GORE, and Mr. RISIITON took part, deprecating
any expense being incurred by the board in the matter,
. .

as the inhabitants were aware-of the hours at which ti
water was supplied, or had an easy means of becoming s