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or less injured.
The late changes in the temperature have had the effect
of increasing the number of cases of cholera, but it does

had received from two quarters in the course of that day not appear that the disease has in any ~
information highly injurious to the character of Mr. Law- assumed an epidemic form, and the numberefcases re-
ley. One of his informants was a peer, another was a gen- ported is still very small considering the popuiiation.
tleman known to them both. The information was, that THE REVOLUTION IN SPAIN.
qtly Mr. Lawley had become subject to large
The military insurrection in Spain, in which
iuence of turf transactions ; and further, everywhere appear to have joined most heartily, is non
that the still more serious rumour went that Mr. Lawley
completely successful. Espartero has entered Madrid
had availed himself of the knowledge he had acquired as
amidst the rejoicings of the inhabitants, and the Queen
private secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to has yielded with the best grace possible to the new order
engage in extensive speculations in the funds. Informs-
of things. All the proscribed generals are restored to
tion of these rumours was conveyed to Mr. Lawley, and their ranks, while O'Donnell and San Maguel are made
"the result was a denial of the most serious charge, namely,
marshals, and Serrano captain-general ef Andalusia. In
-that he had used the information acquired as prime secre- the meantime, the members of the late ministry are ex-
,tary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to aid his spe-
periencing the results of their past misgovernment. Sa-
eulations in the funds. The Recorder of London had lamanca is imprisoned, the other ministers are to be tried,
denied, from his knowledge of Mr. Lawley's affairs, that if they can be arrested, and Queen Christina is to quit
he was subject to liabilities which rendered it desirable for Spain at once.
him that he should leave England. In the course, bow- The following, from the Times, will give an idea of the
ever, of that (Thursday) morning, he (Sir Geo. Grey) had
popular feeling in Madridwould be difficult to
received a letter from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, describe the popular hatred to the Queen-Mother and
from Which he learned with the deepest grief and concern Sartorius. A memoir of the latter is hawked about, en-
that Mr. Lawley had been engaged in transactions in the titled, .Vida del Conde de San Luis, el Lcuiron ! el
funds within the last few months, a circumstance which, Ladron !el Lads-on! and cries of death were, even on
to a certain extent, justified the rumours in question. It the 26th, uttered against the former, with the addition of
was only fair to say, that the information communicated
by the Chancellor of the Exchequer had been derived ex-
mo t offensive epithets. While the people were fighting
in the streets, it is said that scenes of violence were
elusively from Mr. Lawley himself. The circumstance of
enain the Royal Palace, and even the King himself
Mr. Lawley's speculations in the funds having been losing iroused to rage at the recollection that it was his
speculations corroborated his statement that he had not aunt and mother-in-law who was the cause of the peril
availed himself of any private information. Under all the which impended over the royal family. It is rumoured
circumstances, nothing remained but for him (Sir George
Grey) to advise Her Majesty to rescind the appointment. that he did not confine himself to words. The terror,
confusion, and rage must have been great indeed. What
For the original appointment he was responsible, and was
ready to submit to whatever censure the. house might deem a happy family, and how proud must M. Guizot be, and
proper to inflict. those who promoted the ' Spanish marriages.'
Sir J. PAKINGTON acquitted Sir G. Grey of any blame, On the 25th the National Guard of Madrid assumed the
and said that, considering Mr, Lawley's limited acquain- militar service of the palace. It was expected that
Generals O'Donnell and Dulce, who were at Seville, with
tance with colonial affairs, his selection he had thought
too likely to excite feelings of dissatisfaction in the colo- about 12,000 men, would come to the capital and place
their army at the disposal of the Junta. The arbitrary
vies; but the rumours current, which would have placed
proscriptions of public men, effected by the Sans Luis ad-
him uuder-a disadvantage had they preceded his arrival in
ministration, have been reversed, and the degraded
the colony, justified the course he (Sir John) had taken,
generals (O'Donnell, Serano, and others). have been out of fairness towards Mr. Lawley himself, whom it
stored to their rank.
re-
deeply concerned to have the rumours disposed of one way
or the other.
The National Guard is already composed of nine batta-
A discussion ensued in which several members took lions and two batteries of artillery. A decree of the Junta
suppresses the royal council, and another calls into force
part, but the SPEAKER, put a stop to it as irregular (there
being no motion), and the house resolved itself into a corn-
the press law of 1837. The decree which exiled the
mittee of ways and means, when certain resolutions were Infante Don Enrique to Valencia is revoked. The Junta
agreed to. i has also abrogated the prohibition laid on the circulation
The Militia (Scotland) Bill was read a third time and iof certain foreign journals. Another decree orders the
passed. , arrest and trial of some of the ex-ministers, and also of
1 General Quinto, ex-Governor of Madrid. It is said the
ministers are concealed in the hotels of the diplomatic
body. Queen Christina has not as yet left Madrid. M.
Salamanca has been arrested, and imprisoned at Albacete,
General Lara, Mata-y-Alos, and Quesada, who com-
manded the troops in the late struggle, have the='- -'
either to retire to a fixed place of residence,
country.
Telegraphic advices from Madrid to the 30th ult., state
that on the previous evening General O'Donnell ar-
rived at Madrid, and proceedgd immediately to the resi-
dence of Espartero. The two generals then presented
themselves on the balcony, whence Espartero addressed
the multitude. He then embraced O'Donnell. In the
cv,ming they went to the Palace, where Espartero took
the oaths as President of the Council, in the presence of
the Queen. Madrid was tranquil, but the barricades re-
mained, and the people spoke of maintaining them until
Espartero had formed his ministry. General Dulce was
advancing upon Madrid with the troops which had fol-
lowed O'Donnell.

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ENDOWMENT OF MAYNOOTH COLLEGE.
In committee on the Public Revenue and Consolidated
Fund Charges (No. 2) Bill,
Mr. SpooNzß moved to include the president, vice-
presidents, and students of Maynooth in the schedule of
individuals whose incomes were no longer to remain
charged upon the Consolidated Fund, a motion which he
supported by demanding that it should be annuaily
brought under the consideration of parliament.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER resisted the
motion, and contended that, when such a matter was
discussed, it ought, out of respect to the people of Ireland,
to be debated on a substantive motion, and with due notice,
and not as a by-blow. The bill was a valuable fiscal re-
form, which, however, it would be contrary to the convic-
tions of the government to proceed if this subject were
to be mixed up with it.
Upon a division, the motion was negatived by 110 to 45.
Other amendments and new clauses were moved, all
of which, after considerable discussion, were negatived.
CHURCH PROPERTY.—On the report of the committee
on the Episcopal and Capitular Estates' Management
Bill, Mr. E. DENISON moved a clause to the effect that
due regard be paid by the Church Estate Committee
to the just and reasonable claims of the holders of lands,
under lease or otherwise, arising from the practice of re-
newal, and where a treaty has been entered into between
them, on the application of either party, the finding of
the value may be referred to arbitration.—After con-
siderable discussion, the clause was negatived.—A clause
moved by Mr. CAYLEY, providing for the rate at which
the expectation of life shall be calculated, in computations
dependent on the duration of lives, was agreed to.
CUSTOMS DUTIES.—The house went into committee on
the Customs Acts, when resolutions for the repeal and
alteration of duties on certain articles imported were
agreed to, after some discussion on the subject of the
proposed temporary reduction of the customs' duties on
hops, which was carried, on a division, by 62 to 23.

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ITALY.

Correspondence from Genoa of the 26th July describes
the city as in a great consternation. The cholera broke
out with unusual violence, and it is impossible to describe
the panic by which the inhabitants have been seized.
More than 600 families left the town on the two preceding
days. On Monday, the 24th ult., and the third day of its
appearance, 24 cases were recorded, 28 of which ended
fatally the same day.
Some agitation of another kind begins also to be visi-
ble, especially among the exiles. A new pamphlet and a
letter from Mazzini, which circulate in Genoa freely, and
in which the ex-triumvir forcibly impresses upon his
countrymen that the moment of a general insurrection
against Austria has come, have produced some sensation.
A telegraphic despatch from Turin says :—" The King,
accompanied by the Ministers, left to-day for Genoa, to
visit the cholera hospitals. There is great excitement both
here and at Genoa."

MiEcuANT SHIPPING BILL.—The Lords' amendments
to this bill were considered and agreed to, with the excep-
tion of clause C, which was disagreed to.
The house adlourned at two o'clock.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 4,

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA,

Mr. F. PEEL moved the second reading of the Legisla-
tive Council (Canada) Bill (which had passed the House of
Lords), stating that its object was to enable the Legisla-
ture of Canada to alter the constitution of one of its
branches, namely, the Legislative Council, and for that
purpose to repeal or alter those sections of the Imperial
Act of 184.0 for the union of the two Canadas relating to
the manner in which the Legislative Council should be
constituted. An address had been received from the
Legislative Assembly of Canada, recommending this alter-
ation, and the principle of the measure was one which on
several occasions daring the last few years had been
recognised in relation t

the government of colonies infe-
rior in importance to Canada. Mr. Peel gave a brief
sketch of the chief provisions of the bill, which empowered
the Canadian Legislature to make the Council consist of
appointed or elected members ; to provide for the separate
dissolution by the Governor of the Council and the Assein-
bly, and to vary the property qualification of members of
the Assembly - and it repealed the clause in the Union
Act of 1810 which authorised Parliament to nullify any
bill affecting ecclesiastical or Crown rights. This permis-
sive bill, he was persuaded, would give increased steadi-
ness to the legislation of the colony and stability to its
institutions, rendering the Council a really conservative
body, which would act as a *check and balance to the
Assembly, and remove the only remaining possible Cause
of any future disturbance of the close relations now hap-
pily subsisting between the colony and the mother country.
Sir J. PAIEINGTON, who had given notice of a motion to
defer the second reading for three months, said his objec-
tions to the bill rested upon two grounds ; first, because,
in his opinion, it sanctioned, on the part of the Imperial
Legislature, institutions of an extremely democratic chit-
rocter in Canada ; and, secondly, on account of the late
date at which the Government had brought under the
consideration of ParliaMent a measure of such importance,
authorising most material changes in the legislature of the
colony, deeply affecting the form of the constitution under
which thousands of our fellow-subjects were to be governed
—a proceeding which he thought not decorous towards
the house or respectful towards the Canadian people. The
bill, in his opinion, sanctioned institutions which he could
not understand how any man attached to monarchy could
support, which were based upon a palicy that confounded
democracy with liberty
Sir G. GREY, aft

explaining the reassn why the bill
came before that house at so late a period of the session-
observed that the real question was, whether, after the
prOgress made by Canada in wealth, population, and self-
government, there was any reason why we should witht
hold from that colony the privilege, enjoyed by ahnos,
every British colony, of amending its own constitution.
So' far from its tending to separate Cana from the British
Crown (an event which he should deplore), he thoueht it
would increase the confidence which the colonists would
repose in their representatives, and cement their attach-
ment to the Crown.
Lord J. RUSSELL said that, having introduced the
Union Act of 1840, he thought it incumbent upon him to
say that he heartily approved this bill. He had thought
it wise to impose restrictions at that time.; but, if the
Canadians considered that their affairs could be better
conducted with an elected than with a nominated Council,
he did not see why we should prevent them from having:
it. Whether or no they were wise in asking the privilege,
or whether they would make a wise use of it, was another
question ; but since 1844) Canada had made great progress,
end he believed that the power to alter their Upper Cham-
ber; as well as to deal with the clergy reserves, ought to
be allowed to that great colony.