Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-05-26
L BRITAIN.

OhEh III AIN
The Parliament re-asscmbled On the llth.-
The T,,he Bill had been postponed for the pre-
sent. Lord John Russell has lntimatcd TIM, the
government vas about 10 Introduce a bill granting
charters to all large towns AT present unineorpora-
ted.
Tic statue Of King William the Third. which
stood in College Green. one oithc most public places
in Dublin. ind been blown up, and totally destroy
cd by eunpow der. II had not been aseertained
by whom tic outrage was comn,itred, but inses-
,iraiions were ON loot, which il Was hoped would
lead To thedclcclion Of The parties concerned, The
statue vas entirely dcfacrd by the explosion aud
the leg torn away from the trunk. TIC statue
was general, supposed TO be OF brass, bun this Is
not the case. il being maze Of lead. The statue
was of enormous size, and from the >khl with
which its destruction was planned and executed,
II is believed that an experienced military engineer
must have lcen engaged IN II.
FRANCE.
The bee, root sugar question was We, before
the French Chambers, and was creating u good
degree OF excitement.
On the Oh of April, the Drpurie, wcrr discus
sing a proposition for recalling the .silcd mem
bcrs OF he Runapartc inmily. and for transferring
10 France the remains of Napoleon. Petitions Tor
these objects had been presented TO the Chambers,
ana Inc ucbdltS were alllldltfl'
The speakers on the subject of Napoleon's re-
mains expressed 4 conviction that the British gov
ernment would make no dill. ulty in complying
witt, any wish expressed BY the government, of
France, that they should he taken ont OF their
grave at 81. Helena and transferred 10 France. l.
was the desire OF the applicants that the ftmlin>
of the mln WHO bad conferred 50 much 4" glory"
on France, should be deposited at the place VEN
dome, undoi the brass pillar which stand, tlcre AS a
general troph, OF his manifold and hirh military
deeds. Ia addition to tie arguments Of VI. Theirs
against the petitions, on the broad principle Of poll
icy and cNpedl 'ney, a Deputy on. Dubois) in an
excellent spcrch, resisted the petitions on another
ground, namely that Napoleon had persisted in
hanlsllmcnttpr " wise purposes" in punishment Of
his ambition and dpSpoiisnI, and that il would b.
flying in the face OF Providence To remove his re-
mans from Inc rock IN which HEY are immnred, and
thus render nusatory the snlniary lesson TO be de-
duced from his fate, and oblilerate the recollection
Of the covardice of the despots who had So inplori.
ously avenged themselves. The subicc, was re-
ierred To the ministers, and the Chamber passed 10
the order OF the day.
The subject OF American Naturalization Was
again before the Chamber of Peers on the 9th OF
April. NJ. Theirs declared that The explanations
of the Presidents Message were SO satisfactory
that the government have not felt Warranted 10 with
hold payment any longer-tle first insfalnenis
had therefore been paid. NJ. Dubouchasr, the
imcrrosa,ing peer, observed that il was by no
means certain that the chamber accepted the
message OF HE Isl December a, conclusive. and
he thought farther explanations on the part of gov
erninent were dne TO the chamber. He did moi
mean 10 charge the government, however, with
paying the instalmcnt until they had received these
satisfactory explanations. As evidence of the
confidence between France aud the Uni
ted States, il is now said thai NJ. Seruricr was
about 10 set oui for Washington, To resume his
as French Charge d'Af1aires in that Cap