Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-06-03
Gortierr Nous.
Arrival of the Cambria.

The Steamship Cambria arrived at Hall.
fax at | o'clock, on Wednesday evening,
MAY Goth. She left Liverpool on the 18th,
at 1-2 o'clock, P, M. She brings 81
passengers.
ENc1AND.-The proceedings in Parlia'
ment during the week have been of consld-
cradle interest A motion was brought for
ward in the Commons by Mr. Spooner, on
Tuesday night, for a committee to inquire
into the system of education pursued at the
Roman Catholic College of Maynooth.-
[he 9otiqg was NET by a. am mn, n,,
mitee to consider bill to repea the May
nooth endowment, and all other kinds of
grants in aid of religious institutions. A
leng thened debate ensued, which brought
out the whole force of the House, aud the
further consideration Of all other questions
was postponed till Thursday next
The Militia Bill still drags its slow
length along in committee. 1t was stated
that Government intended sending a mill
tary force to Austraia--the colony to pay
expenses. The wooden manufacturers of
England are alarmed at the prospect of
deficiency in the supplies Of Australian
wool, caused by the flight Of the shepherds
to the gold mines. A depulaion has been
appointed to draw the attention of Govern.
ment to the subject Two destructive acci.
dents have happened in the WEIGH collier.
les; the first was an explosion of ire-damp,
by which eighty persons we're killed the
other was the flooding of pit, by which %
were drowned.
The Crystal Palace is definitely bought
for gu 900, by the Directors of the Bright.
on Railway, who intend, by the aid of
joint stock company, to re-erect it at Lyd-
enham, and open it as an Exotic Garden,
by the first Of May next,
FRANCE.-The long anticipated tenth of
May passed over with The greatest eclat,
and without the slightest disturbance. The
(ete was purely military. Six y thousand
troops, Of al! arms, we're drawn up in the
Champ de Mars, aud not many short of half
a million OF civilians were spectators Of the
ceremony. At noon, the President arrived,
at the head of a brilliant staff, and proceed.
ed to review the soldiers, after which pre-
sentation of standards, surmouulcd by the
Imperial eagle, was made to the colonies of
the various regiments. He subsequently
addressed them in a speech, very adroitIy
par together, in which lie sad-The Ro-
man eagle, adopted by the Emperor Napo-
leon, was the last striking emblem of the
lpDu aud rvronIf,,r e Eronoo Il
disappeared with our mislortunes, it ought
to return when France, recovered from her
defeats and mistress of herself, seems mo-
longer TO rcpudlate her own glory. Re-
sumo, then, soldiers these eagles, not as a
menace against foreigners, but as the SYM
Dol of our Independence, las the souvenir
of an heroic epoch, aud as the mark of
each regiments nobility; and swear to die,
if need be, in defence of those emblems
winch haycsoollen led our fathers to victory,
This address was Immediately placarded
throughout the city. The clergy, headed
by The Archbishop Of Paris, mustered to the
number ofeight hundred, around gorgeous
altar, erected on the field, and bestowed
their blessings on the standards The
troops then defled before the President, and
the ceremony concluded About two thou
sand crosses and medals were distributed.
The President was, on the whole, well
received. The infantry III general cried,
+" Viye Napoleon cavalry, Viye la
Empereur." On the other hand, the opera-
tives Of the Fauburg St. Antoine, notified
their employers that they would work curing
the day, instead being present at the fete.
Festivities continued in doors on Tues.
day, Wednesday and Thursday.
On Tuesday night a grand ball in the
Tuilleries was attended by fifteen thousand
persons. On Wednesday, banquet was
given to eight hundred generals and supe-
rlor oficers--and on Thursday, dinner