Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1860-08-22 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE MASSACRES IN SYRIA. The Times correspondent at Constantinople, writes under date Aug. 8:—" Yesterday intelligence of massacre at Bealbec, and in the surrounding villages of the Bekaa, reached Us. The MetuaLs of the district, assisted by a number of Kurds, and also, as it would appear, by some irregular troops sent to preserve order, rose and attacked the Christians, murdering the men and violating the women. The despatches make no mention of the number of victims, but 20 oluirchea and two convents have been burnt. Our latest news from Damascus is of the 27th of July. The Mussulman population had again assumed a menacing attitude. The general disarmament attempted by Mohamed Pasha the new Governor, had not succeeded; and a large body of fanatics were parading the town, crying out for the surrender of the Christians who had taken refuge in lika citadel. No mention is made of the arrival of the troops despatched from Beyrout on the 24th of July. Advice from Damascus to the sth inst. state that Fuad Pacha had surrounded Lebanon with troops, and threatened fire and sword if the Druse sheikhs did not surrender in two days. Twenty had already been taken, and nearly 800 othet important arrests had been made. One thousand camel loads of plundered property had been recovered.  one of the worst educated to one of the best educated countries in Europe. The result of adopting the proposed change would be to substitute two or three bad schools instead of one good one, and to give an impulse to the mischievous action of proselytism. Mr. HENNBSSY observed that the National system was opposed not only by the Irish Roman Catholies, but by the great majority Protestant bishops of Ireland. Lord FB6IIIOY was glad that Mr. Cardwell and Mr. Deasy had spoken out, as it was important to the wellbeing of Ireland that there should be no mistake as to the views of the Government upon this subject. Although the Roman Catholic hierarehy of Ireltnad were opposed to the National system, it was, he said, deceiving the House and the country, to pretend that• a ma• jority of the Roman Catholic laity, of the middle and educated classes, were not in favour of the mixed system. If there were faults of detail in the system, the rational course was to correct them, not to subvert the principle. In the exceptional state in which Ireland was, a change of the mixed system would range the population in two hostile camps. Mr. MONSELL confessed that the National system was a great blessing to Ireland ; but unless the system was brought back to what it was originally intended to be, it could not, in his opinion, be maintained. The State, with reference to Catholics, had not been perfectly honest; principles had been sacrificed to conciliate the Protestants. Lord PALMEWITON considered that the speech of Mr. Deasy ought to be conclusive to Roman Catholic members. He agreed with Lord Fermoy that there ought to be DO mistake in this matter, and it would be well understood that the Government would not feel it their duty to7propose a vote upon any other principle than that of mixed education.  After some remarks by Colonel DICKSON, the vote was agreed to, and ordered to be reported. The remaining orders were then proceeded with, and the Rouse adjourned at 25 minutes to 4 o'clock. •