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      w « iinportan <; events , not precisely the puppression , but certainly great modifications of the constitution , " are said to be preparing . The objects of these modifications are it is stated , ' the repeal of several laws passed by the Liberal ministry , the increase of the royal power , and the admission of the catholic party to ofiiees of state , from virHch they are at present excluded . The wish is father to . the thought , but the realization , we b elieve , "very distant , . The Second Chamber of the Duchy of Hesso has re * ceiveda message frpm the * Government , relieving it from the duty of deliberating upon a bill for regulating the press , inasmuch as a press Jaw for all Germany will soon \\ p nroniulgated by the German Diet .

      Whenever Frederick William of Prussia rises to the surface of "PrussianIntelligence" we always seem to find j 1 im- :-drinking a toast . " To-day , " says a Breslau correspondence of a daily journal , dated the 12 th inst . — " To-day the King and Queen visited the Exhibition of Industry . After having inspected s it in detail , his Majesty retired to take some refreshment , when he took the opportunity of drinking * Success to the Silesian Industrial Exhibition . '" The young Emperor of Austria ' s progress in Hungary is like all royal arid imperial progresses , a succession of triumphs . "I forbear , " writes the correspondent of the Morning Chronicle , " loading your columns with the particulars of the grand doings in Pesth , as reported in the Government

      papers . Reviews , dinners , grand receptions , state visits to the national theatre of xEungary , and illuminations everywhere , seem to be the order of the day , as long as his Majesty chooses to accept this kind of homage . One reads of nothing but enthusiastic JEljens , popular fetes , national costumes , music , high prices , and revelling . According to the papers , the Emperor has met , and continues to meet , with a perfect ovation at every step he takes among his loyal Hungarians , who , "we are assured , have come to their senses , and resolved completely to forsake their evil ways . " The Danish Government disavows all loans and debts made by the Schleswig-Holstein ( revolutionary ) Government , and declares them as in no way binding on the State .

      The subjoined extract from the correspondence of the Daily News gives a fair notion of the manner in which justice is administered at If aples . The political trials for the affair of May 15 j 1848 , are stilldragging on : and the nature and method of the evidence for the accusation is thus described :- — "Ors of the most glaring instances of the means used to inciiminate the accused came out from a soldier , a certain Carpentieri , brother of the celebrated paid denouncer of that name . He stated that on the 14 th and 15 th of Mav he had seen all the prisoners forming and fighting at

      the barricades ( one of the accused , M . Leopardi , was at Turin at that time ) . After this assertion , a prisoner , M . Viscusi , rose and presented the court with " a certificate of service , " sighed by the colonel of this witness ' s regiment , and General Saluzzi , whioh proved that the soldier Garpontierij on the 14 th and 16 th of May , was on duty in the barracks ! The court was obliged to accept this document , because it was a military declaration , " Another witness declared he had seen one of the prisoners kill 60 Swiss soldiers on the 15 th of May , whereupon the accused reminded the court that the official report st ated that only 46 Swiss had fallen on that day .

      "Such is the character of most of tho evidence brought forward by the crown . Whether any or all of tho accused under trial did or did not take part in tho events of May 15 is a question ; one thing , however , is quite certain , that tho means employed to provo their guilt is the moat degrading and illegal that could bo employed in a court of justice . " Moro than ono prisoner has declared to the court that they know their fate ; but that which has alarmed the accused most , is tho retirement of his Majesty to Gaota , whero ho refuses audiences . So , should the prisoners bo condemned to death , no one would bo permitted to approach tho throne on behalf of the unhappy victims of tho constitution of 1848 . "

      The Quoen of Portugal returned to Lisbon on tho 2 nd instant , and on the 4 th went in state to tho cathedral , to a ' Co Down in thanksgiving for her safe arrival . Her appearunco caused little enthusiasm on tho part of the people

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      ELECTION MATTERS . LONDON . PiNsnuBY . —There will bo a contest for this borough . aa Mr . Wakloy has definitively declined to como forward again . Mr . Alderman Challis continues to canviws , through his friends . His opinions are not very clearl y nc \ nho out in his communications with the electors . Soutiiwakk . —A meeting of tho electors was held , on Wednesday evening , in Now Nowton-streofc , Borniondsoy , Sjr William Molosworth addressed tho "looting , nnd , referring to tho objections made against him , ho said . that he could novor vote for tho disondowmont of Maynooth while tho Protestant church in Iro-IhikI cohtinned to bo endowed . Ho opposed tho Militia M'H , and was in favour of reduction in our navnl and military establishments . " Ho droadod and abhorred war , hut at tho samo thno ho wns not a Peace Society "" m , for ho would profor to fight than to Buffer an insult to bo given to our countx * y by tho mightiest foreign potentate " Weis | xmin 8 teb \ --Tho Carlton Club intend to start kord Maidstono ( tho Bon of tho Earl of Winchilsoa , and tho rqjeoted of Newark ) , for tho representation of West-Minster .

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      ENGLAND AND WALES . Bedfobp . —Mr . Chisholm Anstey has como forward ! Bodmin . —Captain Vivian , late " second" to Mr . Smythe in the Weybridge duel , hag addressed a letter to his constituents retiring from the representation . He quotes Dr * Johnson and Lord Kaimes , the Scotch jurist , as exteiiuators of affairs of honour , and enumerates a wholo list of eminent statesmen as participators in them , winding up by lamenting the sacrifice of the dearest ambition of his life , and by sorrowfully renouncing all prospect of political connexion with Bodmin . Chester . —The Honourable W . O . Stanley has taken the field as a candidate for this city . The ground will he contested with him by Mr . Samuel Holmes , of Liverpool . Mr . Holmes is a professed Derbyite , and one of the most active opponents of Mr . Cardwell ; yet he throws over Protection in his address to the electors of Chester . Devoneobt . —Sir George Berkeley has issued an address to this constituency , in which the following

      passage occurs : — - • " Having been brought up in , arid having become . from conviction firmly attached to , the Protestant reli g ion as established in this country , X rejoice to find that her Majesty ^ s ministers have felt it their duty to support an inquiry into the system of education at Maynooth , and you may rest assured that no efforts shall be wanting on my part to maintain and support the principles of our holy and

      revered Protestant faith m all then * mtegnty . " With a firm conviction that the repeal of the cornlaws has caused great distress among a large arid influential body of the community , I am one of those who consider the relief to be afforded to this body ought to result from a readjustment of the taxation of the country . lam riot , thereforei prepared to assist in any measure which would have for its object a reimposition of a duty on foreign corn . "

      A fourth candidate , Sir John Heron Maxwell , Bart ., Lieutenant R . N ., has made his appearance . " He announces himself a supporter of the Government , an opponent of Maynooth , and one who , while deeply regretting the sudden alteration of our commercial system in 1846 , cannot on any pretence admit of a return to a duty on foreign corn . . ^ = . , Gloxtcestebshire . —Mr . Robert B . Hale , in his address soliciting re-election , says : —

      " I shall oppose any aggressive attack upon tho established church , and am not prepared to sanction any additional grant of public money to the church of Rome ; and while I shall give my uncompromising opposition to any rash innovations upon our ancient constitution , I shall always cheerfully support any measures of useful improvement . I beg to state that on this occasion , as well as on the last , I stand in an entirely independent position in soliciting your support . "

      Haewioh ; . —Captain Warburton , R . A ., a liberal , has accepted an invitation to stand for the representation of this borough . Hebtfobd . —Mr . Charlos Dimsdale has been brought forward by the Marquis of Salisbury as a candidate for this county , the marquis having abandoned Lord Mahon . Mr . Dimsdale commenced his canvass as a Protectionist , but has now declared his intention of opposing " every attempt to impose a tax on tho bread of the people . " The Marquis of Salisbnry is a member of the Derby ministry . High Wycombj ) . — Sir G . H . Dashwood , and Mr .

      M . S . Smith will stand for this borough . At a meeting of doctors on Wednesday wook it was determined to support , as the colleague of Sir G . H . Dashwood , a candidate who would support Mr . Hume ' s motion for iin amondmenfc of the national representation , vote by ballot , triennial Parliaments , and a more equitabld arrangemont of electoral districts . King ' s Lynn . —Mr . Robert Pnshley , Q . C ., who is in favour of Parliamentary reform , extension of tho suffrage , and vote by ; ballot , will contest thiB borough ngainst Lord Stanley and Lord Jocelyn . Mr . Pashley was ono of tho candidates for York .

      LanoasJOBE ( SoUTn ) . —It appears that tho Derbyitos will dispute this constituency , although tho attempt was abandoned some months ago . Tho Dorbyites seem to have oponcd up an unoxpectod voin of gold . In reply to tho question , " Have you tho candidates ?" it wns ropliod a fow days sinco , " No , but wo havo tho monoy . " Howovor , tho candidates havo now apponred in tho persons of Sir Thomas Hcskoth , and Captain Egorton , a son of Lord Bllosmoro . this

      LxVEBi'OOii . —At a mooting of tho Dissontors of city , hold on Friday wook , it was unanimously roHolvod to support Mr . Cardwbll and Mr . Ewart . It is fiaid that this docides tho contest , as it wh « upon the support of this body that Mr , Muckonzio , aa a champion of Protestantism , chiefly relied . Tho chairman of tho mooting above mentioned observed , amidst tho cheers of tho , audience , " Their ( tho Government ) main Btookin-trnde is the endowment of tho College of Maynootha subject on which Mr . Mackenzie mua , t bo very much at horao , and with whjob , lie cannot foil to b « thoroughly

      acquainted , having more than once changed his mind about iti and consequently taken a very comprehensive and commanding view of it in all its bearings . " Macciesfieio ) . — There are three candidates for this borough , Mr , Brocklehurst and Mr . John Williams , the present members , who are both Liberals , and Mr . C . E . Egerton ; a " Derbyite . " Mr . Brocklehurst is said to be sure of his return . Mr . Egerton contested Chester in 1850 as a Protectionist , but he is said to to have vast wealth , which he declares he will use in every "legitimate" manner towards obtaining his return .

      Mabxbokough . —Lord Ernest Bruce and Mr . Henry Baring have issued a joint address to their constituents . They stick to Free-trade . In general they say , " we desire to continue our support to the steady and progressive march of Conservative improvement ; opposed to all reaction and all retrogression , which sooner or later inevitably lead to revolution . " NoBFOiiK ( East ) . —Mr . Edmond Wodehousc and Mr . H . N . Burroughs have issued a joint address to

      their constituents , expressing a desire to give a general support to the present Government , believing " that the maintenance or abandonment of the principles upon which the real liberties of this great country depend are involved in the question of the support which may be given to those ministers . " They express their confidence in the sincerity of Lord Derby ' s professions to remedy or , at least , to alleviate the distress now affecting the agricultural classes .

      Ripon . —Mr . Augustus Newton , formerly an inhabitant of this pocket borough , has come forward , supported by the Anti-Corn Law League , to contest the seat . He declares in favour of Free-trade in its fullest extent , household suffrage , vote by ballot , triennial parliaments , and " thorough reform" in general , Windsor .- —In response to a requisition of the electors , Mr . Samson Ricardo , of Titness Park , Sunning Hill , a mild Radical , has consented to offer himself as a candidate . In bis address he states that he has no confidence in the present ministry .

      Yorkshire ( North Riding ) . —The Honourable Octavius Dunconibe and Mr . E . S . Cayley , the present members for this division of the county , have issued addresses offering themselves for re-eleetion . Mr . Dunconibe says , — - " Looking to the future , I cannot advise my brother agriculturists to expect the re-enactment of a corn law as existed previous to the year 1846 , but we have a right to demand that which I have every reason to believe the present Government are prepared to propose , namely , some

      well-matured and comprehensive measure or measures ( at the earliest period after the new Parliament has assembled ) by which the taxation of the country may be more fairly proportioned , agriculture relieved , and tho laborious and honest exertions of the farmer more amply remunerated . If aggressions are made on our holy religion , as a Protestant I am determined to resist them . I have no desire , however , to obstruct improvement or conceal defect ; and , I wish to afford to all who differ from mo tho fullest exercise of their opinions consistent with safety to our Constitution in Church and State . "

      Mr . Cayley has also issued an address , obscurely discoursing of prices , wages , and the increase of gold , suggesting a fair distribution of taxation .

      SCOTLAND . Edinbttecht . —A meeting of the " original" Liberal committee of the electors of Edinburgh , was held on Monday , for tho purpose of signifying their repentance Mr . A . Black , tho booksollci " , and ex-Lord Provost of tho city , proposed Mr . Macaulay as a candidate , and alluded to tho tendency of tho present state of constituencies , while increasing tho number of members of Parliament of good ordinary business habits ; to diminish tho number of statesmen who , by deep study and complete loisuro , by thorough knowledgo of tho governments and legislation of ancient and modern States , of tho causes of their rise and prosperity , and of their declhio and fall , are best qualified to act an legislators for a great empire , whoso acuteness and

      training enable thorn to solvo tho intricate problems of political science . Such a statesman tho committee woro desirous to havo it in their powor to recommend to tho electors . Frequent inquiries had been made of tho members of tho sub-committee , whether it was not possible to necuro tho services of Mr . Macaulay . From Ilia decided stntomont , when formerly rejected by Edinburgh , that ho would not again offer himself as a candidate for Parliament , it had boon thought hopeless to npply to him . But although he would not run tho rjsk of a hocomI rejection , yot , if tho constituency of Edinburgh elected him , Mr . Black could pledge his word , that Mr . Macauluy would rcpresoht thom in Parliament . It was accordingly resolved by tho committee ^ , to bring forward Mr . Macaulay , and to tako all necessary stops for securing his roturn .

      IKELAND . New Rosa . —Sir Thomas Rcdington , with a fow of his friends , arrived in this town on the 18 th of this month , to commence his canvass . Their entrance oven

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 19, 1852, page 581, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1940/page/9/