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      The Earl Of Lincoln^ Divorce W ;, ;;¦ . ...

      ., ^ . fcw weeks m apartments , and it n ^ nMsed by Ellen Jones ,, who had been wefr a V ^ e family for several years . ' " r ir Raphael - said , he is a sohVitor , but riot to \ l I ' tmcoln- He was ' applied to in September , o to by J ? - Parkinson , . the solicitor' : fo-lord ^ v ^ 2 a » to eo to Italy to make inquiries about KIJncoln . - This witness jcbnfirmed what / the w ^« Osmond had before said , sad further said , ^ V ffbe had searched for the register of baptisms in ^ 1 , but all the registers were dispersed or in WSSbl on account of the state . of the place at ftfftime He was introduced to a Roman Catholic Wf ^ ho stated that he baptised a child for a ? VnVn \ the hotel , being requested to do so by the itLT . farof the hotel ; and he gave witness a written trfr ^ ifieate of the baptism , which witness gave in ^ ^^ 7 ll rrin 1 dlrriTirr mirtmrntT iiidif

      iS ££ wr the suit for divorce m tne . Ecclesiastical S * rt The certificate being now produced from ? SScourt , was identified by witness ; and was fnsH ^ dated to the house by . an interpreter . The KS , was'dated on the 22 nd of September , trt ^ STa nd stated , that the undersigned ( tbe priest a a-sent for on the 25 th of August preceding , by 7 monaster of the hotel to christen a child of which is hdvinthe hotel was delivered , and which ' was jdiec ^ t 0 ^ *® son of Horatio "Walpole ? HYrd BBoraHAU then rose , and said , —My lords , I tti *« tfeno doubt as to this case , of the absence , and ^ fl-aecess ofLord Lincoln to conjugal rights , and rS ^ KKSh of a child .- The bill contained no basa < Srdisui » clause , for , however strong the moral ot tne tact u » y

      « re ffle ^ urimuon ue , jo » nave no ngm Hf wardisean infant withoat the most positive SiV-JiMmice The scene on the . sofa leaves no doubt FSSU i * ti !***» f ! £ . Walpole live together at Como , and travel m the same carnage JifiBome , but the moment they come toalarge town 3 L Xe eetsout . and they enter in separate conveyances , wltfi was done at Genoa , and then there is the Slrect evidence of Lord Walpoje's own servant of wi" what he saw on tbe sofa , and which renders it clear tfcthatadultery was cornmitted . I move , yourLordtf & ps , on these grounds , for the second reading , of & tiS tilL The absence of tbeverdwt of a jury is « IjSy accounted for , as Lord Walpole has not been iri ' in this country for the last two years , " and it was

      ia iapossible , therefore , to serve process upon him . « E ^ t was the evidence always given to supply the R-ffStnt of a verdict . . lord Redesdaie said , that it was with great un-¦ $ w 31 in tmess he addressed their Lordships , but on tl that bill , more than any other , they ought to be c ^^ d not te esfablisbacaseas toone partyrelated t to mauy noble lords , members of that house , which i would not be applicable to others . __ He pointed out t that the husband was not the petitioner here * but 1 Us solicitor ; that ' the noble lord was not present , < orat least in attendance ,-in case their Lordships - ^ " wished to examine him ; last of all , that no verdict ' badbeen obtained ina court of law . Unquestion

      : abh * on the evidence , though Lady Lincoln left her ] " iuib . 'ind without his consent , it does not appear to ] have been accompanied Jiyany open rupture with ; lord Kncoln , but on the contrary , for . the only j fcr terilieir Lordships bad heard read fronrher after ; ier departure was a friendly one » announcing her ; arrival at Baden .- There was ho other evidence to explain what subsequently took place when a few ^ sys afterwards she joined Lord Walpole . There ¦ vas no one point on which their Lordship ' s house < saa more careful than to avoid the possibility of crflnsioa . It was most necessary that they should require evidence on that point , even where they all knew , as in the present case , that no collusion existed . Xow , in the evidence had before their Lord

      flaps , it was not satisfactorily shown that there was to collusion between the parties . He expressed iia as bis opinion , and from the- strong feeling be etertained that nothing should take place i n their lordships * house which was not according to legal evidence , be had considered-it as-his duty to call fceir Lordships' attention to these points before the bill was read a second time . It was , however , in tie bands of noble lords more competent to prolotmce on these matters than himself , and if no objection was taken on the part of other noble lords ts would not press his opposition . ' ' lord Bsocghui said , that in tbe absence of Lord Tfilpoleit was impossible to obtain a verdict from a jnrv . As to collusion , he agreed with his noble

      friend that a great reluctance was felt by their Lordships if collusion was suspected , but his noblefrierid appeared to have misapprehended the strict meanis ofthe word collusion . If the . husband enabled the wife to commit adultery by gross neglect , that vas collusion ; or if he exposed her to the arts of a spacer and in consequence she did what entitled him to a decision ; that also was collusion ; but if , with oat collusion , the wife did that which gave the husband aright to proceed for a divorce , there , was a collusion that both parties might become free , but not sneh a collusion as their Lordships would parish .- He thought it " only fair to lady Lincoln siid her family ( with whom he , Lord Brougham , had held a friendly incercburse of half a century ' s

      durataa ) to state that , since they had heard of her misconduct , ending in the birth of a child ; they felt it -their bounden duty to do what they could torepair i & grievous injury , whioh-her imprudence had inflated on the yeweasttejahiily , ' and they at- once Slid let there be : no opposition raised to this divorcement He ( Lord Brougham ) thoughfc-their i / jrdships could give the Hamilton family credit for delicacy in this matter . They might have carped at and thrown obstacles in the way of the proceeds' , but they had not done so ' . These being the considerations that pressed on bis mind , he had thongnt it his duty to the unfortunate parties to move that the bill be read a second time . He bad observed a most furious article ori himself with

      re-JHence to this subject , giving tbe grossest falsehoods it was possible to give , and among other things saying that be had resolved and given notice flat he would obstruct the bill by browbeating Lord Lincoln's witnesses . * The onhappy libeller , for he called a man " unhappy libeller" who had TOtien such gross falsehoods , was not aware that & ( Lord Brougham ) was . the person who bad clarge of the bill , and was doing all he could do to forward it " through the house . He might say more en this subject , which was a clear breach of privilege , but he would be only wasting their Lordstips' time in doing so . He , however , would feel it his duty to take proceedings in the common law courts in order to discover the author of this libel . " ... .

      Lard Laxgdiie , . who occupied the woolsack flaring the sitting , supported the second reading of tie bill . Sot only had the birth of a child been . caved , but another fact also wbicbit was not neces-2 JTy to describe . Two or three points had been ad-TOted to injhe nature of formal objections . With reference to the petition not being signed by Lord Lincoln himself , but by bis solicitor , be ( LordLang dsle ) did not consider their Lordships now in a sanation in which they could look back . He did isctknow whether it was satisfactory to everybody at the time , but it was done , and was no reason

      why they should not now proceed to the second leading ofthe bill . It was also objected that no verdict of a common law court had been obtained . llaay other cases had occurred in which this had happened . Besides , it was as easy to obtain a verdict by collusion as anything else . Then , as to Lord lack ' s not being present for examination if re-OEired , how often did it happen that on such occasions the husbands "did attend or were examined ? Be felt obliged to the noble lord ( Redesdale ) for stating these objections , but he did not think that they constituted a sufficient reason for throwing fintthe bill .

      . -After a few observations from Lord REDEsniiE ni further explanation of the objections stated by lain , - . • The motion for the second : reading was agreed to Without opposition . . ..

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      Court Op Common Pleas. Gorhak V. Bishop ...

      COURT OP COMMON PLEAS . GORHAK V . BISHOP OF EXETER . The Lord Chief Justice , on Monday , delivered ae Jud gment ofthe Court , that there be no rale in iais case .

      LATCOCK V . ITXZAY . In this case , which was aa action for breach of Promise of marriage , tried at the last York assizes , « fbre Mr . Baron Alderson , when a verdict was reaimed for tbe plaintiff , dariiages £ 400 , a rule nth wranewirial , on the ground of misdirection , bav" S been obtained in the former term , Mr . Sergeant "utinsandMr . Farrar showed cause Against the *&; and Mr . Martin , Q . C ., Mr . Aspland , and Mr . * -3 ones appeared in support of it . The question "ttiiedon the legal effect of two letters—one from % defendant offering to break off all connexion ]^ fte plaintiff ; : and one from the : plaintiff , in fens of great feeling , expressing since it was tbe ytfendant ' s wish she broke off the connexion , which Jt ^ aa contended by the learned counsel for the defe i < Iaut amounted to a release in law . The court ffre separate judgments and discharged the role , " to Lord Chief Justice dissenting . Rule discharged .

      -. Fiesksaiios Of The Lobd Chajfcolor.—T...

      -. fiESKSAIIOS OF THE LOBD CHAJfCOlOR . —TVebe-J | j * evre may announce as a fact , that- tbe Lord l ^ cellorhas at length actually resigned his high ^ His lordship has , we understand , been j ^ to this step both by the recommendation of r » Physicians and the entreaties of hhifamily , and t , ; j ^ gard for the public inconvenience occasioned ^ continued hbsence from the Court of Chan-^• •^ olnBuU . I ^ T ?» MOBDEUM CCBE 0 ? is TJUEUSED LbQ BT Hotj «« Oi . vrKEw tsa Pais . —Extract of aktter fromMr . k * £ ?* Z tf So . 4 , Harvell ^ freet , Hull , to JProfasor HoltitiiVT **"• " -For two years I was grievoudy afflicted ( tfcji | fd leg , which was fiul of ulcere . 1 applied to 1 ^ rec tors and took tbeir remedies , but without tbe 5 ( te . n ? T ; atIenStb . napniiv forme , I procared some of j * bJtfc ? ' ?? Jt * nd KUs ftom Mrs . Noble , of this town , ^* 0 s . » ^ the en «; t of curing my leg in a brief space of IhTj ^ Eratitade for wMeh I auketMscase knoi « , in gas ^ that « a « s » may derive Toenefit by auopuns a ^^• wtttse , ""

      .Loss Ofufe On . .L^Tebqi, ¦' ; "¦ .. ' ...

      . LOSS OFUFE ON . . L ^ Tebqi , ¦' ; "¦ .. ' . ' . ¦ ' ' at £ ^^/ r ^^^^^» Gazette , gives the following :-i ¦' - . ' n ;«?? , ?^ aestla t' fte . I st oi May , three compan ^ oftheresembat tahba 23 rd Fusiliers embarked at Mpnfreal . on board the Earl' Cathcart and Conimerce steamers for Port Stanley , en route to iandon ^ Canada West , iinder the command of Major Chester ; JTo . 7 , arid part of 2 fo . 12 , ' embarked on board the Cathcart , and reached their destination in safety . The Coinmerce , with M . 8 , and . remaining portion of Ho . 13 , proceeded through the canals arid Lake Ontario into Lake Erie , and on the ' nieht of the 6 th of May she came into collision with the ( American ) steamer Dispatch , bound for Buffalo , near the Port Maltland Or Canada shore . TA ^ ftF TiTFT YTTrFf m .

      The Commerce had but one light at the mast-head , and was mistaken for a schooner , arid persevered in crossing the course ofthe Dispatch , until collision was unavoidable . She was run into on . the starboard bow , and rapidly filled arid sunk in eight fathoms water . The officers ori board were Captain F . J . Phillott , Lieutenants Sir H . 0 . " R : Chamberlain and F . P . R . Delme" Radcliff , and Assistant-Surgeon Douglas Grantham ( who joined them at Prescott , where he had been employed for some fame past , ) and , we regret to say , lost his life on this occasion , in addition to three sergeants , two corporals , brie ' drummer , ' nineteen privates , eight women , and fotuvchildren ,. arid , " from the opinion given by some of tbe survivors , those were saved

      who clung-to tho . wreok , ' by direction-of the commanding officer ( Captain Phillott ) while those who jumped overboard lost their lives ; Tine survivors were carried into Port Maitland , having lest every- ? thing . Many of them were almost in a state of nudity . The officers ' plate and mess' utensils were Seaily all on board and lost .- The following are the names -of-the persons lost : —Assistant-Surgeon Douglas Grantham . No . 8 Conjpany . —Sergeant Alfred Moore and wife ; Sergeant-George Butler and wife and child ; Corporal James ' Evans "; Drummer Henry Griffin ; Privates "William Ward , John Griffin , Thomas Aldridge arid wife ; Arthur Bucktori , Isaac Jones , ' Edward Price , John Ryan , Michael Ryan . and wife , Thomas - Taylor , John Weaver ;

      James Flanigari , and -wife of Corporal T . Warner . No .. 9 Company . —Private Edward Williams ( mess waiter . ) " "No . " 12 Company . —Sergeant John Mobre ; Corporal Theodore' Haberfield . ; Privates' . Joseph Haberfield , John Beamer , * Nicholas Mewitt and wife , Thomas : Peake , . Robert Pritchard , Thomas Rees , Henry Sharpies ; wife and child of Private . ; James Maskey ; wife and child of Corporal Daniel Palhe ; child of Private Edward Shipley The survivors had not left Port Mhitlahd at the latest advices- No . 11 , Captain E . W . D . Bell ' s , and . part of No . 10-Company , embarked yesterday ( the 11 th inst . ) onboard the Free Trader , for Port Stanley ; No . 9 , part of No . lty and head quarters , will " embark on the 16 th , en route to London , Canada West

      The • Cfovebsmesx Isiebmests Bill.—On Tu...

      The CfovEBSMEsx Isiebmests Bill . —On Tuesday evening a public meeting of ratepayers of the parish of St . Saviour ' s Southwark , was held in the vestry-room , to takeJnto consideration the compensation clauses of the - Government Interments BilL Mr . - Bailey , ' was called to - the chair . He explained that the . parish of St . Saviour's was placed in a very peculiar position , and one likely , to be much interferedwith . by the . proposed measure . No rectorVfees'fqr interments paid :, in that parish were receivable by the chaplains , who were only entitled to the surplice fees . The rector's fees" were received by the wardens , and applied to the ordinary parochial purposes . " If the measure introduced by government were

      carried without some clause in reference to St . Saviour's , the clergy of . that parish would receive compensation for that which they had never lost , and be remunerated for work which they were not called uporito perform .- ' - ' Mr . Mansfield ' mbved , and Mr . Clark-seconded , the following resolution : — " . That a deputation . be appointed to wait upon the Right Honourable Sir G . Grey ,, her Majesty ' s Secretary of State , to represent to him that' the fees ' payable for interments "in ' the ¦ churchyard of tbis parish -are receivable--by the warden ofthe parish ; and to urge upon him the propriety Of securing to the parishioners adequate compensation in respect of the same . in the event of- the Intermerits Bill passing into' a law ; and that the

      wardens solicit the ' borough members to support them in their application . " This resolution was unanimously agreed , toj and after the transaction of some ordinary business , - the meeting thanked the chairrnan and separated . A . Mock Guthotixb . —Atthe end of the carnival two married women of Yidauban , Department of the Tar ( one of them wife ofthe president of the Montagnard Club ) , manufactured a lay figure entirely in white , and , after attaching a chain ' round its neck ; placed it in a' small cart . Ai number of the inhabitants then paraded it through thb village in solemn procession , accompanied by a number of men carrying axes , & e ., and bawling revolutionary songs . After a while they formed a sort of

      revolutionary tribunal , and the figure , which was -called " ¦ Blanc / -was gravely tried , and ; by the majority ofthe votes ofthe crowd , condemned to death , the principal judge , a man named' Arnand , saying , " Blanc ! you prevent ns from dancing farandoles , and therefore we condemn von to death 1 " Thereupouj : a man named Lucien seized the figure , placed it on a plank , and at one blow with his axe severed the head from the body . A bottle of wine had been placed in the neck of the figure , and , this having been broken by the blow , a resemblance of blood was produced . - The head was then cast into

      the crowd and torn to pieces by them . This scandalous scene created a most painful impression throughout the department . A few . days ago four men who'played a principal part in the affair , and the twO women who made the figure , were brought to trial ori the charge of-exciting citizens * to hatred of each other . The men pleaded drunkenness as an excuse—the women declared that they had only intended to' amuse their children . Four of the accusedwere acquitted . and the other two , Arnaud , who bad acted as judge , arid Lucien , the executioner , were condemned to four and three-months ' imprisonment . —Galignanfs Messenger .

      M . Scribe . — Eugene Scribe was born in Paris , on the 24 thof Deoeiriber , 1791 . His father was a silk mercer , near the Fillers desHalles , in the Rue St . Denis . His lively wit at an early age Was discerned by aU his friends , and he was , m consequence , sent to the Great College at-St ; Barbe . Wheri ' at eighteen years of age he left college ; he was an orphan , and without fortune .- Fortunately , he found a kind guardian in bis relation , M , Bonnet , a celebrated barrister of those day 8 ; who destined him for his own profession , and placed him under that celebrated jurist and . politician ; Dupin ; the elder , now the president of the French Legislative Chambe ^ to'study the Roman law . But , in his studies the legal fact that most deeply impressed itself on

      Eugene Scribe'smindwarthat , at twenty-one , a young man is master of his own actions , arid having reached that age , he determined to renounce the law , and betake himself to his pen for support . Shortly after reaching his . majority , he began his dramatic career by writing a vaudeville , tor the Gymnase . His success here led to an engagement to write for the Theatre Franca ' ts , and to the establishment ofhis reputation as a . dramatic author . He has composed ten comedies in five acts , and twenty in one ,-two , or three acts for the . Frangais . He . has written 150 vaudevilles for the Gymnase . As a lyrical poet he stands , unequalled for

      the number and purity of his libretti , having written the poetry of forty grand operas , and of 100 comic operas : to these must be added the libretto of the forthcoming Tempestd . His entire works are 340 i n number , . besioes his novels .: Throughout bis literary career he has preserved his independence , and never solicited patronage or place ; : ^ yet his merits have not passed , unrewarded . . He is a commander of the Legion of Honour , has received crosses from almost every sovereign in Europe , is a member of the QuaranteaerAcademie . and to these gratifying tokens of success he has added the . more substantial reward of a handsome independence , achieved by incessant industry .

      Meeting of Catfbb CnmFS . —The annual meeting for distribution of presents to tbe Caffre Chiefs , was held at King William ' s Town on the 11 th of March . There were about 4 , 000 Caffres presentincluding all the principal chiefs of tbe Slambie arid Gaika districts . Colonel Mackinnon addressed the chiefs , and gave them some wholesome advice .: He called npon tbe commissioners of tho Slambie and Gaika Caffres for their- reports , which they then made , and which were highly favourable . The chiefs were then called npon to make any

      statement they wished . They , all expressed themselves well satisfied ; Botmanand Sandilla , of the Gaika Caffres , however , stating , at the same time , that they wanted more' land , and that , as they were British subjects , they did not know why they should be confined within certain boundaries . The articles distributed were of a very superior character , consisting of thirty chiefs' dresses , fifty female dresses and shawls , 100 dresses for counsellors of chiefs and commissioners' messengers , 1 , 000 ^ blankets , 750 spades , 750 hoes ; 200 cooking-pots , 200 basting spoons , 100 sickles , and 200 axes . —Cope Town Mail

      Messrs . Peter Gavin aud "Son , rope and sail-cloth works , Bath-street , Leith , have just completed the largest rope ever made in Scotland . It is for the Mitsel Coal Company , Victoria pit , 175 fathoms deep , nearHorlett . The rope measures' 200 fathoins , or , 1200 feet ; it is seven inches broad , arid weighs upwards of three tons . . ' . "'' . Father Mathbw . —An American paper says : — " The friends of Father Mathew ^ in Mobile , have presented the rev . gentleman with a purse . containme 270 dollars . In his reply to then ? address he says that ' the gift was most traetaJiu pecuniary resources being exhausted , and the fear of . weaken ing his influence in the cause of temperance deterting him from . making an appeal ; to defray the expOTditoeof ^ ausiaon / ^ ¦¦ '

      • • . ., Foreign. Ktelligence. V- -:;¦ '...

      • • . ., FOREIGN . KTELLIGENCE . V- -: ;¦ ' ( G ^ dtdfrjmi ito second page . ) ' Incendiarism . —The portion of the forest , of Cbatelleranltbelpngiflg to the Duke des Cars was » et on fire by incendiaries on the 20 th' ult . 'The % , ? . ^^ extinguished before any considerable damage was effected . ' . This isthe third at tempt ' bf " a similar kmd made since the revolution of February . The ' Daily News ^ correBporident writing from ; Paris on Friday , Says- « , It wa » , observed : ' yesterday ' that the Legitimists , with the single ' exception of M .

      Favreau , voted against all'the ' amendments moved to the second article bf the Electoral" Law . ' It is reported that many sincere men of that party were not left to vote according to their consciences , but were influenced by a letter of the Duke of Bordeaux to M . Berryer , expressing the gratification it would afford him to find the supporters of his cause united on this question , and arrayed on the side of -the government . This is one of the first important symptoms which have appeared in the legislature of the coalition effected between the -two Bourbon branches . ' ' •'• - ¦¦ ¦• •• • .-. : ^

      The 'Evenement' states that M . Emile de GSardin bad beetf- chosen by a large majority bv ' the socialist conclave of Str ' asburg , as the democratic candidate for the Bas-Rbin . Several waggons of ammunition have setout from Paris for Lyons , Toulouse ^ Lille , arid Marseilles ; ' The directorof tbe « Republique du Peuple , ' who was prosecuted for an article attacking the rights of property and the Constitution , has been acquitted by a jury at Strasburg . ' The director of the * Voix du Peuple' was sentenced by the Court of Assize of Paris ; on Tuesday , ' to ten months'imprisonment and- a fine of 3 , 000 ffor an attack on the President ' of the Republic .

      The directors of the « National' arid the » Republic caine'de la Seirie et Marrie' were , sentenced by the Police Court in Paris to three ' months' imprison ^ ment md 200 f . fine , for publishing a subscription list to defray the expenses of a conviction . ; a A private soldier was sentenced to death by " courtmartial in Paris on Tuesday ; for reVolt' arid disobey dience " to his superiors in the fort of Char ' enton on tbe 17 th of April . . '' . : The signatures on the petitions against tbe Electoral Bill up to Thursday , May 23 rd , amounted to more than a million . '

      The amazing increase in the sale of "the' Evenement'forms the most . striking commentary on the reactionary proceedings of the . government . This journal , whose sale w . is Jately limited to 14 , 000 , now sells Upwards of 40 , 000 . The government has conceived much uneasiness at the great number bf general councils which have pronounced against the Electoral Bill . - A circular to prefects is said to be preparing at tbe Ministry of the Interior on this su b ject . .-The responsible editbriof the * . Voix du Peuple ,-M . LaUgrand , was yesterday condemned by default by the Court of Assize to a year ' s imprisonment , andS . OOOf . fine , for havirif on the 14 th of March published an article assertirig that a celebrated Jew banker , of great influence in the councils Of the government j and very intimate with the Presiderit of the Republic , ' had'lost three or four millions by speculations ' ori the Bourse in connexion with the

      election of the 10 th of March , and . that the ' Presii dent had shared in such losses . This article : was held . by the Court : to ' coritain the offences descriped in the law as eiciting to hatred and contempt of tbe government of the Republic ,. arid insulting the President . The / Democratie Pacifique' copied the article on the 15 th of jifarch , arid for so doing its respprisible editor , M . Guillon , was' condemned to six months' 'imprisonment and l , 500 f . fine , as already stated . , .- •• . ' . ,-r ' ' i The committee of the Assembly to ' which ' was referred the two propositions , ' having , for their object to authorise the CbnseUs Gerieraux to meet and take measures for carrying on the government in case of an . insurrection ; or coup de etai , has coneluded its labours . ' After a long discussion it was" resolved to report to the Assembly , that the committee saw rib reason whatever to recommend the measure .

      Two cbfnpa ' nies of the National Guard of Bordeauxwere disbanded and disarmed on the 21 st ult . The operation was effected amidst the most perfect order arid tranquility ; '" ¦ " * " '" - A letter from Marseilles of the 22 nd ult . states that precautions continue to be adopted- by' the authorities in that city in case of disturbances by the secret societies . Tbe posts were doubled on tbe previous day , and the streets were patrolled by strong bodies of infantry arid cavalry . Letters from Marseilles bf the 22 nd ult . state that

      the utmost precautions were taken there on the night previoos" to protect the shipping , which , it had been discovered , bad been menaced with conflagration by the conspirators . .-. ' . ' -.. Letters from Lyons of the 24 th ult . mention that , amongst other precautions for ' the tranquility ofthe city , General Castellarie had . prohibited the sale of firearms to any one not furnished with a certificate of good conduct , signed- by the mayor and sousf prefet . The armourers were also , ordered to remove the locks from the guns in their establish-¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦•¦ ¦

      ments . " - : - '' . '" •¦"'' - * / ' . ' . Commenting-on Tbiers ' s speech , the National says ;— " M . Benoist d'Azy said yesterday that it was Mi ' fdb Maubreuil who , in -1815 , had' affixed a rope to the statue of Napoleon to pull it down from the top ofthe column in the place VendOme . M . Benoist is but little acquainted with the deeds of his party . The honour of that action belongs to M . Sosthene ^ "de Larochefoucauld—the' same wbo paraded through the streets of Paris with a cross of honour tied to his horse ' s tail , and who was followed by a beautiful duchess seated behind a Cossack ; M . Thiers treated the history of that period as , his friend did he affirmed that it was themultitude : the people , who had outraged the 'Emperor ' s

      statue . It is afalse allegation . Enough of persons witnessed the factto give it an irrefutable denial . No , it was not the people wbo insulted the bronze of the column ; it left that sad honour to the emigrants , the Chbuans , ' -the' men" of the infernal machine , the accomplices of Cadoudal , the no | - bility of the Faubourg ! St . Gerinain and its lackeys . It was not the women of the people who danced those licentious dances ; banging on the arms of Blucher and Wellington ; under the windows of Louis XVIII ; They were weeping over Waterloo ; they were dressing our wounded soldiers , whilst the great ladies of the aristocracy we ' re feting the soldiers of the invasion . ' M . Thiers knows that

      as well as any one ; but lies as to the truth ; hoping in that manner to' cause his new friends to forget the purchase-of the Duchess of Berri and ' the scandal of Blaye . 'V The accounts received from the southern parts of France ' are not very satisfactory'for the government . Considerable agitation reigns at Marseilles , Montpeliier , Lyons / ' Beziers , and Perigeux ; and there is' considerable apprehension of an outbreak . At Lyons the troops nave beeri called but , arid strong patrols ' parade the streets day and night . At Montpeliier the agitation is on the increase . Not only have tbe troops been kept on the alert , but artillery' has ' been placed , so as to command the town and the road to Nismes . Cannon have also been placed in all the barracks , arid the troops are kept ready for inarching at a inoirient ' s

      notice . " ¦;• . ' ' . "' .:. ' The editor bf the' Voix du Peuple' has issued a circular to his subscribers , ' to state that he has not yet been able to find a printer who . will venture to print his paper , in the face of the proceedings on ' the part of the government , which have closed the printing-house . of M . Boule , and ruined that gentler man . ; . / ' . ' "" , \ ¦ ' ' .. -.- ' -: '; ' Thirteen officers of the 4 th and 5 th legions of tbe National Guard of Paris have ^ been suspended for , two months by the Prefect of the Seirie , for having signed petitions against the-Electoral Reform Bill . * The ' Presse' publishes a letter from M .

      Jacouemart , professor of political economy , who states that he has been condemned by' the Tribunal of Correctional Police : at -Soissons to-a month ' s imprisonment , anda fine of 25 f ., for having , without submitting it previously to the prefect of the department ( Aisne ) , sent by post , from Paris , where it was printed , an essay written by himself , and addressed to the agricultural commission of' thb arrondissemerit - of Soissons ; the object of which , essay was to compete for a prize given by the coirimittee in question , on the causes of the sufferings of French agriculture , and tbe means of improving agricultural credit . . ... ;

      The Prefect of the C 6 te-d'Or has dismissed M , Locqnin uad M . Labille , the first and second adjuncts of the mayor of Semur , because the municipal council of Semur has passed a resolution disapproving of the government Electoral Bill . The provinces , especially in : the south , are ina great excitement , which breaks out continually in partial disturbances . The' Times' correspondent says : — " It appears that the measure already spoken of for improving the whole leneth ofthe Boulevards , tbe quays , and

      the other arteries of Paris , is to be immediately carried into execution ; these immense thoroughfares will he macadamised . This change is , no doubt , for public utility , but the revolutionary press will lament that the last arms of the people are about to be taken from them ; Thb macadamisation will , no doubt , be ornamental and . useful ; it will- ! also enable the troops to manoeuvre more easily in ease of necessity 1 ; it will , in fact , be attended with , manifold and obvious advantages .. , ; .

      The director of the 'Reformateur * of Toulouse has been sentenced to imprisonment for one year , and to pay a flue oC 2 , QQ 0 f ; , for having published ? seditions libel .

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      ..., ..-GERMANY ^^" -. ^ " ' i , ' fw 1 u ^ in oui , ; ^ wh ' editibh of : Saturday 25 tfM &— K'US ° f prussia : had beeri'slibtat , and EH 5 £ ^ " ,: 'The follovviiik ' additional P ^ -bfear , e frora the « Times : ' - ! ! , „ tfoS ? r ' J ' 22 .--At twelve o ' clock to-day an « S t'P ™** on thelife of theRingof Prussia , ' from whichhis'escape is little less than riiiraculbus : His Majesty arid the" Qiieeri werb about to leave Berlin , fpr . the . palace of San Souci . rbut were' detained a short time for the preparation of tho . train . a ' ^ Ma J % w ? s just leaving one ofthe , side rooms oi we station to enter the carriage , when a man in the uniform of a gunner of the Artillery of the Guard . approached , and when close to his Person '

      presented a pistol , and fired it at little more than arm s length from - his Majesty ' s breast . At-the moment the weapon' was raised the Kins turned swiftly on one 8 ide , and themotion saved his . life the ball only inflioted . a slight : flesh wound on the right arm , below the ; elbow , arid then grazed the ironvot his coat , but otherwise-passed by him harmless . The . bystanders , mostly officers and porters of the railway , , seized the man instantly , and as a crowd gathered the people , became so enr » Sc * a | aii > 8 t the perpetrator ; of . the dastardly act that before he could be convoyed toa place of safety he was severely beaten } and ; was , Jndeed , with difficulty saved from summary vengeance . The criminal was formerl y a sergeant' of artillerynamed

      , Sefeloge , but was some time ago \ discharged froni theserviceas ^ an invalid ;; he ; had > provided himself w . aliform , which he still wore . thoUgh notenf titled . to do . so ; it enabled him to : approach the personoftheKing without suspicion , as ; a detach ^ ment of the military is on duty all day . atthe station ; and it is . a . usual thing to meet them onthe platform . Uis Majesty was led . by bis- adjutant into the room hOhad just quitted , and medical aid was sent for ; a Dr . Bbhm , whowas driving ^ past the station ^ was stopped , and instantly examined the wound ; bound it ,-and did all that-iwas . immediately necessary . The surgeons of the household ; : Dr . Grimm and Dr . SchBnleiri , soon afterwards 'arrived , but happily .: very little was required of thom . - ¦ ' ;

      No political motive whatever , is assigned for , the attempt ; all the evidence at present gathered indicates that the man has brooded over his ; dismissal * and fancied it a personal : wrong / Some petitions ; which he bad forwarded to the King for reinstatement in the corps , were of course v not . attended to ' , as irregular ; . and this , it is : supposed , has excited him to an act of vengeance that wasso- nearly fatal in its consequences .: ¦ " . •>; ¦; . ¦¦ ' .-. ¦ ,. ! Mat 23 . —The wound in his Majesty ! s arm appears ^ by the bulletin to be more serious-than , at first supposed , though not dangerous .- The apartment where it was dressed showed on his Majesty ' s departure that he-must have lost a considerable quantity of blood . The criminal , . Sefeloge ,-was severely handled by the people on i theplatform : a

      constable cut him on the head with hisjsvrord , and ho was besides violently beaten . An investigation was commenced soon after the King left the Station but before any questions could be put to the prisoner he had to be bathed and washed ; and his wounds dressed ; when-he had recovered he appeared sufficiently > calm and calculated . ' The few effeets ' of the criminal have been taken possession of by thepolice , but no trace has been found that that he was in ' correspondence with any person . ¦ There is no doubt that the criminal is of . unsound mind ;! the fact is not deduced from . 'his having made the attempt on ihe- King ' s : life ,- it has been long known ; as the riiedical certificates on which ! he

      was discharged from the array are dated : in > September last ; and describe him as unfit to perform duty on account of a ' disordered mind , ' though- he appears to . have had intervals during which his acts were rational enough .: Itis now vascertained that he must have contemplated the act , and all his preparations for it were well calculated ';¦ nor had his outward "demeanour any ! of-that ;; wildness which mi g ht have attracted attention . He has been practising pistol , shooting , for sometime . ; For eight days past it is now recollected that he has been seen hanging about the railway station waiting for one of the King ' s many , journeys to Potsdam ! bis uniform enabled \ m to do this without exciting any special observation , it is so usual to meet the military every

      where . -, '' - ; The Berlin correspondent ofthe ' Times' supplies the : following significant paragraph : —' Many persons have been arrested in the streets for : speaking most disrespectfully ; of the . King in ; conversations or ; half harangues to bystanders on the late occurrence . Some individuals , it is said , vhave given utterance to a very i savage and unchristian wish with reference to the attempt . " , The assizes at Mayence were opened on the 22 nd inst . One of the cases to . be tried is that against the members of the republican free corps who were captured in the ^ Rbenish provinces , last year ; The accused areiorty iri number .. The accusations against them are high treason , attempts : to corrupt the fidelity . of the military , rupture-of the neutral lity treaties with Bavaria , and hostile excursion into Baden and Wirtemburgh . ¦¦ ' ¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦

      . ' . " " ITALY .- ' - - • - ' : ¦ : ! ROME . —A man named Innocenti hasrbeen ; liberated from the Castle of St . Angelo , w'here be had been confined for more than ten months upon a charge of forcible requisition ,. or robbery , during the republic , biit ho was found to be innocent in fact as well as by natrie . ' Another republican , accused of havibg ' robbed amazing suriis , 'is now " living in Africa upon very straightened means '; - ^! allude to the celebrated Garibaldi , whose friends in Genoa are now occupied in getting up a subscription wherer with to purchase a merchant'Vessel arid present to him , so that ho might return' to his - early mode of life , arid owe ' his safety to the grudging hospitality of no European power , preferring— '

      . ' . '' " To trust his fortune to ' the seas ' and . ' skies ; " : On the' 17 th of May the domicile of Slgnor Ei-cp le ^ secretary to the British borisulate ; was lrivaded-arid forcibly enterbdby the sJiimV'in ' spite ' of the . mo ' st energetic protestations arid retiibnstrances of liis wife and family . They ' . ransacked '' 'bookcases , desks , drawers , cupboards , and " every ' possible hiding-place in . search ' of prohibited books or pam ! - phlets , not aisguising that the fear of Protestantism , and thb desire of extirpating it iri the bud / had o ' rigiriated the whole affairl This circumstance has made a strong impression on thb English' residents in Home , whofeelthat there'is veiylittlechance ' of their . -living a quiet life , in 'spite' of their nation' ality , ' when such : arbitrary modes of treatment are

      us ' ed ' towards' a "semi-official employe" of th . eir government . "' , ' ' ' - ' - ' ' -. , ;' , Another gentleman , who was favoured with the presence of the ' same sUrri and five . ^ carbineers in his house-all-night , is Signer- Bbrifigli , ! ai very accomplished youngnian , who ^ spent sbriie time in England , and , on his return ' to Rome , was made urider-secrcta ' ry ' , iri : the Foreign-office , buti being dismissed froin bis employnient . on the restoration of the Papal governriierit ; has since occuriie'd himself in ,, giving Italian lessons to" the distinguished foreigners . ' who riiake Roriie their winter residence , arid by .. whoiri -he . is justly . esteemed , . ' His bookshelves arid ; dfavrers were alsb ' siibjebted to a : strict examiria'tibri , arid' English books seemed " . to excite

      especial . suspicion . , A , volume , of that audacious satirist ,, ' Purich , ' . was iristaritly declared to be a lawful prize by v th ' o sbirri & l the . instigatiori . bt the judge ,, arid - two : English , ^ lbums /' Macchiaveili ' s Florentine , History ; Niccolini ' s Philip Strozzi , the 'Revue des Deux Morides , '• arid some poetic effusions , bf . Camparia on the aricierit Italian ' natiohB , underwent the same fate . -Seven doctors' were captured . ' at one . fell . swoop , ' in ' ;' a ; , cheiriist's dispensary . ' on the Piazza idella , Maddaleria . ¦ . '; , These learned members of : the faculty were laying their heads together , over a letter . which brie , of them had received ,, arid , " their ' absorbed " attitude excited the suspiciqns ^ of a ; spy , whpiwas 1 watching therii ; thrpugh , the sbon . window : he . ran -for a ., nossc c . amitatns . anil

      had ! tfo whole party snugly ^ liripriBbiibbforeiaquar-: f er' of an , ' hbur . had elapsed . ; ' On tlie same day , ( the ¦ 17 th ) twenty" or tliirty , sbim passed along the ^ vhole length of that ' street , corifisoating all the Fez caps ' , arid red caps of every description , which they couid firid . jn the several hat arid capmakers' shops , and bearirig . them bff _ in triumph to thepolice office , determined that rib outward arid visible sign of republicanism should remain : in sight ofthe public . ; Lettersfrom Rome of the 21 st . ult ., state that the Pope delivered bis allocution . in the Consistory held the . previous day . ; Rome - was . perfectly tranquil , biit the people were much enraged brijlearningthat no . mention of administrative or monetary reforms had been

      made in the consistory . ; ,. ' . ;; 'NAPLES , : Mai &—The Neapolitan government is singularly happy ,, in its , imitation of everything tbat i ? dishonest , arbitrary , and oppressive ^ its Austrian ally ; ' The system of confiscation has commenced , here , as in Hungary ; and Lbmbardy , ' and under - more , aggravated oireumstauces / Without trial , - arid withoutthe usual illegal '' decree , ' somfe fif' ? en or sixteen Neapolitan families , the heads'bf which are now : political exiles , have ' received orders from the police authorities that thefarenb longer to exact rents from their-tenants , the latter being equally commanded to hand' over the money to the government . This is carrying out the patent policy of crushing and crippling' the constitutional party by every possible means—by threats , imprisbriirierit , and

      plunder , false accusations of the paid- gbvernmentspy : ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ! - ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦• m '' ¦ •¦ i , ;^ -: . - ..: ; " ¦ : ¦ •¦ :: . The trial of political- offenders in the proviribes , as belonging to the ' United Italians , ' has already commenced ; and the law courts , unable to ' prove the existence of this terrible sect , have been obliged to liberate many , concentrating the ' government vengeance ori the lekding'raeri ' mea ' cli district , by ordering a continued imprisonment for them , * until further proofs cab be produced . ' ' - - Such' was theresuit of the whole of the trials throughout trie terra dilavoro , '& very important distribt ' of the country , W tary' ruIe haS ' entipeI 5 i e ^ oed ^ unicipai TUSCANY . ' -The 'Times * s ' ays ^' We ^ ;' nave itecewed information from a- source 6 h- which we [ are inclined to rely , stating ' tint oii tuV 17 th ini ,

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      aconvention ^ aiiBi gnbd-atFibMn ' no iu Austrian and Tt ^ gf ^ £ SS ^ iSSi he military occupation . . : of . the Grand DScht bv t £ Imper al troops ., The , number oftrooSLiL ^ po ^ he tim ^ of ^ cupation ^ ot ^ e ^^ for any given period , but . left , altogether to ' thewill arid " convenience of the Cabinet of- -Vienna ' The ,, Emperor . reserves to , ; bimself ; the -right to occupy the Grand Duchy for , such ¦ time aa 'he may think proper ,. or to . withdraw , his army without , nny notice whatever . ! De also , provides that ,-in case the exigency , of : , the ; . case should require . it ,-, bis Commander-in-Chief shall be entitled to - declare any city , town , village , . or . district in a state -of

      siege , arid to place-the inhabitants thereof urider martial law . This , convention , which is considered at' Florence , as ' private , will , / when \ ifcis made kn ' own ^ rendeiv . the Grand , Duie very ; unpopular , and it is supposed , that his departure for ; Venice ; with all the ducal family , which " , is to take , place immediately , has been-hastened .-in order to avoid any popular , outcry . .. = } Ye- learn from thai same source from ' which the abovo information ; is obr tained , thaUhe . state of Piedmont occasions much an ?" , ty , : " 1 the Imperial Council , andi that 1 ; some--thing like a negotiation is on foot' for the occupation of Savoy by a ; Frenoh army , and of the rest of the kingdom , by Austrian troops . . ¦ ¦

      ' - -: , ; - - .=-... ...: POLAND . ;«• -. . ' ¦ . ¦' . Letters from the Polish frontier state that a largecamp'bas"beeri'formedat Lowicz , which is only a couple of hours' journey by " -rail'from Warsaw ; Thb Emperor . ' intends' to ariiuse" his guests with a grand military ''' sp ' ectable . Arrests on account of political offences continue in great numbers . -:- " ' : " ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' : l

      .. . AMERICAN AFFAIRS . , . r ; ' . ( From i ^ New Ydrk Tribune , " of . MayJith . ) ' ¦ The proceedings iri Congress are . becoming more important . ; On thefluestion-of , slavery a decisive istui has been presented , and is' how under discussion in . the Senate . Mr . ^ Iay ' s OmnibuSiComprbniiso bill ,. ; which disposes of all the voxedquestions , was laid , before-the : Senate on-Thursday -last , and was instantly and violently assailed by-the ! leaders of the . Slavery Propaganda ..: The bill provides for the admission , of California with : her present ; . Constitution arid . boundaries , under the usual conditions { . creates the . territories of New Mexico : arid Utah ; fixes a boundary between tlie former country and Texas ,, leaving blank the amount , bf indemnity to be paid Texas for the relinquishment of her claim to . the territory north of . El Paso ; enacts laws more effectually to secure the . recovery of fugitive , slaves , and prohibits , under heavy penalty , the slave trade in the district . of Columbia . ... '

      -After the furious attack . which followed -its presentation , the bill was finally made the -orderv ' for the day in the'Senate . There , are of course all sorts of conjectures . afloat . in ^ regard to it . It is rumourea that the explosion of the slavery party , has brought . out a- declaration . ,, from the moderate Southern ; senators , , that , incase . the opposition is continued ^ they will fall . back upon the President ' s plan . Whatever be the result ,, there will be stormy work before ' . the' subject is disposed of . , ; , ; . , Therehasbeen much ado about—next to . nothing —an alleged : intercepted letter from ; Sir ( Henry Bulwer to . Mr . Chatfield , British Charge to , ' Central America . It is written in . ! afreo-and ,-easy style ,

      touches up Mr . Squieiy the American Charge ; rather sharply , and pronounces the government at Washington , a . ¦ " weak" one . The letter is said : to have been noticed by the Cabinet , in regard to the offensive terms .. Its . 'genuinenessis denied . in . some . quarters , ^ bntthis is a matter of- little consequence , as the letter makes ' no " startling disclosures . " ., , ' The prospects ofi Land Reform are highly favour ; able in Congress .: General Shields , is preparing , a billon the question , which will . probably suggest measures that will command : the assent of all the friends of the principle . ¦ Mr . Webster has , devoted great attention to the subject , and will make an elaborate speech in jfavour . ' of offering every man a Free Home from the . Public Lands , whenever the

      question shall be presented to the Senate . . ) The-seasoh has been- ; unusu » Hy cool and backward . The leaves are } ust beginning to » nf old and the fruit trees . ' to- blossomr-rtwo weeks at least behind their usualtime .. . The . indications ofalarge jrrain and fruit crop are , however , very favourable ; We do not hear that the orchards have yet been injured by the late chilly weather ; ' c . ¦' - , ¦ '¦ : ¦ The Legislature of Pennsylvania have chartered a College for the Medical Education of Females ,- to be estabiishediin Philadelphia . The bill confers ori the institution all the privileges enjoyed by : any other medical school in the State .. It is stated that Miss Elizabeth Blackwell , who received the degree of Doctor of Medicine at . tbe Geneva College in this

      State ; and has since pursued her medical studies at Paris , will be a-candidate for the Chair of Surgery ^ This is the firstregularly organised' Female Medical College that has been established in any partof the world , ; and riiay beoonsidered as an interesting " sign ofthe times / '• : ¦ :- ¦ : :.. ' .:. ; - News from California to . Aprillst , was received hereon Wednesday , the . 8 th ult . Three : Steamers —tbeEmpire ! City ;"" Georgia' and Cherokee—which sailed from Chagres within two or three hours , of each other , arrivedlon the same day . The effect of the gold they brought more : than , counterbalanced the rumours of business stagnation in San Francisco ; and tho rush for the Pacific , side is still as great as ever . ' The friends of California feelnn increasing

      anxiety for her immediate admission into the , Conr federacy , in view ofthe growing perplexities of her present uncertain condition . . j -..- - J A meeting has been called in-Montreal consisting bf delegates from all the parishes in , the district ; to consider tbebest menus of abolishing the seignorial tenure . Two other subjects , connected with social reform , are agitated in every rural assembly * and will probably carry the day—the repeal of the law authorising the Catholic clergy , to demand-tithes of their flocks ,: and' the exemption of homesteads from attachment for debt . Business was very dull at Montreal , at the last dates . ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' -. ' , ;•' ¦ -The cholera is making great ravages in many of

      the Mexican States . . In the valley of Taluco , the crops had : suffered -froin violent frosts and hailstorms , which in . connexion with the : cholera had almost suspended agricultural-operations in that quarter . : " |! - ' • . ¦ .. ¦ ¦ - ¦ •<• : ' .- ' - ¦ . <• . f The cholera has been raging-for / three or , ; four weeks at' Havana- with great violence : also at Gunnary > San Aritonio and GuerrialS i among the troopsjandat'Matanzas , among the people . \ .-Our advices from Rio de Janeiro , to the 4 tb > ult . eonfirm the prevalence of the yellow-fever in that city , which was still raging , with little' abatement of its destructive ; violence . Among , the . victims , is the American : Secretary of Legation , ! Mr . , Thomas J , Morgan > whodiedaboutthelstof April . >;

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      • EXPEDITION AGAINST CUBA , v .. '; The ; American' correspondent of the Chronicle writes that an ' expedition against Cuba has sailed fromthe United States . Tlie- accounts thus far received are somewhat v . aryingi in : character ; and the entire force is differently estimated at from 4 , 000 to 13 , 000 men . . It is added that' several vessels ,: ostens'ibly sailing for Chagres , are * really destined for Cuba ; biit the- rendezvous , or place of debarkation , 'is at present a profound secret to all but the initiated . The men have able leaders ; arms and ammunition , and the leaders have plenty ofvmoney , with ' assurances of an almost general : rising . 'of the people when they land . This I doubt ; but one thing is'certam >— . namely ; that . they will "meet with a determined resistance from the Spanish forces ,-and

      that they must expect but little mercy if they fail ; for'what right have strangersto invade anyc country , under any circumstances , unless at war with that country ? A New Orleans writer ? says < : — " The cry is pati'iptismi ' but the objects of more than ; half the invaders ' are c ' orifiscation and s ' poilsi" . ' However , we know but little of the matter as yet in the north ; and the number of men and sailing of the ships might be exaggerated . A strong Spanishnaval force has recently arrived at the Havana . > : . The 'same writer iri a postscript to his letter , says : ' ¦ i-I have just received a letter from Washington , which fully confirms the sailing of the Cuba expedition . The writer says : — " The ¦ vessels have sailed

      at different times ; and for apparently ditterent destinations .: Several of the leading men of the Southern States favour the enterprise , and > 'have subscribed money .- There are about 4 , 000 or 5 , 000 men engaged . Geribral Quitman , formerly an ^ officer in the Mexican war , and Governor of Mississippi , -is the chief in command ; Senor Lopez , the Cuba insurrectionist , being second . The expedition is too small for success , but Lopez says that-two-thirds of the people and "four-fifths of the < army- in : Cuba' will join it , which folks in general do not believe . On St that some' of the Ultras of the-South require Cuba to be admitted as a state / by way of setoff to . California ; ' but this , perhaps , is mere political chit-chat . " ¦ : ' ¦ " '' : " '

      . Overseers Or The Poos. — From Returns ...

      . overseers or the Poos . — From returns just issued for , the years 1845 ; 1846 , 1847 , and : 1848 , of the expenses allowed by the revising barristers to theoyerseers . of thepoorfor thepubficatibn of the lists of persons . entitled to vote in thb ' : eleotibn of members of . Parliament for England and : Wales , > t appears that thecosts of jVoters , burgesses , and jury lists . were - for each : of these years ,, respectively , £ 20 , 153 , JE 21 . 556 , £ 25 , 041 ^ arid £ 24 , 32 » . ; , ! : ! ¦ ' Speeches and Deeds . — The Ayr Advertiser says i in irvme pamb

      ^ - " . The estate of Bartonbolm , , which belonged to tbe late Colonel : B ; M . Foliarton , was sold last week : by public roup at Iryme , and knocked down at £ 10 , 500 to . C ., D . ^ Gmrfner , Esq ; , as commissioner for the Eari ^ f ; Eghnton . [ The Earl of Eglinton , who has : paid ¦ a very handsome price forthis estate , was one of the oratorsi at the " great Protectionist meeting ^ mLondon . a few days ago , at which the burden of all the speeches andreloiutiona wasthatagnoultWfl M ivmland land wortbleBS' !] - / Swto » ff »« ' : ^ ' ¦ I

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      : *' .. ' ,: ' ; - THE TENflOURS MLL ; ' ^ y . : ' . Manchester . —A large and spirited meeting was held ori ' Monday evening ; at the Corn Exchange , to protest' against , the government proposition ... for compromising tlie factory question , by conceding to the masters two hours more per week , than : is provided-in the existing Ten Hours Act , and giving to the men as . ari equivalent a limitation- of hours between six : in the morning arid six in the evening , ( instead . , as now , between half-past five in the morning aivdhalf-past eight in tho evening , ) with tho abolition bf relays . Letters of apology were road froni Lord John Manners , M . P ., Mr . Munti , M . P Mr . G . Bankes , M . P ., and Mr . Ferrand . The

      leaamg gentlemen who had accepted invitations , and were present , were Mr . S . Fielden , Mr . R . Oastler , Mr J . R . Stephens , and Dr . Fletcher . Mr . Thomas Fielden fbrother to the lato member for Oldham , ) presided ; and among the gentlemen present was Dr . Bowers , Dean of Manchester . The Chairman said , that they were met to see if it was true , as had been represented iri the newspapers , that they were willing to give up two hours a-weekof the limitation which had boon , granted to them by Parliament by the act of 1847 , ( Loud cries of . " No ! not a minute . " ) That act had fixed the hours at fifty-eight hours per week , and it was now proposed to extend , them to sixty . Now he wanted to know if the factory people agreed to that . (" No , no ! Less than fifty-eight if anything . " ) the matter

      Wellj he wished to have no mistake on Ho did not believe that they had ever agreed to give up ' those two hours a-week , and they were met there then to say so if they thought so . Mr . P . Knight then moved : — " That . Parliament enacted the Ten Hours Act after cautiously feeling its way during mari ) years of factory inquiry and legislation ; and , having at length arrived at the conviction that : the limitation to ten hours work per day is indispensable to the morals , social relations , arid physical enjoyment of the working classes , this meeting considers that the honour of Parliament is pledged to maintain tho principle of , the limitation of ten hours per day untouched . " ,., ' . " Mr . R . KAv , a factory worker , iri seconding tho resolution , declared that the : working of the Ten Hours Act ; as far as it had been tried ; had been attended with the most beneficial results . ¦

      Dr . Flktchek said , by one of those technical errors which were but too common in legislation , the Ten Hours Bill of Mr . 'John Fielden had been ineffectual for the declared objects of its promoters , and the honour of parliament was pledged to amend the defect without impairing it in other respects . A compromise had been proposed , arid if ; the factory operatives had accepted it , well and good , bat , as they had not done so , he hoped government would keep with them . Time ' was when men were subject to prosecution for endeavouring to bring government into contempt ; and he hoped ministers themselves would riot take steps calculated to do that which they prosecuted others for attempting , fie hoped they would not be misled by tbe Times paper .

      which had now forsaken the ten hours cause , arid re-open this agitation ' . ; because he would caution them , if they did this , they would re-open the whole questibuof capital and labour . ( Great cheering . ) Mr ; W . Mathxim , of Rochdale , moved the next resolution , which was : —" That the ten hours' pr iriciple having been successfully , infringed , owing to ari . bmission of words in Sir James Graham ' s act of 1844 , that omission ougbt to have been supplied by ail amending act ; that this meeting sees with surprise and regret'that instead , of such an act her Majesty ' s Ministers : propose to repeal tho Ten Hours Act , aridio extend the labour of womeri arid young persons to ten hours and a half per day . " ' .. Mr . G . RnbuES , a working nian , seconded it . -

      Mr . S . Fiemen , in : supporting the resolution , contended , that the whole scheme was a fraud upon the factory workers . In the first place , they wanted to take two hours a week from them , which they openly asked for ; but the miserable attempt to defraud them of an hour on Saturday was really shatriefulj ' . fov it was quite clear that if they had no dinner hour during the mill hours they must have it when they had left the , mill , so that when they appeared to work only till two o'clock it was really equivalent to working till three . ( Cheers . ) He asked them if they would rather have the bill throwri but than . take the proposed sixty hours ? ( Cries of " Yes , ' yes ! . throw it out , and Bright with it !' ' ) The beneficial : working of the Ten Hours Act had been so clear and decided that even John Bright could not dbny it . Why , then , should , ' they give , up so good . a measure ? ( " Never ' . "' if any change , it must be to-eight hours . " ) '" . , '" . ' , The Rev . J . M . Polkxinqion also supported tho

      motion .. . - . Mr ; % Cabteb , of Burnley , moven : — " That this meeting , arid the factory workers generally , consider the limitation of the work of young persons andwbirieri to ten hours per day and fifty-eight hours per-week a great benefit to all persons'directly and indirectly affected by it ; but by no meana a greater boon than ought to have been promptly granted- by a parliament of men representing a Christian country . " ' ¦"";;"" . Mr . J . ScnouiFiELD , a factory worker , seconded the resolution .

      Mr . Oastler was received with immense cheering . He said , if there ever : was a time during tho whole agitation for . the Ten , Hours Bill , when the operatives were required to abandon every feeling of prejudice , and to call home their calm reasoning , that time was now . ' ( Cheers . ) He was not about to endeavour to raise their indignation , but it was his business , before he parted from therii , calmly and deliberately to lay before them the exact position in which the question now stood , and to entreat of them to decide upon tho resolution with all tho calmness and deliberation which convinced reason could give them . Since the question had bcencomirienced by himself , it had been held to be the most serious and . most sacred question which could

      possibly occupy the mind of any man . He saw hundreds of thousands of the most industrious people of the country subjected to a period of labour so excruciating that their minds were totally excluded froni consideration , while their bodies were bowed down under the ' physical pressure laid upon them . Every one of these individuals , he contended ,. had a soul as valuable , in the eye of the Being that made it as the soul of the ' prince that was born the other day to the Queen . ( Cheers . ) He contended also that every one of these souls and bodies cam © into ! the world witb as great a right to be able to know its duty , to God , its neighbour , and itself , aa that prince over whose . birth we had lately rejoiced . The result of the ' agitation" bad been ,

      through the blessing of God upon the exertions of those , engaged in it , crowned with complete success . Tne operatives knew with' what gratitude they , received the boon—how they asseriibfed together in Manchester to congratulate one another upon the success of the bill , and subscribed their pence to present , to her . Majesty a golden medal , commemorative , of the great event . ' He thought her Majesty was possessed of no token so valuable as that ' .. ( Cheers . ) And when it was presented to her with the assurance that the operatives were loyal arid devoted to her person ; sho exclaimed energetically , "I know it to be true . " ( Cheers . ) Since then the operatives had used that blessing , not abused it . The time gained had not been spent

      in vice and immorality , but from the testimony of tho clergy , the doctors , the millowners , and shopkeepers , and even factory inspectors , in every town affected by the measure , the gain entirely had been used for the best of purposesr-to the health of their bodies , ' the improvement of their minds ,, and the salvation of their souls . What , then , was the cause of their meeting thatnight ? ; Was there any blunder iri the act that gave them . that boon ? Not a word . John Fielden ' s act was perfectly valid arid substantial , —no lawyer , no judge , could find a flaw' in it ; but there was another act of parliament ; he begged them to mark this , for it was exceedingl y important , not only that they , but that the House of Commons and the House of Lords should understand

      their exact position ; there was another act of parliament , passed . three years before that of John Fielden ' s , in 1847 , which was avowedly passed , according to the acknowledgment of Sir James Graham himself , then the Home Secretary , for tho doing away with shifts and relays . ( Hear , hear . ) In that act there . did appear a flaw , butaflaw which honourable riien would never have taken advantago of . But because it happened'to be a penal act of parliament ;~ the judges were bound ,, by the rules which guided their conduct ,, to be very scrupulous and strict in : the technical wording of its clauses . Wheo the millowners determined to take advantage of thi ^ flaw in the ast of Sir James Graham , they descended from their nosition . as gentlemen and

      men of honour , and crept into the dock of the mluinah prayipg tbe judge to throw over them tho shelter which felons ,. transpovts , and murderers alono . wero favoared with . ( Cheers . ) He . Waa ^ iM * makingapictured relation , outspeaking the-bar © truth . They-went then to the House of CommoBe , and asked them not to interfere with John Fielden * Act of 184 T , but to mak * theu ? own act of 1844 what they meant it to be , —what they dec and they meaniit to be , —a » d what the judges deolaredi there was evidenced was meant to be . What waa tho case at present which brought tho operatives together ? They were . told that there were no woitfs that ebuld be put . together which could bind tha

      millowners not to , work shifts and relays . ( Laughter . ) Why > it was childish . There- was a clause- * he bad read-ik-r-drawn up by Isaac Butt , tie Queen ' s counsel ; * which had been laid before the lawyers , ' and was declared to be valid , against shifts and relays , and that no shifts and relays could he worked wider < it . Then the millowners said they could only correct their errors by . altering the factory day , , which would be the introduction of new matter ; and-unless the operatives would allow themselves . to be robbed of their : Ten Hours Biff , they ( the legislators ) would not consent to correct then * own errors ' .: The : operatives were called upon r iow ^ toweigh deliberatelywhether under such -oh > oumstances they would , allow-themselves , to * B ; defrauded , ( OrivS of " So .--. now" ) i' ^ wft . -HW » r -1

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 1, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01061850/page/7/