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      August 23. 1m8. The Northern Star. 7

      August 23 . 1 M 8 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 7

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      I SI ' . i : CF GAL-VAT . , ; , ( jcr fr- ^ a Gjlway ttales taat there is ' very /« hope of s » vin ? the con any more th , ' ' « ' a ^ d that ' si ~ e of the resident gentlemen ' ¦ 3 z * i tn se'd r in the b ? it manner they can , and ' ? r , * l . __ * ' > the country . *¦ „* O r . H KEP 3 F . TEB says— 'A . rmn named Cornefe ' ifo ^ ph O'A'eU who stated that he resided in l ^/ ws " ' ! arrested in Midleton , on Saturday evei-inp , - ' so ' spici 011 ° ' ^! 'n ? concerned in treasonable prac-£ jL : sail ! oked in priion . lie was , we brieve , an * i ~ Vr of a Confederate cluU in Give . ' f ^ MORE ARUESTS . I g : veral arrests of clubmen h ' . ve been made a * fijDn Tbr ' ! rk fair . They are parties whise names | . Te never been b fore the public Ii seems they Vdi n "t dtbar _ themselves of the un-nocr ? of this Jj tsnr-t of joLily , and , losing their dis ^ uis ? Kh f > : i ? discretion , fell intJ the hands of tiie

      f p . rid Coiighlan , cf D .-ow ^ an , Tipperr-rv , having ' viac ^ mn nf colonel in the rebel force on bim , ? , av-ea arr .= ft ? d . f ' The censtabe Ilardver , who had ths warrant for k , arres t of Mr S O'Brien at the Thurles station , ^ wao was on the platform when Ilalzne laid Wr ' son him , has been promoted to a first-class head r-5 ' . ahieship . I'U Clara _ sni Tipperary ths work of eviction L-s on r -p ' ii y . Not a local j ourm ! we open which | i . ; s lit ' l recird y oae such- A sure i ? dieat ' . on cf f \ it vs ^ ' - c " lT 0 t 0 expect in the coming Y & zT , whic a proai-es not to need lint aggrati ' - - r ' ' 4 dreadful fi-e occurred in Cork oa Monday y ; l-t , in the endeavour to extinguish wkich a mac , j ; 3 ^ Srs ^ rr , lost bis life . Three oiuers were serie > : ly bjured .

      i j ; sU 3 SRTrOFTnESUBJ-Cr . —ILLJGAL DRILLT . VG AND ; " TRAINING —A * STATE P . ' . 0 = ECUTI 0 X ! ' ; CiorsE Petit Sessions , Monday . —Mr Wallace , .-. ' . . citor . applied to sea a ospy of written inforra ^ - j-jri which ha 1 been sworu against t ' a-ee partie ? , one jrsed Lynch , 3 . 1 a th ? others named Twomey , ' taircin ? them wib illr-ea' driilinf aad training . lie j .. j he ; n c-mz-ic-yed for the prisoners , and be wished . joltok a ; tfce informations bsfore the beach proj ieJed further ir > the esse . : * 7 he informatioas were then hasded down , snd are

      [ js fallows : —After the u ; ua ! technical pre ^ able , the L wsffeari : 'g tbe informations , Jimei Cotter , ftri , ri , in the employment of Mr Giggin , of Balk j } lRa , dtposed ^ te thisiffect : 'On the evening of 5 ; i ; r diy . tiie 3 d in * t ., I was driving a jaunting car r ta Mr ? Ci ^ iii and Mrs Edwa-ds , from A ^ hada to jj ^ ij bawa , in ^ a d county , wiea I cime to nhere a rj sana-nedTwomey . a turner , lives , near Bilh' -asrli , in sa ; a county , I met a partv of fourteen or £ f ; eea men drawn up on the side of ths ron-i , who - ^ evidently being drilled . I ' o the bast of my % . - ; , ! a jus named Patrick L ynch was at the head iii the party . Amonj theta I also r ? c ^ gnis ; d tw ? 5 Dn = of iV ' . ^ y , the farmer , in the lina . I would irf - Uem if I saw them . They were drawn no in jjisbla bne . I id not observe any fi-e arms Bmongst

      ti-m . I nire no reajaa to doubt that the said Patrick Lynoh was ths ptrjon 13 iw . '—Tho msdstrates bcre coasaltc-d for a-me time , after which Mr Ilan-: ing said , that having no additional informations , tbey « a ' a proceed no further in this case . [ The prisoners h ~ d been kept in prison for upwards of a jjrttuit on this charge . ]—Mr Wallace : Da you D = arj to send ii to the sessions in this form ?—Mr 3 iTjTiin 2 : O '" no ; we consider we hive no evidence £ - . ill —M" ^ allare did not come there to take th a curse- B - 't there was a strong feeling amongst the t = op : e at ihe monstrous nature of the case , that thev « sbi to bring- a charge of perjury against the pt-rnn rt ' ae store thosa ictoraatione . Tiiey should show iat , tana , h the government did effdr large rewards u rine apprehension of parties charged with certain ¦ : f : r . c-: s . peace » ble men were not to " be Eubjected to

      dojsr . cc-i of this kind with impunity —Mr ilan-: icj : W jt , as fir 23 the maa wa-5 Jed—th it is , Jc ' i esm to siv led—but yoa s ^ e , the fact is , the zsa : eid his story wtea ba thought i : would i = e ~ Jz little of . Ili ? ma-ter hjarin ^ ths = ttrv ve ry r . v : e . l" br . iught it ; baforo tbe as- ^ istrates , iid ; : ? aTasa tai man w , 3 called on be swore those : tirn ; sti . n ? . As to wilful pe ; jsry , Icertiinly wis : ; : p-e ; area tohf ar such a charge hrosghr . before me . ^ 1 : ii , 'k on : Af . er what Mr Ilanning has siid , I : vik ae uili . r i « settled , and a < to tao peaceableaess :: ' ths ; - ( Oj e of this dis ' riet , it was n-ver calkd -: oqi ; -to 2—Mr Vv ' giiace : Well , if yoa cjpsider -:-a iava . iiapassd of is , I havs soihing ' taora to say - . rh . t p-. Iat . Bat now , tbat cs ; e being di ? pjsed : ' " . 1 isk of 50 a to rsk-i the iifcrmat-i-. ins ef iwilve

      zeX to waj = » goid character testimony can ta : ~ 3 by the rector of t ^ e p . ribh and the pari h ; : i ; -:. I ask yen to take their information ? , to io- that this pitty had sworn ulss ' y . If a mvn e-c 3 ^? : ha : he saw two men with others d . ii ir-g . tai I can prodnce you ten credible parties who :.-ct 5 that this is cot a fact , Itiiik I can 3 = istain j caiT of prrjyry asaiass faioi . —Mr Hannin ! :: in » iiJ rementer that we have already Stid we cc-id r . ' -i tas-j -wis not sufn-i-nt ir , f ,-iirrjatir .. ns to : id ¦ - ca e to the eession ? . —Mr TTa ' laee : The : a : u ? EiTa r .- > fan : ! , to fi . vi rrit ' a the bsr . th Bit ue pub . ; . ' h . re $ 0 co 3 cita : n : h' -.: w ^ en a rarfc ' weir- if ,-a * . is un ' rue—Mr Ilar-ning : Bu ; he mij ; i-t iivs aiie a raistal-ie- It was oaite possible ti

      loehu a mistake a ; that Loir , half-past eiaht i ' eo . s ; a theereniag . B ^ t I see m reason why ha jjjali be chir ^ ad with ps jury . —Mr Wallace : B-it :. ; a : vlu . ; sw . i .-a that ha saw the pirties actually cr .. iri;— * -Ir H inning : Tha : was to the b ; Sl of his -: 'i ; :. — " 'Ir Wallace : Yes . Now , supposing that I « ii rcaiii ^ a newspaper to a number of m ? n r . i 2-i '¦ ¦ . ? about m ? , and if a party saw m : so er . n : e :, a- . d sxara I waa driliine them wnuid uor . --1 : i » a 03 ^ 3 of wiifol perprj ?—Mr Harming : iJt this is est sctua'l ? the case . —Mr Waliacat Tsit will bj a mitter for a pst ^ y jury to dscice . I " - ~ ili be for us before a jury to show what were fe facts aid what were the motives of the partyi iaia is a most peaijful neighboirh oi . The ptr *

      5 ; i 3 chimed ii 3 re are qaiet respectabh men ; and ii ^ e njt t-jo peipla caa « a to fcei anxbm if , : 2 Ktraordinarv times like rhe present , dangert- " 5 cen v ? e ; -a guffered t-3 miie sach charges ? — Mr Uanaiog : But this was not a voluntary case The tsn icted sis be did at the request of bis m ^ ter . — Mr Waiiae ? : Bat that is no : ? sr me to know . —Mr liisninj :: Bu -, I know it . —Mr Wallace : And with vn : r-soear , neither is it a matter foi the bench to ' ¦ Oi .-Mr ll-inn-cg : Bat we do know it . you see . — ^' il ^ i- .-n : Well , yc-a want ts > swear inforisa'ionB : psriu-y . —Mr G . ; : gin ; I wi =. h to make one rery-ri : I ne . er commissioned the man to do ai be d ' .:. I did ^ ot tell bim to swear informations . —Mr Ik ' n : n < : Than win did ?—Mr Gastrin : It was Mr Edward * -, aod I resliv must sav that I think it a

      »^ rj ha'd thing to have kept tho ^ e poor peaple io P"la -n so : 0 P 5 —Mr Wallace ' : I think you may look ^• n ii now as voluntary evidence . 1 again a « k you to t / k-- iufjrrai' ior-s . —Mr H ^ nning : Wesee eo grounds : or ' -- —Mr Wallace : Then I shall apply at Cork for J ii . ' of indictment —> ir IL-. nnins : I dare say yen c do S 3 . —Mr Wallace : I am happy to know that f-qub ' . ichiveso onrh in their 'jower . —Mr Ilarj . - s » ( to the prisoctr .- ) : You are dischir ^ ei . and voa t- . my £ 00 'i ft-lLws . tbe mm who swore the iofor-CitioGs agaias you did no * , do s 1 voluutari ' y—he was bought to do it . lie coald not help saying what he ei-.-. T- d to be the truth . I merely mention this to - -l ~ z ta-it he had no vindictive feeliegs asainst you . ~ -Mr VTaliace : My clients ara we ! l-coadncted rc-ii P ' -usmen , who enter ' -ain no i ; ad feelin ? a £ a'n ? t any lI -r . Ail parties then left the court —Cork Reporter

      "Ffrats With Harvester?.—Oa Saturday Ni-...

      "FFrats with Harvester ? . —Oa Saturday ni- - ; ht ; , toe vi ' ] aie of Mesphara . n ^ ar Graveiesd , wa ? l-r-Jnn into- a state of confusion and alarm by the sid-iEn intrusion ot a party of Irish reapers , wlo proeieded ' to tfce house of Mr George Bliss , a farmer , ar applied far work . Oa his telling them he had Ks ernyiov for iheia , thev demanded Bom ) beer . 7 is hi refused to give them , and at the same time , i- c n = e ( jDf nc ? of 1 heir abusive lansusge , pushed one V f . rta . i 5 i . ia p-emises . A tenfSe ensued , in which : '' j'lis ; snecefd . d in ove ? poxerini » his ant & gosut , i 2 ila . ld . ris him dowa until some of his servant * "es to his asnstr . nce , Fhen the fellows called to k ^ ir c- ' itapanicns . a short distance off , who coming Ur to the * p-t . tc-ok tha hinders c-ff their

      reapingn ' r - - - - % aa'l asiumedsuch a determined and desperate f tuiade that Mr Bliss bscarae alarmed , and made a cajt y retreat across the fields , in doing which me of ^" . assailants aim ? d a blow with hia reaping-hook , K -ic-ii fortucateiy etruck against a wall , and tans tested" tbe deadiy weapsn : they also hurled a feric ' -t acd other triissiles at the farcer as be retreated , ^ tica ioriuratrjy missed him . Ths noise soon ^ 3 tht auvirabtroiE * ithb :, ur 6 to the spot , and at j ^ gth f .-cr of the r . a .-ty were captured and conveyed ;? ., tti 2 lock-uj house ; threa other inea ana iw . i Cjn * ' ^ sv ; n S in the mem time effected their escip ? . ' « & t £ / Jay tLe priseneri , who gave their naaes

      C ' \ Sannder- , Paultog , and Dorrett , were / "tvieiore the county magistrates at Rochester , Q * sre severally ordered to . be imprisosed in the * ; > ; > U , 1 for two calendar months , t ^ p '" ' ^ - ^ s « ck FBfir Bees . —S ome days sine-: in ,.. "' 21 C ~ ' * T ' - **' 'T Bonnifece ws £ backing a wasgoa E . J ! u - ud | e et ilone'nonden , when the boree by C . ; ^' -M ran u fcack into a quickset hed ^ e . and lT : ; tree tires of bee . 3 on the other tide . The n' . t f , : tEed , ! lte , y a ' - taeted the horse , which could tC ? '; ° lirEa be released ftom the shalts . and cVtaTf - , l ead 'Jsdreadfnllv' stung and swelled d-o ^ - - fnl " ^• ' the pair ; *« 3 ict-enso to n-. Z ' " n ro !! e-i about aft ^ r re ^ i ^ ed from the

      05 T u » fnt : i 3 Honv . Mr jSonsifece test « sa ' , : C ( : eaTer . the celebrated u . * *" " ?" /™ ' " ' * ' g ' eK "'? -: e ° . whose bob went over a id bled the scd br ^ l ' " - - ' ' ^^ the parts with ffksiey v ") - -fcd '" t"i , 2 - af ' e" & fe ^ days the «* el"ng ^'¦ v to £ n bfi 3 aD t 0 f £ ed a , it , ] e - atd U n ° b 'h'eMir , " - * L Tfce w » 3 Soner fortunately e * & P * PJE ' era a « rt k - v . head wita a ™* . bat Eome ** j t 0 r ; -D i nto 11 ! i , yfH at Work i U 5 t & y were ob ! i ' Cl th » n- ld an ! l b ? tDat mcaas tnev e v ra ! e ^ SiiJsafe ' Wmbat With the ! 9 8 ma 11 bat iaTete "

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      Tiie French Republic. Towards The E" O=E...

      TIIE FRENCH REPUBLIC . Towards the e " o = e of last w-: ek tho greattit anxiety was manfjsfed throughout t ! i ? capital from tho rumours ¦ 'arr-.-ct atout za in ? urr . c ion-il rnoTement hurried , li nit caused , by tbe threatened debate on tho rep-jrts iud docament ^ inoulpa ' -in ^ h dm Ridic , Oaussldisrc , an 1 Louis Blanc . It appeals ihit attroiijjements wert : ora ? d en Thursday ev-: n ' ng In the R 111 Moaff . tart , ' . n : b ¦ Fautourg St SI ? rc- ? ec , acd that the populace were i * p ; rs-d by charges of cavalry . A pisiol was fired , in ha Feuhourg S : An ' oine , upon tho Colonel of the 59 . h Regira-nt of the Hue . who was passing , having at his aide a soldier of the G ^ rde Mobile , who was wouuded iu the hand by the ball . TBE DICTATOB ? ALiKHED .

      At fire 0 clock on Sitnr ^ ay p . l ! the av nucs leading to the Kstion ° l Assembly wtro occupied with troepp , and fn icspoiin ? force of cavalry was drav . n up on the quay and on the Place do la Cor . c-or . te . I * was ropored that the tno' -here , eU ' crs , and wives of the ? neurgents ol Jane , whs had assembled ia considerable numbers on ths Piace du Pantheon and Place Maubsrt , wero ad . vancing towards the pilaeo to prersn : a pDtition in their favour to th ? Assembly . This report was unfounded . PiEH . Snndav , 11 s . m —There is but little to

      commnnic * te this morning . The troops which wero drawn up in order of battle , in the environs of the Assembly , whin I closed tr ; y despatches jesur ^ ay , continued in their pos ' . tionsusti : half-pas : six , at wtich hour they began to return * o thtir q-jartcrj . No popular dimonstratioa to-ik ph-ce nor was thtre any apparent causa for this - ¦ ilitary di « p ! ay . Tne principal tn « lnc = 3 in tbe Natirnal Assembly on S iturday , wa « the election of a President for the ensu . ng mouth , when M . M ^ rreet was elected , by 611 votes , out of a cbzoi bsr of 7 ' ; 3 .

      VSSGEiSCStf TU £ Vicr-EIOFS B 0 DBOEOI 5 IE . A fecund -iv ' Ei :-n of th ' .-insnrgecls doomed to trsns portaiinn was stnt off on Tn- sdaj night , by the railroad to Havr , , Str . rtio ^ from Ihe station at Asnijres . It compri-. ed 495 , taken from tao d fferent forts , cbitfly those nearest th-j a i \' . ion . Tbty were b undtvr . ; . and two , an i marched heivveen a doublo rank of infantry , followed by de ! ccbm ? nt « of cavalry ; and tro p ? wero stationed from distance to distance alo ? g t ^ a road . As this departure ha-i bten previous y anscunc-d , considerable c-i--wds of tie relations and frieids of the prisoatrs , and of otSer persons brought by mere curio-itv , assembled

      at the forts , and fjilo ^ ed tha coavoj 10 ' . hi station , but without the :-lightsst brescti of order . The prisoners « eemed to ba calm and resigned , an 1 each ol the three p-jrties into which thej- were separated arrived at the station without the least impediment . Tha first left Asnisres at na & pasi twelve , the seeoni at one , and tbe third in another half hour . They were guarded by tha armed force all tbe way to Havre , and uatil they were f *» t on b . vird the TJiloa . Amine it tbem , says ths J ra » AL dd UivaB , is a man n & med Dicheus , seventy . mx yeirs of egs , who has two crosses and four medals fjr different actiof patrioaasi and humanity .

      T .-iecoancils of war have cimmsneed the trials of the insurgents sent before th .. m . Several have bjen already gEnter-Ctd to the gaiters ior life . Y : er « r Tt-rinlat tried before a court-martial on S i * ur . day for having commanded a barrier in the late insurrection was sentenced ta herd labour for life . Information having beea obtained that H . Tiard of tbe Rie de la Foterie , a malser ef acciunt books , had taken part in the insurrection of Jane , not by fighting in ihe streets or app ? arirg at tho barricades , but by making cotton powder and suppljing the insurgents with it , his residence was searched o ^ tVi ^ neaday and in the girret cf the house was found a large quantity of fulminating cotton with all the ingredients and apparatus f-sr its manufacture , together with some arms , p '; : s of lead , an-i a great quantity of mn « kel bill ? . Tfu-ro were also a number of balls that had been flmeced and must have be n gathered uo after the fiirhting . M , T : ard was taken to the Prefecture of Bailee .

      Ths RiMESESTANT no Pscpie , says tbo Deoit , ' b * s been seized , on cctoant of aa ariicla published in its GumbfT of yesterday . ' We presume that the article which caused the ssizare la a le ttr , by an insurant prisoner , chargine the authorities with cruelties £ . nd injast ' ee towards the pirsong in custody . Mr 3 . B . Dillon , one of the chiefs of thi Irish insnr . rfctiO'i , is eaii to Save arrived ft Harre . Mosdat . —A ; an early hour to-day the troops were cilled out In considerable cumbers , and posted la large bodies in the neighbourhood of the National Assembly , aui oa tke Boulevards , at the entry of the Faubourg St Djnis snd Faubonrjr St il ^ rtin . The workmen formed af- ' rO ' -iriement * Toe 11 th regiment of the l ' ne and a bat . t ; ry or ar-. iiiery arrived in the course of tho day freui V n ; rnnes , end took up a poiition on the Place de la R « v . U ! e .

      Tse qrestion of isterventios in Italy came oa in the A 83 mb ! y to-day , when Gentral Cavatgnac delivered a gp ? ec ' a in favour cfpjacesble mediation iu cofjascticn with the English irovernment .

      BESEWAl OF THE WAS AGAINST THE PEES 3 . The R pab icaa government of France viea with thst of thj defunct monarchy in Its severity against the press . Trg P . epbesentant DC PEtTIX , M . Pi-oudhou ' c- paper , has bten se : z » d three snecrg-ir j dcya this week , on tbe h'ronnd thit it ha ^ b ; en escitln , ; one class of s-clely against another . Ths Pebe Do-jhene was seized yesterday . Bat ths most extraordinary p » rt ol this campaign is annonncsd in the Lampion . On Friday that j mrnal appeared with a colamn in

      blank , wbich It annou ^ csd was caused by the printer refasiag to accept the responsibility of publishing tbe srtic ' . " which had been prepared . Oa Satnrley afternoon fie Procsreurofthe R pub ! c made a descent into the oSce ? of the- paper , and seized tho manuscript of the unpuVihid article . Testerdoy this eovp wa » followed ap by lha arrest of M . Boyer , tha editor of the paper . Aiother editor , M . da TiilemeBsent , Wifl , fortnaately for himself , ahient whrn the police came to arrest him ; and the pabhsher , M . Magne , w is arrested , but set at liberty after his papers had been seized .

      Ascordiag to the correspondent of the Mobnisg Chboricls , the goverament has suppressed Le Repbesentaut do People , the journil of M . Pronation ; Le Tb » ie RtPDBLiQUE , tbe journal of M . Thoie ; Le Febe Dc cbese , and Le Lampion , Oj Sunday two hundred more insurgents were sent to Havra for trinsportatlon , The or-1 er for their departure was executed so rapidly that they had no time to make thtlv adAeux to their wive * anS ismiles . T : ssels in copp r whioh had been bsdly cleaneil , bavinj been employed in the prison of Clairvaux , symp . toms of poisoning displayed themselves a ^ ong the prison .

      era . This caused the prisoners to behero that it was intended to set rid of them by polsoo , aad according ? ; on Monday they attempted to revolt , but were put down . Oa Wednesday , however , they arose , made barricades with the tables and bids , and proceeded to break every . thing within their reach . In the fear that the garrison won d not be stroag ecingh to crush ths revolt , tha gen . ral rappel was beaten ia all tbo cosmanes near Cialrvaui , and Sn somv ^ osrs more than six hundred men were under arms ready to prevent any attempt at evasion . The insurrection was eventually suppressed , and the principal actors in it , sixty or eighty in cumber , were placed in the dungeon .

      roaEiG * beiatiops . Arc . 23 . —General Lifljt , Envay Extraordinary of the Preach R pnbhe to the Emp-ror of Russia , left Paris ( says the Mokitecb du Soir ) "B Sunday , for St Pett-rsbnrgh , accompanied bjM . de Ferric-re Yayer , as his First Secretary . M . de Brlgnole-Sale was yesterday presen t ed by thr , Minister of Foreign Affilrs to General Civaignac , and remitted bis l .-tters cf credence ts Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of Sirdinia to the French Republic . The editors of tbe snspendei journals bave published a protest against the suspension , in v . hich they declare that they ere innocent of the intention attributed to taem . A meeting of journalists has been convoked for Thursday . ITALY .

      A jvices from Rome state that tho populace were fn a most troltrti stite . An address to the French Repub . lie , demanding intervention , had been signed by the p = ople . Tha CUam ' oer approved of this addresi , ana sent it ts the French Ambassador , who replied that he would f jrwar J it fo his government . The Sardinian Ministry have unanimously protested against the armistics agreed to by King CaarJes Albert and Marshal Radelzki , as altogether illegal ; and tbey farther declare that it must not servo as the bssis of negotiations for p-ace . S = rioas disturbances had broken out ct Rivensa at the first intelligence of the entrance of the Aas . r . ' ans into the Legations . It is positivel y etated tbat daring the disorder the Neapolitan Consul acd another person , named Gjreldi had been killed .

      Bologna was defended b y 20 , 000 men . Fifty Austrian soldiers , s csptsin , a lieutenant , and two Butane , ha- ! been taken prisoners . The Aastrians had retired by the Ferrara road , much ahrmed ^ aa it seemed , by the toceln which tolled ia every steeple . Is la annoenced thst V ^ niea refuses to accept the armistice cf Cnar ' e ; Albert . The National says , that it is the duty cf the French government to s * nd a fleet to ths Adriatic , to d fend Venice , in litu oi the Sardinian fl- ^ t w hich has been r . called .

      The C-ktempokanco of Rome briogs ns a report of tbe sitting tf tr-e Ca ? . « btr of D . pu ies ofthatc ' . ty of the 11 : h , in which Hamunl proposed that in all the towns there should bo opened bu-eaur for enrolment of volunteers and the receipt of patriotic g'fts . on which should be inscribed 'The country in danger ; ' and that all the biebops and cures should be « ritttn to by the Pope to exhort their fl Jcks from the altars to rise enmasse The mitiister Giletti accepted this proposal , snd stated that arrangements were in progress to which the proposition then mado conld be adopted .

      The Piedmoktese Gazette of the 17 th states that General Garrlbaldl , having retired to Cassaletto , en the-Ticine with 1 300 men , suddenly left that place on tbe Hth , taking three hostages « ith him . He proceeded to Arona took up all the boats ( steamers Included ) , and Irspo'e ' d a co ntribution of 7 . 000 f . ; then leaving , with the ? intention of c-.-n-inning hostilities against the Ans trUnt I' is also iild that at Labia he ordered Mb bos . eees to be sbot , acd then b : et a body of 400 Austrlans . * It 's rumoured that Major ActU , of the artiUery , who

      Tiie French Republic. Towards The E" O=E...

      eommands atPesBhierp , BndG . n-ralPod .-riM . toTorEnr of th ? place , have rtfus-. d to give up tho fonress , decHnsg tbat they did not recognise in Salasco , or in the King , the nght of giving op part of tbe territory . Itial-o sus that Admiral Albiniand thePicdmontosetro .-p ? m \* uiee refuse aUoto ev . eaata tbe town , ualess autho-T \' , Z * » * \ n rrder of th 0 n , inislr y , supported by alawcfthe Caambers . Oo the 11 th there was an attack upon M-l ? hera , wb . cb lasted four hours . Tho Venetians defended them ! selves bravely , and after snppm . ng a hailstorm of balls and shells , forced the Austrlans to retire . On tho 13 . h inst . the Sardinian fqaadron . which hid arrived with the Venetian fl : 0 t , declared , that , having received no orders , it would remain in the service of Vtnice .

      The Coureier Fbakcais quotes a letter from Bergamo of the 14 th , stating that tha Auatrians had entered tho town tbe day before , and that G n . Dnrando a " , tho head of 5 . 500 Italians , and supp : rted by for ' y-eight pieces of cannon , obeyed the order of Catrles Albert evacuated the town without a blow , and retired into Sp : ; z : riand , P ^ cbiera and Piacenza hive been surrendered to tbe Austrisns fey the Piedmontcse troops .

      SPAIN . INSDKBECTION IN CATALONIA . Letters from tho north of Spain contain the important intelligence that an insurrection in the liberal sense has broken out In Catalonia . According to these advises , a corps of 400 in ? urg < = nts , coivmanded by a chief called Molins , appeared on the 7 th on the pbin of Bardo-a , with tho war cry of' Liberty for ever , aud doivn with tbe government . ' On the same day , Mo ! ins disarmed th ? carabineers of Menaon and B idalona . two considerable towns at three hours'distance from B ircelona . In the evening he went by Se-nboy to VilUnova The

      young men of Biroloua goont by pvrtfes of 100 to 150 to joia Molins . On the 9-h he had 7 ti 0 men . At tbe same t ' - me another movement took placj in the ' C-irapo de Tarragona . ' Col . Biidcvishas caused the who e of th i young men of Reus to rise , and must be at tb ' a moment sufficiently ctrong to demand relaforccments of tbo authorki-s of Tarragona . Oa tha 10 th tho two chiefs had received ia ' o tVeir ranks a great number of soldiers belonging to tV . o army . A great number of tho troops in the garrison hav-joined tho insurgents . Universal apprehenoion is fe '; t in Cutilonia . Even Figutlras bai demsndcd reinforcements .

      HUNGARY . The Hungarian troops have defeated tha Servian insurgents with great Joes , and driven thrm from the towns of Szlrsa and N ^ oz ' ni , which they had occu ;> ied . Pesth , August 13—The Hungarians have taken the strenglj fortified p . sition of the Sarvians , near Verlasz , by storm . According to Hungarian accounts , from 2000 to 3000 Servians , and about as many Hungarians , have baen killed . Po-en , August 17—Tho Cologne Gazette states that an insurrection broke out on the 13 th in Warsaw , in which some of the troops bave taken part , Afcar five hours' bombardment tbe city submitted . Details are wentlng , but it appears that this insurrection is connected with the conspiracy of Sranirzawski , recently discovered at S ; . Petersfaurgb , end which got wind in consequence of s betrayal . It was intended to strike tho fir « t blow at St . P .-tersburgh .

      According to intelligence , which , however , requires confirmation , a new Polish conspiracy has been discovered at Kalisch . which was to have been carried out on tho 15 ' . h at Kilisch . Posen , and Giilicla simultaneously . From 50 t > 60 persons in tbe Grand Duchy are said to be implicated . According to another report , a meeting of the Poles was surprised by Cossacks , and the individuals who competed it were arrested and trans , ported without trial . It is said that among tho persons tbns banished there are twelve be'onging to the Ducbj ofPown . —La . Prceurseur . August aa .

      UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . By tho arrival of the steam ship Europa , we learn Congress baa adjourned . The great question re ? peoting slavery ia the now territory ramains undecided , the ' Houbb of Representatives maintaining the princlp ' e of ! non- » xtenslen , and tho Senate adhering io the toleration ' . of the evil . i Tho Irish residents at New York continue to sg'tate ' the policy of sending men and money to Ireland . The i meetings held for the promotion of this mad project are j laige and enthusiastic , and the speeches v < . ry violent in their tono snd manner . On tbe evening of tbe 7 h , fi j * mass meeting' waa held at the Yauihall Gardens , New York , for tke purpose of ratifying tbe terms of union

      agreed upon by the various organisations , and of making aa united effort on behalf cf Ireland . The chair was taken by Robert Emmett , whose appsarance at the meetin ? waa hailed with the most unbounded applause . Mr Emmelt explained tho o '? jeets of tbe m .-etlag , and went into a brief history of tha manner in which the union was brjught about . He read the names of tho directory of tbe friends of Ireland , and said there was something ominous in the name of the director / , as it was the name given to tfeose was conducted the rebellion of '& 8 ( and he hoped no one would fee ! disgraced by such a cenneilon . An union of all was now necessary , for war must now como ; and there mast be the sinews of war . Yes , lie declared for war—war to the knife .

      Mr O'Flagherty , the attorney who conducted tbo dcfenco of Mr MitcheJ , nest addressed the meeting , Mr Michael O'Cotmer next eccupled the attention of the meeting by reading a long list of subscriptions whleh had been made . The amount Is stated to be very large . Mr O'C jnnor stated tbat every one who subscribed was prepared to shoulder his musket and fight for Irelan d . Mr K . tchel ' s brother has attended a meeting at Balti . more , and mass meetings were to be held last nigbt at Albany , Troj , and Syrscuso . Ex Governor Seward has consented to preside over a' moaster meeting' at Buffalo ; and meetings aro to ba held at Utica , Rachester , Spring , fie'd , Hartford , and Newhiven . The Mexican revolution had been completely put down . A decisive battle was foaght between the government forces , under General Buitamente , and the followers of Paredes . The former wero victorious .

      The battle was fought at Guanajuato . Padre Jarrats , the notorious guerilla , was at the engagement , taken by the Mexican troops , and Immediately shot .

      INDIA , THE EEVOLT IN HOULTAH . Sorm short time since was published an account of the success obtained by Lieutenant Ednardes over the forces of the rebel Molraj . The present accounts prove this success to have been a triumph . Lieut , Edwardes after crossiag tho Ind-n * and Caenab , iffect & d a junction with the forces of the Rsjaa ot Bhawulpoor . On June 18 the nailed forces came into collision with the army of tho Molraj . They awaited his attack , p . nd sustained a sanguioary conflict cf nine hours' duration . The re ' ael army were completely beaten , and lost nearly all their artillery , the British taking sin guns out of ten .

      No less than 600 followers of tha insurgent Gooroo , Maharaj Singh , who took arms in the Puojaub , had surrendered , and , by lateaecounts , wereprisonersatSbung , Ths property and arms of the fanatic Gjoroo had been secured , and he himself is reported to have been drowned .

      Dreadful Olliery Explosion.—Fourteen Liv...

      DREADFUL OLLIERY EXPLOSION . —FOURTEEN LIVES LOST . SeaHAH ( Ddbham ) , Thursday , August 17 . —Another of those fatal coal pit explosions , which unhappily are of frequsnt occurrence in this part of the country , took place on Tuesday morn n last , shortly after twelve o ' clock , at the Murton Njw Wainiag Colliery , near thin harbour , by wh ' cb fourteen lives have been sacrificed , nnd many others seriously hurt . The pit was tbe property of Messrs Braddlya and Co ., and was considered to be as well ventilated as any in tha district . At tbo time of the deplorable catastrophe there wero seventy-six men and boys at work in the back shaft , and the miners were working with c-indles . the Davy lamps being only used in the

      broken or old workings of the pit . It Is supposed to havo been caused by what is called a blow er jet of hjdrogcH gas issuing from a fissure in the coal and igniting at ono of the eaadlea where the unfortunate men were at work . The force of the concussion tore up the trans way , and knocked down several stoppings , doors , ka . Three of tbe . miners , who wero at work in another part ef the pit , felt the shock severely , and were nearly suffocated by the choke damp . They bad almost given themselves up for lost , when one of the poor fellows , who had a batter

      knowledge of the workings of the pit than tke rest , directed tbem to follow him by a circuitous route to the shaft . They at length obtained fresh air , and were thus prori dentiilly saved . As soon as practicable after the explosion , Mr Poster , tbe overman , with several colliers , descended the shaft and examined the workings . They there found ten men and four beys dead . Six of the bodies se emed to have died from suffocation . The others were completely scorched . By four o'clock the whole of the bodU were brought up , and the scene amongst tho am cted relatives as they recognised the remains was

      most harrowing . On Wednesday Mr T . C . Maynard . the co : oner , opened an Inquiry concerning tho melancholy fate of the deceased soffererp . The bodies were described as follows : —Edward Noble , overman left a widow and one child ; James Hall hewer , wife and seren children ; William Hall , jun .. ' lcftawldow : Thomas Stofebs , hewer , widow and two ' children ; Jnssph Jones , hewer , wife and six cfeildren ; R » lph Dawson , hewer , wife and one child ; Wm Rappel , miner , widow and four children ; Thomas Lawson mintr , widow and eight children ; Taemas Law ^ on ' jun ., son of the above , unmarried ; Richard Blomfieid , minor , unmarried ; E Iward Haddlck , boy ; Thomas Rumley . boy ; Matthew Beacon , boy ; John

      Dickenson , boy . . The jory having gone through the melancholy duty of viewin ? tbe bodies , and evidence being taken as to their identification , the investigation was adjourned till Monday , when a searching inquiry will be instituted into tho whole facts .

      A Bazaar To Assist In Discharging The Ex...

      A bazaar to assist in discharging the expenses incurred in freeing tbe Western Division of Gloucestershire frotn tbe thraldom of Berkeley Castle , at the Isst election , is advertised to beheld at Sunchcombehill en the 23 rd inst . Gkeat Pboducb -We have seen a head of oat ? , nulled from a field on the estate of James Hamilton , Esq Kames Cast ' e , Isle of Bute , wb . ch contains the great number of 152 pickles . There are thousandfl of stalks in the same field equally prolific .

      The New House? Op Parliament. (Fromje>/I...

      THE NEW HOUSE ? OP PARLIAMENT . ( FromJe >/ i » i ?« Z ! . ) R ; a ;" cr ! S « lnt Paul ' s cost the country £ 786 752 2 s 3 ' . Tha Houses of Parliament will cost nearly , i ( not quite , two millions . Look at tho two sums , look at tbe two struetur .-s , and than look at tha discuision on tha Misc ' il . ineom . Eamates which to .-k place In tho Housa of Commons on Tucsdey evening last . To hear Lord Morp jtl * . one would thiuk that England hardly knows what to do juat now with her money , nnd that poor working people nro actuilly suffering fnm a pUVoraof tho good things of life . No one , wepn-saiso , is iodiop" « ed to give boa . gentlemen all tho accommodation and comfort they can reasonably look for , or to provide the country with a bal ! d ! nif | sult ; . fcloto her tower aid gr .-attiess ; but there is a Unit to nil things . Cjmfort m ay e ' e ^ enera ' e into effVmhiate luxuriousnoss . A

      country n creiinoss need not bo exhibited at the coat of hT su b-taHCi . We are cer . 'alnly overdo i ng things' in West-niniti-r . If you n . td to be impressc-d wiih tho fret , call upon Lord Ashley , request Us lordship to accompany you to a few streets with which ho U tolereblj well acqaalntcd h y this time , and which are all within five minutes walk of tbo new palaces , and then Imrae . diate-ly nft ' -rwords p'unge into She gaudy chamber of the Houseof Lirds . Ifyou do n-. t agree with m that i ; Is ax distressingly painful to see the unhappy creatures who li . fost tho sinks of Westminster , left to thtir unpit ' ed ignorance and vice , ai i : u paln ' u'ly ludicrous to behold Lords Brougham nnd Cimpbell ( runsacing iheir busi . ness In the m'dat of the gorgeous gmc-ackery by which they ara surrounded , we bave either mistaken tbo correctness of our own impressions , or sadly miscalcilft ' ed tVo c mmonatnie , thu humanity , and wisdom of thii country .

      ItistkQot . iputnn end to the extravagance of these new Paine s , co called , wo suppose to excuse the exu bsrancn of ornament with which tho buidlng Is encumbered , although St Jiireei ' sis no-mmon buUeUng enough ard unfortunate Buckingham Pa'ace is a more group ofusly London houses . Mr Barry ' s first design was originally estimated to cost £ 500 , 000 ; but as this included only three-fifths ef tho room required , another design was prepared sufficiently large to couta ' n the req ilaitw nccommo 'ntiori . The new plna whs submitted to the OiHco of Works ; proper persons wero employed under the control and direction of the architect , to estl . mate the cost ; and the office of Works pledged themselves to parliament tbat £ 720 . 000 should cover tbe wbo ' o expense of the construction . Upon this pledge , Parliament acc-pttd tbe plan and voted ito money , and

      now , after some years , it suddenly turns out that , with , out any accessions to the bui : dlng whatever , but In consequence of alterations in tbo arrangement , and of ad ditions in tha way of ornament , a sum nf certainly not less tban £ 1 . 300 , 0 d 0 m « re will be necessary to complete the undertaking . It is to bad , Ge'stle-men who have a large balance at their banker's , or who b & ing bankers , havo a balance of o-ber peoples at their c > mmand , treat the whole mattir with a very natural contempt of tbe vu l gar item of espouse . Mr Drummond , for instance , is quits sboekeJ to think that Mr Barry will receive only £ 25 , 000 for his commissiona sum which the hon . gentlemen informs us will not pay for the architect ' s psneila , and insists tbat five per cent , at least upon the whole cost bo voted as tbat gentleman's remuneration . On behalf ef the working people of

      England , whether labourers In the field < y at tbe loom , whether clerks at the desk , or literary men at their tables , we protest against the payment of £ 100 , 000 to Mr Barry for hit superintendence of these works . If by any possible means government can reduce the sum already named as the certain cost of tbo paUces , tt Is bound to exercise economy as tha steward of tbe people . It le madne-s to persist in a lavish expenditure of money in the face of the country ' s difficulties , with our revenues diminishing , our expenses increasing , and distress preva-1 nt throughout the land . By all manna do what is necessary . The cheap and nasty system is as discreditable to a government as it is to an individual , but wilful

      extmngiince ia times of difficulty is wholl y Inexcusable . There is a growing ssnse on all sides of tho netteseiiy of economy in all our public dealings . We aro not sure If a thoroi ghlv good Chancellor of the Exchequer wore to mako his npp-arance , a man equal , to the hour , able to equalise incoms and expenditure , and to maintain tho uignity of the country at something liko a reasonable figure , thst the whole government of tho kingdom would not by universal acclamation bo deposited in his hands . Without seeking to p ' . y an undue compliment to Mr Joseph Hume , we asaert tbat the day of mere eloquent men has passed . The hour for men of business is already here .

      We nave no wish in this place to criticise minutely the expensive structure itself . We believe it to ha an acknowledged principle in architecture , confirmed by the practice of all the great masters of tho art , that a perfect building should have—1 . Pitness ; 2 . Proportion ; 3 . Form and outline ; and lastly , decoration subordinate to , and conformable with , the m-tin design . It may bo doubted by sotao . whutherthenewpalacesat Westminster fulfil all theso conditions . We honestly tbink they do not . Th ; . re is no expression in the entire length of tha disagreeably extended building , to denote its use . Tha halls for de-bate , th- ; offices , t ^ o dwelling . tanuso , the SpeaUer ' o abode , are in no way distinguisbad from one another ; but look like rows of ordinary houses , with this simp' . e difference , that the walls of ordinary houses are not covered with a superabundance of minute and continuous ornament , which a fow years' exposure to a Lendon cli . mate must utterly obscure .

      So mush for fitness ! To the other three points similar objections might bo found by cavillers , time and place fitting . We are , however , not so much critlciscra of Mr Barrj ' j style , as humble remonstrants against the expsnso to which he is subjecting us . We are , not very ambitious in our tastes . We should havo been perfectl y contented bad Mr B . irry given us a building quite as humble as St Paul ' s , provided ho had kept the cost do * n to the low figure of tbat structure . Our opinion is , that magnitude without proportion Is vulgar , and that gaud ; and useless finery is vicious . That opinion may be wrong . There cannot bo two opinions , however , upon the quostion whether £ 736 752 2 s . 3 J . is a more convonlens sum for an all but insolvent nation to pay , than £ 2 , 000 , 009 for its House of Representatives .

      Public Flogging.—The Subhey Gazette Says...

      Public Flogging . —The Subhey Gazette says : — It ia now some yeara since the spectacle of a public flogging took placa in Guildford , which taay probab ' y account for the assemblage of nearly two hundred persona outside the IIoueo of Correo . ion gates on Sa « turday \ mt , to witness that degrading putiishineni . inflicted upon a youoa man , aged about nineta < in , named ilenry Joseph Killerby , who waa sentenced in August , 18 if , to twelve months' imprisonment and to be publicly whipped , for sending letters containing poiaon , ond threatening the life of a young woman at Southward . He had previously received twelve

      months' confinement , in February , 1845 , for the like offence , but thia net having deterred him from repeating his molesting propensity , the addition of corporal punishment was ordered . The prisoner on emerging from the gaol appeared to be in a weak state , and utterly ashamed of the castigation he had to undergo . Whilst the preparation of pinioning him to the hinder part of a prison van waa bsing made several of the spectators , whose feelings overcame their curiosity , left the scene , whilst the majority stopped to the completion of tho taree dozen , amidst the repeated appeals formeroy uttered by tho sufferer at eaoh stroke of the lash .

      Six Men Drowned . —Perth , August 19 . —A most melancholy occurrence took p ' aco this afternoon , near the bridge which is at present in course of erection across the river by the Dundee and Perth Railway Company , by which six human beings bave baen prematurely hurried into eternity . To those who are unacquainted with the locality , it may bu necessary to explain that , at the place where the bridge crosses the river , the stream is divided by a large island , upon which extcesive operations for sawing the Jigs and constructing the arches of the bridge are carried on . This afternoon , at the dinner hour , thirteen of the carpenters and joiners employed there left the island in a boat for the purpose of going to their dinneis , and when they were only about fifteen o ? twenty yards from the shore , the boat was carried violently against tbo piers of one of the wooden arches by tho force cf

      the current , which was much swollen by late heavy rains , and tbe consequence was that it was immediately upset , and the whole of the men were plunged into the water . Seven of them were able to gain the shore , but . owing to the rapidity of the ourrsnt at the flew , the other six were carried away and all drowned . The river is bo turbid and swollen at preseatthatit would ba vain to search for the bodies , and the probability is that they will not be recovered till they are got entangled in the nets at some ot tho salmon fishing stations down the river . All the particulars as to who the unfortunate men are have not transpired , but two of them are said to belong to Perth , and other two to Inverneus . This is the most destructive accident that has occurred since the railway operations commenced in thia quarter . —North British Mail .

      ExTFAOBOiroRr AccmENT On Friday week as two ladies were riding out in a retired Ian ? , at Mattieball Burgh , they observed a cow running towards them in a state of great excitement , and apparently mad . On its approach , they discovered a child attached to its tail by the hair , which was wound round hia body . They instantly gave the alarm at the nearest house , and assistance being rendered , tho cow was secured . The child was , however , found to be qcite dead . The body was much bruised , and the head cut and battered in a dreadful manner . Great excitement was caused in the neighbourhood by the occurrence , as it appeared a matter of great improbability tbat the child oould have attached itself to

      the cow . The county coroner , Mr Pilgrim waa sent far , and an inquest was hold on tbe body on Saturday , when it appeared , from the evidence of a child fire or six years old , who was near tho spot at the time of the occurrence , that the deceased ( whose name was Thomas Ircson , aged 10 years , son of a labourer residing in the parish ) had tied tho cow ' s tail , which had a great length of hair , round his body , saying that ho was going to have a swing , and the cow started off , dragging the deceased after it . The evidence of the surgeon went to show that the wound in the head had moat probably been caused during tbo progress of the animal , by its coming in contact with the ground ; and a verdict of Accidental Death was returned . —Norfolk Chronicle .

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      MONDAY , AroosT 21 . HOUSE OF LORDS .-The Stuckiu-Trade Ex : r = ptlvn B il , and the Oat-Pensioners Bill , wcre ' ssvcraliy read a second tiaio . Too Turnpilie Acts O . ntiiiuttnc . i Bill , the Steam K . ivi . talioii Bill , tho Poor-In w Union Charges bill , imd tho Poor-law Union D . airc : Schools Bi . l , severally wlu ! tarough committee . The Insolvent D biers Cmrfc Bil , tho Money Ord r Department ( Pust-i . ffici ) Bill , and tha Courts « f Juiti . clary ( Scotlrnd ) 13 : 11 , fvere then rend a t ' uird time , and pasced . Tt : o Orrupt Practices at E ections B 1 ' was then brought up from tbe Hoaso of Commons , read a first timo , and ordered to bo read a secon'i tiuio oa Thursday next .

      Lord Redeedale mggested that the Bill should not bo pressed further riming the present session , it b . ing now tao late properly to conblder It . Lord Buoughjm thought tbo coar : o lately pursued b ; the House of Commons , of diafruncbi & ing boroughs , and 6 UB [); nding their representation , repreheasltli , It being an innovation upon tho constitution of tho realm , which it beboved their lordships to wa-ch most narrowly . A borough could onl ? bo disfranchised ty an act In which the Sovereign , tho Lords , ond the CjmtH-. ns concurred , whereas tbe Commons nlono had reeeetly adopted tho course of virtually disfranchising boroughs . The Duke of Wellington concurred wiih Lcrdltedosdale In thinking that so important a r-. easuro shcuid not be pressed forward at so late a p'riod . The subjest then dropped , aud their lordships adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . - —The Speakee took tho chair at twelve o ' clock .

      On the order of tha day for Committee of Supply being read , Cokditioh cp ibeland —Mr S . CeawfoRd wished to ask whether any statement was to be mado hy the Chnncellor of tho Exctioquer rot-peoting tha financial results of the Poor-law system in Ireland , ond tho means to bs adopted by government tt > relievo the distress which rau . t arise from tie now ascertained failure of the potato crop . L : rd J . Rossell did not think tho Chancellor o ? iho Exchequer would me Ito a statement of tbo nature' the honourable gentUmin alluded to , but on taking C ; mmittee of Ways and Means , he would touca on the cu ' oi ct to which tbo honourable gentleman referred ,

      Vakcocveb b Island . —A conversation took place , crfginited by Mr Homb , respecting tho grunt of Vancouver ' s Ishnd , wblcii was tho subject of debate on Fti . day eight . The chief feature of this conversation was o statement maio I y Lord John Russell , to the effect that he had been Informed by Earl Grey that it was his intention to propose conditions to tbe grant to tbe Hudson ' s Bay Cjmpauy , by which they would be bound to do all in their power to favour and promote the colonise , ion of the island ; and that if tbo grant , as thus ro ttriosod , wero accepted by tho company , tho pipers re « spooling it would then be laid btfure tho Committee oi Privy Council , who should decide whether tho grant obould be proceeded with or noi .

      Mr Gladstone thought that any restrictions of the kind might possibly prevent tho company from doing any positive mischief , bat that thoy could , by co condU tions whatever , Infuse into it any actual powers for tho promotion ot colonisation . What ho ohltfly baaed bis objection to tbe grant upon was , tbe ' fundamental unfitness of the Hudson ' s Bay Company for the work of colonisation , ' Tho house went info Cjmmittee of Supply . Several votes were taken Ir connexion with the Miscellaneous Estimates ; after which , tne homo resumed , and tbe Chairman reported progress , and asked leave to sit again , Tho Labouring Poor ( Ireland ) BUI was then read a third time , and passed .

      Tbe Millbank Prison Bill was then read a second time . At half-past three o'clock tho sitting was suspended till a guamr-past five o ' clock . At tha latter hour the boose re-assesnblec . Oa the motion that the house resolve itself into Committee of Supply , National Eddcation in Iheland . —Nr G . A . Ha . milton ' mrved , as an amendment , 'That a humble address be presented te her Majesty , prajing that her Mojsty will bo graciously pleaoed to direct , tbat sue ' , a modification of the system of National Education in Ireland may bo made , as may remove tbo conscientious objections which a very large proportion of the clergy and lal ; y of the Eitablished Church entertain to that system as at present carried into operation ; or other

      nise , that means may bo taken to enasle those of tbo c' . ; rgy and laity of tha Established Church who enter , tain such conscientious objections to extend the bless , ings cf scriptural education in Ireland . ' In support cf this motion , tho bonourabh gentleman mado a lengthened speech , tbe chief obj 3 d of which was to show tbat tha principles of toleration , which characterised the pystem of education as carried out in England , were not mado cppliaahla to tho clergy and hlty of tho Irish Church In connexion with the system of National Education in Ireland . Ho besought tke government to remodo this nnemnly , which placed tho clergy of tbe Church of Ireland in a falsa position toworda the govern , mcr . t , nod msd-j such as entertained conscientious objections to the present system of education appear to be acting ia hostility to tho government , when such was not their intention .

      Sir W , Somerville observed , that the real question raised by the motion was , whether or not the mixed system of national education , now established for fifteen years In Ireland , should be departed from , nnd another ystem sabstltutcd In Its stead . Considering what the existing system had dono for Ireland , aud that the pre . judices cgainst it , wh ' . ch tbe Protectants had once entertained , were fast wearing away , be hoped tha house would pause ero ir adopted the suggestions of the lion , gentleman , and that it wauld peraeverlngly adhere lo tho system now established in Ireland . Tbat system coerced no conscience , and was as free on this sooro from objection as any system that could be devised ; for , whilst it ooercod no condolence , it pnt the means of scriptural education within reach of tho children at the discration of their parents . He did not think that an objdotion to such a syrtem should receive the countenance of the house , and concluded by expressing a hopa that it would negative tha amendment proposed .

      Captain Jokes , Mr Gbooan , and Sir W . Tbeher , supported tbo motion . Mr B . Oabobne advocated tha prcsont « ystom , as tbe grea ' . est boon which tho government had ever conferred on Iralasd . He thought tho opponents of the ayetem had resorted to the most unfair means to cry it down , and causo it to bo believed that those schools sent forth nothing but candidates for tho gaol and the gallows . Tho demand which was now made on behalf of tho Pro testant clergy , for a separate , Instead of the mixed system now existing , was neither mora nor less than tho old cry for Protestant aeoendanoy In Ireland . Ho honed that the house would not now listen to tho ' miserable trumpeting of a mero faction , ' but go on developing more and more the system of education which it had established In Irelaad , and which it would do well to transplant to this country .

      Mr NiHEa made a long speech in support of tho amendment , concurring in all tho statements put forth by bis honourable colleague . What was wanted was , not tbat tho present system should be abolished , but tbat it should be extended so as to be rendered consistent with ltBtlf . Lord J . Rossell said , that tho system of national education in Ireland had been established no an experiment by Lord Stanley In 1832 , and bad been extended by suecessive governments since . It now counted 4 , 000 schools and -100 , 300 scholars ; nnd having arrived at tbat magni tude , and having con ' erred undoubted benefice on tho Irish population , there wero very good grounds for resisting a modification of tho system . Tho principle of the system was that of doing the greatest practical good

      in tho way of general education . This was tho character of the national nyatoin . Mr Hamilton and Mr Napier bad talked much of the violation of conscience which it involved . But , as the noble lord proceeded to show , from briefly analysing the system , it was not liable to the charge of coercing the conscience of any ono , Ho did not , therefore , see any good ground for theobjeotiea which the Protestant clergy urged against it . Tho proposal for a separate grant to the Church schools was a plnuoible one , and , if adopt . d , would seem to be in oonformity with the system established in England . But such a proposal could cot ba carried out without seriously interfering with tbe mired system which he was desirous to maintr . ln , and which he thought worthy of the continued support of the home .

      Mr Hume followed with an emphatic eulogy npon tho Irish system , which ho contended should be transferred to England , tbe educational system of which was sectarian to a degree . Ha rejoiced at the determination evinced by the government to maintala it , whilst ho deeply regretted the course pursued in regard to it by the Irish Protestant clergy . Mr Re . * i »© ld j addressed himself chiefly to a refu ' atlon of Mr Napier ' s speech , tbe mildaess of the tone of whioh was in direct contrast with tho vlolenco which characterised the speeches delivered b y him elsewhere on kindred subjects .

      Af . er a few words from Mr Kettdeqate , tke house di vldod , and the numlera were—For the amendment 15 Ajrcinst it 118 Majority against it ——108 The house then wont into Oommittoo of Supply , asd the remainder of tho evening was occupied in voting the miscellaneous estimates , TUESDAY , Aoousx 22 . HOUSE OF L 0 RB 3 , —Afbican Slave Tbadb . — Lord DinBAN moved an addrsss to the crown , praying Her Maji' & ty to give directions for tho enforcement of

      all treaties with foreign powers for the extinction of the slave trade on tbe coast of Africa , and for the prosecution of all British subjects , directly or indirectly , concerned in v ' olatiag tho laws against that crime , and that her Majesty woal' be pleased to take into h : r serious consideration tho expediency of concerting measures with her allies for declaring slave trade piracy , with a punishment less severe than that now incurred according te tbo laws of tho nation for that crime . The noble and learned lurd having referred to tbe evidence of ono of tbe witnesses , taken before tbe committee of tho House of Commons , who suggested the withdrawal of the iqua . dron from the coast of Africa , as the best mcaas of

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      pu'i : iir sn end to th- ' slave tr .- ' di-, *"' ' , b-v nhoj ; : i-. tive -. j coon thoi ill ' f t'iliiiie th fo , niun & i J . iei ; > i ? epp'ui' «« vo V .: e bc «" . hkh'B of LU'tirg an end to lMr . be-ry nr . d mnr- - "> r , rt loo opinion of th ' s witne-r-s , Hdiii :- ; ing , r , s b . j di'J , ih-t it , hnu b .-en enj-r . g ^ d in tho slave- ; rade , nnu v . h . o con =-. ; qii u ! y in ti . t- estimation of thr , i „ w of 'ht 4 country w : a -i prate vr . d n feioa , on sucb «• f = ubjec : as th . it of putting an end ri thi-J bcrrib ' e tr- f'ic , in which he luti brcn u portic ' - pstwr . It the sjq . tiimn were to bo withdrawn ss suggested , unci th' - < rade

      throv . n oper ; to nil nailonn . c ? uld there bo a flsubt iheit tte Miyerior iictivity of Eaglisbmm would 1 . td to their entrcsp ' nj the larg « t thnre of it ? II : ct' ' » ted tneir lordships cud the pui > iic no ; to be led a « : - . y by pir . ie . 1 statements of tha evidence which bad b . i re . c-nty givtn on tho subject , for attempts were ^ in ? ma *< o to pn judico tho public u . iud by drccting ctte-ntion to p i- ' : otiB of that ivlUnc : only , but to wait for a diijcat of tho whoh of It , coi . fi leni na he was that it would p ; ove that this accurs-rt tr „ fiij might b- sup . pre-snod , una tiwt the- squadron on tbo c ^ est of Africa h . - . d do e much to ( -ffECttb . it desirable oH c .

      The Marquis ol Lakdsdowne , on the ground thst from tho termi of tho motion , snd tho circuuistuu-os to wb ' chbls noble friend had adverse ) , it might i : o infu-ic- ;! th it there hu- ' i b . > en ft remissness on the p ; rt of thu government in carrying out csicting treaties , and because the motion n em a to prejudge the repirt of the committee of the Houne of Commons , fi it u o be his duty to move tho previous question . Ho thought be . ' oie t ; icir lordships proi . e-unced an ( pinion tbej s . ' -oald havo an oppottonity of considering tho evid'uc- , and then decide on tho poUcy tbey -would adopt , but without

      abating one jot o ' . iheir eietomiination to bring tbi ! - infamoaa tn-fflu to ultimate extirpation . After rtfimna ; to Lo'd Palmc-rstou ' s e : ; erti 'EB to e-nforcc cxihtiiifl tr , tiles , a < : d tUe steps taken witVi rvgatd to EnglL-k r . urj o ' . B ubro-id engaged in this triffic , tho coble marqij : i concinded by expressing his bopo that the tlmo wo'no never orac when eny countenance sliould be giv . n , dir . , ; ily or iudirecMy , to tao stateme .-. t that it was tha iut ' iiion of ibe government to abando ; their dttermina . ion o put down a traffic which bad be u tbo ource of the world , and a ; cno period a eti ^ cia on tho ntionnl civ ractcr of this ; counry ,

      After ( teme observations from L » rd Brougham , the previous question was a ^ reee . to without a dividor .. On tin- q'ustUn of ; 1 ib third reading of the Per'aroenttery E'ctors Bill , Lord Rrdebdalb moved that it be resd a secot . d time that dey Ms rconths , wfien the original motion was car . ried by a majority of three—the numbers thirty-one to tiveaty . eighr , On the motion of Lord Beaomont , tbe substitution of tbo 5 th rf Janur . ry for iha 11 th October , when : > e bill is to ctmo into operation , was agreed to , and it p-isaed . The other bilison the table wore advanced a st » g ? , and their lordehipo edjourncd , HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Scoab Bill-At the early sitting tbo third rcodir . K of this bill was move ! .

      L- rd G . Bektikck moved a clause , tbe o-j- ^ ct of which waa to place tiiercrinrrB of bugar in EnB ' . - . nid on tbe same footing as those of Holland , Bo ' giuri , and Hanover , and that they should bo permltt . d , whether the fiugr . r was Brit , i » i ? , colonial , or foreign , to enter it on piling the highest roto of duty . After some discussion on thia proposition , and on th © general q-iesilon and present etct ; of the tia'if in tho West Indict , tho bouse divided , when the moti < n was negatived by a majorit y of thirty ; the numbers—leventy to forty , Tho noble lord - then proposed two amendments for the alteration of tho scale of duties , the first of wl-iich was negativ-. d by a mtjorlty of tixty-threo , tbe numbers —seventeen to eighty ; and the second by a mej'irity of sixty-five- , tho numbers—siiteen to eighty , one ; nnd the bill paescd .

      Tho Unlawful Oaths ( Ireland ) Bill web thi-n read a third t ; m : ninl passed , qb wssaiso the tho Wolvcrhaaip * ton Curacy ( No . 2 ) Bill . The Fever ( Ireland ) Bill , and tbe Millbenk Prison Bill , went severally through committee . The Bankrupts' Release Bill was then read a second time ; after which , at half . past three , tho sitting was suspended till ba'f-p & st five . At tU latter hour tho house rc-assembled . L ; rd G . Brhtinck moved for returns , showing , in contiguous columns , tho import & tious of Brills ' t puses .

      sions and of foreign sugars , as given respective !? ia the monthly returns of tho Board of Trade , and in those of tho CastomS j for the months of September , October , November , and Decrmbttr of last year , He wso ' aeo tho house to be in possession of these returns , as given by the Board ef Trade and by the Customs , because a discrepancy had appeared between them to the extent of nearly 10 , 000 tons In two months . Ic was but riieht that tho public , particularly that portion of it engug ^ J in tho sugar trade , should know which of these r . tiirr . u was correct—as it was obviously essential tbat th * , . should know on which they wore in future to rely .

      Mr Labobchehb said , tbe discrepancies complained of were not mistakes , and the trade could not po- ^ ibly ba misled by tb « m . lie explained how tbey occurred , and hop .-d the noble lord would not think it necessary w persevere with his motion . Lord G . BkHTlNca seU , ho Waa by no means oatisfled with the explanation glvs .-n , and wsuid move foi' a committee on the subject iv xt session . After considerable dtscuittion tho motion was with . Orawn , on the understanding thst government should furnish such information as would prevent either tha hottso or the trade from falling into any error oa the subject .

      COBKEHCI ABD CoMMEDCIAL Dl & TBEBS . — Mr HBBBIKB thou called the attention of the bouso to ths teporja ol the committees of either Houso of Parliament on com * mcrcial distress , and moved that the bouse suould , early in next session , take tke same into its serious ce . u , uderac ttoB , The right hon , gentleman entered into a leng : h « cned historical statement of tho circumstances which led to the Bank Charter Aet cf 18 ii . and after alluding to the events that followed , contended thst it waa clearly established tbat the act of 1811 was a total failure , and tbe bouse ought ooon to decide whether it should be per * severed ia or otherwise . Three years' experience had shewn that the objicts sought io bo attained by that aos had not any one of th-. m been secured . It bad only ac . complishrjd tbo predictions of i : s opponents , while It tn .

      tlrely disappointed the expectations of its promoters ; and if an additional argument was required to prove its inefficiency , it wauld be furnished by tho fact tbat during the last year tbe government were compelled to suspend its operation . He then adverted to tbe reports presented to both houses of parliemeiat , and said that the Commons committee had , indirect opposition to tho preponderance of evidence , reported In favour of the act ; while the Lords ' , who had had very few additional witnesses beforo thorn , had reported that the act required amend , ment . Under tlicfe circumstances he hoped the govern , ment would a ^ o necessity ( ao it waa too late te do so this session ) of taking this subject into its serious considers , tios , and would pledge Itself to bring the subject forwards as early as possible in the next session of par . lisment .

      Mr DaniiMjMo thought the govornmet wculJ be wrong topledgo itself to eny act for next session , fjr ho en * tlrely desp & ircd of ever Sitcing tbe enrrenoy question permanently settled . Mr Newdeqate considered the whole enrrenoy qaes * tion a system that was rotten to the core , and ono tbat would bo fraught with tho most frigbtful c & l &> Diicies to ns ehoald another famine sfflict us this year , The CnANCELLon of tbe Exchequer , while he ad . mlttcd the importance of tbo subject , thought Mr Her . ries' motion would ba most fruitless , if adopted , Tht best course the right hon . gentleman could pursue would be to bring forward ! , ia motion next session , when tha house would give ttits earliest attention , unless it should happen to be occupied with more momentous business , The right hoc . gentleman bad not stated one reason why

      this houso should pledge itself now to tho course it should adopt next session , nor had ho removed a single objection to such a courto cs he proposed . He would not meet the proposal of Mr Herrles with a direct nega . tire , but would move ths previous question ; and , having stated tbe course bo intended to pursue , be proceeded to defend tho committee of the House of Commons frost the charge of having given a report against tho weight of evidence . Ho defended the general principles of the act , and deprecated the course adopted by the opponents of tha bill in putting the construction they had done on the relaxation that had been authorised by the govern , ment during the late dUtress , Mr Sfooneb condemned , in tbe most unqaalifle manner , tho acts of 1819 and 1844 , and defended his own views on the subject , at tbe same time expressing hiou self open to conviction .

      Sir R . PecL went at some length into tho enrrenoy question , to show tbo fallacies of Mr Spooner ' s vlewB j and could not see how anything could be gained bf adopting tho motion before the bouse , He deprecated the idea of tbe government giving a pledge to consider tbe subject next session , which he considered equivalent to glvin-r a promissory note at sis months . At tbo proper timo for disouislon he would bo most willing to maintain the propriety of adhering to the restrictive clauses of the act of 1844 , which , In his opinion , prevented the danger of a political panic , in addition to tbe monetary pressure in April ) last . With respect to the recommendation of the Lord ' s' committee , be should be prepared , at a proper time , to show that the most imperfect arrangement tbat could bo proposed , would be to invest tho Bank of England with a discretionary power to relax the restrict tivo clauses of that act . The proper course to adopt would be for tbe government to retain in its own bands tbo power of relaxing those clauses , as it would be safer for nil interests concerned .

      Mr Mctnz said , tbe act of 1819 was sol mperfect that it caused a great deal of fluctuation , and that had that been a proper measure the bill of 1844 was a necessary part of it , ia order to carry it out fully . Although it was asserted that the distress was not aggravated by the restriction of that act , it was a singular fact that the very day tbe relaxation wub announced it relieved the distress , and the next day the whola country felt the be . nefit ef It . Ho bslieved the day would oome when the right hon . baronet would co . jo down to tho bouse and acknowledge tbat he had been mistaken ; end when that day arrived , the country would have causa to rejoice .

      Mr Home thought that tho Commons' Committee had come to a verdict against the weight ofevidence , and epi proved of the Lords' C immltteo report , which was in hia opinion both fair and honest . Experience was against tbo Aot ef 1844 , and ho regretted the pertinacity with which Sir R . Peel still adhered td it . Mr Hemibb said ho was satisfied with the tone the

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 26, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26081848/page/7/