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      B • C '¦ ' F August 5, 1848. | , Ttfje'^...

      B C '¦ ' f august 5 , 1848 . | , _TtfJE' _^ _NORJFflERN STAR .

      Colonial An Tl Jfoittgix

      _colonial an tl _Jfoittgix

      - ---- France. , -- Of F-Hi5.— Cavaig5ac...

      - ---- FRANCE . , -- OF F-HI 5 . — CAVAIG 5 AC AND MARRAST . —LOUIS -s _ rrH ' _J ' _' ' /_ om the correspondent of the John Bull . ) PABig , Jolt 27 . _ is . i _cousternalien _, terror , d __ ily progress at Paris , ' . _-jjjst ? r- __ _»* _jatheriag afresh . _Whatever pains are * _i _ a to produce an impreision that matters are _right-** Z co credit is attacked to these _ To _ rafele rumours , _apt afcios . 'here co knowled ge of wbat is actually _** on hi _Faris can p _. netrate . Oar journals are _* _-, _ " _- _ ,. iy dull ; not that the wriur . have not the eoujX * to f _? _eafc out * 'hey are hsrapered by the _proprie-~ w ho know that a _ttt _ _a of lha autocrat pen of to- * - ......

      -,-s ifn- _ may at any moment suspend their journal and _rtia t _^ eir property . As long as the s : a-e of siege con . _-j-5 «« , the pap . _rs will be contest to record the decrees _j » tie _Assembly—sucU as they ar . —for those passed one i _^ _t _, are often annu ' led tho nert . As I forelold last week , , X , _correspondence cf ths Ea ; Iish daUy press was wrong _i-j _.-onnclnjj thatthe state of _-hgs _woulibe taken off on _Tri "_ - . the fact is , the men In _power have run headlong _,. ; o _diSculties from wbich they cannot extricate thems _ e , wittoutpayin ? with their heads far their arbitrary _^ - _ . _ --i-i * . s . On the day on wbich tbe 6 tat _. of siege is ' _^ -off . Paris may be in _flimes , asd their dead bodies _^ _jstice lu riv _. r * of blood . Thty know it perfectly well , _c-dtbf- ir terror ke . _^ ps them rivettedin a stste of _Jnac-^ _-, _totfce s-s - sapr _.-me p « v r _tvhi _ they can main-« is oniy by Tiolent and illegal measures ,

      _Asf-xG _nrpsIC-vsijEac , _Bllao justice to ths purity -f his _iatenlions ; but tbe _wesku _^ _ss of Ms character _^ s _ the political engagements be ti uader , make him the _s _; ol o' a detests ! party , end in the army h . his no tup--,-iTUTi ; hi . equals in rank are jealous of hita , and his . _n-teri-rsfn rank or time of Berries ofj-ct to his being _n _' s . edov rtbeir _tuaJs . H . was an officer of inf . rior L Es at Arras in 1 S _3-, when tke July _revolntion broke , --: end when he was oae of the fir . t who declared for the ptopl Since then he has been _almost constantly fn Algeria . _olere he gained ail tis promotions , and at last rose t . be _SoT-rnor . In thit , espacity he acted under tbe Provi . sional Garernment till he was appointed to tbe Ministry c j _VT _ . He had never betn dU _ . gt _ i _ . __ cither for ca-- ecity or decision of character ; bnt the quill-drivers of v . X-TiosAL wasttd a man _wlio understood the

      r = 3 c = z- r-eut of gun ° , as a screen to their measures of Tc _-itscce . By tnem he was raised to the Presidtncy , where he soon forgo : the dsn < ers of tse immense re . _sso- sihiiity _resiicg on his shoulders , and installed _him-, lif , amidst all the lux . t _ ry in which the newfangled _Rr-- _ lir _* nsare so fond of _revellinj , in the splendid hotel = 3 ihe Rae de Tarennes _, belonging to the estate of 2 £ s- -rse A . eJaide . Yet even these s ___ -p * u _. n 9 _sp _. rt-SfBt . were not splendid enough for Republican recep-_ _e-s ; _nphoHteiers W- * ee-tto work , acd ths last dollars - ; tbe _exhausted _treasarv helped to finish forth the glit-•» rinz magnificence in rrfcicfct the fl _. wer of pure B _? pnr-• :- _ i ;_ - in newly polished boo : s wero in : reduced on

      _Ife _.-es _.-T last , Oaly i « o ladies ventured to preside at SU ass _. aiSiy _, the General ' s mother aud a friend of hers tf tfce _oi-e _ time . The _approaching marriage ef the G = _ _et-l . _? _t ' nere _whisp r _ about ; he is about to unite t __ f in lawful wedlock , to shorn—to the fair Arabian _ ntelwho at Algiers had , to the great scandal of 6 _verj-> j iT . established her influ _. nc _. over the General ' s _j-jj _l _; J— _ o , to _M-dle . Dotochsr , the daughter of a farmer _p _ rt _ = r of ihe house of Vassal , and director of a gas H . ps __ y . Thetru « l- if , the G _ . _ l is going to marry s ter -a ? . ?—and , with the _SR-ori ot _Dimo-les _suspended _OTtrhishea _^ he is a bout to fall a ? lesp intoxicated with the _deliehUof Capua .

      Tb . _sreat _eveut of the week hss beea the nomination of-I _srrast as President of the _Ciamber . Not that any oae _nisue < l to see him in tha : post ; the real secret of tie nutter is , that tSe Chamber wants , at all co 3 t » , to S . _ki ofj ' . be KATf . KAL . Itbtcame _neces 3 ary , therefore , to remove llairast from the Prefecture of the _Siine , v _^ here hc had established himself like a man who : 3 : er . _ s to make a Ion j stay . Br dint ofsome indiseretio- it _eezsd ont that he wished to get t = e E _^ lish _embissy ; therefore the politic hei . s ofthe Chamber _sugtests- tbe propriety of making hita President , frr a

      noath . This would give him a _staadi-g abroid . rnd _£ = _ab'e the ., at the expiration of his term of _gSpj . to _desp-tch him ' _po-t-piid * to London . In that difficult e 3-s h » . is _snra to commit some- blun _ r or other , up . n which he will be recalled , and left to rtsuaa bis former _ -o _ tions a ; _Capt-in Grand cf tha National . In _pursaance of this _schem ., you may look _forHirrast , gilt ail oyer , la a month £ ___ this _tltna . Arm-ad __ _firras : was born at _Gju _. cns ( Haute-Garoa __ e ) . in 1739 . Under the _ t ? _sier-t--n , he occupied _icr _Eoae time the chair of rhetoric at the coil . ee of

      Font _le-Roy . Is 153 ( 5 he ca _.-ne _; o P _. ris _, aud tried ti pa ?! , _hisseif Into nouce by philosophical writings , but it wa ? uot uatil the R . T _.-lat ! oa cf July that he beean ta c _ t - _Scure . He wa _« editor _EucceEsiTely of the _Tbibcse _ ai the _N-T _. osal , _andiaio _hthtsec-paei-iesheHader . _we-t judicial _puni-hs-eat , which helped to 6 tf . 11 hia repa at . on . At tfce R _Solution of February te b . came oae of its _repre-entatir _. s ot ; h ? Hotel de _Ti-le , and wss __ _rrr _ _rd- appointed reporter of t \ e C -amission en th . _Coastitution . Se is a _thorough going party man , a foster __ r of violent popular passions , a great for a- all G « - _cons _f-re _, of honied end effdble txterior . _bui a m _^ n of

      Visa , in _hrart , imp !_ . e » sli in hie _htlr _ d , pleasant in the private relations at lif _^ , bat _sangiinary and arbitrary io Ll , pViiiica ! _teniet c e _* . While _subject to political imprisonment in IS 52 ani . 3-3 ., he contrived to _getK ' mself re-roved tothe Maison de S _. nte of Dr _Pinel _, where he _fwa go- up _aloviedv _. Btare wiih _asousig _EngHshwoman Bho was staying therewith her _mother . With a prospect e' a dovrry of £ -000 , the daughter of a small trader in ! fce - i : r . whe > w _ pret'y taboo :, and well brought up , was _irrsE'stib ' c _, acd the eav . g _? republican soon _roaie the fa _' r island-maid his w " : e . Subsequently he fl d with _ -: rto England , wh * re they lived for some time in _exceedingly _hsnible style .

      Amoag the curious episodes which mark the strange t _ e 3 in which we live , is to bs reckoned a causa which wss pleaded yesterday . The _plainsifi sued for 22 , 000 : ' r _ t ! C !! , ' p _ r la _bouchi' of his late Majesty Louis _Poillppa . Ia _law--snga « jt _ p _ J * la bouAi _msaBS p _ ce 2 di . r , _ : tb _^ t fr _ s not the thing . It was the ex-King ' s rea ! mouth that formed the safcj-Ct of the plaint . M . Dfsirabode _, the dentist , sues the _admia- ' strators of the Civil L' . _itfw the sum of 22 , 000 francs , for services r __ _red to thej-wj of his Majesty for many _yetrs past . _C'lizen _V-rincoasid . red the _demand out of all reasoa . Louis Philippe WW of the same _opition before bim , and _b'sd cffire 4 to the dentist , in lieu of patment—what do you think * _r-8 less than the cross of the L ? gion of _Honoor

      Desirabo _^ e had accepted the ofLr—being Hobson ' _s _chaic _;—bu- ths eT _^ nSs of Pebraar / _having _prevent-d _tais decora ion of his person , he n 3-rc . lis for his money . the cross being _bsstow _. d only npon Mobiles and _Natives ! Gasrds . That poor red ribbon , which forty years ago was eo _dearly pnrc _. ascd frith the blood of our bravest men , hss become so awfally depreciated , _thatBeranger _, the songster , ths poet , end ths prophet of the republic , i . vAc , ai . K _4 & 5 _ ago . v _ _ the cto _. s was offered to him , * B ih 3 if I accepted it , I shonld ba obliged to wear it . " Bat this i * not the onW honour he has declined ; t _. ay wanted _toelecthlaia _M-raber of tbe Academy , in th-vUc . tf _ I . de f ! ti _* teBubriand , b _^ t he _fgnnally refa * . S , out of disgust for the _gia . ping _stlfishnsiB of the new rcpubuctn * .

      _Piais , Sunday , 11 . 30 am . — General _D-saesne his _ « t died . He is the _Btvenft general officer 1 -a * li Franca in consequence of tbe affair of June . _Gassral _Bedean , another of those wounded at the barricades in June , is dangerously ill , and ifc is feared that be canHot survive . [ 'Those who live by the Snord , _shill perish by the sword . " j The oorresrMm _^ entof t be Daily News says : — It Kill be remembered that soon after the convocation of tie Assembly en tfce 4 th of May , M . Recurt , - fee Hinister of the _Interijr _. cn his own authority and responsibility and without consulting tbe AssemMy ,

      publ'shcl an ordonnanc- __ 5 t-b _ hh _ a corps called the 'Girde Hobile a C ' aeval , ' the men composing which were selected like this- of the _R-pntlican Guard , and the other _trrega ' _sr from those who had be ? n raost si ? _ lise _. in the _Revolution of F . _brnsry . _Thac-ucers _Wfre _tJ-o _irrfgularlj appointed , and some stroBg remoni ~_ _cei were excited . A committee cf the A 8 . e- __ b ! y r . por-. ei _ye'terdsy tbat thif corps was useless , that i : s _tstab'is-mfnt was illegal , thai the financt _. w __ e cot in s -os . iticn to b _^ ar the charge , and ihe Assembly accordi -S ' y refused the grant ani _annuUed the decree ofthe ei-J-i _ isferof . be Intrrior .

      _i be _greatest Ine _ _venl tncet are felt from the _establlihment of tbe Girde Mobile snd the other corps created -ia . e th : revolution . The coaditions of their enlistment _Eal their _psy ere enormously mor . _fsrourablctben tbo ? e of » e rejuiir _srmy , while tbtir discipline is _ralnooily - « . _Ditcsnten _: among the troops is the _contequenceof tie comparatively high pay end the worst example is pre--2-t-d b J _fte want __ dis : iplin ? . Io tbe Nati > nal Assembly on Monday , M . Maugin _W-UB-t forward his motion on the re . ' _atlons of Franc _.

      _K'ltii the other powers of E-rope , _untwithstanding an 5 . al _maie tD him by M . Bastide againI tbe raising 015 H _ a debate at the _pra-ent eventful period , ana _** no declared that although he conld cot prevent M . " ns -eia from making his speech , he could , and waa io cat ? bund to avoid answering it . M . Maugiu ' _. -fte : h w _ a very lor . g and very rambling one . Some aS r se 3 « f a personal nature , which he brrught mT _^ _- _* mem , 3 ? rs tf tiieadministration , brought j . __ _^ a od General Cavaignac into the tribune ; _ji _, " ¦ _V ' " Este ! y the Assembly passed to the order of

      _JHE _CITIZSK PR 0 UDH 0 X i _ THB ASSraBLT . ( Frnm the Doily News . ) T Moaday , M . Proudhon rose to reply to M . r ' n _^ T . re ; 0 rt aga ' his project _ferconfiscatieg a II . _ 5 a ! 1 rEDls aDd debts for the lelief of the _ t _ tp . i _ " . ES - . _' sl 1 '; Q _* t as he pro _ eded wi _ hi « en ' ' _„ Ta _^' _° " - Some members were weak ] n ' . j , 6 tl 0 ? r ac S - " _tue . ester _number p _^ temily . j ... . - _^ _czsdat — The _National _Assemb'y gave £ c _* ? bt the coup de-grace to M . Proudhon and the - . " . . *'' - The only point abnui which there was n . / 2 nce '' 'ss tbe _mide of expressing the indie--. lon oftbat bDdyin a manner which should _ ffit __* l ; . _°° . mbiaa fo" with dignity . The _Mioisterot W * _'T-. ' " 5 eaard ' 8 fter tbe _cli-e of M . _Proudii __ a _» % - *' ' ncIed ttie tribune , and _declarrd - tae _government _t 2 d never imagined that the

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      ir : bane of tbat house should ever have been so _disgraced , or Fracc . bo insult 6 d , as they were by the apology for crime of every sort , and the excitement _ revolt r . nd to every bad passion which had just been utteied . It v . as proposed by another member , that the speech of M . Proudhon Bhould be excluded from the MoxrtEBE , and tbat all journals reporting it shonld ba prosecuted . This , however , was opposed by M Dapin . M- Thiers said : 'I am of opinion tbat an order of the day motive will best respond toth _<« indignation 6 f the Assembly . I think no one wil ! contest the propriety ofthe expression ' indignation . ' ('* No , no , nobody . ' ) If the Assembly should deem sueh a co arse necessary , lam ready t . reply tothe _statement which has just been laid before it , but ( Ciies of' No , no ; it is useless . ') I desire that it be formally stated that if the Assembly considered no reply to be necessary , it was because it _thaught hotter to reply by an order of the day motive . ' At

      length it was agreed that the sense of the Assembly wonld be best expressed by the folia wing resolution ,: — 'The National Assembly , considering that the pro position of the citizen Proudhon is an odious attack on the principles of public morality ; ¦ hat it ia a _ Ug _ nt vi-ilation of the right of property which is ihe basis of social order ; that it encourages delation , and appeals to the vilest passions ; considering further , that the outline of it has calumniated the revolution of February , iu wishing to render it an accomplice of the theori _. 3 whicb he has _devoloped in the tribune . '—Passes to tha order of the day . Upon wbich the houEe divided , fhe total number of representatives voting was G 93 and the result of the _ ?" sioR was—For the resolution , 691 ; again . it , 2 . Of these two , ot course , one was M . _JProudbon himself , the other was some friend of hi ? wh-. se name I could notdiecover . Ic ib said to-day that M . Proudhon will send iG his _resignation as a representative .

      Paris , Wednesday . —The Pans _papera confirm the feet of a _detaand _having been made by the Provisional government of Milan for French assistance ; but _aaree in allowing it to be understood , at least that the de ___ and hss been coldly re reived .

      GERMANY . A good deal of disemtsnt reigns against the _proceedings of the F _ Di _ for- Assembly ; and fears are en-. _rtainei tbat en the Gth of August—the day on which tbe army is to take a kind of cat , of allegiance to the Lieutenant of the empire—some military upro . may ensue . In the sitting of the _Ai _. emtly on the 28 tb , after as animated and eloqu-. nl d . bate , in which _Janiczewaki and Ventdey were the champions of the Pole 3 of Posen . Jordan snd Liehnow .-ky the voters against their _claims , the Assembly went to the vote , and

      rejected all the motions { for the independence of the province of Posen . The Assembly approved ofthe division of the province of Posen into German and Polish , and admitted the deruties of the former . Iti sanctioned provisionally the line of demarcation drawn by General Pfuel A motion to eneage Gerraany to struggle for the independence of Poland was negatived by 331 votes against 101 , 26 abstaining . It is worthy of remark that , in the debate , Ruge having said that he hoped _Rtdeh-ki would be beaten ont of Italy , the expression was cheered by at least half ths Assembly .

      Berlin . July 2 i —The draught ofthe constitution , as modified bv tbe _commission , or rather the sections , of tho G-. _amber by which it has be _ discussed , is published to-day . In some points tbe alterations from that laid feefore the Assembly bv the King nnd tbe late Ministry are important . The greatest is the _chance in the constitution of the First Chamber , which is now lessened in number and made enti ely elective , while no property qualification for its members is to be required . It is a Senate of a Republic , not a _Hoosb of Peer , ofa Mnaarchy , which hy the

      original system it was intended to resemble . Every Pru _ siau , " _twenty-four jears of age . not a pauper , is invested with the francbis ° . The electoral base of tha Second Chamber is a ' so widened , as one elector is henceforth to b _ ro _« n for every 259 o _^ the population instead tf every 500 . The veto of the Crown is made ' suspensive . ' By _another paragraph ' nobility is aboiighed' Elections are triennial . It must be understood that the whole of the present . heme is recommended only , not adopted , and ere it passes it may be azain _greatly modified .

      A Republican movement is expected in Wiemar . _Gera , the capital of the lordship of the same name , possessed in common by the Prince of Reuss-Schlitz 2 nd the Prince of Renss-Lobenstein , is in possession cf the people . It appears that ontbe 2 G : h the populace became infuriated atthe arrest of a popular leader ( _Kranse ) , and forcibly obtained his release . Whiht carrying hioa through f'le streets in triumph , a collision took place between the mob and the so-called gymnastic corps . Several of the latter were killed or wounded , and the remainder were obliged to floe from the city . The next day the town was entirely in the hands cf the _pipulace .

      SPAIiY The formal and explicit _acknowledgment ofthe Queen by the Court of Austria is ( fficially announced . Tne _isTERSATiosAi . of _Bayonne publishes a letter from the frontiers of Cata ' onia , of the 22 nd , iu which it is stater ! that on ihe 16-h Cabrera was in the environs of Vidra , a small town of 800 inhabitants , in the province of Vicb , aad at six hours' march from tbetownof that same . He had there , it ia said .

      1000 men assembled . It was reported that in a recent _engagement he had caused serious losses to the Queen ' s troops , but this wa 3 not confirmed . In the action of the lllh , the _Montemolinista had it appears twenty killed ana thirty wcundeu . Ifc is said that Cabrera caused three officers who fell into hia hands tobe shot , for , as he faid . having adhered to the treaty of Bergara . On the 19 th an engagement took Dlace at tbe bridge of Mallagarriga , in which the Montemolinists . headed by CastoIIsand Tristany , bad euht killed , whilst the Queen ' s troops sustained

      no loss . ITALY . BKVOLTj-IOX ts bomb . A revolution has taken place at Rome . The people invaded the _Csamber of Deputies on the 19 th . and demaiided an immediate declaration of war against Aus ' . ria . the Pope persisted in resisting that measure . Upon that Count Mamiani and all the other ministers s _. nt ia their resignations , but continued provisionally to exercise their functions till the appointment of tbeir successors . The Pops than endeavoured to form a new ministry , and gave powers

      to that effrcfc toapereonage whose name is not eiveD , but who either refused to undertake the duty or failed in _accomplishicg it . On the 20 th a deputation from the Chamber of Deputies waited upon the _Postiffi to present him with an addiess from tbat assembly , ia which the members declared that—• With the _respeetful affection of sons they prayed and conjured bis Holiness to take sach measures , that hia government wonld not delay in seizing arms for defence and attack , and in uniting in a durable alliance with princes worthy of tbe Italian people , _from the instant tbat thsy combatted for Italian independence . ' _„

      The answer of the Pope was evasive . He merely said that the more difEoi-lt the times were , the more he c ongratulated _him-self oa finding tbat he was surrounded by persons who loved the country , and who knew well that among the elements which constituted it the religions element was that whioh , in preference to all other ., merited their love and their serious reflection . Atelegraphiodesfatch received by the French _gevernment , dated th 8 22 nd , announces that the Pope , not being able to succeed ia forming a ministry on the principles of neutraiity , the people and the Chamber of Deputies hsd e . tablish . d a Provisional Government .

      The CoKiEHP _. aAsxe of Rome , of the 20 th , giv _ a full account of the _proceedings at Rome on the 19 . h . A large crowd occupied the immediate vicinity of tbe Palace of Deputies at an early boar . The sitting being opened , President Sereni announced the _r-cf pticn of a petition , declaring the _ecuntty in danger . Deputy Bonaparte _insiited on the immediate discussion of the petition . He was _interrupted , _however , by the clamour of ihe people in the street ? . The _Chambar itself was at that moment invaded by the peope , who came to apt lind the decision of tie Chamber . After a fruitless attempt to restore orde _ r , thesi'ting was suspended ; the President _suece _. _del in _perEUidingthe peop le to withdraw , and the Chamber proceed * d t _*> continue tbe _di-cass- ' oa on the

      mobilisation of tbe Civic _Gasrd . M . Ilerbini , after come time , _bagsed the Chambar to postpone the discus Oi , and to take in'o consideration _wbut was just passing at that moment . The Minister , cf _i Cornice c _; mounted the tribune , and informed ihe Chambar that intelligence had just reached him that tha people wa-tedto _takepo-sessionof Fort Saint An _* flo , end ofthe gates . The Minister of Pol . ce had gone in person to take effectual m . _ajnres . He then ptoeed-d to _e ' ate that the M ' nistry bad _giren in their _resiirnation . -which had been immediately accepted . and that tbey onl y continued in office so long as their successors were not appointed . The _Chamber then declared itself in _permaneioe . _Sub-equently the Chamber rose , afler declaring that the people had

      done properly . THB BATTLE fF VILLA FRANCA . A battle has been fought at Viil _ Franca , which , according to some accounts , resulted in the de eat of the Austrian ** , and a . c _. _rdiDg to other account ., the Pieda . o _ t . se . Bhsecia , Jclt 25 . —Tbe brilliant achievements of yesterday wete greatly to the honour of tbe Italian arms . After a determired struggle the positions ef Somma Campagna and Cuatcz _. were retaken , and the Duke of Savoy passed the night at Somma _Campaena . At ten in the morning , the K ' cg fixed hia head qaarters at Villa Franca , and shortly afterwards 6 , 0 _f-0 Austrians were brought in prisoners , and locked up in the church . DESPATCH OP S'CNOR GUIDO BAHE 0 UE 0 .

      Villa _Frasca _. Jclt li , Seven in the Evening . — The battle is raging . At half-p- » st four thb evening our army _aivasoed in three columns , tfee fir _. t against Cus-Oli , the other towards the low ground between Cuflt i \ and Somma _C-mp 3 gna , and the third column towards the ..-. mentioned point . Half an

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      ? p , „ h < JWa _ * the third column ' opeiea its fire , but K _ _f _r three _^ arter 3 of an _hourifiring . At th « _^ . n ' f I am writiD _gthe battle w earned on in tne centre , between . _Ciutrz . and _Simma Carapagna . _p rad , 0 li _^ _- _- dgefrom t , le smnke < our troops are ___ !? _ . n'n _ - _ro"dW _dblodijinit the enemy . ene . _ _fS _^ . - tha . * _ ™ tory will be ours , as the enemj a retreat is cut off "wr * __ fnT ' r _^ 24 Mutoight-The Tiotory _ ! _ _W _ i r he Duke of GeEoa n 0 _ff at 5 _om-_ _e in & "ft *•' betw the e . my and V _. rona , who _ _ftn _ S * h- _! _T _? th 8 _**»»»• The important vlZll a - I - " - V ucce 8 ai 3 t 0 _^ V 6 cut off from _r _t « T _ _^ _ S _ _ n 0 f l „ e L _nemy . which , according to The number of slain and w ouaded on both sides has not been ascertained ; if the loss on the Austrian side u e-eat , ours is not the less so

      A letter from VlI _ Frasca , dated the 25 _A ult ,, says :- Ibis day there bas been a new battle OD both sides of the hill between Valeggio and Somma Campagna , along the Mincio , and on the left bank ofthe river , The conflict , which be 4 an on several points , was every where very animated and obstinate on each side ; The engagement lasted from 8 a . ato fa pm ., with various _Buccess ; still there was no decisive result either for us or the enemy . The latter . till preserves Ms positions on the left of the Mincio , we ours on the right ; the bridges have beeo broken by the Piedmontese . who still are masteiB of the two ext . emi . ie _ f the line , Goito and Peschiera , and ol the other more remote points on either side of the river . The following is important as furnishing the Austrian version of the slate of affairin Italy .

      , V . EifNA _, J _ r 27- —The following has been received by telegraph , dated Padua , July 25 . The Austrian army has obtained a brilliant victory , and has driven the enemy out of his retrenchments in the _utmost dis srder . _ Rivoli . Somma Campa _ a , _Castelnuovo , ami _Valh-gio are in our hand * - General _Morten , with Charles Albert ' s adjutant , and many other orficers , are prisoners . The utter _defeat of the Italian army by the Austrians is confirmed . The greatest alarm appears to have been produced at Milan by tbe _intelligence from _ilts theatre of war , and an insurrection in the republican _Eenso appears to have been menaced . Tbe armament and levy en masse are beirg carried on with extraordinary activity .

      At Turin complaints had broken out against the conduct ofthe Lombard battalions and the _Mtdentsr , to whose defections the reverc-e 3 were a _. cribtd . _TumultuouB assemblages took place in different parts of Turin , in which denouncements were made against the mixed ministry which had been formed . It is announced thst the Duke of Genoa will not accept the crown of Sicily , which baa been offered to him , until the war of independence is concluded .

      THE WAR IN LOMBARDY . The Times says , we hare letters of the 24 th from oar correspondent with the Piedmontese army . On the previous day General A _* pre , with 25 , 000 men , came out from Verona , forced the position of Sona and Somna Campagna , and drove the Piedmontese from all the C ) untry between the upper Adige and the Lake of Garda , and tbe Plain of Verona and t _. e Mincio . At the same time an Austrian force 0 S _. 009 descended the Montebeldo . acd , after takiDg the heights of La Corona , ejected tbe Piedmontese from the Plateau of Rivoji . The beaten Sardinians ,

      whose force waa not one-f _. urth that of the enemy , retired opportunely , some to Peschiera , others acrosB the Mincio , and a few to Villafranca . On the 24 th , General Aspre attempted to force the Mincio at Monzanvano , and to establish a bridge at Salionzi but , at the __ hour our courier left , he had not succeeded at either point . He proposed , it was said , descending to Vallegio , and trying to force the river at Borghetto , as tbe heights at his ( the _lejt ) side of the river command the right . The Piedmoptese hid , thereforo . broken up the bridge , and troops were ordered from Goi ' o to defend tbat important point . The Daily Nrws has the followin _? : —

      By letters from Villafranca , dated the 24 th ult ., it is said that the Piedmontese under Charles-Albert had defeated the AuBtrians , who to the number of 25 , 000 men , had reoccupied Rivoli , and that he bad taken COO prison _ _s . The Austrians had rec . o »__ d the Mincio at _Saliacze , a few miles below Peschiera

      REPORTED INSURRECTION AT PADUA . The _PifiDU-STEBK Gazette of the 26 th publishes an account from Modena of the 23 rd , that Padaa had freed beiself from the Austrians . Acording to this account , on the 19 th a young man , engaged in a brawl with an Austrian officer , wa * arrested and shot . The population immediately flew to ' arms , and drove out the Austrians after au _obstiaats resist ance . It appears thst on the 25 -h a new accession of

      force ., led by Radetski , came out ofVerons . where they were concentrated on arriving from _Lej-nago and _Vicenza , and took the Italian army in the rear . After a sanguinary resistance on our part , _seeiHg the danger of holding such exposed and extended positions , the Italian army retired on Villa Franca , and from tbence in the middle of the night , carrying with it 2 500 prisoners , and without the enemy daring to follow it , fell back on Goito , to recover thc fatigue ot a battle of three days , and effect a junction with the division of reserve on the line of the Mincio .

      To the above it is added , that the investment of Mantua was raised . On the arrival of this news at Milan nothing could exceed the excitement which was produced , and the idea of asking for the _intervention of France , which hitherto was rejected with jealousy and disfavour , was now advanced on every side as the only certain security . It wai , indeed , expected that a demand for assistance would be made immediately . HUNGARY . The _BnEfLAUBB Zeituno has a letter from Pesth ofthe 20 _* hof July , in v / hich the report of a defeat of the Hungarians at St Thomas is confirmed ; but in whioh it is also stated tbat the insurgents bad in their turn suffered a defeat near Taras , where they were twice beaten by Colonel _Kissr , and lost a num ber of men .

      INDIA . THE LATE C 0 SSP 1 RACT AT LAHORE . The design of the conspirators was to have ad mitted 5 , 000 meu into _L-ihore , who were to have fallen upon and massacred the Europeans . Parties had been concentrated in the neighb uring villages for tbat purpose . The arrival of the reinforcement of two native regiments with seme artillery and _irregular cavalry , bad produced a very salutary effect at Lahore , being generally _regarded by the Sikhs as the advanced guard of a larger force . A portion of this body was subsequently despatched to attempt the capture of aa insurgent leader , a Fakir of some note , who headed a body of 500 men , st a point about 100 miles from the capital . Secret stores of ball cartridge to a great amouDt are said to have been discovered in the purlieus ot the city

      Two British sepoys have been _executed for their participation in the conspiracy . There has been fighting in MooltaH , in which the British have been successful .

      UNITED STATES . MEETINGS POK IBELAND . ( From the Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle ) Tha principal mattings of the Irish Republican Union , in New Tork , durin ? the past week , have been at the _ShakBteare Hall , Jersey City , and Tinkham Hall . The speeches were so exceedingly _similar that to detail tbem would be merely to repeat the 'tedium o fa thrice-told tale . ' At each of these the * R . ort of the Irish Republican Union , addressed to the friends of Ireland throughout the United

      States , ' was read aud adopted ; and this document urges the formation of military clubs in the Unit _ States to aid Ireland , and says that the people of Ireland have resolved 'to keep their food by force of arms , ' and that this will ' bring en the issue . ' In short , as the Irish papers say , that there will be a rebellion after the harvest . The sa _; e document gays : 'Weare sending more [ men ] , and Bhall not case until we have established a net-work through out Ireland , to be moved by one experienced hand , _-vhen tbe people are attrcked , & c . ; the ' felon fug ot that perfidious , brutal , and bloody aristocracy' [ of

      Eng land ] , io . A meeting of the ' American League for Ireland has been beid . It is termed a convention , at which delegates from all the Irish societies attended , and ' perfected a thorough and efficient representation of the various _organised societies and friends of Ire land in New York . ' The speeches at all these meetings are similar to those which had been made long bat ' ore . At Albany Mr Mitchel ' s brother addressed the meeting . _TRBMBNDOUS MEETIRG AT PHILADELPHIA . ( From the Philadelphia Times of June 27 . )

      An adjourned meeting of the friends oflreland was held la . t night at the Chinese Museum , the enthusiasm and numbers of which equalled almost the great demonstration of Wednesday evening . The large saloon was filed with a dense mass of human beings , upon whoso countenances waB depicted a deep sympathy fur Ireland ' s martyred - on , John Mitchel Every man in the assemblage _seenud to feel that it was his duty to be present to give an impetus to the dorim __ principles of liberty which are now arousing the _down-troddeu ofthe old world . Robkbt _Tyu-b , E q , called the meeting to order , and stated that tbe object of tbe meeting was to collect Subscriptions , < tc ; but that speaking would be made in the course of the evening , and proposed Francis Tiernan . Esq ., for president , and John B . Colahaa and William H . Dunn , _Esqs , as secretaries . Mr T _ rka . on taking the ohair , made eome

      eloquent remarks . Mr _Cola-us made a few remarks , and then _proceaded te collect the subscriptions , which came in so fast that it waa almost impossible for the secretaries to receive them . Some subscribed one , two , three , and five _dell-i . and one ir two ten dollars . A number of ladies were present , who stepped up to the stand with their mite . Loud che ; _ring greeted

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      them . A _humbe but noble Swiss contributed a good sum , which elicited three _rou . ing cheers . A gentleman in the audience got up and stated that he would now eive an additional contribution tor tne purpose of purchasing two good pikes , ( Cheera . ) Robert Tyler , Esq ., said that the last intelligence from Ireland had brought some glorious news . It had brought over the delightful _intelligence of the fraternisation of the Catholio and Protestant _Assoc . ation ; There were no mere divisions—but all was union and harmony now—and in order that the newB might be received in a proper spirit , he moved that the meeting rise en masse and give NINE cheers for tbis great event , which were given with tremendous effect-While tbe subscriptions were being received , a large delegation from Moyamensing , with music , banners and transparencies , entered the room . Cheers upon cheers wore givon ,

      Capt John B _Couhan thon addressed the meeting in an eloquent speech , and sat down amidst great cheering . RrBSRT TyLBu , E _^ q . w _ again loudly called for . Mr T . was very eloquent in his remarks , and was loudly and repeatedly cheered . Some more speeches were delivered , and the Chairman then announced the _snbseripti _ms for the _eTRninp , whioh were ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY DOLLARS . Tbree hearty cheers were given for the subscriptions to the funcs , and three more for Ireland , when tbe meoting adjourned after a _^ _saion of great unanimity and enthusiasm .

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      ASTLEY'S THEATRE . On Monday tbe performances at this theatre concluded with a new equestrian _extravaganzi , entitled 'Lady Godlva and peeping Tom of Cov _ try , or . earing the T « ll . ' The an . _'ient legend , wbich tells ofthe patriotic _dovotedness ofthe fair lady of Coventry , and the inquisitive propensities of her townsman , t _ prying tailor , ia made tho basis of this _nmudng novelty . Suoh a story as this is admirably suited for the introduction of those effects in spectacle for which this theatre hia longbeen justly famed ; nor has any opportunity been disregarded , for the piece 13 crowded throughout with grand processions , equestrian and pedestrian , tableaux , characteristic _groupings , ' and all the miraio splendours to be ac * ieved by the theatrical art . The dialogue of the piece ia

      written in true burlesque rhj _ _3 , into which are . intro duc 3 d _allusions to th-.- pissing events o ' ' the present day , many of which were received with Jaugbter . The story is funnily told , and the author has made it more amusing by bringing in several characters <•' his own . Tho petition praying Lady Godiva ( Mrf Brooks ) to entreat her l . rd to take off the -Dans Gelt , ' was presented by a deputation cf women , in e most humourous manner . The Countess Mercia gets to the weak side other liege lord Leofric ( Mr Crowtherj , at a bacquet , when he is getting merry , and he declares laughingly that if she wil ' ride through the town without bonnet or gown , tho ve y first thing in the morning , ' she shall have her request ; to the astonishment of all the lady consents . Tom ( Mr Adrian ) makes a determination to have a look at the beauteous lady as she proceeds nn her

      way , like a ' trembling Bunbeam . ' He carries out this base intent , is caught and duly punished . The characters of Lady Godivr , Leofric , and Tom , were well sustained , as also were the humorous parts of lloity Toity ( Mr Silver ) , an old Lord Mayor , with a _deairo to make orations , and his faototuui , _Wynkin Githerwool ( Mr Roehez ) , the town crier . The dresses and decorations aro ofa very excellent order , and gave a very effective appearance to the ensemble of the piece . Some vary excellent scenery haa also been painted for the _exfcravajjaDZ _.. Among the best executed and most attractive were the _following : —• Bridge and part of the town of Coventry ; Highs'reet of Coventry , with Market-cross , by day-break ; outside of the city walls , d _... These were duly applauded ; indeed the piece generally was well received by a v _. ry largo audience .

      The Largest Cargo Of Wool That Ever Arri...

      The largest cargo of wool that ever arrived in Hull , entered that port on Sunday . It was brought by the Lion steamer , and consisted of 1 , 600 bales . Colonial Extravagance . — -The revenue of Jama ci is . 300 , 000 a-year , and no less than £ 33 , 000 are spent iu its collection . The provisions of the late alien bill bave been brought into silent but effective operation . It is said that about four hundred foreigners , obnoxious to the Government have been compelled to quit our shores .

      The Castle of Newcastle . —A fine specimen of the old Norraau keep , whicii rears its lofty turrets and massy form above the houses of Newcastle , like some giant of the olden time—is nndeigoing a complete restoration , at the expense of the antiquaries ef that town . The corporation also granted £ 250 _towards'the object . The Antiquarian Society intends to hold a banquet in the great hall of the castle , on the 3 d of August next , An Intelligent Negro . —A negro , while undergoing an examination at Northampton , Massachusetts on being asked if his master was a Christian , replied 'No , Sir , he ' s a member of Congress . '—American Paper . [ A white raan being asked if his master was a Christian , replied 'No , Sir , he ' s a member of Parliament . ' ]

      The late Mrs CoBBETr . —The remains of Mrs . Cobbett . widow ofthe late Mr Cobbett , _M-P ., were on Wednesday last conveyed to Farnbam , in Surrey , and tbere interred in the same spot where those of her husband were deposited in 1835 . The deceased lady , who was married to Mr Cobbett in 1792 , was in her 75 th year at the time of her death . A curious case of injury is recorded respecting an insurgent engaged in the recent outbreak in Paris . It is related that a ball went in at one cheek and out through the other , but as his mouth happened to be open it touched neither his-jaws nor his teeth . Very True . —Referring to tbe threat of the King of Hanover to leave the kingdom , if the Frankfort assembly went beyond certain limits , the Bremer Zeitung of the 13 th remarks , that' if his Majesty can do without his dominions , his dominions can do without hira . '

      An American writer says , — ' Poetry is the flower of literature ; prose is corn , potatoes , and meat ; satire is the aqafortis ; wit is the spice and pepper ; love letters are the honey and sugar 5 and letters containing remittances are the apple dumplings ' Important Announcement . —Yesterday , the bellman made proclamation through the town to ihe effect ' that the commanding officer of the 2 nd battalion of Rifles , on recruiting service at Manchester , will not be responsible for any debt or debts' contracted by the said corps after tbis day , July 21 st . ' The crier clenched the important notice with ' God save the Queen . '—Manchester Guardian

      The gunpowder magazine of le Bouchet , in France in the department of _Seine-et-Oise , containing 3 , 000 lbs . ot fulminating cotton , lately received from ViHceunes , was blown up last week with a dreadful shock , which destroyed the building to the foundation , Four young men who were in the house perished 'There is no harm , ' says the Rev Mr Montgomery _, 'in smoking tobacco , except that it leads to drinking—drinking to intoxication—intoxication to bilebile to indigestion—indigestion to consumptionconsumption to death , That is all . '

      Fire " on Board a Vessel in the Bristol Docks On Monday night , much consternation and alarm prevailed here in consequence of a vessel in the Upper Basin having been discovered to be on fire . The vessel , which belonged to Newport , was called the Neptune , Edwards , master , and she had come on Sunday , from that port to this , with a cargo of charcoal and other matters . When she was moored in the basin , she was left in the charge of the mate , and a young seaman named Edwards , who was related to the captain , either as a son or a nephew . At half-past one o ' clock this morning the mate was awakened b y a sense of suffocation , and upon looking up he found the berth filled with a

      most offensive kind of smoke . He tried to arouse his companion but could not awaken him , and as the vapour continued to grow more and more dense he was obliged to rush to the deck for air . After he had recovered a little he attempted to remove a hatch , when an explosion took place , and he found that the ship was on fire , a large quantitity of charcoal in the hold having by some means become ignited . He gave an alarm , and the . police soon came to bis assistance , as did the public engines . As soon as possible the young man was brought up out

      of the hull , but he was found to be quite dead , means were taken in the hope of rescusitating him , but without effect . It _ras also discovered that another man , a ship ' s porter , named Jeff , who hadbeen engaged to unload the cargo , and who went on board to sleep in order to be at his work by daylight , had perished from the effect of the poisonous effluvia , Information of the sad event was conveyed to the coroner , J . D . Grudon , Esq ,, who held an inquest at the Royal Arm ' s Tavern , Wapping , and a verdict of accidental death was returned .

      An old manuscript in the Hull Workhouse proves that in the year 1722 the annual amount of the rates for tbe relief of the poor in the parishes of Holy Triuity and St Mary , of that town , was £ 1 , 400 , while now it is about . 618 , 000 . A vessel , arriving in the Thames , from Odessa , bas broug ht , as a portion of her cargo , between two an d three thousand of old balls and shells , consig ned to order .

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      SATURDAY , _Jdly . HOUSE OP COMMO *_ ,-S . _ of ' _Ibeland -Tbe bonne met at _tve _. ve o ' olock , aud the fi . _' jurn _ ' dtb _ to on the Stale of _Ireland , was resumed by Mr M . J . O'C . _nnedl , who strongly remonstrated _sgalnot the _do-nothing p „ _Ucy of t . , governmoni a . respected Ireland , a > . d gave his cordial support to the motion . Major _Blackail denied that tho disturbances In Ireland vrere to bo attributed to tbo _Bitflbllslicd _ urcb the state of the _fmnchlso , or tho distress of the country , but to tbe h _trunguos of _ag ' _tators . Ho thought that _R- _'voinmtnt had dono for Ireland _everything thai could be expected _atlishanda .

      Mr P . Scao _ contended that thf tenure of land operatid as a mo _* t cruel grievance in Ireland , and unless Parliament _preparad itself to deal with that evil it would bo hopeless to put do _* n the _robollion now threatened in that country . If something were dono to check tho clearance system the amount of dhaff _. ctlon would bo _grent'y _dimiuiflbod . Sir 6 , Gee . readily admitted that many measures were required for Ireland to remedy its social condition , but the present was not 'he _tlm-j for their consideration , The lion , member for _UiaalsBex bad recommended a universal system of colonisation , but the results of such

      a plan must necessarily be slow , and would , indeed , be coarcely perceptiblo . Ua believed that msny of the _-Vils ot _Ireland arose from the nature of the relations of I > n <) , but many of 'ham could not , in hi * opinion , bo re moved by legislation , but by private _In _. _ividu-ls acting in their respective locitlitt _. B . A bill was _already under tho c . naMeration of Parliament to prevent persons from being turned out ef iheir houses , nnd compelled to sleep under _hndges . The subdivision of land produced much of tbe poverty preva ' . _llni ? In Ireland , and in his opinion capitalists In that country w _ ld do a vast amount of gcod if tbey t . ok larger farm , and employed the peasantry at weekly _wsceB .

      Colonel Dunne hoped the government would _assuro the _hOUSO that a bill OU tUa _su- _' _eol , _founded on just ana enlightened _principles , would be Introduced at the _onrlleBt _possible _psrlcd . Mr R , At . For said tbere were Crown lands which yielded but £ 50 , 000 although they cost n great deal for tbeir management . Those lands might be soil fur £ 250 , 000 , which , lent at five per cent , mi , rht be made tha means of improving waste lands , and thus emp ' oy 1 , 000 , 000 ofthe people . In his opinion the Cimrch of _Irelasd did far more good than Injury . Mr Clements opposed tbe motion of Mr Sherman Oawford . Sir D . Nobbeys expressed his disappointment that no measures had boen introduced by government to improve thc condition of Ireland .

      Sir W . _Someeville _admltied that the law . _elatlag to landlord and tenant required great improvemtnt , but oould not agree that it lay at tbe root of all tho social evils of Ireland . With _retpeet to the poor law of Ireland , he wag ready te admit that It was defective , sad If it sbould be tte wish of Irish members , there would be no objection on tbe pare of government to grant a committee to consider the _eubject early next _BOBSion . Mr O'Connor said .- Sir , if my speech has no other merit it shall be short , and I think I can now illustrate the present position of the Irish members by an apposite anecdote . " There was once upon a time , a Roman Catholic clergyman , who was supposed to be gifted with supernatural powers ; this

      rev . gentleman was appointed to a parish in the county of Kildar e ; when he enter _. d upon his functions , the weather was excessively changeable and precarious , and bis flock with perfect reliance upon his power , applied to him for a change of weather , and to which the divine replied , that a deputation of four should wait upon bim on the following Monday , and that then he would comply with -heir request ; they did so ; when one asked for rain , another for dry weather , another , for heat , and another for cool weather ; and mark his reply , 'I cannot give you four kinds of weather at once , but go home , agree amongst yourselves upon one description of weather , and that you shall have . " ( Laughter . ) Now , that

      wa 3 critically illustrative ot the Irish members—there were two parties upon that sideof the house , and two parties upon tbis side of the house , and their opinions , both social and political , were as much at variance as the four points of the weathercock ; so he would tell the Prime Minister to say unto those four sections , ' Go home , agree amongst yourselves , and then I will give you the measure you agree upon . ' ( Hear , hear . ) He told the house that the main grievances of Ireland , arose from the unfaithful and unrighteous discharge of those duties whieh nature and justice imposed upon the landlord , and that it was pusillanimous , mean and absurd , to come to that house , and ask parliament to do for them what they

      were capable of doing for themselves if inclined . ( Hear , hear . ) But then was it fair or just , that the poor should suffer while the rich differed , and as he ( Mr O'Connor ) had listened attentively to every speech delivered upon the question , he found , as was invariably the case , that the lrenzy and madness of Irishmen was traceable to the criminality of their rulers and the landlords . He knew he would not only have proof , but confession of this fact before the debate concluded ; and now how would he establish his proof ? Why , the honourable secretary for Ireland , who had just sat down , in alluding to the _speech of the lion , member for Kerry , adopted his assumption , andit was onein which he ( Mr O'Connor ) acquiesced , that the tenant was a tyrant over bis labourer . Yes , 'ie would say , as he had said before , show me a tyrant in broadcloth , and I will shew you

      twenty in frieze ; nine-tenths of the cases tried at petty sessions were complaints of labourers against tenant employers . ( Hear , hear . ) Ay , but who undertook to make the laws to protect those labourers , and who , by the confession of the right hon . baronet , was chargeable with offences committed by men , whom he had thus admitted were tyraunised over by their employers ? But he would go farther , and trace the tyranny of those tenant employers to the Irish landlords . The ri ght hon . baronet , and indeed every speaker upon the measure , had admitted tbat the non-employment of the population upon the land was the primary source of distrust and dissatisfaction , and he ( Mr O'Connor ) contended that the inevitable consequence of distress must be the abandonment of reliance upon those who created it . Then he would attach this

      irrevocably to the landlord class , as the right hon . baronet had read extracts f , om a Blue Book , showing that men who could net get employment promised £ 12 an acre for land , which the middleman held for 18 s . —and what did this proceed from ? Why . Irom the fact that the Irish tenants had not such a tenure iu their land as would induce them to expend the amount of capital , that a better cultivation would insure if they had permanent tenure . ( Hear , hear . ) Would the right hon . baronet expend the same amount of capital , and apply the same amount of labour upon a farm , upon which he had a capricious tenure , as upon a farm of which he had

      a secure tenure ? ( Hear , hear . ) Then hence arose the non-employment of labour , hence arose the distress , and hence , naturally , arose the disaffection , and , as he anticipated , he had the confession of guilt from the right hon . baronet , Now , if the labour market was open and profitable , the labourer would not have promised £ 12 an acre for land not worth a pound , hut he would have been satisfied with a fair remuneration for his work as a labourer . If the house wished for a compendium of Irish history they would find it in the graphic and unan swerable speech of the right hon . baronet the member for Ripon ( Sir J . Grahan ) upon the discussion on the Sale of _Escumbered Kstates Bill . He said

      the Irish Catholics have been long out of the pale of the Constitution , the land mart being closed against them—they have uphusbanded their treasure—let this bill be so framed as to enable them to purchase land in the retail market , and do not deter them frora doing so by the heavy amount of stamp duties ; facilitate the transfer , and then , from the sound social system which such a state of things will pro - duce , will arise a sound political system , which will not endanger the security of the British Crown . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , that was the speech of a statesman—it was a speech worthy of being chroniclod ; and he ( Mr O'Connor ) contended that the master giievance of Ireland was the sway of an alien Pro .

      testant Church over a Catholic people . And they need not go to the peasantry for just and deeprooted causes for hatred to your Pro testant institutions , they had only to look to tbat bench wher _. Irish Catholics , gentlemen of education , sat , and even yet they were excluded from scholastic honours in their Universities . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) But that was not all , their hatred was hereditary . Their ancestors mig ht he called to the bar , but , however great their talents or acquirements may be , they should sit behind the bar in stuff gowns , while Protestants , their juniors and inferiors in talent , sat

      inside the bar in silk , and were eligible to honours and promotion . ( Cheers . ) They mig ht serve as soldiers , but their suspected loyalty did not entitle them to promotion . Well , then , he would ask if it was wonderful that those angry feelings should rankle in the Catholic breast , and should exp lode in vengeance ? But Irish members were taunted with not proposing any remedial measures for the benefit of their country . He ( Mr 0 'Connor ) _was not liable to tbat charge / but the fact was , that every Irish question was disregarded by that house , and heard reluctantly by the house , while questions of raiHor importance , connected with sugar and distant colo-

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      nies , so occupied their time , that lie should not wonder if erery honourable gentleman started at a sugar hogshead , and fell into hysterics at the si ght of a grocer ' s shop . ( Laughter . ) When he entered that house ( in 1833 ) , he was an avowed , a sincere , and ardent Repealer , but he soon discovered in the words of the ri g ht hon . member for Dungarvon , ' that it was a phantom , a mockery , a delusion , and a snare ; ' and , being so convinced , he turned his consideration to practical measures ; and , having been twitted b y the hon . and g allant member for Middlesex ( Mr Osborne ) that he ( Mr O'Connor ) reminded the honse that he had said so-and-so , and

      so-and-so , while the honourable and gallant gentleman himself publishe d his Irish almanac for next year , and stereot yped his chronology for all time to COm < _ by ,. UinB us «> at he would do so-andso , that Ja » first so-and-so was his acquiescence in the suspension of the Irish Constitution , and his second so-and-so was to secure absolution by proposing some twenty measures of amelioration to be introduced next session , and which were to go on pan poms with coercion , to which he gave his assent Now perhaps it may not be out of place to illustrate the position of the gallant gentleman by a military anecdote . "In ihe year of the Irish rebellion

      there was a Kerry gentleman , bursting with loyalty , and he undertook to raise a yeomanry corps , at his own expense . He said that he was independent of the old hum-drum system of discipline , and that he would establish a new system for himself ; and when he thought that he had completed his tactics , he invited his _neighbours to a grand inspection of his loyal corps , and when drawn up in double rank and file , his first word of command under the new system wa 9 _, ' The front rank will advance three paces forward—march ; the rear rank _wi'l advance three paces backward—march !'" ( Laughter . ) Now , the three paces forward were illustrative of the

      coercive _measures to which the hon . and gallant gentle man gave bis assent ; and the three paces advanced backward were illustrative of the hon . gentlemen ' s remedial measures , wbich were to advance pari passu with coercive measures . He agreed with the hon . and gallant member that the standard of incumbency in tbe Protestant church sbould be congregational and not territorial ; but he also contended that the representation of the Catholic people of Ireland should be measured by the numerical standard , and not by the standard of territorial Protestantism . Now , one of his ( Mr O'Connor ' s ) so-and-sos proposed to that house in 1835 was , that the landlords should be compelled to

      make leases for ever , at a corn rent , and to that they must come at last -, and then' there wouhl be a market large enough for the employment of all the population ef Ireland . Oh ! but this would be a violation of all the rights of landlords ; but let them see if they could not discover a precedent . The property of the church in the land was the first charge upon the land ; it was a lien of wbich the land could not be discharged . Tithes are a higher description of title and more ancient than the title of the landlord to rent—tbeir render was of the year , and paid in kind ; but this house substituted a septennial average for the annual average , and money for a produce render . If , according to the

      old system , the harvest was a bad one , the parson , the highest landlord , took bis tithes in kind , thus participating in failure ; and he would ask , if anything could be more absurd or preposterous than the _noiion of paying a fixed money rent for thirtyone or sixty-one years for a raw material , the value of the produce of which may be depreciated or tampered with by legislation . ( Hear , hear . ) Would it not be as just to presume that the purchaser of raw wool or cotton should give a fixed price for a stipulated period without reference to the fluctuations in the price of the manufactured article ? ( Hear , hear . ) He would now come to the question of Protestant landlords' solicitude for their

      Catholic tenants as regarded the payment of tithes . In 1735 , the Irish parliament , being Protestant , passed an act to exempt their own grass land from the payment of tithe for the support of the ministers of their own religion ; and from that period to 1825 —nearly a century—when the ri ght hon . gentleman the member for the University of Cambridge ( Mr Goulburn ) passed an act , the effect of which was to bring those Protestant grass lands to bear their fair share of tithes ; for these ninety years the Protestant landlords of Irelarfd _, as grand jurors , petty jurors , as magistrates and captains of Yeomanry corps , persecuted , prosecuted , and murdered every Catholic who offered the slightest resistance to the

      payment of tithes . And every war has been an anti-tithe war and an anti-Protestant war -, but to show the value of agitation , as soon as the Protestant lands were brought into gavel , the Protestant landlords became loudest in the deprecation of tbe tithe system , and were rewarded by twenty-five per cent stolen frora the Protestant church but not given to the Catholic people . ( Hear , hear . ) And he would now tell those English landlords sitting upon the Protectionist benches not to deceive themselves with a notion that they had seen the end or even the beginning of free trade . No , it was the keystone of the social arch , —the minister recklessly struck it out , but failed to prop the edifice of which

      it was the foundation , with those timely and prudent concessions for the want of which agricultural Ireland has been the first to suffer , but ultimately the infection will spread , and they will find themselves struck with the same blight . But while they dilated upon Protestant iniquities let them not forget Catholic atrocities ; for he ( Mr O'Connor ) asserted , that a little Catholic middleman was one of the greatest tyrants in existence ; but to the honour and fine feeling of his Catholic countrymen he attributed the suppression of those grievances committed by Catholic middlemen to the fact , that they would rather hear oppression than tinge the professors of their creed with criminality . ( Hear , hear . )

      In conclusion , he would advert to the two great points relied upon by the noble lord , —the one was an extract frora a pamphlet written in 1796 upon the state of Ireland , and he ( Mr O'Connor ) suspected tbat be knew the author of that pampbleti but the noble lord ' s justification was that the writer states that in 1796 tbe Irish people were the worst housed , worst clad , and worst fed people upon the face of thc earth . But was uot the same admission made in the repoit of the Devon commission , and what was the conclusion ? why that Ireland had beea united to paternal England for now forty-eight years ; that the anticipations from that union , and the promises from that union , was the improvement

      of the condition of the Irish people ; and yet , aU though all other nations are rapidly hurrying on in the course of civilisation and improvement , the ouly reliable argument of the noble lord is tbat Ireland is no worse than we found it . ( Hear , hear . ) The second ground of distress , aa stated by the noble lord , is population , consequent upon early marriages ; but he ( Mr O'Connor ) would ask whether the prevention of early marriages would insure a less population , although it may insure an illegitimate for a legitimate breed . Instead of

      coercing the Irish Catholic people to bear oppression tamely , while it was now manifest from the confession of every member who had spoken , that neglect of duty by the Protestant landlords was the cause , let that house compel tbe Irish landlords faithfully to discharge their obligations to the people , and then , but not till then , justice would be done , and tranquillity instead of disturbance would reign through that unhappy land , aud then would be perfect security for life and property , when _jus » tice was done to the Catholic people of Ireland . He had now kept his word by being brief . ( Laughter . )

      Mr _NjevtDeoate then eBoajed to address the _houe » j hut was very p _ Hi & lly bsard In the gallery , _iaeonea . quenc _. of tho loud . _xpreesions ' of _impitienoe for a division . He endeavoured to deftnd the E-tabllBhed Caurch of Ireland from the attacl _. 9 with which it was _wosaUe-, contending that Its overthrow would be the destruction of the la-t link which bound tho two countries together . Mr Re-holds denied tbat the people of Ireland wera contented with the Established Church , as had bsen _BtatedlbyMr AnsteyW Major Black-11 . The Catholio poof 8 060 080 The _numbw

      pul » tl _ a _ . oant _ to up . vard-. - . Of those professing the religion of tbe Established Churc _» vias only 700 , 080 . The Catholic population had not only to support about 4000 of their own _priestB by voluntary contributlonr , but were compelled to support _theolergj of tbe Established CSurcb , with wbom they could hava no sympathies whatever , to tho amount annually oi £ 700 000 . ( Hear , hear . ) In an assembly composed oS rational , intelligent men , he thought itwas unnecessary to say one word mire to convinao the houso of the _follj " of sucb statements . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr St _. ffobd aud Mr G _» ace opposed the motion .

      MrQBATT _. N rose , amid loud cries of 'Ob , oh ! ' and ' Divide , divld _* . ' He . aid ;—Iriae meroly to make an apologj to the _houte , and to my countrymen for not _-peakisg , ( 'Hear , htar _. ' and laughter . ) The house the divided , — For going into o . mmittee of supply 100 For Mr Crawford ' s resolution ... Z * Majority ... ••¦ — -70 The house shortly after adjourned at half-past seven o'clock .

      MONDAY , Jolt 30 th . HOUSE OF LORDS . - Th . Bl . fcop of _LOM--OH n q _ . rc _ Whether gov ernment intended to proceed _wlfc tho Copyhold _Enfranchis-Hieflt SW . He thought , eo .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 5, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05081848/page/7/