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      _COMMEMORAIK ' N vF THAT _GLORIOU S LESSON TO TYRANTS , THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FRENCH BASTILE BY THE BRAVE PARISIANS . JULY THE Mth , 1789 . [ AnniTeioRireduU Juillet , 1789 , en _commemoration de la prise de la Bastille , Far le Fenple de Paris . ] The French Democratic Society celebrated the above . important event by a public supper , atthe "White Hart _TaTcrn _, Drury-lane , on Tuesday evening , July the Mth , 1846 . Abont two hundred " citizens * ' sat down to supper , comprising Democrats of all nations , amongst whom we noticed , Dr . Berrier Fontaine , M . Michelot , Ernest Jones , Colonel Oborski , Carl Sdiapper , H . Bauer , J . Moll , Julian Haineyand TClark

      , , . . „ Amongst the decorations of the Ball , was a full length statue of "Justice . " Several of the iair sex graced the meetiug by their presence , and appeareu deeplyinterested in the proceedings of the c ™ mna . _Tbesupperwas well got up , _£ « d _^ _"etedgreat credit on the worthy host , Air . Rogers . Alter uie removal ofthe cloth , . , .. . _„ v „ - Dr . _BsbbtsrFostaim-. whe _, occupied | » _^ g _rosetogive the first sentiment , — ihe _irarernity of all Nations . " . , „ . „ ,, , The Chairman delivered aH eloquent address m the French langnage , which was enthusiastically applauded . We regret that we have not received a report of his speech . -

      _,,,,, Cabl _Schappeb said , Citizens and Brothers , allow me to support , with a few words , the toast given by oar worthy chairman— " To the Fraternity of all Nations . " * Citizens , the old national hatreds and jealousies begin to disappear and make room to the fraternal sentiments ; the best proof of it is the Banquet this evening , for here we are united in friendship and brotherly love , men of nearly all European nations . ( Cheers . ) Many ot our fathers fought against the French _republicans who proclaimed the fraternity of all nations , but we , their children , have other sentiments , and if ever France should raise

      again the banner of liberty and equality , instead of marching against her we shall go with her . ( Loud cheers . ) Our enemies are not the nations which fight for liberty and equality , oar enemies are tbe oppressors of mankind , wherever tbey may be . ( Applause . ) A great sign of onr time is also the fact , that political parties disappear , and there are now in every country only two parties . Firstly , the paity which believes in the progress of humanity , the party which "has recognised the necessity ofa social regeneration , which desires it , and works for it ; and secondly , the party which wishes to maintain the statu guo , or to speak more properly , which wishes to retrogade ; for mankind never can stop in its march , it either must advance or retrogade . ( Hear , hear . ) It is not

      doubtful which party will be victorious—ior in our ranks , in the ranks of social and political progress , we count the mass ofthe people ; enlightened by the Pres 3 _, we count the elite of savants and artiste ; on our aide is troth and justice , and these have always been victorious . ( Cheers . ) Onward then , brothers , let ns have faith in the progress of humanity , and the day will not be far distant when national wars "will be unknown , when all nations on earth , united as sisters , will form one great and happy family , the family of the human race . ( Great cheering . ) -Mr , Ernest _Joses rose to respond to the sentiment , and said , Citizen Chairman and Brother Democrats , —There has been an old fraternity reigning flyer the earth—the fraternity of tyrants—the

      fraternity of priests and their ysunger brethren , kings and conquerors . It was raised by fraud , it was _supported by violence : nevertheless , it has clothed itself with glory , honour , and fame . But its glory , was the glory ol war—its honour , the honour of smitude—ita Fame , the fame of evil doing . ( Cheers . ) It was reserved for the present age to produce a far nobler _ixatermty—the fraternity of nations . ( Cheers . V This feeling-is a glorious guarantee for the realisation of those words , which were once heard in an English House of Commons , but never found an echo within that house—" civil and religious liberty all over the world . " _TMsfi-f tteraiily , also , has its glory , _itshonour , and its fame . Its glory—is the glory of peace ! Its honour—the hononr of equality ! ( And , indeed , I

      scarcely know which is the most debasing , to be a tyrant or a slave ;)—its fame is a Roman fame , that of deserving well at the hands of the coming republic ( Applause . ) It has been the game of tyrants to prevent this spirit of fraternity . They have , therefore , been the fosterers of cruelty and bloodshed . They have led nations to battle-fields , like herds to the slaughter . They bave clothed _thesescenes of murder , with . & false glory—and made the names of past massacres , the watchword of future fights . ( Hear , hear . ) This is a prond moment , my French , German and English brethren , in which we can recall tho .-e "names , without one thrill of anger or revenge ! In which we can say : there oar fathers contended—bat they were the tools ef tyrants ! There great battles

      were fought , bat they were the battles of tyranny ! ( Renewed applause . ) We will have no more such battles—and if kings , ( should such yet be ) are determined to quarrel , let them fight their battles out themselves , while we look on and laugh at their folly . They shall not have the strength of oar arms , the blood of onr hearts , and tbe freedom of our spirits ! ( Great cheering . ) Well may iheir robes be dyed of the purple colour of blood . For bloodshed they raised their slaves ; From bloodshed sprung _Eobilzty . Even now , in Germany , the Schwerdtadel , or sword-created aristocracy , ranks above the Patrician . Their mottoes sound of the battlefield . "Their blazons reek of tbe slaughter 2 The aristocracies of Europe are the remaining type of the royal

      foundry , from which issued the statutes of our slavery . ( Great applause . ) The French revolution bas taught kings a lesson , though as well as nations , they now know that the old game of war will do no longer . They know , that if they once raise the nations up inarms , those arms will not be wielded as of old . The people will use them in their own defence , not in that of their tyrants—ior their own rights , cot torn ihemsuieidieally against tbeir own hearts . Thence , governments study peaee . Thence _monarchs intermarry their families . The Tsar of Russia _treds a Prussian Princess , and allies his children with German _housea / that there may be peace I Peace will be , —because the nations will have peace—not because their rulers intermarry , and grow most

      plentiful in this generation ! ( Cheers . ) Governments wonld make every man look on his neighbour as a foe—weteach him to look on every stranger as a brother ! Oh I those tyrants are bnt short-sighted fools ! Gan they stop the progressof enlightenment ? Arrest the invisible mind ? or place barriers across the road before the march of intellect ? ( Renewed cheering . ) Finally , they called Religion to their aid . That , which ought to unite mankind , they sued to sever them . They fostered especially religious wars , because they knew them to be the most implacable . They have made State-religions , Actof-Parliament religions , the more to estrange nations from each other . And even now , when wo see through their hearts like glass , there actually are

      people , who say , the feeling for that , which tbey call religion , * is on the increase ! Because , forsooth , rich men build churches ! Piles of stone , to cover the absence of a God ! Altars , on which there reigns no deity ! External diiplay , to hide internal weakness ! ( Loud cheers . ) Thus " . have our rulers sought to beguile us . We thank them , nevertheless . They have taught us the measures -we must adopt to secure our rights ; not the intermarriage of crowned heads , but the interunion of nations . Not battles , but meetings . Not ambassadorial notes , but fraternal addresses ! ( Applause . ) The people of earth a * e stirring . They must be stirring , or tyrants would not have been forced to _abandon their old game of war . ( Applause . ) Yes !

      great spirits have been abroad—the apostles of liberty have gone from land to land , and the seeds they have sown , are fast ripening to the harvest—a harvest we yetshall live to reap . ( Applause . ) Can the French be slaves , while the accents of Voltaire and Mrabeau yet vibrate on the ear of time ? Can the Germans be serfs , while the songs of Heine and Riickert , of Freiligrath and Herwegh , are ringing from the Rhine and the Vistula ! Can the English be tame and servile , while an echo lives for the words of a Paine , and a Howitt is yet writing for the people . ( Great cheering . ) No ! my friends ! "We , here assembled , we Fraternal Democrats , few though we may be , we are tbe advanced guard of an armv—the ereat army of the nations , that shall

      march over the earth from all its breadths and ends , -destroying the strongholds of despotism , the temples - f fraud , " and tbe palaces of corruption - and silencing the vioce of discord in the grave of tyranny . ( Prolonged applause . ) " The Marseillaise ! Hymn " was then sung by J . Moll , -with great effect , and excited thunders of -applause . " J . A . Michelot rose to propose the next sentiment , and said—Brother citizens , I propose this toast , "To the Conquerors of the Bastile : to those generous patriots who , on the 14 th ot July , 1789 , # pened the career of progress . " To understand the immense services which they have rendered to us , we must glance at the picture of that time . Then France , as other conn tries of Europe , was over-ruled by the "princes , tbe nobles and the priests ; these - three classes possessed to themselves three quarters _i of the soil , ind were exempted from all taxes and all l public charges . The people , who only held

      onei fourth ofthe soil , were obliged to pay all the expence I for the keep ing of the king ' s court , the armies and i the defence of the kingdom ; ihey paid also heavy i rents to the noblemen and to the priests , so that ] hundreds of poor people died of misery . The public < debt _, was a milliard and 660 millions of francs . 1 They could not find any money anywhere : all the i resources were exhausted . They then assembled tthe Stats Generaux , to save the kingdom : these I Stats Generous were composed of deputies of the p people , and of deputies of the nobility and clergy ; tl these deputies of nobility and clergy _^ would not adnmit in their deliberations the deputies of the people , _tlthey would have each order deliberating separatel y , a as a means of perpetuating the abuse ; so that , wwhen the deputies of the people proposed to remedy 8 fte public evils , to abolish all privileges , and to make as new constitution capable of preserving the rights o : of the citizens , _andofpreventiugthe encroachments

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      of despotism , the court , nobility and _dergy opposed these reforms , and called together _J _^ _g _* _* j nmvincea to destroy the deputies of tha people , ana provinces io _wj _^ r _& . _^ cannon aB ( i furnished the fintiwof _^ e * _£ of the troops . £ h a n _^* pray him to send back the pie sent to the _g to _g Uow thjj _^ l _^ _f _^ _WnSal guard' . The king refused , deputies of the people , buj the democrats of Pans ran to arms , and besieged the Bastile , and after five hours of hard fighting , tbey took the place . ( Cheers . ) The court would not at first believe that the people could have taken a fortress which the Great Conde had uselessly besieged for twenty-three days ; but the court did not know that nothing can stop those who fight for their liberty . ( Great applause . )

      When we remember the works performed by the French in a single year , we might imagine thateverywhere humanity is emancipated , but alas Jit is not the case . Forinstance , in 1789 , all the French domiciled , and taxed , were electors and eligibles , however small the sum paid to the Government ; which then gave France more than 5 , 000 , 000 of electors and eligibles ; and yet at this day , France has not 300 , 090 electors and eligibles . In 1830 , we created a revolution to expel a ruinous Government , an enemy to our liberty ; but the _succeeding _* Government has augmented the public debt and taxes . In 1 * 789 , Paris had but one Bastile ; now , the new Government has builtmore than twenty around Paris .

      If ever itwas necessary to recall to the French the example of their fathers , it is certainly necessary at the present moment . Should they not soon divest themselves of their lethargy , they will perish . ( Cheers . ) Julian Harnet said , Citizen Chairman—With pleasure I respond to the noble sentiment offered by Citizen Michelot . " The Conquerors of the Bastile , " victors , who , unlike others that have bore the name , did not achieve their glory by trampling on the necks of prostrate nations , but on the contrary by battling with oppressors , and vanquishing the minions of tyranny . ( Cheers . ) The conquerors of the Bastile claim the gratitude not only of Frenchmen but of men of every land . Ihey taught kings

      "The might that _slumsers in a peasant ' s arm . " a lesson which through ages bf rampant despotism earth ' s rulers had forgotten . But for , the victors of the Bastile , the French Revolution would have been stifled in its birth . A nation awakened from the sleep of ages asserted its vitality by demanding light and liberty , tbe demand was at first resisted aad answered only with threats and scorn , but subsequently a cowardly king and bankrupt court conceded to fear what they had refused to reason . But their concessions were but partial , and the royal , aristocratical and priestly conspirators sought to stay the march of young liberty by compromise , corruption , intrigue , and force . An armv menaced the patriots from without and within the city , the hellish

      dungeons of the Bastile yawned for them—a few hours of temporising would have smothered the revolution in the blood of its advocates .- But Young France though bnt an infant was an infant llercules —( cheers )—and quite capable of strangling the serpents of force and fraud . ( Renewed cheering . ) The people of Paris rose ,-they marohed— "To the Bastile" was their cry—like Csesar , yet how much greater , " they came , they saw , they conquered , " ( Great applause . ) They fought , many fell , but" Glorious in name tbeirchildren ' _a children live , In all the fame posterity can give , "For though above them close the silent grave ,

      A deathless glory crowns the _martyr / d brave . " Tes , some of the patriots fell , but the Bastile fell also ; Giant Despair ' s grim castle . waa trampled in the dust ; tiie _accursodincarnation of tyranny disappeared from the earth and went down into the •* blackness of darkness" for ever . ( Great cheering . ) "The Bastile is down ! " rang through Europe , and was echoed round the globe . Tyrants heard it and trembled on their thrones , purple-clad ruffians turned pale as the cry smote upon their ears ; nations leaped up at the sound for it roused them as -the battle cry ot liberty . That liberty is not yet , but it is

      coming"Wait a little longer . We will do our part towards completing the good work began by the Conquerors of the Bastile . ( Great applause . ) I said the Bastile was destroyed for ever , I fear I have said too much . Would to Heaven that I could point to Paris and say , " Where despotism had her stronghold , there has Liberty her glorious and happy home . " But , alas ! instead of one , Paris has new twenty Bastiles . Who is to blame for this ? Why principally the men who assume to be the leaders of European progress—the Republican party . But for tbat insane . anti-English , and wicked war spirit , principally excited by the . National and the party represented by that journal , " Thiers and Louis Philippe could never have accomplished their great

      object—tbe muzzling of Paris . ** One would think tbat after such a result , these _anti-Englishmadmen would have been ashamed of their folly , but not so , witness that recent exhibition of absurdity when all the Paris Liberal editorewent into convulsions , because the Duke of Wellington gave a private dinner on the anniversary of Waterloo . This , forsooth , is represented as an Euglish insult to tbe misfortunes of France . Why the English people have nothing to do with the duke ' s dinner— ( cheere)—except the very questionable pleasure of having to pay for it . ( Laughter . ) The English people care no more for Waterloo , than they do for tbe landing of Julius Csesar . ( Cheers . ) Think of the matchless folly of

      the Reforme working itself into a patriotic fit of indignation , because " God save the Queen" wasplayed in a French provincial town , on the 18 th of June ! Think of the insanityot the French opposition , making their electoral cry , "Down with the Pritchardists 1 " Instead oi demanding " Democratic Suffrage , " tbe "Liberty of the Press , " the " Right of Public Association , " or any similar object worthy of national agitation , they demand the expulsion of Guizot and his band of Janissaries , because they voted a few francs to Mister MeihodiBt Missionary Pritchard . ' If on this 14 th of July . 1846 . the men of the 14 th of July , 1789 , had no better representatives than _ihese miserable " Liberals , " then I would

      say—O ! shame to thee Land ofthe Gaul ! 1 should despair of Prance was it not for the Communists . To them I turn , and 1 implore of them to play a manlier and a nobler part . The truly noble Frenchmen whom I have thehonour to address , Iknow are superior to these miserable prejudices . ( Cheere . ) They must see with me , thatit ill-becomes the nation who first inscribed ' Fraternity" on her banner , to exclude from her fraternal sympathies this great country , which may be her greatest friend , or must be ( if France will have it so ) her greatest enemy . If England and France are enemies , then woe to liberty . If Englishmen and Frenchmen march shoulder to shoulder , then Europe is saved ; united

      we may free tbe world . ( Great applause . ) Let us then forgive and forget all the crimes and follies of the past and boast no more of this savage victory , or that blood-stained triumph . ( Cheers . ) Do you forget Fontenoy , we will forget Waterloo . ( Cheers . ) Let our cry then be , "Down with the Bastile of National Bigotry . " ( Cheers . ) Let us organise the Holy Alliance of Nations . ( Cheers . ) Let us be true _Fratemalists , and declare that when one people is wronged , all are wronged—and that he who oppresses one nation , is the declared enemy ofall . ( Cheers . ) Let us have no rivalshi p , but that of doing the greatest good , our one aim being to hasten the happy time when

      Man to man thc world o ' er Shall brothers he and a * that ! ( Prolonged cheering . ) Song— " The Victors of the Bastile . " The third toast wa .- the " Emancipation of the . Working Classes , " Spoken to by M . Nicolini , ( Italian ) , H . Bauer , ( German ) , M . Thierry , ( Frenchman ) , _Sievers , ( German ) , and the President . The " Chant de Depart" was then sung in admirable style . [ This song was sung by the levieten masse in the time of the French Republic when marching against the enemy . ] The fourth toast was " Poland , " which was eloquently spoken to by Carl Schapper , and Julian Harney . " La Cracovienne" was then sung ..

      Colonel Oborski ( a Pole ) , said—Dear brothers ! in the name of all my countrymen , wbo like me wish for the complete abolition ofall privileges , receive the expression of my deeply-felt gratitude for the sympathy which you have just now expressed for my unhapj . y country . This manifestation , dictated by truly fraternal sentiments , is a thousand times dearer to me than that nauseous " sympathy " which Frenchmen of the " privileged order , " every year stammer from the tribune of their parliament , and at which our enemies only laugh . ( Hear , hear . ) Tour manifestation of sympathy , is so much the dearer to me , because offered on that g lorious anniversary on which the French people showed themselves truly people , by destroying the monument of national shame which had endured for so many centuries . ( Cheers . ) Alas ! whilst we celebrate here in the land of Cromwell , the destruction ef the ancient bastile of France , other and more formidable bastiles

      have been erected by the enemies of the human kind , and are still erecting round Paris , Warsaw , Posen , and Cracow ; and everywhere else where the people . have given proofs of their real force ; where they have felt their d nity , their duty and their grandeur . ( Applause . ) Let ns hope , dear friends , that the time will come when the new bastiles shall fall , and perhaps that time is already so near us , that many among us will assist in the destruction of these modern monuments of the shame of mankind in general , for we arc marching at double quick time on the road of progress . ( Applause . ) Animated with this hope , allow me , dear brothers , in repeating my gratitude , to propose the following toast : — "Glory to the French destroyers of the ancient bastile ; glory to the destroyers , to whatever nation they may belong , ofall present and future bastiles . " ( Great cheering . )

      The health of the Chairman was then drank , with all the honours ; a like compliment was paid te the worthy host and concluded the proceedings .

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      DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE FOR POLAND'S REGENERATION . - The monthly meeting of this Committee took place on Wednesday evening , July 8 th , at No . 20 . Great Windmill-street , Mr . Peter Holm in the chair . The Committee resolved that the Secretary should prepare an Address to the French electors in behail of tiie Polish Cause . The following resolution proposed by Mr . Julian Harney , ' . seconded by Mr . Ernest Jones , was unanimously adopted : — " That persons residing in any part of Great Britain or Ireland desirous of aiding the cause of

      Poland ' s Regeneration , may become honorary members of this Committee , by the vote of a majority ofthe members at any of the monthly meetings . The honorary members will be expected to correspond with the Committee , to assist the publication of aU documents issued by the Committee , and to give their cooperation in collecting monies for the Polish cause , when the Committee may see the propriety of appealing to the public for pecuniary assistance . " The Committee then adjourned . An adjourned meeting of tbe Committee was holden at the above place on Thursday evening , July 16 th .

      At eight o ' clock Mr . Ernest Jones was called to the chair . \ \ i . . Mr . Julian Harney laid before tbe Committee the " Monthly Report of Occurrences in Poland , and Facts connected with the cause of Poland ' s Regeneration , " . On the motion of Messrs . Wheeler and Clark tbe Report was unanimously adopted . Mr . Julian Ilarney brought up the " Address to the French Electors , " which on the motion of Messrs . Clark and Moll was unanimously adopted . * On the motion of Messrs . Clark and Ilarney itwas resolved , thata permanent Chairman of the Committee be appointed .

      On the motion of Messrs . Clark and Wheeler , supported by Mr . Ilarney , Mr . Ernest Jones was appointed permanent Chairman . On the motion of Messrs . Clark and Wheeler , it was resolved , that the " Report" and the " Address to the French Electors" be published in the Northern Star , and also in the shape ofa pamphlet . ' , Mr Julian Harney having reported tbat himself and several other members of the committee would be absent from London ( attending the ' Chartist Convention , ) On the first Wednesday in August , itwas unammouslyresolved , thattheriextmceting be holden on Wednesday the 12 th of August . This terminated the proceedings .

      MONTHLY REPOR T © F OCCURRENCES IN POLAND , AND FACTS CONNECTED WITH THE CAUSE OF POLAND'S REGENERATION .

      No . I . * Amongst the leading facts ofthe past month connected with the Polish question , we must notice the fresh confirmation and proofs of the infamous part performed by the Austrian Government , in exciting the late horrible massacres in the circle of Tarnow . We particularl y direct attention to the important evidence of an eyewitness John Podolecki published in the Beforme ot the 27 th of May , and the Northern Slav of June , which shows that the ' massacre on the part of the Austrian government began on the 19 th ol February , three days before the " . Cracorian outbreak , which took place only on the twenty-first . Additional evidence has been supplied by a correspondent of the National , who ' ( in that journal of June 7 th )

      says;"In the circle of Tarnow , 1 , 458 persons were murdered ; in the town of Tarnow ZOO dead bodies were brought in , and each body was regularly paid for , at first 10 florins , and subsequently 5 . When , in consequence of the glut of this _speciss of merchandise , the price felHo "l florin a piece , the peasants decided on carrying the bodies into other circles in search of more liberal purchasers . From 700 to 800 prisoners were brought into Tarnow ; all were more or lesB " Seriously wounded , and it is said that 200 did not survive their wounds ; but this amount is perhaps not correct , because the police buried the dead during the night . Herewith I hand you an alphabetical list of the names of 149 murdered persons , wbo have all been buried in the cemetery of Tarnow .. These are the only names I have been able to collect . The other victims consisted of

      servants of all descriptions to the country houses ef the nobility . There were also many priests killed . In the streets of Tarnow a parcel of little half naked children are to be seen whose parents are unknown . Widows are in the greatest state of misery . At Vienna , as you know , it is asserted that no premium was given to the assassins , Well , the whole of Tarnow would , however , prove the fact . If the peasants were not paid , let them tell us then why the peasants brought the dead bodies from such distances into the towns of this circle . Question the bystanders who witnessed these funeral arrivals—who saw the dead bodies counted , aud then money paid to the peasants . Let the Austrian Government guarantee against persecution those who will give evidence of the truth , and Europe will then soon know which of us has lied . " On the second day of the present month , this subject was brought before the French Chamber of Peers by the Count de _Montalembert . We believe the Count

      stated the number of victims to have bean 1 , 478 ; whatever may have been the exact number , there can be no doubt that nearly 1 , 500 persons hare fallen victims to the murderous policy ofthe ever to be execrated Mettemieh . The Coun t stated _sdso , tbat in Tarnow thereare 800 orphans , whose parents have fallen ; 300 of whom are too young to know who those parents were . The Times , in its impression of the 10 th inst ., contained a lone editorial article charging the Austrian Government with these crimes . It will be remembered that the Earl of Aberdeen , the late Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , when questioned on this subject , solemnly assured the British , nation tbat there was no . truth in the charge that these massacres were encouraged by the Austrian government , and the British daily press affected to believe this deDia ] , yet now the Times proclaims that this cbarge is supported by •¦ irrefragableproofs , " corroborated by information collectedby the rimes itself .

      The Russian autocrat has been exhibiting himself in Warsaw , and the enslaved Russian and German journals have endeavoured to show that the tyrant wast reeeived with every mark of popularity and affection by tbe inhabitants ot the Polish capital . Of course , no one believes this monstrous fabrication , which is indeed sufficientl y disproved by the announcements in the same journals of the rewards given to the Warsaw police , the intended enlargement of the citadel , and tbe vast increase of political prisoners , plainly proving that the tyrant depends for his safety upon fraud and force , having no confidence in the alleged " affection" of his Polish subjects . that

      It is _^ now ascertained Dobriez , who was condemned to receive five hundred lashes with the knout and subsequent banishmentto Siberia , has been relieved from the last portion ofhis _punishmentby thefriendly hand of death , he having expired under the torture of the lash . Potocki who was hanged at Siedlic , it is now known was made to witness the previous execution of his brother martyrs , Kozieckzowski and Zarski , hanged at Warsaw . After having been kept some hours near the gallows , in momentary expectation of being executed , be was placed in a post-carriage and hurried off to Siedlic , where ha was

      hanged the next day . TheBe cruel deeds are the acts of that imperial miscreant whom the German newspapers _represent the people of Wanaw to be so fond of ! The Warsaw journals of the 28 th ult . contain the list of those persons whose goods have been confiscated , for taking part in the late insurrection , besides which they have heen sentenced by a council of war , the judgment of whieh has been approved of by Prince _Paskewitch , to work in the mines ofthe Ural mountains , and of Siberia . They are mostly young men , from twenty to thirty-five years of age . *

      In tho kingdom of Poland nearly 2 , 000 are arrested , of whom very few had any connexion with the late riots . But the Russian Government wants to clear the country , and imprisons on suspicion . At present they do not hang with noise as they did with Zarski , Kozieckzowski , ( _Kochishevski ) and Potoski ; but _incognito , 'as was the case with two individuals given up by the Prussian authorities to the Russians , whom they hung a quarter of an hour after having got them , in the first village they came te , The tortures in the " kingdom" are so frightful , ; that ladies moved by pity , have been known to send knives in loaves of bread to the prisoners , in order that tbey might cut their throats . It is just now more than at any previous time , thatthe "kingdom" sees that the persecutions after 1831 were mere trifles in comparison with what they are at this moment .

      Madame _Kosnoweka , a lady well known for her extraordinary beauty , was brutally flogged at Warsaw with rods . The pretence for which the Prince Paskiewich , _governor ofthe kingdom , ordered her to be flogged , was , that she smuggled a suspicious letter from a foreign country ; but the real eauBe _. and fact was that she repulsed his brutal proposals . She is still in prison , but as she is a widow of a Prussian magistrate , and a landowner in "West Prussia , and therefore a Prussian subject , the Prussian Government has claimed her liberation . The accounts are conflicting as to the decision of the three robber-powers with respect to the " Republic of Cracow . " Some accounts represent that the three power 6 are resolved to suppress even the name of "independence , " and that the town is to be incorporated with

      Austria . Other accounts state that the "independence " of the " republic" is still to be nominally acknowledged , but that the sole ruling power is to be a " director , " or dictator , appointed yearly by each ofthe " three powers " in succession . The continued occupation of ths " republic" by Austrian and llussian forces , and the avowed subversion of the state of things established by the Congress of Vienna , —these gross violations of the treaties of 1815 , are permitted , unopposed and unpunished by the Governments of France and England . True , the French Government has offered a pretended and _hypocritical protest against the " occupation of Cracow , " but , as far as we know , tbe English Government has not made tbe slighest demonstration of hostility to an act which is equally villainous towards the people of Cracow and in . suiting to the British nation .

      In Posen many hundreds of further arrests have taken place , and the Polish patriots yet linger in the dungeons ofthe Prussian tyrant . Frederick William _1 Y , continues to labour diligently in his infamous ofiice of " Jailor and Jackal to fhe Tsnr . " Letters from Cracow of tlie S 5 th of June state that a Polish patriot , a landed proprietor named Wenda , whom the Prussian authorities had delivered into the bauds of Russia , for having duriiiE tlie late

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      insurrection discharged the functions of lieutenant ofthe ' rebels , "had been exposed during two hours in the pillory at Kadan , and afterwards transported to Siberia . The royal " pietist" will not even allow his Polish subjects the . solace of religious converse in the midst of their afflictions . * On the 27 th of June there was a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of Posen to put up prayers at the column of Nepomuck , near the cathedral . The meeting was dispersed hy the police , and several persons were arrested . On the following day the crowd was greater still , and great excitement prevailed . One of the ' prisoners _^ DomaradBki , in Prussia being watched by a soldier with a loaded pistol in bis hand , and fearing that he might be given up to the Russian Government , wrested the pistol out of the soldier ' s hand , and shot himself . He was buried , and almost all the inhabitants accompanied his remains to the burial ground . Amongst whom were the local magistrate , the tribunal of Inovratslar in greminm , and all tbe Germans .

      One ray of light illumines this dark picture of wrong and suffering . A few of our unfortunate brothers have contrived to escape from the clutches of their jailors , Thirteen prisoners lately made their escape from the citadel of Neisse ( Prussia ) . Besides these , Dembrowski , one of the chiefs of the late insurrection , has also escaped . On the other hand , _Tyssofski , the head ofthe _insurrec . tionary government at Cracow , has been arrested by the authorities of Saxony , and is , we fear , in danger of falling into the hands of the Russian tyrant . Should any of the escaped patriots seek refuge in this country , it is to be hoped that they will find in British hospitality balm for their sorrows , and protection against the illB which too often wait upon tbe homeless exile .

      It is stated in some of the French journals that in September next there will be a meeting of the three sovereigns of Russia , Prussia , and Austria , at Vienna . Of course , the object of the meeting will be to devise means to keep the Polish nation in bondage , and to stay the march of democratic principles ; the friends of liberty throughout Europe should , therefore , be on the alert to defeat the machinations of these royal conspirators . Ernest Jones , Chairman . G . Julian Habnet , Hon . Sec .

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      Mr . T . Duncombe had understood tbat the noble lord at the head of the government would comedown and explain his principles . He had asked the noblo lord to make that statement which the house had a right to expect and insist upon , and there was sufficient to justify him , looking at the state of the house at that moment , nobody knowing where to sit . ( Much laughter . ) He had said there waB sufficient to justify him in asking the noble lord for a declaration of the _principleson which he intended to carry on the government of the country . If they had a Liberal government , many of tbe gentlemen about him ( Mr . Duncombe ) ought to be sitting on the benches ot that

      government ; but he saw hon . gentlemen there ( pointing to the Ministeral benches ) who had been the bitter opponents of the government sitting on tho same Bide with them . ( " llear , " and laughter . ) And lie understood it was because they had been tola that they need not be dissatisfied with the government , for onl y persons of extreme opinions would be dissatisfied—and that applied to the sugar question . ( " Hear , hear , " and laughter . ) According to all parliamentary usage a new Prime Minister always felt it his duty to explain the principles upon which his government was to be conducted . When he asked the noble lord a nigbt or two ago what his principles were , he gave what he ( Mr . Duncombe ) thought at the time to be a pettish answer . The noble lord said

      that he intended to conduct the government on the principles which he has always declared in thathouse . lie had asked many hon , gentlemen to put an inter _, pretation on the noblo lord ' s reply , but they could not . ( A laugh . ) If the noble lord had told him that he intended to conduct his government on the principles of Lord Grey _' sgovernmentor Lord Melbourne ' s government , he should have been able to understand him ; but when the noble lord talked ofthe principles which he had always declared in that house , he ( Mr . Duncombe ) felt sorely puzzled , unless the noble lord named the time to which he referred . ( A laugh . ) It had been said that the noble lord , when forming his government , applied to the right honourable baronet , the late prime minister , to lend him

      three distinguished members of the late government . Now , he did not care whether the government was a combination of the landed interest , or whether it represented the towns all he wanted to know was the principles on which the government was to be conducted . He wished also to know whether the noble lord did , directly or indirectly , make the application to which he had alluded . If that was so , he had been told by some of the noble lord ' s constituents that morning , that he would find a different reception at Guildhall when he next went there , ( Cries of "No , no , " ) Then let the noble lord try it . He ( Mr . Duncombe ) had seen some ofthe noble lord ' s constituents that morning , and they said that the noble lord ' s answer to his ( Mr . Uuncombe ' _s )

      question the other night was very unsatisfactory , and that they were goihg to have the old Whig dodge over again . He would now read an article which appeared in the Weekly Chronicle about ten days ago . Itwas very ably written , as everything was that proceed from the Secretary of tlie Admiralty ( Mr . Ward . ) ( Laughter . ) [ The lion , gentleman read the article , to the effect that there had been a rumour that places in the government had been offered to some members of the late government , but that whatever they thought ofa Peel mania they could not understand a Lord Lincoln mania , or a Mr . Sydney Herbert mania , or a Lord G . Somerset mania . The article went on to say that no man was a more decided monopolist before 1845 than Lord Lincoln , and that no person

      respected his conversion . ] — ( Oh , oh ! " from the ministerial side of the house . ) Yes , said the hon . gentleman , but the Secretary of the Admiralty did not respect it . ( "Hear , hear , " and laughter . ) The article went on to 3 ay , —" we would get something for our money if Peel and Graham had been invited . " ( Laughter . ) After reading be did not of course believe that there was any truth in the rumour ; but a few days afterwards he saw by another newspaper , which he was told wasnow tobe thegovernment organ , namely , the Times , that tlio rumour was corroborated . lie understood the arrangement with The Times was made by a very skilful ncgociator , the hon . member for Worcester —( a laugh)—and that that paper was now to be tne organ of the government ,

      and , as they said in the Military Gazette , "the Chronicle superseded . " ( Laughter . ) Itwas due to an old friend which supported the government through good and _evfl report , and waded chin deep through mire and all to serve them —( laughter)—to explain why it had been neglected . When he read in that paper that the noble lord had applied to the right hon . baronet for the loan of those gentlemen , he was disposed to give some belief to it . It was stated that thc right hon . baronet said it was too delicate a task for him to undertake , but he expressed an opinion that It would expose them to the _accusa tion of too much love of place . ( Laughter . ) Wellthose three gentlemen said it was not their present

      intention to take office , and their places were tilled up by the three gentlemen whom he saw opposite He thought it would have been much better to have at once taken the whole late cabinet . ( Laughter . ) They would thereby have got an excellent Secretary of State for the Home Department—( cheers and laughter)—yes , a gentleman who executed his duty to the satisfaction of all . ( Cheers and laughter . ) He said so , as far as the public interests were concerned , for the personal squabbles which he had with that right hon . gentleman were but a feather in the balance , where great state interests were concerned . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) They would have also got an old and experienced Chancellor of the Exchequer—whose budgets

      Braved the battle and the breeze _, ( laughter )—instead of a raw and inexperienced one , although he mig ht have come from Halifax . ( Laughter . ) It would have been better il" things remained as they were , the noble lord and thc right hon . baronet merely changing places . Would any person tell him . that no explanation waa required on this point ; and that the people of the country wero not entitled to some explanation from those whopresumed , he would say , to govern them . ( Hear , hear . ) He expected the noble lord would have been but too anxious to state the principles on which ho meant to conduct the government . The noble lord said that his principles were the same that he , always avowed . Ile ( Mr . Duncombe ) wanted to

      know what were the intentions of the noble lord ) with regard to the Irish church ? ( Ilear .-Last year the noble lord voted for the motion of the lion , member for Sheffield on the Maynooth question , to tho effect thatthe funds of the Protestant Established Church in Ireland should be applied to tho education of the people .. Did the noble lord now mean to act on that principle , and -f * , e did , let them know it . ( Hear , bear . ) Theae was a dinner , he had heard , a lew days ago at Greenwich —( laughter)—at which the noble lord who was at the head of that party _daclared , amid cheers that shook the hospital to its foundations —( laughtes)—tliat the principles of his party _weae the same in 1846 that . they were in 1841 . ( Hear . ) What were their principles in 1841 ,. he should , like to know ? ( Laughter . ) . In 1841 they carried an address , to her Majesty , that they had no confidence in the then

      government—that government which they ** _eve now prepared to support , ( Cries of " 'No , no ! ' * from the _Proteetionists . ) Well , they sat on the same side as the Ministry . The noblo lord supported the iVlaynooth grant in 1835 because he hoped it would be the prelude to other measures - , and Lord _Howk-k went further , and said , he would tako tho revenues off tho Protestant Church and apply them to Roman Catholic purposes , because they were the original proprietors . Are those the principles on which the nublc lord ' s government is to be conducted ? Il < _- hoped they were ; and if so , he was sure the noble lord would attain great popular support ! ' ( Uear , hear . ) Ho also wanted to know , as tho noble lord had stated thathe would endeavour to improve the social condition of the people , whether he would _alBO do the same with respect to their political condition . ( llear , hoar . ) Would he ' consider tho extension of the franchise ? There were mem-

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      bers of his gorerpment : who supported motions for an extension of the francbise , and he supposed they would do the same now " that they Were in office ? They had a right _toTnw whether the noble Lord entertained his old opinions with regard to the finality of the Reform Bill , and would now , as formerly , oppose any extension of the franchise . There was another measure , the restriction ofthe hours of labour in factories . ( Hear , hear . ) / ihe noble Lord supported a bill having that object in tbe last session of Parliament ; would he now , not leaving it in the hands of an individual member of that house , take up that question , and carry it as a Government question , to a successful issue , as he had the power to do ? ( Hear , hear . ) But tbat measure w _» 3 violently

      opposed by the right hon . gentleman the member for Taunton , and the hon . member for Sheffield , both members ofhis government . These things required some explanation . It was no longer the interest ol the people to allow themselves tobe deceived . ( Uear hear . ) It was said in defence o f the late Prime Minister , that he did not deceive his party ; but he allowed them to deceive themselves . He thought it was now plain thatit was _the'interest of all that they should know the truth . If the noble Lord conducted his government so as to promote and advance the liberties of the people , there was no amount of popular support which he might not receive . He hoped that such would be the aim ofthe noble Lord ' s government , and that he would make a statement to

      the house of the principles on which he intended to conduct thegovernmen t—onethatwouldr . _otonlybesatisfactory to the house , but satisfactory to the country and people whose destines he aspired to direct . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord J . Russell said when the other evening he had been asked by the Hon . Member to declare his sentiments upon the policy which should be adopted , he declined to do so' not that he was offended at the question , but because he did not think it necessary for a person , who had for so long a time taken an open part in the discussions of the House , to make any such declaration of his principles . He could not agree with the Hon . Member that it was . the custom fer a Minister on assumption of office to make a declaration of his principles . The

      Honour-Jib c Member for Finsbury put a question to ascertain whether he had asked the aid of three gentk * men ia the lite Government in the formation of the Ministry he bad to construct . The Hon . Member pit the question in that facetious way which distir .-Ewiahed him—* 'Whether he had asked the Right Hon . Baronet to lend him the aid of three of his _colleagues . " —( Laughter . ) He did not deny that he hid applied to Lord Dalhousie , the Earl of Lincoln * and Mr . Sidney Herbert , to join the Administration he was about to form . —( Hear . ) It was his opinion , tbat he would not be justified in asking ' parties to join liis Government who differed from him in tlieir views of policy , * but he thought , it for the honour of the Sovereign , and the good of the country , that the

      Administration should be so formed as to . obtain the greatest possible support ; that it should be formed of parties in whom some would have confidence , and alsoot ' other 3 who would command confidence from other quarters ( ironical cheers ) * but , at the same time , acting together npon genwal principles , ( Hear , _hm , ) With respect . to a Government formed upon liberal principles , itwas desirable that the members comprising it should agree upon general principles ; but it waB not necessary that every member of it should agree upon every measure which might be brought forward . That was the old mode of conducting a Government . In the Administration of Mr . Pitt , In V } 8 i , the members of that Cabinet disagreed upon the , question of Parliamentary Reform . Mr .

      Fox succeeded Mr . Pitt , and in that Ministry there was a difference of opinion upon the questions of Parliamentary Reform and Catholic Emancipation . In Lord Liverpool's Government also , there was a difference of opinion on the question of Catholic Emancipation . The right hon , baronet the member for Tamworth certainly aimed at a greater unanimity than had been the case of Mr . Pitt , Mr . Fox , or Lord Liverpool ' s Governments . From his great ability he succeeded to a great extent . He ( Lord J . Russell ) did not , however , think it was a principle which ought to be acted upon . There were several members of his _Government who differed from him upon some questions . Some thought he had gone too far upon the question of the Irish Church , but they all agreed that : the social condition of Ireland was the most prominent grievance of that

      country , and it would be their duty to bring forward measures which would have the effect oi removing the distress which prevailed in that country . This result might not be immediate , but a lapse of tenor twelve years might have : the effect : of-removing the misery which existed there .. With regard to political . franchise the case was _diffsrent . Some , indeed , thought tbat tbe extension of those franchises had no influence upon the social condition of the people . That was not his opinion . He believed in proportion as franchises were enlarged , and the people were elevated in society by participating in them , they would endeavour to raise themselves in their social relations to the political grade they had acquired . They would , therefore , endeavour to obtain for Ireland equal franchises to those of England . With regard to the Church of Ireland he had voted for the motion of the Hon . Member for Sheffield to

      apply the revenue of that Church ior the increased grant to Maynootb . He afterwards voted for- the grant to Mayncoth which was taken from other funds . Nevertheless , he retained his opinions with regard to the Irish Church , and the endowment ofthe Roman Catholic clergy , but he did not consider tbat question so urgent as to warrant him in pressing its consideration upon Parliament , which he thought was an impracticable measure . The members of the established Church in this country , the members of the Establishment in Scotland and of the Free Church , and the Roman Catholics themselves , were opposed to an endowment . He did not , therefore feel himself bound to bring forward a measure of that kind until

      there were more favourable symptoms evineed towards it . He did not think the question ofthe Church of Ireland so urgent that be should bring it forward , but he thought it was better to deal with practicable measures , and he would not , therefore , attempt what was impracticable . Then the hon . member asked him , would he extend the franchise ? Upon that point he was attacked by parties whe were desirous to injure any good opinion which was entertained towards him , upon the word "finality . " which was no word of his . When Lord Grey and Lord Althorp brought forward the Reform Bill , there were parties who were prepared to support it if they had an assurance that they would not go any farther _, lt was then said tbat tbe Reform Bill was a final

      _measure . That was considered a settlement ofthe question . He said then that if any one was anxious for household suffrage , or universal suffrage , someone else should propose it , aa he was not prepared to bring forward a new measure of reform . He was still of the same opinion , and if the bon . Member ( M r . Duncombe ) were now to bring forward the five p oints of the Charter , he should oppose it . Mr . Duncombe . —The extension of the suffrage . _LordJJoiiN RussEiL . —With regard to the extension _, of ihe suffrage , he must wait until the hon . member brought forward hisproposition no thnt question . When _, he ( Lord J . Russell ) was attacked upon that point , he said be was not prepared to introduce a new measure and to supercede the Reform Bill . If they

      referred to the measure of Catholic Emanci pation , the Reform Bill , or the Corn Bill which they had just passed , it was but right that they should be satisfied with a settlement which had been come to after long deliberation . He bad voted for an abrid gment of the hours oflabour in J ' aclories to eleven hours . His right hon . friend the Secretary for the Home Department had also voted fer that measure . The Secretary for Ireland also hae given great attention to that question , yet had come to the conclusion that its adoption would be injurious . _ Still he thought that the government could be _cawied on , although their views upon all questions were identical . If a measure of that kind were proposed , he should vote for it ; bnt he should not call upon his right hon .

      friend to bend his opinions to be in aontormity with his . He was aware that in assuming tho government he bad undertaken ; a grave responsibility . After thirty years which he had been in tbat house , his opinions must be well known . Those opinions were founded on principles ] which , were calculated to promote a solid union between this country and Irelandi They were based upon religious liberty , which , in conjunction with civil liberty .,, had made this country tho greatest nation in the world ... ( Hear . ) , Mr . OsnosNE thought' the house and country were under great obligation to the bon . member for Finsbury , who had been the means of eliciting from the

      noble lord , an explanation , of his views . The noble lord had made certain declarations . What the results might he he did not then know ,, but he would tell the noble lord , that iS these declarations had been made before the noble lord accepted office , many who then supported him would have followed the right bon . baronet , the member for Tamworth . The noble lord hid stated his puiaciples , but he could see no diffeitenee between * ' 1 _' weedle _dum-atid Tweedle dee . " He really could not _see why ther Ml turned oui their predecessors in office-Mr . B . _Escott preyed hon ,. members to give the new Government a , iair trial .

      Mr . Waklkt defended Mi \ Duncombe _** s conduct in putting his variou _,- _* questionsto Lord J . Russell . Was it to be und ;; rstbad that ths noble loud was going to act on his old Whig principles ? If so , he had sonic experience of tbem . He reminded the last speaker that during the whole period when Lord John Kiss--sell was last in office , be bad been one of thc mo ? . t effective opponents od' those principles for which ue was now askiii g a fair trial and impartial consideration . Who was it that had changed , the noble Lord

      or Mr . R . Escott i He would not decide ; but would merely remark , that there was a curious change somewhere . ' ' He ' wiis one of those wbo wondered wh y Sir 11 . Peel was out of place , lt was said to be , because lie had brought in thc Coercion Bill ; but if that were thc cause ofhis removal from piace why was Lord J . Russell in power , who had tried to include ™ his Mtoisty the Earl of Lincoln , " who - was tvm' . '" , _» ari wll ° _^ _adintroduced that Coercion bill into the Houae of Commons * ue then passed a glowing eulogy on Sir R . l _* eol , whose conduct in ear :

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      rying the Corn Bill had rendered-him not onlv h _* . loved , but adored by , the people of England in * lamented the a pathetic" course , the _^ . ft _*« fe _LuT _* which the present Government seemed inclined t _« pursue . A lengthened debate followed , in which Mr New degate , Mr . Ward , Mr , Horseman , and others toot part . The orders of the day were then read , _arid ' th . remainder of the nig h ' t _. vras occupied in di scussing ths Poor Removal Bill , which was committed pro forml and the report received . The bill was then ordered to be printed . The other orders ofthe day were disposed of , and the house adjourned . HOUSE OF LORDS . _—Fbidat , Jult 17 .

      THE OREGON QUESTION . The Marquis of LANSDOWNE rose and said — My lords , 1 have great satisfaction in lay ing _np 0 n your lordships' table , by command of her Majesty the copy o f treaty whicb has been concluded between her Majesty and the United States of America for the settlement of the Oregon question , and I bare still further satisfaction in having to acquaint your lordships that the ratifications of tin ' s treaty have been exchanged this day . ( Hear , hear . ) The Annuity _BilU of Lord Hardinge and Lord Gough were read a third time and passed . Lord Dalhousib moved the resolutions for the settlement of the railway gauge question , which wera eventually agreed to . HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Fridat , July 17 . - Mr . Bbotherton moved the third reading of the "

      STOCKPORT IMPROVEMENT BILL . Mr . T . Duncombe _presented a petitim from Stockport by 3 , 795 rate-payers , against this bill ; and said that he would oppose the third reading . He would try to reject the bill on its third reading , and if he failed in that , he would propose amendments , o » which he would take the sense ofthe house . By ' _this bill the powers and liberties vested in tbe rate-payers of Stockport would be taken away from them . The rate-payers were not consulted on this matter " ; they never allowed a railway bill to pass the third reading without consulting the _shateholders . On the same principle the rate-payers of Stockport should be

      consulted . He promised to . support the bill , if It was found , after a public meeting was held by the Mayer of Stockport , that the ratepayers were in its favour . He knew , however , that the promoters of the bill Wire afraid to face public opinion . He would ask , then , would the house pass this bill , which waa for the increase ofthe private property of a few individuals belonging to the town council , and for the plunder of the poorer ratc-payeis . He objected to the 67 ih clause , which did not provide for the ventilation of the cellars now in existence , but of those which should be built after this day . After a short discussion , the debate was adjourned for a fortnight . . ¦ . * ..

      THE OREGON TREATY , Lord Palvhebstos presented the Oregon treaty , the ratification of which he stated , had been that day exchanged . In reply to Lord Clive , Sir Georoe Geet stated that he .. would introduce a supplemental bill for the enclosure of such lands as the Inclosure ' Commissioners should report to be ready .

      EDUCATION . . "Oh the order ofthe day for going into committee of supply , Mr . Ewam brought forward a string of resolutions on the subject of education— " That it ia expedient that an annual statement on the state and prosperity of education be made by a responsible Minister of the Crown ; lhatit is expedient that the formation of additional training schools for schoolmasters be encouraged ; that it is expedient to encourage the formation of public libraries , freely open to the public in large towns ; that it is expedient that appointments to the subordinate offices of government be made , as far as possible , on the principle of open examination of the respective qualifications 1 of the candidates , " ,

      Mr . Hume thought the time come when Government ought to adopt that system of instruction which had proved so useful in Ireland , and which was so triumphant on the continent , Mr . Warbubton and Mr . Williams spoke in favour of Mr . Ewart ' s resolution . Lord J . _Russbll said he had no hesitation in admitting that application tor votes of grants for educational purposes should be always accompanied with that information . contemplated by Mr . Ewart ' s first resolution . But England did nob offer the same facilities for the establishment of a national system of

      education as other countries . Much had already been done by private and public associations , and if any general plan of education were adopted , it would be found that much jealousy would arise on the part of these associations , and would diminish the success of their benevolent labours . But he could not conceal frem the house , that for many years he had beeu impressed with the conviction tbat , after all the efforts of the Church , of Dissenters , and of other persons , both in high and low stations , the amount of ignorance existing was fearful . The noble loi d soncluded by promising to give this subject his gravest consideration .

      After remarks from Lord John Manners , Dr . Bowring and Mr . Estcourt and Mr . Hindley , Mr . Ewart ' s resolutions were withdrawn , and the house went into committee of supply , and several miscellaneous votes were taken . The house adjourned at one o ' clock .

      Instructive Conflagrations In Liverpool.

      _INSTRUCTIVE CONFLAGRATIONS IN LIVERPOOL .

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      Liverpooi ,, Friday . Liverpool within the last few hours has been visited with two melancholy disasters—Ogden ' s iron foundry , Sefton-street , near the Brunswick Dock , being the scene of one ; the masaiie building known as the _Apotkecarics-hall that" of the other . This latter , it will be remembered , suffered a similar misfortune a few months ago . ¦ < The damage resulting is estimated at a lage sum .

      1 he fire in Seiton-street broke out at 10 minutes to 9 last night , and burned with intense fury . Eight engines were brought to bear upon it as speedily aa possible , and by midnight the destructive element was subdued , having been confined to tbe three stories from the top . The damage , as we hastily gather , ia-estimated at J 64 _. 000 . The insurances were £ 1 , 00 ' ) in the Royal- ; , in the Phoenix , £ 1 , 250 , The second ' and most destructive fire occurred at an early hour this morning with _grsat suddenness-, being discovered about a quarter before two . The alarm was immediately given , and before three o ' clock three engines were playing upon the conflagration with ,, happily , a good supply of water . The warehouse facing the handsome facade and . public

      portion of the pile was the immediate scene . The tire when discovered had . already _attained to an alarming height , and made rapid progress , aided by the chemical preparations stored in . the rooms , Several explosions took place , one of which burst open , the gates atthe back , part ol * the buildings . ; and the scene altogether was grand and impressive-in the extreme . For a considerable time fears for she safety of the closely susrounding buildings , were enter tained ; . at the back ,. the _extensive laboratory , the scene of the former fire , and separated from the main building by a narrow street , caught lire . The danger , however , was quickly subdued . The backs of several of _theHhouaes in Bold-street also ' cuught ; but _thesa-j , with the premises adjoining , for a considerably period endangered , were happily _preserved . '

      The damage is estimated at a- very large , _sunit The following is furnished to us- as an estimate of the insurance ; Roval , £ 5 , 500 ; Manchester . £ 6 , 000 * . West of . " England , £ 6 , 000 ; fiheeuix £ 6 , 000 . _Thb . PortsjiouthiDuej ' ,. —Tbial or _Likus . Hawket , —At the Winchester Assizes on Thursday , Lieut . Hawkey _surrendered to take hia trial upon a charge of shooting Lieut . Seaton , in a duel whichi occurred near Gosport on Uie 20 th of May , 1845 . The circumstances of tbis case have been several times before the public . After a lengthy trial the prisoner was Acquitted .. " , *

      Suicide . — -Ob "Wednesday morning ,, at an early hour , the wife . _iof Mr . Andrews , greengrocer , of 99 ,. Park-street , Srosvenor-square , committed suicide by hanging herself to the . , pipe thatceaveys the water into the shoo . Mr . Andrews was absent at Coventgarden market , and theson was gone to the Sespcntine to bathe . The husband first returned , and tound his wiie _suspended , - and quite dead . She had been iorseme timelabouring under mental imbecility , and had -atel y been removed from the asylum at

      Brompton . to her home . Tub _Fakal Explosion at Droitwich . —Another ofthe safl ' erershas died , —James Carter the younger . A youth , named Bickley , who was assisting the two deceased Carters in loading a cart with salt at the time at' -the explosion , is still lying in a dangerous state . The inquest on the bodies which commenced on _Mo . nday , was brougbt . to a conclusion on Thursday evsidng , when the Jury returned a verdict of " _Accidental death" in each ease , with a nominal deodand gc , the boiler ..

      _WornvMBN Riots at Valencibnxes . —The strike of the coalminers at St . _Vaast _les"Valenciennes still continues ; the workmen at the mine having attempt _^ to extinguish the engine fires , the military were called iu and mounted guard with fixed bayonets round the steam engine . This was on the 7 th ; since then detachments from the garrison at _Valencieiipes have been posted at about twenty-live or thirty _niiues . Numerous arrests have been made .

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