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      - la * I will war , at lMitim weris , 0 L * i—Aniiwjtk » MW f fcsppem—4 tedi , ) Wi lhallwh « w » r witk Thtight !" W tfdsk I ke » r aHttlt * W , who tUgi (¦ ptsplebyaid-bywillbe tat stronger . " - —Btmbt . The following important communication from our own correspondent in the French capital unveils the tottering position of the Goizot Ministry , and fe t e ghadoffs the tremendona changes of which , erelong , France will be the scene .

      THE DECLINE AND APPROACHING FALL OF GU 1 ZOT .-POSITION OF THE FRENCH BOURGEOISIE . The English stage had better rive over playing Ike School for Scandal , for , indeed , the greatest jchoolof this sort has been set op in Paris , in the Chamber of Deputies . The amount nf scandalous matter cottec ed and brought forward there during the last fonr or five weeks , is really Hnprecedented in « he annals of parliamentary discussion . You recollect the inscription Mr Dnncombe once nrepo * ed for your own glorious Douse of Commons . " Thcmost degrading xt ^ hi famotisprceuSagitaitp laetuiit } unihesewa ! lt " Well , here is a match for your own set of middle , class legislators ; here are proceedings which will put British rascality to the bluBh . The honour of Old [ England is saved ; Mr R ebuck is outdone by &I . de Girardin ; Sir James Graham is beaten by 11 Duchatel .

      Ishall not undertake to give yon the -whole list nf scandalous affairs brought to light within the last few weeks ; I shall not say a word about the aeveraldmen of briber ; esses brought before the juries ; not a word about M . Gudin , the ordnance officer of the Kine . who , not without gome degree of dererness . made an attempt to introduce the habits of the swell mob into the palace of the Tuileries ; I shall not give yon a lengthy report ofthedirty affair of Gen . Cub > dres , p eer of Fr a nce , formerly Minister of War , who , underpretextot bribingtheminis try into grantngtheconcession fallowing the fomationofaminingcompany . cbeated the said company out of forty shares , which he coolly pnt into his own pocket , and on account of which he is now under trial before the Chamber of Peers . So ; 1 shall give you only a few choice bits—a few samples taken from two or three sittings of the Deputies , which will enable yon to judge of the rest .

      M . Emile de Girardin , deputy , and editor of the ^ aily paper La Prate , suppor ting in both charactera the new party of Pfo ^« sireGm « rauii ; M , and for a considerable time past one of the most violent opponents of the Ministry , whom until lately he had supported , is a man of great talent and activity , but without any . principles . From the beginning of Ms public career he unhesitatingly employed any means to make himself an important public character . It was he who forced Armand Carrel , the ce ! eorated editor of the National , to a duel , and shot him , thus delivering himself from a dangerous competitor . The support of such a man , proprietor of an influential paper , and member of the Chamber of Deputies , was of course very important to the goTernmeit ; but M .

      de Girardin sold his support ( for he always tdd it ) at very high price . There was a deal of business transacted between M . de Girardin and the Ministry , bnt not always to the complete satisfaction of both parties . In the meantime , M . de Girarain prepared himself for any turn which affairs might take . Foreseeing the probability of a rup'nre with the Guizot ministry , he collected accounts of scandalous transactions , bribing * , and trafficking * , which he was in the best position to learn , and which were brought to him by his friends and agents in high p e aces . The turn which party discussions took this session showed to him that the fall of Gnizot and Duchatel was approaching . He was one of the principal acton in the formation of the new " Progressive Conservative " party , and repeatedly threatened the goTernment with the full weight of his wrath , if they persisted in their course . M . Guicot refused , in pretty scornful terms .

      any compromise with the new party . These detached themselvesfromthemajority . andannoyedthegovernment by their opposition . The financial and other disenssioas of the Chamber unveiled so mnchscandal , that MM . Gaisotand Duchatel were obliged to throw ¦ everal « f their colleagues overboard in order to save themselves . The vacant places , howev e r , wer e filled by such insignificant men , that no party was satisfied , and the Ministry were ratker weakened than fortified . Then came Cubieres' aflair . which elicited ¦ ome doubts , even in the majority , as to the possibility to keep M . Guizot in office . Now , at last , mien he saw the Ministry totally disorganised and weakened , now M . de Girardin thought the moment had arrived when he might bring forth his Pandora ' s bos of scandal , and achieve the ruin of a tottering government , by revelations fit to shake the faith even of the "BELLY" of the Chamber .

      He commenced by accusing the Ministry of having sold a peerage for 80 , 000 francs , bat of not baring sept their promise , after pocketing the money ! The House of Peers found themselves insulted by this assertion made in L % Prase , and asked leave from the Dspntie to bring M . de Girardin before their bar . This demand occasioned a discussion in the Deputies , in the course of which M . de Girardin fully maintained his assertion , declaring he was in possession of the proofs , but refusing to give an y names , as he would not playrthe part of zdclator He said , however , that three times he had mentioned Hie matter privatel y to M . Guizot , who never denied the fact , and that once he spoke about it to M . Duchatel , who replied— "It was done daring my

      absence , and I afterwards disapproved of it ; it was M . Guijat , who did it . " The whole of this was flatly denial by M . Duehatel . "Then , " saidM . de Girardin , " IwiU&vevotttheproof thatthe Ministry is quitein the habit of proposing such transactions ; " and he read a letter from General Alexander de Girardin ( the father , I believe , of M . Emile de Girardin ; the latter is an illegitimate child ) to the King . This letter expressed General de G . ' g gratitnde for the offer of a peerage aade to him , bnt said at the same fame , that M . Gaixat having afterwards made it a condition of the grant , that he ( General de G . lshould use his influence with M . Emile de G . to prevent him

      opposingthegovemm ent Gen . deG . wonldbenoparty to such a transaction , and , t herefore , declined the peerage . •¦ 0 ! " said M . Duchatel , " if this is all , we will just mention , that M . Emile de Girardin himself offered to us to cease his opposition if we would make hima peer , but we declined that offer . " Bitte j / fe lachrymal But Duchatel replied not a word to the allegation contained in the letter . The Chamber then voted that M . Emile deG . should be delivered np to the peers for trial . He was tried , sustained thealiegation , but declared , the sold peer , ages not iaving been made out , ho could DOt bate * tt * eked _ the Chamber of Feere , but only the Roveramenu the peers then acquitted him . Girardin

      then brought forward another scandalous affair . There was got np last year a large paper , called the £ poque . which was to support the government , to beat all opposition papers out of the market , and to supersede the costly support of M . de Girardin ' s Fresu . The experiment signally failed ; partly , too , throug h the intrigues of M . de Girardin himself , who has his finger in every pie of that sort . Now , M . Duchatel had answered , when charged with bribm « the press , that the government had never paid any subsidies to any paper . M . de Girarain , against this assertion , maintained the notorious fact , that 51 Dochatel

      . , after a deal of begging on the part of the editors of the Epoqite . had told them : " Well , # > ld and sdver I have none ; but what I havethat - will I give unto yon ; " and had given them the privilege for a third opera-house for Paris , which privilege the " gents" of the Epoaue sold for 100 . 000 t . of which sum GO . OOOf . werTapentin support of the paper , and the remaining 40 . 000 JF . w ent nobodyknowswhereto . This , too , was flatlydenied by M . Duchatel ; fcnt the fact is notorious . ' There were , besides , some similar transactions brought forward by M . de Girardin , but thesesamples will be qoite sufficient .

      Yesterday , m the Chamber of Deputies , M . de Girardin . again got np and read some letters , from which it appeared that M . Duchatel bad caused the discussion in the above peerage affair to be printed at the public expense , and sent it to all town councils in the country ; but that in this ministerial report neither M . de Girardin ' s aor M . Duchatel ' s speeches were cctrectly reported ; but , on the contrary . both , of them were arranged so as to make M . de Girardin appear as a ridiculous calumniator , and M . Dnchatel in the light of the purest and most virtuous of men . As to the * matter itself , he repeated all his assertions , and defied the government either to have them disproved by a parliamentary committee , or to bring him before a jury as a slanderer . In both cases , he said , he should bebound to give the ""» « , «» Pities and all particulars , and thus to enabled to prove hu accusations without nlanimr

      himself in the position of a eommon informer : This antedla gaieral storm in the Chamber . II . Duchatel denied ; M . de Girardra re-asserted ; M . Du-« hatel re-denied ; M . de Girardin re-reasserted and so on , the whole accompanied by the shouts and « onnter-shouts of the "choruses * o f t h e Chamber Other . oppositionmembersagauidefied . tiemiiuBtrv to have the matter looked into either by parliamentary inquiry , or by a trial . At last M . Duchatel said , — "A parliamentary inquiry , gentlemen , would pre-¦ npposeadoubtinthe integrity of the government « o the part of the majority ; and , therefore , the day this inquiry should be granted our places would be oscnpied by others than us ; if you have any doubt tell us so plainly , and we shall resign immediatel y . " Then , " said M . de Girardin , "there remains noUiing but a trial . I am ready to undergo it ; place ma before a jury , if you dare . "

      "No . " said M . Hebert , Minister of Justice , " we * ball not , because the majority of the Chamber will judge . " " But , " said M . Odillon Barrot , "thisis not a political question ; it is a legal one , and such a question is not within our competence , but of that of the public courts of law , KM , de Girardiuhascalumanted tho government in bis papsr , why do you not fc » T 8 himtried&rit ?

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      i « We won't ! ' ! ...... .. . . ., „ "Well , but there is a plain allegation against other parties , too , of trafficking in peerages ; wh y not bring them up ? And this affair with the E pomte and the opera privilege—if you are no parties to tha t , as you Bay , why do you notbringup those who ore parties to such villanous traffic ? Here' are plain incriminations , ' and even partial proofs of crimes said to have been committed ; why do not the law ye » of the Crown prosecute the alleged perpetrators of these crimes , as is their duty 1 " n ' ^ e u !^! & \ * 9 * Prosecution , " repliedM . Hebert , "because the character of the allegations , and the character of those who bring them forward , is not such as to make the ruthof these allegations any thine like probable to be legal advisers of the Crown 1 - ^ -Wo _ wmt ! " ; -. — . . . ,, .. „ _

      . Ml this was every moment interrupted by groan , ing , shouting , knocking , and all sorts ot noises in general . This incomparable " Bitting , which has shaken the Guirot Ministry to its very foundation , was concluded b y a vote , which proves , that if the taith of the majority may be shaken , their system of votingu not ! "The Chamber , after having heard the explinatiora of the Ministry , and found them SATHFAcroBT , passes to the order of the day !" What do you think of that ? Which do you prehr , the ministry or themajority . the Depnties of France or your own Commons ? M . Duchatel or Sir James Graham ? 1 dare Bay yon will find the choice a difficult one . Time is , however , one difference betwixt them . The English middle-classes have , un to this

      day , to struggle against an aristocracy , which , although in a state of dissolution and decomposition , is not yet removed . The aristocracy of England always found some support in one fraction or the other of the middle-classes themselves , and it was tiijs division of the middle-classes that saved the aristocracy from total ruin . At this moment tlie aristocracy is supported by the fnndholdere , bankers , and owners of fixed incomes , a n d b y a large part of the shi pp ing trade against the manufacturers . 1 he whole agitation for the repeal of the com laws proves this .. The advanced fraction of the Enelish middkwdasses , therefore , ( I mean the manufacturers ) will yet be able to carry out some progressive political measures which will more and more decora .

      pose the aristocracy . They will even be olUg t d to doeo ; they must extend their markets , which they cannot'do without reducing their prices , which reduction must be preceded by a reduced cost of productien , which reduced cost of production is mainly obtained by reduced wages , for reducing which there is no safer means than reduced price of the necessaries of life ; and , to obtain this , they have no other means but reducing the taxes . Tim is the logical chain which ties the manufacturers of England to the necessity of destroying the Established Church , and reducing :, or " equitably adjusting , " the National Deb t . Both these measures , and others in the same spirit , they will be forced to carry out , as soon as they find , which they must , the market of the world

      insumnentto continually and regularly buy np their produce . Thus the English middle-classes are , as yet , in a progressive direction ; they have an aristocracy and a privileged clergy to overthrow ; there sre certain progressive measures which they will be forced to carry , and which they are the fit and proptr persons to carry . But the French middle-classes are in a different position . There is no aristocracy of birth , nor a landed aristocraoy , in that country . The revolution has swept it entirely away . Neither is there a privileged or Established Church ; but on the contrary , both Catholic and Protestant clergy receive their salaries from the government , and are upon a footing of perfect equality . There is no important struggle possible in France between the

      fundholders , banketi . shippers , and manufacturers , because , of all fractions of the middle-classes the fundaoldera and bankers ( who , at the same time , are the principal shareholders in the railway , mining , and other companies ) are decidedly the strongest fraction , and have , with a few interruptions only . ever since 1830 , held the reins of government . The manufacturere , kept down by foreign competition in the foreign market , and threatened in their own , nave no chance ef growing to such adegree of power , that . they successfully might struggle against the bankers and fundholders . On the contrary , their chance decreases every year ; their party in the Deputies , formerly one-half , is now not more than a third part of the Chamber . It results from all this

      that neither a single fraction , nor the whole of the rulingmiddle-claBses . are in a position to carry out anything like . " progress ; " that the government of the hourgeouie is so fully established in France since the revolution of 1830 , that the ruling class could do n o thing but wear thtmte ' vu out . This they have done . Instead of progressing , they were obliged to go backwards , to restrain the liberty of the press ; to take away the right of free association and meeting ; to make all sorts of exceptional laws in order tokeep down the working people . And the scandalous af . fairs brought forward within the last few weeks are the evident proof that the rriling bourgeoisie of France are entirely worn out , totally /• used up . " Indeed , the high bourgeoisie are in an awkward

      position . vThey had found * at last , in Guizot and Duchatel , the men to govern them . They ke ? t them in office seven years , and sent them at every election larger and larger majorities . And now , when all opposing fractions had been reduced to the utmost impotency in the Chamber . —now , when Gufeot and Duchatel s days of glory seemed to have arrived , at . that very moment a mass of scandal is discovered in the domgsof the ministry , that makes it impossible for them to remain in office , even if supported unanimousl y by the Chambers . There can be no doubt that Guirot and Duchatel will , with their colleagues , resign very shortly ; they may dragon their ministerial-existence a few weeks longer , but their end is drawing nigh—very nigh . And who is to

      govern after them ? God knows ! . They may say , as Loui s S > " a * t « .: nie the deluge , ruin , and confusion . " liners is unable to bring together a majority . Mole is an old , worn-out , and insignificant man , who will meet with all sorts of difficulties , and who , in order to secure the support of the majority , must commit similar scandalous actions , and therefore end in the same way as Guizot . This is the principal difficulty . The present eleetora will always elect a majority like that now sitting ; the present majority will always require a ministry like that of Guizot and Duchatelj committing all sorts of seandal ; any ministry doing

      so will be overthrown by the mere weight of public opinion . This is . the . vicious circle in which the present system move 3 . But to go on as hertoforeis impossible . What , then , is to be done ? , - . There is na other course but to leave this circle , to pass a measure of Electoral Reform ; and Electoral Reform means admission of the smaller tradesmen to the Suffrage , and thismean 8 , in France , ? * the beginning of the end . " Rothschild and Louis Philippe know very -well , both of them , that admission of the smaller "bonreenigie" to the Suffrage means nothing bufLAREPUBLIftUE ! " - * Paris , June 26 th , 1817 .

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      MOVEMENTS OF THE WEEK . The arrival from India this week has brought no later news from China—indeed , no news at all from that region . As yet , theretore , we are uninformed of any . good . and sufficient reasons for the ; violent at t ack b y the British upon the Chinese , reported in our last . The « Celestials " evidently entertain a wholesome horror of . the encroachments of the British , and with the fate of India before their eye * this is not to be wondered at . Still more atrocious has been t he conduct of the French towards the Cochin-Chinese . That the arms of a nation so

      notoriously indifferent to the Christian relig ion should have been employed to support the insolent pretensions of a crew of meddling priests , Is exceedingly disgraceful to the Trench , authorities . The French priests could not convert the Cochin-Chinese , so , forsooth , had recourse to the old orthodox system of slaying their bodies to save their souls ! More than a thousand of the natives ruthlessly butchered in the name of Christianity , is an unmistakeable exposition of the relig ion of " peace on earth and goodwill to men . "

      The admirable summary of the recent extraordinary scenes and astounding disclosures in { the French legislature by our Parisian correspondent , together with his able comments thereon , leave us nothing to say on a subject pregnant with vast results for France and'Europe ; for important to the entire continent will he the fall of Guizot , which cannot now be much longer postponed . His overthrow will be the fail of the strongest prop of the Monarchy of the Barricades , which will hence the sooner perish . A friend of ours , writing from Paris , says : — 1

      Guizot and Duchatel are , in future , impossible , as the French say , but after them no one is possible . There are days of great sorrow and tribulation coming on for the rich in the land . A cabinet , a cabinet , my kingdom for a cabinet , ' will be the cry of old Louis Philippe . AJgreat many will be wei ghed , and all will he found wanting . There is already wailing and gnashing of teeth in the palace of the TuiUeries . « I'd rather be a kitten and cry mew ;' than one of the French haute bourgeoisie , and partake of the mess M . de Girardin has put them in . This Girardin is the greatest rogue in Paris , but the clcferest one wo . He is sola to Russia , sold to the

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      ' . INDIA . Another arrival from Bombay has brought us papers from the city to May 20 , only a week later than the previous dates , but the intelligence is more remarkable for its omissions than for what it contains ; for , strange to say , they do not contain a syllable from China later than the end of March . The Nizam ' s dominions present a worse view at present than they have done for a long time past . The whole of the regular troops of the King mutinied , consequent on an attempt made by the Ministers to defraud them of , it is laid , fifteen months' arrears of wages , the troops of the contingent were called on , on the night of the 3 rd ult ., to prevent the disturbances feared to be about breaking out , and for the first time a British force marched through the town of Hyderabad to the protection of the Minister . A portion of the troops has continued in the town eversince .

      Gholab Singh was in Cashmere , making arrangements for introducing his own coinage , and levying taxes according to his own fashion . Some of the mountaineers , who have been made over to his rule are by no means eatistiei , and threaten to resist hia encroachments . The question of conversions has produced very angry feelings at Madras . A young girl who was for some time under the care of a missionary at Madras , was ordered by the SupremeCourt to be brought before it , to know her determination . She decided upon remaining with the missionary . Her mother and brother tried to take her out of the court . Long argumeats as to her competence of judging for herself ( she being under twelve years ) followed . The cause is stillundeeided . In the meantime the girl remains with the missionary ; but there are symptoms o great dissatisfaction among the natives on this subject . CANADA .

      Mosirkai , June 14 . —The parliament was duly opened on the 2 nd inst . The speech , after the most approved home models , cautiously avoids topic * of political hostility . After a four nights' debate oh amendments introduced by Mr Baldwin , ' a division gave a majority in favour of the ministry of two . The emigration by the St Lawrence is of an alarming character this year . Already 30 , 000 'have arrived , and thereare fifty vessels lyineat the quarantine station , off Grosse Isle , with emigrants . The deatbaatsea , and Gros 3 els ! e , and on the passage between Quebec and Montreal , have amounted to at l e as t 3 , 000 , and the number of sick is almost past computation . A contagious peatilence is much teared *

      FRANCE . ElTRAOBDINABT SCENK IN THE CHAMBER OP DePUTIES ^ ~? heprocecdiDBsm tne Chamber of Deputies on Friday week included one of the most extraordinary scenes that ever took place in a legislative assembly . The Chamber was quietly proceeding with the discussion en the supplies required for the Heine Department , when M . Emile de Girardin charged Count Duchatel with having circulated through the country , at the public expense , a curtailed report of the speech of " a deputy , " with a view to defame him . This accusation produced a tremendous uprosr in the Chamber ^ The Minister of the Interior rising , gave the lie direct to M . de Girardia , who replied : — I hear this time the denial of M .

      Duchatel , and accept it with all its consequences . " An extraordinary scene of confusion ensued ; members from the two extremities loudly demaniled an inquiry iuto the facts stated on the Wth ult . by M . de Girardin , < "bicb ministers strenuously resisted . Silence having at las ; been established , M . Benoit Fould , who had been accused of ' offering 80 , 000 f . for a peerage , ascended the tribune . M . Fould admitted that he had lost upwards of GO . OOOf . as a shareholder of a Ministerial journal , L'E poqve , but he protested that he had never solicited a peerage , that no such promise had ever b »? n made to him , and that he had never offered te purchase one with money nor on any other condition :- M . Emiie de Girardin being

      called upon to explain , replied that he had nothing to retract from his previous affirmation . A debate then followed on the sale of a theatrical patent for lOO . OOOf ., whicU were paid into the coffers of the E pog u e newspaper . M . Odillon Barrot maintained the correctness of the charge , and observed that , if the Minister was not privy to it , he was at least bound to prosecute the swindler . M . Duchatel contended that the tribunals had no right to intervene in questions of a parliamentary nature , and that the government whose character was impeached , recognised no other judges than "themajority . " M . de Morny submitted the following proposition to the assembly' : — ;^ ¦ :-:: c ; i : ¦

      The Chamber , satisfied with the explanations given by tbe government , -w iU pass ' to the order of the day , ; Several ' membera subsequently addressed the assembly ! for and against the proposition ; which , on being ultimately put to the vote , was carried by 225 to 102 , thus giving thriliniBters a majority of 103 votes . . * v . - ' ; : < •¦; ,:.- , ; ,: ¦ ..,.-., ' . . . : On Saturday Ihe" Court of ^^ Peers concluded their preliminary prooeedingsagainst General de Cubieres . The General and MM . Tester , Pellapra . and Parmentier ! are to be tried for i the crimes and offences punished by the article&lft , 170 . and 405 of the Pe . nal Code ; r General'de Cubie ' res , and MM . Pellapra and ¦ Parmeritier are accused of an act of bribery , ¦ which has been acceded to ,-and M . Teste of having accepted the bribe . This ia a crime which the code punishes with . & degraolng penalty . General de

      tubieres and M . Pellapra are , moreover , charged with swindling . It is believed that the trial will commence on the Oth of July . - Food Riots at Mdlhodsb . —On Sunday the French government received a telegraphic dispatch from the Prefect of the Haut-Rhin , announcing that disturbances broke out at Mulhouse on Saturday morning . the pretext of which was the high price of bread . The crowd visited successively the bakers' shops and the wine shops , which they pillaged . During the pillage of a baker ' s shop , after repeated summonses to disperse had been given without result , the Lieut . Colonel of the 18 th light infantry , who commanded the detachment , finding himself availed on all sides , ordered the troops to fire . Three or four persons were killed . The Lieut .-Colonel was seriously wounded in the face . Numerous arrests were made .

      SPAIN . There is a very fair supply of gossip in the journals respecting the intrigue on foot for a change of Ministry . One of the journals states that the Progressists have the intention to form juntas in different parts of the kingdom , and then demand the formation of a central junta to exercise the supreme government , ; convoke the Cortes , and reform the Constitution . ¦¦ : . • .. . .. ¦ . . . . . ; ,.-. .. ; . . ; : ¦ The semiofficial Coma says that there is no troth in the statement of the Faro , that the tank and honours of Espartero . have been restored ; but that journal and- ihe Espano l state positively that if the decree has not been actuall y si gned it will be very shortly . ¦ .,-, ¦ : . , - , .

      A letter from Barcelona of the 19 th gives an account of a conflict between a detachment of the Queen ' s forces and a party of 80 Montemolinists , in which the former were defeated sad forced to retreat after the loss of several men . The Montemoiino party were said to be increasing . A pronundametito of tbat party has taken place in the province of Burgos , and a small band of partisans hasappeared there . The Monteraolinista are represented to tiaveseiied all the post horses at Burgos and to have burned the telegraph . The Queen ' s troops had gone in pursuit of them .

      : A report is circulated that the Queen ' s husband is or has been , a member of some half-dozen secret associations , professing republican , and even more obnoxious principles , and having for their object the overthrow of monarchy in Spain , and perhaps elsewhere , for he is alleged to be at once a Freemason , a Carbouaro , a Communiste , and ( worse than all ot course with the royal father-in-law of his youngest daughter ) an " Avenger of Alibaud . " ( Fudgo !)

      PORTUGAL . The Civil War . —In our last we announced the surrender of Sa da Eandeira , the Conde de Millo , and some two or three hundred of the troops under their command , at St Ubes . We added also the important fact that the great body of tho national forces had evacuated the town previous to Bandeira ' s " surrender , " and made good their retreat to the interior . It appears that the main body of the force , in all something over 5 , 000 men , retired in good order and firm attitude towards the south , carrying with them their entire military train , and marohing under the leading of the most promising chief that has appeared in Portugal for many long years—a guerilla leader named Galai&ba , who , by his party , has been designated—and -not inaptly—as tbe La-Roche JaeqneUn of Portuguese story . It was enly at seven o ' clocknext marring that "Vinhaes , the Queen ' s general , ; emerd St \ jbe 8 , and seat hia cavalry ia

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      pursuit . ' ' As the insurgents retreated a good many stragglers dropped off by the way . .. Most of these being overtaken by the Queen ' s dragooni were slaugh-Bred without pity . On arriving at Agoas ^ ouras , ^ ' ^^ "BK ordered a halt , addressed his men and told them that he had no means of paying them ; md scarcely knew how to procure rations for- them , rat that he would stand by them to the last-that his intention was to po to Evora , and there make as good a nght as he could-that those who wished to follow him would ^ ever find him stanoh and true to them and to their country ' s cause , and that-the othera might go away whenever they pleased . The result was , that his artillery , cavalry , and about 3 , 000 men remained , the rest dispersing towards the mountains in guerilla parties . «; . ^ si t » : ^ r ^ T 77 ^ !

      The 4 , 000 and odd vnmm taken off Oporto still continue confined in FortSt Julian , guarded by an English foreeof 700 marines ! They are victualled entirely by the , fleet , at a cost exceeding " onehundredand fifty pounds daily : not a farthing of this but what is paid by the English government . " At Oporto the Junta had been reorganised , as follows :-Povoas , President ; Jose Paagos , Vice-President ; Bernadino , Justino . and Avilai It seems that the point upon which the Junta refused to yield was their demand for the immediate chance of ministry . Without this they say they have no guarantee . for the future , no confidence in any promises on the part ot the Crown '

      . Everywhere the people are fiercely exasperated against the intervention of the allies . The old popular hatred towards the S paniards is assuming a frenzied shape . The peasants are reported to be arming and banding together to treat tho Spanish invaders to a " war to the knife . " The excitement against the British " pirates " and "jailors" is beyond description .

      SWITZERLAND . Berne , June 24 , —A great assembly was hold on Monday last , the 21 st , at Brunnen , in the canton of Schwyr , on the borders of the Lake of Lucerne , by the delegates of the seven separatist cantons . The most violent resolutions have been almost unanimously adopted , which show that the league relies , as a last resource , on foreign intervention . Two or three Protestants of note were seen at this conference Till now , the conservators of this confession had , in general , been very sober of any hostile de « monstration 3 relative to questions which | appear to belong principally to the domain of religion . This circumstance suffices to restore its true character to the actual crisis , which 13 that of a mortal struggle between the two great principles which divide the political world . The French ambassador M . Boie

      , leC o ml e , attended by his first secretary , M . Rein , hardfc , continues his excursions through the cantons , and will not return to Berne before the opening of the diet ; in the meanwhile , it is assured by some , that he has received the full and entire approbation of his cabinet relative to the strange communication he made known to the new president of the Vorort , M . Ochsenbein ; others , who pretend to be well in . formed , say that this diplomatist will be shortly called home , not that the minister Guizot is dissatisfied with the zeal ho hns shown in the interest of the minority rebelling against the orders of the Diet ; but , because the too great a degree of evidence which ho pave , on his debut , of the intimate alliance row existing between France and Austria paralyses the influence he could have exerted over the liberal cantons . ¦ - .

      GERMANY . Beblw . —Liberty of mi Press . The fiewische Staati Zeitung of June 24 . brines down the discussions of the diet to the 19 th . In the Watr Zeitung of the 24 th , we have notice of the proceedings in the second chamber on the 2 lst , relative to the liberty of the press . Fifteen petitions on this subject had been presented to the diet . Of these , some prayed for the total abolition of the censorate ; Others , that a special law regarding delicts of the press should be presented to the diet ; othera , for the removal of the restrictions on pamohlets ; and others » 6 ai " i for trial by jury in prosecutions of the press . In the debates in committee on these petitions , the royal commissary stated that the king hnd been Inns

      aware that the preventive system afforded no gui . rantee against ahuses of the press , and had , moreover , many disadvantages . Prussia , however , c o uld not act in this matter , except as a member of the Germanic Confederation . The subject was under the consideration of the diot of the Confederation but matters were not yet ripe for action . On the 21 st , M . von Auerswald mounted the tribune , and proposed simply to petition his Majesty as soon as circumstances permitted , to prepare a law f r repealing the preventive system , and restraining , by jnst and adequate punishments , real abuses of the press , and to submit it to the consideration of the diet . The motion was adopted unanimously , without discussion .

      Bkriw , June 26 th . —The sittings of the Diet have been brought to a close . The Olmmbera having elected their standing committees , and nominated the deputation for the affairs of the national debt , the King loft Berlin for Breslin on the morning of the 26 th , leaving to M . Von Bodelschwingh the ta « k of expressing the royal pettishness as follows : — " The hour ha ? ceme in which , by command of his Majesty , our most gracious lord , the first convention ef the combined estates is to be closed . An

      inconsiderable number of the members , forgetful of the duty imposed upon them by tho enjoyment of their political privileges , have , by refusing to take part in the concluding act of the session , dimmed this hour . The government knows how to make the laws respected . * ** I—by the king ' s command—declare the first assembly of the states general closed . " . Tin ? unaccountable threat , levelled against the deputies who had refused to concur in the election of the Btanding committees , excited a lively sensation , which found vent in murmurs .

      • ¦¦ ITALY . Romr . —Letters from Rome of the 18 th ult . bring an accnunt nf the festivities which took place on the previous day , on tho occasion of the anniversary of the Pope ' s election to the pontifical ' see . The entire population of Rome and deputations from the neigh , bnuring towns assembled in themorning at the Catripo Vaccino , the ancient forum . The procession moved towards . the Quirinnl , singing patriotic hymns , and crying ,- "Longlive Pius IX ! Vivat Italy ! " The Pope appeared at the balcony of the palace , and be . stowed his benediction on the crowd . In the evening the city was illuminated .

      POLAND . The Breslau Gasette states that a great many persons have lately been arrested in Poland , and the estates of several landowners conQscated by the Imperial Government . RUSSIA . We find the following in the Union ilonarchique : — " A letter from Warsaw of the Gth inform us that Ihe Emperor Nicholas vra } expected in that city , bnt the date of his arrival could not be fixed , both on account of the state of his health , and on account of some unforeseen affairs , the solution of which will perhaps detain him for some time longer at St Petersburg . It appears that by circumstances owing entirely to chance , the Emperor has di'oovered the

      trace of a host ofmal-practjces committed by several hi gh functionaries , who enjoyed till now all the confidenceof his Imperial Majesty . The indignation caused to the Emperor by this discovery exercised the most serious influence on his health , which seemed almost entirely re-established . Among the persons said to be compromised in this affair , is cited Gen . L * : vaclieff . one of tho principal judges of the conspiracy of 1825 , and the Minister of War , Prince Tchornicheff , the same who , in 1811 , was rent to Paris by the Emperor Alexander with the secret mission to gain over some employes of the Ministry ^ of Wari to obtain possession of documents relative to the state of the French army . Alread y a most severe inveBtigntinn hns been ordered by the

      Emperor , who without regarding lor ' a single moment the elevated rank of the guilty parties , has energetically declared his firm intention of exposing all the truth , whatever it may be , to the face of day .. Unfortunately , it is to be feared that the Emperor will ttftt be seconded , aa he could desire to be in the interest of the country , in the rivle taak of justice ttrot he has imposed on himself . The new Penal Code that is to come into operation on the 1 st of January next , has been received at Wat saw . Tho goneral principles on which the Code is based are , it- is known , entirely opposed to those of the French legislation , which at presoatia in operation in Fo ' and , at

      There rci ^ DS present a little disquietude among the people of Little Russia , in consequence of the sudden arrest , at Cracow , of four professors and some students of the University . The motives of this proceeding were kept secret , but it was generall y attributed to tho clandestine publication of some works in whioh the Russian Government was severely , attacked with reference to the question of Polish nationality . At the commencement of thu month a . writer , M . Kulesza , who passed for one of the authors , of this , work , was also arrested , at the moment at which he passed through Warsaw , on his way to a foreign country , and he wus immediately seui to St Petersburg . "

      TURIEY . CoNSTASTiNorMB , Junu 9—The difiorenco between Turkey and Greece is as lav removed from & settlement as ever . Coletti chose Prince Motternich as an arbitrator , without tlie . concurrence 0 ? the Porte-When , mure than a month since , the intention of the Greek minister was made known to the Turkish g overnment , they expressed the greatest confidence in Prince Mettcraich's wisdom , hut rolused to pledge themselves to abide by his decision . Tho Porto was , therefore , fully justified in refusing their consent to the modifications proposed by tho Austrian cabinet through Count Stunner . UNITED STATES AND MEXICO .

      The Halifax Royal Mail steamer Ilibernia , Capt Ryrie , arrived at Liverpool on Monday , after an extremely rapid passage . The Amcrioan army , under General Scott , had entered l ' uebla , at it was expected that it would advance towards tho city of Mexico very shortly . There appears to be no doubt , however , that many guerilla bauds are forming , ono of which killed Colonel Sowers and seven other AmerU canB , -whilst proceeding from Vera Cruz to the army , Several othor persona 5 * 4 al <| 0 teoa k"le ( 1 '

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      T USB LORDS . —MONDAT , Joke 28 . Jiorfl BiotMiuK brought forward a motion relutto to thoprlTnte bu . lnew . f the house , and in doing 10 m « iB . hog by exposition of the defect , of thepre * e « t . ystem . St « fn ? r ! g f' ^ nient . ry influence of th , SSr ^ -fc : sr as 5 SSS = « - = adTertl ^ ment . the « ame . orohafrmen a ^ a i ; i'ng ' ! - ' 11 and chair

      m , n «( Mfi » B » « nmnon ... . ™ deputy- . men of railway eompanie ., ** A ~""™ vuTvun'r ' t . hWfi » in 8 uchundMtakbg ., M 2 ZC £ the other house of Parliament » na n or seo" " * theao parties , who had the gift of wLZ ^ ZZ ranging from £ 40 to £ 70 or £ 80 a . year , vJJgSS * be able to influence consMuencieg , and to oktain ,.. » « parliament . Their lordships had heard of some DBr linments which were distingui . hed b y particular nameii " they had heard of the flabeat Corjmi parliuraent ihey had heard of the Long parliament ; and bo beliute ' d that next session they would see a Railway parliament . ( A laugh . ) Thero would no doubt be first- class , second .

      class , and third-class Ministers ( ftlsugb ); andpemoui would change their ttatiom instend of their places . ( Laughter . ) They might eren hear of some railway member commencing his speech by saying , " Had my iteam been up , Mr Speaker . " ( Laughter . ) He had no doubt thtse railway members would be found most torn , perute , most obedient , most submissive—not to the Treasury bench-but to their own fignal , to their own flag , to their own boatswain ' s whistle ( a laugh ) , which summoned them to the charge against any reform , any improvement , any amendment of ti , « existing railway yte ' m which might be proposed ; and it was not impro . bubV tW munv jobs might te perpetrated , that much JUMMlf Bhjhl fc * done , and that much good might be piwumtm , ,.. cusequeiice of the perfect discipline and close subsistence oftheie persons to their leaders . "

      Lord P . EDE 8 DALE admitted many of the evils , but thought they were too stronglj described , and that it was too lite in the session now to attempt any remedy . The Marquis of Lanbdowne asked Lord Brougham to withdraw his motion , which lie did , after which se . reral bills . werc forwarded a stage ; and their lordships rose nt an early hour . HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Pobtdoai ,. —Mr T . Dn » . cohbe presenteJ a petitUn from inhabitant * of Aberdeen , praying the house to . address hur Majesfy against interference in the affairs of Portugal .

      Mr Home presented a petition on the game subject , agreed to at n public meeting held in Jalm-stree- - , Lon . don . The petitioners expmsed tho disgust they felt hi beholding a British nariil force employed in restoring to tho Queon of Portugal tho authority which the had justly forfeited by her riolation of the solemn engagement 8 into whMi she had entered with htr people ; tliiit the British Government never interfered in behalf of the people , but always in favour of soYereigns ; that sue ! conduot wan calculated to injure the character of Great Britain in the eyea of the world ; and , finally , the pctiturners prayed the house to ' .-iddrcaahtlr Majesty to dismiss her ministers . ( Laughter , and hoarhear . )

      , Fsvse in Emioeant SB » a . _ Lord J . Manners put « question tothe Under-Secraary for the Colonies relative to the disease and mortality on board emigrant ships from Ireland to Canada and the United States . The noble lord read a statement of the number ef deaths that had occurred on bosrd different vessels on the passage , awl added , that the ships were alleged to he in a most filthy state , unprovided with proper accommodation , and without sufficient supplies of water . He asked whether the government had received any information with regard to this mortality , and whether any steps had been takeu to prereht the rccumube of similar disasters !

      Mr IUwis lamented to say fiat what the noble lord had stated as to the gr . at mortality on bourd these shipi was unfoitanately too true . The Governor-General of Canada had addressed the Coloniul-office on the subject , and lie read an extract from the reply immediately forwarded to him by Lord Grey ; the noble lord saidhe ' was " extremely concerned to hear the iccount of the state In which passengers had arrived in Canu 0 a , " and instructed the Governor-General te take all the measures best cilculated to mitigate their sufferings , by providing increused medical aitendanse and greater accommodation , even if , for that purpose , it was neeessury to exceed the

      amount of tho vote granted by Parliament for tbat attendance , in consequence of th » so instruction , in . creased medical aid would have b- en furnished , nnd by the increased activity of the Commissariat Department , hehoped by this time everything had beon done to ufford relief and prevent any extensive spread of disease . As to the want of accommodation , and the supply of water onboard the migrant ships , be had not received any specific accounts j but the house was aware that the Government had no direct ciintrolovev thwo vessels ; all it could do was to see that the regulations of the Passengers ' Act were complied with .

      Lord J . Manners asked if any further steps wouldbe taken on thU sid « the water to prevent the evils complained of ! Mr Hawes would not undertake to say that no further measures would be taken ; but by the law ns it stood the power of the Government wuslimited : Glasgow Eiection . —Mr T . Dpncojibe had a question to put to the noble lord at the huad of the Government of some importance to thnthouse . in reference to Ministerial influence in it . He perceived thirt the permanent Secretary of the Board of Trade had addressed the electors of the city of Glasgow . After an able statement of

      bis political opinions , he added , he had no reason to be . Have Uiis avowal of bis opinions would prevent him from holding offieo under the present Administration . He $ Mr Duncombe ) wished to ask the nable lord wbcther . it would be le gal for the permanent Secretary of the Hoard of Trade to sit in the house , or whether it was the inteu ; tion of Macgregor , Rhould he be returned ' for Gh . « gow , to continuo to hold his office ? In that cane the President of the Board of Trade , tho Vice . Prfsidtnt . ' and the perinnnent secretary would all hold seatsin Parliament ; he should , like . to bave tho noble lord ' s opinion as lo whether Mr Macgregor could nit for Glasgow and hold bis office , if he should be returned .

      Lord 3 . Russell couM not answer the question as to the legality or Illegality of ihe Secretary of the Board ol Trade being competent to sit in the house ; that muBt depeud on tlm construction of bc : s of Parliament rvg £ luting ihe constitution of the Board of Trade . He did not think it necessary to examine the question of legality , because hu uhtler . -tood , when Mr Maegregor . informed him of bis intention to become a candidate for a seat in Parliumynt , that it was not Ills intemioB Uphold bis office should he be elected . He quite agreed with the hon . gentleman , that , by the President aad Tee-President the Board of Trade was sufficiently represented , and he did not tliiak the lecretary ought to liave a seat in Parliament while he held his office . ' Railways ( Ieeland ) Bill . —On the order of thu day for thu BcconJ fen . U « ofthia ViU ,

      ^ Sir W . Moleswobtu moved ns an amendment that the bill be read a second time that day three months . The hon . barouet contended that tho plan proposed by Lord G . Bentinck having been rejected by the House , it would be most inconsistent to agree to the proposal now made hj- the govcrnmout . He thought that the Irish sliouWbe left to do for themselves as the English w « rc left . Mr Williams seconded the amendment . Lord J . llussEit said he had opposed Lord 6 . Ben . tinck ' a plan on the twofold ground that it was imprudent in the then state of affairs to enter upon so cxtesuive a scheme ; and that . tuu plan its-. If .. could not , if adopted , liuvobecu Burlicient for what win then to bu attainedthe immeduteeinploj'nicii'' . and sustenance of tho whole Irish peopl , But although bo had opposed Lord George Bentiuck ' s particular plan , it would huve been a most violent conclusion to determine that no assistance at . all ,

      or at-nay time , should , be given to Irish railways . " '"•' condition of IrYand was in a very great degree oKing to the treatment o ' t England ; aiid had ' the ' . ' Isisn ' been governed l ' iko the English , ' , not during the last few jears , but for venturiog , douhllcss , it would be ' . conformable to tlm principles of reiidoa to nllow the IrisU to do for them . stives . But thVrii were . ibuuJant reasojvs for departing , id the ' case of . Ireland , / rom the ^ principles of non-Interference , and the assistance nun' prcposcd to be given to tha uuDitruction of railway * , wus isyri c-f tlie general yollcy that Parliament ought to adugt towards Ireland . Mr Roebuck opposed the bill , aj ) d maintained' that tre might ns well encourago the construction of railways In New Z .-aland as in Ireland . ,, Ue ., asawted that tlie grow , tng crop ot potatoes gave uneq . ui , v . <»; al signs ofdiscassy

      Lord Gkubqe Bbhtinok hsaxWy oungraiuhted , the government on having adopted , a step in the right direction , and fully concurred , in . the sentiment expesseci bj the ? riuie Mluister , that this was a portion , of the geiicr , ;*! policy whinU PaxlifttneHi ! ought to puriiu > towards Ireland , . If bo had desired , to move an amendment to th& effect that other ijoilwi ^ a similarly situated vith tUsae selected for lor ^ ta s&nulil shire in tJyj public » tU Vance ; , he was in a . K re * t measure diasuadsd from doing so by tho assurance given , by the Minister tbat the claims of other railways . glmUax ^ Y situated abo ^ ijji hereafter be considered , Mr Labouckiare , Ux Lefroy , Mr M . 1 , O'ConucU Mr U . Gore , and Mr SUusl addressed thd feouso in fai < Mir of the bill .

      Mr Su , 3 U , in the course of his aj »« eh , pa » eed an olaborate panegyric on the lato Mr Q'Gmmell . He said , that ablermd sagacious statesman ( Lord 3 . Russell ) will havo great uifltailUeB to conu-ad with , which will be eu . hnsiced by tbelosH which Irtiana baa sustaiucd by the death of ttmt celebrated man , to whom the noble lord opposito ( LordG . Bentinck ) has alluded ., who has conferred upon his countrj incalculable obligations , and to whom , when the prejudices and tho passions , the antlpatbitiandprcmWutiou&ofthebour shall have passed awuy , in tho impartial adjudication of tbose by whom , we shall be succeeded , tlie attributes of greatness , political

      and intellectual , will bc hereafter bevond doubt assvi guod , ( Iltar , huar . ) Whatever opiuiou mav bo enter twined of his title to the veneration ofhU couutry , in at ; assembly cimpo 8 ed like that which I sm now addressing , it raust be admitted by tuoso who wi ve in the sternest antagouiam to liim while he lived , that that unowned Irishman effected his achievements by a great mental Inatru . mentality ; and I trust that the time will never arrive when English statesmen will have cause to lament that the voice is heard no more by which millions were at once excited and controlled , and that the ftcceatt on wbicn a nation hung in rapture and a senate with admiration ftto huihed . in tiw grave for ever , I would that

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      be had beenmparad to ut ; I would that he had lited t « beh ld , th . ? . * of tlllkt ancient » nd perpetual faith ia which he- wsVjah'humble ^ ftirer ; ' and . of which fat .-.-« as tbe » roud and chivalrous Hjhamplon—tbat he bid lived to behold tbe eternal city , thut be had knelt at the altars of tbat temple , the noblest that were ever ral « # d by the hands of man , and worthy of the purposes , the high and holy ones , to which it is devoted—and that through the marbhj halls of the Vatican the ttneratte man , though with a feeble and tottering step , badfoind his way , amidst the array of sacerdotal pomps , and re . ceived tbe sanctifying salutation of tbe great pontifical rutormer who has attended tbe chair of St Peter amidst rbe acclamations of tbe world ; and I would that after lie had performed tbat pilgrimiige he hud returned to the country of his uiith , and * bich . beaut free , in order that he might renew the injunction never to Infringe the principles upon which he acted during the entire of hit illustrious life , and of whose violation he never was hv »

      Ritimately accused . I am conscious that I have departed frost the more immediate question before the house , bat I who have now soseldom a justification for interfering in iow discussions shall be pardoned if I have availed my . elf ot thiB the first occasion whioh has presented itself to mo to offer a mournful but unavailing tribute of commemoration to the memory of the man with whom I was (« r so many years politically associated , and who ? e de . parture from the great seen * in which he performed a part which attracted tke attention of mankind , I regard » b a _ disaster , which if will require great wisdom nnd fortitude and the spirit of conciliation , by which the ( Oh ° , WWCh tb ' mea 8 ure is founded , to countervail .

      Sir ¦ Jamb Graham coincided in the justness of the niZy tm ° ' Connel | 1 s memory & Mr Shl , l , bat dufered 1 with him in thinking that this Parliament bad yet to . how ita sympath y in iri 8 h distress . Although he . n ! L «; t hT' perfecd y understood the proposition 2 . * tOrg - ^ iMk . hywasatalositft ate . cov , rnpon what principle the proposal of the govern , mentwasfounded ; and hefel , satisfied that Ul the ZTEVPgv . *? tlie government . . i « t Lord George BcntmcW scheme were applicable against . heir 0 !" pr ° P Sa ' \ i Jnn !« Proceeded to draw a dark ure of the of

      . pu ^ difficulties thomo ^ y market . of theun . . a istac ory state ,. f the finance 8 , and ol ^ , < aX prospects offlw- potato crop , and asked , was this at a time to expend £ 600 , 000 on loans t » Irish railway compamet ? In his op inion , every shilling sp . ntin Ireland should bo spent with a view of producing food Cultivation of the waste lands and a large system ofcolonisa . tion might be desirable means of improving the comli . tion of Ireland , but the proposed measure wa « impolitic and inconsistent , and therefore he should , howevtr re . luetMltly , vote aBa 5 nst klie bill .

      Tho CHANCELLOB ^ of the Exehequbb defendsd tht measure . Mr Dibiaeli called particular attention to the fact that the question commenced with a discussion of the very question which occupied it at its close , and that the overwhelming majority whi B stopped the progress of Lord Q , Bentinck ' 8 proposal was now prepared to turn round and vote in favour of a proposition similar in principle , but of very diminished extent , Tlie real question the house bad tu determine , and which the country would pass judgment on , was should Parliament adhert to any padantic application of the principles of political economy to Ireland , or sheuld Ireland be governed justly and according to the dictates of sound policy and jeod sense ! At tbe hustings this question would-soon he derided .

      • Mr Hdhe admitted that Lord George Bentinck and his friends had a most triumphant victory over those who , at the beginning of the session , opposed the large and comprehensive scheme then proposed . He ( Mr Hume ) had opposed tbat scheme , and in consistency ht was bound to vote against the bill bifore the house . Mr Tbelawnt and Mr C&uowEtt opposed the bill ; The house divided—For the second reading of the bill ... 178 Against it , gj Majority ¦ ... Ui The bill was read a necond time . The house adjourned atone o'clock . TUESDAY . June 29 .

      HOPSE OF LORDS . —Poor . Law Admihishutiok Bill . —The Marquis of Lansdowhe , in moving the second reading of this bill , briefly explained , that it continued thepowers , but altered the machinery , « f « he present law , v e principle alteration being the Appointment of one oommissioner at the head of a certaiu board , who would hav « a seat in parliament , and them bo compellaMe to answer questions relating to the administration of the law . Lord BaocoHAH expressed his admiration of th » prin . ciple of the present law , and hoped the house would net depart from it . But when they went into committee on the bill , he should feel it his duty to suggest some amendments . He must tfrke this opportunity of < offering , his tribute of gratitude and praise to the conluct of Capt , Nicholls and his coadjutors , and also of MrChadwick j but ho deepl y regretted tbat tbe commissioners gene , rally had , owing to a want of firmness , shown a wil . Hngne 3 S to sacrifice subordinate officers to newspaper clamour : ¦

      For whom does false honour charge or lying scare—Whom Nut the faulty and the vile ! Lord Rsdbsdalk obj . cted to tbat portion of tbe bill which provided that the chief commissioner should bava a seat in parliament . In his opinion the delicate dutiea which that functionary had tu perform should be Kept wholly apart from party politics . Alter a few words from the Marqais of Lahsbown * in explanation , the bill was read a second time , and ordered tu be committed on Friday next . Baths and Wash-houses Bill . —Ob the motion ot Lori Campbell , the house went into committee on thit bill .

      V . > t 6 Cammsil said that in this . Mll , which wasinten . deri'to promote habits of cleanliness among the poorer classes , it was originally provided that all the baths , hot nnd cold , should be charged at a > uniform and minimum rate , but subsequently it was thought that classes imme . diately above the poorest might . be benefited , if baths at a somewhat higher charge were eslab islicd , and tbat , further , the revenue derived from these latter would support the baths of the poor , without any increase in ihs poor-rate . With this view ft clause had been introduced , authorising in certain casts a charge uf threepence for cold ., and eixpence for warm , bBths It had been ob . jected to this bill , tbat it would interfere withprivatt bathing establishments , in which large capitals bad been invested ; but he did not tbiuk there was much Sear that the customers of those establishments would come to the parish baths . Besides , works of great public utfJity were not to be stopped on the ground tbat they interfered with a few private interests .

      Lord Mokteaglb opposed tbe clause , ag supplying a public rate to that which , was not a public pmposs . To establish baths and wa > h . housr 8 for the better classes at the public expense would he tantamount to establishing a tenant-farmers' ward in tbe workhouse , There was a good deal of hardship nlso in tbe cases of thu private bathing establishments scattered over the metropolis j £ 30 , 000 Uwl b « cn expomied on those estabU ^ mrnts ; and the introduction of thcuoble and learned lozd ' s clause in this bill would completely destroy their trade . The Bisnop of LxtfOON had no fear tbat tbe operation of the bill would gp to disturb tbe riyuts of property , or to interfere with the interests of trade . Genthmen who indulged in warm baths at present , pnid two or three shillings for . each , and it was not at all likely that

      they would be attracted by the parish baths . But even it' private interests should be in a slight degree inter , fcred with , be did i : ot think that that , would justify the house in refusing its assent to a measure which wag intended to promote the health , the clvaniirtess , and the morality of the people . Since tho establishment of the cheap bathr-houtes no lees than 80 Ofiftpersuns bad taken advantage of them in the north-western district of the metropolis . It miftht be safely predicated that if the lower aud middle classes adi > pted the practice of bathing , their example would soon bo followed by the bfcbcr classes , and bathing would becomo fashionable , to the great be . nefit of private establishments , of : that class . He trusted , therefore , the bill would . be permitted to pass without feting amended , as tbe noble lord hud suggested . *

      lord Si ^ ley said that tho principle of the bill appeared to be to furnish the lower orders of tlie people with batb 3 « t a rate cbeapes than that which they cost , and to d * froy the excess V > j having another class of baths charged at a Mgher :- than cost price . The principle was unobjectionable * and , in fact , it had been adopted in the county lunatic asylums , wherein patients were received and treatad at a greater charge than tha paup&r patients , tbe county rates being thereby considerably relieved by tha surplus derived from the richer

      patients . Tho fact , however , was , that la tbe present bill , it was not a qitfBtion of principle , but one simply ol arrangement , an . 'i in order to obviate the difficulty suggested by the proprietors of privato baths , some c < mditions ought ., to bo imposed q . ! V the managers of the baths to ^ created under tb&bill , whereby the higher class batlja should be chargstl at BUOb prices as not wholly to supersede tfce private establishments of that nature , wiose existence was supposed to be enendangered bj tne measure . Tfith this proviso , tna bill would haw his per feet approbation and sanction .

      Tho Maaquis of LiNBJxmss said , that the suggestion of the noSAa lord was a good ene , and might bo adopted with great advantage , Lord Mouteaoik withdrew hia amendment . The . whole of the clauses were then agreed to includnig tbe clause vshlch had boen tbe subject of dlscuasiAA , and the bill was repotted . Several bills w « e forwarded a stage , end their lordships adjourned at 7 o ' clock . The Commons did net make a house , only II members being present when the Speaker took'the cbsir . WEDNESDAY , Jone 80 .

      HOUSE OP COMMONS .-Lord G . Behtisok complained of the inaccuracy of the returns presented relative to the quantity of oorn imported in foreign ships since tbe suspension of the Navigation Laws . —The Chancello * of tho Exchequer , aud Lord John Russell defended the gciioral correctness of the returns , the noMe lord stating that even should it appear that the amount of ooru imported was overstated , bo should still coasWtr it oeccs . sary to propose the further suspension of . the Navigation Lawsuntil the 1 st of March , 1818 . lEisn Rnm CoJUiTTiES , —Sir D . Noamis breugn the report of tbe relief commissioners ( or Ireland UBdQ the notice of tho bouse ; that rtport highly iiripu ^ ving the conduct ot many relief committee * , chnvglttg ih *" with gross misconduct » the adminlttm ^ a ** ^^" t ! for die relief of th < j 4 « 8 Wttt « . P 9 OT . l't » *«• *****

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      Anti-Cnm T . » w fipavftk 1 flnizot haa ; hi > en : a « V Anti-Com Law League- * ' Guizot has been asi enough to anger this dangerous man , ' by neglecting to satisfy bit cupidity , and now see the result . A worse scoundrel than Girardin never escaped the gallows ( whether he will , time will tell ) , but in shaking the existing ' system' to its foundation , he is doing France and mankind a service . I repeat , the days of Guizot ' s supremacy are numbered . " Mulhouse , the Manchester of France , has been the scene of a violent outbreak , occasioned by the hi gh prices of food . The people generally in the departments are suffering intensely , and are greatly exasperated against the government . They ask wh y Paris should be so especially favoured as it has been , as regards the distribution of food and the forced

      reduction of pnees . " The reasoi is obvious , " say the people of the provinces , ' order and tranquillity must be preserved in Paris at any price . " This state of things , and these expressions of popular discontent , combined with the scandalous disclosures in high places , significantly attest the ticklish position o f Louis Philippe and his worthy comrogues , whose reign is evidently drawing to a close .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 3, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1425/page/7/