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      - — " FRANCE . c-aTE of PiPIS . —CAYilGSiC ASD HARRIS ! . —LOUIS jSiH " ' 8 ** ( From the correspondent of the John BvM , ) Paws , Jdlt 27 . jr ;« fir , eowtensatien , terror , daily progress at Paris , j the ssoroi is gathering afresh . Whatever pains are » tke 3 toproiocsaatsiprejstoa that matters ars righti- » CO credit is attacked to theie favourable rumours , ^ Lp ; sbrosd , where no knowledge of what ig actaally coicg oa ™ ^ d" 5 caQ psnetrate . Oar journals are jjisert ' oiy dall- , not that the writers have not too cou . jjge to speak out ; they are htrapered by the proprieton , who know that a * tmke of tbe autocrat pen of Ci « i 2 n&c majat anj Kioment suspend thdr journal and rain their property . A 3 lone as tha Biare of siege

      condone ? , the papers will be content to record the decrees pf the Assembly—sncU as the ; e . n—for thoie passed one fiaj , are often annu ^' . ca the nest . As I foretold lass w ^ efc , ti . 9 corresponicaif of Via English daily preti was rrrong in announcing that the Etata of siege wpald be taken oft on Friday ; the factie , the men In power have run headlong into difficulties from which they csnnot extricate taem-IeItss , witt out paying with their heads far their arbitrary proceedings . On the da ; on which cbe state of f iege is tifcea oa , Paris may be in flimes , aad their deed bodies gOitit ! g { n rivir * of blo-jd , They kaow it perfectly well , and their terror kaips them rivettedin a state of inaction totbc s ? st of gspr « me piw . r which they C 3 D m 3 intsia oniy ry violent atd illegal measure * .

      As f- ' ~ S n ^ gal Cavei ^ asc , all do jasf . ce to the parity of bis intentions ; bat the weakness of bis character and the political engagements he is under , make Sim the tcol of 0 deteste * party , and in the army he has no « np . porters ; hiteqnalsin rank sre jealous of him , and his jspsriors in rank or tiaie of service otjtct to tie being placedOT-rtheir b . a « s . He was an officer ofinf . ricr rank «« Arras in 1 S 3 D , whin the July rerolbtioa broke out . and when he was one of the fira t who declared for the psopl . Since then he has been almost constantly in Algeria . Where he gained all bis promoiiens , and aiiasirose t > be Gorernor . In this eapseily he acted under the Provl . gional Government till he was appointed to the Ministry of War . He had never been distinguished either for

      capacity or decision of character ; bat tbe quill-drivers of the National wasted a man who understood the iHansg ^ meut of gun » , as a screen to their measures of vengeance . By them he was raised to the Presidency , where he sooa forgot tbe dsasexs of tfce i-nmenie re-Epousibility resting on bis shoulders , and installed himtilf , amidit all the luxury in wcicb . the newfangled Re . pn ^ licana arsfiofondof revellin ? , in tha spkndid fcotd ia the Rue de Varennes , belonging to the estate of Kadass Adelaide . Yet even these sampfaens sp-irtnests were not splendid enongh for Republican receptions ; apboisierers were set to work , aad the isst dollars of the exhausted treasury helped to finish forth the glifc . lering magnificence to which tie f jwer of pure E * pct .

      Ucaaltm in newly polished boots were in-. red . ac . ed . on YTeflBSStfay last , 0 aly tw o ladies Tentorei to preside at this ssiembly , the General ' s mother and a friend of hers of tbe oldea time . The approaching marriage of the General was there whisp-red about ; he is aboac to unite hiawlf in , lawful -wedlock , to whom—to tbe fair Arabian damsel who at Algierihao " , to the great scandal of every , body , established feer infiuenca over the General ' s heart t—no , to HdUe , Dotochst , thedaughter ef aformer partner of the house of Yaatai , and director of a gas company . The truth is , the General is going to marry a farrnae—and , with the sword of Ditnoclet suspended over Ms heal , he U about to fall asleep intoxicated with the delight * of Capua .

      The great erear of the week has been the nomination of Kerrast as President of the Chamber . Not that any oce wished to see him in tha . z post the real secret of the matter is , that the Cbaaiber wants , at all costi , to shake oS ths Natiokal . It b-came neceijary , therefore , to remova Hiirast frem the Prefecture of the Seine , irhere he had tstabllshed himself like a . man wfeo intends to make a lon $ slay . By dint of some indiscretion it oozed oat that he wished to get the English em . busy ; therefore the politic hea € s of the Chamber snggested the propriety of making him Preiident for a month . This would give hits a etaadiog abroad , sad tBible thes at ths expiration of bis term of offict to de ; patchhim ' poss-paid' to London . In that difficult oai 2 iwis sura to commit sotne blunder or o : ner , ¦ upon which hs trill be recalled , and left to resume his former 6 TOC 3 tions as Captsin Grend of the National . In parintnea of ihii ichema . 50 a may look fop . Mirrast , gilt all OTer , In & month from this tima .

      Annind Mirrast was born at Gaulent ( Hante-Garonne ) . in 1793 . Under the Restoration , he occupied for £ ome time the cbalr of rhetoric at the cellepe of pont-le-Roy . la 1 S 23 he came to Paris , and tried ta pa » h himself Into nouce by philosophical wriiing « , bat it was not until the Bivr-Iution of July tbat he bernn to cat a fi ^ nr # . He s& 8 editor tnecassively of the Tiibcse sa& the KtTioHAL ; and ic both these capacities he underwent judicial pnnichaent , which helped to swell his repa ' ation . At tbe Rsvjlution of Ftbrnary hs bteame c = 9 of its repre 3 snta : lT € S at tke Hotel de VH ? , and wjb afurirards appointed reporter of t ^ e C : inaii 68 ion on the Ccastitntion . He is a thorough goin ? par ;/ man , a fosterer of violent popalar passions , a great for a « all Gi « -

      CDI 15 8 r 6 j of fcOEied aad sffjble estericr , bu" a m : s of tlsod in hsart , impIacaHj in his hatred , pleasant in the private rslitions « f life , but BaBgisinary and arbitrary in Hi psliUc&l ttD . de ! c . cs . While subject to political impriionmsnt in 1 S 32 andi 1 S 34 , be conrriTed to getk ' mself rsmoved to the HiUon ds Sante of Dr Pinel , where he § oon go : np a lore edreature with a yonog Englishwoman sift Bat s ^ jing there mth hermotuer . Witi a prospect e : s dowry of £ 4000 , the daughter of a ( mall trader In tha city , wha was pretty to boot , and well bronght up , was irrasistib ' e , and the Barege republican 6 O 0 n made the faAf Uland-maidiis wife . SubsEqaEQ'lj he fi d with her to England , where they lired for some lime ia ex . ceedinzly hamble style .

      Among the carious episodes which mark the strange times in which we live , is to ba reckoned a cause which was pleaded yesterday . The plaintiff saed for 32 . 000 francs , ' prsrla bouske' of hU late Majetty Louis Poi-Ilpp 3 . la law-langnsge pgur la bouskt means provender , ¦ feat that was nat the thing . It was the ex-King ' s rsal nouth that formed the subject of the plaint . H . D .-eir . abode , tke dentist , sues tbe admisietrawrs of the Ciril List fer the enm of 22 , 000 francs , for services rendered to thejaws of his Sajest ; for maay year * past , O ' u ' zsn Tarin coasidtred the demand oat of all re « sos . Locis Pailippe wis of the same opbion befora him , and h « d oStrei to the dentist , in lieu of pajment— . what do yon think!— -bo less tban the cross of too Legion ef Honocr

      D'&irabo'ie bad accepted tbe off . r—being Hobson ' a cajigo—but the ewnts of Pebraary having prevented tiis dtcorauon of his person , he now culls for his money , the crass beins bestowed only upon MtAilts and S ' stlanai Gairdi . That poor red ribbon , which forty years ego wu so dearly ptxrca&scd with tbe blood of oar bravest men , faes becoais eo swfal / y < Jepr 6 ciste < J , thatBsranger , tie songsttr , the poec , and the prophet of the repa&Hc , re jlied , a few daye ego , when the cross was offered to him , ' Bih ! if I accepted it , I tboald he obliged to wear i : . * But this is not tag on'r fccnoar he has declined ; taey wanted toelec : him a H ; mber of tbe Academy , in the place < f II . de Chateaubriand , bathe formally reiz'ti , oat of difgast for Uie grasping t «] fi 8 on « S 6 of tbe new repuB'icin * .

      Pari 3 , Sunday , 11 . 30 ah . — General DaHesne ljasjn « tdieM 3 . Heisthe Etventh general officer l > s ' b France in consequence of the affair ef June . General Bedean , enotaer of those woaHded at the barricades in Jane , is dangerously ill , and it is feared tbat he caceot sorriTe . [ 'Thosawno HTe bj the sword , shall perish by t&e sword J ' J Tie oorrespoa'Jentof the Daii . t News says : — It trill be remembered tbat coon after the convocation of the Assembly on the tth of May , H . Beeurt . tee HiflUUr of the Interior , on hi § own anthorltv and

      respomibility , and wlthont eonenUlng tfeo AeeemVly , published an ordon&anca establishing a oarps called the Garde Mobile a Ciseval , ' the men composing which if ere eeUctfed Ufee thns 9 of the R'publican Guard , and the other trregulsr from those who had betn aoit slf nalised ia the R-volution of February , Tna efficen were also irregularly sppointed , sod some strosg reoaoo saaacet were txcUed , A . cemmittes « f the Asseebly Ttpojtei jeitsrdsy tfcat this corpi was nieleis , that its establishment wa « illegal , tfeat the financis Wire not in s cocditioa to bear tlse charge , and the Assembly

      eecardlngiy rafnffifl the grznt flnainnnlled theflECMe of tbe ei-Hinistcr of tbe Interior . The greatest inconvenience * are felt from tbeestabliihment of ; heSirde Mobile end the other corps created t inie the revolution . The cosdittoas of their enlif tment sod their psy are enormously mors f » voor 3 ble thaa those of the regulw army , while their discipline is ruinously la . Discontent smong the troopi Is the conseqaenceof tit coapiratively high pay and the worst example is prf anudby tfae want cf digrlplina . In tbe Nati mal Assemblv on XTond * y , M . Maagin — — ' — ^— -v ^^ *^ I ^ 4 ^^ - ^ p ^ k ^ ^^ B - ^^ w ^—^^ J w ^ - ^ — — ^^

      bron gbt forward QiamotioaoatQorelatioBSof Franco ^ i th the other poRera of Europe , notwithstsndJBgan appeal made to him by M . Bastide againt the raising of sach a debate at the present eventful period , and * ho declared that although ie coald tot prevent M . Mtuglafnm making bJa speech , he coald , and was m dnty bsnnd to avoid answering it . M . MaoginV E Pee 2 h pas a very long and Tery rambliDgone . Some C - Erg § s of a peraonal nature , vrfaicn ne brought ^ ainkt the members cf the administration , bronght « Bastide and General Cavaignac into the tribune ; tort ultimatel y thf } Assembly passed to the order of

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      I 3 B CITIZZX FROUDHO . V A 5 D THB ASfZitBLT . ( From the Daily News . ) Ou Monday . M . Proudhon rose to reply to M . A ' ^ "f . ^ againsthis prcject far ooafiscatujg a ttod of an ren ( s aEd deb { a for the yeIfef ^ etAtem in ^ wf ] 2 D ^ cd * « me" *** wiih h ' «™ TwhIe theor i <* - Some laembers were weak Krfiirffl * anger ' bat the greatef DUmber } . « * - !> Tc « DiT — The Natiosal Assemb ' j Rave " «* night the coup de-graa to M . Pfoudhon and the wuaiistg . The only point about which there was * , { . d ;^ reD ce ir « the mide of expretsiflg the indie-« noa ofthatbDdyin s mtDiier which « hould suffif'eotiy ja mbina force with dbnitT . ThB Ministerol

      ^ s iater ^ r , M . Senard , after tbe dose of M . Prond" « EddiCM , aicended the tribune , and declared m gQfv ' TCinent tui oerer Uawntf th * t ^ e

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      tribune of that honse should ever have been so disgraced , or Franca so insulted , aa they were by the apology for crime of every sort , and the excitement to revolt and to every bad passion which had just been uitetel It was proposed by another member , that the speech of M . Proudhon should be excluded from the Mokiteur , and that all journals reporting it shou'd bs prosecuted . This , however , was opposed by M Dnpin . M . Thiers said : ' 1 am of opinion tbat an order of tbe day motive will best respond to the indignation sf tha Assembly . I think no one will contest the propriety of the expregsi 6 n' indignation . ' C ; No , n % nobody . ' ) If the Assembly should deem such a course necessary , I am ready to reply to the statement which ha 3 just been laid before it . but ( fries of' No , no ; it is useless . ') I desire that it be formslly stated that if the Assembly considered ns reply to be necessary , it was because it thought

      better to reply by an order of the day motive . At length it was agreed tbat tbe sense of the Assembly would ba best expressed by the follswing resolution — The Natioaal Assembly , considering that the pro position of the citizen Proudhon is an odious attack on the principles of public morality ; 'hat it is a flagrant vielation of the right of property which is ihe basis of social order ; that it encourages delation , and appeals to the vilest pasBions ; considering fur * ther , that the outline of it has calumniated the revointioD of February , in wishing to render it an accomplice of the theories which he has devoloped in the tribune . '—Passes to tha order of the day . Upon which the house divided . The total number of representatives voting was 693 . and the result of the division was—For the resolution , 691 j against it , 2 . Of these two , ot course , one was M . jProodhon himself , the other was some friend of his whose name I conld notd ' ueover .

      It is eaid to-day that M . Proudhon will send in his resignation as a representative . - Paris , Wednesday . —The Paris papers confirm Che fact of a demand having been made by the Prorieional government of Milan for French assistance ; but a ? ree in allowing it to be understood , at least that the deaand has been coldly revived .

      GERMANY . A good deal of discontent reigns against the proceedings of the Frankfort Assembly ; and fears are entertained that on the 6 th cf August—the day on which the army la to take a kind of oath of allegiance to the LieatensRt of the empire—some military uproir may ensue . In the sitting of the Assembly on the 28 th , after an animated and eloquent debate , in which Janiezawaki and Venedey were the champions of the Poles of Posen , Jordan and Lichuowsky the voters against their claims , the Assembly wpnt to the vote , and

      rejected all the motions { for the independence of the province of Posen . The Assembly approved of the division of the province of Posen into German and Polish , and adaitted the deputies of the former . It sanctioned provisionally the line of demarcation drawn fay General Pfnel . A motion to engage Gerrsany to Etrugele for th 9 independence of Poland was negatived by 331 votes againBt 101 , 28 abstaining , Iub worthy of remark that , in the debate , Ruge hivirgsaid that ba hoped Ridetski would ba beaten out of Italy , the expression was cheered by at least half thB Assembly .

      . Bkrlik . July 24 —The draught of the constitution , as modified by the commission , or ra ' . her the sections , of tks ChanibET by which it has been discussed , ia published to-day . In sane points the alterations from that laid feefore tbe Assembly b ? the King snd the late Ministry are important . The greatest is the change in the constitution of the First Chatnbar , which is now lessened ia number and made enti ely elective , while no property qualification for its members is to be reqnired . It is a Senate of a Republic , not h House of Peera of a Moaarchy , which by the

      original system it was intended to resemble . Every Prussian , twenty-four jears of see , not a pauper , is invested with the franchise . The electoral base of tha Second Chamber is also widened , as one elector is henceforth to bscho ^ n for every 250 of the population inBtead of every 500 . The veto of the Crown ib made ' suspensive . ' By another paragraph ' nobility is abolished' Elections are triennial . It must be understood that the whole of the present scheme is recommended only , not adopted , and ere it passes it mav be again greatly modified .

      A Republican movement is expected in Wiemar . Gars , the capital of the lordship of the same name , possessed in common by the Prince of Reuss-Schliez and the Prince of Renss-Lobenstein , ifl in possession of the people . It appears ( hat ontbe 26 £ hthe populace became infuriated at the arrest of a popular leader ( Kranse ) , and forcibly obtained his release . Whilst carrying him through tke streets in triumph , a collision took pl&ce between the mob and the so-called gymnastic corps . Several of the latter were killed or wounded , and the rersainder were obliged ib fl § e from the city . The nest day the town was entirely in the hands of the populace . SPAIX The formal and explicit acknowledgment of the Qa ° en by the Court of Austria is ( fficially annonnced .

      The IsTERKATioxAL of I > 3 yonne publishes a letter fram the frontiers of Cata ' onia , of the 22 n £ , in which it is stated that on the 16 th Cabrera was in the environs of Vidra , a small town of 800 inhabitants , in the province of Vioh , aad-at Bii hours' rsarch from the town of that same . He had there , it is said , 1000 men assembled . It was reported that in a recent engagement he had caused serious Io 33 es to the Queen ' s troop * , bat this was not confirmed . In tha action of the 11 th , tha Montemolinists had it appears twenty killed snd thirty woundeo . It is said that Cabrera caused three officers who fell into his hands to be shot , for , aa he said , having adhered to the treaty of Bergara . On the 19 th an engagement took dace at the bridge of Mallsgsrriga , in which the Montemoiinists , headed by CastellBandTristany , had eight killed , whilst the Queen ' s troops sustained no loss .

      ITALY . BBVOLtmON Iff ROMS . A revolution , has taken place at . Rome . The people invaded the Chamber of Deputies on the 19 : h , and demanded an immediate declaration of war against Austria , the Pope persisted in resisting that measure . Upon that Count Mamiani and all the other ministers s ? nt in their resignations , but continued provisionally to exercise their functions till the appointment of their successors . The Pope then endeavoured to form a new ministry , aHd gave powers to that eff-ct to aper&onaee whose name is not eiven ,

      but who either refqsed to undertake tha duty or failed in accomplishing it . On tbe 20 th a deputation from the Chamber of Deputies waited upon the Postiff , to present him with an address from tbat assembly , is which the members declared that—• Withtho respectful affection of sons they prayed and conjured his Holiness to take such measures , that his government woald not delay in seizingarms for defence » and attack , and in uniting in a durable alliance with princes worthy of the Italian people , from the instant that they combatted for Italian independence . *

      The answer of the Pope was evasive . He merely said that the more difficult the times were , the more he congratulated himself on finding that he was surrounded by persons who loved the country , and who knew well that ameng tbe elements which constituted it tbe religious element was that which , in preference ti sll other ? , merited their love and their ssrions reflection . A telegraphic despatch received by the French ge ~ Teraraent , dated the 22 nd , announces that the Pope , not being able to succeed is formings ministry on tbe principl e * of neutrality , the people and the Chamber of Deputies had established a Provisional Government .

      The Cosiehporasks of Rome , of the 20 th , gives a fall account of the proceedings at Rome on the 19 . h . A large crowd occupied the immediate vicinity of the Palace of Dfputiea at an early hour . The sitting being ooened , President Sereni announced the reception of 3 petition , declaring the country in danger . Deputy Bonaparte iueiited on . tke immediate discussion of the petition . He was interrupted , however , by the clamour of the people in the streets . The Chamber itself was at that moment invaded by the peope . who came to applied the decision of tte Chamber . After a fruitless attempt to restore order , the sitting was suspended ; the Prssidentsueceeded in peretudingthe people to withdraw , and the Chamber proceedt d to continue tbe discussion oh the

      mobilisation of the Civic Guard . M . Herbini , after some time , beeeed the Chamber to postpone i&a discufB 0 j , and to take in' 0 consideration what was just passing at that aoment . The MiniBter of Comme oj mounted the tribune , and informed the Chamber that intelligence had just reached him that the people waited to take possession of Port Saint An ^ elo , and of the gates . The Minister of Police had gone in person to take effectual measures . He then pro-. eeded to itate that the Ministry had giren in their retiijnationi which bad been immediately accepted , and that they oniy continued in office so Jong as their su ^ etsors were not appointed . The Chamber then declared itself in permanence . Subsequently the Chamber rose , after declaring that the people had

      dene properly . THE BATTLE CF VILLA FRANCA . A battle ha ? been fought at Villa Franca , which , according to some accounts , resulted in the defeat of the Anstrians , and according to other accounts , the Piedmoatese . BBSBCIA . JUIT 25 , -Tbe brilliant achievemenfa of yesterday weie greatly to the honour of the Italian arms . After a determined straggle the petitions of SommaCam pagnaand Custcz * were retaken , and the Duke of Savoy passed the night at Somma Camnaena . At ten in tho morning , the King fixed his iead qaarters at Villa Franca , and shortly afterward * 6 , 000 Austrians were brought in prisoners , and locked up in the church . DESPATCH OF ECHOES GUJSO BARROHKO ,

      Viixa Fsa 5 Ca , Jult 24 , Seven in the Evening . — The battle is raging . At half-past four this evening our array advweed in throe columns , thefinllagainst Cnstoza , the other towards the low ground bftween Cust' zi and Somms Campagna , and tbe third column towards the ltst-mentioned point . Half u

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      c ^ La r rward , s the t « . ird column opened its fire , but ceased after three quarters of an hour firing . At SK ^ ? L I ftm writin S battl * » carried on In we centre , betweeni Outon and Snmtna CarapagnR BraVnall y - - gafrom the Bmoke > oar troops are eradaaiiy gainpg oundandd . * 25 Kffi « tV ^ * *« - SfflS ^ ^ - ^ fJL « Srt ^ W"d 8 tho Minci ° - T 1 » e important the 7 flillT ° ? enem y . which , according to The number of slain and wounded on both sidfs has not been ascertained ; if the loss on the Austrian side is great , oars is not leg 3

      ^ «« . . Th £ T ^' a F r aECa > dated the 25 sb nit ., sajs :- Tbisday thwe has been a new battle on both sides of the hill between Valeggio and Somma nf , T ? L ; T ? ^ iQcio ' and on t ^ left bank oftnenrer . The conflict , which began on several points , was everywhere very animated and obstinate on eaoh eide ; Tha engagement lasted from 8 a . ra too p . m ., with various success ; still there was no decisive result either for us or the enemy . The latter ; still preserves Isis positions on the left of the Mmoio , we ours on the right ; this bridges have been broken by tho Piedmontese , whottill are masters of the two extremities of the line , Goito and Pescbieni . and of tha other more remote points on either side of the river . The following is important as furnishing the Austrian version of the state of affairs in Italy ,

      Vienna , July 27- —The following has been received by telegraph , dated Padua , July 25 . The Austrian army haB obtained a brilliant victory , and has driven the enemy eut of his retrenchments ia the utmost dis erder . Rivoli , Somroa Carapa' > na 1 Castelnuovo , and Vallegio are in our handi . General Morten , with Charles Albert ' s adjutant , and many other officers , are prisoners . The otter defeat of the Italian army by the Austr iRns is confirmed . The greatest alarm appears to have been produced at Milan by tbe ictelligence from th . 3 theatre of war , and sn insurrection in the republican tense appear * to have bsen menaced . The armament and lev ; en mane are being carried on with extraordinary aotivity . At Turin complaints had broken out against tbe condnot of the Lombard battalions and the Modent&r , to whose defections the reverses were ascribed .

      Tumultuous assemblages took place in different paru of Tarin , in which denouncements were made against the mixed ministry which bad been formed . Ic is announced that tbe Poke of Genoa will nm accept the crown of Sicily , wbich haa been offered to him , until the war of independence ig concluded .

      THE WAR IN LOMBARDS . TheTiMBSBays . we have letters of the 24 th from oar correspondent with the Fiedmantese army . On the previous day General A pre , with 25 , 000 men , came out from Verona * forced- the position of Sona and Somna Campagna , and drove the Piedmontese from all tbe country between the upper Adige and the Lake of Garda , and the Plain of Verona and tit Minoio . At the same time an Austrian force o 8 , 000 descended the Montebeldo , and , after taking the heights of La Corona , ejected the PiedmoBteae from the Plateau of Rivoli .. The beaten Sardinians

      whose force was not one-f jnrth that of the enemy , retired opportunely , sons to Peechiera , others across the Mincio , and a few to Villafranca . On the 24 th . General Aspre attempted to force the Mincio at Monzanvane , and to establish a bridge at Salionzt bat , at the hour our conrier left , ha had not succeeded at either point . He proposed , it was said , descending to Vallegio , and trying to force the river at Barghetto , as the heights at his ( the lelt ) side- of the river command the right . The Pkdmosteai had , therefore , broken up the bridge , and troopB were ordered from Goito to defend that important poi&t . The Daily News has the following : —

      By letters from Villafrancs , dated the 24 th ult ,, it is said that the Piedmontese under Charles-Alberi had defeated the Auatrisms . who to the number of 25 , 000 men , had reoeoupied Rivoli , and that he had taken 600 prisoners . The Austriana had recrossed the Mincio at Salianze , a few miles below Peschiera

      REPORTED INSURRECTION AT PADUA . The F 1 EDM 3 HTBBB Gazbiie cf the 26 th publishes an account from Modona of the 23 rd , that Padua had freed herself from the Austrians . Acenrdicg to this account , on the 19 th a young man , engaged in a brawl with an Austrian officsr , wai arrested and Bhot . The population ^ immediately Sbw to arms , and drove out the Austrians after au obstisate resist

      ance . It appeara that on she 2 &-h a new accession ot forces , led by Radeteki , came oat ofVerons , where they were concentrated on arriving from Legnsgo and Vicenza , and took the Italian army in the rear . \ fter a sanguinary resistance ou our part , seeisg-tbe danger of holding such exposed and extended positions , the Italian array retired on Villa Franca , and from thence in the middle of the night , carrying with it 2 500 prisoners , and witbont tha enemy dariDg to follow it , fell back on Goito , to recover the fatigue of a battle of three dajs , and effect a junction with the division of reserve on the line of the Mincio .

      To the above it ia added , that the investment ot Mantua was raised . On the arrival of this news at Milan nothing could exceed the excitement which was produced , snd tbe idea of asking for the inlervention of France , which hitherto was rejected witb jealousy and dMavour , was sow advanced on every Bide as the only certain security . It wai , indeed expected tbat & demand for aeaiataace would ba made immediately .

      HUNGARY . TheBRESLAtiBB ZEiiDNGhasa letter from Pesth of the 20 th of July , in whioh the report of a defeat of the Hungarians at St Thomas is confirmed ; but in nhioh it is also stated that the insurgents had in their turn suffered a defeat near Taras , where they were twice beaten by Colonel Kissr , and lost a num her of men .

      INDIA . THE 1 ATS COSSPlRACr AT LABORS . The design of the conspirators was to have nd mitted 5 , 000 men into Lahore , who were to have fallen npoa and massacred the Europeans . Parties had been concentrated in the neighbouring villages for that purpose . The arriyalof the reinforcement of two native regiments with some artillery and irregular cavalry , had produced a very salutary effect at Lahore , being generally regarded by the Sikha as the advanced guard of a larger force . A portion of this body was subsequently despatched to attempt the capture of an insurgent leader , a Fakir of Bome note , who headed & body of 500 men , at a poiflt about 100 miles from the capital . Secret stores of ball cartridge to a creat amount are said to have been discovered in the purlieus oi

      the city Two British sepoys have been execnted for their participation in the conspiracy . There haa been fighting in M&oltan , in whioh the Britiih hare been successful .

      UNITED STATES . MEETINGS FOR IRELAND . ( From toe Correapendent of the Morning Chronicle ) The principal meetings of the Irish Republican Union , in New York , during the past week , have been at the ShakspeareHall , Jersey City , and Tinkham Hall . The speeches were 10 exceedingly simi-Ur that ts detail them would be merely to repeat the tedium of a thrice-told tale . ' At each of these the ' Report of the Ifith . Republican . Union , addfegperi to the friends of Ireland throughout the United States , ' was read and adopted ; and this document urges the formation of military clubs in the United States to aid Ireland , and says that the people of Ireland have resolved ' to keep their food by force of

      arms , ' and that this will 'bring en the issue . ' Id short , as the Irish papers say , that there will be a rebellion after the harvest , The ea - e document says ' We are sending more [ men ] , and shall not case until we have established a net-wprk through out Ireland , to be moved by one experienced hand , ¦ when thfl people « e attrcked , &o . ; the' felon fl « g of that perfidious , brutal , and bloody aristocracy' [ of E A meeting ef the ' American League for Ireland has been held . It is termed a conventios , at which delegates from all the Irish societies attended , sn ^ ' perfected a thorough and efficient representation of the various organisad societies and friends of ire land in New York . ' The Bpeeohes at all these meetings are similar to those which had been made king below . At Albany MrMilcnel ' a brother addressed

      the meeting . TaEMiNDons miETnro at fhiladbiphia . ( From the PhiladelpMb Times of June 27- ) An adjourned meetiojj of the friends of Ireland was held last night at the Chinese Museum , the enthusiasm and numbera of which equalled almost the ereat demonstration of Wednesday evening . The large saloon was filled with a dense Bass of human DBingfc upon whose countenances was depioted a deep sympathy for Ireland ' a martyred fen , John Mitchd Ever y man in the assemblage seenud to feel that it was his duty to be present to give an impetus to toe glorioHi principles ef liberty which are now arousing the down-troddea of tbe old world .

      Robert Ttlsb . Eq , called the meeting to order , and stated that the objeot oi the meeting waa to collect subscriptions , Ac . ; but tbat speaking would be made in the course of the evening , and proposed Francis Tierasn . Esq ., for president , and John a , Colahan and William H . Dunn , Esqs , aa

      uecrea T « B » AN , on taking tha chair , made some eloquent remarks . Mr Couhah mads a few remarks , and then proceeded to colleot the subscriptions , wbich came in bo fast that it waa almost impossible for the secretaries to receive them . Some subscribed one , two , three , tBd five dollars , and one or two ten dollaro . A number of ladies were present , who stepped np to the itand with their mite . Load cheering greeted

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      them . A humble but noble Swiss contributed a good sum , which elicited three routing cheers . A gentleman in the audience got up arid stated that be would now give an additional contribution J 1 ' 1 ! "a purpose of purchasing two good pikes . ( Ubeera . j Robhrt Tyler , Esq .. said that the last intelligence irora Ireland had bronght gome glorious news ; It had brought over the delightful intelligence of the fraternisation of the Catholic and Protestant Assocation ; There wars ho mere divisions—but all was union and harmony now—and in order that the news might be received in a proper spirit , he moved tbat the meeting rise en masee and give NINE oheers for this great event , which were given with tremendous effect . While the subscriptions were being received , a hrge delegation from Moyamenaing , with musio , banners and transparencies , entered tbe reom . Cheers upon cheers were given .

      Capt Jon » B Colahan then addressed the meeting : n an eloquent speech , and sat down amidst great cheering . R'BBEr TrtBR , Esq , was again loudly called for . Mri . was very eloquent is his remarks , and was loudly and repeatedly cheered . Some more speeches were delivered , and the Chairman then announced the subacripti > na inr the e'finin ? , which were ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY

      DOLLARS . Three hearty caeerB were given for the subscriptions to the funds , and tares more for Ireland , when the meeting adjourned after a tesaion of great unanimity and enthuaiasm .

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      ASTLEY'S THEATRE . On Monday tbe performances at this theatre concluded with a new equestrian extravaganza , entitled ' Lady Godiva and peeping Tom of Coventry . or c ' . caring tho Toll . ' The an . 'ient legend , which tells of the patriotic devqtedness of the fair lady of Coventry , and the inquioitive propensities of hsr townsman , tV : prying tailor , is made the basis of this amusing novelty . Suoha story as this iradmiraoly suited for the introduction of those effects in spectacle for < yhich this theatre h » s long been justly famed ; nor has any opportunity been disregarded , for the piece is crowded throughout with grand processions , equeg * triftn and pedestrian , tableaux , characteristic groupincs , and all the mimic splendours to be acbieved by

      the theatrical art . The dialogue of the piece is written in true burlesque rhjmo , into which are introtlucid allusionstothd passing events of the present ¦ lay , many of which were received with laughter . Tbe story is funnily told , and the author haa made it more amusing by bringing in several characters e > his own . The petition praying Lady Godiva ( Mrf Brocks ) to entreat her lord to take off the Dana Gelt , w 89 presented by a deputation of women , in e most humourous manner . The Countess Mercia get * to the weak side of her liege lord Leofrio ( Mr Crowther ) , at a bacquet , when he is getting merry , and he declares laughingly that if she will ' fide through the town without bonnet or gown , tbe ve < y first thing in the morninp , ' she shall have her re « quest ; to the astonishment of all the lady consents . Tarn ( Mr Adrian ) makes a determination to have a

      look at the beauteous lady as she proceeds on her way , like a 'trembling sunbeam . ' He carries out this base intent , is caught and duly punished . Tbe characters of Lady Godivr , Leofrie , and Tom , were well sustained , as also were tho humorous parts of floity Toity ( Mr Silver ) , an old Lord Mayor , with a duRire to make orations , and his faototnoii Wynkin Githerwool ( Mr Roohez ) , the townorier . The dresses and decorations aro of a very excellent order , and gave a very effective appearance to tbe ensemble of the piece . Some very excellent Bcenery has also been painted for the extravaganza . Among the best executed and moat attractive wore the followine - ' Bridge and part of tbe town of Coventry ; Highstrent of Coventry , with Marketoross , by day . hreak ; outside of the city walls , dso . These were duly ap . planded ; indeed the piece generally waa well received bj a very large audience .

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

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

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

      An American writer says , — ' Poetry is the flower of literature ; prose is corn , potatoes , and meat ; satire is the aqafortis ; wit is the spice and pepper ; love letters are the honey and sugnr ; and letters containing remittances are the apple dumplings ' Important Announcement . —Yesterday , the bellman made proclamation through the town to the effect * that the commanding officer of the 2 nd battalion of Rifles , on recruiting service at Man-Chester , will not be responsible for any debt or debts contracted by the said corps after this day , July 2 l 8 t . ' The crier clenched the important notice with God save the Queen , '—Manchester Guardian

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

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

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

      of the hull , but he was found t ' o be quite dead , means were taken in the hope of rescusitating hiia , hue without effect . It ras also discovered tbat another man , aship ' s porter , named Jeff , who had been engaged to unload the cargo , and who went on board to sleep in order to be at his work by d . aylight . had perished from the effect of the poisonous effluvia , Information of the sad event was conveyed to the coroner , J . D . GrudoD , Esq ., who held an inquest at the Royal Arm ' s Tavern , Wapping , and a verdict of accidental death was returned .

      An old manuscript in the Hull Workhouse proves that in the year 1722 the annual amount of the rates for the relief of the poor in the parishes of Holy Trinity and St Mary , Of that town , was £ 1 , 400 , while now it is about £ 18 , 000 . A vessel , arriving in the TharaeB , from Odessa , has brought , as a portion of her cargo , between two and three thousand of old balls and shells , consigned to order .

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      SATURDAY , Jolt 29 HOUSE OF COMMON 3 ,-St «« of ' Ibeland ~ t ; . hou . emet at t ^ . ve o ' oloob , and tho ndjJUrncQil .. bHi ; on the Stale ot'Ireland , was resumed by Mr M . J . O'C . nsell , who strongly rotnonnirsinj against the do . notusng policy of tho uovirnmem as reBpeotofl Ireland , aid gavo bis cordial support to tiif , motion . Mbjoi BtACKAM , denied that the disturbances In Ire . land were to bo uttribnted to tho Established Cuureh the state of tho franchise , or the distr ^ s ? of thn country , bat to tiie luraagueB of ng ' . tators . Ho tiuiQgiu thstgnvornmtnt hud dono for Ireland evtrjthlnv that coald be expected at Its handti .

      Mr P . Scbope contended that tho tonura of land operated as a most craelgtiev&nce in Iroknd , and umno Parliament prcparod Itself to deal with tha : evil it wouM be hopeless to pat down tho rebollion now threatened in that country , If something were done to cbech tho clearance ejot-m tho amount of dl . '&ff . ctlon wou'd be greatly diminished . Sir 6 . Geet readily admitted that many measures were required for Ireland to remedy its social condition , but tho present was not tbe tlma for their coQsidcraiion . The fron . member for Middlesex had recomm < nrlMi n universal system of colonisation , but the results of such

      a plan must necessaril y be slow , and would , inii- o ^ , be scarcely perceptible . lie believed that many oi tbe evils of Ireland arose from the nature of the relations of land , but man ; of them could not , iu hia opinion , be r » - moved by legislation , but by private Individuals ueling In their respective localities . A bill was alron , iy und ^ r the consideration of Parliament to prevent persons from being turned out of their houiBg , and ooinpblled to sleep under hedges . The subdivision of land produced much Of tho poverty prevailing in Ireland , and in his opinion oapltallBtB in that country would do a vast amount , of good If they took larger farms and employed the peawn . try at weekly wbrcb .

      Colonel Donne hoped » he government would assnra the house that a bill on tbla subjeot , founded on just ana enlightened principles , would bo introduGGdattheusrlimt posolble period . Mr B . it . For said there were Crown lands whioh yielded but £ 50 , 000 , although they cost a great deui tor their management . Thoso lands tsight bo soli fir £ 250 . 000 , which , lent at five per cen » , ml < ht be mrM « the means of improving waste lands , and thus employ 1 , 000 , 000 of the people . In his opinion the Cnuren of Irelaud did far more good than injury . Mr Olejients opposed the motion of Mr Sherman Crawford . Sir D , ffoBBETS expressed his disappointment tha ( no measures had been introdaoeS by government to improve the condition of Ireland .

      Sir W . Somebville admitted that the law relating to landlord and tenant required great improremtn ; , but could not agree that it lay at tbe root of all the social evils of Ireland . With respect to the poor law of Ireland . he was ready te admit that tt was defective , and if it should be the wish of Irian members , there would be ao objection on tbe part of government to grunt ft committee to consider the subject early next session . Mr O'Connor said : Sir , if roy > peech has no other merit it shall be short , and I think I can now illustrate the present position of the Irish members by an apposite anecdote . " There was once upon a time , a Roman Catholic clergyman , who was supposed to be gifted with supernatural powers ; this

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

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

      were capable of doing for themselves if inclined . ( Hear , hear . ) But then was it fair or just , that the poor should suffer while the rich differed , and as he ( Mr O'Connor ) had listened attentively to every speech delivered upon the question , he found , as was invariably the case , that the iranzy and madness of Irishmen was traceable to the criminality of their rulers and the landlords . He knew he would not only have proof , but confession of this fact before the debate concluded ; and now how would he rstablish his proof ? Why , the honourable secretary for Ireland , who had just sat down , in alluding to the speech of the hon . member for Kerry , adopted his assumption , and it was one in which he ( Mr O'Connor )

      acquiesced , that the tenant was a tyrant over bis labourer . Yes , ' le would say , as he had said before , show me a tyrant in broadcloth , and I will shew you twenty in frieze ; nine-tenths of the cases tried at petty sessions were complaints of labourers against tenant employers . ( Hear , hear . ) Ay , but who undertook to make the laws to protect those labourers , and who , by the confession of the right hon . baronet , was chargeable with offences committed by men , whom he had thus admitted were tyrannised over by their employers ? But he would go farther , and trace the tyranny oi those tenant employers to the Irish landlords . The right hon . baronet , and indeed every speaker upon the

      measure , had admitted that the non-employment of the population upon the land was the primary source of distrust and dissatisfaction , ' and he ( Mr O'Connor ) contended that the inevitable consequence of distress must be the abandonment of reliance upon those who created it . Then he would attach this irrevocably to the landlord class , as the right hon . baronet had read extracts fiom a Blue Book , showing that men who could net get employment promised £ 12 an acre for land , which the middleman held for 18 s . —and what did this proceed from ? Why . from the fact that the Irish tenants had not such & tenure in their land as would induce them to expend the amount of capital , that a better

      cultivation would insure it they had permanent tenure . ( Hear , hear . ) Would the right hon . baronet expend the same amount of capital , and apply the same amount of labour upon a farm , upon which he had & capricious tenure , as upon a / arm of which he had a secure tenure ? ( Hear , hear . ) Then hence arose the non-employment of labour , hence arose the distress , and hence , naturally , arose the disaffection , and , as he anticipated , he had . the confession of guilt from the right hon . baronet , Now , if the labour market was open and profitable , the labourer would not have promised £ 12 an acre for land not worth a pound , but he would have been satisfied with a fair remuneration for his work as a labourer .

      If the house wished for a compendium of Irish history they would find it in the graphic and unanswerable speech of the right hon . baronet the member for Ripon ( Sir J . Grahau ) upon the discussion on the Sale of Encumbered Estates Bill . He said the Irish Catholics have been long out of the pale of the Constitution , the land mart being closed against them—they have uphusbanded their treasure—let this bill be so framed as to enable them to piirc&ase land in the retail market , and do not deter them from doing so by the heavy amount of stamp duties ; facilitate the transfer , and then , from the sound social system which such a state of things will produce , will arise a sound political system , which will

      not endanger the security of the British Crown . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , that was the speech of a statesman—it was a speech worthy of being chronicled ; and he ( Mr O'Connor ) contended that the master g rievance of Ireland was the sway of an alien Protestant Church over a Catholic people . And they need not go to the peasantry for just and deeprooted causes for hatred to jour Protestant institutions , they had only to look to that bench where Xrish Catholics , gentlemen of education ; , sat , and even yet they were excluded from scholastic honours in their Universities . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) But that was not all , their hatred was hereditary . Their ancestors mig ht be called to the bar , but , however great their talents or acquirements may be , they

      should sit behind the bar in stuff gowns , while Protestants , their juniors and inferiors in talent , sat inside the bar in silk , and were eligible to honours and promotion . ( Cheers . ) They might serve as soldiers , but their suspected loyalty did not entitle them to promotion . Well , then , he would ask if it was wonderful that those angry feelings should rankle in the Catholic breast , and should explode in vengeance ? But Irish members were taunted with not proposing any remedial meagureB for the benefit © f iheir country . He ( Mr O'Connor ) was not liable to tbat charge , but the fact was , that every Irish question was disregarded by that house , and heard reluctantly by the house , while questions of minor importance , connected with sugar and distant colo-

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      nies , so occupied their time , that he should not wonder if every honourable gentleman started at a sugar hogshead , and fell into hysterics at the sight of a grocer's shop . ( Laughter . ) When he entered thai house ( in 1833 ) , he was an avowed , a sincere , and ardent Repealer , but be soon discovered in the i ^ ords of the right hon . member for Dungarvon , ' that it was a phantom , a mockery , a delusion , and a snare ; ' and , being so convinced , he turned his consideration to practical measures ; and , having been twitted by the hon . and gallant member for Middlesex ( Mr Osborne ) that he ( Mr O'Connor ) reminded the house that he had said 8 O-and « so , and so-and-so , while the honourable and gallant

      gentleman himself published his Irish almanac for nest year , and stereotyped his chronology for all time-to corae by telling us that he would do Eo-andso . that his first so-and-so was hia acquiescence in the suspension of the Irish Constitution , and nis second so-and-so was to secure absolution by proposing some twenty measures of amelioration to be introduced next session , and which were to goon panpassu with coercion , to which he gave his assent . Now , perhaps it may not be out of place to illustrate the position of the gallant gentleman by a anecdote

      military . "In the year of the Irish rebellion there was a Kerry gentleman , bursting with loyalty , and he undertook to raise a yeomanry corps , at his own expense . He said that he was independent of the old hum-drum system of discipline , and that he would establish a new system for himself ; and when he thought that he had completed his tactics , he invited his neighbours to a grand inspection of his loyal corps , and when drawn up in double rank and file , his first word of command under the new system was , ' The front rank will advance three paces forward—march ; the rear rank will advance three

      paces backward— -march !"' ( Laughter . ) Now , the three paces forward were illustrative of the coercive measures to which the hon . and gallant gentleman gave his assent ; and the three paces advanced backward were illustrative of the hon . gentlemen ' s remedial measures , which were to advance part pa&su with coercive measures . He agreed with the hon . and gallant member that ( he standard of incumbency in the Protestant church should be congregational and not territorial ; but he also contended that the representation of the Catholic people of Ireland should be measured by the numerical standard , and not by the standard of

      territorial Protestantism . Now , one of his ( Mr O'Connor's ) so-and-sos proposed to that house in 1835 was , that the landlords should be compelled to make leases for ever , at a corn rent , and to thai they must come at last ; and then there would be a market large enough for the employment of all the population ef Ireland . Oh ! but this would be a violation of all the rights of landlords ; but let them see if they could not discover a precedent . The property of the church in the land was the first charge upon the land : it was a lien of which thft land could not be discharged . Tithes are a higher description of title and more ancient than the title of the landlord to rent—their render was of the

      year , and paid m kind ; but this bouse substituted a septennial average for the annual average , and money for a produce render . If , according to the old system , the harvest was a bad one , the parson , the highest landlord , took his tithes in kind , thus participating in failure ; and he would ask , if any . thing could bs more absurd or preposterous than the notion of paying a fixed money rent for thirtyone or sixiy-one years for a raw material , the value of the produce of which may be depreciated or tampered with by legislation . ( Hear , hear . ) Would it not be as ju 3 t to presume that the purchaser cf raw wool or cotton should give a fixed price for a stipulated period without reference to the fluctuations in the price of the manufactured article ? ( Hear , hear . ) He would now come to the question of Protestant landlords' solicitude for their

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

      corpB , persecuted , prosecuted , and murdered every Catholic who offered the slightest resistance to the payment of tithes . And every war has been au anti-tithe war and an anti-Protestant war 5 but to show the value of agitation , as soon as the Protestant lands were brought iato gavel , the Protestant landlords became loudest in the deprecation of the tithe system , and were rewarded by twenty-five per cent stolen from the Protestant church but not given to the Catholic people . ( Hear , bear . ) And Le would now tell those English landlords sitting upon the Protectionist benches not to deceive themselves

      with a notion that they had seen the end er eren the beginning of free trade . No , it was the keystone of the social arch , —the minister recklessly struck it out , but failed to prop the edifice of whieh ' it was the foundation , with those timely and prudent concessions for the want of which agricultural Ireland has been the first to suffer , but ultimately the infection will spread , and they will find themselves struck with the same blight . But while they dilated upon Protestant iniquities let them not forget Catholic atrocities ; for he ( Mr O'Connor ) asserted , that a little Catholic middleman was one of the greatest tyrants in existpnee ; but to the honour and fine feeling of his Catholic countrymen he

      attributed the suppression of those grievances committed by Catholic middlemen to the fact , that they would rather bear oppression than tinge the professors of their creed svith criminality . ( Hear , hear . ) In conclusion , he would advert to ' the two great points relied upon by the noble lord , —the one was an extract from a pamphlet written in 1796 upon the state of Ireland , and he ( Mr O'Connor ) suspected tbat he knew the author of that pamphlet ) buc the noble lord's justification was that the writer states that in 1796 the Irish people were the worst housed , worst clad , and worst fed people upon the face of the earth . But was not the same admission made in the report of the Devon commission , and

      what was the conclusion ? why that Ireland had been united to paternal England for now forty-eight years ; that the anticipations from that union , and the promises from that union , was the improvement of the condition of the Irish people ; and yet , although all other nations are rapidly hurrying on , in the course of civilisation and improvement , the only reliable argument of the noble lord is tbat Ireland is no worse than we found it . ( Hear , hear . ) The second ground of distress , as stated by the noble lord , is population , consequent upon early marriages ; but he ( Mr O'Connor ) would ask whether the prevention of early marriages would

      insure a less population , although it may insure aa illegitimate for a legitimate breed . Instead of coercing the Irish Catholic people to bear oppression tamely , while it was now manifest from the confessionof every member who had spoken , tbat neg « lect of duty by the Protestant landlords was' the cause , let that house compel the Irish landlords faithfully to discharge their obligations to the people , and then ) but not till then , justice would be done , and trauquillity instead of disturbance would reign through that unhappy land , and tben would be perfect security for life and property , when justice was done to the Catholic peopk of Ireland . He had now kept his word by being brief . ( Laughter . )

      Mr Newdeqate thon ossajed to address the houw , bat was vtry partially beard In the gallery , iH eonsfc quenoa of the load expressions of itnpatienoe for a divla sion , Bo endoavourod to defend the Established Caurcb O' Ireland from the attacks with which it « ti BSgalled , contending tnatitB overthrow would be the destruction of tne last link which bound tho two countries together . Mr Remolds denlod that the people of Irelwia were contented with the Establlthed Charon , as had been

      stotBdjbjMr Ansteyand Major Blackall . The Catholic popuUttonameantcd to upwardejof 8 , 080 . 069 . Tne number Of JllOSe profeeilog the religion of the EatabHelied Chordl was only 700 , 000 . The Catholic population had not only te support about 4000 of their own priests by voluntary contribution ! , but were compelled to support tbe clergy of tho Established Cbarch , trkh whom they 6 ouli hare no Bjtnpithtea whatover , to tbe amoant annually of £ 700 , 009 . ( Hoar , hear . ) In an assembly composed 08 rational , intelligent men , ho thought it was unnecessary

      to say one word ins . re to oonvlncie the house of the follg of snch statements . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Stafford aad Mr Gsage oppoBed the motion . MrGBATWMroee . amid loud erl& of 'Ob , oh !' Divide , divide . ' He bbWj—I rise merely to m » kO 88 apology to the house , and to my countrymen for not speaking . ( 'Hear , hear . ' andlaughter . ) The house tho divided , — ~^ ¦¦ . ^ ^ For going lntoo ^ xnM ^ e ^«^ uj » lK *«• ForMrCrawfc | S '(^ e »> Inl (? p- , V < i % , , Ma ^ ritttL ^^ r - Jr ~ i £ * The house . Wtly &j& * Wtf < # « & % § E « S o ' clock . i ?> fe 3 ' iV" /' ' - ¦ \ AS MONfWPpw .: & <» v - r ^ h . HOUSE OF LOB ^ +- ^ ' -, ^^ &- ° 5 ¥ P " JSj qtilrad whether gove « foeW || J » t «« # w >! iP % ?^ * v * \ U Copyhold EnfruuSapt M ^ . Etfifatfgpj *•" bm ^ H' ^ i *

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 5, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1482/page/7/