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      *< rT 7 feTr weeks old in her apartments , and it * noised by Ellen Jones , who had been wet-

      _ X * t WOO , ue uajiuseu a cmm lor a P ^ tbe hotel , being requested to do so by the der of * e hotel ; and he gave witness a written rfificate of the baptism , which witness gave in *~ Lr the suit for divorce in the Ecclesiastical J" ^ The eertiSeate being now produced from ? lit court , was identified by witness , and was plated to the house by an interpreter . The Vacate was dated on the 22 nd of September , ^ jo and stated , that the undersigned ( the priest ) ifTsent for on the 25 th of August preceding , by il © aster of the hotel to christen a child of which hdvintl'e hotel was delivered , and . which was declared t 0 be ^ son of Horatio Walpole l %

      1 £ *** T . — " ^ . . 1 ; j •*^_ i ¦ . ¦* ygA Broegham then rose , and said , —My lords , I tore no doubt as to this case , of the absence and tJoB-access ofLord Lincoln to conjugal rights , and « f the birth of a ehild . The bill contained no basjjirdisrog clause , for , however strong the moral ^ snmption of thefactinay be . you have no right to bastardise an infant without the most positive evidence . The scene on the sofa . leaves no doubt nn tliis case- lady Lincoln and Lord Walpole live toother at Coino , and travel in the same carriage ioTtoine , but the moment they come to a large town

      jhc sets out . and they eatennseparateconreyances . ¦ flii 3 was done at Genoa , and then there is the direct evidence of Lud Walpole ' s own servaut of vhathe saw on itc sofa , and which renders it clear that adultery was committed . I move , your Lordships , on these sTonnds , for the second reading of ihisbilL Theabser . ce of the verdict of a jury is easily accounted for , as Lord Walpole has not been jniiisconntryfor tic last two years , and it was impossible , therefore , to serve process upon him . That was the evidence always given to supply the ant of a verdict . __ _

      Lord Redesdale said , that it was with great unxrillingiiess he addressed their Lordships , but on . { hat bill , more than any other , they ought to be carefal not te establish a case as to one party related to many noble lords , members of that house , which . would not be applicable to others . He pointed out that the husband was not the petitioner here , but lis solicitor ; that the noble lord was not present , -cr at least in attendance , in case tbair Lordships srished . io examine him ; last of all , that no verdict iad been obtained in a court of law . Unquestionably on the evidence , though Lady Lincoln left her Jrasband without his consent , it does not appear to iavo been accompanied by any open rupture with lord Lincoln , but on the contrary , for the only letter their Lordships had heard read from her after her departure was a friendly one , announcing her arrival at Baden . There was no other evidence to explain what subsequently took place when a few

      day 3 afterwards she joined Lord Walpole . There was no one point on which , their Lordship ' s house . was more careful than to avoid the possibility of collusion . It was most nscessary that they should . require evidence on that point , even where they all biew , as in the present case , that no collusion existed . 2 Jow , in the evidence laid before their Lord-. ships , it was not satisfactorily shorrri that there was no collusion between the parties . lie expressed this as his opinion , and from the strong feeling he entertained tloi nothing should take place in their Ixnrdships house which was not according to legal evidence , he had considered it as his duty to call their Lordships' attention to these points before the . bill was read a second time . It was , however , in . the hands of noble lords more competent to pronounce on these matters than himself , and if no objection was taken on the part of other noble lords te would not press Ins opposition .

      . Lord Bsor-GEiM said , that in the absence of Lord Walpole it was impossible to obtain a verdict from a jury . A 3 to collusion , he agreed with his noble niend that a « rreatrc 3 uctance was felt by their Lordships if collusion was suspected , hut his noble friend appeared to have misapprehended the strict meaning of the word collasion . If the husband enabled ihe wife to commit adultery by gross neglect , that . was collusion ; or if he exposed her to the arts of a seducer and inconsequence she didwhat entitled him io a decision , that also was collusion : but if , without CDllusion , the wife did that which gave the husband a riglt to proceed for a divorce , there was a collusion that both parties might become free , but not such a collusion , as their Lordships would

      pnnish . He thought it only . fair to Lady Lincoln and her family ( wsth whom lie , Lord Broug ' ham , had ield a friendly incercourse of half a century's dura tion ) to state that , since they had heard ofher mis-MBdncfc , ending in the birth of » child , tfcey-felt it their bounden duty to do what they could to repair the grievous injury which her imprudence Lad inflicted on the Newcastle family , and they at once said let there be no opposition raised to this divorcement . He ( Lord Brougham ) thought their lordships coald give the Hamilton family credit for delicacy in this matter . They might have carped at and thrown obstacles in the way of the proceedings , but &ty had cot done so . * There being the considerations that pressed on his mind , he had thought it his duty to the unfortunate parlies to

      more that ine bill be read a second time . lie had observed a most furious article on himself with reference to this subject , giving the grossest falsehoods it was possible to give , and " among other thbgs saying tliat he had resolved and given notice that he would obstruct ihe bill by browbeating lord Lincoln ' s witnesses . The wibappy libeller " , for he called a man " unhappy libeller" trfio had Written such gross falsehoods , was not aware that lie ( Lord Broujham ) was the person who had charge of the bill , and was doing ail he could do to forward it through the house . lie might say more on this subject , which was a clear breach of privi-? ? , . _ ° nld bs only wastieg their Lordships' time in doing so . lie , however , would feel Jt Ms duty to take proceedings in the common law courts in order to discover" the author of this

      libel . Lord LiSGDAis , who occupied the woolsack curing the sitting , supported the second reading of the bill . Xot oa ! y had the birth of a child been proved , but another fact also which it was not necessary to describe . Two or three points bad been adverted to in . U > e nature of formal otjsctcons . With reference to the petition not being signed by Lord Lincoln himself , but by his solicitor , he { Lord Langoaie ) did not consider their Lordships now in a situation in which they could look back . He did not know whether it was satisfactory to everybody at the time , but it was doneand was no reason

      , why they should not now proceed to the second reading of the bill . It was also objected that no verdict of a common law court had been obtained , ilany other cases had occurred in which this had happened . Besides , it was as easy to obtain a verdict ly collusion as anything else . Then , as to Lord Ianeoln ' s not being present for examination if required , how often < liil it happen that on such occasions the husbands did attend or were examined ? He felt obliged to the noble lord ( Redesdale } for ^ ting these objections , but he did not . think that they constituted a sufficient reason for throwing out tie bill .

      . Alter a few observations from Lord Redesdale jn farther explanation of the objections stated by The motion for the second reading was agreed to without opposition .

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      COURT OF COMMON PLEAS . GOBHiU v . BISHOP OF EXETKE . ,, T ^ e I « rd Ciuef Jasiice , op Monday , delivered uk Judgment of the Conrt , that there he no rule in "Jiscase .

      LAYCOCK V . PIXLAT . ¦ J > this case , which sas an action for breach of promise of . marriage , tried at the last York assizes , peiore Mr . Baron AWcrsoa , when a verdict was returned for the plaintiff , damages £ 400 , a rule nia « r a new trial , on the ground of misdirection , having been obtained ia the fonaer term , Mr . Sergeant nuaffis and &r . Farrar slowed cause against the We ; and Mr . Martin . Q . C ., Mr . Asplaud , and Mr . A . JaEes appeared in support of fe . The questien rarnedon tke legal effect of two letters—one from we defendant offering to break off all connexion with the plain tiff ; and one from the plaintiff , in « nns of great feeling , exprcssiag since ifc ra the Attend ant's wish she broke off the comies ' ion , which J . 'was contended by the learned counsel for the defea daat omoui ' . icd ton release in law . TLe court 8 * Te separate judgments and discharged the rale , tte Lord Chief Justice dissenting . Ilule discharged .

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      .. sigxattox cp the LoED'CitAXCEixon . —Webe-? J ^ e Tre may announ ce as a fact , that the Lord ™* neellor has at length actually resigned his high UTS * ; ** . l ° llJship has , we understand , been ggea" to this step both by the recommendat ' on of j £ Poysician 8 aud the entreaties of Lis family , and j { j ^ gard for the public inconvenience occasioned ' us continued hbsence from the Court of Chan-^ --JoIui SuU . W-r ^ AOHDmnY Ceee of ak Ulcebased Leg or Hoi-SKtsZjf ^ S ** ASD Pnxs . —Extract of a letter from Mr . fcw » -. & ? « Jlarvell-street , Hull , to Professor Ilql-« uh sTv If "For two years I was grievocslv afflicted *« Li T B . wfcMi was full of ulcer ? . Tapj . Jiedto fca stmvSi 15 " ^ k lieir "Jneiaes , but withont the Hfcr kZL ** S ' fcapp 2 j for me , I prosared some of * Skb i ?*?! £ lt ard rais from Mrs . Xaule , of this town , 1 » tte ! fc a we efftct of curing my leg iu a , brief , space of ths hft ? £ ratitu - for whid « J maketWs - caseknown , in ^ OlD a ^* ? 4 olL'ers ma ^* nye teefit by adopting a ^™* PWfflB . "

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      The Commerce had but one light at the mast-head , and wa 3 mistaken / or a schooner , and persevered in crossing the course of the Dispatch , until collision was unavoidable . She was run into on the starboard bow , and rapidly filled and sunk in eight fathoms water . The officers on board were Captain F . J . Phillott , Lieutenants Sir H . 0 . R . Chamberlain and F . P . R . Delmfe Radcliff , and Assistant-Surgeon Douglas Grantham . ( who joined them at Prescott , where he had been employed for ' some tune past , ) and , we regret to say , lost his life on this occasion , in addition to three sergeants , two corporals , one drummer , nineteen privates , eight women , and four children , and , from the opinion given by some of the survivors , those were saved

      LOSS OF LIFE ON LAKE ERIE . : - I ft ^^ . ^ Sf f ^' totte-iwW'in ( & » Gazette , gwes the following : — ¦ . ¦ - -.. ™ lL ? f ;? ednesda £ tUelst of May , three companies of thereserve battalion 23 rd Fusiliers embarked at Montreal on board the Earl Cathcart and Commerce steamers for Port Stanley , en route to London Canada West , under the command . of Major Chester ; Ho . 7 , and part . of So . 12 , embarked on board the Cathcart , and reached their destination in safety . The Commerce , with No . 8 , and remaining portion of No . 12 , proceeded through the canals and Luke Ontario into Lalfe Erie , and on the night of the 6 th of May she came into collision with the ( American ) steamer Dispatch , bound for Buffiilo , near the Port Maitland or Canada shore . ¦ . - -. TiOSk III ? X : TT ? f tWt W ¦ ttti — — - ¦ *

      who clung to the wreck , by direction of the commanding officer ( Captain Phillott ) while those who jumped overboard lost their lives . The survivors were carried into Port Maitland , having lost everything . Many of them were almost in a state of nudity . The officers' plate and mess utensils were nearly all on board and lost . The following are tho names of the persons lost : — -Assistant-Surgeon Douglas Grantham . No . 8 Company . —Sergeant Alfred Moore and wife ; Sergeant George Butler and wife and child ; Corporal James Evans ; Drummer Henry Griffin ; Privates William Ward-, John Griffin , Thomas Aldridge and wife , Arthur Buckton , Isaac Jones , Edward Price , John Ryan , Michael Ryan and wife , Thomas Taylor , John Weaver ,

      James Flanigan , and wife of Corporal T . rWarner . Jfo . 9 Company . —Private Edward Williams ( mess waiter , ) 2 fo . 12 Company . —Sergeant John Moore ; Corporal Theodore HuberfieHL ; Privates Joseph Haberfield , John Beamer , Nicholas Mewitt and wife , Thomas Peake , Robert Pritchard , Thomas Rees , Henry Sharpies ; wife and child of Private Jnme 3 Maskey ; wife and child of Corporal Daniel Paine ; child of Private Edward Shipley . The survivors had not left Port Maitland at the latest advices . No . 11 , Captain E . W .-D . Bell ' s , and part of Xo ; 10 Company , embarked yesterday ( the 11 th inst . ) on board the Free Trader , for Port Stanley . No . 9 , part of No . 10 , and head quarters , will embark on the 16 th , en route to London , Canada West . -

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      The Goverxmest Ixtebjiesis Bill . —On Tuesday evening a public meeting of ratepayers of the parish of St . Saviour ' s Southwark , was held in the vestry-room , to take into consideration the compansation clauses of the Government Interments Bill . Mr . Bailey , was called to the chair . Ho explained that the parish of St . Sa-Tiour ' s was placed in a very peculiar position , and one likely to be much interfered with by the proposed measure . No rector ' s fees for interments paid in that parish were receivable by the chaplains , who were only entitled to the surplice fees . The rector's fees were received by the wardens , and applied to the ordinary parochial purposes . If the measure'introduced by government were carried without some clause in reference to St . Saviour ' s , the clersry of that parish ¦ would receive

      compensation for that which they had never lost , and be remunerated for work which they were not called upon to perform . Mr . ' Mansfield moved , and Mr . Clark seconded , the following resolution : — " That a deputation be appointed to wait upon the Right Honourable Sir G . Grey , her Majesty ' s Secretary of State , to represent to' him that the fees payable for interments in the' churchyard of this parish are receivable by the warden of the parish ; and to urge upon him the propriety of securing to the parishioners adequate compensation in respect of the same in the . event of the Interments Bill passing into a law ; and that the wardens solicit the borouch members to support them in their application " This resolution was unanimously agreed to , and after the transaction of some ordinary business , the meeting thanked the chairman and separated .

      A Mock Guiixottxe . —At the end of the carnival two married women of Tidauban . Department of the Tar ( one of them wife of the president of the Moningnard Club ) , manufactured a lay figure entirely in white , and , after attaching a chain round its neck , placed it in a small cart . A number of the inhabitants then paraded it through the village in solemn procession , accompanied by a number of men carrying axes , &c , and bawling revolutionary song ? . After a-while- they formed a sort of revolutionary . tribunal , and the figure , - which was called " Blanc , " was gravely . tried ,, and , by tho majority of the votes of the crowd , condemned to death ; the principal judge , a man n&med-Arnaud , saying , " Blanc ! you prevent us from dancing , farandoles , and therefore we condemn you to death I" ; Thereupon , a man . named Lucien seized the figure ; placed it on a platk , and at one blow with his rise severed the head from thebodv . A bottle- of wine

      bad been placed in the neck of thefigure , and , this having been broken by the blow , a resemblance of blood was produced . * The head was then cast into the crowd and torn to pieces by them . This scandalous scene created a most painful impression throughout the department . A few days ago four men whoplayed a principal part in the * affair , and tf > e two women who made the figure , were brought to tr ial , on the charge of exciting citizens to hatred of each other . The men pleaded drunkenness as an excuse—the women declared that they had only intended to amuse their children . Four of the accused were acquitted , and the other two , Arnaud , who had acted as judge , and Lucien , the executioner , were condemned to four and three months ' imprisonment . —Galiqnanfs Jlfcsserwer .

      M . Scribe . —Eugene Scribe was born in Paris , on the 24 th of December , 1791 . His father was a silk mercer , near the Piliers des Ilalles , in the Rue St . Denis . IHs lively wit at an early age was'discerned by all his friends , and he was , in consequence , sent to the Great College at St . Barbe . When at eighteen years of jige he left college , he was an orphan , and without fortune . Fortunately , he found a kind guardian in his relation , M . Bonnet , a celebrated barrister of those days , who destined him for his own profession , and placed him under that celebrated jurist and politician , * Dupin , the elder , now the president of the French Legislative Chaniber , to study the Roman law . But in his studies the leiml fact that most deeply impressed itself on

      Eugene Scribe ' s mind was that ,- at twenty-one , a young man i 3 master of his own actions , and having reached that age , he determined to renounce the law , and betake himself to his pen for support . Shortly after reaching his majority , he began his dramatic career by writing a vaudeville for the Gjmnase . Bis success here led to an engagement to write for the Theatre Frangais , and to the establishment of his reputation asti dramatic author . He has composed ten comedies in five acts , and twenty in one , two , or three acts for the Fracgais . nc has written 150 vaudevilles for the Gymuase . As a lyrical poet he stands unequalled " for

      the nambcr and purity of his libretti , having written the poetry of forty grand operas , and of 100 comic operas : to these must be added the libretto of the forthcoming Tempesta . His entire works are 340 in iiumber , besioes his novels . Throughout his literary career he has preserved his independence ; and never solicited patronage or place ; yet his merits have not passed unrewarded . He js a com- ; mander of the Legion of ndnour , has , received crosses from almost every sovereign in Europe , is a member of the Quarante de 1 'Academie . and to these gratifying tokens of success he has added the more subs t antial reward of a handsome independence , achieved by incessant mdiistrv .

      Meeeixc of Cajtbb Chiefs . —The annual meeting for distribution of presents . to the Caffre . Chiefs , was held at King . William's Town on the 11 th of March . There were about 4 , 000 . CufiYes present * including all the principal chiefs of the Slambie and Gaika districts . Colonel Mackinnoii addressed the chiefs , and gave them some wholesome advice ! ne called upon tlie commissioners of the Slambie and Gaika Cafires for their . reports , which they then made , " and which were highly favourable . The chiefs were then , called upon " to" make any

      statement they wished . They all expressed themselves well satisfied ; Botman and Sandilla , of the Gaika Caifres , however , stating at the same time , that they wanted more land , and that , as they were British subjects , they did not know why they should be confined within certain boundaries . The articles distributed were of a very superior character consisting of thirty chiefs' dresses , fifty female dresses and sha \ rl 3 , 100 dresses for counsellors of chiefs and commissioners' messengers , 1 , 000 blankets 750 spades , 750 hoes , 200 cooking-pots , 200 basting spoons , 100 sickles , and 200 axes . —Cape Town Matt

      Messrs . Peter Gavin and Son , rope and sail-cloth works , Bath-street , Leith , have just completed the largest rope ever made in Scotland . It is for the Mitsel Coal Company , Victoria pit , 175 fathoms deep , near Harlett . The rope measures 200 fathoms , or , 1200 feet : it is seven inches broad , and weighs upwards of three tons . . Father Mathew . —An American paper says : — " The friends of Father Mathew , in Mobile , have presented the rev . gentleman with a purse containin ^ 270 dollars . In Lis reply 4 o their address he says that' the ' gift was most timely , his pecuniary resources being exhausted , and the fear of weakening his influence in the cause of tempeyonce deterring him from making anappw ! to defffly . the expenditure of his mission . '"

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      ¦ : . : .- ¦ : r ; ^ FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . ( Concluded from thtsecond pagi : ) , IncbndIarish : — The portion of the forest of Chatellerault belonging to the Duke des Cars was set on fire by incendiaries on" the 20 th ult . The fire wai extinguished before any considerable damage was effected . This is the third attempt of a similar kind made Bince the revolution of Febiuary . ; The ' Daily News ' correspondent writing from Pans on Friday , says- « It was : observed yesterday that the Legitimists , with thesingls exception of M .

      Fayrean , voted against all the amendments moved to the second article of the Electoral Law . It is reported that many sincere men of that party were not left to vote according to their consciences , but were influenced by a letter of the Duke of Bordeaux to M . Berryer , expressing the gratification it would afford him to find the supporters of bis cause united on this question , and arrayed on the side of the government . This is one of the first important symptoms which hare appeared in the legislature oi the coalition effected between the two Bourbon branches . '

      The 'Evenemenf states that M . Emile de Girardin bad been chosen by a large majority Uy the socialist conclave of Strasburg , as the democratic candidate for the Bas-Rhin . Several naggans of ammunition have set out from Paris for Lyons , Toulouse , Lille , and Marseilles : The director of the « Republique da Peuple , ' who was prosecuted for an article attacking the rights of property and the Constitution , has been acquitted by a jury at Strasburg . The director of the Voix du Peuple' was sentenced by the Court of Assiz ? of Paris , oq Tuesday , tu ten months'imprisonment and a fine of 3 , 000 f . for an attack on the President of the Republic . The directors of the National' and the Republicame de la Seine et Marne' were sentenced by the Police Court in Paris to three months'imprisonment and 200 f . fine , for publishing a subscription list to defray the expenses of a conviction ;

      A private soldier was sentenced to death by courtmartial iu-Paris on Tuesday , for revolt and disobedience ^ 'to his superiors in the fort of Charenton on the 17 th of April . The signatures on the petitions against the Electoral Bill up to Thursday , May 23 rd , amounted to more than a million . The amazing increase in the sale of the ' Evenenient' forms the most striking commentary on the reactionary proceedings of the government . This journal , whose sale was lately limited to 14 , 000 , now sells upwards of 40 , 000 . The government has conceived much uneasiness at the great number of gener . il councils which have pronounced against the Electoral Bill . A circular to prefects is said to be preparing at the Ministry of the Interior on this subject . The responsible editor of the ' Toix du Peuple ,

      M . Laugrand , was yesterday condemned by default by the Court of Assize to a year ' s imprisonment , and 3 , 000 f . fine , for having on the 14 th of March published an article asserting that a celebrated Jew banker , of great influence in the councils of tho government , and very intimate with the President of the Republic , had lost three or four millions by speculations on the Bourse in connexion with the election of the 10 th of March , and that the President had shaved in such losses . This article was held byjihe Court to contain the offences described in the law as exciting to hatred and contempt of the government of the Republic , and insulting the President . The Democratic Pacifique' copied the article on the doth of March , and for so doing its responsible editor , M . Guillen , was condemned to six months' imprisonment and l , 500 f . fine , aa already stated .

      The committee of the Assembly to which was referred the two propositions , having for their object to authorise the Conseils Generaux to meet and take measures for carrying on the government in case of an insurrection , or coup de etaf , has concluded ; its labours . After a long-discussion it was resolved to report to . the Assembly that the commi ttee saw no reason whatever to recommend themeasure . Two companies of the National Guard of Bordeaux were disbanded and disarmed on the 21 st ult . The operation was effected amidst the most perfect . order and tranquility . A letter from Marseilles of the 22 nd ult . states that precautions continue to bo adopted by tlie authorities in that city in case of disturbances by the secret societies . The posts were doubled on the previous day , and the streets were patrolled by strong bodies of infantry and cavalry .

      Letters from Marseilles of the 22 nd ult . state that the utmost precautions were taken there on the night previous to protect the shipping ; which , it had been discovered , had been menaced with conflagration" by the conspirators . '' Letters from Lyons of the 24 th ult .-mention that , amongst other precautions for the tranquilifcy of tbe city , General Castellane had prohibited the sale of firearms to any one not furnished with a certificate of good conduct ,- signed by the mayor and sousprelet . The armourers were also ordered to remove the locks from the guns in their establishments . . - ¦"¦ ' . •} -,-.. ¦ ¦ ¦

      Commenting on Thiers ' s speech , the National says : — " M . ' Benoist d'Azy said yesterday that it was M . de Maubreuil who , in 1815 , had affixed a rope to the statue of Napoleon to pull it down from the top of the column in the place VendCme . M . Benoist is but little acquainted with the deeds of his party . The honour of that action belongs to M . Sosthenes -do . Larochefoucauld—tho same who paraded through the streets of Paris with a cross of honour tied to his horse ' s tail , and who was followed by a beautiful duchess seated behind a Cossack . M ; Thiers treated the history of that period as his friend did ; he affirmed that it was the multitude , the people , ' who had outraged the Emperor ' s statue . It is a false allegation . Enoiish of nersnns

      witnessed the fact to give it an irrefutable denial . No , it was not the people who insulted the bronze of the column ; it left that sad honour to the emigrants , the Chouans , the men of the infernal machine , tho accomplices of Cadoudal , the nobility of the Faubourg . St . Germain and its lackeys . It was not . the women of the peoplo who danced those licentious dances , hanging on the arms ofBlucherand Wellington , under the windows of Louis XYIII . They were weeping over Waterloo ; they were dressing our wounded soldiers , whilst the great ladies of the aristocracy were feting the soldiers . of the invasion . M . Thiers knows that as well as any one ,, but lies as io the truth , hoping in that manner to cause his new friends to forget the purchase of tho Duchess of Beiri and the scandal of Blaye . "

      The accounts received from the southern parts of France are not very satisfactory for the government . Considerable agitation reigns at Marseilles , Montpellier , Lyons , Beziers , and Perigeux ; nnd there is considerable apprehension of an outbreak . At Lyons the troops have been called out , and strong patrols parade tho streets day and night . At Montpellier the agitation is on the increase . Not : only , have the troops been kept . on the alert , bat artillery has been placed so as to ' commarid the town and the road to ,. Nismes . Cannon have also been placed in alt the barracks , and the troops are kept ready for marching at a moment ' s notice . - ,- ' . " :..

      The editor of the' Toix du Peuple' has issued a circular to his subscribers , to state that he has not yet been able to find a printer who will venture to print his paper , in , the face of the proceedings on the part of . the government , which have closed the printing-house of M . Boule , and ruined ; that gentleman . " ' ¦ ' ' ' ¦ •¦' .- '• -..-: . . .. . . . . . Thirteen officers of the 4 th and 6 th ' legions of the National Guard of Paris have been suspended for two months by the Prefect of the Seine , for having signed petitions against the Electoral lieform Bill . - ¦ .. •¦¦ . . '

      The ' Presse publishes a letter from M . Ja ' cqucmart , professor of political economy , who-states that he has been condemned by ' the Tribunal of Correctional Police at Soissons to a month ' s imprisonment , and a fine of 25 f ., for having , without submitting it previously to tlie prefect of the department ( Aisne ) , sent by post , from Paris , where it was printed , an essay written by himself , and addressed to the agricultural commission of the arrondissement of Soissons , tho object of which es ; ay was to compete for a prize given by the committee in question , on the causes of the sufferings of French agriculture , and the means of improving agricultural credit : . : The Prefect of the Cote-d'Or has dismissed M . Locquin and M . Labille , the first and second adjuncts of the mayor of Semur , because the municipal council of Semur has passed a resolution disapproving of the government Electoral Bill .

      The provinces , especially in the south , are in a great excitement , which breaks out continually in partial disturbances . The' Times' correspondent says : — "It appears that the measure already spoken of for improving the whole length of the Boulevards , the quays , and the other arteries of Paris , is to be immediately carried into execution ; these immense thoroughfares will be macadamised . This change is , no doubt , for- public utility , but tho revolutionary press will lament that the last arms of the people are about to bo taken from them . The maeadumisation will , no : doubt , be ornamental and useful ; it will also enable the troops to manoeuvre more easily in case of necessity ; it will , in fact , be attended with manifold and obvious advantages . ' .. ¦ .. . . : ¦

      The director of the f Reformateur' of Toulouse hag been sentenced to imprisonment for one year , SJr' ^ fA rf ' baYing publisbeda

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      ¦ ¦ = •¦ - ¦; . :: ; QERMAN . Y .,:. /; ' ., ;; :. " ¦ , - i JW ^^ om' town . edition ' of Saturday h » st that the King ofPnissia had been shot' at ; and naXS , ! " th , ° am Til ° ' foliowiD S additional a , f ™> Mat 22 .-At twelve o ' clock- to-day an f ™ Xipf i ™ ade on the ' life of the King of . Prussia , from which Ins escape is little less than miraculous . ifiiiSr& '' * i t Qui * n wcre ab ° , "t to . leave Berlin ... . for the palace of San Souci , but were detamed a short time for the preparation of the train . His Majesty was just leaving one of the side , room ' s of the station to enter the carnage , when a man in the uniform of a gunner of the Artillery bf tho Guard approached , and when close to his person presented a pistol , and fired it at little , mmi tlmh

      aims . lcngth from his , Majesty ' s breast . Afttio momont . the weapon was raised the Kirigturned ! u i ^ i " ° no sido ' and the motW saved his life ; the ball onl y inflicted a slight flesh wound on the right arm below the elbow , and then' grazed the vont ot lns . coat , but ' otherwise passed' by him hirruless . The by-stahders , mostly' officers and porters of the railway , seized tho man instantly / and as a crowd gathered the people' became so enraged against the perpetrator of the dastardly , act that before he could bo conveyed toa ' place of safety he was severely beaten , and was , indeed , with difflcuty saved irom summary vengeance . ' Tlio cviinina ™ formerly a sergeant of artillery , named beteloge , but was somo timo ago ' discharged from the service as an invalid ho had provided himself ™ i . V \ um ?™ ' which ' he still wore , though hot entitled to do so ; it enabled him to approach ' the person of the King \ yithout suspicionas a'

      detach-, monfc of the military is on duty all day at the station , and it is ausual thing to meet them on theplatform . His Majesty was led by liis adjutant into the room he had just quitted , and medical aid Va ' s sent for ; a Dr . Bohm , who was driving past the station ' , was stopped , and instantly examined tho wound , bound it , and did all that was immediately necessary . 1 ho surgeons of the household , Dr . Grimm ' and Dr . Scnbnlein , soon afterwards arrived , but happily very little was required of thorn . ' ; No political motive whatever is assigned for the attempt ; all the evidence at present gathered indicates that the man has brooded over his dismissal , and fancied it a- personal wrong . ' Some petitions , which he had forwarded to the King for reinstatement in the corps , were of course not attended to ; as irregular ; and this , it is supposed , has ' excited him to an act of vengeance that was bo nearly fatal in its consequences . ' ¦ ¦¦ '¦ ' ¦ \

      May 23 . —The wound , in his Majesty ' s arm ap : pears by the bulletin to be . rnovo ' serious than at first supposed , though not . dangerous . , Tlio apartment where it was dressed showed on his Majesty ' s departure that he must ' have lost a considerable quantity of blood . The criminal , Sefeloge , was severely handled b y the people on the platform : a constable cut him on tho head with his sword , and he was besides violently beaten . An investigation was commenced soon after tho King left the station ; but before any questions could be put to the prisoner ho had to be bathed and washed , and his wounds dressed ; when he had recovered he appeared sufficiently calm and calculated . The few effects of the criminal have been taken possession of by the police , but no -trace has been found that that he was in correspondence with any person . .. . ' There is no doubt that the criminal is of unsmind

      mind ; the fact is not deduced from his having made the attempt on the King's life , if has been long known , as the medical certificates on which ho was discharged from the army are dated in September last , and describe him as unfit ' to perform duty ' on account of a ' disordered mind , ' though he ' appears to have had intervals during which ' his acts were rational enough . Ifc is now ascertained that he must have contemplated the act , and all his preparations for it were well calculated ; nor had his outward demeanour any of that wildness which might have attracted attention . He has been practising . pistol shooting- for sonib time . For eight days past it is now recollected that he has been seen hanging about the railway station waiting for one of Ihe King's many journeys to Potsdam ; his unitorni enabled him to do this without exciting any special observation , it is so usual to meet the military every whore .

      The Berlin correspondent of the ' Times' supplies the following significant paragraph : — 'Many persons have been arrested in the streets for speaking most disrespectfully of tho King in conversations or half harangues to bystanders on tho late occurrence . Some individuals , ifc is said , have given utterance to a very savage and unchristian wish with reference to the attempt . '' . Tho assizes at Mayence were opened on th ' o 22 nd inst . One of tho cases to be tried is that against tho members of'the republican free corps who were captured in the Rhenish provinces last year . Tho accused are forty in number . Tlie accusations against them are high treason ; attempts to corrupt the fidelity of the military , rupture of the neutrajity treaties with Bavaria , and hostile excursion into ISadcn and Wirtcmbursrh . - .: .. ' " '

      ' . ' . ; :- ITALY . . - ; -j .- : •;•;•; ROME . —A man named Inri ' oesnti lias 'been" liberated from tho Castle of St . Angelo , whore lie had been confined for more than ten . months ' upon a charge of forcible requisition , or robbery , during the republic , blithe "vas found to be innocent in fact as well as by name . Another republican , accused of having robbed amazing sums , is now'liying in Africa upon very strai g htened means—I allude to the celebrated Garibaldi , whose friends in Genoa are now occupied in getting up a subscription wherewith to purchase a ' merchant vessel and present to him , so that he might return to liis ' - ' early mode of life ? , and owo his safety to the grudging hospitality of no European power , preferring" To trust his fortune to the seas and skies . "

      On the 17 th of May the domicile of Signor Ercole , secretary to the British consulate , was iriviided and forcibly entered by-the slim , in spite of the most energetic protestations and remonstrances of his wife . and family . They ransacked bookcases ,, desks , drawers , cupboards , an'd every possible hidin » place in search of prohibited books or \ tamphlets , not disguising that the fear of Protestantism , , and the . desire of extirpating it in the bud , had originated the whole affair . This circumstance has made a strong impression on tho English residents in Rome , who feel that there is very little chance of their living a quiet life , in spite * of their nationality , wlicn such arbitrary modes of treatment are used' towards a semi-official employe of their government . ¦

      Another gentleman , who was" favoured with tho presence of the same sbin-i and five carbineers in his house all night , is Signor' Bpnfigli , a very accomplished young man , who spunt ; some time in England , and , on his return to Rome , was made under-secretary in the Foreign-office ,, but , being dismissed from his employment on the restoration of the Papal government , has since' occupied . himself iu . giving Italian lessons to ' the : distinguished foreigners who make Rome their winter residence , and by whom ho is justly esteemed . His bookshelves and drawers were also subjected to a strict examination , and English books seemed to excito especial suspicion . A vplumV . of that audacious satir ist , ' Punch , ' was instantly declared to bo a

      lawful pr : ze by the sfoVn at tho . instigation of the judge , and two English albums , MacchiavelU ' s Florentine History , Niccolini ' s Philip Strozzi ,, thc ' Revue des Deux Mondes , ' and some poetic effusions of Campana . on the ancient Italian nations , underwent the same fate . '' Seven doctors were captured ' at one fell ' swoop , ' , in a chemist ' s dispensary on the Piazza della Maddalena . These learned members of the faculty were laying ' their heads together over a letter which one of Uiem ' had received , and their absorbed attitude exoited the suspicions of a spy who was watching them through , the shop window ; he ran fnr uposse c ' omitatus . ' XnA had the whole party snuglyin prison" before a

      auarter of an hour had elapsed . On tliesamo'day ( the 17 th ) twenty or thirty stirri passed along tho-whole length , of that street , cqnfiscatinar'hll the Fez caps and red caps of every description ; which they could find in the several hat arid cap makers' shops , and bearing them off in triumph' to . the police office , determined that no-oufcvrard-ahd visible sign of republicanism should remain in si ^ rit off lie public Letters from'Rome of . the 21 st ult :, state that tho Pope delivered his allocution in tlie Consistory held the previous day . Rome was perfectly tranquil , but the peoplo were much enraged on learning that no mention of administrative or monetary reforms had been made in the consistory . '• ""' ;

      . NAPLES , Mat . 19 ,-TIio Neapolitan government is singular y happy in its imitation of everything that is dishonest , arbitrary ; and -. oppressive in its Austrian ally . The . systera of confiscation has commenced here / as in Hungary and Lombardy , and under more aggravated circumstances . Without trial , and without the usual illegal .- ! decree , ' some nfteen or sixteen Neapolitan families , the heads of which are now . political exiles , have received orders from the police authorities that they , aiuno longer to exact rents from their tenants , tho latter being equally commanded to hand over the money to the government . This is carrying out tho patent Doliov

      ot crushing and crippling the constitutional party by every possible means—by threats , imprisonment , plunder , and fals o accusations of the paid government spy . : : , The trial of political offenders in the provinces , as belonging to the ' United Italians , ' has already commenced , and the law courts , unable to provo tho existence of this terrible sect , have been obliged to liberate many , concentrating the government vengeance on tho loading men in each district ,. by ordering a continued imprisonment for them , ' until further proofs can be produced . ' i . Such was tho result of tho whole of the trials throughout the term di ktvoro , a very important district of the country where military rulo has entirely effaced municipal authority . ¦ - .. .: !¦ ' , , . - *

      TUSCANY .-The 'Times' says- ' Wo have received information from a source , on - which wo are inclined to rely , stating that on " the 17 th inst .

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      ^ convention was signed at Plorftnnn ' i ;^ ' ± . l Austrian and Tuspal wJSS ^ JSK c e military occupation of the Grand By bv he Impenaltroops . The number of trobnR i « flmi'J i » for ; nny given period , but left altogethcv'J ? the will and convenience of . the Cabinet of Vienna The-Empcror reserves to himself the right io occupy the Grand Duchy for such timo as he may thinkproper , or to ' withdraw his army without any notice whatever . He nlsp provides that , incase the exigency of the case should require ifc , his Commander-in-Cluef shall be entitled to declare any city , town , village , or district in a state of

      siege , ' and to placo the inhabitants thereof under martial law . ' This convention ; which iti considered at Florence as private , will , when ifc is made known , render the Grand Duke very unpopular , and it is supposed that his departure for Venice , with all the ducal family , which Is to take place immediately , has been hastened in order to avoid any popular outcry . We learn from tho samo . source from which the above information is obtained , that the state of Piedmont occasions much anxiety m the Imperial Council , and that something like , a negotiation is on foot for the occupation of Savoy . by a French army , and of tho rest of the kingdom' by Austrian troops .

      ,:, .,.. ; POUND . Letters from the . Polish frontier state that a largo camp has been formed at Lowicz , which is only a couple of . hours' journey by . rail from Warsaw . - Tho Emperor intends to . amuse his guests with a grand , military spectable . Arrests on . account of political offences continue in great numbers . ,. . - ¦ :.. .. ¦ AMERICAN AFFAIRS . - ( From tho New York Ttibune , of May 14 th . ) . The proceedings in Congress are becoming mpro important . On the question of slavery a decisive ism ) has been Dresented , and is now under

      discussion in the Senate . Mr . Clay ' s Omnibus Compromise bill , which disposes of all the vexed questions , was laid before tho Senate on Thursday last , and was instantly and violently assailed by the leaders bf the Slavery Propaganda . The bill provides for the admission of California with her prosent Constitution and boundaries , under ; the usual conditions ; creates tho territories of New Mexico and Utah ; fixes a boundary between the former country and Texas , leaving blank the amount of indemnity to be paid Texas for the relinquishment of her claim to the territory north of El ' Paso ; enacts laws more effectually to secure tberecovery of fugitivb slave ?; and prohibits , under heavy penalty , the slave trade in the district of . Columbia . .. ¦ ¦ ¦

      - . ''After ; the furious attack which followed its prosentiition , the bill .-was finally made tho order for the day _ in the Senate . Thero are of course all sorts of conjectures afloat in regard to it . It is rumoured that the explosion of the slavery party has brought out a declaration from the moderate Southern senators , that in case the opposition is continued , they will fall back upon tho President ' s plan ., Whatever be the result , there will bo stormy wofk before the subject ia disposed of . ¦' ¦ ' ¦ : There has been much ado about—next to nothing —an alleged'intercepted ^' -letter from Sir Henry

      Bulwer to MrlClmtfield , British'Charg 6 to Central America . It- is written in a free-and-easy style , touches up Mr . Squier , the American Charg 6 , rather sharply , arid pronounces the government at Washington a " weak " - one . Tho letter is said to have been noticed by the Cabinet ; in regard to the offensive terms-. -Its genuineness'is denied in some quarters , but this ia a matter of little consequence , as the letter makes no " startling disclosures . " The prospects of Land Reform are highly fayourablo in Congress . General Shields is preparing a bill on the question , ' -which will probably suggest measures that will command tho a 8 serit of all the

      friends of the principle . Mr ; Webster has devoted great attention to the subject , and willmako an elaborate speech in favour of offering every man a Free Home from the Public Lands , whenever , the question shall be presented to the Senate . ' Tho season' has been unusually cool and backward . The leavesare just beginning to enfold and the' fruit' trees . to blossom—two wcekr at least behind their usual time . The indications of a large grain and fruit . crop are , however , very favourable . We do not hear that the orchards have yet been injured by the late chilly weather . ' The Legislature , of Pennsylvania havo chartered a College for . tho Medical Education of Females , to be established in Philadelphia . The bill confers on the institution all the privileges enjoyed by any other medical school in the State . It is stated that

      Miss Elizabeth Blackwell , who received the degree of Doctor of Modicir . o at the Geneva College in this State , and has since pursued her medical studies at Paris , will be a candidate for the Chair of Surgery . This is tho first regularly organised Fomalo . Medical College that has been established in any part of the world , and may bo considered as an interesting *> ign of the times . ' News from California to April 1 st , was received hore on Wednesday , the 8 th ult . Three steamers —the'Empire City , Georgia ' -and Cherokee—which sailed from Chagr 6 s within two or three hours of each other , arrived on the same day . The effect of the gold they brought more than counterbalanced the rumours of business stagnation in San Francisco , and the rush for tho Pacific side is still as groat as ever . The friends of California feel an increasing anxiety for her immediate admission into tho Confederacy , in-view of the growing perplexities ofher

      present uncertain condition . . A meeting has been called in Montreal consisting of delegates from all the parishes in the district , to consider the best means of abolishing the seignbrial tenure . Two other subjects , connected with social reform , are agitated in every rural assembly , and will probably carry the day—tho repeal of the law authorisingtho Catholic clergy to demand tithes of their flocks , and the exemption of homesteads from attachment for debt . Business was very dull at Montreal , at the last dates . The cholera is making great ravages , in many of the Mexican States . In the valley of Taluco , the crops had- suffered from . violent frosts and hailstorms , which in connexion with the cholera had almost suspended agricultural operations in that quarter . ¦ ¦ .. ¦ .. The cholera has been raging for thvee or four weeks at ^ Havana with great violence : also at Guanary , San Antonio and Guerrials , among the troops , and afc Matanzas , among the peoplo .

      Our advices from Rio do Janeiro to the 4 th ult . confirm the prevalence of the yellow-fever in that city , which was still raging , with little abatement of its destructive , violence ' Among the victims ,, is the American Secretary of Legation , Mr . Thomas J . Morgan , who died about tho . 1 st of April .

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      EXPEDITION AGAINST CUBA . . Tho American correspondent of tho Clironidc writes that on expedition against Cuba has sailed from the United States . Tne accounts thus far received are somewhat varying in character , and tho entire force is differently estimated at from 4 , 000 to 13 , 000 men , It is added that several vesso's , ostensibly soiling for Chngres , are really , destined for Cuba ; but the rendezvous , or place of debarkation , is at . present a profound secret to all but tho initiated . The men have able leaders ,: arms and ammunition , and the . leaders have plenty of money , . with assurances of an almost general rising of the people when they land . This I doubt ; but one thing is certain — namely , that they will meet with a determined resistance from the Spanish forces , and -that ' . they must expect but little mercy , if they (" nil ;

      for . whafcrght have strangers to invade any country , under any circumstances , unless at war with that country ? A New Orleans writer , says : — " The cry is patriotism , butthe objects of . more than half the invaders are confiscation and spoils . " However , we know but little of the matter as yet in tbe north ; and .. the number . of men and sailing of the ships might be exaggerated . . A strong Spanish naval force has recently arrived at the Havana . The same , writer in a postscript to his letter , says : —I have just received a letter from WaRhington , which fully confirms the sailing of the Cuba expedition . The writer says :- — . ' ! The vessels have sailed at different times , and for apparently different

      destinations . Several of the leading , meii of the . Southern States favour the . enterprise , and have subscribed money . There are ahout 4 , 000 or 5 , 000 riien eunaged . General . Q . uitnian , formerly an officer in the Mexican war ; , and Governor of Mississippi , is the chief in command ; Senor Lopez , the Cuba insurrectionist , being second . . The expedition is , too small for success , but Loptz says that two-thirds of the people and .. four-fifths . of the army in Unoa- ' wiit join it , which' folks in general do not believe . On dit that some of _ the Ultras of . the South require Culm to he admitted as a state , by way of sotnffto California ; but this , perhaps , is mere political chit-chat .

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      ; .: " , : ;^ f the ; ten hours bill , v 7 Y H ' . ' : - ' \ ' ¦ ' ' -- ' : i V ' H' * :: * : Manchester— -A large and spirited meeting wai '*' Held on Monday evening at the Corn Exchange , tor * protest against the . government proposition -foiP compromising the factory question , by conceding toi ;' tho masters two hours more per week than" is pro- ' vided in the existing Ten Hours Act ; and giving to the men as an equivalcnta limitation of hours be- I tween six in tho morning and six in the ' eveningy ( instead of , as now , between half-past five in the •' morning and half-paat eight in the evening , ) with " tho abolition of relays . Letters of apology were ' I ™ " from Lord -John Manners , M . P ., Mr . Muntz ,-M . P ., ; Mr . . G . Bankes , M . P ., and Mr . Ferrand . The ' leading gentlemen who had accepted invitations '

      , iind were present , were Mr . S . Fielden , Mr . R . ' Oastler , Mr . J . R . Stephens , and Dr . Fletcher . Mr .-Thomas Fiolden ( brother to the late member for Oldnam , ) presided ; and among the gentlemen present was Dr . Bowers , Dean of Manchester ; The Chairman said , that they were met to see if it was true , as had been' represented in the newspapers , that they were willing ' to give up two'houra a-week of tho limitation which had been granted to them by Parliament by tho act of . 1847 , ( Loud cries of " " So ! not a minute . " ) That act had fixed the hours at fifty-eight hours per week , and it was now proposed to extend them to sixty . Now ho wanted to know if the factory people agreed to that . ( "No ,: no ! Less than fifty-eight if anything . " ) Well , ho wished to have no , mistake on tho matter .

      He did not believe that they had ever agreed to give up those two hours a-wock , and they were met there then to say so if they thought so . ' Mr . P . Knight then moved : — " That Parliament enacted the Ten Hours Act after cautiously feeling its way _ during , manj years of factory inquiry and legislation ; and having at length arrived afc the conviction that the limitation to ten hours work per day is indispensable to the morals , social relations , and physical enjoyment of the working classes , this meeting considers that tho honour of Parliament is pledged to maintain the principle of the limitation of ten hours per day untouched ;" Mr . It . Kay , a factory worker , in seconding the resolution , declared that the -working of the Ten Hours Act , as far aa it had been tried , had been attended with the most beneficial results .

      Dr . Fletcueb said ,, by one . of . those technical errors which were but too common in legislation , the Ten Hours Bill of Mr . John Fielden had been ineffectual for the declared objects of its promoters , and tho honour of parliament was pledged to amend , the defect without impairing it in other respects . A compromise had been proposed , and if the factory operatives had accepted it , well and good , but , as they had not done so , he hoped government would keep with them . Timo was when men were subject to prosecution for endeavouring to bring govern- ment into contempt ; and he hoped ministers themselves would not take steps calculated to do that which they prosecuted others for attempting . - 'He hoped they would not be misled by the Times paper ,

      which had now forsaken the ten hours cause ; and re-open this agitation ; because he would caution them , if they did this , they would re-open the whole question of capital and labour . ( Great cheering ;) Mr . W . Mathlim , of Rochdale , moved the next resolution , \? hich was : —" That the ten . hours' principle having been successfully infringed , " owing' to an omission of words in Sir James Graham ' s act of 1814 , that omission ought to have been supplied 1 by an amending act ; that this meeting sees with surprise and rejret that instead of such an act her Majesty ' s Ministers propose to repeal the Ten Hours Act , and to extend' the labour of women and young persons to ten hours and a half per day . " Mr . G . Rhodes , a working man , seconded it . Mr . S . Fielden' , in supporting tho resolution , contended , that the whole scheme was a fraud upon

      the factory workers . In the first place , they wanted to take two hours a week from them , which they openly asked for ; but the miserable attempt to defraud them of an hour on Saturday was really shameful , for it was quite clear that i ' f they had no dinner hour during the mill hours they must have it when they had left the mill , so that when they appeared to work only till two o ' clock ifc was really equivalent to working till three . ( Cheers . ) He asued them if they would rather have tho bill thrown out than take the proposed sixty hours ? ( Cries of " Yes , yes ! throw it out , and Bright with , it !' ' ) The beneficial working of the Ten Hour 3 Act had been so clear and decided that even John Bright could not deny ifc . Why , then , should they give up so good a measure ? ( "Never ! if any change , it must be to eight hours . " ) ¦ : The Rev . J . M . Polklikgton also supported ' the ¦

      motion . . . Mr . W . Cabteii , of Burnley , moved-: — " That this meeting , and the factory workers generally , consider the limitation of the work of young persona and women to ten hours per day and fifty-eight . hours per week a great benefit to all persons directly and indirectly affected by it ; but by no means a greater boon than ought to have been promptly granted by a parliament of men representing a . Christian country . " . - ¦ - .. Mr . J . ScuoLEFmD , a factory worker , seconded the resolution .

      Mr . Oastler was received with immense cheering . Ho said , if there ever was a time during the wholo agitation for the Ten Hours Bill , when' the operatives were required . to abandon every feeling of prejudice , and to call home their calm reasoning , that time was now . ( Cheers . ) He was not about to endeavour to ra ' ise their indignation , but ifc was his business , before he parted from them , calmly and deliberately to lay before them the exact position ia which the question now stood , and to entreat of " them to decide upon tho resolution with all the calmness -and deliberation which convinced reason could give thnm . Since the question had been commenced by himself , ifc had beon held to bo the most serious and most sacred question which could

      nossibly occupy the mind of any man . He saw hundreds of thousands , of the most industrious people of the country subjected to a period of labour so excruciating that their minds were totally excluded from consideration , while their bodies were bowed down under the physical pressure laid upon them . Every one of these individuals , he contended , had a soul as valuable in tho eye of the Being ' that made it as the soul of the princo that was born the other day to the Queen . ( Cheers . ) He contended also that every one of theso souls and bodies came into the world with as groat a right to be able to know its duty to God , its neighbour , and itself , as that prince over whose birth we had lately rejoiced . The result of the agitation had been .

      through the blessing of God upon the exertions , of those engaged in it , crowned with complete ¦ ¦ success . The operatives knew with what- gratitude they received the boon—how they assembled together in Manchester to congratulate one another upon tho success of the bill , and subscribed their ponce to present to her Majesty a golden ' medal , cominemorativo of tho great event . Ho thought her Majesty was possessed of no token so valuable as that . ( Cheers .. ) And when it was presented to her with the assurance that tho operatives were loyal and dovoted to her person , she exclaimed energetically , " I know it to be true . " . ( Cheers . ) ¦ Since then tho operatives had usod that blessing , not abused it . Tho time ffainod had not been spent

      in vice and immorality , hut from the testimony of tho clergy , tlie doctors , the millowners , and shopkeepers , and even factory inspectors , in every town affected by tho measure , the gain entirely had'leen used for the best of purposes—to the health of their bodies , the improvement of their minds , and the salvation of their souls . What , then , was the cause of their meeting that night ? Was there any blunder in the act that gave them that boon ? Not a word . John Fielden ' s act was perfectly valid and substantial , —no lawyer , no judge , could find a flaw in it ; but there was another not of parliament ; he begged them to mark this , for ifc was exceedincly impor- tant , not only that they , but ; that the " House of Commons and the House of Lords should understand

      their exact position ; there was another act of parliament , passed three years before that of ? John l ' leldens , m 1847 , which was avowedly passed , according to the acknowled gment of Sir James Graham himself , then the Homo Secretary , for the ( loii ) ff away with shifts and relays . ( Hear , heSr . ) in that act there did appear a flaw , but a flaw which nonourabo men would nover havo taken advantage ot . . But because it happened to be a penal act of parliament , the judges wero bound , by the rules winch guided their conduct , to bo very scrupulous '• roi u fc ln tl 10 technical wording of its clauses . When the millowners determined to take advantage pftjnsflawinthe act of Sir James Graham ,-they descended from their position as gentlemen and

      men of honour , and crept into tbo dock of the criniinal , praying the judge to throw over them the shelter which felons , transports , and murderers alone wcro favoured with . ( Cheers . ) . He was not making apicturodrelation , but speaking the bare truth . They went then to the House of Commons , and asked them not to interfere with John Fielden ' s Act of 1847 , but to make their own act . of 1 8 ii what they meant it to be , —what they declared they meant it to be , —and what the judges declared there was evidence it was meant to be . What was tho case at present which brought the operatives together ? They wero told that there were no words that could be put together which could bind tha

      millownors not to work shifts and relays . ( Laughter . ) Why , it was childish . There was a clause-, ho had read it—drawn up by Isaac Butt , tha Queen ' s counsel , which had been laid before the lawyers , and was declared to be valid , against shifts and relays , and that no shifts and relays could be worked under ifc . Then tho millowners said the ? could only correct their errors by alter L the fac ' nSS ' ' ^ ich r i e th 0 introducKfnew matter and unless tho operatives would allow hemselves toherobhed of their Ten Hours Bill , they ( the logislators ) would not consent to correct their own errors . The operatives were called upon now to weigh deliberately whether under such circumstances they would allow , themselves : " to be defrauded , ( Cries of " ' No , no . " ) Just aee for I

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      _ OvERSEEns of the Poon . — From returns iust issued for the years 1845 , 1 S 46 , 1847 , and 1848 / of the expenses allowed by the revising barristers to the overseers of the poor for the publication of tho lists ot persons entitled to vote in tho election of members of Parliament for England and Wales , it appears that the costs of voters , burgesses , and jury ill 8 wero for cach of ^ ese ye ars , respectively , 420 , 153 , £ 21 , 556 , £ 25 , 041 , and £ 24 , 329 . : Speeches and Deeds . — The Ayr Advertiser says : The

      — ' estate of Bartonholm , in Irvino parish , which belonged to tho late Colonel S . M . Fullarton , was sold last week by public roup at Irvine , and knocked down at £ 10 , fi 00 to C . I ) . Gairdner , Esq ., as commissioner for the Earl of Eglinton . " [ The Earl of Eglinton , who has paid a very handsome ' price for this estate , was one of the orators at tho " great Protectionist meeting" in London a fow days ' aio , at which tho burden of all the speeches and resolutions was that agriculture is ruined and land worthless [\—Scotsman ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 1, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1576/page/7/