The Welshman

1, HOUSE OF COMMONS, THURSDAY, JUNE 11. I "son gave notice that, in the Committee of Supply t,i.s day, on moving the first resolution, he should make a general statement as to the nature of the increase in the Civil Service Estinlates during the last four years, with a ?iew °, ?'? "? reasons of the augmentation. L Mr Wise called attention to the accounts of the Duchy of Laucast P!eSented to Parliament. He insisted that what r&?'a.mt ?°°? with referrnce to the revenue of the Duchy sh ? ?''?? they were considered not as private, but as Public property, and he proceeded to show that these revenues were eaten up by what he considered mismanage- merit nr h useless functionaries under a cumbrous Gothic cubr0u8 ?othic establishment. He 1(1 a list o7f ^ite' ms o?f expenditure, that »K W i.l- ? L provoked a Httle merriment, and he observed Sovert.8 charts upon the revenues were unjust to the l as '?'°? to the State, and he wished to??nc° w?h? ? that '? °? income of the Duchy was ) stations f W J! P??Tiou. other queations to the Chancel- 1-? Of t' e Duchy, and concluded by moving an address for a return of all manors, and estates belonging to the Crown in right of the Duchy; of all sales, grants, enfranchise- hlents since 1838 of the purchases and exchanges of land since the same period, and the date and term of all existing leases of the lands, mines, and rents of the Duchy. If The motion was seconded by Mr. Alderman Copeland. Mr. Baines prefaced his reply to Mr. Wise by observing that there were many charges upon the revenues of the Duchy of Lancaster, including patent cfRces for life, besides atstacdtng leases, which could not. be got rid of at once; but sin., l?? had been Chancellor, whenever an opportunity off ere^ for making a better arrangement he had availed hi?*7f°? it. He caned the attention of the House to tot? "? Position, in point of law, of the two duchies of Lan- Ca s er and Cornwall, which were distinct from the other ossessions of the Crown, and were not given up at the accession of the Sovereign with the other Crown revenues, aDd he explained the extraordinary causes of expenditure, One of which was the scattered and dispersed character of the Property. But Mr. Wise, he said, was in error when he stated that the revenues were absorbed by the expenses. ?3Yan account of the actual payments from this souice to Her Majesty's privy purse, it appeared that the average amOunt for the last 19 years had heen E13,000 that they had increased from E12,000 in 1851 to E20,000 in 1856, and there was a prospect of a considerable increase in the Preeent year. He entered into further details in explana- tion of matters referred to by Mr. Wise and Mr. Cope- land. Mr. J. L. Ricardo considered Mr. Baines's answer as "^satisfactory. After a few remarks by Mr. Bass, the motion was agreed to. Mr. Kinnaird moved two resolutions, to the effect that there is reason to believe that the administration of the lower provinces of Bengal doee not secure to the population tE advantages of good government, but that the mass of the people suffer grievous oppression from the police, and the want of proper administration of justice; and that it io desirable that Her Majesty's Government should take Dtnediate steps with a view to the institution of special inquiries into the social condition of the people, and to ascertain what measures have been adopted in consequence ?f the oppression under which a large proportion of the "^abjtants of the Lower Provinces are noT said to be ?nertng, more especially with reference to the system of lnded tenures, the state of the p?lic", and the administra- Jon of justice. In support of the resolutions he dilated upon the alleged oppression, misery, suffering, and debase- Jnent of the ryots of Bengal, whose condition was, he said, eteriorating, owing to the nature of the tenures, the tyranny of the zemindars, the inefficiency, abuses, and corruption of the rural police, and the defects in the ad rainistration of criminal justice, respecting all which mat- ters be read much documentary evidence. The motion was seconded by Mr. Dunlop, who cited additional documents. The nrst resolution being put, Mr. V. Smith said he did not wonder at the thinness of the House (of which Mr. Dunlop had complained) upon a mouon for irquir;ng into a subject upon which inquiry had been carried to the utmost, and a motion, too, which was not of a practical nature. The speech of Mr. Kinnaird *Qs almost a continued chain ??xt-actt from papers; and Mr. Dunlop's was of a similar character, proving that inquiry was unnecessary for obtaining information. lie denied that the East Indian Government was answer- abl for ?'? mischiefs complained of. The chief allcga- tio K °kst,rTe<L were the deficiencies of the police and of the administration of justice, and the answers to these a||p ^10118 were contained in papers already presented to the Holise) extracts of which he read. Questions con- nected with the land tenures of India were beset with dim°)'? With respect to the police, inquiries were being instituted by the Government, and remedies for asce/ t ne ?'crances were in operation, while the Legis- !ati/ r? ???'? of India were passing bil,s for the improve- men of "?J?ieial administration. In dealing ?ith tuatt ? '?'S any interference whatever with native ti'ein^^ was of infinite importance that the proceed- incs J°^r °5frnrnent should be ?"? and cautious. He r??dt ??h i°US: of the spirit which had manifested 'ts f ltself iu some, he hoped a "? ?' of the sepo, reí- ?' ??"? had been ?'?'Y ? ''? down; but t h ere was a  a prevalent ""? among th,-m that the Go- "enment ln en Upon compulsory conTersion. 1? pointed out a P?"«.d  in  petition of the missionaries in Bengal upon which Z' ^,nnalrd had founded Yis resolu- ??"(?). dw??'?'? ? ?ndedhisresoin. tions (and whnnT he had lPrmed the mouthpiece of the h chara? ?? '?? ? mouth? piece of the ryots" onen?hr'"? "'?" '???? to give them Much offenee ?" "?'°'" of ?° natives of India, Sir E. Perrv ? ? ''°? the first resolution. The ques- tion, he obeervedj'^ r^'3et'ler the statements of the mis- sionanps were tru A., sionaties vrtre true. As regarded the social condition of the peasantry of Ben no ?"?'??"?s" could have equal opportunities for obtain" information with the mis.?.n- aries. But the facts <?"? de d the statements of the missionaries, which I*16 cou^rme<i the inaigo- 01 t scattered s¿"w Ben??  by the inaigo- p an ere er engal H d d. planters scattered overBen g a l Ile condemned, in strong tcrms, the employment of young ??" and civilians from the revenue department, and with °Ut legal lrainin8> in the Company's courts in India. 'f ega tf/unmg, in tIe Company 8 C la.. here Were very few ?°'"? of contact between the Indian and ? European ?oes; but upon one field they could meet upon a footing of perfect equality-that of justice. Lord J. Ruseel concurred with Mr. Smith as to the inex- pediency oi further inquiry in this matter, anfl could not agree to resolutions so broadiv condemning the Govern- ment of India. While he thought there were serious faults in that Government, he could not say that the pro- cess of remedy would be forwarded by adopting the resolu- tions. At the same time, the evils were of the greatest magnitude. According to Mr. Halliday, the police of India was so defective and bad as to be an engine of oppression, and the courts of justice were insufficient. If this was true, the benefits of government were to a great degree lost and yet, in the opinion of Mr. Ilalliday, these evils admitted of remedy. The Government were, therefore, bound to take the subject into their considera- tion, and he could not doubt that they would do so. On the whole, he rejoiced that the subject had been brought under the consideration of the House, though the adoption of the resolutions would not, in his his opinion, further the object in view. Mr. Mangles regretted the course taken by the mission- aries in this matter; they ought not, iii his opinion, to interfere with the concerns of Goi eminent. He discussed the causes of the coinparative backwardness of the pea- santry in Bengal, insisting much upon the feeble character of the Bengalees, it was the duty, however, and would be the endeavour, of the Indian Government, he said, to provide for the people the best system of justice but he deprecated the extension of the Queen's Courts, of which he drew a fearful picture, citing Mr. Macaulay's alarming description of the Supreme Court at Calcutta. After some brief remarks by Lord Bury and Mr A. Mills, Mr. Ayrton, urging the many difficulties which sur- rounded all subjects connected with the Government of India, said he should move the previous question; but Mr. Kinnaird desired, after what had fallen from Mr' Smith and Lord J. Russell, to withdraw his motion. Mr. Hadfield, however, objected, and insisted upon a division. Mr. Liddell and Sir J. Trelawny spoke upon this point. Mr. Puller defended the conduct of the missionaries. lie moved the previous question, which, upon a division, was carried by 119 to 18, so no vote was taken upon the resolution. Mr. Massey obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the Arrangement of Turnpike Trusts. The House then went into Committee upon the Joint- Stock Companies Bill Amendment Bill, the clauses of which were agreed to. The other rJen; having heen disposed of, the House adjourned at 20 minutes past 12 o'clock. FRIDAY, JUNE 12. On the motion thut the House at its rising do adjourn until Monday, Mr. G. Dundas called the attention of the Government to the great inconvenience experienced by ladies attend- ing Her Majesty's drawing-rooms St. James's PHIUCC, owing to the want of proper arrangements for their reception and departure, entering into minute details which appeared to be rather amusing than instructive to the House. Sir B. Hall admitted the inconvenience, and stated that he had received instructions to prepare plans for the enlargement of the accommodations in St. James's Palace. The motion for adjournment was agreed to. On the order for going into Committee of Supply, Mr. Cobbett called attention to the circumstances under which an order to build a workhouse was addressed by the Poor Law Board to the guardians of the Preston Union, Lancashire. Mr. Bouverie gave the explanations sought by Mr. Cobbett. Sir G. Pechell and Mr. Drummond spoke upon the subject S.r F. Baring called attention to the expenditure in St James's Park, amounting to £ 11,000. there having been no money voted by Parliament for that object. It was not the question, he observed, whether the expenditure was proper or not, but how it was that public money had been expended without the proper sanction of Parliament. Whether the explanation should be satisfactory or not, the House, he thought, ought not to pass the estimate until the full papers were before them. Sir B. HaJI stated the course he had taken with relation to the works in St. James's Park, and although he admit- ted that, as a genfral rule, money should not be expended without the previous sanction of Parliament, yet circum- stances might arise, he observed, as in the present case, that would justify such expenditure. Mr. Bentinck noticed what he considered to be the incon- sistency of refusing expenditure for necessary or useful objects and wasting thousands upon a fish-pond, which showed, in his opinion, the want of a due supervision of the expenditure of the country. After some remarks by Sir D. Norreys and Mr. Hope, Lord J. Manners considered that Sir B. Hall's explana- tion was not satisfactory as to the past, and afforded no security in respect to this exceptional course of proceeding for the future. Sir H. Willoughby thought the expenditure was a viola- tion of the privilrges of the House. Mr. Mowbray remarked that this was not the only in- stance of a large expenditure without the previous sanction of the House; thousands had been so spent last year upon ifreworks. The Chancellor of the Exchequer reminded the House that the expenses of the fireworks was defrayed out of the Civil Cori tingencies, -a gross amount placed at the disposal of the Government. Mr. Henley remarked that it did not much matter out of what fund the money was paid. The subject then dropped, and the House went into a Committee of Supply on the Civil Service and Revenue Estimates, when Mr. Wilson made his promised general statement in regard to the reasons of the great increase in these esti- mates. the gross amount of which, he stated, had swelled from E2,393,000, in 1838, to E6,724,000 in the last year and even from 1852 the increase bad been no less than E2,316,000, This augmentation, he observed, was not to be charged against the Government,, every shilling having been voted by the House and being under its control. A large portion of it resulted from the mere transfer of charges from the Consolidated Fund and other heads of expenditure, the amount of which transfers in the year 1854 was no less than £ 1,436,000. He then stated the accretions to these estimates from votes for education, art and science for Holyhead harbour and harbours of refuge for printing and stationary, which had largfly iocrcased Irom various causes; for prisons and convict services; and for public buildings-, chiefly those under the Board of Works and Government offices. The increase upon these votes exceed the amount of difference between the estimates of 1852 and 1850. Mr. Wilson next ex- plained the manner in which the increase in Civil Service Estimates for the present year had arisen, observing that the causes of the increase in these estimates lay in a very small compass; they all involved questions of high policy, being mixed up with the interest, social and commercial, of the country, and were peculiarly in the hands of the House, which would have an opportunity of considering and ccciding whether this increased expenditure should be maintained, and whether it should not be even carried further. The items of expenditure which were peculiarly in the hands of the Government—namely, the salaries of public officers, notwithstanding the increase of business, had actually diminshed in amount. In conclusion, he cautioned the House against throwing local burdens upon the Consolidated Fund, whereby the benefit of local check was lost, mentioning, by way of example, that since 1846, when the House relieved the county rates of the cost of prosecutions, and the localities had consequently no motive for vigilance, those costs had risen up to a quarter of a million a-year He then moved the first vote of E136,146 in addition to 960,000 already voted on account, for the Royal Palaces and public buildings. Sir J. Pakington complained of the inconvenient course taken by Mr. Wilson of making his general statement after the Speaker had left the chair. A discusion of great length ensued, in which the general statement of Mr. Wilson was blended, in spite of the Chairman's interference, with the first vote and with other extraneous matters, until the confusion of topics became so great that it was proposed, with the view of extricating the debate from embarrassment, that the Chairman should report progress At length the general subject was by consent laid aside, and the discussion was confined to the vote for the Palaces and buildings but here a new difficulty presented itself in the form of the vote, or rather in the forms of the House applicable to the vote, which appeared insuperable, and after about two hours' discussion, the matter becoming more and more perplexed, the vote was withdrawn for the present, Sir B. Hall undertaking, in order to obviate the difficulty, to divide the vote into three distinct votes. The next vote of £ 75,781 for Parks, pleasure-grounds, &c., encountered a similar obstacle, and, after another discussion, the Government, apparently in despair, at length consented that the Chairman should "report progress. The Joint-Stock, Companies Act Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed. On the order for going into committee upon the Sound Dues Bill, Mr. Williams rose to move that it be committed that day six months. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that he was able to pay this sum out of a balance of EI,800,000 in the Exchequer, but he was astonished to find after that statement that the expenditure of last year was ?3,250,000 more than the amount of the revenue. He had no objection to I clieve the Baltic trade from these dues, which were no doubt an inconvenience to traders in the Blltic, but they ought to be made to pay an amount equal to these dues. The Chancellor of the Exchequer defended the Bill, and after some remarks by Mr- Wyld and Mr. Ayrton the amendment was negatived, and the House went into com- inittee upon the Bill, the single clause of which was- agreed to. The Court of Exchequer (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. Other Bills were advanced a stage. The House adjourned at 25 minutes to 1 o'clock until Monday. I MONDAY, JUNE 15. The House having resolved itself into a Committee upon the Oaths Sill; to substitute one oath for th- oaths of alle- giance, supremacy, and abjuration, Mr. Deasy, upon the first clause,-which included a de. claration that no foreign prince, person, prelate, State, or potentate hath or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, directly or indirectly, within this realm,"—moved to substitute for "ecclesiastical or spiritual" the words temporal or civil." His object, he said, as the principle of the Bill was to abolish all distinctions founded upon religious opinions, was that tho oath to be taken by the Roman Catholic subjects of Lter Majesty should be the same as that taken by other subjects in short, that all members of the Legislature should be pliced upon the same footing, and thaL their allegiance should be tried by one uniform te"t. Lord Palnierston agreed with Mr. Deasy that it would be desirable, if it were practicable, that there should be but one oath (though he thought there was nothing in the Roman Catholic oath which could do violence to the feel- ings of any man), but the House was called upon to deter- mine whether it s-hould free this oath from words that were superfluous and repugnant to the common sense of Pro- testants, and he submitted to Mr. Deasy that a perseverance in his attempt would fail to accomplish the purpose he had in view, for if he succeeded in altering the oath as he pro- posed the change would entail the ultimate failure of the measure under discussion. Upon a division, the amendment was negatived by 373 to 83. The committee again divided upon an amendment moved by Mr. Roebuck, to insert after the word "spiritual" the words by law," which was negatived by 243 to 68. Sir F. Thesiqer then moved the amendment of which he had given notice, to add at the end of the oath, after the word "realm," the words "and I do make this promise, tenunciation, abjuratiou, and declaration, heartily, willing- ly, and truly, on the true faith of a Christian." He argued that these words were essential that they preserved the Christian character of Parliament, which had subsisted to the present time; that the onus was upon the advocates of the right of Jews to a seat in that House to show that right, whereas they had never, he said, approached the vital part of the question. They must, he contended, maintain either that it was a mistake to suppose that the House had a Christian character, or that the time had arrived when it was no longer necessary to retain that character. lie main- tained, on the contrary, that it was impossible to abandon that bulwark of our constitution -the Christian character of the Legislature of this country. The amendment was supported by Mr. Stanhope, Mr. Wigram, and Mr. Warren, and opposed by Mr. Kinglake and Mr. Evans. Sir J. Pakington said that hitherto he had given a silent vote in favour of the principle embodied in the amend- ment but having reflected more anxiously upon the sub- ject, the result, he was bound to say, was that he could not conscientiously continue to vote for the exclusion of Jews. He thought it would be desirable, however, to retain in the oath the words "on the true faith of a Christian," and he was sorry that the Government had decided to change the shape of the oath in that respect. It would have been a better course, in his opinion, to allow Chris- tians to take the oath with the solemn conclusion to which they had been so long accustomed, and to effect the eman. cipation of the Jews by a Bill similar to that by which Roman Catholics were emancipated, going directly to the object. But the Government having decided upon another course, as he had made up his mind that he was no longer at liberty conscientiously to resist the admission of Jews to Parliament, it only remained for him to support that course. Sir John then proceeded to argue in favour of the admission of Jews, denying that it would, as alleged, un- christianize the House, which, in the sense used by the opponents of their admission, was unchristianised already. The addition of some few Jews could not, he said, deprive the House of the character of being, in the best and wisest sense, a Christian assembly. The amendment was likewise opposed by Mr. Horsman, and supported by Mr. Napier and by Mr. Whiteside, the latter in a speech of much energy, which called up Lord John Russell, who said r. Whiteside had placed the question in such a position that, although he had not intended to address the House, lie was so anxious for the success of the Bill that he could not refrain from replying to some parts of his speech, which he accused of intoler- ance, and of recommending for imitation examples which he trusted the House would be slow to follow. After some observations from Mr. Newdegatc in favour of the amendment, Lord Palmerston, having first complimented Sir John Pakington upon the frank avowal of his change of opini- on, replied to the objections offered to the proposed form of the oath, observing that that House was not a religious, but a political assembly, and that it was not entitled to inquire into the religious opinions of its members, except so far as they may tend to influence and sway their political conduct. Upon a division the amendment was negatived by 341 to 201. Oil the question that the clause stand part of the Bill, Mr. Walpole inquired whether the Bill was to stand as it was drawn; because, if so, Jews and Roman Catholics were put upon a different footing. He asked whether the clause in Lord J. Russell's Bill, restraining Jews from holding offices which Roman Catholics could not hold, would be inserted in this Bill ? Lord Palmerston replied that Her Majesty's Government had no intention of making any alteration in the Bill as it then stood. Lord R. Cecil moved that the Chairman report progress but this motion was negatived upon a division. Mr. Bentinck asked for a distinct answer to the question whether it was the intention of the Government that the Jews should be eligible to the offices of Lord Chancellor and Prime Minister ? Lord Palmerston replied that the Bill was not a Bill of disqualiifcation, and therefore, as it stood, it would not prevent Jews from holding those appointments. If any members wished to raise a discussion upon this point, he should have no objection to the Chairman's reporting pro- gress after the first clause was agreed to. The first clause having passed, a further unsuccessful attempt was made to report progress, and, after some dis- cussion, the other clauses of the Bill were agreed to. The Sound Dues Bill, the County Cess (Ireland) Bill, and the Militia (Ireland) Act Amendment Bill were read a third time and passed. Other bills were advanced a stage. Some further business having been disposed of, the House adjournod at half-past 1 o'clock. TUESDAY, JUNE 16. I The House, at a morning sitting, was occupied in Com- mittee with the details of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency (Ireland) Bill. In the evening, Mr. Fagan called attention to the present state of the workhouse system in Ireland and to the laws relating to medical charities and the relief of the poor, and moved for a Select Committee to take the subject into consideration. He discussed at much length the grounds of his motion. Mr. H. Herbert stated the reasons why, in his opinion, at that period of the session, a Committee should not be ap- pointed to enter upon so large and important an inquiry. The attention of the Government bad, he said, been turned to the subject, and he thought the time had arrived, and that the Government were in possession of sufficient facts, for legislating cautiously, in another session, upon this subject. Mr. Fagan withdrew his motion. Mr. Ayrton moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the cause of the inequality of the poor-rates in the metro- politan district, and whether the rates should not be ren(lered more equal. He observed that. in all great cities the rich congregate in particular localities and the poor in others, the effect of which, under our Poor Law, was to diminish the tax upon the rich because they were rich, to increase the exigencies and claims of the poor, and to render unequal a common burden. He pointed out instances of anomalies and injustice under a system depending upon an area, which he contended demanded immediate inquiry, and, if the facts were true, immediate legislation. He insisted, moreover, that, as the relief of the poor was a national object, every decryption of property ought to contribute thereto. There would be no difficulty, he thought, in finding a fitting reme- dy for the evil. The motion was seconded by Mr. Townsend. Mr. Bouverie resisted the motion. He remarked that some 400 members were already engaged upon committees, and he asked the House whether it was prepared to add to the number of committees, and to go into so extensive and important an inquiry at that period of the session ? In dis- cussing the merits of the question he indicated some of its great difficulties, with which Mr. Ayrton, he said, bad not grappled. London was not a city so much as a vast province covered with houses, the parts having little con- nexion with each other, and it did not require a Select Committee to discover the causes of the inequality of the poor-rates in different parishes, which were patent. Where there was a local administration of the Poor Law, unless the property was the same and the number of the poor the same in all the paiishes, the rates must be unequal. Mr. Ayrton had not suggested any remedy. The tax, being upon the land, or upon houses built upon the land, was really a tax upon the owners of property, and the mere fact of an in- equality in the rate was not a reason for any further adjustment of the burden. There was no specialty between the metropolis and the country districts, and among the rural unions there were instances of greater differences than in the metropolitan parishes; so that the principle of adjustment proposed to be adopted for London must be applied to the rest of the country. In spite of the increase of charge the value of property, even in the poorest parishes, had gone on increaBln. ssuing the grievance, neither a union rating nor a district rating would provide a remedy. A common purse, to be dipped into by poor parishes, would be ruinous. One system for the whole metropolis would be impracticable, and a national rate could not be main- tained. Mr. Butler supported the motion, insisting upon the evils arising out of the inequality of the rates. JNIr. John Locke, likewise supporting the motion, regarding the preliminary objection offered by Mr. Bouverie to the appointment of a committee as not a valid one, and contended that he had not met the case upon its merits. He main- tained that there was a strict connexion between all parts of the metropolis, and that the rights of labour were concerned in this question. A system of equalization of rates would obviate much of the evil arising from the Law of Settlement, and effect a saving in the pay of officials. Mr. Knight showed from figues that in the poorer parishes of the metropolis the amount of the poor-rates had not in- creased, although the value of property had greatly augmen- ted, so that the rate per pound had decreased. He showed likewise that there had been a tendency to an equalization of the rates throughout the country. Mr. Malins thought that Mr. Ayrton had made out a case for.inquiry and in favour of enlarging the area of taxation. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the contrary, was of opinion that no sufficient ground had been shown for the appointment of a committee. All the facts were perfectly well ascertained. It was a question as to the distribution oi the relief of the poor, and ample returns were upon the table whence a judgment could be formed upon it He objected to the motion also on the same ground as Mr. JBo u- 'j: I:' 'J; ,¡, .?.f'8 verie—namely, that unless the House was prepared to oon- sent to the principle of a national rate, throwing the whole of the collections into hotchpot, a:I.1 destroying the whole local administration of the Poor Law, giving it up entirely to the Government, it would not he justified in granting a committee, M r. Barrow consideted that the real question was one of lelntive injustice between parishes, owing to an alteration in 1834 of the Law of Settlement. Mr. Schneider and Lord E. Grosvenor briefly supported the motion, and Mr. Ayrton having replied, the Mouse divided, when the motion was negatived by 123 to 81. Packe moved an sltcriition in the standing orders relating to divisions, increasing the interval between taking the voices and closing the door from two minutes to four on Wednesdays by Mr, Fitzroy and Lord PiAlmer- The motion rf" opposed by Mr. Fitzroy and Lord Palmer- ston, and negatived. The House then went into committee upon the Grand Juries (Metropolitan Police District) Bill, upon which the House was counted out at half-past 2 o'clock. WEDNESDAY, JUXE 17. The Iloiis(,' in committee, went into details of the Registration Long Leases (Scotland) Bill and of the Indus- trial Schools Bill. The clauses of the former were agreed to but while the 9th clause of the latter bill was under discussion the House resumed Certain bills were advanced a stage. The other orders having been disposed of without discussion, the llouse adjourned at ten minutes to six o'clock.

Tho America Bible Society bus presented a magnificent copy of the sacred volume to Her Majesty. < An Irish journal announces the death of Mr. Holm", oi II the Irish bar—a gentleman who was regarded in Ireland as one of the last of the patriots of a bvgone ago. lie de- fended John Mitchell in 1848. A few days ago there died at Morne Park a horso that carried the late Sir Chas. Colville at the battle of Waterloo. The horse must have been at least 47 years of age, and was perhaps the last of the equine race present at that memor- able day. The amount of gold and silver received from America, Australia, Mexico, &c., in little more than a week, has ex- ceeded two millions sterling, a larger influx than has been known for months past. OPEX AIK PREACHING. Between 30 and 40 cler- gynien and Dissenting ministers of Bristol have arranged to carv out a series of ot,t door services during the sum- mer months. On Sunday afternoon, the Rev. D.Cooper preached on Brandon-hall, the Rev; N. Haycroft at the Ciruus the Rev. B. ?Mcho!scn at Broad- plain and the Rev. F. W. Gotch at Uedminster, and in the eming the Rev. Mourant Brock, incumbent of Christchurch, was an- nounced to preach on Clifton down. A curious trick has just been played off at Berling, in order to bring into disrepute a new enormous slouched riding hat which is now in vogue among the fair fasionables ef the Prussian capital. A few days since, at the usual hour for walking on the frequented promenade of the Tillculs, a rag- gatherer with her basket at her back Was observed walking up and down with her Dead covered with one of those appen- dages. An inquiry was entered into by the polio, when it was ascertained that two gentlemen meeting the woman had taken her into a. shop, and furniabed her with the hat at the expense of 37fr., and given her a crown piece to go and walk Nvitil'it',Imong, he f,,isioiiables, which the woman readily consented to do. TRUSTEES RELIEF BILL.— A Bill presented to the House of Lords by Lord St. Leonard's enacts that where trustees, &-c, acting bona fide, commit a breach of trust, and profit accrue thereoyr, such profits shall be set off against the loss to the relief of the said trustees. Where trustees have made over payments bona fide to persons entiled, such persons will be liable to refund. Provision is dade for the protection of trustet's in regard to investments, and to prevent them from being sued for debt if there be ground to believe that pay- ment would not be enforced. It is especially enacted that no breach of trust or duty shall be protected by this Act where the trustee shall, directly or indirectly, derive benefit from the breach. ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.—On Wednesday evening, the 3d inst., a man and a woman arrived by rail at the Bridlington station, and made their way by omnibus to an inn in the Market-place, where they took up their abode for the night as husband and wife, stating, among other thingSj they had been married two months, and had come to Bridlington to obtain work, the man as a labourer, and the woman in any way in which she could be useful, especially in the stitching line. They had a large quantity of luggage, comprising female attire and abundance of provisions, consisting of pies of various kinds and sizes, cheesecakes, tarts, ham, bread, a bottle of wine, &c. They ate. drank, and were very mcrry; and the good people of the inn seemed greatly taken with their new guests, who intimated their intention of remaining in that hospi- table domicile for some time to come. In the morning they reappeared, and in due time a sumptuous break- fast was preparedj to which the happy couple sat down; but, as, it is said, the course of true love seldom runs smooth, so in this instance, for scarcely had the revelry begun, when, lo! in popped the woman's husband, accompanied by a policeman. Now, under such circum- stances it is natural enough to expect that all the irockery on the table and the heads of the wife and her paramour would be smashed to atoms, or at least seriously injured but no, the tender-hearted, fondly-loving husband merely said, with the utmost sangfroid, My dear, Ize come to tak thee hooam will thou gang ?" To which his cai-a sposa as coolly replied, "No, never." Yet all was peace and quietness the loving couple continued doing ample justice to their luxuriousYepast, white thf" husband sat looking on and smoking his pipe. After breakfast some conversation followed, in which the unhappy husband used all the eloquence of which he was capable to induce his faithless spouse to return to his home, at Sutton, near Hull, pro- mising, if she would return, he would freely forgive her and never again mention her misconduct. She, however, seemed resolved to abide by her choice, and all entreaties, promises, and arguments appeared but a waste of words. At length threats were resorted to, and, seeing the strong arm of the law before her, madame most reluctantly con- sented to go back, but declared most positively and determinately that she would never live with him again and before packing up for departure she told her paramour to meet her in Hull, and, on parting, they embraced each other in the presence of the husband! Many other sayings and doings connected with this serio-comic affair might have been given, some of which were very I amusing and some of a contrary character. The husband and wife appeared to be about 40 years of age each, and the lady's love about 1 orJcshireman. PREACHINC-AT EXETEE-HALL.—The doors of this vast building were again opened at 6 o'clock on Sunday evening to admit those who wished to take part in the fourth of the series of special Services which are being celebrated there, with the sanction of the Archbishop of Canterbury, on Sunday evenings by bishops and clergymen of the church of England, in order that thereby the sound of the Gospel may be brought within hearing of the working clashes. Long before 6 o clock several hundreds of well-dresseu people of both sexes manifested their eagerness to be pre- sent by crowding round the doors. A sprinkling of men belonging to the working class was scarcely visible among them; the great majority were evidently of a rank in life higher than that for which these special services were intended. It would seem that the novelty of a church of England service m such a building had allured almost the whole of the crowd from their own parish churches. Efforts were made with great earnestness, but with slight success, by an agent of the committee under whose auspices the services have been undertaken to persuade such of the most miserably clad people who happened to be passing along the Strand to enter the hall when the doors were opened. Within about lialf-an-hour after the opening of the doors the whole of the 4,000 seats in the hall became occupied, and several persons were obliged to be content with mere standing room. On taking a survey of the dense mass of worshippers we found that the Rev. Mr. Molyneux nii 'ght, had he been present, have very justly repeated the complaint which he made on the previous Sunday evelil. tig-nalnely, that the hall was filled by too large a proportion of those who were higher in the social scale than those who were expected to be there. Precisely at half past 6 o'clock the Rev. Dr. Miller, canon of Worces- ter, entered the hall, attired in his clerical robes, and accompanied by the Earl of Harrowby, the Earl of Shaftes- bury, and several other members of the committee. From the temporary pulpit in the front of the platform the rev. gentleman gave out the first hymn from the selection of hymns from these services, and after that had been sung by the congregation, accompanied by the great organ, the rev. gentleman read a portion of the Bible; then followed the Litany and another hymn, after which he delivered in earnest tones a sermon on the impossibility of salvation without the regeneration of the heart by the grace of God, his text being from the 3rd of St. John, 9th verse And Nicodemus answered how can these things be ?" The discourse was listened to with the most profound attention by the immense congregation. The series of services ex- tends to the eight succeeding Sunday evenings. A CRIMINAL'S ACCOUNT OF HIS CAREER.—Here is bis own version of a criminal's career in crime and its attendant vices, as detailed by himself on his way to St. Augustine's (Canterbury) Gaol My name is not Thomas, nor do I belong to Sittingbourne. I was not such a flat as to tell your superintendent who I was and where I came from. But it doesn't matter now. He said he thought I was a ticket-of- leave man so did another gentleman say so to-day. They were not far out. I am a native of Devonshire. A few years ago, with a companion, I committed a highway robbery on a gentleman. I stole £100 from him. I managed to give my companion the slip, and then hid 98 sovereigns in the hollow of a tree near by. We then went to a beerhouse and got drinking. My companion wanted me to share the money, but I put him off. He got suspicious, however, and went out and got two police-officers, and split,' and they came and took me into custody. They found on me zEl 10s. in gold and some silver. This man turned Queen's evidence and gave evidence against me. I was convicted, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. The judge wanted me tell where the money was, but I knew they would not give me any more if I didn't tell, so I wouldn't tell 'em. 1 served four years, and then got a ticket of leave and L14 14s. from the Government. I had a good spree until the money was all gone. I then made the best of my way down to where 1 put the 98 sovereigns, and there I found them, as I had left them, in the hollow of the tree. I had a jolly good spree as long as it lasted. I have since been a soldier, and also in the navy but whether they want me again or not I don't know, nor do I care." The following is the description of this prisoner it may lead, perhaps (with the above par- ticulars), to his identification elsewhere:—Ho is a short, thick-set man, about 5ft. Giu. in height, with round, full sunburnt face, and thick neck thick hair at the sides, but very thin on the top has the appearance of having been at sea.—Soulh-Jiastern Gazette. FALL IN THE PRICE OF CorrElt.-Last Friday, a re duction of one penny per lb. was announced in the price of copper, making best selected 1;120; and tough cake and tile tll7 per ton. On Friday, this was followed by a reduction of brass tube, rolled brass, and bras, ware of three farthings per pound."

THE CHTTRCII OF ROME AND CI_V L.. SOCIETY. The present condition of Pe'jJitfnj, Naples, and Spain re- spectively offers a very instruetive lessolf -to the student of political philosophy, and furnishes a striking cOttfroefctary upon the workings of the Church of Rome and the effects of her system and pretensions upon the prosperity of nations. In Belgium intrigue has nearly overthrown the peace of the kingdom, and only the fact that they are constitutionally governed has kept the Belgians from the alternative of re- volution or blind subjection to priestly domination in the mat- ter of testamentary bequests. In Naples a concordat binds fast the hold of the Church upon the institutions, such as they are, of the country, and robs liberty of the single ray of hope that remained to bless it. In Spain the grandeur and energy of that once great nation are gone, and bad govern- ment and factious politicians prey upon an apathetic and divided people. There is a common principle at the root of these three evils and forms of evil. We shall not find it in their modes of government, for they are different; nor in the personal characters of their Sovereigns, for they are too diverse to be compared; nor in the accidents of birth and diverse to be (, race, for they are wholly unlike. But we shall find it in the dangerous political element that Romo has infused into her modern theology. The Roman Church predominates in the three countries. It is the religion of the State in two of them, and of the majority of the people in the third. Now, there is no evil more injurious to the welfare of a country than the existence of an influential body of men like the Roman priesthood arrogating to themselves and their hierarchy a precedence over all secular authority, inculcating principles subversive of the civil rights of the people, compassing by intrigue what they cannot achieve by intimidation, and undermining public moralty by pro- pounding loose notions respecting the obligation of promises and the bonds of citizenship. The pretensions of the Church of Rome in the matter of supremacy invariably lead to mischicr l-her they enslave a nation in servile con- to m i schier cession as in Naples, ?r provoke ope rebellion as in cess i on as ill x?,pi,c? Romish priesthood in Belgium. The ascendancy of'tn.. --ars. The Belgium has bseti well known for many ."n revolution which gave to that country its present conatiru- placed a check for a while upon theif IhtoleMbie Ambition and arrogant assertion of influence. But timfe htt? helped them, and, little by little, by private and personal influence, or by intrigues at elections, they have succeeded in packing the House of Representatives with a majority of their own nominees. Our readers know to what object this majority has recently devoted itself; they will remember, too, the efforts made some months ago which called forth the bold expose of Mr. Verhaegen at the opening of the Chamber. These have created a strong impression on the mind of the people, and precipitated a conflict between sacerdotal supre- macy and the rights of States and people, which only the wisdom of the King aH8 the provident terms of the constitu- tion succeeded in quieting. Wherever Romanism is the established religion of the country, some precautionary measures have usually been taken against spiritual exaction and it has been found necessary to prohibit corporate bodies from accepting testamentary bequeata beyond a certain limit. This prohibition, though often tacitly acquiesced in by the upholders of the worldly ambition of the Homan See, has always been most repugnant to their real feelings, and they have proportionately laboured for its repeal or defeat wherever it has prevailed. In following out this aim at Brussels the Romanists have overreached themselves. They have gone too fast. The people have detected under cover of this projet de loi a great blow aimed at their national inde- pendence, a growing desire to enrich the Church by under- hand means, and a steady effort to cast overboard the restraints which the State for prudential reasons has imposed upon the Church. The triumph of the Ultramontane party was but momentary. The instinct of patriotism came to the rescue, and, public opinion, right in this case, triumphed. The Belgians have for years acquiesced in the discipline of the Romish Church, and the priests have held undisputed sway within the domain of private and personal influence. But the turn in the tide is at length come, and the Belgians prove themselves not quite the weak and docile people they were represented to be. It has been usual to point to that kingdom as a set-off against Spain and Italy, and as an instance of a thriving community with a Roman creed. But Belgium is now added to the list of the countries that have been wise in time, and have resisted, before it grew too strong, the onward march of the Ultramontane movement. Spain, on the other hand, exhibits a striking illustration of a kingdom which, though possessed of unbounded natural advantages, has lost all, or nearly all, by her blind submis- sion to a Church that is wordly, a theology that is immoral, and a priesthood that is intriguing. Her intellectual free- dom is paralysed, her national resources are depressed, and though once the greatest State in Europe, she is reduced to little more than a nominal existence amongst the Great Powers. Naples, again, is another instance. Ireland nearer home, is not without her lessons. In all these we learn the same truth—that Romanism, however innocuous as a faith, is as a power inimical to liberty, to free government, and to the prosperity of States. The internal affairs of the smaller countries rarely attract the attention of the world, but when great principles are involved they become matters of general interest, and especially to us who have encountered similar dangers, and maintained a successful stand against encroach- ments which had their origin in the middle ages, and had never been modified by the experience of later times. The course taken by the Belgians must win the admiration of England, as that of the King has deservedly won the regard of his subjects. The aggressions of Rome, whatever their form, must be stayed, or the cause of liberty cannot be up- held. All experience, as well as a priot-i reasoning, shows that Roman aggression and nation-il properity are the anti- thesis of each other and cannot coexist.— Morning Post!

ACQUISITION TO THE! BKtTISH GROWN. I One of those little events in British history which proroke a temporary irritation among some of our neighbours has lately taken place. The Island of Perim, at the entrance of the Red Sea, has been definitively occupied by the Esot-India Company. This spot, which no dcmbt..in the hands t>F our countrymen is destined to become of some importance, fa situated innbediately in the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, close under the cape of *that ii-'tiili on the Arabian coast. The roadstead is said to be excellent, and ti flefet could lie with safety under the shelter of the volcanic cliffs. From the absence of vegetable matter the place, though sultry, is not unhealthy, and the occupying force need anticipate no more excessive mortality than necessarily falls to the lot of a tropical station.. Such is the latest acquisition to the British Crown. No coral islafld in the Pacific grows with more constant accretion of particles than this ernptfe of .ours, and few are the years which are not signalized by the addi- tion of some colony, or Asiatic State, or harbour or headland on a barbarous coast, to the dominion of Queen Victoria. But this course of territorial extension, though it may excite ill-will and apprehension abroad, is certainly as little as pos- sible prompted by any ambition of power or military supre- macy. It is merely the natural result of the enterprise, the enlarged relations, and the constantly increasing traffic of the English people. The occupation of Aden was made necessary by the establishment of the Overland Mail; Hong- kong was settled 88 a consequence of the vast trade with China; Labuan was taken because a new and interesting connexion with Borneo had come into existence. In no case have we endeavoured to force our supremacy or our In- fluence on countries where we have no interest, or to occupy a spot of ground without having valid reasons to give for our honesty and good faith. In every region the soldier has been preceded by the settler, the trader, or the missionary. Such is the principle which justifies and will render per- manent the occupation of this little islet of Perim. We have not sailed into an unknown sea and hoisted the Bag of a garrison where the merchantman's ensign has never waved. For nearly 20 years the Red Sea has been the great highway for passenger and postal traffic between England and her western empire. Every steamer, every sailing vessel, with the exception of petty native craft, belongs to a British port. Four times a-month the most wonderful caravan in the world passes to or fro between this narrow sea and the Mediterranean. The inhabitants of both the African and Arabian coasts know the great steamers which with such re- gularity perform the passage from Bombay to Suez. The whole province of Egypt has been revivified and enriched by the intercourse, and its future prosperity depends on. the fact whether it is to remain the half-way house between this coun'ry and the far East; for, whatever may have been the traffic in past years, whatever it may be at present, there can be not doubt that the future will cast both past and present into the shade. India is only now getting her roads, and canals, and railways; China i3 already opened; Australia was settled but yesterday what these countries will be in 20 years we may judge by the experience of the past. The most rapid intercourse between them and the ruling, State will probably be by the Red Sea. and it is probable that the relations between England and Egypt, with its neighbouring regions, will every day become closer and more important. It is therefore but the duty of the Indian authorities to take such steps as will make the overland route a safe and rapid mode of transit.-Timc8: mode of transit.- Titnes.

STATISTICS OF SAVINGS-BANKS.—A second return, moved for by Sir Henry Willoughby, M.P. informs the public that on the 20th of November, 1856, there were 1,317,444 in- dividual depositors of money in savings-banks, to the gross total amount of £ 32,827,996; 14,564 depositors of cash in charitable institutions, to the total amount of £ 698,857; and 9,046 depositors of cash in friendly societies, to the total amount of X1,408,001 thus making a grand total number of 1,341,053 depositors in savings-banks, friendly societies, and charitable institutions, and a grand aggregate total amount of £ 34,934,854 deposited. The depositors are thus classified, viz.; — .1886,322 of sums not exceeding El 259,020 of sums not exceeding f5; 173,562, of LIO; 127,166 of X15 77,446 of £ 20; 132,496 of £30; 108,069 01 £40; 52,558 of X50 87,763 of £76; 41,617 of £100; 27.606 of £ 125; 16,586 of £ 150; 25,683 of £ 200; and 1,520 of sums exceeding 200. The number of friendly societies in direct account with the National t)ebt Commis- sioners on the 20th of November last was 0 Mo. and the amount deposited £ 1.952,336 The total amount of prin- cipal money received from, and interest. paid and credited tQ. the trustees of banks and societies on the said 20W of, November, was £ 74,801,612, and the amount of principal and interest due to the trustees, L37,529,601, leaving a sum of £ 17,071,921 of principal and interest duo to the trustees by the commissioners on the said 20th of November, 1856. The value of the securities (at the prices of the day) held by the commissioners at that date was £ 32,750,634, and b--a,, balancc of Y,196,247 remained uninvested. The securities included L6,275,002 Consols at 93! per cent., Xa,,127,610 Reduced Three per Cents., £ 17.386,221 New Three per Cents. £31,900 New Two-and-a-Halfper Cents., £ 1,031,588 New Three per Cents. (Ireland), 45,480,000 Exchequer- bills, and XI.765,000 Exchequer Bonds. The aggregate amount on interest paid and credited to trustees of banks an d societies on the 20th of November last (throughout the united kingdom), was £ 29,262,481, and the aggregate amount of interest on dividends-received by and due to the Commissioners on the stocks, &c., by them held £ 26,169,159. £ 522,318 of the interest was paid in cash or draughts, and X28,740,163 placed to the credit of the trustees. The life annuities granted from the commencement on the 26th of March 1834, to the 5th of January, 1857, included (for the whole of the united kingdom) 8,808 immediate annuities of X 177,945 (in all), of which 6,542 are now payable; 157 deferred annuities; 157 deferred by payments in one sum of £ 2,738; and 1,899 deferred annuities by annual pay. ment, of £ 38,283. The annuities granted for terms of years include 300 of immediate annuities of £ 5,053; three of deferred annuities, by payments in one sum of £ 25; AND four of deferred annuities by wnnhal paymentàfo j670.

I | I .^MMERCIAL TREATY BETWEEN FRANCE AND RUSSIA. PARIS, June 15. The Treaty of Commerce T>CTWEEN France and Russia was signed yesterday at St. Petersburg- It is probable that M. de Morny "ill wwrtly return Jo. Paris. 11 "01.

I BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, June 14. The 3toniteur Beige of this day contains a report frwn the Ministers to the King, to the effect that it is prudent to yield to public opinion, even when that opinion is unjust. The report is followed up with a decree in which the closing of the Session is announced, as well as the adjourn- ment of the Projet de Loi upon Charitable Establishments.

I SPAIN AND MEXICO. MADRID, June 13. The Mexican question presents an aspect not very favour- able, although the conferences between MM. Pidal and Lifragua have been kept very secret.. It is generally believed that there is no conformity of, views between the two, and, that the Republic is far from willing to make all the concessions which Spain considers it has a right to claim.

I SPAIN. MADRID, June 12. The portion of the Three per Cent. Debt known as per- sonal" is about to be inscribed in the Grand Litre. General O' Donnell, as soon as HE OBTAINS permission, will visit France.

RUSSIA. BERLIN, June lI. Now that the higb-placed and the well-informed have all left-the capital, the poet seems the only source of intevi- itetice left. From this sole fountain, then, I derive 1M following :-1, from St. Petersburg, that there is aa almost certainty that the Emperor Alexander will have a meeting with the Emperor Louis Napoleon, either at Wildbad er Stuttgard, in the early part of July; 2, from Potedam, tlttt. it is more than probable that the King of Prussia will JOT* liis sister the Dowager-Empress of Russia, and her son the feigning T&MJLETOT, at Wildbad, early in July, and bting. them both "home with him to Sans-Souci; and 3, frour: Paris, that, although as YET no fixed and unalterable tra- velling arrangements have been made by the Emperor for a visit to Germany within the next month, there remains little doubt of his having a meeting tbsie, if in any way possible, with the Emperor of R,ussia. As. these three ntatements coincide very closely with what I hart announced to you several times of late, I preeume they may be looked upon as pretty nearly correct, as far as the present time a.,¡ concbrned. A letter from Sebastopol of the 18th nit., in the Moniteur de la Flotte, gives some details which chow the state of that port, and points out what has really been effected with regard to getting up the sunken vesel.. It oays: It its well known that in order to present the entry of the allied fleet into Sebaftopol, the Russian Commander-in-Chief sank in succession three lines of vessels, one behind the other, and that in the night which followed the capture of the Malakoff and the town of Sebastopol, the Russians sank all the other vessels that happened to BE in the port. A certain number which were anchored near the shore,, 4u4.,xl in rather shallow water, were grounded rather than and received but very trifling damage. These ate the vessels which were taken an, and which hare been repmred at Nicolaieff. Among them are the Pruth, the Chesonese, the Reni, the Danube, the Etotle du Nord, the Silatch, AND the Ordinanetz, all small steamers. As to the line-of- bsttle ships, frigates, and other vessels, either steamers or sailing ones, which were sunk to form the three lines al- luded to, it has been found impossible to move tlk. They are deeply embedded in the sand, above the beige, MD arc heavily laden with stones and other articles, which were conveyed on board in order to keep them firmly in their places. As their masts and rigging hare been REMOVED, they do not in any way impede the navigation, which is confined to merchant vessels, since, according to the terms of the treaty of Paris, vessels of war are excluded from the Black Sea, with the exception of a certain number of small ones. At the time of the destruction of the RUSSIAN fleet, it only comprised 30 steamers, among which were the fine frigate VVladimir, of 400-horse power, two corvettes, the Bessarabia and Gromonosetz, of 260-horse po. AU these have been or may be got up with more or less success, but as to the others, should they even be raised, they would not be worth the expense incurred in the operation. As to the reconstruction of the land and sea forts formerly defending Sebastopol, which has been mentioned by several foreign journals, the statement is a pure invention. The port of Sebastopol is now almost entirely abandoned by navigation, as it is less advantageous for commerce than that of Kamiescb, and is only frequented by a few fisher- men, who sell their cargoes to the persons who hawk fish about the interior of the country. The point to which the Russian Government now directs all its efforts,is Tfaoddsia or Kaffa, an excellent port, situated more to the south, which is to be one of the heads of the line of railway, and is likely to become a great maritime and commercial point." I

SWITZERLAND. We learn by telegraph from Berne, under date of TW 11th inst., that the National Council of Switzerland, after examining the report of the Committee, had unanimously decreed the ratification of the treaty for the settlement of the Neufcatel question. _? The official text of the treaty 18 aSlonow. :— Art. 1. HIS Majesty the King of Prussia consents to renounce for ever, for himself, his heirs, and successors, the sovereign rights which Art. 23 of the treaty concluded at Vienna 00 the 0th June, 1S15, attributes to him, divi, *the principality of Neufchatel and the county of Valangin, Art. 2. The State of Neufchatcl, dependent henceforth upon itself, will continue to form part of the Swiss Confede- ration, in the same manner as the other cantons, and con- formably to Art. 75 of the above-cititd treaty. Art. 3. The Swiss Confederation "ill ff" oill the ex., pensfes resulting from the events of September, 165(5. The canton-of Neufchatel cannot BTF'called tfpun to contribute towards the payment except as in the same measure as ray otbercantota awl at the pro rata of its money continent. Art. 4. The expels which are at the pharge of the, canton of Neufchatel are to T>^ shared by all THE inhabitants according to the principle of juat PROPORTION, without being, by an exceptional tajt or by any other manCER» exclusively or chiefly made to fall upon a class or categojy pr families or of individuals. Art. 5. An entire and full amnesty will be gratitid.for, all political or military offences or misdeeds connected with late events, and in favour of all the Neufchatelese, Swiss or strangers, and especially in favour of the militiamen, who by crossing into a foreign land escaped the obligation 'ef taking arms. No action, -crimiajtl or ootrectional, or for damages, can be instituted either by the (Anton of Neuf- chatel or, by, any corporation or person whatsoever against those WHO took part either directly or. indirectly in the events of September. The amnesty will extend equally all political offenders or offences of the press anterior to the events of September. V Art. 6. The revenues OF the Church property, which itt 1848 were annexed to the State, cannot be employed dtbêt-, wise than as originally intended. Art. 7. The capital and the revenues of cbaritabls IUSTI-^ tutions, of institutions of public utility, as also the fortnn»'" left by the will of Baron de Pury to the bourgeoisie of Neufchatel, shall be religiously RESPECTED J -they aball be kept up according to the intentions of the founders and to the ct8 which instituted those foundations, and can never be employed for Aay other but the original object for which they were intended.. Art. 8. The present treaty, shall e, ratified, iltit i&* ratifications exchanged, within a term of '21 days, or sooner if possible. The exchange of ratifications to take place at PARIS. In faith of which the respective Plenipotentiaries hare >, signed it, and affixed thereto the seal of their arms. ,ó Done at Paris, the 26th of May, 1857. II KEEN. *• HtfBNER. II A. WALBWSKI. II TIOWURT. C. M. DB HATZFEUDT. II KIS8ELBFF."

ALGERIA^ A.L.. GERIA. ? The campaign in Algeria does not appear to be at an end, VJ> for intelligence from that colony of the 10th announces that two important tribe,&-the Beni-Renguillet and Beni- Yeusi-have colDltlenoecithrowiDg up earthworks, with the- view of opposing the advance of the French into the ln- terior. Marshal Randon has the intention of marching against the "rebels"-as they are pleasantly called—as, soon as tIL- ttibitary road, on 'winch the WHOLE army is at- work, shall hare-been terminated. In two days the troops constructed 12j miles of road, and it was ejpefcted that' operations would begin in a few days at farthest.

A terrible tragedy is reported by an Indian newspaper A Sepoy having seduced the wife, of. a Hindoo carpenter, residing at Bbonuuggur, tbe trends of the, aggrieved bus- band took AN opportunity of at-veoly bcatmg him man determined to be revenged, and having met the car- « penter on the public road, cut him in two at a stroke .illi ;i his sword. A number of boys .who w ere i playing to the ,» roadside observed the perpetration of THIS horrid deeS, and: immediately pointed out the man, WHO AT once ,k.iUe ii MX of. them. The intelligence having, spread, ATT^PTS W^RE made to secare him, m whtco more, than a dozen persons were wounded. The desperate .villain finally destroyed himself. > A curious instance of religions vandalism happened in Lombardy a short time ago. A gentleman, at MTTFLSSJ« great lover of pictures, died. Among other old paintings he possessed two pieces by Rubeng, the only pictures by that master in Lombardy that were in private hands,-—ONE OF them, a zodiac on a oopper plate, and the other a "w portrait painter in oil, The priest who had Been cfslj^d^0 the assistance of the dying man refused absolution UNLESS these two picturea were burnt, because he WAS of OPINION that some of the figures represented on thenar WERE AN offence to,decency.. The dying man consented, H FA were burnt; but the HEW to <whotri they were lSft (ralsea them at a «UM of 30,000 lirres) sues bb* pffest for a ten- pensation of his loss. MATERIALS or EI,0«CENCE.—TBE Of the. JYri 'and Twist aays he has seen the CON'RII?NCF. lawyers use when they wa- u]Ditb the.. therely,odys, Iri a <' oopobrn, ,iiat.' ,L 'i a