rt o in your plare io the council that you little cared for public opinion while yon had a free conscience- 1 ive you sir ful credit for the assertion i have heard that malefactors on tho drop have often made the same declaration should your crimes ever place you in so deplorable a condi tion i have uot the least doubt but the complacency of an approving conscience will keep pace with tlicm ouc word as to the chairmen of the quarter sessions- yon know well that whatever becomes of quebec and montreal the other districts ofthe province cannot do without them and that unless the new act for qualifying justices of the peace will very much eu- jighteu ibe minds of the people no court of quarter sessions can be held in these remote districts without some chairmau learned and wellpractised in the law you also kuow that the present chairmen hold commissions as judges similar to your own and that while their commis sions endure their claim to be paid out of the permanent revenue of the crown is as goofl as that of the judges of the court of kings bench you cannot but koow too that a commission without the wages attached to the cilice of the holder of it is a thing unknown in our system of govern ment that il is a mere nonentity and an honour which you yourself would be the very last mac in the province to wear yet how dare you at the very moment that you were proscribing these chairmen and robbing them of the dignity and emol uments conferred upon them by your so vereign carry on a private and claudes- tine correspondence with some of them eutreaiing them with all possible expedi tion to transmit to iiisexcfltrnet what ever representations they might have to submit ca the subject with any document that could in anywise substantiate their claims honest men will be amazed at such duplicity of conduct but they will re member that the more they study such a character as yours the more they must pi ty the weakness of humanity bjt here part with you for the present i trust his majestys ministers when ihe moasurc under review comes before them will see it io its proper light and have the virtue and courage to advise their royal master to disallow an act so full of dauber to the country and so destructive ot his own prerogative if they do this they will restore the confidence of this pro duce and lead us to think thal however tardy they have been in administering our affair according to law and our just rights as british subjects the time is not distant when a better and a more steady lino of po licy will be pursued with respect to us they have suffered our constitution tobo frittered away piecemeal io order to con ciliate a faction in this province whose on ly views arc to perpetuate our disseusions that their path to revolution and indepen dence may ho made clear and practicable we trust that wo arc oot doomed much longer to experience evils so alarming in their consequences to the loyal and enlight ened inhabitants of this province we do not complain of our constitutional laws we only complain of tho manner io which year after year and session after session they are enforced without the least hope of redress or amendment being held out to us wt will not clway3 endure suck treat ment la conclusion sir you havo on two im portant occasions iuvaded the foundation of the constitution of this province be ware of a third attack upon so sacretl a su perstructure for you may he the first vic tim to the vengeaoce of an injured and of fended people t l c w appevdix no i 23d feb 1830 mr secretary yorke deliv ered the following message on friday his excellency the administrator of tho gov ernment lays before the house of assembly an estimate of the necessary expenses of the civil government oft he province for ihe current year arranged according to department and to which some explanatory observations are annexed in this estimate arc included by his majestys command the arrears of salaries and other sums due to various public officers that the inadequate supply of the last year afforded no means of dis charging and the excess of the present eslimate over that which was submitted to the house of assembly in the last session is to be attributed to this cause to an addition to the contingen cies of some of the public officers having become absolutely necessary from the great increase of business that has devolved upon them to the in creased expenses of the legislature and to some that are required for the public buildings as the statement annexed to the estimate will show and his excellency relies on the liberal ity of the house to grant the supply now requir ed in aid of the revenue of the crown for the puhlic service castle of st lewis quebec 19th feb 1330 abstract for the estimate for s30 salaries of the officers of gov ernment and contingent expenses of the bcveral officers receiver generals office officers of audit and inspection of public accounts executive council legislative council hou3c of assembly rent of bishops palace salaries of the judges c and other expenses attending the ad ministration of justice and contingencies pensions surveyor generaps office miittia staff and contingencies miscellaneous expenses expenses of collecting the cas ual and territorial revenue li 101 5 13 10 1200 0 0 1500 0 0 1732 10 0 60s7 18 0 11039 10 0 500 0 0 27417 12 1 2350 12 0 1052 10 0 1485 18 3 5224 12 10 540 0 0 probable amount of the appro priated revenues a the dispo- al of the crown estimated l l71246 17 0 40000 0 0 araonnt for which a supply is re quired stg l3i21g 17 0 no ii the following is a copy of tho protest entered on the journals of the house by the noncontent members of the legislative council on the sup ply bill distentunt h because the supply bill hav ing been committed to acoinmittce of the whole house yesterday the twentyfourth day uf the present monih nf march an the committee of ibe whole house having been equally di vided in their votes rose without any or- dr to report the same ihe bill thereby was ac cording to the usages of parliament lost and could not constitutionally he revived in the same fiction of the provincial legislature 2 because tho assembly for a aerie a of years yx have acted upon a ujkem which if perse vered in ia calculated substantially to placr mi the hands of that house the whole lttlaiivo judicial anj executive powers ofthe province x because in pursuance of that system they claim the sole disposal and appropriation ofthe public revenue not only of what is unappropri ated but of what is already permanently appro priated by acta of the imperial parliament ul- tliough the most akinnttig and injurious conse quences 10 the province would ensue iftheprr- manent revenue and appropriations under i4l1 fokkhw late from england by the salem from liverpool whence she vatled on the 5th march the editors of ihe commercial advertiser have received their iles of london papers to the 4thi iod liverpool to the 5lh both inclusive tlw hamburgh papers of feb 23 coo- geo r cap 8s and other provincial pmanenl uin accouul ihe speech addressed lo and appropriated revenues were given up to them 4 because also in pursuance of that system they annually separately and respectively dis cuss and vote the salaries of all public officers thereby endeavouring to establish that however faithful they may be in the discharge of iheir du ties they shall annually be at the mercy oft lie assembly in respect to their salaries if in the execution of those duties any of them may hap pen to give ofiencc to that body 5 because further in consonance with that system they annually disregard the aid akcd for by the kings representative by subtracting j the salaries ofthe public ollicers negatived in their votes and then blondiaji together the per manent appropriations for the support ofthe gov ernment with what ihey see lit to allow insert ing in the supply bill the conjoint amount of both without specifying the sum that is git en in aid of what is already appropriated or designat ing it as such thereby making their votes to su persede the permanent appropriations as if the whole was grant 1 under their authority and no part thereof b the existing laws 6 because if ibis system of annually discuss ing and voting the salaries separately and alter ing and negativing the same at their will and pleasure shall prevail a popular despotism will ensue and a complete revolution in the present constitution and government be effected where by all public officers from apprehension of losing their bread may be necessitated to become sub servient to the views of the assembly 7 because the legislative council under thai system must become a mere oilice for rnrogw- tering the decrees of the assembly to which im plicit obedience will be then exacted as itsccms now to be expected s because in proof of tho assumption of tilt powers above said the legislative council i treated in the debates ofthe other house with marked disrespect if not insult and are reproach ed because hey dare to think for themselves by rejecting or atnnnding improper bill and espe cially for negativing such as are unconstitutional and annually sent up for concurrence without alteration the fupcrorofkusftia by the turkish am bnssaiorsj and his imperial majestys an swer which is highly pacific but seems to leave the question of an abatement in the term of the treaty of adriauoplo to the mission of count orloit at constantinople on the 2d of march despatches of the 13th if january from sir james kempd were received at the colonial office and from ir j colborue of the 1 1 ill lod d bercsford has been returned by a lares majority for wntcrford- iu ue mouse of lords ou the isl of march the f jke of wellington in reply to a ques tion tom the karl of winchester remark ed m he could not he expected up on tls occasion to eater upon the sub ject of a reduction of our establish- inent- the ooble karl asked if his innjes- tys pivernmeut intended to propose the re appoimcnt of the finance committee they lad no such iuteulion tlfi budget on the 2d of march the chnpfllor of the exchequer in reply to a queson from lord f osborne gavo no tice tjait io meet the natural anxiety of the hon and the country he should on the 15th ol though it was earlier iu the ses sion it was usual to introduce the ijudjl bring forward the annual statte- mcui l finances ofthe country and r views of ministers a statement which trusted would prove satisfactory dtitis he sarnesiitiog c5ir charles vp- ihcivl late attoruey general brought forwfhl is motion for papers and docu- nieiin connected with llie late prosccuttous for ip instituted by the present attor ney general against mr alexander editor of th morning journal sir charles pre ceded niotion by u very long aud able speech upon the law of libel and iu favor u liberty ofthe press the attorney 0 because hy the late mission to efllft nl t whoso proceedings were adopted ami justified by j goae matle aa elaborate reply and de the assembly the legislative council were vilf- 1 frudt the course he had taken in those find and studiously misrepresented as a body not j p with distinguished ability ffiriently identified with the interests of liio ilio motion was opposed by sir francis npittiw influent j mr peel the solicitor vnriul nid obcr and supported by mr- oxod- ncil aud mr sadler after a very long debate motion was agreed to cotnv hut setir ul whereas the fact jh ihat if anv influence lift hf itcd it liu uccj in favor oftbo phplo and in favor of what has been alleged to be acceptable i to the government j 10 because such treatment of this house j aims at the destruction of its rank influence and utility as a coordinate and independent branch j renoori said he ofthe legislature wisely interposed between th1 r i crown and the pjoplfd ord to rctaid both i v im u within constitutional limits somewhat ii because further in proof of bitch assump tion of unconstitutional powers the asstnhly not withstanding their offer to pay the whole rivi ex penses of the provincial governmcn vi when applied to for that purpose in 1818 by tho then governor in chief by desire of his mijcstv they drew bark from the plain meaning of the hedge given by such offer and have since deducted stea rics which existed before the commencement of the present constitution and others which exist ed at the time of such offer and were actually granted by them in 1318 but in subsequent years deducted without allowing any indemnity to the holders of such salaries as common justice and ihe practice in the mother country and other parts of bis majestys dominions lequires should be done when offices oflong standing are abolish ed 13 because a practical illustration of the ef fects of this system has been afforded in the pre sent session by the rejection ofthe salaiiis of the chairmen ofthe several quarter sessions j rie second was a quaker a tflugh although those offices were established ami paid many yars before 1813 and by reason ofthe augmented population of the cities and towns those ofliccs are indispensable to the administra tion of criminal juaicc in subordinate oifnces stat ofthe country in the iiiviso of commons oo the 3d uf march mr e da- he understood ins molioo to the state of the nation disagreeable to ministers it was intended to throw obstacles in his way by availing themselves of friday bo- ii order day to prevent his motion from coming on until a late hour when the pa- ieuce ofthe house must bo nearly exhaust ed he however wished to state that he should be io his place on that night aud take the seoso of the house as to proceed ing with his motion or not he held in his rand a petition which showed the necessi ty for this inquiry it was a petition from he retail shopkeepers of manchester the second town in the kingdom complaining ibat the ditress of this numerous class was greater than had ever been known the petition was signed by every shopkeeper in tjiat large town with the exception of three ibesc were the first a butcher who was ioo drunk to sign the petition a langji r td- vhuh rrirrliimi put okxrm evfrv mims nil lor hi4 situation when lield by the precarious nuro of popular favour 13 because in this session also there lm been a direct assumption of judicial amboiiy by rite assembly declaring and persisting to d chifc that the militia ordinances ate not ia fhfcc altfaouah thov have been adjudged to b iu force by the courts of kinds bench and not ap pealed from by such declaration asmiininfita themselves the right to revise and decide upon the decisions ofthe constituted tribunals 14 because the present bill substantially contains the vices ofthe former unconsiihiuonaf yhn declined ftjgmog ii saying bat he con- jidcd in the wisdom of parliament aud the third was a pensioner a taxgntlier6r who lid uot find fault with the slate of things the petition prayed for au ianniry into un cailn ol public uiatrawi and reduction ot taxes- sum ft foivoivtllon folbuvl lrin which it iv ujrcmted tit tec motion miiit hercr be drfcrretl ootil after the ox- pose of i he chancellor of the exrhequcr to lie mttft uo the 13th mr peel declar ed biinselrcnily at that moment to meet it the 91 over did not usscqt to the pro posed deiiy- it is gcioraily believed that the speaker trill jbot easter be called to the house thomand because it has been preceded bv re- thc auciatlom inch some fif- solutions of the assembly which threaten the ty years ao would have made this title uot kings government with the refusal of all tin- 1 very agreeable are now almost forgotten ther supplies if thoir will regarding thc same be j for who now feels a personal interest iu the not implicitly followed and in direct violation j oriimu or rcsultseven of the american war several candidates for the speakers chair are mentioned the duke of newcastle has written a letter to the morning journal denying that sir francis burdens statement in the house of commons which charges him with bciis ft boroughmooger is correct a rumour has been very general for two or three days past that ministers inrend to yield tho point against which they obtained so very shtall a majority on the night of lord job russells motion palianto attendance complaints arc made that the members which have hitherto assembled iu thc houe of com mons ha dl hecn any thing like what the country has a right to expect from its preseut ci situation tho chrooirl says when we sec oight after night not ono third of the g58 members present how can w expect public measures to be disposed f the spiritof our constitution the mors herald of march 4th say several mm wore last night moved with only two members in the house aud when their bill were disposed of these members retired a left tne house to the speaker and the lerks at thc table so that there was oohfly move the speaker out of the chair y proposing that the house do now adjiyuru mr dyson t rescue the right honorable gcntlcmau hastily left the table a ra after the two retiring members- j mr robinson and mr bonnet and thus jg in house regularly adjourn ed and tli speaker comfortably home to hiidinoef- distres f tfo country this is the ge neral subject of speculation and the great burden of complaint public meetings are takitig plnce all over the kingdom doiiwind- iug relief a great meeting had been held in buckiioghawhire at whieh lord nugent among ot made a speech a petition was adop in which the present distress of thc reputed resolutions of this house as ic- corded in its journals on this subject march 25th 1s30 signed john- richardsos 0 w grant l gugt en bowes f c pothicb m bfll for the reasons contained in the 1st 2d 4th yih and 6th sections ofthe above protest signed w b felton no iii 2gth march his excellency was pleased to close the session with the following speech gentlemen of the legislative council gentlemen of the house of assembly in closing the present session ofthe provincial parliament i feel it due to youjto express my best acknowledgements for the great diligence mani fested by you in the discharge of your legisla tive duties gentlemen ofthe mouse of assembly thank you in his majestys name for the supplies wjtfcb you have granted in aid ofthe monies already appropriated by law for defray ing the expenses of thc civil government and for the administration of justice but it becomes my duty at the same time to express my fgrct that the grant is not to the full amount required for the public service and for the payment of certain arrears of salaries and other charges in cluded by his majestys express commands in thc estimate which was submitted to you gentlemen ofthe legislative coitneu and gentlemen ofthe house of assembly a new formation ofthe militia and ofthe ma gistracy under the laws to which i have just given his majestys assent arc subjects whieh will encage my earnest and immediate attention the liberality ofthe appropriations for the ad vancement of education for the security of navi gation for the improvement ofthe great internal communications of iho province and for other objects tending to increase the productive indus try ofthe people has afforded me the highest satisfaction and you may rely on my applving to the best of mv judgment the monirs whieh you have been pleased to place at mydisposal to the various purposes which they are intended to promote was attributed to the eu weight of taxation under which the now bors that a great pmtin f i taxes are manifestly appropriated t purposes most corrupt and unconstitulio- rut t the maintenance of an unbe nod idle luxury and the petitionee do not hesi tate to express their disheh t is tion of his majestys mioi9l the ex igencies of the state require the present enormous expenditure forij support and they attribute the apathy and indifference with which their petitions arc received to the notoriously corrupt auj imperfect state ofthe representation of commons at a meeting of the men hants manufac turers c of manchester n series nf spiri ted resolutions were adopted in which thc distress of the country was attributed to ex cessive taxation and in a great measure unnecessary expenditure and monopoly we extract the following passage from the speech of mr shutllewouh delivered at litis meeting a very slight glance at thc im mouse amount of taxation which has been wrung from thc country will clearly accouut fel ine difficulties of our present situation from january 17d7 to january 1317 the gros produce of the revenue exceeded ii0 millions aud in the snmo period tho public debt was crcased 450 millions so that the total expeoditure amounted iu twenty years to about 1741 millions shame shame or an average of eighty seveu millions a year during a part of this pe riod the expenditure considerably exceed ed this average in the ivo years from 1811 io 1815 inclusive so utterly reckless of consequences wee those who then ad ministered the national resources that the expenditure amounted to 613423000 nr an average of nearly 123 millions a vear from 1817 inclusive the expenditure has been about nine hundred millions which added iu the former sum makes the ex penditure for a period of little more than thirty years two thousand six hundred mil lions a sum the mighty vastnessof hich no humau mind has power distinctly to comprehend loud and coutinued cheers it is no wonder that such an cnormoua drain for the purposes of state should spread ruiu through the land and plunge into al most unbearable misery the luboriu popula tion and let it not be expected that thc evil effects of this drain cau be lessened wiibuut thc most rigid systematic and uu- pnriiib public rcnnoinv the general distress is likewise foap roily increasing in ireland in dublin alone as it appears from the books and invwiiga- tions ofthe mendicity institution tie ag gregate of those receiving relief fron the relief committee includiog about j000 beggars living upon casual alms amounts to 20000 iu the house of commons on the 1st of march vs oconnell presented a petition from ceriaiu inhabitants ofthe town of prng- heda complaioing of great distress the petition stated that there were 60co in habitants in the town 8000 of whom were so destitute of clothing or fuel as ti de pend on a subscription for their reliei the amount of which did uot exceed 25 a week and which would not afford more than three farthings per week to emh they also added that the corporatin of drogheda were in possession of hints he- longing to certain charities which pnduc- cd x20000 a year and yet they refused to appropriate any of that amount to tie re lief of the poor they therefore prayed that means might be adopted to afford them some relief stave trade from martinique we icaro that deven slave ships havo entered the colonv to whiter the houses where the sale take place are so well known ns to be almost public ami cannot have escap ed the knowledge of the mngisirate in tr rf iivv iiniii reaturcs who have iccucsi ti if iri of xhese nourc i ro tho sen were thrown on sin nt lll plnce railed rohm ii i catculihed not fewer than 100 have peiisvri ouci it i i i ttt i mil t liti house at robert has received 4nfl slaves the quarlirt du francois 125 gallioc 132 and ivceheur wo east india company the committee of keeping matters upon the present footing because in the event of a free trade he would inevitably lose ids agency as the americans would certainly lose their trade- in answer to the question from the com mittee he expressly stated that a free trade in china would be prejudical to his inter ests as to mr milne he is a native of manchester and now resides there he pass ed 30 years of bis life in america a great part of it engaged iu the tea trade with chi na in which he made a competent fortune and is uot uow cugaged in business at all opening ofthe french chambers transit ted for the commerrial advertiser the journal du havre ofthe 3d ult con tains an account of the opeuiog of the chamber of deputies together with the speech from thc throne the opening took place at the louvre ou the 2d his ma jesty left thc tuillcries at one oclock his departure being aunouueed by a salvo of twentyone guns a deputation of twelve peers preceded by the chancellor and of twenty deputies of departments conduct ed by oflicers of ceremony received the king in the hall attached to the mosaic sa loon his majesty entered the chamber and took his place on the throne the dau phin being on lii right and the duke of orleans ou the left the king then pronounced the fol lowing speech gentlemen it is always with confidence that i assemble round my throne the peers of my realm and the deputies of depart ments since your last session important e- vents have consolidated the- peace of europe and the accord established be tween my allies and myself foi tiie good of the nations the war in the east has terminated thc moderation of the victoi and the amicable intervention of the powers by preserving the ottoman empire from the misfortunes which menaced it have maintained the balance and strengthen ed the ancient relations ofthe states under thc protection of the powers which signed the treaty of july 6th in dependent greece will be horn again from her ruins the choice of the prince railed to roin itvctr mkr fi- cienty clear the disinterested and pacific views ofthe sovereigns i am pursuing at present in concert with my allies negotiations of which the object is to effect a reconciliation be tween the princes of the house of bra- ganza necessary to the repose of the pe- ninstdu during the important events with which europe was occupied i deemed proper to suspend the effects of my re sentment against a barbarian power but i can no longer leave unpunished the insult offered to my flag the signal reparation i desire to obtain will while it satisfies the honor of france redound with thc aid of the almighty io the good of christianity the accounts of receipts and expen ses will be laid before you and at the same time a statement of the wants and resources for the service of 1851 i have the satisfaction to observe that not withstanding the diminution of the re venues of 1829 compared with those of the previous year they have exceeded the estimates of the budget a recent operation has sufficiently ascertained the iiitoresi ai which loans have become ne- kh ihw- nnrl sbvn the possibility or i liirhiiiiiig the burthens of the state a lw m reii io tlw redemption of the debt will lu prescntcd io you it will bo io a dan of reimbursement or which we hope will equally satisfy the expectations fiom our care for them of those subject to taxation hangc parliament is pushing its examinations of and the justice and benevolence duo to witness touching thc affairs of this com pany the subject of the chiua trade was last before the committee the fol lowing notice of the evidence of messrs brown of livervpool anil milne of man chester wo find io the times and extract it for obvious reasous mr brown stated that he hitmelf sinee the year 1821 had exported british wool lens aod cottons in american ships to can ton to the value of between 700000 aod 800000 sterling and he estimated that this might be from ouethird to onehalf of the whole quantity exported within the time in question mr byron on being asked if the chinese received the ameri cans favourably adduced as a proof that the losses sustained by thom in a great fire which took place at canton in lc22 were made good hy the chinese government mr milne gave in americans pricecurrents of tea for ten years with a comparative statement in which thc american money was reduced to sterling and these exhibited au enormous disproportion between the price ofthe companys tess and the ameri can mr milne further stated in evidence that for ready money teas might always be had in the tutted states at 15 per cent less than the quotations in tho pricecurrents which were purposely as he said made those ol our subjects who have invested their capital in the public funds the measures on which you will be called to deliberate are intended to satisfy all these interests they will afford the means of meeting without new sacrifices and in a few years the expenses imperiously demanded for the defence of the realm the prosperity of agriculture and com merce the maintenance of fortified pie ces unfinished works in sea ports re pairs of roads and completion of canals your attention will also he occupied with various laws relating to the judi ciary different objects for the adminis tration of public affairs and certain mea sures intended to meliorate the condi tion of retired soldiers i have been af flicted at the sufferings which a long and inclement winter has made to weigh heavily upon my po pe but benevo lence has multiplied its succours and it is with the most lively gratification that i have seen the generous aid extended to the poor in all parts of the realm and particularly in mv good city of paris the first longing of my heart is to see fiance happy and respected develop ing all the wealth of her soil aud en joying in peace the institutions of which it is my firm desire io establish the bless- high to assist thc market the americans considered their teas to be cental to the fuglish in point of quality mr milcc said that he himself would so no further i i i nn ncs ihe charier has placed the li- than sayiug tbatlbey were equal in poiutof p y e j quality but he added that many english gentlemen and particularly ladies had told hirn at once that they were a great deal better mr milne also gav evidence to show that they must be so orcause the english teas in consequence of ihe provi sions of the commutation act are always older than the american teas by a year bei ties of the people under the safeguard ofthe rights of my crown these rights arc sacred my duty to my people re quires me to transmit them inviolate to my successors peers of france deputies of depart ments i doubt not of your cooperation in proofofthe superiority of ih fresh to in effecting the desired good you w reject with contempt the base insinua tions which malice endeavours to pro pagate should criminal practices raise up against my government obstacles which i cannot and wish not to foresee i should find strength to surmount them in my resolution to maintain public peace in the just confidence of french men and in the lovo which they have always shown for their kings old teas he showed that the american of the best season were hardly solciible when the fresh teas arrived from china he even showed that in china itself the new teas are hy at least 30 per cent inof valuable io tho market than those of tho preceding season this staterueut is fully corrobora ted by a series of canton pricoe mr brow n is a merchant of tiverpooj wbo it is said camo forward witfi 6 re itictanec beidg obviously intorestcd in the oath was then administered to those pers who had not taken it the chancellor reading the formula and each peer standing in his place saying at the conclusion je le jure the deputies elected since the last session were swoin in like manner and the chancellor declared by order of the king that the chamber of peers and chamber of deputies for 1830 was du ly opened and that each was invited to assemble in its appropriate hall on the next day at noon the king was con ducted with loud acclamation to the re ception room and a second salvo of ar- tillerv announced his return to the tuilleries chronicle kingston arpil 17 1830 by the arrival of seven vessels from england and france we a this day enabled to afford our readers an epitome of both political and par liamentary intelligence of this interesting period want of space must plead our apology for omit ting any comment upon the details of these arri vals aid indeed such is unnecessary the de bates speak for themselves and evinced in the house of commons the utmost confidence in the measures of ministers by the large majority that has carried them through several important questions from the albion wo copy thc following addi- tiitnal items the captain ofthedcrham put into torbay on thc 19th he sailed again on the slstj and states that he saw london papers to the 1 7th the beer and malt duties were repeal ed lord killeen son ofthe earl of fingal has been returned a member of parliament for tho county of mcath in ireland and a strongly contested election has just terminat ed at watcrford between lord geo beres- ford and mr jlarrou in which the former has been returned by a majority of 129 the london times of march 4 contains an unqualified contradiction of the report which has been going the rounds of the english papers that lady paget the lady of sir charles paget admiral on the cork station and her daughters had been converted to the woman uatnolic unurcu lno duke of vvelliugton has it is said agreed to advanee thc sum of 20000 for the comple tion ofthe thames tuunel- prinee leo pold of saxe cobuig accepted the sove reignty of greece feb 24 the porte has consented to tho residence of a catho lic bishop at constantinople under the protection of france charged with the de fence of the catholic interests the cardinal do clermont tonnere archbishop of toulouse died at his palace in that town on the 21 st of feb io the 83d year of his age ona of the most respectable pa pers the gazette de france adverting to thc nomination of prince leopold states in contradiction to the opposition journals that the three allied powers were unani mous in their choice aud that russia was as desirous of it as england it is said that the duko of wellington although ho refuses to make the removal ofthe civil dis abilities ofthe jews a goveromentquestion does not iuteud to oppose it if warmly re commended by the house of commons with the necessary securities as in the case of tho dissenters au arrival at portsmouth in 14 days from gibraltar brings information that the aus trian and morocco states were about to settlo their disputes in a friendly manner tho austrian squadroo was at anchor in algiers bay posthumous fame th copy right of lord byrons minor poems was recently sold by auction iu luuuou and murray became the purchaser for 3700 guineas prince leopold who has officially accepted the presidency of greece is to receive 750000 sterliug for relinquish ing tlo annuity of 50000 sterliog settled upon him for lifo on his marriage with the iato princess charlotte of wales- the story of lady paget having ombraced tho catholic faith is contradicted retrenchment houst of commons february 15 here m flume took the lead when the chancellor of tho exchequer moved tho order of tho day for a committee of supply mr hume submitted to the house that an humble address be presented to his majesty recommending the repeal or modification of all taxes in our civil mili tary and naval establishments as a means of affording immediate and effectual relief to the country mr hume enforced this proposition by one ofthe most elaborate statements he ever made he pleaded strongly for a return in all our establish ments to the standard of 1702 he fixed upon this period because thc establishments of 1792 were amply sufficient and because the finance committees of 1817 aod ld2d had so considered them he then showed the increase in the expenses of the army and navy and the civil list he expa tiated at great lonth ou tho expenses of the crown mr hume entered into cal culations on the amount of retrenchment which he deemed possible and afterwards proceeded to specify the taxes which he should recommend io be repealed the chancellor of the exchequer answered mr humes scheme of reduction by a denial rf its practicability the retrenchments which had been recommended would destroy the efficiency of all the establishments in the country and pa ralyze the efforts of any ministry to be useful he felt himself called on to object to thc budget for so ho must term il of the member for mon- tiose it was the intention of ministers to lay before parliament a statement ofthe reductions in the public service which they deemed practi cable but if the house should entertain mr humes premature and unprecedented n he must abandon the station to which ho had been raised by thc favour of his sovereign mr mabeily expressed his intention to vote for the motion though he did not deem a reduc tion of the taxes to tho extent of more than tour millions possihle mr western would support thc motion al though undoubtedly thc cause of the present dis tress was tho state of tlir currency mr peel hoped that some of thc gentlemen who objected to a gold currency would bring forward a motion on the eubject and take the trouble to prepare the enactments by which the standard should be depreciated and remedi provided for the depreciation when tho hou divided 69 voted for mr humes motion and 181 acainstit