ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume V, Issue 344, 18 November 1848, Page 2

ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

The cnccenia or commemoration of founders and benefactors was held in the theatre at Oxford, July stb, when the honorary degree of D.C.L. was conferred on the Earl of Harrowby, Baron Hugel, Sir George Arthur, Bart., W. E. Gladstone, Esq., M.P., Sir C. Morgan, Bart., J. Masterton, Esq., M.P., A. J, B, Hope, Esq., M.P., H. Hallam, Esq.,

the historian, W. Cotton, Esq., A. Layard, Esq. All these individuals were received with unanimous -applause, except Mr. Gladstone, who was received with mingled cheers and hisses, the former predominating. M. Guizot, with his son and two daughters, was present, and received a most enthusiastic reception from all sides, which he appeared to feel most sensibly. The name of the Queen was received in a manner heyond a'l precedent. The cheering came from every part of the theatre, the ladies standing and waving their handkerchiefs. As soon as the procession entered the theatre the organ played the national anthem, | and the whole of the assembly rose and sang it before they would allow the business of the "day to proceed. This interruption, which never occurred on any previous occasion, appeared highly grateful to the feelings of all present, as testifying loyalty and attachment to the throne.- The names of Prince Albert, the Duke of Wellington, Dr. Pusey, and Lord Stanley were enthusiastically received, while those of Sir R. Peel and Lord John Russell elicited great disapprobation. The miscellaneous concert in the theatre passed off most successfully, and was attended by nearly 1,800 persons. A grand display of fireworks closed the day's proceedings. The Mars, an 82 gun line of battle ship, was launched at Woolwich July Ist. She was the last ship of the line designed by Sir W. Symonds, the late Surveyor of the Navy. Her keel was laid down in 1840, her dimensions are as follows : — Length of gun deck 190 feet ; extreme breadth, 56 feet 9 inches; dep'h of hold 22 feet 4 inches ; burden in tons 2256. The vessel was named by Miss Hood the grand-daughter of the late gallant Captain Sir Alexander Hood. M. Guizot has declined the offer of the Chair of Modern Languages made to him by the Curators of the Taylor Institution, in Oxford. The Roman Catholic Chapel of St. George in London was consecrated with great pomp on 4th July. Great numbers of the Roman Catholic dignitaries on the Continent were invited to the ceremonial, but the troubled state of the times in their own countries prevented most of them from attending. There were present, however, the Archbishop of Treves, the Bishops of Lifcge, Tournay, Chalons, and Chersonese, with their Canons and Chaplains. Besides Dr. Wiseman, who officiated, there were also present nine British Roman Catholic Prelates, and 260 priests, together with members of the different orders of regulars, and a great number of the Roman Catholic nubility. The church is one of the largest and most magnificent erected in England for Roman Catholic worship since the Reformation. A Carlist insurrection was on the eve of breaking out in Spain* Intelligence received from Bayonne stated that General Elio had entered Spain, with Arroyos and Sopelana, for the purpose of effecting a rising in Navarre. If the Carlist movement is successful in its commencement, the Liberals are prepared to follow it up by pronunciamentos, and without joining their forces to the Legitimist 1 ", assist them in overthrowing the Government. In Hayti, on the 7th June, upwards of a thousand blacks had risen and attacked the town of Jacmel, and set fire to it in several places. By the help of the soldiers, however, the town was saved from being burnt, but the blacks were still in force and other attacks were expected. The British Consul there had written to Jamaica for assistance to protect English subjects, and H. M. S. Vixen was expected. A letter from Alexandria states that no hopes were entertained of the recovery of Mehemet Ali, and that his death was every day expected. The appointment of General Changarnier as commander-in-chief of the National Guards of the Seine, appears in the Moniteur. The disarming of the four legions of the National Guard of Paris whose conduct brought discredit on them in the late insurrection, is continued with great activity. Particular companies and individuals of other legions are also included. Yesterday evening, between 7 and 8 o'clock, a train of 42 carriages, of every description, including waggons, omnibuses, carriages for the removal of furniture, and a variety of other vehicles loaded with muskets, passed along the Boulevards en route for Vincennes. It is said that the Minister of War intends to form three military camps, one upon the Plateau of Satory, at Versailles, another upon the Champ de Mars, and a third at St Maur. These three camps would be composed of four brigades, to be commanded by Generals Dulac, Hequet, Ray, and General of Cavalry Reybel. There will be also a commander-in-chief. The insurgents who were sta'ioned in the Jardin de Plantes have, it is sara 1 , killed and eaten during the three days the rare birds, and destroyed the pheasantry ; even the small exotic birds have shared the same fate. At the Morgue where the bodies of all "persons found killed after the insurrection, and

not immediately claimed, are brought, thtre is daily a queue several hundred yards in lengthy composed of persons of both sexes, whose friends and relatives are missing, and who seek their remains in that melancholy., depository. - ~~"v' -?.'*' 11 * 1 On the 24th June the prisoner Birbes/aad others who were at Vincennes were removed to Ham. It is said that M. Dupin, aine, intends to propose that the presidency of the republic shall be given to General Cavaignac for fifteen months. M. Eraile de Girardin has undergone several examinations. The cause of his arrest is said to be some correspondence which has been detected, and not merely the articles in his journal. A letter from Marseilles of the 29th June says, the city has been in a state of great excitement the whole of the day, owing to the appearance, at about two leagues from the town, of about 400 workmen from Lyons, known as the voraces. They have already been pillaging the different country houses, and arresting travellers on the high road I, The rebels are again raising their heads, and, promenade about the town in bands, crying, " Vengeance ! we will revenge the death of our brethren." Short as is the period that has elapsed since the establishment of a new Government, giving something like a promise of security, it has sufficed to revive confidence, and many of the Paris manufacturers who had closed their workshops have already resumed business. On July 2d, 200 prisoners confined in the barracks of the Rue de Tournon, dug through the ground to the quarries beneath, and descended to them. There is, however, no issue to the quarries, so that escape was impossible. In the best informed quarters the general opinion prevails that the real chief of the late insurrection was Caussidiere. It is said that things were not unknown to Louis Blanc, but that he shrunk from any active share. It is said that a petition is preparing by the National Guard for the elevation of Generals Cavaignac, Lamoriciere and Bedeau, to the rank of Marshals of France. The poor slaughtered Archbishop lay in state in his Archiepiscopal Palace, and thousands and hundreds of thousands thronged the He St. Louis to see the remains of the great and good Monseigneur Affie, before they were consigned to their last resting place. The body of the Prelate was arrayed in Archiepiscopal robes, with all the insignia of his sacred office around him. There was much of die theatrical splendour with which the Romish Church is wont to appeal to the " sentiments" of her votaries ; but nothing could dispel the solemnity of the scene ; there lay the murdered Archbishop, hurried to his last home, from the duties which he discharged so well and faithfully, and from the flock who adored him. Hundreds of poor people touched his hand with rings and trinkets, thinking that they henceforth became talismans possessed of incalculable virtue ; and two priests sang dirges around his bier. Vigorous measures are in progress for the effectual protection of the capital against any future outbreak. The 3rd division of infantry of the army of the Alps, under the command of General Magnan, is on its march to Paris, and its first brigade, under General R-eynault, is hourly expected. This division, consisting of eleven battalions, will be permanently encamped at St. Maur, situated beyond the Eastern Faubourgs of Paris, and in a position to act upon the rear of an insurrection if any should occur, the garrison within Paris will be divided into seven brigades under the command of as many generals. There will be also two generals of division, invested with either bank of the Seine. All these forces, with the cavalry and artillery connected with them, will make up an effective -force of about 40,000 men ; they will be denominated the army of Paris, and will be placed under the immediate command of the Minister of War, so that the orders of the government, in case of any emergency, may be carried into execution with the utmost promptitude. It is understood that the state of siege will be continued to the end of the week. A military journal, the Sentinel de I'Arme'S, gives the following cuiious suggestion for the prevention of barricades in future. It proposes to unpave Paris and macadamise it, thus removing all materials for future barricades ; that the unemployed ouvriers shall be engaged to break the present large paving stones, and in doing so that they shall be placed under military discipline. -"*" * M. de Chateaubriand died on the 4tH July, after an illness of five days, from an attack of inflammation of the chest. A division of the army of the Alps arrived July 4th at Vincennes, It is announced that King Charles Albert has invited Marshal Bugeaud to take the command of the principal corps of his army, and that the Marshal has arrived in Paris, to come to an understanding with the Government on that subject. ' :

hundred prisoners confined in the Fflrt.-.d'lvry, attempted .to. escape, by excavating a passage from their dungeons with lftfgeWils.It is how* generally understood and admitted that whoever may have been the immediate instigators, or leaders of the lafce insurrection, thac and the other calamities brought on, France since February are mainly attributable to the compromises made by the provisional government which assumed the rein of ' power at the Hotel de Ville with the socialist party. To these complaisances of Ml de Lamartine we < -owe that enormous curse' of France, the ateliers nationaux, the prompt . | dissolution of which was effected by, ttie vigour ,of General Cavaignac. To the same complaisance was due the establishment of the parliament of workmen,'held at the Luxembourg, under MM. Louis Blanc and Albert, which/ however, soon sunk' under .the weight of nonsense which was uttered in it* • Tbe present government seems to have assumed tbe^.mission of- correcting those errors and' faults" of its predecessors, and of showing that it has neither indulgence nor consideration for the Utopianism of M. Louis Blanc and his friends. The ateliers nationaux have ceased to exist ; but in order to mitigate the distress arising from the temporary want of employment in the, transition to a system of free industry, out-door relief will be supplied in limited amount to such honest and deserving labourers as cannot obtain employment. On the first news of the formation of barricades, themayor of the 2nd Wondissement assumed the responsibility of ordering the rappel to be beaten. Scarcely had some companies of the 3d battalion been assembled, under the^orders of Commandant Lahorde, when Lieutenant-Colonel Bouillon, accompanied fey Captain Prioux of the staff, marched to the ports. St. Denis. Having been received with a warm fire, the battalion returned it, and carried the position, but not without great loss. A few minutes afterwards, General Lamoriciere commanded this battalion, together with the sth of the Garde Mobile, to ascend the Faubcurg St. Denis, towards the Rue St. Laurent, ai the extremity of which a formidable barricade was guarded by a numerous body of insurgents. Thence, and from the adjoining windaws, a murderous fire was kept up against these troops, which caused them considerable loss. The contest continued from barricade to barricade in the Faubourg St.- Martin to the Rue Chateau Landon, where these two battalions, reduced to a few men, were obliged** to wait the arrival of reinforcements of the line and some artillery, which at a later period came to their assistance, under the command of Colonel Rapatel, after he had cleard through, with great loss, the lower part of the Faubourg St. Martin. The last barricade was then carried. The brave and regretted Commandant Lefevre was mortally wounded in dislodging the insurgents and driving them towards the Rues Lafayette and dv Nord. Amongst the officers wounded are Lieutenants Marion, Karle, and Caignies. The National Guards Avrial and Gerard were killed, and MM. Cayot, Louis Renaud, Richard Dufour, Dubos, and Delarges wounded.