The New York Herald Newspaper, March 21, 1858, Page 1

THE.NEW YORK HERALD. ———— WHOLE NO. 7870. ANOTHER STANWIX BALL TRAGEDY. Probably Fatal Fight between Pagtltste— Pradeen on His Death Bed—The Assailant im Custody—History of the Wounded Man— Great Excitement Among the Fancy, dic. About hsif” p st three o'clock. yesterdsy morn- wg a pugilietic enconntor took piace at the dence house of Buit Allen, No. 23 Howard street, Detween Patrick McLaughlin, alias ‘Paudeen,” and Tanlel, alias Dad ty Cunningha! abot through te body by a pistol in the bands of the Iatter. It appears, from what we could learn in relation to fhe matior, that Cunningham was in 4 measure justi- fiablo in shooting his antagonist, as the latter was"assault- ing him without any show of reason when the weapon was fired. ‘@nnpingham, it appears, went into the dance houso about ‘tmidnight im company wiihsome two or three friends, for the purpose of having acetillon with some of the girls ‘who usually frequented the establishment, In the course of baif an hour afterwards he uct Paudeon there, but no sonversation pasned between them at tint time. About three o’chick, however, they happened to mect at the bar when Paudeen commenced sbusing Morrissey, who was thon absent. Cunningham, being a particular friend of Morrisscy’s, undertook to defend the absent one, when Paodecn got angry at the interference, and taking hold of @anzingham shook bim violently for wis impudence. This ‘aessnlt on the part of Pacdeen was not repelied with any- ‘bing other than worde. Cunningham told his assailant to det go his hold, at the same time threatening Paudeon with violence if he did not desist. “I oannot fight with you,” exciaimed Cunningham ag Paudeen bad hold ot him, bus if you don’t let go of me I will do you harm.’’ ‘Thos threat on the part of Cunningham had the offect of q@ieting Pauceen, for be instantly released his bold and eked Cunninpha lo take a drink, The latter, however, refased to accede to the request, and this raised tha ire of Pandeen, for be threatened to slap Cunpingham’s face on the following day if he, met him, Cunningham, in repiy to the threat, said he would not allow Paudoon to slap his fuce if he could at ail prevent it, Paudeen folt contident that he would be able to perform she operation, and offered to make a bet of twen'y-five cents on tho re suk of the attempt, At this juncture Cummingbam got be Amd the bar, when Paudeun reache¢ over his arm and graeped the former by the coat collar, apparently with the mtention of pulling him over the counter, Cunniog- Imam became envayed at (he conduct of Paudoen, and asked him to let go his hold three successtve Umes, or else he would kil! hima, But Pandeen paid no attention to the threat of Canningham, and kept on pulling and dragging hiro over the counter, until the latter, exasperated beyond measure, drew forth a pistol and discharged ite contents tato the body of his antagouiet. Cannmghun immediaviy proceeded to the Fifvh pre- ‘inct station house, where be stated that he bid shot Pau @eon, and gave himself into the custody of the sergeant there in command. In a short time afterwards one of iho Fourteenth precinct police came over to the Fifth precinct station house and claimed Cunninglam as bis prisoner, tho Hair having occurred in the Fourteenth precinct. Cua- mingbam was delivered over to the custody of ihe potice- man, and was conveyed to the Fotrteenth precinct station house, where he now remains incarcerated. Paudeen wes convayad to the New York Hospital as geon 24 p seibie, aad placed under the care of Dr. Dubois. Biforta were miado to find the bail, but they proved una- ‘wailing. The ballet entered the sternum a little to the Ieft sido, avd has probably lodged in the jung The ‘wennded man appeared to suffer intense agony, and failed rapidly during the morning. At I1 o'clock Ur. Dubois was of opinion that his patient could not live more than & few hours. Paudeen was then quite weak, cowid speak Dut Hitzle, and was in groat agony. Daring the forenoon he was visited by s number of fighting men, who expressed deep regret at what had ecourred, and bade the wounded man be of good choor. Some of Paudeen’s friends, who were prosent during the row, state that Canningham was not jastided in using tho pistol, and that it was a cowardly piece of business on bis part ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. At ono o'clock yerterday afternoon Coroner Gamble proceeded to the bedside of the dying man, for the pur- pose of bolding an ante-mortem examination. laudeen was wen fail'ng rapidly, and it was feared that be would oc4 survive until evening. The Coroner asked Paadeen if bh would lite to make a staimment under oath concerning ‘the affair, when be replied in the negative, and said that 14 was cutirely unnecessary for bim to do so; there wore plenty of wituessos to the occurrence. The patient was then suffering great agony, and expremed a belief that be would never be able to rise from hia bed Some of hie friends present endeavored to console him Dy saying that there was yet a change of his recovery; Dut Peudeen refused to listen to all such consolation, nay ing be would be a dead man before twenty-four bours “i's no use trying to deceive me,” he exclaimed, “I feel that T have got to die, I will be dond before tomorrow.” Daring the day the wounded man was visited by Jim ‘Turner, Johnny Lyng, Harvey Young and other pagtiista, who devounced the act of Cunningham's as mean and cowardly. They claim that be wns sot justified in making use of s deadly weapon, that no blow was struck Dy Pandesn, and that the mere fact of his pulling Cun- pingham by the cout collar was not a sufficient excuse for Le use of the pinto) on the part of tho later. The excitement among the ‘fancy’ yesterday wae in tense—emall kuote of the wounded man’s friends and ‘acquaintances being sround the bowpital during the en tire day, for the purpose of taxing & farewell leave of the doomed man. There was considerable feeling expressed fm regard to the occurrence, and denunciations most se ‘vere were heaped upon the head of Cunninghan. On the other hand, the Morrissey crowd wore not slow tm maniferting their sorrow at the incarceration of their champwn, and flocked to the station house where Cunning- ham wes confined, for the purpose of offering him ‘els consolation. There they expressed themselves satis Bod that the ease was one of justifiable homicide, and that tthe public at large should feel grateful to the prisoner for ‘be part he took in ridding the community of such « dan- gerour eharacter al Paudeen Mclaughlin At five o'clock last evening our reporter paid a visit to ‘te New York Hoepital, with a view of learning the condi tion of the wounded man. On his arrival thgre he was as sured by Dy. Dubois that the case was hopeless. Paudeon's pulee was then quite low and faint. He was hardly able to articulate, no enfoodled was bis strength, evidently indi. cating & state of prostration arising from internal hamor- rhage. The surgeom was of opinion that the patient could not sorvive during the evening, as hie rapid exhaustion was a sure precursor of immediate disealmtion. The friends of the dying man were then taking their last farewell. The fecene war a most melancholy one to witners. TRE LATEST BULLETIN FROM THR HOSPITAL. At twelve o'clock last night our reporter visited the Oity Hospital, and upon inquiry was informed that Paudeen had been gracuaily sinking during the evening, and that the physicians did not expect that be would live tll morning. SKETCH OF PAUDERN. OF the life and times of Paudeen much might be written. IR ie genoraily supposed that he was born in Ireland; but this is an error. McLaughlin was born at Cokocs Falis, on the Hudson river, near Lansingburg. He camo to New ‘York at an carly age, and from the time of his manhood he bas been well known among the police as one of the ‘‘atrikers,”’ who upon the slightest provocation would nat heattate to do anything bad, no matter how mischievous o- malicious it might be, He was a terrible man to encounter im a fight, for he would not stop at any moans to wound or maim bis antagoniat. Some years ago Pandecn became embroiled in a quar- rel with Mike Murray, (now Aldermen of the First ward,) when he was deprived of ihe larger baif of his nove, dig figaring him for life. During the years 1853, *64, °65 and '66 Paudeon was the torror of the ward, waa chief er in al y and general where, there was eltber Money or honor to be in 1866 be ated =& cowardly assmu! upon Mayne him. Hie was thon associated with the Feces Pacer sa ray r, Bary or leaner stripe. me headquarters We next find Paudeon engaged in comm itr'on of a orurty assault apon a barkeeper 9 full Poole'® saloon, corner of Rroadway and Howard sire t Paudeen, in com. Pany with ove of bi# cOMpanion+, Weut in were for the i : SUNDAY .MORNING, MARCH 21, 1858. ‘vengeance on the inoffensive barkeeper. for a couple of “whiskey skins,” and tue minute the bartgnder laid the glasses containing the liquor apoa the counter, be snatched up one of them and threw the seal ‘cobtense inthe eyes of the unoifending maa, in- Jurtog * sever is pext was fatally weaned. lb Gap most active part, and was one of the most Important characters: Selore ine pablic during tne momo. rable excite ment attending that bloody no doubt the chief instigator in the difficulty and Baker, aud it was owing to hie exert‘ons mainly that the affair was brought to a fetal termination. On the trial of Baker for the murder of Poole, one of the wit- nesses for the prosecution, (Corpeliue W. Campbell,) thus deseribec Paudeen’s ocnduct at Stanwix Hall on the morn- ing m question — Q Before the officers came was there a drawn! A. Yee, there was; a young man wentout (1 don’t snow who be war), ane brought in 4 pietol and gave it oMor. reves; Morrissey snapped it three pM Y20le; 4 not go off; it was ue of Allen's, aud I suppose it bad been fa long time loaded; Morrianey. ‘was eight or tan fost from. Poole; Poole was betweeu the two counters, and Morria- sey walked uptrom \ wards the door; Morrinsey enap- pod righbover the people's beads a! Poole; there were as ixty there; Morrissey was within eight or ten feet of Voole.atthe time; I weot np t the station house with Poole, anil cara back agen id remained there till abou: 12 o'clock; they would gellno more iiquor at Stan- ‘wix Bail, as Mayor Wood had issood @ procamation; I beard Mr. Dean say to the boy to sbut up; after this the Baker or Paucdeen party came in; the ~~ consisted of Mr. Torner, Mr. Baker, Mr, Hylor, Mr. Van Pelt, Mr. Pandeen, aiias Molaughim; thoy came in two abresst: walked in quite easy; Poole was stanamg right im front Of the counter when the party cams in; thers were save- ral there; I believe Mr. Dean was etacdine between me and the west corner; Poole siood nearset the east ond— ‘the end on Erosdway, Poole stood about three feet from the east corner, and Mr. Dean, [ think, was th nearest to mo; the ket man that camo in, | thunk, waa "sudeen; bo said to Poole, “You are a prstty tignting American son of & D—hb;” Poote said, “You aint’ worth it; they bad some two or three words passed; Poole said Ww Paudeen, “J bet $500 there is a man in the room could lick you;” Turner stepped up and guid, “Ob, he aint gut no money ;” Poole put $100 into Mr. Dean’s hand ; Paucdeen said to Poo, 4 want to fight you;? Poule aid, “You aint worth it,” Paudeen took bold ot Poole by the coat and apit in his face three times; Mr. Turnor stepped up and to atop him; Turner then stopped back and said, “Let ua +mil in;” bo (Turner) then pulied out a pistol and laid it on his arm, and it wentoif in the arm; his sleeve got on fire and he let down the pistol to put out the fire, he then Taised the pistol again and fired at Poole; Paadeen was squaring at‘Poole all this time; Baker was “officious’” with Pandeen; Raker siood near the door with a pistol in bia hand; 1 saw it in his hand Arst at thie time; I was Jooking around, as I was expecting to get shot myself; when furuer's pistol went off three or four times I tried to jump on itas I ran into the c oset; the closet was full; (laughter); others had got in there’ before me; befors I went into the ciovet vomething appesred to be the matwor with Poole’s leg; while in tne clovet | heard several shots; when | came vut of the cicset Poole was standing at the door with a kuife in his band; the Baker party had gone ont; I did not eee anything between the perties while [ wad in the cloeet; before I weat ‘ato the closet Turner wax on the floor, and Poole wag cown and Baker was standing over him with a pisio! in nis hand; I can’t say if, when Poole wee down, he wag ou one knes; I am nod positive that Bakcr bad hoid of him at ist time; when T left to get ito the clove! Baker had the pirtol at Pooie’s breast; Poole was down and Baker over bim; it was too warm for me, and J got into the cloees; I think Paudeen had gone out, Charkee Lozier war near by when Baker and Poole were near tho sant wall; Jacob Ackerson was near there I think there were about thirteen ehxe fired; I reckoned the marks; at the second affray Poole did not show any pistol at all; be bad one, but he did not show it; Povia bad his two hinds up; there was so much firing there I did not hear any expression made by Pooie whee hit ands were up, but I know Mr. Poole was pretty “tight;’’ by that! mean drunk; wheo Poole was standing at tae door he fell in the arin of Shay; there was a pistol on the floor; at that tine I supposed it fell out of Mr. Poole’s pocket. * . * * * « Q. What kind of an arrest was ft? A. The arrest was hie home; bard for me to ay whether Morrissey or Poole was the most drunk up to the um» of the arrest; heard of Van Pols interfering, and he got a blow im ‘ths routh fron Pandeen; Van Pelt walked off, and I did not see him acy more; Tsaw Linn in the party; T did not see him do anything; | did not see Paudeep wick him, saw Turner and said, “Let us sail ip.” Q. wae Poole rtan when Turner told him not to mind Pandeen? A. Within a few feet of me; I wae at the Coroner's, and told nim that what I knew was pretty much tle same as Sbay’s teatimony ; bofore Turner fred more than th: shot Poole was around in the recess; Paudeen was the recess; I wan be:woon him and Poole; all throe of were around the corner when Turner abot towards Poole; Paudeen kept meas akind of a shield; Turner shot to wards where Poole waa, and where Paudoen and I were I was ar likely to get shot ax Poole; whea Poole staggered I can't say that he pitched Pand ay; when he stag. bis bands op } when ne Tean't tell ov that way, eithe from drmk f; Turner pulled ont hie pistol; T did pet hear Turner say to bum, “¥ you of a bb,’ I did Of the futile sttempte mé punishmect for hie participation in the Poole murder our readers are familiar, After remaining in prison nearly a ; butas we bave already stated, he was Ful convieted of the assault on Mr. Leacraft and sent to the Penitentiary, (rom whieh be bad emerged but» few weeks when be became = ip thin his last difficulty, McLanghlin was about thirty five yoars of ago. THE CONDUCT OF THR POLICE COMPLAINED OF, YO TRE FDITOR OF THE MWRALD, New Yorx, March 20, 1858. About two é’clock this morning I was awoke by having Jef wide, and appeared to har Joft lung in the direction of the the muscle of the chest. As I the ball with my probe or by presenre aay 1 was not ively propared to Say where the ba!l but felt memured the wound ® 3 4 n E i e . fend on betng asked by some poliee officers present If there was any hope, ee ie cea alt one there wae of bis recovery. one chance in without dolay a oar- riage be sent conveyed to the City Hospital. and as svon as the =a. frienda on the eet- tee into the car. riege. 1 in the Hospital, and was on i t ae¢4 AH gis* ? ferring & (avor on the yr JAB, P. CAMPBELL, M.D., 21 Tax New Restay Prcatt—The ontiro frame of the Romeian frigate building by Mr. W. H. Webb at the foot of Sixth street, Mast river, ie bow raised, showing the im bie at large r ‘ ward street, rolled, le also in place, affording an excellent opportunity to those who wish to examine thie method of strengthen- ing veesela, The frigate is pierced for 72 gone, and ie in tended to mount an unusual heavy battery of eirht and ive inch sbeil gune. ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA, ~ THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. Re-Election of Lord Derby’s Ministers to Parliament. NEW ARRESTS IN FRANCE. Agitation Against an English Conspiracy Bill. The City of Corinth Destroyed by an Earthquake. DESTRUCTIVE FIRES IN CONSTANTINOPLE. AN TTALIAN CONVENTION IN LONDON, NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA, ADDITIONAL FROM CHINA. TOBMBOLS 96 3-4 a 96 7-8. COTTON AND CORN MARKETS, &e,, &e., de, ‘The Cunard eteamsbip Arabia, Captain Stone, whieh lefs Liverpool at noon on Saturday, 6.b of March, arrived at Sandy Hook at haf past eight o'clock yesterday morazing The Arabia has brought $11,000 on treght. ‘The news ie threo days later than tbat brought by the North Amer/can at Portland. In England there was quite & lull in the political world, In Liverpool at noon on the Sd inst cotton tanded Jiown- ward, and the advance of the week bal besa just. Phe sales for the week add up 37,000 Dales, of wnien apecula tors took 4,900 and exporters 1,000 Miduling quaiisios have advanced one-eighth of @ ponny 0a the week, owing Woe ight slock, The ssies of Friaay, 5th wstaat, were 6,000 heles, the market closing quict and with quotations barely maintamed. Holders offered freely, but with no disposition to prest #aler. Mesers. Bariwg Krovhers say money is abundant at 2) a3 per cent. American securities were slow of sale, but prices re mained unaltered. Messre. Richardson, “pence & OC». quote Dréeadstutfs dull and pominal. ‘Fhe City Article of the London Times reports a decked increase in the applicatious for money at the Rank of England op the 6th inst., although the supy|y was apja- rently abundant. The London News reports a dull and heavy feeling ta the Stock Exchange, and a decline during Friday of aboat one fourth per cent in consols. The Bank of France returvs, about to be pubiixhed, were expected to show again ln specie of about £1,000,000, The Paria Bourse was dull on the 5th inst., an 1 the tures per centa declined to 69.15. In Fogland the members of Parliamont who Lad conted office usdor Lord Derty were betmg ro Clested to the'r eeets, and generally without oppeition In ther addresees to their constituents they threw but Little light upon the ministerial programme. ‘The Parliamentary Committee appointed to invest gato the charge of bribery against lenac Butt, M. P., in conneo- ton with the affairs of an Amoertof Seince, bad concluded their labors, and agreed to report to the House of Commons resolutions amounting to an acquittal. The partisans of the constitutioual party in Italy had been holding a conference from day to day in Loadoa, for the purpose of bringing more prominently before the pud lie the present position of Ttaly, aad toy eudeavor to revive the agitation for « National League of a Coufederation of Stater, subject to the direotion of a central power. It was resotved to prepare an address to the various Powers of Burope, setting forth the claims of Italy to have her waow considered. The London Times publishes a lengthy account by the Rey. W. M. Jones, an American missionary in Asia, of the outrage (heretofore reported) on the family of Mr. Dickson, an American colonist near Jaffa. ‘The London News rays ® London Committee had beeo formed for the purpose of organizing % constitutional op- position throughout the country to aay attempt which mught be made to alter the laws in regard to conspiracy. ‘A grost British exhibition for 1861 is spoken of, and the London News is informed that a special meeting of the council of the Society of Arta has been summoned for the final consideration of the question whether the society bal) at once announce its resolution to direct and superin tend an exhibition of 1861 or any other year, and also to define the exact character which such exhibition should Alfred ia pursu'ng naval studios, with a View eit is said, of passing hie examination forthwith, and optering the service as & nave! cadet. Heavy gales and considerable falls of snow had been experienced in England, causing much delay {n the mail packet service and on the various lines of railway. Dr. Livingstone and his companions in the African Ex. ploring Expedition were on board the steamer Pearl, in the river Mersey, whence they were expected to sail for Africa on une day the Arabia ieft. The mental faculties of the King of Prussia declined daily. A renewal of the powers confided to the Prince of Prossin was expected to extend to six instead of throe months, as hitherto. The Ministerial crisis in Denmark bad terminated, the three Cabinet Ministers having withdrawn their resus ons and tbe Cabinet having come to an understanding on the courne to be adopted by it in the dispute with the Germanic Diet. ‘The Hambarg correspondent of the London J’er!, writing in regard to the attitade of the United States in the matter of the Stade duties on the Elbe, says that the United States consul at Hamburg was making preliminary ar- rangements with a view to the abolition of the payment of the duties on the expiracy of the gommorcial treaty with Hanover in June next. A supplement to the London Gasrt/- contains despatches from Major General Van Straubensee, giving details of the captare of Canton, 430 guns were found in the olty, and 300,000 Ibs. of powder, 6,000 rockets. 2,000 bine lights, 9,000 stink pota and six tons of bullets. 16,000 Ibe. of the powder were kept, and the rest destroyed. The list of casuaitice shows four officers killed and seven wounded, whose names have been already reported ; four men killed and sixty-cight wounded. ‘The English Board of Trade has issued an acoount of the custome daties received daring the pact yaar, ae compare! with the two procedirg years. The eubjsined table shows the amount, dietinguixhing the sums obtained from the thirteen principal articles, Gut of the total of £22,966,371 the proportion raised from other articles than the thirisen specified is only £466,320, for which imposta are still le vied on a large number of mivor goods — Directors of the Royal Rritieh Rank passed their Inst oxa- mination, when a review was taken of the past proceed. Inge In the matter of that corporation and the present po- sition of the estate, A dividend of 6s. in the pound may be shortly expectoa, making 12¢. in the pound, and which ‘Will not exhaust the anticipated funds. ‘The screw steamship (ty of Baltimore, from New York, Arrived out at Mverpool at 8 A. M. on the Sth inst. The steamer Hammonia, which was to have left Ham. borg for New York an the Ist of Mareh, waa detained till the 15th on secoum of the ico. uggprtens Speeches in the British Paritame st genase of the New Cabinet —Lerd | Derby jon of the French Alilance--Tihe | Asoasein on Derwanced—Hinves of the Walewski patch and the Cuuspi- racy Btu, de. » die. (Lord Cpelmatord, ste Sr Proverss Thonger) entered the , inte Sir Frederic +) ent e house abeut half past four. Acter takang the usual oaths, the noble and learned lord took nis seat on the woolsack, and received the cougratulatioan of numerous elevation to the dignity of Lord Bigh Chance! Long Defore the usual hour for commencing the business of the one the ministerial and opposition benches were fully occupied. ‘The galleriee al'otted to the ladies wore well filled, and thoee belonging to mem ere of the House of Jommons and to suranger#, aud the spaces aroand the throne and a the bar of the house rere crow ted to exoess by (Dose anxious to hear the slatesent from she noble earl, the Irat Lord Of tbe Treasury, of the polloy of the new vat. ‘The Earl of Der >y eutered the howe at ten mntuites past five. The noble krd’s entrance was scarcely ovecrved, anc his wes not greeted with a sing e cheer. LORD D&RBY'S MINISTRRIAL ATATRMENT. ‘The Ear! of Dmnry rose to make the ministerial rtate ment The voble ear) apobe as follows —My loris | have to exprese my bope that in from Friday laet unt! this evening the siatemest which, according to con. stitutioual usage is exerted from @ per-on ip my vesition, T bave-wot been guity of avy dereepect to your lord ships’ house Ox the contrary, Considerwg that during the last week I have Deon engaged day and night in making those personal arrang ements for the /ormation of a govern: moept which, a week before, I had not the aiigntest idea of Dengcailed on to make and vot having aningie moment to devote any other abject, and connioarivg, moreover, the great importance of the task I had undertaken, I thought ft would be mors veapoctfal if I were to delay my atase- ment than that I should come down at $ o'clock on Friday, having onty ean ber Majesty that day, and doliver woat most bave bean bw de and imperfect evatoment, (Hear, bear.) My lords, bebeve uve, and Tsay it wish all sincerity, that n eddreesing you from thie place, and on this occusion, T to so with no feetings of triomaph or exul- tation ct over: 5 = = charg "a whelmed with & nense of ths maguitude of the diff De lore me; ano By conaolation is, that it I fee! myseit wh o great 3 bafore ine, 1 by and by thé courte, to eifice by the f tongut for power Dy any NLworlky or tu (Hear, bear.) Bor M having pl inform me that sho of the jate government, called upon me for my advice, and ssked me whether, ooking vo all the cirouy on of the case, I would ungertas g her. In my repiy L took the liberty o: requesting her Majesty not to prese me at that moment for an aoswer, aod I then took the opportan laying bofore hor Majoaty, ae fully aa I could, wit! what I con. scored to Be fouse of Com. me, Aeubjoct npon ‘ajeaty *honld ov; and I entreated her to take Soumidar wholber she stil! re- in thet caso, my nm have the fuliert rmnt until the following day to solved to call me to her counsels, a sense of duty to har Majesty would compe! me to accept the tk of coustructlog & government. (Hear, hear, But I felt myself! 1, at the same titse, to state that if, npon f!l consideration, her Majetty should be of opinion that any other convse would he mure anvisable for her to ‘fadopt tt order to secure a stable gnernment, t hopeat ber Majesty would not for a moment vonsider my position, my feelings of my interest, but take that course which wm her reya! judgment he ight coneider the best for the country Lappled to Tight honorable gentie- map aud ty two ne ble sords, who appoared to me wo stand im positions which made it not diMontt for them to give me ther assetance. They did however, think it de. firabi- to give me the'r assletance,and I cannot, of cou find fouls with the deemion to which they arrived; but, while { thus express my regret at belay deprived of their servicer } cannot say tha: T regret having mace thom the Ofer. I must frankiy say that im coming down here this ereving I bave a very ‘mpertect knowledge of what haa taken place in the iiferent departments. But, know. img the vast drats whict there must have been upon the ‘miuitary resourcer of the country im consequeace of the war with Rowsia, and tne more recunt hostilities in India, and fearing whak might be the demands upon our re. aourtes for the fusure, Tconfesw ' did feet great ‘anxiety to ascertain what was the numerical force of the army, and what wos the state of the War Department (Hear, bear.) And I would Be doling lojuatice to the noble lord lately at the head of the War Department, and also to the noble duke, the Commander in Chief, if I did pot say that the inquiry «forced mea the greatest satisfaction an as well ax 9) © t Gnd, after ail the drains upon tt, how respectable x utmerical force we etl have within the shores of the United Kingdom. (Hear, hear.) f must tay that, when | coptrast the numerical streng:h of the army, when I caaze ‘cto offloe In 1862, with the condi. ow in whuel I (ind {t in 18,1 am bound to admit that, im the Srat place, itagrecatly surprised me to ind the military ardor and willingnese which prevailed im the country, and I must aiso gay it reflecta the donor cpon former adm:nittrations. (Hear, hear.) My lords, no long a# this wofortunste war in India continues, there must De » beavy drain upon the military resources of the country; but J irust that, aithough much remains to be done, we are now beginning to see a favorabie tura in events, apd that the operations of Sir Orlia Campbell, ful- lowing upun those of the gallant officers who preceded him, will soon strike terror into the gress body of the insurgent and restore tranquillity in the country, Much, undoubt- edly, remains to b¢ done, but T will pot entertan a doubt thet, by the coptinu exertions of ber egy troopa, and with tho cordia! support of the people of country, ine formidable insurrection whieh ed, and whick sill rages, in some parts of Tad, will be eventual ly put down, aod thas at no vente feet Ge ores ment at home and the government in Tadia will be ine Dorition to apply itself to the more agreeable task of de. vieing moarures of pacification and im: of that of her Majee*y'# dominionun. recent accounts which have been received from the coasts of China lead us to muppose (Mat the unfortunate war, if war it can be catied, Dut at ail events operations, in that part of the world’ will bo brought to a speedy termiaation, My lords, Tsay unfortunate war, for unfortunate it was in Us origin, if not in its conse I mast wl bave always held a similar opinion, inadvertently entered u till, have had ample couse of complain with Ching; but, eve 3 brought the submission, I cordially rejoice in the success of her Majesty's arms, ano { think that the best use whieh we can possibly make of that succes will be to con chade, wth the least poasibie delay, a safe and honorable and reetore to the country the benefit and advan- Of that commercial intercourse for which alone it ia at al) desiradie tha: we should maintaio our relations with that country. The idea of territorial acquisitions, or ag grandisement of any kind, beyond that security which & absolutely necessary for the mainienaner of the peaceful re lations of commerce, i @ policy which I sincerely hope wild never enter into the head of any minister of this country. My lords, | now approach ‘® most important portion of my observations. [trust thet in the fore pe bg - Pd our aim will be to maintain friendly rel with all tho Powers, groat or emal!, with whom we are brought into association. I trust we shail main. tain those relations neither by taking « tone of bavghty dictation vor of servile sabmisswa to aay. I trast we tha’! (rary and unreservedly carry on our intercourse with them, carcfully abstaining from inter‘erence with the purely domestic affairs of any nation, and that if any we shall, in our frank reprerentation. hear.) My lords, be etill remaniag, out that war into which we were driven a few ee, ae of animosity between us and thas great empire which our long friendly re- lations were interrupted, | trust {t will specdily subside. ant bet our intercourse will reenme the same oortiaily with which our communicavons were years peat oe a But, my lords, | by Taball not be conridered as unduly depreciating the value of any other alliances if 1 state my firm conviction that, of all the allt- ances which this country should ¢u.tivate—of evory coun try whieh it is for the Denedit of the world that we should be cn terme of good understanding with—i ts most impor. tant that we should be on terms of cordiality with our near eat and mort powerful neighbor, the great Ye of France. Position of the twe coun (ilear, bear.) googr tries. and the constant inter threatened , under such circumatanoss wae this crafty and dastardly perial Majesty °y, miscreants of the M The hand of Providence was in the result; but much innovent blood was hed alamitin Dave oeenrred in Pare, and alar throogheut Rurope The effect of such an atte failure i» what it might have beep natur: exovcted it woud de on the minds of ap enthusiastic and soastive people. The escape of tho Emperor aad Empresa trebiod the feeling of joyaty; from every quarter addresnce of congratulation and thankfulness poured in, not merely from France, and from the British reeidenta ia France, butfrom various bodice in thie kingdom. Unhappily, it transpired that among tho band of miscreaus who com mitted the outrage, some at least, for a certain period of time, had been refugees iu foreign countries, having been compelle¢ to flee from their own counsriss, and were found 'o have abused the hospitality of and. | will ask Fy Jordships to consider would have been the sling here, supposing the circumstances revaraed , or Mejesty—oxerciaing ber usual frank centidence towards her subjects—anxious to show their loyalty towards their sovereign, surrounded by her family and by a crowd of loyal subjocte arrivwg at We door of the Opera House, ant that fuch an attack had been mage upon the person of her Ma jewty—I ask your lordubipa what you think woul! have Dech the trdignation of tre people of this country—what ‘would bave been the indtgnation of the psop'e of London— and if it bad come wo their kuowledge that the dastardly act had not been commiued by aacbject of her Majcety, but was the result of the preconcerted plan of a bana of asgarsins coming from a neighboring country-—I ask, would the indignation expressed have beon very discrimi: Bating ? (Bear, henr,) | ounnot wonder, therefore, however much I may depiore it, that, on tho Dews transp'ring tp France that this was the act of refugees coming etrayht from England, amid the enthusiastic oougratulations offered, some expresnions should be found intermixed redeoung ‘0 An unwarranted manver on tho people of Kugiang. Under the circumstances, I say, [ think such expressions ougnt Ot to be too nice y ecapned, especially sivco nis imp.rial Majesty, with ail hia caudor aod frankness towards this country, exprecsed regret that among the expres sions of loyalty to himesif, bad alae appeared some ox- pressions Which bad awakened discontent bere. I ruould be sorry, indeed, if those expressions conveyed the calm and ¢e iherate senso of feeling towards this countrp enter- tained im that great ana pobie army of our ally, [ wll nob Delieve it; for true valor mover indriger in bombast. Those who were the authors of thie intempersia addrown were Dot among Wie moet distingu'shed of the noidiera of Frapee, wbo io many a hard fonght Geld m the Crimea sirnpgied ano cor qiered with thoir British alles, and who WellEnew how tw appreciate British fosting an’ British valor, (Hear, hear.) Fortunately for us it le more than a burcred years eluce we have hed in this ooimsry any of these civil dixturbances which we hat deen fated to behold elsewhere, and we should make allowance, therefore, for French expressions; for we cannot juege bow annoying and irritatiog must be the teo'ing awakened by the conseiousnens that there exists in a neighboring country a bedy of persons intens ov executing their matisious plang. My loras, though the oppression may be grievous and the” burden intolerable whien can justify in the sight of any man the oxponing of his country to the horrors of civil war, yet when Tat dreadful state arinia, when the sword ia drawa lw civil war, in defence of opposing principles, whatever may be our own fecling, we can yet regard with revpect chore, whether or vot we agree with their principles, who bola aa tpvaiualle the principles tor which they strive, erpetially menses where they are exposed t suffering under the dos'1e to reecue their country from oppreesion, and have maiptained their principles st the expense of their lives end fortunes, and of everything dear vier. ‘ihe regard of posteri’y will follow men who have suffered on behalf of what they belirve to be truth, though contemporary history Jail to do thom justice. If we look back our own ciyil warn, when men strove for principles deeply and thorovgh'y imaprinted on the'r minds, one’s admiration is called forth by tbo sufferings of those who dispiayea the unbroken loyalty of the Cavaliers, reedy w lay down life and reek liber in the cause of their fovereign, a) well as on of the Puritans, who, ip the preservation of their bigh fueling of ia dependevee, their sovereign love of liberty and free- dom of conscience, were ready to risk overy danger, and even to abandon their native land. There is po maa who, however he may admire William IlJ., can avoid feeling for those who suffered in the cause of the fnliing monarch ; and, coming down to later times, even now, devoted as this counury is to the house which so bappily reigns over UP As present, no man can look back without admiration at the heroic sacrifices of the ?~ oe” of the anhappy Stuartfaxily. But, my lorde, if we havo this sympathy for men whore misfortunes have followed from the do- voted and conslsvent support of their own principles, there is nowuch aymyathy doe, nor will it be extended by con temporary history, or by an eet posterity, to those who to altain their owp political ends, retort to the base and foul means which have caused the recent plot; amd the Lave degree of infamy telonge 0 Mim who, Lacking courage toerevute his plans, chulks af @ distance, acd sands forth lows to exocuie and guffer for crimes which be haa the beart lo concerve but not the boldness to execute. /ilear, bear.) And these mep call themselves the friendsof the people. These persons are the biteront aad direst repres- sors of liberty. (Hear, bear ) Taey are the mon who cause every thinkizg mind w even from the purest muse. (Hear, bear.) It they who, m their own country, rivet dhe chains of slavery on thelr fellow country mien, nod who drive from their cause every upright and honorable mind. ‘They are the persona who compel the inachinations of the secret assassin &) be met Dy the maebinationa of the secret epy. (Cheers) They are thore who compe: despotic soveroignr to have recourse to meag ures stil! more despotic, and who by their own conduct, do their utmost to destroy that liberty of which they presume to cal! themeclver the champions. (Bear, hear.) Are these then, the men are men who #0 conduct themacives, and who abuso the bospitasity and asylum which England affords teem, the ined whom the iaw ot England protects and sheitors? No, my lords, they are not. (Hear, hear) There ia not a crime of wi they can be gulty—there is not a shadow of approach to such @ ¢rime tor which the law does not provide & penalty. [ will mot say in sil cases a proportionate penal!y, but uot only conspiracy to assess! nate, and instigation \ aasassinaie, whether by word of mouth or by publication, but any mode of in: or provocation to aesaseinate is an offence recognize! by the law of Eng and, and for which It provides « penalty when the guilt of the party shail bo apparent. (Hear, bear.) Itmay beasked, if these designe are conducted’ in Kog- land, why i it that the government of Engiana has it uot fa thew t to preveot such machinavens? Now, m: lords, the answer if peratty pate and obvious. Al- though the law provides penalties for all shades of 208, yor the law canens be put a eee before the (Hear, hear, from Lord Campbell.) Intention, with Gx, Unaccompanied by overt act, or by any step putting that intention into execution, lore aa i remains in the mind of the 'y alone, Aufords no ground for publie proceedings. | My I firmly believe that the yort proportion of those whom the milefortunes of their country bave driven Wo theae shores are honest'y and diligently obtaining their euby«tonce in this country, and performing here, thankful and in peace, all the duties of good eftizens. (Hear, hear.) (thers there ore, no doubt, who are en da & diferent manner, abd make use of language of the mort menacing description. Bot, as | have airendy sail, against ail auch persons the law provides a remedy. All these porsons are amonabie to the law the moment you have sullicient evidence against them to sntiafy the minds of a jury. But ‘with us intention 1s not crime, suspicion does not warrant the Infiiction of punishment, and notoriety is a word which bas no in our system of criminal law. Tt is T think, trom the total difference of that law to the law of Imagine excited among the Fng)i#h government onght to do it & the outy of her tanjenig*s povernsnens, oe fi an ties of this atrocious kin? = must be # wibupal »oatiefy a jury. (Hear, bear. of crime must Dronght—even the Queen berself @ bound to ber rights to it for the protection ef her perros; tribopal le constitoted in such @ manger that | cannot for & moment believe fo- li Fee ry cas § i % F late government as Foon aa news was received failure of the attempt on the life of the French Emperor? The government, I think very properly directed their im- jon to the consideration of the question wo e some amendment, net only for the on of foreign subject, but also aa an amendment of the criminal law. With that view, they prepare’ and introduced into Parliament @ bill into the objects aod merits of which I expressions— ‘um sure unintentioned by Count Walewaki calculated to convey to the minds of b Ayn the ex couptry ap impression unfavorable to oe friendiy, relations Dotwose the a ‘countr.oa, and it wae believed by people imputations epou the state of our law which, if they had been founded on fact, would have put a serious my on them. 1 think ny Yorde, Uhet ”i¢ ‘a lato government themesives bound publicly to ro- yy Hh 1 Uctorvunatety, thet “a ) vi was laid eum the table tae flowee of Comaneas whbout explanation, and it is idle to deny that its production Produce @ most unfavorable impression on the diecussion with d to the government bill Atihe same time don’t let me be misunderstood. It is most important to consequence was the resignation of the late government? Was it rerolation hor@le to the principle of the Dill, or inal aw of the country? Was ita give the slightest countenance to the atrocious acts of avsaeeine ’ The noble lord then referred | OUF Dest Mention to the ex sting defects and TWO CENTS. to the terme of the resolution itself, and continued—My Lords, the question which emphatically came betore Par Lament was not a question as between Parliament and a foreign country: it was a tion as Datween Partiamont aod the rouduct of the Miviater of the Crown Fioar, hear.) Upon that resolution being carried, her Majesty's late government reeigned office, aud the first duty waich hor Mojenty’s present government had to perform on their ecersion to o bat was to consider what course shoaid take w reference to the atate of affairs by that resolution of the House 6f Commons, "a verpmont have cémo"to the conclusion upon feel it thetr duty to act—namely, in full that resolution of the House of Commons, to the Prench Minister, in terma of all y misitierpretation oF misoonatruction upon the deepateh, and im the most frieudly fbeling. of bim an explanation which may remove the palatal vwpresaion the despatch bas-produced on the public mind PRICE cbeere)—and if I know any! of the friendly 1 times shown Saat Soe to the vne country aa to the other, If bear 1 Malad’ Bow rency tte ia al all times to linen to friendly represen tations hove that the apawer to the ivspatch which prepared, avd iain the hands of noble friend at the bead of the ie Department, will be ‘i from the minds people of this and enable us cord tproond to the dei government, and one they willf not shrink trom performing, faithfully and rigorously to put in force ail the ee of the er, for the purpose of stopping, by its powerful arm, these dangerous machinations. At the present aument pro- ceedings have alroacy been taken against Lp ne named Bernare,, as Deing & party copoerned in the conspiracy wi to we attempted antancination of the Smyeror of the French. Another perron—and T binah io British subject, i now a fugitive from jnstioe under a similar charge. Againat another person, for a pablication containing a0 instigation to arsassination, proceedings are pending b-fore @ British court of justice; and no later than Torty-eight Lours ago the attention of the goveroment wae calted to anotber publicavion of « vimiiar character, but, as it appears to us Of @ still _more violent tendancy, and that pubiication also bas been, without a momeat'y heeilation, pliced im the hands of the law officers of the crows, and should their opinion afford iegiti- mate grounds for @ proseci:ion, ho Majesty's govern ment will not besitate for a single moment in p im force the existing powers of tae law, (ifsar, hear. My lorde, we all desire to bel i—what T hold as strongly ag any man can—tho deciradility of malataining oy h'aoke vpder ail circumstances that right aud privilege of free #-ylom which is ae pride of ths country, to all people, tinction. b pmcrad amo But, wy jorde, while J upbold tha’ right ard privilego, I think at the same time it wa intolerable grievance that persous who here owe yfe and wafety to that protection which w ded them, Tmmeke an apgratelul returu for tual sbelver and seyitum by # cours of conduet, by spueches and by pub- Lick loum, WIL muat Rave a west dangerous omdency lo wards embrotlung {Ais courtry with one of our mvatt faithful allies and one *f our firmext fricnds. (Hear, hear.) My loren, T certainty waa of opinion—aod |t ig the ovinion of Most of thore with whom | have the satlaf ctlou to act— that while the ctate oi India is sucn as it is at proset, by reagon of #revcit, or ratber an insurrection, jog ine considerablo portion of those dominions, that 1 would not De expedient taat the attention of vither the govern- mevt or the East india ‘ompany should be directed to the discuesion of any change in the system of the guvern- ment of Ipdia—or rather, i moaa to ay, in the copasruc- tion 0! the nome gevornment of Incia. fat, ny lords, the House of Commors, by a arge majority——by a majority of 147 members in a fill houre-~aflirmed the proposition that it was desirable to enter upon the consideratioa of an im- mediate measure for tranaierring the autbority of the Bast Incia Company to the Crown. My lords, that vete pro- cured @ very important change ip Lhe position of that com- pansy. Itolok iuat vote placed the comyauy in auch ae position that they could not command the sane amount of public supyort or public conjidence as they had enjoyed in past years ; and, Couaeq’ ntly, vipon the Bent and sneturest copakieration, it Ub uke ber Majesty's govern- meat to introdoce § measure on that subjext, which measure is cow under the conskieration of my noble friend the President of the Board of Control, which we trust will effect most of the moasures contemplated by lier ay late government, and, as we trurt, will bo from mime of the objeo- tions to which thetr bill was open. My lords, there can be ‘pe greater mistake than (0 suppose that the conservative party is necessserily a stationary party, either m a moral or social point of view. (Cheers from the Minieteriat denches) We live in time: wheaart and ecience are Waking rapid strides. Our constitation itself ie mad of constant and perpetual changes, Hike tho vene old country houses of this country, which have Deen framed from time to tine by the sucér ssive ocoupan's wilh BO great regard to cleganes, but adoing atone ume & room bere and a gable there, as might hapven to quit, not the deauty of the external appearance, bat the comtort and convenienes of the inbabi‘ants, (Hear, hear.) Ip description of politics svch @ course aust poreed, making the old aystem do by adding such improvements an ore called for by the increasing demands which may suit the state of society. (Ilear, hear.) And, Ey lords, tBi+ leade me Wo ove other que Lon—the iat | have to tronble you with It isone of grent importance and great dificuity, aud one which | could pot avoid. 1 [ representatina (Hoar, hear ) 1 will not pl myself to introduce & bill now on that question. 1 p: to go beyond rauber than t fall short pledges or promiges 1 may make; but this | mey state, a4 8000 ae the pressure of Parlamentary bosiness will enable ug to comrider it deitberately and carefully, we own incompetency ; but T aball be faithful im the eight and he Rees See ny sree Great as I know the dif. Vy to be, there i One, trusting to whore guidano, I venture lo take upon myself tbat duty whicn han been en trusted w mo by my sovereiyn be my adminiatration long or 4! retire Without a stain upon my chars ter, or without vie, (Cheern.) bari Gnawyrre ciaimed credit on behalf of the govern. ment to which he bad belonged for having performed rome services, and achiever some succonses. nad Guished the Russian war with « victory which be od much more bigh!y appreciated in St. arg than in England. The Persian war was conc! alro succen# folly and with little lone, and active menwures taken, with eminent success, to rend reinforcements to India for the the Sapoy mutiny. Defending the lato combination whore elements were altogether imcobereat and disoor lant amoung themasl ven. EXPLANATION OF LORD PALWRRTON'S REFUGEE POLICY. The Farl of Ciansspon--My lords, I feol obliged to my noble frieud pear me for imposing open me the task of making some obrervations pon certain matters toat have ¢ upon the attention of the government, .o corues- on with th Cs ~ over which I have bad the ly lords, in reapect to thove natiena! honor to pre de ters inv 2 E i i i ef iF iF] Bow, in my Cpinion, so much dou! that it ie aiflieult to give to them that caim they Geserve and demand. It bas been genorally the language ased b ingolent and z edd bo lutending as | do to appeal judgment of the house, T rejoice that Vigorous and eloquent lan ships’ recollection to the mi bes aeked you to remember togs and the feelings of the omg) news of the attom) B 3, : 3 é i i 3 fe rT 5 a : i i Wes DO ration on t! pau throug aoat } L. viewed a horror was certain 0 prodn-e a the minds ¢ diepat, aol abhor to shat which was the world. (lear, hear.) It to sag that in thove couuments the late govern Anat they also shared in sation which every honest vat each a should have wmaterity by a knot of men of the saylom this country ated the Bewpt- tality apd laws. And first thought of these trans- actions, was frastrate the ache mes of the persone fnplicate], whether the existing law was violating the ‘was to refer the whole matter to the law officers Of the crown. We felt !t to be » point of honor with ue to pursue thts course, and we wished to show that wo had ed with: of indifference on the transactions which had just taken piace. We bad already ‘ae far as the law us in expeditions up io hostility to mee; and I Suk @netber aay > tion could be ved more hostile to a frecany bone wan ne mary, bry ‘ neceseary, » if nedensary, because, next tw France herself, inere it 10 which has more reason to be yful for the interposttion which saved the Waperer try. (Hear, hear.) Recanes,ae my noble friend hae said, it # aot only that there is an intimate alliance betweem France and Engised, that the: woven, are of such a magnitude, close, that nothing could happen, oor country which won!! not immediaiely vibrate —— ern wae under thee fee!ings that her Majesty 4 government refers | the matter to the law officers of the crown, and # ermine’ (| come meavere wa vo Dark ovr sones of what bad oa found to be pecestur