the 1st of September. Thirty juries have been
appointed, to decide on the merits of the different classes of
contributions, and adjudge the medals, which will be distributed to the
value of L20,000.

The Ministry of Lord John Russell holds its position with better success
than was anticipated. The Malt Tax, one of its measures, was carried by
a majority of 136. The debate on the Ceylon Government question, where a
defeat was again anticipated, resulted in sustaining the Ministers by a
majority of 80. As this was the main question before the House, Lord
John Russell's place is secure for the rest of the session. The two
great parties have agreed not to make the Papal Aggression Bill a point
of political difference. In consequence of this, the Government carried
every question on the bill by a large majority. Mr. W. G. Fox made an
unsuccessful attempt to introduce a bill for Free Schools in England and
Wales. A riot occurred at Tamworth, the residence of the late Sir Robt.
Peel, on account of a Protectionist banquet having been held there. A
mob broke into the hall, and dispersed the company, who armed themselves
and engaged in a regular fight. The quarrel was only subdued by the
intervention of the military. The Collins' steamer Pacific, having made
the trip from New-York to Liverpool in nine days and nineteen hours, the
English papers admit the defeat of the Cunard line.

The recent political movements in FRANCE contain no salient points of
interest. The subject of the revision of the Constitution is still
agitated among all parties, and there seems a slow and gradual
preparation for a severe struggle. The Legitimatists are strongly in
favor of the measure. The debate thereupon will come on about the 1st of
July, and will probably last about a month. Next to this in importance
is the subject of the next general election, which will take place in
May, 1852. All parties are mingling their intrigues in the general
preparation. Among the different plans is that of the fusion of the two
branches of the Bourbon family into a single monarchical party, to which
Guizot and the Duke de Nemours are said to be favorable. The friends of
Louis Napoleon are in favor of a revision of the Constitution for the
purpose of prolonging his term. The _Constitutionnel_, the organ of the
middle class in Paris, advocates the repeal of the law limiting the
suffrage. Emile de Girardin, editor of the _Presse_, has made a violent
attack upon Genera