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Ambassadors. The Attorney General defended the Government and explained their legal action. He claimed for the Government the merit of acting from a sense of Justice and from no other motive. Several other speakers denounced the course of the Government, and charged it with pusillanimity. --Others defended the Government. Finally the motion was rejected by a vote of 128 to 153, a majority for the Government of 25, which was received with local cheers from the Ministerial side. Mr. Layard said it was true that with the consent of the British and American Governments tobacco had been passed through the blockade from Richmond for the Austrian and French Governments. England had made no similar application for cotton, because the case was altogether different. An immense meeting had been held at Dublin to protest against the erection of the Albert me moral on the College Green, but it was broken up by riotous proceedings. A desperate fight took place; but no serious