The Express. — London, England, 1849-06-26 00:00:00

P MARRIAGES (SCOTLAND) BILL. She LORD ADVOCATE hoped hci would be allowed to se ea with tide bill, which was ea the paper foe couiders. few, as amended. Mr. FORBES *acted, and said he would move that the Remo do adjourn if it were attempted to proceed with it a. eat hoar of the night (half past twclve). The bill was against dm public feeling in Scotland. The LORD ADVOCATE said that if allowed to punned so step that alitt the disewnint could be takes on the aird Tble was objected to, and after some discussion It was do sided that its present step should be pomp inel to Wants. iley asst. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES BILL. Mr. tiTi•Tril, in eons.- Wof an informality which had been pninted out by the hoa. :en Leman the member for the Univenity of Oa he& ia4 to bring in another. Mr GLADSTONE sa'd the hon. gentleman must not =eor he intended to introduce • new tariff, that ha tto so without discussion. Mr. DAWES then obtained leave to bring in another MILITIA BALLOTS SUSPENSION BILL. ordered tot;: matted Ws day, JIIVEN I LE OFFENDERS AND SMALL LARCENIES BILL. Oa the second toad Sg of this bill being moved, Mr. C. PEARSON said he •elt it his public duty to oppose se a retrograde sep in legislation and a return to the bidy termenting system of former years. by exrendis g the panic sent of fi ycging rom children of 14 to children of 18 years old. 11 it 'holedd be found that the punishment of fl Ida/ hul a deteri , g cr reformatory ii.fluente, they would be juslifi, d In applying such a remedy ; bet it the feets should prove that the eonsquer oe bed been the increase of erim , ., the Loam ought to pane. Instead of flogging, children wanted coercion and control on the part of the parents. This ap pearcd from the reports of inspectors of prison!). De ale wished to know whether P was intended to continue to pay the ceps ties of pings convicted under this act out of the Comolidated load ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought the *Niels of the hon. member did net apply to the principle of the hill, sad might be diseased in ementitt is. An idea had gone *bend that bee wee tonsmary collie:4ms were taken away, clerks at mindowe were to hare compeciAtion. Such was not Ile het. Mr. HENLEY eSjoettd to the bill as taking so many ems oat cf t e hash of juries!, that he dsbted whether they would amt get rid of trial by jury altutether. Bit J. PAID NOTON suppored the bill. After a few words from Sir G. GREY, the bid was read a second time. CLEROY RELIEF BILL. Mr. BOUVERIE invved that this bill, as =coda, be eemsldwal. Mr. MULLINOB intimated his intention to move en am eselment at which he had given notice. Mr. GLADSTONE said that the pesciple of the Lill was mew a debseabl- subject, and express. d • hope that, at that Lear of the night, the discussion would not be commenced. Mr. BOUT ERIE as. determined to proceed. The bill Imd been pespened in c ,•sequence of the Derby day, seal Salem it were now germ d.d with, there was no knowing when it would egein come under the coasitieration f the bone •. Ile would fix the third reading for a distant and eon- Weaken dab. Mr. BROTHERTON moved the adj suroment of the boas; aced the moths was put and carried wPitnit a The house accurdlngly adjourned at *quarter after one tlec:otk. ght .rwto. OUTGOING MAILS. 'fee mail. rue VArri. Oporto. Ilan" Madette. Cadiz, and Gibes!tar, mill be me& up ma the morale, el the !Met Awe. Matte o.t newels North Amen= era 4 netted Mean mill be made up on the rennet et the 296 et June. TM Wert luta. Mails, iinahniin monde, Bannon Warm, Meedsenn, New orte.din and Monies, ant ealliodiret than he mnianan, s*. 14-tnei.Nlamenna. Man Grenade. (%IU. and ref% wli Is =de tto on the taveulas of the Ind July. The mute tie Madeira. the and Buenos Ayres, eilileirsis woe the reenter of it.. Ilk st July. The Muni.Mareelllon, to the Mediterranean. Mort. Ceylon. Nem Bang-Itoen. s.n, will be node up on the evening at the 7th d av te man he Gibraltar. Matta. Sheer, the loch Wand., Ivo (41M led.% and Chum Ina SWuthaint.tun, wilt tie made up on the mania/ 01 lb* With MJsly. QYr WATI3I AT LONDON 1111111,10111. T. -41osiise,111 aim. S. ansluass. al Ma. piet T. 111.3.....416133... 3 wle• NO 1 3 / 3 1 1 3.8 1 3. SI 33. Pal • LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 26. Tne Common Council determiner!, on Thursday last, by a unanimous rote, to petition the House of Lords to pares the bill enabling Jews to sit in parlia ment. Truitt is a well-timed demonstration of the feeling and opinion of the City of London. Two years have now elapsed since Baron LIONEL Rove 'omit was elected a representative of the great metropolis. The citizens of London, when they pro ceeded to elect him, were aware of the difficuliies which attended his position. They have since been deprived of his valuable services in parliament; bat, so fir from complaining against their member on that score, they have awaited with laud ible ratience the consummation of their hopes that parliament would remove all imp diments to his assumption of his place. Now that the Commons have done so as fart in them lies, the ciiizens approach the House of Lords with con fidence that they will offer no further obstruction to a concession CO conformable to the improved end liberal feeling of the day on all points affecting privet judgment in matters of religion. The bill c.imes on for second reading in the Lords to-eight, and we have reason to know that many peers who voted against a similar measure on a former occasion will not consider it desirable to per sist in their opposition to a principle twice sanctioned by large majorities cf the Itouse of Commons. The numb rot ti.e opponents of the bil! will be found, there fore, to have dimmirlied. This is to a great extent the effect of full and fair discussion. It could scarcely be otherwise. The lords must feel that the funda mental laws of this kingdom require no such testa ar those which custom has imposed. Neither oaths not tests were aver requited at the table of parliament as all until the penal statute" were introduced to assail Roman esthetics and make war on nonconformists. In eff. et, there oaths and tests are now a nullity. The very parties against whom they were directed, are now, by law, admitted. Nonconformists, indeed, insinuated themselves into the house even at a time whoa parliament was intended to be exclusively Church of England. Quakers and Moravian sic now admitted by express enactment, and we have repealed the legislation which encumbered our statute book .gait at the catholic, and which ineffectually sought to curb, restrain, and, if possible, extirpate the peolessors of that faith. No legislation was ever di rect d against the Jew ; but the form of the oath—an acePental eimbination of phrases—had the effect of introducing a religious test, under which he has been excluded from participating in the primal privi lege. It is now proposed to reinstate him in his posi tion in the realm, and at the same time to put the capital on that column which has been reared by the justice and the policy of the legislation of our age. With regard to the form of the new oath, on which we offered some observations last Friday, it ought to be observed, should that topic be discussed, that the addition to the oath of the words "on the true faith of a christian," adds in no way to the force of the obligation. Does this form—does this avowal capacitate —a man for the better discharge of his public duties ? In com mon perkier, it may be said that every man's Christianity is presume ,and he nee the words omitted in the case of a Jew cannot possibly do harm. But the question is, can the words in any case do any good? Yrii may assume general Christianity with out entrrcieg a recognition of it; and we see no seas )n why the Baron ROTLIBCHILIAI Christianity should not be assumed as well as other men's. Even at the table of the House of Commons the Christianity of the quaker is assumed without any obligation being imposed on him to declare himself a Christian. In the form of oath administered to Roman catholic, the objectionable words are not introduced. There are, in fact. three distinct forms of oath now in use : one for (huskers, Moravians, and Separatist"; one for Roman catholic' : and one for other denominationists, including member, of the church of England. Whilst some Christians, therefore, swear " on the true faith of a Christian," Roman catholic, and others are not called on to make any such profession of their Christianity. Such being the cue, we beg to pat a question to Sir Roster Hsette bolos. Are we to suppose, from the way in which legislative wisdom has thus all wird the oaths, that the religion of the Roman embolic conveys so superior an idea of true Christianity as to render it unnecessary that heshoutt make his obligation on the " true faith of a C:ais time ?" Re should be Algid by an answer to that quest . cm. And if we allow the catholic so to swear, why not the Jew also? "Oh, but," Mr. LAW will say, with mush subtlety and special pleading, the catholic takes the gospels in his hands and ap peals to the influence of a common Christianity." Not quite so fast, Mr. Recorder : What say you to the case of the Scotch Presbyterian, who takes an oath without any book, merely bolding up his hand ? If Mr. LAw rejoins that the presbyterian would have no objection to the words, "on the true faith of a Christian," we ask if Mr. LAW considers the presbyterian faith to be the true faith ? Becalm if he dues not, and if the presbyterian does not swear upon the gospels, how would Mr. LAW make out that the preebsterian took the oath in the sense in which he intended it to be administered ? This dilemma spews that is the present sate of religion the use of the words, " on the true faith of a Christian," must necessarily degenerate into a mere formality. The words introduce a solemn mockery into a solemn oath. They allow men to play and palter with the most sacred terms of religion. They give cici caaion for mental reservation where it ought to be the last exercised. They invite cerelcrani ea and fri volity in a ceremonial which should be of all others the most serious and solemn. Whilst the House of Lords extend equal right, and privileges to our fellow subject/ of the Jewish religion, we trust they will also adopt the principle of uniformity in the oath, and thereby even relieve Christians from a difficulty in which the present form necessarily involves them. SIR CHARLES NAPIER has endeavoured to kill several birds with one letter. He is a zealous public servant, is perfectly sensible of the manner in which money is thrown away at the Admiralty, and aims his first shot, therefore, at the miserable results of folly, extravagance, and jobbing so painfully evidenced in our steam fleet. Here, however, Sir Celestes brings forward nothing new:,_indeed, his statements fall tar short of those of the Financial Reform Association, and by no means express the full amount of contempt felt by many naval officers at a system characterised' by faulty construction both of ships and engines, want of mutual adaptation between vessels and machinery, expensive repairs and alterations, and after all en inefficient steam marine consisting cf vessels which are too large and too slow for despatch boats, to) ex pensive for tugs and too unsteady or deep in the water to carry or use the guns for which they are intended. He forgets to state that in the sixteen years, from 1833 to 1847 inclusive, 92,000.0001. Las been voted for the naval service, of which 60,000,0001. have to be accounted for under the heads of dockyard works, steam engine factories, non-effective services, and repairs. Shot the second is aimed at the Terrible and Odin, which Sir Cileimes considers to be inferior to his own offspring, the Sidon. On this posit, we believe, his brother officers do not agree with him generally. foe Terrible is thought to be a perfect specimen of a war steamer, stile the Sidon is notoriously slow; so that we should not feel inclined to let Sir Cneeees follow the example of other amateur ship-builders at the expense of the tax-payers. Sir CHARLE4 is on half•pay. He is of an active tempt &meet ; he wants employment, and I.e prefers sea pay and table money to les in event diminished salary. So he gets op a war-cry, another invasion alarm, in order to get a few ships commissioned and himself Fut in command of .hem. He forgets to say, however, who is to be paymaster. The naval esti mates are voted, and any eupplementa• y addition to the war expenditure is not likely to be well received by the country. We ages with him in wishing to see our officers and seamen usefully employed instead of remaining uselessly on shore, pensioners utile hardworking taxpayers, and therefore, instead of commenting further upon the last shots of Sir CHARLE4, we shell propose a little plan of our own, by which the ships he wants might be fitted out, him self put at the head of them or at the Admiralty Board. as he evidently &rime, and the nation lave mosey instead of granting further supplies. Great savings might be effected at the Admiralty by administrative improvements. Many men who never do and never have done anything receive high salaries; many who wish for active service are obliged to remain on half pay doing nothing. Others eater the service with the express purpose of retiring as soon as they have attained the rank of commander or post-captain. They serve ten or twelve years, are paid all the time fir their service white they are learning their profession, they attain the rank they and desire, then live for the remainder of their lives at the expense of the country in perfect idleness. If any oae hints at reducing the pay of these gentle men, they talk of compensation for relinquishing their claims to the right of being perpetually paid for doing nothing. We we perfectly ready to pay well for work done well, but most certainly cannot consent to tax the poor operative, and expend his contrihn tams, in a manner which can bring no profitable return. If more admirals and capt dos are paid than arc required by the service, such payments are closely as superfluous as their offices, arid that this is the case, to a much greater extent than is generally known, may be very readily proved es follows : Including steamers, there were last year in the navy 671 ships and vessels, only 252 of which were employed. The number of admirals on the list at the close of last year nearly equalled that of ships in commission. There were 196 admirals, of the different ranks of full, vice, and rear, of whom only 15 were employed, including commodores. There were 45 receiving retired pay, and 136 were on the active list on half-pay. Now, if 15 admirals on perform the duties required by the service, why keep up a staff of 150 1 A minor propsrtion of the 232 vessels ore of the size to be commanded by a post captain, yet we find 680 officers of this rank on the navy list, only 62 of whom are employed, 183 re tired, and 435 on half-pay on the active list. There were 1,069 commanders on the list, only 88 of whom were employed, 705 on hall-pay, and 276 on the re tired list. 'rho number of lieutenaets was 474 em ployed, 1,476 on half-pay, and 7 retired. Thus, of these four classes of officers, 639 were employed, 511 on retired pay, and 2,732 not employed, but fit fir duty, and receiving half their salaries for doing nothing. Now, putting aside the pay of the officers in the above list who have retired from the service owing to age or infirmities, we find the estimated sum for the half-pay of admirals for the ensuing year to be 74,7701. for that of captains 93,038 L, of com manders 109,4271., and of lieutenants 144,6061., the total being -11,84 . 11. for the year. The full pay of the officers of these ranks who are employed is 192,4001., so that the rewards of non-effective ser- • are mes nearly in the proportion of three to one when compared with those of effective service. We shall take another opportunity of showing the numbers of the different classes of officers who have never served in the racks they hold, and the number of years they have received pay for ranks in which they have served. At present we must content our selves with having pointed out maladministration of public business, and • source of supply for any in creased war expenditure which the alarms of Sir Climes N.trtaa or the crotchets of any other pro f/poor of battle, murder, and sudden death may appear to render necessary. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. SCHLESWIG, Jews 22. Yesterday the German army in Jutland, resumed its advance to the north. The head-quarters were transferred to Jexen, a German mile to the north of Skanderburg. To-day they were to be pn-hed on to Perm, which lies to the north-west of Aarhous. The object of this movement is to accelerate the conclu sion of the ceptiations for peace at Berlin. There negotiations are needlessly spun out by the necessity under which the Danish negotiators pretend they are placed of sending for fresh instructions from Cr peehagen whenever any new point, however trifling, emerges. TrAt present advance is meant to convince the Danes that if they will not conclude ream on rea sonable terms, they will be made to endure the miseries of war. The occupation of Jutland is the only means open to Germany of enforcing a peace. Ju•land must support the invading army, and as this province has always been averse to the war, it will not be slow to insist upon Its being brought to a close. It may be doubted, however, whether the peti tions of the Jutlanders for peace will be listened to at Copenhagen. Tne King and the ministers are under Russian influence. The city of Copenhagen has a direct interest in the prolongation of the war; all munitions of war are prepared there and Copenhagen naturally desires a state of things to eorthme which transfers to the pockets of its citi zens half the wealth of the rest of their countrymen. A fact for the truth of which I can pledge myself is strikingly indicative of the feeling at bead-quarters. About a week ago, one of the most influentialin habitants of Jutland, a manufacturer in Horsens THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1849, named Scb,tte, repaired to Copenhagen with an l earnest petition to the ministers that they would conclude a peace. He represented that if the war was prolonged the milk cows of Jutland would have to be 4-riven to the shambles. 'the Minister at War coolly replied, " Well, then them will be an opportunity to introduce an improved bread into Jutland." COLONIAL able for the navigation of the Pacific, that Law's line will be active in about a month between this port and Chagree, and that the owners of the Cr:ecent City have another fine steamer nearly ready as a c..n sort, is but one of many, shoeing the conviction in the public mind that California is to be one of the vgalar objects of American regard, and one of the certain marts where gold is to be obtained for everything we may send there, whether it be goods or men. I was very much sueiwised to-day while sitting in my of fice, attending to some business in connexion with Ca- , Worn* for I to am an " Arcadian," t 3 receive the visit of a very handsome woman, of figure rather stout, than Medicean, who came to inquire whither she had not better take the Isthmus route to Cali ferias than make the voyage round the Horn. She teas an unmerited female of ai•Crilt tbir years ; and the owner of two large millinery estabitsnmenis in the city. A month ago, she had no idea whatever of giving up her business here, but now she had de termined to do so. She informed me she had a good constitution, raid had enjoyed uninterrupted health; that lie had a brother already at the mines, and she was now going out to seek her fortune, and to use her small capital to the best advantage, by keeping what is called here, a "furnishit g store for gentlemen. We have at this port an arrival from St. Domingo, with dices to the 29th of May. The President had made a miserable failure in his attempt to subju gate the Spanish part of the island : but though he lust all his cannon, and his men were very nearly starved to death, he claimed a victory. While I am writing this, however, a brig has arrived from St. Domingo in 12 days, and the intelligence she brings is rather more intelligible than we have had pren ou-ly. It is now reported that the president's expe dition was a mere cover to ad. sign on his part to be tray his countrymen. On his retreat he was followed Co elmily that the city was in danger of being sur prised, and it was only saved by the exertions of the former president, Santa Anna, who rallied a corps of 40U men, and drove the enemy back to their own territory. he president deserted his post, and his generals had beefs similarly treacherous. After the engagement, Santa Anna was refused admission into the city, in consequence of which t ere was a general rieing in his favour, and his forces, amounting to 8,900 mew, and his besieging batteries to 20 pieces, lie commenced active operations against it. In the meantime the ex-President began a s.ries of the most oppressive measures against those within the town. A large number of people took refuge with the cm- Buts ; but the American consul, with 80 persons who claimed hie protection, was sought to be arrested. Ones again the British flag protected ours. Shame on tee department at Waetriqgton which has its cus tody. The captain of an English man-of-war inter fered, and extended the [eels of the Meteor banner ov.r our eitizaLs. I have alluded to the generosity of y .ur naval service on similar occasions before, and I now add another ins'ance of its prompt effieirecy. We have to-day dates from Curacua to the 27th of May. The news thence from Venezuela is gloomy for those whom it may concern. Eighteen months of op,iresslon and misrule have made the p.-ople almost desperate. They look to l'aez alone for their rescue.) A United States vessel, the Germantown, has made her appearance at l'orto Cab:ll3, and her presence has been opportune. Tilers is to be a new trial in the case of the steamer Scourge, which is something gained for us; and the brig . Mount Vernon, which I.nd be en illegally seized, is to be restored to the captain with 12,000 do's, damage. The ?llama ratio is toe oily argument with these piratical govern ments. One of the most curious pieces of information I have to give you, is an apparently well authenticated rumnur that the Emperor of Russia has renewed the charter of the Imperial Trading Company on the north-west coast of America and the countries ad jecent, and that one of the considerations of the grant is the engagement of the company to establish a line of steamer', tlwards the construction of which the Emperor advances four millions of rubles. I did not know until now, that your government has occupied, since 1847, a post at Quelp *A's island as a military and naval station, nor that the ae.ivity cf our own whalers had been so great on the coasts of Japan. One of our whalers, the Back Superior, visited &Airing's Straits about ten months ago, and her cap tain reports that he went north as tn. as 70 deg., and BMW whales wherever he went. He saw no ice, the wrathcr was pleasant, and his crew wore nothing but light cluthing. The whales were quite tame and resembled the Greenland, the Polar, and the Arch, varieties. Fars were cheap and abundant on th Arctic ecast. The c eptain saw at one time forty large canoes crossing from the Asiatic to the American side. In one instance he suspected that a hostile attack was meditated on his ships, but a favourable breeze enable him to get out of harm's way. P.S. —Half-past 11, a.m.—Our latest intelligene. from Washington to-day is to the effect that Mr. Lawrence has accepted the mission to London, and that Mr. Davis, a young gentleman from Massa chusetts, will be the new secretary of legation. This movement of the administration has no !elation to our foreign policy. That cannot be changed withaw special legislation, and of that there is li , tle pr - bability while the senate bears its present political character. BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. CANADA.LFfse colony continues tranquil. The greater part of the moneys for support of govern ment is voted for many years in this country, but there are also many items voted yearly. Among those reported for 1849, we find 80,000 dole. to c ,ni -I^,l"tn Ilan Canals on the St. Lawrence ; 11,000 ckle. for lightliontes, buoys, and beacons; 4,000 dole. each to the Speakers of the Legislature ; 101,200 dole, fur wages to Assemblymen, at 4 dole per day (the ad ministration having neglected to pass a law regn lating the wages of members, they vote each other u much as suits them annually) ; contingent expenses of the legislature, 88,000 dole.; to wards a lunatic asylum at Toronto, 39,000 dole ; ditto at Beauport, 20,000 dolr.; coatir gen cies of administration of justice, 100,003 dole ; Penitentiary at Rirgatou,63,ooo dole ; printing laws, &a., 20,000 dole ; relief of Lower Canada found lings, 12,800 dole ; Quebec Observatory, 4,000 dole. ; Chambly Canal, 17,200 dole.; Ottawa Canals, about 28,000 dole.; Burlington Bay Canal, 6,000 dole ; Whitby harbour, 4,000 dole.: Port Stanley do. 4,000 dole. ; Survey of Quebec and lialifax Railway, 23,288 dole.; a slide in the Ottawa, 40,000 dole; main road north of Toronto, 63,546 dole. ; Artha baska road, 17,138; Chambly Canal, 8,608 dole.; emigration, 101,600 dole.; Welland Canal, 272,622 dole. _ _ _ _ NOVA SCOTIA.—The centenary of the founda tion of the c..lony was c•lebrated with great éclat on the Bth of June. There wee s procession, en oration, and, above all, a byal aidress to the Queen, suitably responded to by the government. WEST EN AUSTRALIA. SWAN RIVER, MARCII 1 2.—Via Saigaport we have received accounts from Perth and Freernantle to the above date. The Bishop of Adelaide has appointed the Rev. Cr. R. Wollaston, MA , Archdeacon of Western Australia. Sheep were in so litt:e request, that the system of boiling down for the sake of the tallow bad been ietroduced. The penal soil n fur native aborigine at Rottcest was about to be abandoned, the expense of the establishment being found a heavy burden on the colony. The expedition of Mr. Roe's party bad returned to Perth, after three months' exploration to the north east from Pallicup River. A number of salt water lakes had been discovered, about forty miles to the north of Doubtful Bay Island; bat in their ntighboarhood the absence of grass and fresh water compelled the party to deviate to the southward. After months of suffering, the party reached the eastern limit of the nitre, distant abcut 500 miles from Perth, in let. 33 deg 27 15 8., end long. 123 deg. 24 E. The party then struck to the northward and westward to return home, and found the land equally haulm and lack ng in streams of fresh water; fresh lakes and lagoons were coca ' 'lousily met with, and the country improved generally as they approached the west. • From the recent reports dada by Meagre. Synsmons and Cowan, protectors of natives, it would appear the aborigines of Western Australia are gra dually becoming more civil:std. The decliaing prospects of Western Australia have encou raged the settlers, to s ive the colony from total ruin, to an tertain the question of making it a penal settlement, and thus secure lotour and pecuniary assistance. On Feb. 23rd, a long agitated public meeting was convened by the sheriff, when about 200 settlers were present. AU the speakers present were unanimous in thsir opinions as to the approach ing and certain ruin cf the colony, unless immediate aid was given, and resolutions were agreed to in approbation of the place being made a penal settlement. A deputation waited upon the governor, who upturned his cordial agree ment in the sentiment, of the mee tog, and aunoureed his intention to state unresereelly Earl Grey the gloomy aspect of a ff Ira, as also the ahsolote necessity that existed for adopting prompt measure to develop the resources of the colony, which would be abandoned by aU who have it in their power, and not tied by circumstances to the soil, it son.e change wen not speedily erre, it d. NEW YORK, JUNE 13. Our domestic news is rather interesting to ourselves, but may scarcely be deemed 83 by your readers. The dull routine of peace and peace'ul acts may not b as exciting in description as the rumours of battles list and won. You will, however, form some idea of the stste of our trade by the following items of local in terest. The values of the exports from this city the last week, and the pl.ces to which they were made, areas follows : _ . . Dola. To Guttenberg Cowes Lirerpool 173,487 London 131,416 Falmouth ..... 13,464 °haw, Oalway 12,881 Cork Trak. Düblin Londonderry ItritiAi West Indies 13,930 British N. AlSlEfiel 18,478 Britian Guiana 10,768 Dole. To Gibraltar Spanish M. ladies Duds& lisalaira.—..— .... Noeiir66 211118 64 7,950 Havre Llabon /Last Indies Arnentinenapabbs 6,169 New Grenada 14,306 Venezuela 3,334 821,717 The entries are made at our custom-house, but they are not precise. Toe shippers generally place the valuation under rather than over toe value, and mere to get their goods on the manifests than to exp ress the truth. Still we may form some idea a our foreign trade even by this table, and the statesman will see at a glance how the disturbances of politics influence the operations of commerce. The exports from Boston for five weeks preceding June 2 were about 1,100,000 dole. Oar custom-house shows the exports of specie from this port, between Jan. 1, 1849, and June 9, to have been 1,093,210 dole. The best information I can obtain from Canada is to the effect that there is • calm at present. The go.. vernor-general is about to spend the summer at a pleasant residence below Quebec. I admire his taste in this, and the policy is not a bad one. We have reports that a very large qusntity of arms has been introduced into the Canadas, that nightly drills take place in the large virages and towns, and that there is danger at hand. The name of Mr. John Van Buren is in some war connected with these pre ' [mations, bat it is quite impossible to believe that he can have anything to do with them. Ile is too fat, too large, too clever, too witty, to mix himself up with any Canadian liberators. Since my la-t we have had a telegraphic despatch from New Orleans, communicating the death of the veteran General Gaines from cholera. Although quite an old man, he preserved all the fire of youth. lie was particulatly celebrated for his defence of Fort Erie, where he was badly wounded, and for a bloody conflict with the Florida Indians. From that city we learn that all attempts to close the crevosse, which is about fourteen miles distant, had utterly failed. Toe water had fallen a few inches daily by the last accounts, and it was hoped that the laws of nature would effect what the art of man had been unable to accomplish. That part of the town which was the mart of commerce had not been submerged, and was not expected to be. We have also a telegraphic report that Mr. Polk, our ex-president, Las been violently attacked with the cholera, and his recovery won deemed very doubtful. Here the disease fluctuates in intensity. For some days it will increase, and then suddenly decrease, without any apparent cause, except, perhaps, that of the weather. One of the newest topics just now is the rumour that in consequence of the probable war in Euiope, our government is seriously entertaining the ides of extending its right (I was almost going to say "emi nent domain") over the numerous mail steamers which have been built under contracts with the navy and post-office departments. They have been con structed to bear heavy batteries, and the government has a right to take them. This movement would be generally regretted by our mercantile and marine interests. The question has certainly come up in the cabinet in Washington. We look forward to much trouble among the European powers. The interference of Russia is one which can never take place wit`-out important con sequences. If her hordes are again t) overrun Ger many, Italy, and France, it will seem a wonderful event, and one to ba deplored. The arrival at this port of the United States ship Lexington, with about 370,000 dole. in gold dust, has put an end to any doubts which may have existed as to the productiveness of the mines of talifornis. A large amount was landed at Valparaiso from this vessel,and the officers inform me that there is no exaggeration even in the wildest accounts we have yet had of the extent of the gold deposits. One merchant in this city, who held a small office under our government, was one of the earliest shippers to San Francisco. He sent out a cargo by the John W. Cater, valued at 30,000 dollars, and has realised so large a profit from it, that he is now one of the wealthiest men in New York. The fact that Howland and As pinwall's line may be considered as henceforth reli- ae Court. ARRIVAL OF THE QUREN OF THE BELGIANS.—Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, attended Ivy La Cointess- Vander Stratea !Dame du Palais), and Major de Mo..rkerke, arrived at Buckingham Palace at half-past fmr o'clock yes ter* %Iternoon, on a shit to the Queen, and was received by her Majesty and Prince Albert and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. The Queen and Prince Albert rode out on horeelnek yes terday, &vended by the Countess of Desert, Lieut.-Colousl the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Col. Bouverie. The Queen had a dinner party yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. The company included her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, hie Excellency the Belgian Minister, and Madame Van de Weyer, la Comtesse Van der &eaten (an waiting on the Queen of the Belgians), Lady Augusta Bruce, Baronets de Spetb, the Margot, of Breadalbane, the E irl of Deese, Major de Moerkerke (in waiting on the Queen of the Bel gians), and Sir George Couper. The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attendance during dinner, and performed the following pieces : Overture—" Zunnetta" Aube?. waltz The Sonnambula" Grand Selection from " Fiparo" Maaaniello Quadrille on sire horn Asber's ems_ Juilfen. (Craig's Slam der Prelater —"Athalie" Xendelmohn. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended is the palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester will receive a distinguished circle on Friday next, the 29. h inst., at Glou cester lino., to have the honour of meeting her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bri lee and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Senile:, attended by Lady Argenta Cadregan and Mr. Eimmad Mildmay, honoured Lady Howard with their company yesterday afternoon at Craven Lodge, Fulham. A cabinet council was held at twelve o'clock yester day at the Foreign-office. The ministers present were Lord John Russell. the Marquis of Lanniowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Lord Campbell, the Earl of Carlisle, Sir John Hoblsouse, and the Marquis of Clanriearde. Tre email set two hours Lord and Lad _y John Russell had a dinner party on Saturday at Pembroke-lodge, Richmond park. The company included the Meiquis and Marchioness of Douglas, Lord Melgund, Lady Charlotte Elliot, and Me. Lsrvi , ecr. Despatches were sent off yesterday ev ning tram the C Aoniel-office for the governors of Hong-Kong and Ceylon. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council eat yesti relay, and heard an appeal from the High Court of Admiralty, " Queen v. Belcher." An appeal from the Arches Court, " Wilson v. Wilson," was commenced. The 1 reds present were the Muter of the Rolls, Lord Brougham, the Ju"ge of the Preroga'ive Court, the Chancellor of the Dinhy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. LUSTS NAV:RM.—We bavr tO record a blood na ture, of which, in modern times, the Sicilian twins Rile- Christina and the Siamese brothers wore the mot memorable instance,. At Berneghem, a village three leagues from the t iwn of Bruges, forming nearly the central point between Bruges, Thourout, and Ostend, were born, on the 28th ultimo, two children of the female sex compactly united to each other. The two bodies join at the sides; the ligature union beginning a little below the right breast of the one and the left breast of the other, and continuing as far as the navel, so that the children do not look each other in the face, but are turned one towards t'n oth.or In an oblique position. Their heads, arms, thighs, and legs are perfectly free, and they have the proper use of all their limbs, and their position is such as t permit their mother to nurse lank at the same time without difficulty. The aerate of the parish baptised them the day of their birth in the names of Marie and &This. The parents are poor servants, working and residing in a small farm held by an old bachelor. The husband's name is Tanabe ; his wife, aged about 38 years, has four children. This birth has made same conaiderahle noise in the neigh bourhood, and the curious already begin to besiege the far'n bogie where it took place.—Brussels Herald. ELECTION OF SHERIFFS. The electicn of sheriffs for London and Middlesex :cok place yesterday at Guildhall. There wee a aorasidenble number of fiv !poen present. Mr. RAMS pr , powd, in addition to the nerves on the list, that of Mr. D. Nicoll (of paletot notoriety), anyhow' awl os whose father he pawed a warm euhartium as men of business. The proposal having been sreunded, Alderman Lawrence and others claimed to be permitted to serve another year as aldermen before being nominated for the shrievaity. Theta was then a show of hands, which was declared to be in favour of Mr. Nicoll end Mr. Peto. The Lord Mayor, sheriffs, &c., retired for some time, and on returning to the hall officially to declare upon whom the choice had fallen, considerable uproar wee created by an attempt on the part of Mr. Alderman Sidney to demand a poll on behalf of Alderman Lawrence. The Recorder and others interfered, bat Alderman Sidney persisted—his voice bring each time drowned the moment he proceeded to ad dress i 6 liverymen in the hall ny cries of " chair," and other exclamations. At length the Lerd Mayor, who had already several times interfered ineffectually, descended from the chair, and coming forward to the front of the hustings, ex pressed his surprise that a gentleman who was himself a magistrate, should not know how to respect the authority of the first magistrate of the cll. (Chet r!.) Misses. Nicoll and Peto were then called on to express their willingness to serve the office of sheriff. Mr. Ntcont. ((w ho is quite &young man) stepped forward th and did so, an ing them for the honour conferred on him, and expressing a hope that at the end of the year they would not have to regret their choice. Mr. Pero did not appear, and the election being then over, Alderman SIDNEY was permitted to address the meeting, which he did for the purpose of explainingthat he demanded a poll because he belittled Mr. Peto was thrust forward with- out his consent. If he was certain that he would , he would no: have interfered ; but he was opposed to fining gentlemen for refusing to till the office when they did not seek to be elected. Mr. Alderman HEMPHERY said that Mr. Alderman Sid nay might have demanded a poll at an earlier part of the proceeding', he having been then present, and when he could have done so regularly and in order ; but he had chosen to do so when it could not avail, and confusion be the only result. (Hear, hear.) A GENTLEMAN here stepped leeward and said, he believed that Mr. Petro would serve, and that it he did not, he would readily pay the fine. (Cheers.) A vote of thanks was then given to the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, and they haling acknowledged the compliment, the proceedings terminated. BANK OF AUSTRALASIA. Yesterday the fifteenth annual general meeting of this company was held at the Back, 8, Austin-friars, G. H. Feivren in the chair. The SECRE CARY read the report for the year of ac count ending October 16, 1848, in which the directors state that although the Australasian colonies had not escaped from the e , nscquenees of the commercial disasters and poli tical events which occurred in Europe in 1847, and bad suffered much in consequence of the fall in the price of wool in the home markets, whereby large deficiencies had to be made good by the colonial shippers, yet credit was generally sustained, no undue pressure was exercised towards th. settlers, and the sacrifice of propery whicl took place duel, g the crisis of 1843 and 1841 was to a arson extent averted. They further state that they look forward with confidence to consideratle improvement In the eon !ition of the colonies. Their productions are yearly increasing both in variety and importance. Population is rapi:ly extending; and emigtivion, which is now going tinware' cn on exten , ive scale from this country, as well as from Germany, must ere long exercise a beneficial influence un the position of the settler, and develop still further the natural resources of the colonies, although the entierants who had arrive i at the date of the last &deices had net been suflicieully numerous to produce any material itopressi )11 on the price of labour. Under the circumstances above adverted to, it was not to he expected that the properties and securities of the bank, taken over on account of old dependencies, could be realised, but in other respects the business of th establishment during the year has been satisfactory. At Port Phillip there has been a steady nod protitabl,•increase,and them:Demi wealth of South Australia has brought an accession of business to the Ade bride branch. With reference tothe debt due by the Bank of Aus tralia, an arrangement has been concluded with a consider able number of the shareholders in this country, from whom the sum of MAO/ has already been received; end as the most ample forbearance has been exercised, legal proceed i ,gs have been instituted agnitvt thoee who h :vs tailed to avail themselves of the opportunity wlich has been afforded them of coming to a similar arrangement. At Sydney, the directors of the Bank of Australia pro nptly ad iphol measures for the liquidation of the debt, and up to the 14:h February, when the last &deices left the colony, the sum re. criv. d emcunted to 51,0001, making viz..her with the amount received in Lind m,• paymentot 105,0001. on account. The sum paid at Sydney falls cousid. rably oh. rt of what the directors had been given to expect but thismay in some degree he attribute I to the monetary pressure which had prevailed ; and although they have recommended that due consideration should be sown, they have, nevertheless, imemieed upon the superintendent the necessity of adopting measures to compel the payment of the debt in lull. The fillowing is the result of the operations of the bank to the 16 . h October, 1848 tiaLsnce in bad debt fund, 11th October, 1317, so ith an in Etat report Net priglts in the co:uwes and in London h.r the year eliding WO October, 1tt413, after tteductititt all ex. pewee. of inaniteemeid, law expenses ui the suit egainat the Bank of AustralLi, &c. 5,55,174 1 4 Irrceoverable debts written id Ibis year in London and the colonies 6,155 5 9 Balanx in bad debt fund, not appropriated, 16th Octo. ber. 1848, 'fee assets and liabilities stood u follows, at the same date: ♦•nm. Government stock, specie, and eah hank premiarn ... ' receivable, and other esturitieh 532,929 ►► 9 .. 23.594 4 ►► 1,350,461 ►S 5 /1,706079 Is I E.. tel £0311,000 0 0 ire illation B:114 isjuble, and esker MAO 19 3 Deputes lead debt fund. ---.e1,70e,e79 13 1 In or ler to prepare the way for a resumption of dividends which have not been declared for some yearn pose, the di rectors determined to take into their own heeds the valuation of the properties and securities held by the back, and the .etimates of the probable recoveries on old obligations of a doubtful cherecter. Having given their assiduous attention to this subject the result is that, after applying the had debt fund of 82,0001., they consider it will be prudent to ealculate upon a deficiency, as at 16. h Oct., 1848, of about 49,000!. ; hut against this has to be placed the interest on the debt due by the Bank of Austria is, amounting, with the costs, to nearly 65,6001., and the profits of the greater part of the current year. The deficiency estimated by the directors, which greatly exceeds that of Mr. Hart, but falls short of that of Mr. Atherton, has been framed watts a duties not to underrate the extent of less. At the some rime it is imp.s. tibia that any pledge can be given for its complete accuracy ; but, bearing in mind the imprevem .et which has, recently taken place in the price of wool at home, together with the expected reduction in the cost of labour in tee colonies, the directors believe the result will prove that th. y have pro vided for every probable contingency ; and see .rdingly they reel themselves justified in announcing their Loention to pay a dividend of 12,. per share, free of Inc ,me tax, on the let of October next" The CHAIRMAN, in moving that the report be adopted, said that the object of the directors had been to treat the affairs of the bank in a manner the nest favourable to the interests of the proprietors. In reply to questions from several proprietors, The CHAllthiAN steed that an ainceLle arrengemeit had been come to with the shareholders for the settlement of the debt of the Bank of Australia, the whole of which they expected to receive, there tieing no limitation tt the responsi bility of the proprietors. 'He repeat, d that it way in tended to secure the payment of the wh .le di bt with the interest accruieg, but he trustee that the proprietors would suffer the directors to deal with the matter without imposiug any ennditious on them. hie. J. WILSON suggested that fur the future auditors should he appoieted to examine the aoc Ante. Ile thought that the directors Acted State the gross profit of the concert, and after witting forth the items of the expenditure, deduct . them, and enable the proprietor, to see how the nett profit was obtained. He would move "that it is the °pull.* of this meeting that auditors of the accounts of the hank should Ibe appointed by he eroprietors." (H er, hear.) hi qor BRYAN seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN was of opinion the for the sake of regularity, thee a motion as had been propose d by Mr. Wi l . son should be brought forward at a epeeist general meeting of the proprietors convened for the purpose. The report was then received and adopted; and the discus sion on Mr. Wilette's resolution was renewed. The conversation was cot tinued for a considerable length of time ir. a very ire gular manner, and the motion ws. finaLy carried by a large majority of the meetinc. The eutening dirretere, Messrs. E. Barnard, James Helms, and G. Meee, were re-appointed. Mr. WILSON moved that the directors be requested to convene a get ral mee'ing as soon a' coeveniett for the pur pose of appointing auditors, if not contrary to the terms of the deed. Ths motion, having been seconded, was put f foes the chair and lost, a censideranie number of the proprie tors who had supported Mr. 11 Lion's former resolution having left the meeting. A vote of thanks to the chairmen directors was then carried unanimously, ai.d the ord :litre terminated. - LONDON ORPHAN ASYLVIL —A gptc:2l general court of the governors and subscri"svrs to this e .rporaton was held yesterday, at the Lomlen Timm, Bishopagate street, James Croel, EA., la this chair, when, ou the rt corn immolation of the bard of managers, rule 58 was amcn led, so at) confide in the bowl th^ .iivsr of grvati.g 'save of absence to children, nod it was alio carria, with but two dissentient wiees, " Tint the prctice us allowing as ware votes as there are children to be .-I.zteti be disconti43..l and that far the future one vote be all)w..d f a each a nuti a guinea sal te-s guinims life snbseriptio• ." Tne ct at' s & imo the ostabashment et Clapton of 30 childiva-13 Oa'. an 1 17 boys—frorn a list of 141 candichtes, was then pro., eded with, sod, as ward, when any of our great nalwal charities ere concerns t, the busie and excitement wr, intense. Tile business of the day terminated at 3 o•cl , ek, vik.sn the chair man anoottv,ced tin lune of the pulling, SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE AMEND MENT OF TEE LAW. Yesterday evening an adjourned meeting of this Society took place at the rooms, 21, Rsgeut street. M. D. HILL, E:q., Q.C., occupied the chair during the early portion of the incttiog, but Lord BROUGHAM entered the room soon after the encomeneement of the proceeding., end acted as president to their close. 0. B. Allen, Esq., Alderman Sidney, and Jchn Marten, Esq were enrolled as members of the society. The discuislog on the propriety of appointing authorised reporters for each of the superior courts of law and equity Mr. C. PEARSON, then addretted the media at was adjourned to the. first meeting of the society which shall beheld subsequent to tie 1 0 fiff vacation. considerable length, in elncidat:?n of suggestions is regard to an improved system of prison diacipline, which have been extensively distributed among the members of the society. lie etated that it was not his intention to olieinate soy formal resolution cm the subject, but merely to ask the meet. iog to consent to refer it to a committee of the society, whi should have power to report on it on a future occasion to the ge neral body. He begged the ms.ding to keep in vie a the distine- Con existing between infractions of the laws of society and of the divine law., and to recollect that human law addresead it self to the correction of the hand which committed the crime, while the law of God was framed with the view of amending the heart which conceived it. Having given several illustra tions in supped of the correctness of this proposition, he pro ceeded to show that the essential principle of the old deterring, incapacitating, and comper sating system of punishments, which obtained until the time of Howard and Bentham, was vindictiveness, and expressed considerable alarm at the symptoms which had been recently evinced of a ten dency to return to this exploded System, by the intrcelue. tinn of the punishment of whipping. He was pre pared to prove in the clearest manner the following proposisions That, for the purpose of more economically and effectually punishing, deterring, and reforming criminals, it is expedient to award, in proportion to their crimes, labour instead of time sentence., and to render the duration of their imprisonment, and the quantity and quality of their diet, dependent upon their conduct in gaol, and upon the amount of their labour, having regard to their age, sex, and strength. That, by a judicious appli cation of this system, any number of prisoners, of the avenge age, health, and stieng . h of the criminal class, may be made to produce food and clothes sufficient for themselves and the officers of the establishment, by labour on land, end will be rendered more willing and more able to maintaiu themselves by honest industry when restored to a state of freedom. lie was prepared to show that if 1 000 persons were placed in a prison conducted on this system, and having 1,000 acres el land attached to it, which should be purchased at the hilliest value of agricultural land. it could be carried out at a cost of 1101. a prisoner, while in the motel prisons at Pentonville and Reading, with all their acknowl deed inrtficiency, the coot was from 2201, to 2401. a prisoner. lie concluded by proposing that his suggestions be referred to a committee of the society for consideration. Mr. HILL seconded the motion, and Lord BROUGHAM in putting it from the chair. said that he would give a formal Lome in hie place in the House of Lords of his i itention to bring the whole question of prison discipline bets re the house on some given convenient deg, and he would then press on the attention of the legisla ture the views NI; forward by Mr. Pearson. The motion was then carried um nlmously, and the meet log adjourned. CONSECRATION OF THE WEST LONDON SYNAGOGUE. Yesterday the ceremony of meliorating the new West London Synagogue in Margaret-street, Cavendish square, was performed by the 1t.,. D. W. Marks, in the presence of • large assembtage of India ant gentlemen, chit tly cf the Jewish persuasion. The building, which hat been erected under the superintendence of Mr. David Mocatta, the architect, presents an interior of ex treme elegance and beauty. The design is simple-, and the arch:teetural rroportions have been arranged with considerable taste and judgment. The artist has ado;,ted many improvements upon the ordinary modes of decoration which characterise toe various places of liehrew worship, wed be has produced an eff..et which is remarkable fur eim• pheity of device cud an elegant combinati , n of colours. Be fore the ark are candlestick., in which lights are kept burning, and in front ef them it paced a rasgi.ili , :ent candelabra, richly gilt, and comprising eight semi circular tubes, surmounted with small lamps. The de sign is au: gelded by similar ornaments in ono of the Jewish temples. The pulpit and readineedeeks are covered with rich blue velvet, and the " scrolls of the law " (which, as pin of the ceremony, were deposited in the ark) are decorated with gold and crimson, fashioned by Ike ladies of the congregation. The et remony was of a very imposing charae'er, and nume rous prayers in addition to certain p otinno of the ordinary service were given. A prayer was offered up for the Queen, Prince Abt rt, and the royal family, and an eloquent address f,r the ea-lesion was deliv.rctl by Or: Rev. Mr. Parks, who stoted that the ajeet of this c digregaticn was not to weaken but to strengthen their faith, and t. con solidate the form of their worship. Their synagogue bad not originated is any factious opposition tt established but in an earnest desire to carry out certain improvements which they considered absolutely necessary for the mainte nance of their religion. The mineeer vats nis text from the 28th chapter of the let book of Chronicles, 20th verse. A long list of subscriptions which ha 1 been raised towards paying the 'armee of the bulling .ere announced at the ' close of the service, and it appeared that the Damn de add amid, and the family of the late Benjimin Eakin, EN., were =ergot the principal contributes.... PROVINCIAL LIiNCABILIRE. CIIOLERA AT IWANCIIESTER.—There is no longer any doubt about this dreaded disease having eabibited itself in Manchester. The wi'e of an Ind, iumigraret, named Bernard llgns, died on Thursday last, and the neighbours rep.iried that she had been se.s Ili t h the cholera. A sur ge,-n. wh sew the enrpte, also expressed his opinion that she hail died of Asiatic holera; bat thr husband denied it, and attributed his wife's death to the want of fo d. A sub inspector of police visited the lime where he sod his four children were lodging, No. 2 Back New Mount-street, on Saturday, and caused the htuse to be whitewashed and cleansed. Oa Stinday, Byrne attended service at St. Chad's Catholic Chapel, and whilst there was @cis. d witei cholera himself. He was re moved to the hospital fitted up by the board of gusrdiana, in Canal-street, and Mr. Noble, surg• on, was called in to visit him as soon as possible; but he died in the course of a few hours. His son was gels d with tie same d EOSIN after wards, and has been placed in th t same litspital, under the care of Mr. Noble, but is likely to tee ,ver. The oath: r three children of the unfortunate man have been removed to Tib-street workhouse, as a place of refuge. This morning, a few hours before our torreT•mdeat wvete the above facts, a women residing in the name house where Byrne had been lodging, was stir :el with cholera—making the Ipirdt case in that one house. From the statement of Byrne it appears that he and his family, in all six persons, were shipped from Ireland at a charge of 101. per Lead, and lended in Liverpool, in a complote state of &squid .n, where they took up their abode in Porter-street, a neighbourhood in which the cholera had made its appearance; and they le ft Liverprol sad came is Manchester at the com mencement of last week. lle reused to apply to the board of guardians fur relief on Sa•urday, when pressed to do so lay the police inspector, on the Around that they would pats him back to Ireland. It was expected there wool I bo a meeting of the surgeons topointed to attend the cases in the hospital last night, to maks arrangements for any future cans, end wi.h a view to putting into practice as strict.) , as poesiblti the recommendation of the Board of Health. IRELAND. DUBLIN iVNE 25 The Pope has ror.tributed 20,000 frarce for the re— lief of the poor in the west. The Art is anmunce.d in a letter from Archbishop M'Hale. There •,,u good policy in the subscription after the large sums given hire to help bin Ho'inc.& Cnolera is said to have broken out on br,ard the convict-411'p Mounts:omit Elphinstone, note lying in the Cove of Cork, for the purpose of conr,ts ;p l c the "Young Ireland" convic'e to the place o their desti nation. The Cork Reporter, of Slte a d av , states t h e cabin in which Messrs. Martin at O'boherty aro confin.d is email, to r, and unreutilarod, and imme diately adjoins the cabin whr.re the cholera patients are treated. The Prftrince of lfunat.•r announces, on " the very best authority, that her .hale a y will visit Ireland immediately on the pror,, k ation of p trliament. This state me nt may be resie/i on as oMitotic." On Saturday last a very curious cue was tried be fore the Chief Bartle and a special fury. It was an action brought to r elver the price of arms supplied to as anti-insurrer.tionary association, Rot up during the sx:itement 'if last year. Mr. IVhiteieide was counsel for thr plait tiff, and eta'cl the case at great length, in a speech which caused roars of laughter at the expense of the valorous defendants. Though lud'ecrous in reading, the speech, when set off by Mr. W. 's humorous ?cheery, was still more droll. Toe case had not conclad d at night, and Was ad joarred Ls this morniug. SCOTLAND. Daring the plat wet k, Mr. Prentice, of Manches ter, has delivered lectures on financial rtform at Cup,r, in Fife, at St. Andrews, at Kirkcaldy, End at Dun'ermline. I' is intended immediately to form a Financial Reform Associa*Ma in Edinburgh. THE GLEN TILT CASE.—A move of an inch or so has, hem made in this cam. The Lord U.dinary emides, is lit admirable note, that the , powers tare a right to come into court and ask whether lase gram the Duke of Atholl has I