The Express. — London, England, 1850-05-22 00:00:00

COLONIAL. :SII NORTH AMERICA.--CANADA. ot eposiat writts u follows: I!ONTRIAL, x.• I. ' ems itore of the British North America, „ j a s peitsi•bea en *adrift to the people el • It- * - .Meer bas been fer some Woo premised, ' „ i v test interest is the pravisee. It sem ithe principles on which the Lyme g tenting the slit they have produced ow the •., I bee thong's. msy be briefly daecribod ,„ o.,!osery • re trenchant of Ike public tripes ▪ •! he sell, •of the Bruck North American pat.. • ...:Sitta that Brit sh subjects do not tinfoil say erf • ..n beeimmer not wlule the imperial r , motels N. col.my is bevies conceive. the :.,,ve exclusirt control over i s domestie affairs. -:ie it starts have been recently recognised by • ' • Ir gates that the Bntiele parliament km at • • • tEst the Ws obich AI et the colonies cis at the • a • I- io:mial system. tea, and sr* lobe tread to *be • ,!'east of dm Col•nial-oflee to nil. a distant s ' wants, eirenetsvinces, and character it -• . Trertir se gusinted ; and that the evil is msg. •• , .••.tot or ineo:oistency of the power ULU enable* :' • ~ • ets to oaf otlony today—" You may pay • , • and to another, " You 'hall not goy te• • . :.•• to your Mar•crowers." Toe most im s . a• cd. ;.,e upon the people too/80.11m legible ••• • vase an aide's. to the imperial I no, an act to awboriao the pooP i tt; this • , :metal convention of delegates, fee the .; ,„I, ll aig sod (rosier • new c latioation. "•' - •111$ CbilFt are now lain* sierneed. Toe r. oleo by a.:ering at some length the advic e. :i rout. from .a mains of the provisos. .ha: m ormlognent terms, it makes cut . • In both • imoiatetial and political poist el • • : r *visiting the sphere of operatics.; : : c..shrrios upon tha provinces a kind of - a!dress is s•vonalv tot;-sone:alias is he !•• • • walk' in hymn of British menezios. „ rioroirs ree - it'd from the L•wer Pro : • . t!.at lit- New Brunswick legislature has al • o. raw , ' a 901.1:11 11 ..0 Is favour of making tt• . g• c:1 elective. This is important. It is ...;:ve acs . 0 that has been taken in this matter • ,r of the velar 41.1 ty-two resolutions a • •ni to the rtb.l.ioo. There is no doubt t. •iti of this rinciple will make the •• /mitts in eife.t republican; and, eon • • • • .1r c. inscanil to purely democrotie , • and without soy =slop= •••1 11 nist of L-rds, it is not ..., • • • , t. at any ether form of government rer . lo..T est footing. An aristocracy, pee • • • -cry le.t•lative pawn'', will never grow of our ,- 1.11 feeling of the country is strongly against •* • .4rl to torpco• the • et/antler compticed ol o - . itee • *Mb' looked upon with say re ,l. 7 . COMNER ( .7IAL. e . ,••• :15-st war • that our ezoorrs from the • z ...ia,hee to loi• were 7,00.i,010d015. To the ' • •• •,• r. Eros the Lower Provisoes • - Sl.• •.; and abnit 1,WW,000 dots. metre may .tee. n 8 tnel.cded In the Curt me reports of doe. The Britiah provisoes . -• stye the large en. of • altich is. 1 believe, a larger proper. • 7e.u. were. from Quebec.. 1,0N1,1751.1i5id.; , :ed.; and into ei•Land ports, orth may be aided to this Let new, . „c. a . th.tr Invoteee to be thla such wad* • -‘• .• ;r.,ee: -.l.ltee: Pots. 160. 9d. 10 rs.; sr:. to 90. 414.; spares ., . •., A. I.' Grain ; Wheat, es. al. to :a. oats, 3d. to Is. (A; ti mot hy .• . ; e : .• I. t • ad.—Praeisics : Pork. ' • , mesa. • d 4. to le Us. ; god orioles 7 . • •••• Poal . auto, 14 dots, to ti dole. ; do. • • • d la.; owl print, doll. to S f dob— . • eig -. .m• Was et soar at the prism 111. m, taw lisez Lone' treaty, at 41% • Arta. Mtr 1830.—The Central 77 • . Arecf.can Lewes Lave issued u ich they repo...at Ike duty of • .t.ire. by petition. to par so en sad Witt boom of oohs. . . _ • by an imperial ad, w ee the ••:• • • - b.n . . 'bead y grants!' self- •- , , ,oveatioa of dia . /awe fee tie • • eine a etiastitattow fur tits - . • 4114 with pier to art is ens. • • •I the ether Britoil prowl:bees itiroas of forming a federal - iitioa to be afterwards tab-. NEW I,..UNFAIiCK. A Irv"- (.. a. rt :rrence to the seta of ...«, missal** that Wag • .• . al. nd private et per. . : . sabre primed by tee • - • - sats atm die paseimat 0.. .tte proviscial geveraseat ; noted. By As elisial .t ••• r• w.t* paved 65 pub/iii, 23 Leal, . • • • ; $. A line of mlegrapb mto go :••• ; •; •- Fndericon and 8:. Jobs. Tri• • • •.•r .•.c. was e...at of iee on 'be let Jest.; the • -. • - .• • zr. tot r--!• ace maimed their trips for . .v 0101111.011%0f was hieeehed &beat the hz. • . •.• Americaa coatrecoms. with their werkmee, ; ..• ;at St. Amirew'r. eed comet seed opera. ;. • • • ~..rted at Portland, god fait. which de .rer ; and other,. he lading the methodist red *Ph great dillicalty, • steam wind Vow . Asother lire smarted at B-Uiele, Sina's ta, which eannsmed a barn and etvera n. .1. ,'RINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND. OF int Si7/I1o:4.-111e legislator* was •• . Thursday, the 2454, by hie eseellesey the -. • -true, at two o'clock. Tim speech is Innate . . •se delivered, we are informed, in evident ill • • • • .r.• is whisk the amembly vim oddrossod gas .r INIMS•11 that body —Ezarninfr. tymitscT's smcx. r.• • - . 7 encilioneeraPri•fieetieelea of e. Lql,. Mr. Spe►lur and Goatleases of the Hone, •: . —1 have celled yen togrther at t►is time is • . :zap prose d with tbe despatch of Ica] begi rt. . • •+h the co; gicletatkoo of Mom important sub . . • : :Le Recital interests of the ISritudt North ...r, to which our Modica was directed is ! • . r tad Gentlemen of the House of Assembly,— :t• • • •r. :a? a revenue will expire on Weidaniday : c , ct that without a revenue net this Wand t e 7 • try :ore end injury, and I bops yen will do so •• • • • • std Livnlura`de Gentlesseo of the L.gis. . Mr Spear-read Gentlemen of the House of e• ke an early opprtunity of committal a. •• • dccurnentr relating is the pu bic Mt "' trope t• cc- sJerat• with you in all sea '. ;rave.. the welfare of the isoy. 1:!:T INDIES.—JAMAICA. we have advice@ to the 30th ult. tete days later than :ban received mil direct. The Wes IPAroser, ci of tautest. The weather *menses the shames of rain is !redly felt. The ••• A serene blue sky end bright moos a vie to the stranger's eye—quite a roosts- adu liana. Deriag the day, we have blyt4 se, which cootributes much to the 1: his he sia e received from the King. .;men of " the Doctor." lam sorry to • • s-v•rel of the aoeth-side perishes, a die • ree.f among the cocoa fields of the pea t pr, vilest in the pariah or Metcalfe, pact ta the same way that it does the •Lt stalk sad doggie; the head. It is * years sao. that a disease of the same rt.- at prevailed Ipre, just about the time etc..) r.t • In Ireland was dealing out sash c. Mud astanty this icier, is Salt 7 the pan people, to whom the -vie article of food and commerce. re...vemeat" in St. Jobs's, N. 11., has 4 •ir nu, press here, alibi:nub no opinions •t• , it--et least, a• se that have come t..r is no doubt that gnat advastame • •n y ut neighbours as loth* West Isaias •...t the ioterstal affairs of the respective iv ray olas. have to mango entire ow*• tt. , 4, advantages could he made •••A'. tkis I know would be the caw in eiNiet 1. dimmed by be Cordon's Mer xer as heist "languid sad loactive, end •• actosliy occur, are of purely a retail .tf. i.der ZOSaC2 from the aliundaisee of ;run:wins. We are credibly informed." at yams of steelei t quality are te per cwt , while other kinds of :Wenger sad theep." The followiag eis , aat el the revenue derived from sump. • •HSt Duty 101 (after t 31.323 4 I* 6,713 303 1,21 000 1[30,2114 el —R Hcl , lrm ars firm at Ile Se. puzeture mo 7 eperlogly kre.rd at 4,0, qmotatleas. Ni t Tan ate pr.eur•b4 at fper momas teatime are mute at ile r.I Ie ',arta y pat test. • , taa•a - ajTiato Our lot at la. tu kl. tor talks to ( MANA. 11, ' 'Wanting n niervement in riTuillr ' ' ".' I• l6. l ative aphis to a toastitu , as t** diall•r•d tookaaies, tea •• ..1! an! 4 rn vec ii T 6* Onverr.or tio tid not *Arnett* lb* repeat " 1 .4*, to ~A A. looted hamar' , 047 . genald I. Aoh practicable and o,•Pri are r amts.-nee. The km rwytiri, ‘ to inquest that likr laßttra• istoeviactios of MOO WW , A t... • I. ter • , try • .4. ANTIOUA. 13. legialatarr who prorogued as Ur, 6th of April by Moversor Migressoo. H. 'best he quit Ms blood I. deo rememee *I the lith istleaving Mme o goverment so be emlaileobsor•el W Mr. Mask Lint. Weenier et Me Leeward bleak. Private =est et ea unteeit astute Sethi now opeigood 1. WGnaw% ouguaosiostion kor tosporary atomic*. • trill is proadbiesbe tt.. of metals U ot load ia the iseseteesso of eager WI mood ski Mier we. UNITED STATES. We announced yesterday the reamipt of one week's later advise frees t h e United States and British Ame rica, by the eteaum-ship Cumbeis, whisk ham arrived with • large number of pumps Intelligence had Ws received at New Yak frees Bea Francisco to the let of April. The political aura are well condensed in the foilowiai extract boa the New, Yo►k Herald: A. thermal it epproachee a elem, tlare proceedings of the legislature become is.,. sad mare fat resting. The chic{ lolifiset to be attained at this aerie. wee the organisation of the State government, and AO Mamie, of seek general laws as were absolutely emestlal to the proper administretlea of jostler. This plan km been as nearly as possible earried out. Me duties of the state officers have bees defined, the isun organised, the state has be. districted and di eided Into coneties, the seats of Joshes established, sad • 'evil and a criminal rode have hem framed (not as yet pert fated), suited muesli, as possible to the immediate exigen cies of the people. In addition to this, the desire at the Judiciary Committees Las been to can, out the inteuthls of the framers of the constitution. A general Man , poration law has hem established. An set hes been pas d preteribing a mode of assessiag sad eel- Wring public revenue. The benefit of the writ of hoboes teepees has been extended over the citiz s. the civil and enamel codes, and the acts regaladog proceedings in the various court., new futures, in accordance wire the utliehtesed spirit of the constitution, ham been introduced. Prestress kes been stamped on mow of the laws of a general diameter. The injunction of the constitation to the eff.ct that the legislature " shall prohibit by law any perms or persons, emaciation, company, or corporation, ties exereie log the privileges rat b 'eking, or creating paper to circulate as money," is evil an Rusted. It has not, however, been neglected. A bill h. a been introduced by Mr. Cnttenden, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the A - scably, in eonfrreeity with this iejeactient. This measure has met with most determined and mut streattous opposition, and WS stately its further consideration wm, under the repeated assaults of its opponents, postponed until neat week. Mr Crittenden, the harmer of the hill. sad Mr. Bandelph, were its most strenuous advocates. Mr Henley led the opporition. Toe test vote was on an amendment proposed by Mr. Wheeler, the effect of which was to reader the bill nugatory. The vote was as (cello-s: for the amendment, that is, in opposition to the bill Aram, Baldwin, Brackett, Brown, Clarke, Corey, Henley, Morehead, Stewart, Tieeley, Walthell, Wheeler-12. Against the amenissent :—hradlord, Cate, Come/rubles, Creamer, Crittenden, Deal, Gray, McKinney, Ogler, Ran dolph, Scott, Stowe:l-12. A ti• vote, and the amendment weal tot, of course. The attempt to force the banking mit tens on the state, in the teeth of the constitutional provision agaiut it, is very strange. It is understood that the brokers of San Francisco bays defied the legislature to frame any law which they cannot rends attestor/. I' it nevertheless very certain that the law, in despite of the opposition to it, well ultimately puss at this session. Communications have been received here from the lower country, that some evil din. posed et persons are agiuting the question of separation in the A letter from Santa Bubara announces that meet. fags ham been held, bat the people very wisely retrained ' from compromising themselves until they could have the ad. via of their representatives is the ',easter,. Their repre sentatives are strongly opposed to the eliamemberment et the state, so that the &map' to wean the people from their a:- teahouse to the state goverement promisee to eventuate nt as absurd failure. Our correspondent writes: NEW YORK, MAT 8. etrhile the G.wham case agitates the public mind of Ergiend, opirrois similar to those of the Bishop of Exeter have crept into the episcopal church of the United States. It is pretty well established that the Bishop of North Carolina gees even further than your prelate, since he allows in his monastic semi eery, to whi ch I have before alluded, daily prayers to be off, red to the Virgin Mary. We have in this city a very curious offshoot of tractarianism in what is called tee New York Ecclebiological So silty, whose opinions are made known through g real, end who have set about extendirg their IS cipher under the guise of church architecture. ly nothing can well be more ludicrous than their attempts so far. In the first place, they laboured very bard to lino en appropriate seal for the society, and they rejoice that they have found it. It is the repre gestation if the mystic, mica ',facie, or fish bladder. The gothic style represents in its urea' wood and stone the true Christian doctrine and spirit. The f,nt must be an octagon, for that is the symbol of regeneration. The knife and spoon used in the cimmun.on service Chis is something entirely new here) must have han dles of the crow form. 'the cloths for the communion table should be of different colours for different holy seasons ; the linen covers must have monograms and crosses. Crosses must be pisced over the graves of the departed " to secure their peaceful repose. There most be a well attached to each church, foe the water may work "miraculous cures." There should be a screen for the chancel, so that " unhallowed feet may not desecrate it." Every church edifices should have lit patron saint, but the saint must have bees duly canonised. We are also informed of the pre piety of super-altars and candlesticks thereon. The society, in order to carry out their views practically, have gone into the manufacture of many of thee; articles, and offer them for sale cheap for cash. It is re her fanny, that as soon as the society began its christen labours, and fairly set to work, that the President, secretory, and several of the members, re noeuseed their protestant faith and went over to the church if Rome. The society now exists chiefly under the patronage of Bishop Ives. It is probable that the whole of the fraternity will en long follow the example of their late president, Dr. Forbes. Their influence has hitherto been exer cised rather privately, but not without success. There is quite a number of new chluthee, which have adopted symbolism " from turret to foundation stone." But all the difficulties that now exist in the episcopal church in this country are likely to solve themselves. The clergymen are entirely dependent on their congregations for support, and these will not tolerate to any great degree any of the se innovations. They will be without parishes, land they moat seek some other church or starve. There is not an instance of a successful attempt to retain a congregation, where tractarian views have beea undieguisedly avowed. On the subject of baptismal regeneration, the generality of our clergy maintain the notion of the Rev. Mr. Gorham. One of our most learned, elo quent, and popular divines, the Rev. Dr. Taylor, pastor of Grace Church in this city, recently preached • sermon to his congregation to warn them against the extreme use of the word regenerate, as connected with baptism, and as sought to be defined by a certain elus of theologians. It is very curious :to witness the swayings of the Matrices mind under local and ether influences. While one small body of men would confine revela tion and its benefits to traditional tschnicalitieis, and imprison the soul of the Christian in an octagonal foot, there is another who would send it abroad on the wings of uncertainty to find some other resting place than the ark of the covenant. Thus, the supernatural knocking. at Rochester have given some persons great bops that we are about to have • new revela tion. True, the revelations so Whose not been of the Sinitic character, nor even tolerably dignified. They have consisted of chair-tumbling, table-moving, hair combing, and cheek-pinching exhibitions; of very tedious replies by the promos of spelling, usual to children when they are learning their A, B, C, and of exceedingly bad grammar and a surprising ignorance of the dictionary compiled for the use of schools. Notwithstanding all this, such men as the editor of the Tribune listen to the knockings, and ask, if they be a fraud, for an explanation of the manner in which theih•are produced. Rochester spirits are now believed to have made a short visit to a town in Connecticut, • state somewhat famous for witches some generations since. There they have commenced tearing clothes off the parties poesoseed of their favour and carry off spoon', like the magpies, which so nearly ruined the maid. All this, however, is trifling compared with the movement recently made in Ohio by the female buck eyes of that state. A convention, composed of five hundred women, recently met at Salem to consider the social, intellectual, and political audition of the six. There were a presi den t, three vice-presidents, and three secretaries, besides a bagasse committee. An sieves was read oresling of the legal liabilities to which women aresubjected, the want of protection for their labour, their inability to obtain for it a fair remuneration, and the inequality of their position an umpessiM parts of the state. Many good speeches wire made by the ladies, and many spirited letters were reed ea the occasion, all of which breathed a spirit of resistance " to t he overbearing tyranny of the ether sos." The rights if wawa were pro 'Mud in a tone not to be miseStierstasd, and It stewed for two days as if the taxa would have to don the pettaseats, sad the women were about to seise the nether ferrate intsge meets of acs. The mobbing pissed were tweety two in number, sad me of esesidsrable length. They declare that all laws which pn.eat women from pursuing their own Mastential happiness are contrary to astute, equity, and judos, and that to make them suliese• to Jews, with the enactment of which they have a s i b do, is also unjust—that all rights are buena te, ea of course irrespective of sex ; - that the se Ile the sex to laws made for them without their essiont its proof of their de regradation ; that the assist ths ram demands the xtension of the siesive hasshise to women ; that the control of their property and of their childres, by the win o redness them to the (= WWI* Jalaves ; that ell distinctions between men and wawa, bastion the Moreno, of sex are wrong sad shield be abashed, 0 That the practice of holding women minable to a different standard of propriety and morality than that to which men are held amenable, is unjust and unna tarsi, and highly detrimental to dementia and social virtue and happiness." The ladies also resolved that our mild republican government was in foot a tyranny, that they wars oppressed, taxed without representation, degraded, and subjected to misery and crux*. In short, they published an address, and resolved to meet annually , until they could obtain their rights. Some of them expressed their high satisfaction at an article on Woman, which appeared in the January number of the Instetiraster Review. Tee condition of the sex isetiiTs7ountry, has, under such circumstances as these, become en interesting one, and we easy for a few momenta advert to it. The English law has generally governed our enact ment*. la no state of the union are women allowed to vote. They moo possessed the frau:hies in the stets of Now Jersey, but it was taken from them. The only offices of a public nature they ever hold are post-offices, sometimes bestowed upon the widows of late worthy incumbents. Before marriage they bare all the legal rights of men, ex cept those of a purely political nature. They have also many immutities that men have not, and are specially protected by our law under many circumstances where men are not. It is very doubtful whether the ladies of Ohio would be able to perform all the duties of citizens, particularly in time of war, and it would be quite inconvenient, not to say inde corous, to have certain events occur unexpectedly to them in the halls of legislation, even if any other crisis was at hand. That a great deal may be devised to advance the real happiness of the sex is not to be doubted. We have in this state done much to protect the property of women, and to disenthral them from the united control of bad husbands. In general their social condition is, belotd all doubt, far in advance of that in any other part of the world. From youth to old age they are the objects of unceasing civility and kindness. In no other country are they so much exempted from per sonal hardships; in no other arc husbands more omi nous in providing for their comforts. Indeed, it is almost the folly of the Americans to yield everything to their wives and daughters. A woman may have all her property settled on herself before marriage; she is now allowed, even during coverture, to acquire and retain property for herself, and to dispose of it as she pleases. Oar ekver women who prefer the lives of authoresses, or philanthropists, or teachers, have no difficulty whatever in obtaining position and influence, and, what is more, they exer cise great power indirectly on our public councils— more, perhaps, than if they held seats in them. Of are continually obtained by women for their friends at Washington and elsewhere, and some very remark able changes in the administration of the government have resulted from their efforts. The explosion of Gen. Jackson's first cabinet was most unquestionably owing to the influence of a lady. The dismissal of the late French minister was alleged to be connected in some way with a combination among the Washing ton ladies of a certain political rank. I imagine that it will be a long time before our women will have the privilege of voting at our eke tices, and a longer time before, as a body, they will seek to do so. A more delicately brought up race, as a general rule, is not to be found in the world, and it may be laid down as a fact, the young women of the United Stater, whose pareata are only in moderate circumstances, have greater personal happiness and greater personal comfort, than thou even of the gentry of England, with much greater foetuses ! Amon our local items of interest, I may mention that gold has been found in Indiana, in the sands of two creeks in the county of Broca, and in such quantities as already to attract a large number of people. The fact that one person washed out seven dollars' worth in a single afternoon has set the neigh bourhood in commotion. The young Lord Durham lately made his appear ance at one of the President's receptions, leaning on the arm of the British minister. He was much stared at, of course, and was particularly notices for his simple and unobtrusive manners. The remarks, however, made upon his bearing, *inning principally from reporters for the newspapers, do not show a very high standard on their part; for why should a gentleman perfectly accustomed to hie position, at ease with himself and the world, feel any neormity for display or personal assumption. Perhaps some it the bystanders expected a little swagger. This week is our anniversary week, in which all the annual meetings of the religious and philanthropic associations take plans in this city. The American steamer Franklin, to ply to Havre, is now rapidly approaching completion, and will pro- bably make her first trip in June. AIIERICUS. CALIFORNIAN PROSPECTS. TAR EXPREEK ifiIDNBSDAY ITENING. Mir 22, 1810. The anuaaroial swot of Collitudo b et a awe soma oltarootor, ist.• amid be • Mho kr rrjr_!_lbrd• Tb. ma Pelee are •01iiii don law a lissoaabla pm; Oul of this sow vale %MN, we um/ kik 61 • &*7 inprovenesi la oh the logasses alias of Mom to the bet Wan that we =lre le hrl••• 16 Orr lb° CiallOorahas that do babbio oposolodia has boas polite/ as fa early • pork& Hod lc boos bespiat = u s: 51a maths Mager, ft would lave boos far um It 'WI be ••• saw, sad Daly Imbed whoa the orillsha has toppled over the wow glehi, who amt i". : 111 1 s kim with the Ward gowinalltat The Animism josrashpubliek ta. hiliwkOstlee Irani* H. Bohm to Mr. Cbspold: Weaestots, Itsh.2ll, too. Dear Sin—l ban reesind your eammuoiciatioes up to the 3rd of January laelesivis. I was sad to hear of your ar esereasee whit geneemer Beehlres ••• Ulla yell "MI thus have and Ms quarks of claims before the ' eels, ter Titre Mud amine. I kart/ that it le amok bl ii = i nsaw geeple ea memo of justice, if yea emerie beep bdise th* eym ihe ehheato argameat of font, amid I feel eassedhsty he year pesltlea • with each • Ifulti•- ma as kale/ "made. "es year elbow. Bat pray let me she the. liberty of to you that it is well always to seaside, net °sly wise pus think should be does for the particular interest whir* you have in hand, bat what year goveramitat, which has so many interests to eon eider, will beck you in dons; glue, to make a step forwards, If subserviently it is te be made backwards, only readers matters wons. I would not, also, let Mr. Squier's misdoisp hurry you too sub oat of the line which yea would otherwise pursue. Eta wader is generally di - approved of hen; end I kaow that the. state department has formally disapproved of it. Norther do I thick that this government has at the pressed moment the views you seem inclined to credit it foe. It is, however,* week government, and brag suspected by the popular party, is ever afraid of seeming is favour of any policy that is unpopular. Thus, though its isteattoze may be trusted, its ours. cannot be relied upon. Attempts are brag made to settle the Mos. quito hoidens. I think they may succeed ; they ought to do wt. We have every wish to aid in constructing a esaal that Is, in periods( it. construction and gursaterag its security when tionetructsd. Nor have we any great interest in the Mosquito protectorate, or any selfish object to serve by issiataltilag P. But we ought not, sad I believe will not, abandon it dishonourably, nor permit the Nit:regains, whom we have expelled therefrom, to be again masters of the Sea must These are my prints opinion, but I 'Adak you may like to know them. I hen defended your conduct here as to Tigre island, on the ground that it was provoked by tlgabr ; but It was too " go shied " li.L B. P.S.—I just find that yoa have thrown oat to Squier something about a treaty of protretio• between as and COWS Rica. Now, Lord P. has not only denied that he has any idea of exercising a protectorate over Costa Rica, but told the United States govemserst he had refused it, My instructions certainly forbid me to encourage may such idea, and moreover it would only be setting au ewers which it wool , ' be highly imprudent to give. I 'booth tell you, indeed, that both the United States and I ourselves an at prernt proceeding upon the avowed policy that neither will sells for exclusive influence in Central America; and while the conduct of Squier contravenes sad embarrasses this policy on one side, any conduct of similar kind on your part must do so on the other. These are merely pnvete hints of mine to you, in order to prevent you finding your position weakened, by doing or promising what the United States w il l not do or approve of being pro mised. Pray excuse my !realises, end wishing you to imitate us sad write folly to me upon ell matters. lam again, dear sir, your respectfully, U. L. B. THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. MANCHESTER, MAT 21. Though the Whitsuntide holidays commenced with the beginning of the w.ek here as elsewhere, yet the mass of mill operatives break off work to-night, in compliance with an old custom, that they may have the privilege of attending the Manchester races, which commence tomorrow. We have had cheap railway trips, and there are announced and yet in store railway trips is limber beyond all precedent, yid at prices lower than have yet been attempted. The weather on Banal aad yesterday wee inclement and limn , picioas, mart*, many an expected pleasure ; but to-day we have experienced a wonderful change—bright, genial, sunny atmosphere gad sky, w h every prospect of permanence. By those wily actisslnted with the habits of the working damn here, esa the happy eking, be appreciated. It is a seises when this elan in particular enjoy themselves more than at say other time in out-door excursions. The Sunday and charity school children, with their conductors and teachers, walk in processions, and make railway tripe in every d ireetioa. Wet as it was yesterday, we had the spectacle of more than 10,000 children in the streets at on. time belonging to the established church. To-day and during the remainder of the week they make their excursions end have their enjoy ment+ in &babel bo lies; and the schools of the diesenters are not lass beat on pleasure. Oa every irMway out of tenni, every available carriage will be pressed into service to seemly them to some chisels spot ten, twenty, or thirty miles away ; and from the distant manufacturing towns they pass, the return trains bringing back similar freights. Business, however, has mot been neglected on the Ex change today, and we have had a more healthy end pro seising market than for some time past. A sad accident occurred at the hour of high change yesterday. Two men were engrafted in painting the inside of one of the lefty douses which light the interior, when the scaffolding h ave way, and the pow fell iwe descended from a great height upon the floor of the Exchange among broken planks aad spars—one of them breaking • leg, and the other his spine. The I fair created a very painful natation. RAILWAY COMPMATION CA:qt.—At Birmingham yesterday • jury was empanelled to assess the amount of eompensatioo due to the owner of a building which had been damaged by the workings on the London and North Western Extension Railway. Mr. Alexia.ler, QC , offi ciated se assessor, with Sir Frederick Theaser and Mr. Self lee the claimants, and the Hon. John Talbot, Q C., and Mr. Mellor for the company. The bosses, the value of which formed the subject of this litiestlon, are situate in the High. street of Birmingham, and within one foot and • half of a tunnel, which the London and North Western Company have made for motioning their main line into the Stour Valley Railway. By reason of the working and excavation the houses sack considerably, became dilapidated, and aid stately in part fell, thereby rendering them unprofitable to the owner, a penes named Allen, who thereupon made application to the Court of Chancel for an ordt r to stay the company from going on with their works until compensation to the amount of 7,0001. was made. The Master of the Rolls complied so far as to order the company to deposit the sum named, leaving the amount to be paid to be determined by a jury. The company paid in 4 6001. in liquidation of the damage. On the part of the claimant it was contended that as the property was situate In one of the beet streets in Birmingham, and at its present rental fetched 2101. per annum, the fee-simple of the property was worth a much larger sum, and that • considerable allowance should be made for the forced sale. Misers. Edge, Robins, Drury, and Houghtos, architects and yore, swore that the property was worth 7,0001., without rating allowance for the formed sale. On the part of the company it was contended that su ffi cient compensation had been offered, especially as they had settled with tenants . , and had offered to rebuild the hens' s style to meet the owner's wishes. The jury awarded 6,7001., which is equal to about 27 yeses' per due.. WINDING-DP OF RAILWAY AND JOINT-STOCK Coxructhe.—Madrid and Valencia Railway.—An applica tion 4 to be made to the Court of Chancery to compel Mr. Chaderick's appearance before the Master. Insurance Com panies. —Petitions hare been presented for the settlement of the affairs of the sea, Fire, and Life Assurance Company, sad of the General COMIIIIiIIiOr, Ship Loan, and Insurance Company. The auteranee sompenies at present in process of being wound up are the Loedou and Westminster Life Amunnes, the Toth and London Lessrance, and the Ton tine Life Awarance Companies. Parcels Past Company.— The Muter In Chancery hu appointed Mr. Goodehap to in vestigate and wind a this company's affairs. Hiegel:end Literary Institution —The slain of this institution are to be wound up in compliance with a petition from the share holders. _ Nsw INcLostats Acr.—The New Inclceure Act, which reeeived thii royal meat es Friday, ha. fat bees orbited. The folkiwing ineloenrea are to be mended with : Uankedr-y-mu, is Caernarvon; Caerhys t is Caernarvon ; Beiweriey Moot, and Hardened. Moor, is York ; Sharwemi Forest, part of, in Manelirld,Nottianham ; Tilkord. in Surrey ; Weston Outmodes, is Gloucester • Canhaltos and Wallington, is Surrey; Keintoko, is Sesierwr ; Dainty Lem-grows, in Derby ; Dillitar Comma, in Westmorland • Catirliam, in Surrey ; Bolhas hill , . is Dena ; Chureielastow, in Heron; Penn, is Burke; Little Mimendes, in Beaks; Swinasoro Commas, in Hereford; Storringtos, In Semen; Nuthourne Commies, is Semen ; Caldieet-csa-Newton, in Monmouth ; South Wootton, in Noriolk ; and Allied& Moor, in Northumberluid. FAsT NA NY' 8 I VAUD/ AND Rim:am —lt is rumoured that sa unusual nuabar, not Is. than 1,000, invalids an expected home tram India la the mans of the/ sawing year. As a cumassiassae, tlno reanddag far the Bart laths Company's swabs will is serried an for the sent tow months with iamamsd astivity, awe beim at pro ma mon than the usual dammed Ise reamila. OUTILAOE AT CILEWICZEIM—OW alndir ViSISOOrr. m Mr. and Mrs. Edger, • maw aged simple a wh•••••PY • sonar at the extremity of the tows sewer& Tess/, wen sitting ones, they heard a noise In*" rose oasoo4 as Mr. Edgar proceeding up Nein angott e idble Mee be was mulled with a violent Weer cm the hen in ths room, who, it appears, art ism sis Send Che window, which is at the top of a mit NIL who followed up stairs, was at ellee and left shinned with the blow, while the Mr. Edgar round the room, inflicting very Violent blows about tholsad end shouldsts with a son of pick with titres ppreM which was need to secure the door. Th. prongs of the wars br..ken with the violence, and the villain soutinwsti the aatanit with tits °kik briallei the blood at every blow. ""▪ '"" lidi. Misr entilsiratly reeovemd to give an ~▪ ..2.: ,„,•"1 sad the trafa l a 0004 1 0 4 from the window. Is his de mean ha was tortenattly mon and recognised by two boys who " rib "AIM •• tbi rood. token into eltated;. Mr. Edgar was sowir.saly but not dastrwenelY although for toss time laorsoltdo ban low of blood. (lea the Nowt Fork Herold.) ' We have the important information of large failures in Califoraie, principally maw* those eanaged is load spree. lations. The seennsrsial review of the California markets I supplies some Information on the subject; but our private dwpateltse sire some partienlan, such as are deeply calculated to shake our confidence in a large portion of those who claim to be blaingss mesa in that region. We are alas *funk with assasemaaat at the singular requisition from the state itself, on the collector of the port of Ban Francisco Mr. COW. The state authorities, an the first of April, de. needed the revenue of the United States derived from that rill Is be surrendered from that day, u due to their govern ment. We were prepared for mob, but not for this. It is frearethiag that ambitious men might dream of, but which it is &Scutt to realise Ia sash • shape. But we must address ourselves to this subject on ano ther orwasion. It is with the land spemilatioas of California that we are sew emiesesed, sad it is with no little regret, with little eurgalse s sad with ao very well founded hops of a better state ef !Wogs as respects re estate, that the remotion keg singe yeadistsil by moo the omeesery result of spreale ties, beg esummeed. We did not suppose, however that the babble maid bunt miler eight or tea months. While we w e i7_ , sa e = it, the work of malaria bat sem men le sash a way that ell the mad schemes sad epesedatleme oppestrimbeg to Lads and laud titles will bring about disappolatmsat, **air, bankruptcy, and ruin, to Men who or. seemed fa thew and wilt prove the isailveney of hundreds who have bees reputed wealthy. This km always bees the ease ia shaft armistices. The Maim load emedstleue. *My Mimi WOW years aro, were of this shoraMer, roodelsi ie mirebielle dhesseeib who de paned rime the legitimate _Nees'- of Wade, for the fortunes whe li =ed ia hada, lip, sad siesebeams. Arms ere new suffering largely from the failure of smear the mom pesualueut speculators. One of those Inss. mtelmiMl Irr isme eyeful ma, has balm all to pieces In b ad Mae operations—hie metes ham bees disho noured, sod bow Arlie own min may touch the credit of ppeesues la CalWarals , or on the Atlas** board, maim be known. We bamentlitority for pa ltak o however, that some of his real mhe ate. hid& ,000 dollars, mold not fetch one-rise dart ease. The great eommercial arm remedy gam to Mud up with a famarable show of meta; yet such mu tend very forcibly to Mixers mum the affeemmity the importame of the largest degree of otaden. llerchaate should Wok to Agues, sad not to shames, if they meld be safe in such emote of upesulatise. lleg thee Woke like undue excitant's* druid be easmeM as I dsngerous. We have no doubt, if de Me woe lowa, would be found that there le lido esereleree Y lie Mew ma netted with had epode ewe beim% he may then hes beet gds. eels mike ef heed% sompeesiee ms s i t hypelea mess die bed egeedelese. tibia meet evinetedly sue bat , Pithik Vaa. es eepee emg sails es sew sp Eons the wine of Wass to aloha miles. *dm. TM United Babe will bays fats Mt titles le the peals bade ill edie llsi ttr hoe bees att. = bowie or has siiimer Num win Mahn& , we de sekhell els bow seyedag doe'- to be eepheil_ a esvielsee revises at rimy of the traseaelleet übleb has Weft dew Te begin mew, to p ever the while pond esil to soberly Work out the oettesettilp of reel - estate is Caldera* mesas to he the only mum that sat be adopted. It this should art lie dons, miss liti- Lwill distant society, Mil she Seem ef bard oren is the fields of gold will begone the emu ifs few lords of the land—a few ale* buseemere—whote satbodry, Is may mak lOU bedidved by Mem, blade, and robbery of the country. AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS. THE BTROUD, MAT, 1850. ilay-4a may be supposed, that as a breeder and Matra/ et short-bora or Durham cattle, I did not ml., =at my visit to this part of Gloms amidst at the of Duoie's herd of settle at lisreeteseh Coon. On leaving Whit field farm, wide& totem park of Toetworth Gout I went at miceport of the derneses in which this eattle•yerd is diesel This is quite a show phoe. O n gates hs, I limod that thshsedesaso, a shrewd, Leath/est essepyieg • psalm loos to to that et a bailiA bad *early eons armed of the yard, with four estimva of rank Sat 01 01 11 : one of them a neighbouring a:pantry gentiriaeo,:earl himself a breeder of short-bores, and soothes a melds apasty member; and I had the advantage of assess cling the party in the remainder of thole dank the :marks made by one at least of the visitor,, it was obvious that the Tort- Worth herd woe considered a lion of the district, which it was considered incumbent on all strangers to see, for eertainly nothing could indicate less knowledge of stock and rural economy than the Inquiries and observations addressed to the herdsman. I was forcibly reminded of what Mr. Cobden one* said, that " it would be as absurd to call a shipowners sailor, as to treat a landowner as an agriculturist," ' and I could not avoid regarding it as a corollary that, to be a county member does not imply any knowledge of husbandry or its interests. After the party had left, the herdsman observed of one of them, who had the appearance of a clergyman, and said very little, that "the parson has been here before, and knows more about cattle than any of them." Lord Dude hue now, I believe, the largest herd of high-bred cattle in England, and he has spared no expertse in its collection. For some years past his lordship has given the highest prices for cattle of superior blood at most of the great short-horn sales; and he has now the most fashionable blood in this country. One of his finest bulls is Usurer, bought at the late Lord Spencer's sale for four hundred guineas, and generally thought to haie been well purchased. It would probably interest your readers but little to particularise the different animals in the herd which are well worth a journey into Glouce,ter shire to see—and there are many such—or to dwell on the peculiar characteristics of this herd, as I might do to a party of stock-breeding farmers; for the general reader it may be sufficient to say, teat the stock seems admirably suited to the particular pur pose for which it is kept, namely, to breed high-bred ball calves for sale. For this purpose an annual sale by emotion takes place at Tortworth Court in October, when all the bull calves not reserved for the owner's use are sold. Their ages vary from nearly a year tq a few weeks, and it forms a decisive proof of the esti mation in which the stock is held, that for several years pest the whole of the bull calves have been sold for the average price of about thirty-five pounds each. At these annual sales a certain number of Leiters is also sold, and the general produce must, I should think, be sufficient to render his lordship's herd a good in vestment of capital. I do not, however, think his herd is managed with quite the same judgment as that of Mr. Stratton, which I mentioned in a former letter, for the cows in particular are too closely confined, and the young stock have lees room than I like to see afforded them. There were about forty cows at the yard I visited, and they were all tied up in stall* on each side of a large cow-house, in which the drainage and ventilation were very good. Now for valuable breeding stock of this sort, it doss not seem too much to require that each cow should have a separate box or division, wherein she might turn about, rest in any position, and take a certain amount of exercise. No doubt this would require more space than stalls, but nevertheless it would oe good economy, for I have reason to believe that the frequency of abortion of which so many short-horn breeders complain, is in part caused by the want of freedom of the cows while breeding. I am satisfied, too, that breeding stock is better kept in sheds open at one side than in enclosed houses. It may be different with fatting stock, with which warmth is equivalent to food, but breeding cows of good blood have too much tendency to fatten, and if a greater exposure to the atmosphere shall somewhat diminish that tendency, it will be beneficial rather than otherwise, by giving a more vigorous organisa tion both to the dam and the offspring. In this herd twenty cows have this year cast their calves pre maturely, which had never occurred before, and the result will be a short supply of calves for next October sale. I did not understand that milking qualities are much regarded at Tort worth, and as is the cam with many of oar Durham breeders, the dairy forms a very mecondar7 object. I always think this to be a mistake, for it is quite pos sible to unite the feeding and milking qualities in the same animals. A prim essayist, in the Royal Agricul tural Society's Journal, in reference to this breed of cattle, says : "In short-horns, perhaps more than in any other kind of cattle, the edigree of the sire and dam is attended to with the greatest care, and amongst the Durham breeders it is considered a sine pig non that the bulls they use should be well descended, whence the extraordinarily high prices have been, and still continue to be, given for Durham. of both sexes, provided they are symmetrical animals, with an unstained pedigree. The ' Short-horn Herd Book' is well known to every one who professes to breed pure Durham', and an experienced breeder es timates the value of an animal the moment he learns its pedigree." Thie shows sufficiently why good breeding is preferred to all else in the Tortworth herd, for that alone leads to an active competition for the bull calves. Everywhere our best dairy farmers ars improving i their herds of rough cows by the use of a well-bred male, and the old races are fast disappearing. It has been often remarked that wherever a herd of well-bred short horns has been " planted," a rapid improve ment in the character of the cattle takes place all around, as from a centre. The bulls and young stock at Tortworth Court are kept in loose places, and look remarkably well. Here, too, I esw some fine sped moos of the Yorkshire pig. For one sow his lordship , had given as much as forty pounds. In or adjoining the park I saw some tillage land which appeared to be in the highest possible state of cultivation. There were, in an enclosure near the cattle yard, some very good South Down ram lambs, apparently of the highest breeding. I do not profess to ad mire this breed of sheep, but those of Lord Dock's are of the highest class of the breed. Beyond the Park farm and that of Mr. Norton, the Tortworth estate does not appear to exhibit much superiority of management over other properties of the district. The farms are chiefly dairy farms, in the hands of yearly tenon* and though the houses and buildings seem in better condition than those of tits Berkeley property, and Ism crowded with trees, the general system pursued seems to be very much alike on the two properties. On going from Tortworth to the Berkeley-road 'ti dos, I pawed through a more desolate part of the Berkeley estate than I had before seen ; the plague of game was upon it, nothing seemed to live or thrive there but bare and pheasants; and they were innu merable. The whole of this district, for which nature has doss so mach and man so little, offers a striking contradiction to the absurd claim sometimes pet forward on behalf of the great landholders, of benefiting the neigh bourhood by their pram" and large local ex penditure. Without osmium too calumny of what gist expenditure monists, I may say in laming that Ss employment of jockeys, grooms, gamekeepers, e* ethers of that sort, is not that which beet con dimsM the morality or the economical improvement while it is notorious that the resident Wed moats more frequently restricts the free mess of lie tenants than stimulates agricaltural im provement by affording security of tenure. Every now end then I came upon a farm where the build ings were good. and the management was obviously baler than that common in the district, and the answer to my inquiry sa to its ownership invariably was, either that it belonged to the occupier, or was rented by him on lease from some proprietor at a distasee.—Yours, &0., A MIDLAND COUNTIES FARMER. RUMS= LITTERIL—On aml from the lit of hoe next, registered letters will be forwarded iluosigh London on Baaisys. At present they mama be forwarded from sosstry postolleee on Saturday nights, bemuse the tee is prepaid ia way, end sot by still of June next. the registestios tee mat still be prepaid in money by the publish but pastimes's will be misspelled to al: stamps of Mr talus of the fee to Gogh regbarred letter. In all other wee poslosseten as strictly pcolibited his AA% @tsar to lifters for the pablte• epe court. Yesterday morning, at ttalt past nine o'clock, the ceremony Of chorales the Q 4062 was performed in the private dispel at HoekTatham Palsee, by the Raw. sad Rev. Gerald Wellesley, ber Majesty's damasks chaplain. P 2400 Albert and the Dowager Lady Lyttakon wets present. Ha Majesty and Priam Albert walked yesterday in the garden at Bakinghaa Palace. The Prince of Leinlngen visited the Gaga yesterday. Prises Albert rods out on horseback mestinday, attended by Lient.-Colonel the Hon. Almada Gordon. Ths Prima of Wake, attended Mr. Hirai, took a drive yesterday in an open carr i age . F r i sco Alfred, the Princes Helena, and the Princess Leaks, took a carriage drive yeeterdity, and their Royal Michaele', the Prisons Royal sad the Protases Alla took their anal again la the garden of the J 411140. The Dwane of Hest and she Prises of Leigingen dined with her Msjesty at Buckingham Palace yesterday evening. Bee Majesty the Queen of the Belgians and the Denham of Kent, aestiompanied by the Prince of Liking's, took a drive yesterday afternoon la en open carvings and four. The Duke of Cambridge returned to town yesterday fr.m the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. The R,yel Doke paid a visit to the Duchess of Oloucester, at Glou cester-home, In the afternoon. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Prinorss Mary arrived at Caraliridlutiowse yesterday from their residenee at Kew. The Duchess of Cambridge how.nred the Duke of. Devonshire with her isompany lest evening at Devonshire. house. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial ofee from the Governor of th. F .IkLind Islands. (From last night's Gazette.) FOREIGN -OFFICE, MAY 18.—The Queen his been pleasid to approve of Mr. F.rdinand Benoit u Consul it Gibraltar for his Majesty the Kin? of Prussia sled of Mr. Edward Wright ea Consul at Dublin for the republic of FOREIGN -OFFICE, MAY 21.—The Queen has been graciously pleased to app•.int Arthur T. Lynn, E•q , to Ms her Majesty's Consul at Galveston, is the United data of North America. WHITEHALL, MAY 18. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir John Jervis, Knight, her Majesty's Attorney-General ; Samuel Martin, F.sq., one of bet Ma jesty's Counsel ; Williams Henry Walton, Esq , Barrister-at- Law, and one of the Masten of her Mejeely's C..urt of Ex chequer; George William Bramweil, Esq., Barrister-at- Law ; and James Shaw Wilts, Esq., Barrister-a'. Law ; ti be her Mejesty's Comma... Loner.. for requiring into the pro ne,, practice, sod system of pleading, in the superior Courts of Law at Westminster ar.d on Circuit. COMMISMONS SIGNED BY TILE LORD LIEUTENAN/ or Yormantun.—Jam,, Robert Waiter, G, at., to be cornet in the Ynksiiiro Hussar Regiment of West Riding Yeo manry Cavalry ; Francis J. , hn Stolle Foljambe, G. of to be cornet in the let West York Re g i men t o f West Riling Yeomanry Cavalry. THE SAVINGS BANK BILL. At a special general meeting of the trustees and nisaagenof the Warrington Savings Bonk. convned for the pupate of considering the provisions oi the Savings Bank Bill now before parliament, field on Tuesdey, the 14th day of May, 1850, and turnerouely attended, the following reso lutions were unanintowdy agreed to : " That in the opinion of this meeting the maintenance of the system of ravings honks is of the utmost imporanes, not only in in financial bearings, at.d as promoting provi dent habits among Um working cl.s,es, hut also in a son 1 and political view, es teneleng to convince ell classes that they have a personal and pecuniary interest iu :Le security and well being of the state." " That this meeting &sins to express ita C3I. victim that so ling as the entire management of the insti•ution is vested l in the hurls of the trustees and managers, subject to rho supervision and inspection of the Commissioners for the Re duction of the National Debt, the clause of the Aet of 7 and 8 Victoria, e. 83, so far as regards the liab.lity of trustees sad managers, is very properly repealed." " That inasmuch ae t .e bill c. niemplates the ciptintment, by the Commi.sioners for the It elution 01 the Nation-1 Debt, of a treasurer who shell conduct ail the cash transac tions of the bulk, this meeting is of opinion that the imposi tion of lianility upon the trustees and manager. under inch etowiitions is unnecessary and unjust." " Tat this meeting desires to express its opit ion that ths sth clause in the bill, which nimbi.' the secretary to certify the transactions of each day's business, as conciliated by the treasurer, or his clerk, or scent, is extremely objectionable, Inas:nun as it tends to place the management of the institu tion entirely in the has ds or paid officers, and thus virtuelly to nullify the supervisi o n of t h ose gen tl emen , w h o, in th is establishment, at Iraq, have day by day devoted their atten tion to the interests and salutary overt:ions of tbe savinas bank mode their government, end whams attendance is, in the opinion of this meeting, ab,olutely indispensable to proper management." " That this meeting desires to express its atproval of the provieions introduced into toe bill tor the appointment of in , spectoie." . . . ."That the reducti:n of interest, and the limitation of the aggregate amount to lOW., are objectionable, and must, in the opinion of this meeting, be seriously u jurious to the use. I fulness of this iosutu.ion, which at present confers most portant heat lit on the working dame " " That with the lief puon of the poin , s above alluded to, especially the appointment of inspectors, ►nd ezorp ing also a few minor pei•.ts of detail:, this meeting is of opinion that the bill contain•, ranch that it objection►ble, no improvements on the existing state of the law." " That the foregoing r e lutioni be printed, and that 4 copy be sent to the Chancellor of the Etch, quer and to every memb<r of the House of Commons.—(Signed I Tnuma 1 LToX, Chairman." ENGLISH " SPECIMENS" FOR THE PACHA OP EGYPT —Among the " passengers " by the Indus, which left Southampton on Monday, for Alexandria, with the India mail, were 12 horses, eight ponies, five doge, abut 20 pheasants, four swans, hall a doz rabbits, and as many barn door fowls., all of which were purchased in this country at an enormous ',pence (or the Picts of Egypt. The whole of the United Hine dim has been ranucked to get the choicest specimens of the various animals, which the Pacha required. A. number of parsons went out to Egypt in 'he Indus to take charge of the animals and birds during the voyage. Thc horses were of the race-hone breed. One of them, a very fine animal, cost eight hundred guiners. The ponies were Shetland, and were beautiful creatures. They were remarkable for their diminutive sin and their resemblance one to another in height, colour, &e. The swans were black, and noble looking birds. Tree phea sants were great curiositiee, on account of the variety and beauty of theft plumage. The rabbits were high bred, and had all the points most esteemed by fanciers. The male domestic Jowls w, re as fine specimens of the British chanti cleer as were aver sees. The greatest curiosity, however, is the whole collection were two bulldogs. They were thorough bred, and so fierce and ugly that scores of persont who went to look at them recoiled tor a moment with surprise and tear. The bulldogs were fastened to the deck with massive chains, but one of them broke his chain easily and killed some poultry in a hen-coop before he could be *enured. Two tigers would scarcely be more dangerous to encounter. They would have made admirable mo de l. fu a painter about to describe the legendary Cerberii, whom the poets describe ss guarding the entrance to the infernal regions FOREIGN AID SOClETT.—Yesterday the tenth an nual meeting of this society took place at the Hanover-square Rooms, the Marquis of Cholmoodeley in the chair. His lordship opeacd the proceedings by exAitiuing that the special object of . the society wls the promo. ion of the great work of evangsdusion on the Continent. The conductors of the society had never deemed it their duty to obtsude their opinions with regard to matters of mere minor religions im portance upon their Continental bretbren for whilst they themselves duly appreciated the blessings with it they enjoyed in this country, in the bottle of their established church, they were anxious to hold out th e hand of fellowship to all who made the Bible the basis of the it teaching. The Rev. S. Bargees read the report, which commenced by stating the difficulties this society had encoantered since it had entered into relation with the protestant brethren of the Continent. The benefits of this society were at present almost entirely limited to Prance and Belgium. In Spain and Per algal the R y had ' 1548, hadmfs f ou n ded Tabled to mo shaken gh ri in a k t f t fi n : h u i t r h o heb society's l he ut ther and r a 1 o I fin ton ances. a niC:7:l Lis b on . t t I N t e rD4" soci ety e rnDuring wan ty i ßelgium n b tb d February,pot y h o e n mat ar the receipts had amounted to 2.5061., including a 1 gacy from the late Yr. B. Durant of 2001. This was a diminwtion of the income on that of the (receding year of 3601. A report was than road from the branch societies its Lyons and is Belgium, thoselug the progress which they bud milk in thou di/nista. The report was adopted, ead the meeting was addressed by Messrs. Audebez and Pilatte, from !Prance, sad Monsieur Ante, who attended the meeting as a deputation. Attar a vote of thanks to the chairman the muting ',painted. — Sr. Jolt's, CLEILIiENNVELL.—It has been cur. foamy with the retror of this parish, the Hew. Dr. Hughes, to appoint two Sundsys in the year specially for the bap tising the children of the poor, remitting all the fess custo mary as such omissions, and is the weeks previous to these Sundays to visit and eapliin the important duty to the poorer members of his tioek. Whit Sunday teeing one of the day's* appointed, no lam a number than 99 Andrea were adulated into the chunk into the holy ordinsaceot b.ptisen on Sunday last. The &arab wet nearly filled with the godfather' and godmothers and other members of the oongngAtion, who ap peared greatly interested in the service. THE DUKE OF YoEx's COLCYN.—In consequence of a rectaiaitioa forwarded by Mr Bedford, the coroner for Westminster, to her Majesty'. Commissioners of Wands and Foresta, directing their attention to the immediate not slaty of erecting an iron putection over the kand rail on the top of the Duke of York's Column, an order hal been given by the authorities to have a light iron railing at once securely fired, similar to that on the summit of the city Mosument on Fiat-street hill. A FACT FOS PROTECTionrrs.—The farm of liel lowood, in the parish of Lhanbryde, the last occupant having died, was let the other day to a new ter ant at a title mare than double the former rent.—Candonian Mercury. A SIGN or THE TIMES.—A strong proof of the . ........ proaperity of the country is MA is the a ement diminution •: V *— the number of (Wooden for trial at the various springs. - • vt alone. At the Sheffield amnions je.terday the number de . ' '..! prisoners for trial was 14, and the number of barrios., h. '...- 6- •;..... ei attendance 20. Of these 20 no 1.0 than 14 were briars • • . 4 , It was narked by Wile= Durand, Es% , the dud , ' . • wkre. 74 WS OM had been fewer Whams committed in tale die ~.. dui the sommenoemeM of the grow year than wi - 1 ..: ... f ----; to the Name period for a Vag thus peak—Sheffield I XV , 4 / ` ,•' ce to C4l li !F t i , , 1 ' 1 . 4 i . 11 1 . i i :. i • i 11