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fY! E TA L Ea , . HOGSR OF MONS, June 24 . (c on te nte d f rom our ede e reeres Ed:tion of yesterday.) ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL. The Howe then resolved ireelf into Committee on this Bill. Sir R. 11. INCeLIS said this Bill had been so mach mangled and mutilated, that those who read it originally could scarcely recognise it now. Still, changed as it was, sUfficient was left behind to !Testify hint in movmg that the Chairman do leave the chair, and sit again that day six months. At the present time the Church of Rome, throughout the world, and especially in this country. was not such as to claim their special indulgence. At the present moment it was well known that the supporters of that Church were introducing the question of mixed marriages into this country, which had caused so much discussion on the Continent. They had all heard of the commotions at Cologne over mixed marriages. In France, also, there had been much ill feeling engendered through the same cause; and in this country a Roman Ca tholic bishop had laid down the doctrine, that in "the case of a mixed marriage it should be enjoined on the male parent that he should bring up all the children in the Reman Catholic - anti. Asa member of the English Protestant Church, he :mid not consent to extending further privileges to parties lo were acting in this manner. The Right Hon. Baronet oncluded by moving as an amendment that Mr. Greene do leave the chair, and that the Committee sit again on that day six months. Mr. WATSON thought no one would dissent from the principle of the Bill, which was intended to remove from the statute book those obsolete penal enactments to the operation of which persons professing the Roman Catholic faith were still liable. He did not see any serious objection to Roman Catholic bishops assuming the titles of English bishops, but he did not think the clause was material to the Bill, and if the House wished, he should not object to remove it. He should certainly persevere with the Bill. Persons taking monastic yeas were, by the law of 1829, in England still liable to banishment. It was foolish to suppose that these persons could prove detrimental to the Protestant Church in a tree country like England. Sir J. GRAIIAM said it appeared to him that, in dealing with so important a matter as the present, the Hon. Gentle man had not treated the clause with becoming gravity. He did not think that the titles of reverence which belonged to the Protestant Cnurch should be awarded to the Roman Catholic hierarchy. It was not necessary even to point out distinct localities, that the same names of places should be selected by the Roman Catholic bishops for their distinctive titles. To allow such a proceeding would throw a slur upon the bishops and hierarchy of the Protestant faith which would not be compatible with the respect which their exalted posi tion entitled them to. In the second place, with regard to the clause for regulating Roman Catholic processions, the el ee . Gentleman did not consider that the clause as it stood - was sufficient. He was decidedly of opinion that the law as it at present stood was right both as regarded the second and third clauses of the Bill. With respect to the fourth clause, he would confess that he did not entertain any jealousy of the loyalty or m ora lity o f t h e regu l ar orders o f the Roman Catholic Church. He thought that in a country where there were upwards of 8,000,000 Roman Catholics, it would be neither wise nor just policy to say that the regular orders shall not be maintained. It would not, however, be pru dent to deal with these matters in the way that was at pre sent proposed. The monastic orders required revision, and to be dealt with in a very delicate and most cautious manner. The House was not at thepsesent time in &position niFoTisidelr the subject in the "necessary dispassionate manner, and it would be proper to postpone the further consideration of the - measure to a future day. Mr. WYSE thought unit the minds of the public were made up for the reception of the principle of the Bill. The Hon. Gentleman entered into an explanation of the title and discipline of the Roman Catholic hierarchy,' and insti tuted a comparison between the nominal titles of .the digni taries of the two churches. As regarded the clause ,for, re gulating the processions and dresses of the Roman - Catholic clergy, he saw no difference between it and the lair that already existed.—(Hear, hear.) There was a society in Ireland called the Christian Brothers, which taught a vast number of children, and educated them to hold offices of a superior description in the mercantile community. The operations of that society were exceedingly circumscribed in consequ nee of existing statutes, which the present proposed Bill sought to repeal. The objections against the Jesuits arose enarely out of political hostility, and not Hum any re ligious belief. It was absurd to keep un the statute-:booli the imposition of penalties which it was never intended to en force. He cheerfully gave his support to the clauses, of his Hon. Friend, and trusted that the Bill would pass unmu tilated. After a few words from Lord CLIVE. Mr. B. ESCOTT considered that they ought to do away with the enactments which were a disgrace to the statute book, and he was of opinion that the changes which had been made in the bill to meet the views of those who were opposed to it, ought now, considering the spirit which had been evinced, to be removed, and that they, should steed on the original principles of toleration. The time was ripe for a decision on the question, and he hoped the House would not consent that such arbitrary and intolerant enactments should longer disgrace the - country. The principles on which the Bill was founded were not those of the present day, and if they were then defeated they would prevail, and that at no distant day. Mr. ALBERT FIVZGERALD adverted to the conduct of a curate of the Established Church, at Yucghal, who had preached a sermon to the effect that no Protestant could be saved unless be insisted on the conversion of his Catholic servants, and that no Protestant should hold any communi cation whatsoever with Catholics. A relative of his, a colonel in the army, was so disgusted that he walked out of the church and several other military men did the same. The Rev. Gentleman by means of his bigotry was noticed by his bishop and made rector of Macroom.—(Cries of " Name.") Mr. Swanston.--( Hear, hear.) Quakers and nuns were al lowed to wear their dresses and habits in the streets, and he did not see why friars should not be allowed to do the same. Mr. COWPER said that if this was merely a question of toleration he should be quite ready to support the Bill, but he did not think that it was, and it proposed to recognise a body—the Jesuits—instituted for political pur poses, having dAngerous objects and using dangerous means to effect. them. He believed them also to be a body ineulcatiog a bad system of morality—that had been officially denounced by every country in Europe; they had been banished from no less than thirty-nine countries, they had been put down by a bull from the Pope himselt, and he was sure that such a jest Pontiff would never have consented to such an act if the Jesuits were not a bad and dangerous body. Mr. ESTCOURT st.,utly supported the amendment. The restrictions had endured without having ever been en forced, and they would have a wholesome effect in prevent ing any improper aggreesien,on the part of the ROM41:1 CO tholic clergy. Lord SEYMOUR considered that it was most unchristian to maintain these statutes; if the Church had no other secu rity than these enactments it stood upon a very insecure foundation indeed, but he hoped it was quite secure enough without any of these paltry enactments. He would support the BilL Mr. REDINGTQN considered that a very unfair attack bad been made upon the Jesuits. The Jesuits had been sup pressed in Italy from purely political reasons, and riot from any impper principles which they advocated. ta ro r. COI.QUROUN said he perfectly agreed with the Hon. Baronet, that the law was at present not in a satisfactory state. He had received a letter from a friend of his residing in the city of Dublin, which informed him that there akine there were twenty convents and ten mo nasteries. The law was inefficient, and he should not be averse to see an efficient registry of all these orders; and a friend of his had suggested to him a mode by which it could be done, namely, by causing the inspectors Of police to make returns of those which existed in those districts. Mr. WYSE explained that what he stated about the Christian Brothers was from actual observation and not he irsay. Mr. LABOLTC HERE said the question was whether the law should remain as it was, or be amended, and from its present state he should be surprised if the Committee would not proceed to consider the provisions of the Bill. It had been admitted by those opposed to the Bill that the law regarding monastic institutions was in a most unsatis factory state. If so. then, why not at once proceed to a re medy ? The provisions of the present law could not be car ried out—why, then, retain them in the statute-book ? Those provisions were opposed to the liberal spirit of the age; and be, for one, should the Government attempt to carry them out, which he must sty they had never shown a disposition to do, would certainly give them every opposition in his power. The whole question required to be considered, and he hoped it would be done dispas • sionately and calmly, so as to effect a remedy. As a Member of the Church of England, be should be ashamed of it, if he thought it could not maintain itself without persecuting the Roman Catholics, and inflicting on them disabilities. There was a time when thegAesuits exercised a dangerous control over despotic states. But times — had changes 4., they tad a- free press, the benefits of public discussion, and a popular eepresentation now, before which it was impossible the Jesuits could display the power and command men's consciences as they did in -former times. To reject the Bill from such fears at the present day was most absurd. He would give his vote in support of the Bill, in order that the subject might be con sidered in Committee. Lord JOHN MANNERS entirely differed with the Hon. Meteber tor Newcastle-( Mr. Colquhoun). He did not think the eyeing of the Bill could endanger the Englisti Church in the man he had stated. With regard to the present law, the clauses in it against Roman Catholics were inopera itiievree;c4 they eu s u ht ld ee n ot the be carried_ into effect. He be reeent Government came into O m en , an application nut been made to put the Clauses into effect against a -ler. ispHale, but they - 'wisely refused.-oear, hear.) T h . wan .. the rerne•yant2 point of the Bill ti n the di-abilities a ins before the noilee the Jesuits. The Bill proposed !le this, „,, hence gt had --- , natl. in Fe 1 his support. He for one apprehended e_ of an li e from that order interfering with political g and never recollected a single ins tance y Ault in this coun try interfering in such a ' ner • but on the (Abet-W and they had always been their religious duties. Mr. NEWDEGATE could not agree, w ith the Noble Lord orb° had just sat down. The constitution of the Je-uits now w a g the mane that it had ever been , and as inimical to civil and religions liberty. He hoped the Government would not, without mature inquiry, proceed to interfere w ith the pro visions of the Act of 1529. It had been admitted religious orders were increasing in this country, and therefere they ought not from a feeiing of mistaken philanthrophy to re moeed the protection against their encroachment, which the law as it now stood afforded. Mr. WATSON briefly 'replied, when the gallery was cleared for a division. On our re-admission there appeared— For the motion that the Chairman do now leave the chair... . Agao st it Majority against the Bill -40 The Bill is e.k:. nsequently lost. The House then zegumed• BANKRUPTCTi AND INSOLVENCY BILL. - This Bill was read a secotni time, and ordered to be com mitted to-morrow. DEATH BY ACCIDENTS COMPENSATION BILL: The second reading of this Bill was postponed. POOR REMOVAL BILL. Sir J. GRAHAM could not say, in the present state of public business, when they could go int) Committee on this Bill, but he would fix Monday next. CORONERS' (IRELAND) BILL. The House resolved itieif into Committee on this Bill. 71is several clauses of this Bill were agreed to, and the rOPtit ordered to be brought up to-morrow. 'I I,* House then resumed. NE W ZEALAND BILL. The arkiNCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought in this Bill, whlch was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday next. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned At Six o'clock. MORTALITY OF TEE METROPOLIS.—The total num tier of deaths, from all caws. registered in the metropolis far the week ending Saturday, June 20, was 808. The • deaths from disease during the week amounted to 779, show e decrease of three, as compared with the week preced- In& tit the number of Oaths from disease. RAILWAY COMMITTEES, (% ESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Room CAMISILIDGM £N ozrozz. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) 3fr. Willis, another farmer and grazier, gave similar evidence. He also spoke of the great advantage of conveyance by railway over conveyance by road to the cattle traffic. Robert Glyndon, Esq., a magistrate In Bedfordshire and chairma a of the Bedford and Midland Railway Company, gave evidence In favour of this line. Mr. William Hadley Gear gave a number of tables of the population within three miles, and also of the population within five miles of the proposed line. He also gave cal culations as to the probable reduction in the price of coals, in consequence of the better communicatioft the line would afford. In cross-examination, he admitted that, after the making of lines already sanctioned by Parliament. it would not be likely that any of the coal traffic would pass along this line. If it did, the reductions which he detailed would be made. Mr. T. E. Ws.snauals said he had examined the tables of land valuation, and was of opinion that the" extracts were correct. He spoke to a conversation which he had held with Mr. Beard, the Duke of Buckingham's agent, before the Bill came before the House of , Commons, in which Mr. Beard offered to sell that part of the Duke's estates which would be affected by titritne for 3,0001. He himself offered 2,0001., which Mr. Beard declined to accept. Mr. ELDTARD, on the part of the Duke of Buckingham, cross-ex amined Mr. Beard, with a view to show that he was not capable of Judging what was the value of the land, not being sufficiently ac quainted with it. The nansw uouN answer to anbssn. said ervatlo that h nffromte admitted heChairman he Learned that his was not a case of residential da "age. Mr. Denton, the engineer to the line conjointly with Mr. Locke, was then called, and gave the usual en ,ineerin, evidence, which was corroborated by Mr. Locke himself. This part of the evidence occupied the Committee up to four o'clock, at which hour they adjourned till eleven to-morrow, Mr. Locke being then under cross-examination. Room B. azasaovir, lIAIMICEADi.AND NErSiSTON (PAISLEY ISRANCII). (Continued from our Afternoon Ettitien of yesterday.) Several other witnesses were called on the part of the Glasgow and Ayr Company. The case occupied the Committee up to four o'clock, when they adjourned uutil eleven to-morrow. GROUP D. SNEFFI ZZD AND LINCOLN. The Committee resumed this day (Wednesday) at eleven o'clock. Several surveyors, rnaltsters, and corn factors were called to give evidence as to the traffic in the surrounding districts. One indivi dual stated that he would save 12s. per ton on 300 or 400 tons of timber annually by the proposed railway commtptication Mr. Lee, surveyor of highways at Sheffield, described the quality of the rna , „lnesian limestone about Harthill, Peni.istone, Greetunoor, and other p 1 t ea adj cent to the proposed line. Numerous other witn.•sscs were examined and cross-examined by the connsel for the opposing• line, the 3fAnehester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, on the subject of traffic, and the Committee adjourned, at a quarter past tour, till eleven o' lock on Thursday. GROUP V. The Committee met this morning at eleven, Lord Stanley in the chair. BUCHINGHASTSTIIEZ (BANBURY TO TR.IDTG). Mr. Austin, Mr. liddyard, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Hope, and Mr. Laing are retained for the promoters. The line is opposed by the Oxford and Bletchley Company. Mr. AUSTIN having briefly opened the merits of the project, Mr. CALVERT proceeded to cell Mr. Plerrepoint, Rev. F. Litchfield, vicar of Faringho, and other witnesses, who gave evidence of the ad vantage which the railway would wafer for the transport of agricul tural and dairy produce to the large towns, for convenient transit to market., and the county town. and for the introduction of coal to the district, whlch is in great want of fuel. - Mr. Robert Stephenson was examined, and gave evidence similar to that which was given before the Commons' Committee. In the cross•examixation by Mr. TALBOT, the attention of the Committee was drawn to a point which engaged the notice of the Commons' Committee also, the manner of joining the Oxford and Rugby line much above the level, by moans of two sidings. Mr. Ntephenson said this was a common practice. 31r. TALBOT contended that though they had power to take all the, land within the line of deviation, they had no ower to make, in tact, four I.nes instead of two, for which they had got the Bill, as in this instance. Mr. CALVERT held that the sidings in question were part of the accommouati n• works for which they took powers in their 11111. The CHAIRMAN wished to consult Lord Shaftesbtuy ou the point, which he therefore reserved. Some formal evidence in addition closed the case for the promoters. The Committee adjourned till eleven o'clock to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP IL TAW VALE EXTENSION. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The remainder of the day was occupied with general traffic evi dence in favour of the line. The Committee adjourned shortly after four o'clock. GROUP XIII. CALEDONIAN =TENSION. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Maeneigh. the gentleman who laid down the line under the direction of Messrs. Locke and Errington, proved that the length of the lin,, with branches front Muirkirk, and the point where it joined the Caledonian Railway was fifty-two miles. Its engineering features were favourable, and the total coat was estimated at 883,6461. Mr. F.verington corr .borated the testimony of the last witness. There were no tunneLs on the line, and but one viaduct. The severest gradient was 1 In 99, and the sharpest radius of a curve was three furlon,,s. The works generally were of a light and easy cha racter, and certainly could be constructed rapidly, and within the estimate. This closed the case tor the promote •s of the Bill. Mr. A cszin then addressed the Committee at some length on be half of the opposirg landholders, hose property wss situated between Muirtsirk and Ay-. The Learned Counsel said the length of the line between these two places was 25 miles, and the gentlemen whom he represented, and who opposed the line on public grounds, were the owners of 13 of those 25 u Iles. Tko Committee then adjourned. MANI GROUP XVII. Et 11 , .211 SOITIIIAMPTO v. The Committee met to-day at one o'clock, the lion. E. Yorke in the chair. The evidence in support of the opposition of the Great Western Rail way was continued. The first witness call .d was Mr. Biddle, a mealman, carrying on ousineas at Stroud. who stated that the line would run through seven of his fields, and would seriously injure them. The tratflc be tween Cheltenham and Swindon would not warrant the construction the line. Mr. Skinner, a sheep-dealer, well acquainted with Weyhill and Appleshaw fairs, stated that few sheep went from these fairs to the north, and that they were not injured by being driven. In his cross _examination, however, he admitted that the practice of conveying sheep by rail's ay was be'coming more general. Some dealers from the north purchased sheep in these markets. Sheep might be driven to Birmingham for I/. per hundred. The conveyance of sheep by the proposed line would depend mainly upon the price which the Company would charge for their transmission. He would rather send a hundred sheep by railway than drive them. Mr. Gregory, platform policeman at the Reading station of the Great Western Railway, said that the average number of persons cuing in the direction of Basingstoke from Stroud, Cirencester, sad Stonehouse was only 1G weekly, but this did not include passengers frJin Swindon or Cheltenham. Mr. C. Hill, superintendent of the Swindon Station, said that the uune-er of tickets Witted at this station between January 1 and June , a.t, for passengers between Swindon ant Cheltenham, was 1,359. A coach ran between Swindon and Southampton three times a week. The distance by road from Cirencester to Cheltenham was lb miles, a• id the journey by railway on an average took more than two hours, n account of the delay occasioned by the change of gauge. A train left Cirencester at a quarter past five, and arrived at Cheltenham wenty minutes before eight. Re-examined by Mr. 'REArim—Most certainly great delays are occasioned by the conduct of the hostile company, the Bristol and Birmingham, in compelling the Great Western trains to wait until t heir trains start. When the G: eat Western is completed to Chelten lam, the distance from Swindon to that town would be effected in in hour and fifteen or twenty minutes by the mall-train. The Committee then adjourned until twelve o'clock to-morrow. In the -course of the proceedlngeThe Chairman and Committee complained of a map suspended on the wall opposite theta. which they stated did not fairly represent the lines in the district, and con sidered that It was, therefore, calculated to mislead them. The maps which they consulted, and on which they placed reliance, were the Ordnance maps. The map, it appeared, wa; one executed under the , irectlon of the South-Western Company. GROUP XVIII. LONDON. NEWBURY, AND DATE DIRECT. The Committee met this m .ruing at half-past eleven to receive from the parties interested in this case the report of the decision to which they had arrived in consequence of the unfavourable an nouncement of the Committee yesterday. Mr. Sergeant WILANGUAIIL stated, that after mature consideration, they had resolved to proceed further with their case, and they hoped that, from the nature of the evidence which the y had to offer, they might succ •ed In obtaining a more favourable opinion at the hands of the Committee. The Committee then adj tuned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. GROUP XXXIII. This Committee met to-day at hall-past twelve o'cloc'z, in Room 21 (Grand Corridor) ; present, Sir Robert Ferguson (chairman), the Mtrquis of Worcester, Viscount Newry, Mr. Smoliett, and Mr. t - Xliowes• Theme proceeded to heir further" evince from itirmingham against the three lines of the Warwickshire and London THIS HAMPTON AND BANBURY. HAMPTON AND ASHOEVECH. • WORCESTER AND WEEDON. The witnesses were for the most part opposed to these lines in con nexion with the Londim and Birmingham Railway, on account of the alleged high fares, deficient accommodation, excessive traffic, and unsatisfactory management on the existing lines of that company. Mr. WHATELEY, Q.C., Who conducted the opposition for the com peting Hne, the •Birmingham and Oxford,ranction. which is In con. nexion with the Great Western. submitted that he had given enough of evidence from the inhabitants of Birmingham. and The Committee being of opinion that they had heard at sufficient length the opinions of that part of the distria to be affected by the several lines. Witnesses were called from the district about Leamington and Warwick. Tye evidence given with respect to the Leamington and Warwick district was of the same character as that which we have given in suflicient detail. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till half-past twelve to marl ow. GROUP XXXVIII. The. Committee met at the usual hour, Mr. Acland in the chair. were called, who gave evidence be tr lar rlll iV e.l4-111Cra ly-upon the -rols.iliitY-of,eoltis -that would D LEEDS EXTENSION. eafried u;rnert % t ot ar railwa. - 161) AN respecting the The case d was Closed °a behalf of the promoters, with the exception of som e aditional trtgine,ring e,ridence, The decision or the The C mittee ceturnittee will be announced tomorrow.om adiourned at four o'clock. OLDIZADit jun) The Committee sat this day (Nyed nead , Tuft. and evidence on behalf of the Rosslyn c Y beardhoth Manchester and Leeds Company. - c9nn,w,3„. counsel *Vane. the Mr. Heath was examined to prove the interference ca used by the propose d j unction. that w ould b . Mr. Vignoles, C.E., also gave evidence of a professional , h Mr. Leather, C.E. , a lso was called to prove the rho, a:meter. level. at r r d W lCk Junction and the Ashton Branch lines on the thenigatthge. Captain Hawes WAS also ex amined more particularly egardl w stations, and the accommodation afforded by whether them, hen, at, four o'clock, a discussion took place as to the Shaw Hall Branch should be entered into before the main (p- - :stion was settled, and the Committee eventually came to the de. cision that it would be better to let it stand over till the relative merits of the Manchester (Oldham Branch) had been arrived at. The Committee then adjourned, at a quarte r to five, till cleN en o'clock to-morrow. " GROUP XLII. The Committee re-assembled to-day at twelve o'clock. LIVERPOOL AND PRESTON, MANCSfIB• TZD AND SOITTIIPORT. The engineering evidence in thLe Bill was proceeded with, and was generally favourable. After hearing some further evidence to the same effect, the Com mittee adjourned. GROUP XLVII. The Select Committee onthTs — groUp re-assembled to-day, at twelve o'eloek. and proceeded to hear evidence in favour of the SICREWSBITICT AND BENCEPORDBUZZ33, the preamble of which Bill was ev, ntually declared to be proved. The clauses was then gone Into, and the Committee adjourned at four until twelve o'clock to-morrow. GROUP XLVIII. LLYNVI VALLEY. The Committee on this Bill resumed their sittings at twelve o'clock to-day, Mr. Aidham, chairman. The opposition was proceeded with on behalf the eileting tram line already noticed in this Journal upon the opening of the ease. The Committe adjourued at four o'ekcii till twelve to-morrow. onorr Lilt. EIRITIItiTG2 Ara AND 811111C177811171nr, Atm 3313 tvl CIIIII.IVI, V7OI.VIDZHAMPTON, AND D 171311.1 61r. (Continued cram onr Afternoon Edition of raterday.) Mr. EtICZARDs also cross-examined this witness on behalf of the S b a and Birmingham Company, when he admitted that he w ashareholder sb' In the Oxford, We tester, a n d W o l ver h am pt on r: w d7 line, and had been one of the witnesses called on behalf of the Great Western company, on behalf of the broad gauge, and three hundred shares Were allotted to him for his services. Mr. Barker. Mr. Thorneycroft, And others, were also similarly rewarded for their trouble. He was a director In this, the Birmingham and Oxford, and South Staffordshire Companies, and in feet every line which proposed to afford an independent railway cotnmanication to the district in which his works were situated Be was decidedly an ad; ovate of the broad gauge, but it was not because this line would be constructed on the broad gauge that he advocated It. The question of gauge had, in fact, been kept in abey ance by the promoters. He at one time admitted that he should rejoice to sae the day when the broad gauge would be extended from London to Liverpool, and he had no doubt that that would be ' the case. He was certainly an enemy of monopoly, and he would disapprove of a Great Western monopoly being tarred out in the district with which he was connected, but he had stated at the meetings of ,this company that he saw no obj e ction to their being amalgamated with the Great Western enmpaiiy. That com pany had an interest in this scheme, and would also be the lesseeS 'of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton and Oxford and Birmingham lines, which would have the effect of putting the whole of the districts through which they passed under the control of the Great Western Company. Ile believed that even if those lines were forme', the Birmingham Canal would continue to maintain its existence, and that the proposed combination of th Shrewsbury and Itirminghaua Company with the Canal Company would have a more prejudicial effect on those now interested in the canal than the success of the Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley scheme. He did not think that the clause in the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Bill, placing that com pany under the control of the Board of Trade, would give much protection to the public against .the attempts of adroit men. The Shrewsbury and Birmingham scheme he believed to be a complete piracy. The prospectus of the company of which he was an advocate was published about the Ist of October. Its be. lieved that the Shrewsbury and Birmingham scheme originated in 1844. Ile totally departed from the report of the Gauge Commis sioners as to the dinlcult:es of a break of gauge. Of course he would rather have a continuity of gauge, but he did ri- , t think the disad vantage so great as had been represented by commercial men. Mr. Sets, on the part of certain landowners along the line, wished to cross-examine the witness, to show the injury which the line would inflict on them, but _ _ Mr. ROBINSON doubted whether their petition had been properly presented, in which case he had no locu3 slandi. The petition was produced, and after being inspected it was agreed that Mr. SELF'S might cross-examine the witness, who stated that he did not believe that the promoters of this line proposed to have any side lines. He could not say which of the two lines would most in tercept the passages between the iron works of Wolverhampton and the canal. Cross-examined—The side lines might be provided for by a claase, or some arrangement. Although Darlaston would not be accommo dated by this line, Great-bridge, which was .3f much greater impor tance, and which was left entirely unaccommodated by the Shrews bury and Birmingham, would be passed through by this I ne. Mr. George Frederick Muntz, M.P. for Birmingham, was next called, and stated that he was extensively engaged in manufactures there. The people of that district differed m.-eh upon railway com munication with the other parts of the country. He had considered the relative merits of the different lines before the Committee, and he thought that this lino would give the best accommodation. lie had originally been a supporter of the other line, but finding that the promoters would not tOrm go inde pendent company, he had come over to this, which would be an independent company. He considered that Snow-hill was the better situation of the two proposed for stations at Birmingham, but both were good sites. The majority of people and goods enter ing Birmingham from Wolverhampton entered and stopped in the neighbourhood of Snow-hill. He was of the same opinions the pre-. ceding witness as to the prejudicial effects of the control which the London and Birmingham Company would have over the Shrewsbury and Birmingham. The construction of this line would- have the effect of reducing the price of coal in Birmingham, and particularly SO, because it was an independent line. The directors of this line were gentlemen largely interested in the district over which It would pass. Mr. Spooner as well as himself had bcen induced by the ur gent representations of their constituents, to become converts to this scheme. Cross-examined by Mr. RICCARDS—II • had been a supporter of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham line, because it was the first in the market, but after the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley came out, he saw that it was decidedly a better line. It v ould not be under the control of any canal or railway company, and it would best serve the interests of his constituents. No public dem in stration had been made in favour of this line by the people of Birmingham, but he had been applied to by several of his constituents personally to support it. The Snow-hill station was decidedly the better one. Ile knew instances in which competition had not served the interests of the public, and he was therefore no, always in favour of competition. He did not think that low tolls wag the most important point to he considered in these matters ; economy, combined with time, was the most im wtant. If these things could be obtained by arrangements between two companies he should be content, but he did not think that the London and Birmingham had properly served the public, and he should therefore look suspiciously upon any union with them. Re-examined by Mr. Rosistsorr From what he had seen, he believed that nothing but competition would compel the London and Birmingham Railway Company to act rightly towards the public. To Mr. it. CLAYTON—I am merely looking upon this line as a means of giving accommodation to the people between Wolver hampton and Birmingham. and not as a line calculated to- give a direct communication with London.- Mr. John Barker, ironmaster, Staffordshire, stated that he manu factured about 25,000 tons of iron, and used 150,000 tons of coal. Be and his partners employed between 1,100 and 1,300 men, as well as his neighbours. His works were in the township of Wolver hampton, and would be much better accommodated by this than its rival lines. This would be a competing line, and therefore very beneficial to the public. Clauses in Acts of Parliament did not. in his-opinion, protect the public against abuses on the parts of railway proprietors. The witness was cross-examined at some length by the Learned Counsel for the Shrewsbury and Birmingham scheme, but nothing very material was elicited, further than the admission that this company had made no provision against its amalgamation with other companies. At four o'clock the Committee adjourned until twelve to-morrow. GRour LVIII. BRISTOL AND BIRMINGHAM AND MID LAND AMALGAMATION. The Committee proceeded with the clauses of this Bill at some length. Their consideration occupied the greater portion of the d.iy. GROUP LIX. The chairman (Mr. E. Buller) and the other members of this Committee re-assembled to-day at twelve o'clock, in Room 22. zromapooz. AND BIT 4:2' AND IIiCAZTCBT.43 TEN. &ND LEZDS 31LAMINI.ELlr'S TILELICION. The formal preliminary proceedings in the UM were gone through. Mr. Hoes applied, on behalf of certain shareholders In this under taking, to be heard against the preamble of the Bill, which led to a long discussion, and terminated in the Committee deciding against the petitioners. City.of—Worcestcr—the same day, at the eit of Worcester. Staffordshire—Thursday, July 23, at 'Stafford. Shropshire—WPduesday, July 29, at Shrewsbury. HerefordOlire—Saturday, August 1, at Hereford. Monmouthshire—Wednesday, August 5, at Monmouth. Gloucvstershire—Saturday, August 8, at Gloucester. City of Gloucester—the Fame day. at the city of Gloucester. HOME CI IICUIT. The Right Hon. Sir James Parke, one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer and Mr. Justice Coltman. Hertfordshire—..Thursday, July 9, at Hertford. Essex—Monday, July 13, at Chelmsford. Kent—Monday, July 20, at Maidstone. Sussex—Monday, fitly 27. at Lewes. Surrey—Thursday, July 30, at Guildford. NORFOLK CIRCUIT. Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice Williams. Buckinghamshire—Friday. July 10, at Buckingham. Bedfordshire--Tuesday, July 14, at Bedford. Huntingdonshire—Friday, July 17, at Huntingdon. Ca.nbridgeshire— Saturday. July 18, at the County Courts. Norfolk—Wednesday, July 22, at the Castle of Norwich. City of Norwich—the same day, at the Guildhall of the said eity. Suffolk—Tuesday, July 28, at Ipswich. MI b LAND CIRCUIT. Mr. Justice Patteson and Mr. Justice Coleridge. Northamptonshire—Monday, July 13, at Northampton. Rutlandahire—Friday, July 17, at Oakham. Lincolnshire—Saturday, July 18, at the Castle of Lincoln. City of Lincoln—the same day, at the city of Lincoln. Nottinghamshire—Wednesday, July 22, at Nottingham. Town of Nottingham —the same day, at the town of Not tingham. Derbyshire—Monday, July 27, at Derby. Leicestershire—Thursday, July 30, at the Castle of Leicester. Borough of Leicester—the same day, at the borough of Leicester. Warwickshire, Coventry Division—Monday, August 3, at the city of Coventry. Warvrick+hire, Warwick Division—Tuesday, August 4, at Warwick. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. Mr. Justice Wightman and Mr. Justice Cresqwell. rorkshire—Thursday, July 9, at the Castle of York. City of York—the same day, at the Guildhall of the city of tork. Durham—Thursday, July 23, at the Castle of Durham. Northumberland—Wednesday, July 29, at Newcastle-upon•• Tyne. Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne—the same day, at the Guild. hail of the said town. Cumberland—Tuesday, August 4, at Carlisle. Westmoreland—Saturday, August 8, at Appleby. Lancashire, Northern Division—Tuesday, August 11, at Lancaster Lancashire, Southern Division—Saturday, August 15, at LiverpooL WESTERN CIRCUIT. Mr. Justice Erie and Mr. Baron Platt. Southampton—Saturday, July 11, at the Castle of Winchester. Dorset—Friday, July 17, at Dorchester. Wilts—Tuesday, July 21, at D , vizes. Devon—Saturday, July 25, at the Castle of Exeter. City and County of the City of Exeter—the same day, at the Guildhall of the said city. Cornwall—Saturday, August 1, at Bodmin. Somerset—Thursday, August 6, at the city of Wells. County of the City of Bristol—Thursday, August 13, at the Guildhall of the said city. LIVERPOOL AND BURY, AND MANCRES TF,I: AND LEEDS A3IALGAMATION; AND MAN CHESTER AND BOLTON, AND BURY CANAL NAVIGATION AND RAILW ‘Y; AND MANCHES TER AND LEEDS AMALGAMATION. Mr. 1..5m0 described the advantages that would result from the proposed amalgamation. goine general evidence in support of the Bill was then adduced, after whii-h the Committee adjourned. • -•-, ' . . or p - - --- g TtN, T. frkrnam,___ sr - nrytgliAl rrilisyTwn rrimr 0 184$ ..41 a./ 3 a .... - --„........_ _., ...:-......--•-.•••• ... in- ....--..---.--4.--••••—...---..........- - • -...---------.--..---- ••_...-0' • ......_ _....___ _ • _.•,_ - - - IL_ ____ - - , - very indirerent as to what znw happers in 14exiro, ► though he highly dis.r.swer,v.-Inf the conduct tot' his Go vernment towards the 'Unit-xi lAtates. The brig Juven Gregorik tram Campeachy, arrived at Havannah, the 19th May, with dates to the 224 in clusive. An extra Congress wa.; held at Merida the 22.1 of April—the first and principal object of this Con , ress, was to be the organisation of the Penin3ula of Yucatan as art independent state. The Captain-General ot Cuba, Don Leopold O'Don nell, has received from the Queen the titles of Count of Dwane, and Vi,count of Altaga. It was believed at Havannah that there would be no privateers fitted out to depredate on the commerce of thi4 country. The export of sugar from Cuayama, up to the 20th May, was as follows : —to United States 6,906 hhds. ; Europe, 2,249 do. ; British provinces, 950. Giptain Burt, of the brig Adeline, from Cienfuegos, informs us tnat the planters .say that in consequence of so much wet weather, a great deal of their cane will be destroyed. IMPORTANT MOVEMENT.—A member or the United States Senate has written a letter to the Aid of the Governor of Missouri, in which he makes the following important statement concerning an intended military ex pedition to Santa Fe:— WASHINGTON, May 14, 1846. The morning papers will let you see that the state of war was declared to exist yeSterda3, between the Uni ed States and Mexico. Our first. care in this sud len change in our relations widi that country .as to try and take care of our Santa Fe trade. For this purpose, it will be pr.iposed to the pep e of New Mexic Chihuahua, and the other internal provinces, that they remain (0(4 and continue trading with us as usual, upon which condition they shall be prim ct d in all their rights and be tre ted as friends. To give effect to this proposition and to ue -,ke sure at all events, ► f protection to the persons and p• operty of our traders (besides the pro.larnation of the Pre.idetit to shit ► ff.ct). Colonel Kearney will start itnrned etely with 300 Dragoen,, to be t*iillowed, as quick as pus sible, by 1.000 M.ainted Volunteers from Miaseurt, and with authority to engage the services, if n.wessary, of all the Americans in tat part of the world. This mil Lary movement will be to make sure of the main of ject, to wit : peace and tr-mde, to be secured p-ace• ably if possible, forcibly if n-cessary. For unless they accept these conditions, the country will have to be taken possession of as a conquest. Tiiis, however, we hope will not be neeessary, as it wilt be so obviously to the int, rest of the inhabitants of that part of (too far from the Central Government to have any effect in general hostilities), to enjoy the benefit of peace and trade, with the full protection of all their rights of per son, property, and religion. This letter is sail to be from a source entitled to the most implict cm:fidence. The Republican says, tllat a bearer of dispatches to the Governor and Col. Kear n e y ha i arrived fruit Wash ington Books are opened at St. Louts for a corp. of 1,000 volunteers for this service. Several thousand, it. is said, could easily be raised. Volunteers are pouring in From every portion of the State. FROM THE WEST.—At Independence Mo., on the 16th of M my. according to a correspondent of the St. Louis Republican, there were about 200 Mexican trailers on their way from Santa Fe and Chihualnet, to the East to purchase goods. They had with them abont 350 000 dollars in specie ; they had to make forced tparches•pitrt of the way. being•greatly pr3ssed by Indian robbers. About 40 waggons had left Inde pendence, for Santa Fe, during the week. The trade with that place seems to b.• but slightly interrupted, as the inhabitants of the Northern Mexican departments are said to be strongly in favour of its unbroken continu ance. _ , The correspondence referred to adds the foll.*wing i formation : " The Oregon emigran•s have gone on in advance f the Californians, to their great eeeampment on the Kanzas river, about one hundred miles west of this. The California emigrants held a tneeting twenzy five miles west of this place. on Indian Creek, and elected their officers— .!01. Wm. Russell, .if Callaway was elected their Captain. They have 141 fiJoing men. 71 women and 109 children, and 128 wagg.ins. Ex-governor Boggs, and Rev. James Dunleavy, of this county, are among them, with their families. There are many Ken tuckians with them " We had an alarming fire in our town n• , the night of the 13th. It broke out in the large bia .k.fmith shop and waggon factory of John W. Modie. who was engaged in making waggons expre•sly for the Mexican traders. The flames soon caught the wagg fn-making shop of Nicholas Eleltzer. The loss is estimaled at 7 000 dollars. Slodie had coatra'ts for turnishing wagons to the traders amounting to at least 10,000 dollars." AN INDIAN WAR—The New Orleanc Delta stat s that a Mr. Gardner, from the town of Sabine, in Texas, brought intelligence, received by express from the nor thern frontier, that the Cherokee lodians have risen in hostilities azai st Tixas.• Orders had come for mum mies of mou tted men to minie them, and it is said that tleir movements have caused great excitement along the frontier. The Delta adds, by way of explanation, that these Indians ianLsnd Company , omeyear payingsa o fur it 0 bughtthei 3,o their lands riots. dsfr.im a New York It the far northern part of T.-xas, arid the government of that country was always oppii.ed to their settling there, so t'tt a full and unreserved friendship was never esta blished between the parties. On the breaking oust of hostilities at the Rio Grande, the Cherokees offered their services to Governor Render-on : not having full c inti dente in their feilcy, he reused to accept th it s'rvicec ; and now it is believed that they take advantage •f the existing state of thing; — whether the Mexicans have in trigued and tampered with them is not known—to as Fume towards the people of Texas a hostile attitude. A flare-up between the ,Frehch. man-of-war :reamer Tonnerre and the schoonerCarherine, of New York. On the morning of sailing, 19 h of May, from St. Jago. and within gun-shot of the Moro Castle, the Ca therine was near the French war-steam r Tonnerr-, from St. Domingo, bound in. She passed at first con siderably out of hailing distance, and not muchaearer than she was to five or six other vessels which had come out in company. After she had run in about a mile and received a pilot, being close to the Moro, she was ob served to back round and manoeuvre some time. and at intervals fired two guns. She stood for the sea, came near, and h. 'fled her in the following words You d—d rascal hoist your fl ig." The answer was, that orders given in such insulting language woufd not be obeyed. Other abusive phrases followed, and threats reputedly made, that he would fire into him unless it was imm,diatrly done. Her boat, with a lieutenant on board, was twice sent on hoard with a message, that unless the schooner set her flag, all the force the steamer commanded would be used to make her do it—that her corn nander had the power to sink the schooner. An answer in writing, as follows, was sent : _ _ _ "To the Commander of the Steamer.—Sir : At the first salutation you called me a damned rascal and until you apologise for such insulting language I will nut hoist my flag. - " Yours te:peetfully, "A. sco r r, Master of the schooner Catherine, of New York. " Off the Moro, May 19, 1846." About one hour was thus pissed. during which time the steamer was laid across the schooner's bow, and got foul doing h-rself sum . damage—her commander in sisting on an unconditional obedience to his orders. the captain and crew of the schooner pholding the captain in his decision. The wind was very light trom the east ward ; the schooner was kept on her course, goiig one or two knots, when after mutual explanations, the ob noxious words were recalled and an apology given, then separated. GROUP LI! CALEDONIAN, GLASGOW, AND GAILN.. XXILIC AND COATMLIDGE PUZICHASZ. The Committee met thla day at twelve o'clock. Sir John Duck worth, chairman. Several of the clausea of the above-named Bill were gone through, and after some amendments were agreed to, the remaining clauses were postponed. The Committee adjourned at three o'clock till twelve to•merrow. THE CA.LEDONLAX, POLLOC. AND GOVAN; AND CLYDESDALE TO'NCTION &LULU/AY AMALGAMATION. This Bill came before the Committee, and, after some slight oppo sition, the preamble was agreed to. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE tiF LORDS. Their Lordships met at One o'clock, in Room 1, House of Lords. Present, Lord Shaftesbury (chairman), and Lords Beaumont and Fortescue. There were 20 Bills on the list, of which, all bat one, were Railway Bills. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND GREENOCK (?OLLOC AND GOVAN BRANCHES . ). The Standing Orders were declared c ,mplied with in this case. GLASGOW SOUTHERN TERMINAL. The same decision was made in this ease. CALEDONIAN (MID-LOTHIAN BRANCHES). This Bill also passed through the Committee. LESMAIIAGOW, DALSERF, AND COATBRIDGE MINERAL JUNCTION. The promoters of this Bill had complied with the standing orders. GRAND JUNCTION (HUYTON AND WARRINGTON BRANCH) GRAND JUNCTION (11UYTON AND ASTON, AND OTHER BRANCHES). The promoters of these Bills had complied with the standing orders in both cases. The second was opposed, but their Lordships rejected the petition which had been pro rented against it. . YORKSHIRE AND GLASGOW UNION. The promoters of this 11111 had complied with the standing orders. GLASGOW MUNICIPAL POLICE AND STATUTE LABOUR BILL. Standing orders complied with. After disposing of the above Bills, their Lordships resolved them selves into a Select Committee on Merits, and proceeded to the con sideration of a Ust of eight railway Bills. allof which they disposed of. MIDLAND — t:NOTTINGHAM AND MANSFIELD BRANCH). They decided that the promoters of this Bill had proviki their prea {ode. It was therefore ordered. to be report d. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM (CAMDEN AND EUSTON STATIONS ENLARGEMENT). This importa^t Bill, for the enlargement of the statims of the Lon don and Birmingham Railway at Euston-square and Camden-town, was also passed, and ordered to be reported. MIDLAND (CLAY CROSS TO NEWARK). A similar decision was made in this case. WILSONTOWN, MORNINGSIDE. AND COLTNESS (RITHGATE ANU JAWCRAIG.) WILSONTOWN, MORN INGSII)E, AND COLTNESS (CALEDO -NIAb. BRANCHES.) WILSONTOWN, 31ORNINGSIDE, ANp COLTNESS (IMPROVE MENT AND BRANCHES.) These three Bills, which have been before the Committee every day for the last week, were at last settled, and the preambles were declared proved. They were ordered to be reported. SLA3IANNAN (BATHGATE AND GAYENEY). The same applies to this case, and to the FORTH AND CLYDE AND MONKLANDS NAVIGATION JUNCTION, which was the last Bill on the list of cases on merits. • PRIVATE COmMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. The Committee met al eleven o'clock. MANCHESTER MARKH" ACT. ' The Committee were engaged In considering a certain clause of an Act, referring to the powers proposed to be seated in the corporation of hie township of Manchester, relative to the granting of licenses to butchers and fishmongers to sell meat and fish out of the appointed markets. The Committee - were of opinion that the petty butchers in the suburbs, who purchased inferior quality of meat would probably be denied the privilege of selling without paying for a license, which would be a hardship upon that class, or that the cor poration might refuse to grant them a license unless they sold in the markets, which would be harder still. The representatives of the corporation guaranteed that all objectionable terms ha the clause should be met by the corporation in tha kindly spirit of the Committee towards the small traders in fish an 4 flesh. When, after some little discussion, the rr•om was cleared previous to their Lordships giving their decision, which we understood to be hostile to the clause in question. SUMMtit CIRCUITS. h j o U I d N i n E g 2 th 2 e , Slugtmer Assizes Days and CR OWNa t : ointr OFFIC E , - 1846. viz. The Right Hon, Thoma s WELBll CIRCUIT. u Lord Denman, Lord and Mr. Baron Rol fe. Chief Justice, SOUTH WALE S . Glamorganshire—Saturday, July 4, at Card. Carmarthenshire--Monday, J u ly 13 , at C • Borough' of Carmarthen—the same C armarthen.' day , at the borough of Carmarthen. Pembrokeshire —Saturday , July 18, at Haverfordwest. Town and County of Haverfordwest— t h e town of Haverfordwe st. e same day, at th e Cardiganshire —Wednesday, July 22, at Cardigan B re cknockshire --Saturday , July 2 5, at Breeknoeli. Radnorshire —Wednesday, July 29, at Presteign ' NORTH WALES. Montgomeryshire —Monday, July 13, at Newtown. Merionethshire —Thursday, July 16, at Dolgelly. Carnarvonshire—Saturday, July 18, at Carnarvon. Anglesey—Wednesday, July 22, at Beaumaris. Denbighshire—Saturday, July 25, at Ruthin. Flintshire—Wednesday. July 29, at Mold. Cheshire--Sa.ardav, August 1, at the C astle of Che • ttr. - OXFORD CIRCUIT. The Right Hon. Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal, Lord Chief Justice, and Mr. Justice Maule. Berkshire—Thursday, July 9, at Abingdon. Oxfordshire—Saturday, July 11, at Oxford. Worcestershire—Fridar, July 17, at Worcester. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, JUNE 23.—The market continues in the same state as for several weeks past. The demand both for goods and yarn is languid; but prices are gene rally firm, and parties who are inclined to make a concession, are able to do business with considerable facility. _ ROCHDALE; JUNE 22.—The flannel market continues dull, and the business transacted has been limited. Prices have undergone no change since last Monday. In the wool market there has been very little doing, and prices reihain firm. HUDDERSFIELD, JUNE 23.—Nothing can be duller than the appearance of our Cloth Hall to-day : there is scarcely a buyer in the market. The present uncertain state of the wool market is such that but few sales are effected at any thing like remunerative prices. LEEDS. JUNE 23.—The anticipated stillness in our market has not been interrupted by a livelier demand this day ; but it is generally expected business will re sume a more active character next month, when the operations for the home trade generally begin. The prospects for a good autumn trade are indeed most cheering.—Manchester Guardian. AMERICAN PAPERS. The following are extracts from the American paper bronOlt by the Great Britain _ _ The Union profitsses to have some knowledge concern• ing the plan of the intended campaign against Mexico. of which it does not give the details, but which will authorise the belief that the war will be pushed with the utmost rigour. It adds that General Taylor will soon advance into the enemy's country, and that it w 'uld not be surprised " to hear of his reaching Monterey. about 130 miles from Matamoras, about the commence ment of the table land, at no distant day." Congress proceedings are interesting. In the S e nate, on the 3d, Mr. Dix, from the Committee on Commorce, reported the Bill from the House to allow drawback on goods imperted from the British North American pro- vinces for re-exportation, without amendment, and re commended its passage. General Ganies, in the south, having called without authority for volunteers, a resolu tion was introduced by Mr. Cass, to brine; thH usurp 4, - tion before Congress. The House of Representatives had been-occupied by discussing the Supplementary War Bill. A spirited discussion ensued, and elicited the expres sion of a hope from Mr. Webster, that the bouada-) would be settled between the two Governments before the close of this session of Congress. The discussion on the 2d presented no feature of note, and ultimately th.• Bill was referred to the Judicial Committee. An im pression prevAiled that Mr. Pakenham had received in structions to make a new offer ; but no disclosures had been made by the Executive. The Oregon gaestiou suit continued to attract discifS:' . sion in Congress. In the Senate, on the Ist instant, Mr. Sevier. from the Committee on the Indian Affairs, reported a Bill to regulate 'intercourse between the United States.and the various Indian tribes of Oregon. 'rue 0, egon Juri.diction then came up, and Mr. Cass replied, denying that the treaty of Utrecht established the 49th parallel the boundary to the Pacific. The Committees on the Webster and Ingersoll case have closed their labours, and will probably teport in a short period. ' . . LETTER FROM TME ARMY.—We learn by the southern mail of yesterday afternoon, that the steamer Telegraph arrived at New Orleans on the 27th inst., from Point Isabel, and brings the following intelligence : On the 17th instant a detachment of 300 regulars and 350 volunteers, proceeded to Barita and took possession of it, and established a military depot. On the night of the 19th, an express arrived from General Taylor, stating that he ha l crossed the Rio Claude, and taken the city of Matamoras without oppo .ition, the Mexicans having fled the city. The Mexicans, from the last accounts, were ee:.ertin g their ranks in battalions. Two regiments, with the exception of about 350, having marched a few days previous, were station A at Brazos Point, awaiting the orders of Gener a l T a ylor, enadtattiniwrt.tvihtanigthhe old Barit a roa d . Those who weret they would l eave on t h e 20th, for m wounded in tne action of the Btli and 9th, are at Point Isabel, and were recovering. All our accounts represent .the Mexic a n s as h av i ng fought on the Bth and 9 th with a courage and despe ration which would have reflected credit upon the troops of any nation. leurseupthpelievsictThey of the American camp, victory. met the They were nearly in a state of starvation, and had manfully, and s t oo d t h e destructive in P upon them wi t h out g i v i ng way. charge eeacuras that hea of theyowasu promisedr t : r h would o e o p" pouredms secure until their works were encumbered with the dead and wounded. - TAB Mk WIN STEAMEns.—:-Captain Westbrook, of the schooner F. A. Brown, arrived at Charleston on tit«. 31st ultimo, from Havannah, reports that the two K•xi can steamers, Montezuma and Guadaloupe. had escaped from Vera Cruz and arrived at Havannah, under Eng lish colours on the 24th, in six days. o ne o f the con. manders reported that there had not boen any news re ceived at Vera Crua of the battle of Matamoras, when he sailed. These vessels must have taken advantage, we pre sume, of the absence of our squadron from the offing of Vera Cruz, as it is not probable they would have been allowed to pass as English vessels, notwithstanding the flag. Such a mode of avoiding capture by an enemy would be too easy, and would not certainly have imposed upon any American naval conmander. These steamers may change colours again in Havannah, but they cannot, according to the usage of nations, re ceive any additions to their equipments or crew. We do not think it possible they will venture forth as Mexican cruizers, though the prizes be tempting. MASSACRES IN TEXAS —The following deploktable ac count of outrages in Texas is from the N. 0. Courier of - the 29th ult.-s ti A letter from San Antonio de Bexar gives deplorable accounts of murders and robberies committed upon the people inhabi, big the western frontier of Texas, by the Cainanchas and Limns. Most of the able-bodied men of the colonies of New Braunfels, Castroville, and Lake Quani, having joined the army under G-neral Taylor, the savages, profiting by their absence, threw themselves upon the old men, wemen, and children, burnt the houses, the crops of corn, mutilated the deal bodies, violated the women, apd carried off a number of the children into slavery. The Commercial Association of German Princes who undertook to colonise the mountains of San Saba, have not been successful in their plans. They directed a con voy of one hundred waggons on the route towards the colony, which was attacked by the savages. The Ger man emigrants, after fighting desperately, were over. whelmed by numbers and obliged to rutreat, leaving be hind them a greAt number of killed and wounded, in the hands of the savages —The waggons contained the whole fortunes of the emigrants. The people say that two companies ought to be dis patched without del a y i n pursuit of the savages, if the exigencies of the service will permit the absence of such a force from the main army, When the troops make their appearance, the savages will fly before them—but will afterwards return and commit new ravages. A strong body of soldiers should be permanently stationed near the settlements to restrain these Indians. FROM HavA.NNAlf.—The Charleston Courier of the 15th, contains further information by the F. A. Brown, from Havannah. In regard to the escape of the Alexi can steamers, and th,ir arrival at Havarmah, the Courier says It was reported at lla.vannah that a demand had been made on the Mexican Government, by the builders or these steamers, or by English merchants who advanced the money, for piyieent, in default of which, their de livery was requir,d, and that they were cons , quig) , lY surrendered to their custody. This course wl:s adopted I with the view, n o d ou b t, of saving them from capture by our squadron. Salta Agana was still at Havannab, and seemed to be DESCRIPTION 49F 11EXI(30. We extract the following description of Mexico from an American paper:— " As this fortunately -located fertile but vain-glorious country is now the theme of daily discussion, we have thought that ~oine of its peculiar characteristics might not be without interest .to our readers. On casually turning to some of the standard authorities, which base treated of it, we find that it lies between the 15th and 33d parallels of north latitude. Its greatest length from northwest to southeast is 1,700 miles, greatest breath about 600 miles—area estimated at 1,230,442 square miles. The most populous cities are Mex;co 150,000. Gua dalaxaret 60,000, S.tn Luis Potosi and La Puebla 55.000 each, Oxaca and Quretaro 40 000, Gutettaxuato 34 000, and Merida 28,000. Of thts large tract of country, which is about one third as large as Europe, that portion comprising a large part of the long and narrow isthmus that connects the American peninsulas, and separate s .13.• Atlantic from the Pa.ific ocean, is by far the most ro pulous and rich in mineral' and vegetable productiot a The regions north of the tropic become less populous as ot.e proceeds northward, and many large districts claimed by the republic,and divided into states and territories, are almost unknown, being inhabited by wild Indian tribes, b .ffling all the attempts of their nominal masters to subdue them. " The surface of the country is exceedingly irregular, and its variety of climate most ri mark .ble. Its nu merous volcanoes have c•tten t e•en remarked upon, and the geological tormation is mo.t favourable to mines of various kinds. The great central plateau, of Anahua between latitude 14 and 20 degrees, is a Mass of pophyry, characterised by the presence of hornblende and the ab• sence of quartz ; and in it are contained large and valuable deposits of gold and silver. Humboldt says in relation to these and other mines in Mexico, that there were at the time of his visit, 3,000 mines of gold and sil ver in Mexico, but the ignorance and misrule which pre. vail in that country have greatly diminished their im portance as a source of wealth. nntlde,uuvpild bcrries A considerable portion of the land is table land, toll the climate of this land is, on the whole, favourable to human Ilk But though intermittent fevers be of rare occurrence, the natives are occasionally visited by a peculiar epidemic ; but it owes its origin more to the people than to any other cause. Indeed famine, and its attendant privations have thinned the population inure than epidemic complaints, The indolence of the natives prevents all exertions to raise more food thanoisnereeqvieir site for the wants of a single season, and no a stock thinks when there is a surplus of lay g against future contingencies, d to and severe frosts come, they are compelled s : . I , r k o t i t g h l e i t i t s multitudes aro often subsistance in the forests, constitute their sale di d et Unwholesome food. carried off by hunger and of the plants peculiar to the " Mexico thoseproduces most belonging to the temperate tropics as well as meddle Europe. Humboldt south and nv. - SS3's regions of . ~f c limate, there is scare ly a plant , uch is the variety worl•I which is nt . - ,i, „ , 1 , n the r. - :-.t of the wor.• A S USeep• I u ! , • •I . CM. . • , inuse or o her part of Mexico. Th- soil !ivato.ti In . extra . 1. . , also, for ch., most part, ri luarily fertile, and al,iin dant crops, with the assist.tece of irrigation m wale ' places, ma y be raised with very little labour. But this only s•:rves to wake the Uezic-ao3 wore idle and wOrtli whaenrdeHenc-tee'llaewi less, for they seek only to live, and have scare !y any ent-trprise or erwrgy. E , erything• apt ears to be fdling into a state of apathy and langour; and indolence, with its necessary accompaniments of pokery, ignorance, pride, vain-glory, and impudetre, bid fair to be for some c msiderable perii)d longer the distinguishing character istics of Mexicans. " the whole it is th. opinion of the most observant travellers. that agriculture and other great interests have retrograded since the principal revolution. the one that separated them from the dornina.ion of Spain. This has been the case to a great degree. Such are some of the views (if Humboldt, Chevalier, and McCulloch, which we have given in a brief synopsis or abstract. Their f .11 ob ervations are not very creditable to the Mexican people , and it is very evident that they will never mak.- any great progress in toe elements of civili sation till they rec. ive an instilment of t►ew mo.ives of act►on, more beneficent intitutions, and perhaps the in termixture of the Anglo-Saxon race in the shape of free Americaos " The pnpulation of Mexico is estimated at 9,000,000. though it probably does notexceed 7,000,000. Though it contains several mixtures, the greater portion are aboriginal Indians. Among the rest are European S.)aniards. Creoles, or natives descended "rim Euro peans ; Mustej - .s, or descendants of Whites and In dians ; Zunbas, or descendants of N. groes and In dians ; Nlekttoes, or descendants of Whites and Ne erne-, ; mixtures of those varieties, Negroes, and a few Mala%a trom China and the islands of the In ohm Ocean. esnecially the Philippines. is Spanish colony. The Negroes ar.• not numerons. as slay ry was never extensive in the Spanish continental colonies, and was aholi-hed on the separation of Mexico from Spain in IAIO. In cnar4.-ter, the Indians, who constitwe seven tenths of the while popul than, are int lligent, reacOul. rather industrous, and very ingeni. us in me chanic arts. especially anise of painting, caning. and moulding. Th. y are gentle, kind, arid hospit ble ; and though inteinp• rate, bite a'l the Am.-rican Indians. north. or south, they exl!ib.t no violent or ferocious pro pensities when intoxicated. THE RANCHEROS OF MEXICO. The Rancheros, part of the material of the Mexican army, ..re half Indian and half Spanish in their ex traction ; gaunt, shriv• 11 d, though muscular in their frames, and day k and swa.thy-visaged as they are, these men are the Arabs of the American continent. Living half of the time in the saddle, f..r they are un rivalled horsemen, with lasso in haed, they traverse the va-t plains in s• arch of the buffalo and wild horse. The kiFing of these a and the preparation ai d sale of their hide: are th. it sole n eats of I velihorid. Their costume gene, ally consists of a pair of tough hide legtrin4s, with sandals of the same snikterial, bound to gether with leathern thongs, over wt,ich is a blanket with it hole in the centre large enough to allow the head to be thrust out, and which fads not ungracefully ov , r their shoulders, lesving ample room for the play their arms. Add to this a broad straw sombroro, and the lasso haa ting reads for use in his girdle, and you have the Ranchero as he appears in the time of peace. Join to th s a [mg lance with a sharp spear-head, and his belt - . plentlully supplied with pi:tols and knives, and you have the Run :hero as a memner of a troop of ban:- ditti. or a aol ii >r is a body of cavalry. Their power of enduring satigue is almost. inexhaus,ible. and a scanty meal per diem of jerked beef and plantain suffices them during months. These are the men who comprise the great body of the Mexican cavalry, and they are to the armies of that nation what the Cossacks are to the Rus sians—ever on the alert, never to be surprised, and un tiring in the pursuit of the foe, when [dander, no matter h iw trifling, is to be obtained. —Philadelphia Public Ledger. ELI HU BURKITT. THE LEARNED A .:EIVCAN BLACKSMITH. As this indefatigable tiattuthtopist will probably visit Great Bri,ait: in the cow se of a few we , ks, it will no doubt grAity many of our readers to 1. arts something r garde g tos history. Elliot Burritt was born in N: Britain, to , necticut, in the sear 1811, of honest and spvctable parents. He enjoyed the pi ivil ge of ecca sionatly attending the " district school " till he was 16 yea• s old, a hen his father dad. and he was al pt.. nticeo to the trade of a blacksmith. The Bible was the first book which he thoroughly studied; and at a very early age he was familiar with almost every passage in the Old and New Testaments. Mire he reached the age of 21, he was conversant with the English classics, both in prose am . poetry, and passed deligh fully many of his leisure hours in piing - over the pages of Milton, Young, Thomson. Cowper, Addison ' &c. In the winter of the year %via+ tie attained his majority, he comment!, d, under the direction of a brother-in-law, who was an accom plished scholar, the study of mathematics. lie then en tere.l iin the study of the Latin la , guage, for the pur pose of readivg. He s .on after turned his attention to the French, Greek, and German languages. Atter having in .stered the Hebrew, Greek. and Latin bin guatzeN, and ad the languages of modern Europe ; by dint of hard labour he has b-come a p,oficient io the most difficult langaages of Europe which are now nearly disused and obsolete—among them are Gaelic, Welsh, Celtic, Saxon. Gothic, Ic-latnalic, Russian, Salvaanic Armenian, Chaldaic, 1., riac, Ethiopic, San serif, and Tamul ! It was stated in a public meeting. in 1838. by Governor Ev.rett. that Mr. Buratt, b) that time, by his unaided industry alone, had mad. himself acquainted with fi ty la.taguagt s. Mr. Burritt soows no disposition to relax ir nis labours. He usually devo es eight hours to labour, with eight hours to study, at eight h .urs to physical indulgence anti repose ; and, by pursuing this course, he enjoys the ad vantages—vainly coveted by many literary men 020 , e connected with "a sound mind in a he lthy body." N.T does he confine his labours to the mere acquisition of literary wealth—he also diffu:es it wits. a liberal hand. He has written many valuable articles for periodicals of li , gh standing ; he has delivered many lectures, which have been replete with interest an 1 valuable info, minion ; and has been repeatedly list, ned to by large and highly respectable audiences in New York. Pni!adelphia, and other places, with edification and de.hglit. He has not yet reached the meridian of life, and it is to be hoped that many years of usefulness are still before him ; he is indeed, a man of whorls New &gland may well be prOud. Amongst his works of philanthropy, Elihu Burritt issues almost. weekly 1,000 or 1,200 of h•s " Olive Leaves" la. the press ; and, in prootof his powers of writing, we may mention the fite , —a fact perfectly unparalle.ed in the annals of periodical literature—that the artacles thus forwarded are regularly printed in about 300 newspapers o various parts of the Union. ROYAL ARTILLERY. The following general order has just been issued. for the gni:lance of the Commanding Officers of the R iyal Artillery on foreign stations, relative to the men dis missed from the regiment with Ignominy : "The Master• General having directed that soldiers of the R .37-s1 Artillery, dismissed with ignominy, instead of receiving their discharge abroad, shall be sent ho lie as prison , ra (but not in Moss confinement on their pas .age), for the purpose of being discharged from the ser vice in Engine', Commanding Officers are apprised that such men w,ll, of e..urse, not b- entitle I to pty as sol .li rs, while .airing for a passage, or on the passage home, but only rations, or subsistence ; and with a view to prevent such men from becoming burdensome to the pariah in which they may be discharged, an allowance, to take them to their re: Teethe places of sniistment, or, if the expense be not greater, to their intende.l plac-s of residence, will hereafter be granted, at the rate of one penny per mile, but that money is in no case to be paid to the man, if a conveyance can be furnished. ROBBERY OF PLATE.—On Tuesday information was received by the police of a most daring robbery of plate hav ing been committed on the night of Saturday last, at the house of Mr. Morgan, hosier and glover, No. 173, Strand. Amongst the articles stolen, which were taken from different rooms in the house, were 12 large silver tablespoons, 12 smaller ditto, 10 de-sert spoons, 8 si ver table forks, 2 sauce !wiles, 2 soup ladles, a S,h slice. 6 salt spoons, 2 silver castor, 2 pair of sugar tongs, a butter knife, mustard-pot, marrow spoon, also a quantity of valuable wearing apparel. It is nut known how the thieves effected an entrance. NEGRO Boys.—A South American pape- publishes an advertisement fit the sile of a variety of goods and chattels, and among them the following " lot" of human beings, who are desibtnat d boys :—" Nelson, negro boy, aged about 38 years ; Michel, negro boy, aged about 33 years ; Thornton, negr i boy, aged about 38 year s ; J err y, negro boy, aged aiana 40 years ; Charles, negro boy, age(' about 3.3 years ; Sheppe d, negro boy, aged about 22 years; Alexis, negro boy , aged about 46 years ; Auguste, negr o toy, aged about 43 years ; and Crawford, negro boy, aged aliout 33 years." HAND IN-11AND BUILDING ASSOCIATION.—A public meetitr , wAs hell at the Literary Institution, Leicester square, on Wednesday last, to explain the plan on which the Hand-in-Hand Building Association is founded. The chair was taken by J. E. D. Bethune, Esq., one ef the trustees of the society. The Chairman opened the proceedings by allud ing, in general terms, to the many fallacious schemes that had been put forward, professing similar objects. He in formed the meeting, that before he became a trustee, he had closely examined the plan of the association, and the calcu lations on which it is based, and had no hesitation in de dar ing the society could fulfil the prumises,it made to those who joined it. Mr. Kruse, of Old Swan Wharf, Chelsea, in a forcible speech, impressed on the meeting their duty to pro vide a comfortable home for their lama' s, and stated that the greater part of a tradesman's life was spent in working ot, for rent and taxes, which labour, through the a.i.dra..,.1 this society, might be turned to his own be nefit. Several other the c ourse ....n ! - An ,,,, t d speakers moved various resolutions, and in 1 to give great sitis observations, explained the details of the Hand 1 Association, which explanations appear:. faction. Mr. J. R. Macarthur, of th que . t i„ ns . with the .„,i.fi -d, and an- Briti..h Investment Society, was present, and askei d several answers to which, he a shareholder in the new nounced his intention of becom professe i ghimself ass , ciation. AT EDINBURGH seven o'clock on SaturdaY--A b, sIit DETERMINED SUI.CI,DnE mg a respectable looking mall, whose n ame is at present unkno wn, . precipitated himself fr om the top of Salisbury Crags, an d was killed on the spot. ill s b ody, , Willett is t fell on the Radical-road, al I dreadfully disfigure, ~ 1( afterwards rolled .clivity to the Queen's Park, w • 1 wit the steep de, . hcre It was found, ' ' •d to the Infirmary, but ha and remov, 8 not yet been claimed Th unfortunate man appears U. be about thirty-five Year s of age, is about five feet nine or ten Inches in height, with a round full face and f a ir hair, and his head bald in f ront, lie was i • resse t d in a brown top coat with a velvet neck, a green and blue satin vest, black and white , necked trousers, and a black stuffed lining the letters „ hat, having irside the "A. G . " with the figures 5 • 31. -5 " There were found in his pocket a penny and Ile bad thrown off his coat and map of the c. , unty of Edinbuigh. and one ot his shoes before throwing Inm self over the precipice, as these parts of his dress were found at the top ot the crags. Caledonian Mercury Th.. apo • rehension so f , miliar to the London publ7e, that the mass of railway projects now pressing on the attention of the Legislature will prove a serious embarrassment to the money market, is clearly described In the circular of Messrs. Gibson, Ord, and Co., of Manchester. They remark, that although there is now a certainty of obtaining the new corn law, with every pr.,spect of an abundant and early harvest, and a large supply of geld In the Bank ot England, there s a Crag on the commerbe of the wimpy, attri butable solely to the alarm which is felt ,t the prospect of an en , ln absorption of capital. A dissolution o." Parlian.ent, so tar as it will • lead to a sudden stoppage of the schemes, they regard as a beitent to be earnestly desired, and there are many persona connected Kitt}, the London money market who are entirely of the Mille opialott,,, Time,. ,- o. . , ) EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY. On Monday morning last, it %vies di,covered that the offices of Messrs. Harrison and Gel-, land aril commis sion agents, No. 5, Bed Lion-street, St. Ann's-square, had been broken open, an iron safe therein blown open with gunpowder, and a considerable sum of money taken thee. from. Suspicion alighted upon William Gaskell, whose father, a machine ruler, occupies an office und, r the same roof, and almost immediately over Mr. Har rison's office. and George Lear, a companion of the younger Gaski!l, who resides with his mother in Lloyd street, Huluie ; and they were apprehended and brought up at the Borough Court yesterday, on this charge. The prisoners are both yttting men, under 20. Mr. Sowler, barrister, defended tins prisoner Gaskell. It appe wed that on Monday morning, when Mr. Har rison eent to his office, he found that the door had been broken open. On going to an iron safe, in which he kept mon. y. he found that, too. bad been forced open, and three 10/. bank notes, a half sovereign, an Ameri can coin, and some silver and copper taken away. On Saturday List, about half-past one o'cleck in the after neon, he put money into a cash-box, which he locked, and deposited securely in the iron safe, and then left the premises, to which he did not return until Mon day. Access was had to Mr. Harrison's office by a street door, which was common to himself, the pri .soner Gaskell's father, Messrs. White and Jones, Mr. Varty, a letter press printer, and ape rson named Knowles, ad of whom had offices there. The street door was fastened at night by a padlock, of which each of he oc cupants had a key. The prisut er Gaskell had been in possession of the street door key latterly, though he does not appear to have been entitled to one ; but his father, having lost his key some time since, procured another ; the lost key, however, having been aft,riverds found. the pri-oner possessed himself of it. The party by whom the robbery had been committed had effected an entrance by the street door, the padlock of which had been opened by a key: Mr. Llarrisoe's office was secured by a padlock outside, at d a stock lock inside the door ; the former had been opened apparently without vielence, and in the ordinary way ; end the door, as it would seem from certain appearances which it presented, had then been wrenched open by means of a crow-bar, or some iron instrument. The iron safe bore marks of having been forcibly opened, by exploding eunpowd, r in the key-hole ; the lock was smashed in pieces, and the appearance of some of the fragments confirmed this surmise. A girl in the service of Mr. Parsons, St. Ann'e- square, the back part of whose house runs into Red Lion-street, and is immediately opposite the premises where the robbery was committed, heard a report like that of the explosion of powder, %hilt, she was in a bed-room in the back part of the hote,e, between eleven and twelve o'clock on Sunday morning last, during the thee of divine service ; and on lug king out of the window, immediately after the re port, she observed smoke issuing out of the window of Mr. Harrison's office, sad some one standing near the window. She knew the two prisoners very well, par ticularly Gaskell, bath of wh, m she bad often be: ire seen entering and going out of the door leading to the elder Gaskell's office; but she could net state whether or not Gaskell the prisoner was the person whom she saw at the office window whence the sineke issued. Another of Mr. Parson's servant girls, to whom the former shortly afterwards related what she had seen and heard, saw the prisoner Gaskell on Sunday morn ing, between eleven and twelve o'clock, -standing about four or five minutes near the outer door leading to the office. He asked her for a drink of water , and she gave him one. She had seen Gasketl at the door before her fellow-servant told her of the explo after sion. She did not see i n w h a t di rect i on he went she gave him the w a te r ; nor did s h e no tice 'se)" thing remarkable about his clotties. o'clock Pslice-offi c er A 22 went on d uty at n ine on Sunday night at th e coroner o f S t . Ann's'sq uare. A quarter of an hour a ft erwar d s h e tr i e d the street doo r leading to Mr. Harri son ' s o ffi ce , an d it was secur e. About ten minutes pa s t e l even , on the same night, he tried it again, when he found the hang leek was open ; he entered the door and proceeded up stairs, but found no e r s on in apy of the offic s, which were all f as t. He then informed the in spector en Cuty. who sent him to inform Mr; Varey, the occupant of one of the offi.-es, of the c ircumstance.fiti Mr. Varey accompani e d hi m to the premises , and _ d irg the offices all fast, hacked the street door. They hared, however, that th e h ang -l oc k on Mr. Har rison's ffic- door was unlocked, though the door itself was still le Id fast by a stock-leek inside. About halfapast en o'clock on Sunday night, as the police-officer was turning out of Red Lien-street into Back-square, he saw rhe prisoner Ga-kell cross over the square and sit down ~n the step of Mr. Armstrong's warehouse. A young noanan, between w, ore and the prisoner Gaskell an at achment existed, parted with him, a few minutes after 'all o'clock, on Sunday night, at the corner of Byrom street, n ar Hardman-scree , when be went towards St. John's Church, in tho direction of Hahne. The prisoner Gaska II was apprehended on Monday morn tes, in Red Lion street, near his father's office, when, on being informed of the charge against him, .•.e said he had been to the office on Sunday morning, but that he knew nothing about the robbery. Among ..they things found in his pceket, was a key which tilted the padlock of the street door in Red Lion-street; sn iron bar was al,o found at the office of his lather. Lear was apprehended at his mother's house, in Lloyd .treet, Hubne. Ou being charged with being concerned in he robbery, he stated he was at the office in Red Lion -tra et, with Gaskell, on Sunday morning, for a pair of trousers belonging to the latter ; that they afterwards went to bathe together, and, after bathing, came homewards, when Gaskell left him between twelve and one, near St. Matthew's Church, and he (Lear) went h.)me. From the elder Gaskell's account it appeared his son left home between seven and eight o'clock on Sunday morning ; returned home to .linner at one o'clock ; went out again about two ; re turned to tea between five and six ; went away again utter tea; returned a little after ten at night ; and then went to bed. His father described him as a steady boy stud stat. d that he was a teacher in the Sunday School at St. Matthew's Church. On Sunday, after dialler. he asked his mother for is. 6d., which she did not give to hie]. On Monday morning he welt to his work as usual. When he he. rd of Mr. Harrison" office having been broken open, he was anxious .to gD down stairs and see the ffice; but his father prevented him. The father, who was examined by Mr. Sowler, as a witness on behalf of his ~,n, said Mr. Harrison had been in the habit of Leaving his office on a Saturday afternoon in charge of a woman to be cleaned, and be thought there would be opportunity for a person to secrete himself in the office between Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. Re also said that Mr. Harrison's premises had, some 3 eare before, been attempted to be broken open, and an in strument had been carried out of his (Gaskell's) office to effect an entrance. Of this, however, Mr. Harrison denied all knowledge. Thomas Daniells, a boy who attends the Sunday school at St. Matthew's Church, said he saw the pri soner Gaskell at the school at about half past two o'clock o n Sunday afternoon ; he did nut see him at church in the morning. No part of the money abstracted from Mr. Harrison's safe ha. yet ben found. The pri.oners were remanded to Saturday.—Manchester Guardian. DEATH OF THE Ray. Da. MOORE.—We have to an• nounce the death of the Rev. James Moore, LL.D, vicar of the opulent and extensive parish of St. Pancras, which took place on Friday, at his residence in Gower-street, after hold ing the living for nearly half a century. The demise of the rev. rector, who is stated to hav e b een i n hi s 82d year, was announced to the parishioners by the tolling of the bells of New St. Pancras, and those of the various district churches, and as a mark of respect to his memory all the churches on Sun day last were hung with black cloth. Dr. Moore has,been in bad health for some time past, and unable to perform any' public religious duties, occasioned, it is believed, from tba effects of a paralytic stroke, with which he was seized whilst preaching at the New Church four or five years ago. Not withstanding his affliction, the Rev. Gentleman preserved his mental faculties, and at the period when the metropolis was agitated about the white surplice question, and other alleged innovations, he issued his prohibition to all the local clergy under his control to indulge in them, and two curates were dismis'ed for disobeying the order. The nominal value of the living, which is in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, is 1,9104 but there are other advantages per taining to it. It is rumourel that either the Venerable Archdeacon Hale or the Rev. Thomas Dale, folh of whom are canons d St. Paul's, will have the presentation conferred ore them. At Maynoo.h the improvements under the new. Pa rliamentary grant are surprising. Grand walks are now to be ...en where a tew months ago stagnant pools emited their fetid 'smell ; del, ware has been substituted for the " pewter platter," by the in spectors, and the new wings are to b e commenced next month. The exercise-ground has been also improved ; b a ll courts, &e in ex cellent order. All the port e r s , & c ., have livery now tor the first time.— Irish paper. BIRTHS. mr. • J, D. Jackson, of S a ff ron Wel- On the 20th inst., the wife of den, of a daughter. . Esq., of Ends of John A. T. Smyth Leigh-street, Tavlstock•squ. Airs. C. Dresser, e lust at Coventry. , t.,.. a son, still-bons. Oil the 21st inst., the lady of On the 2 ist ' in Norfolk-street, Park-lane, 31rs. Pearce Sere- On the 21st inst., cold, of a daughter. On the Lis inst., at Sussex-place, Hyde -park, Mrs. Doves, of a son. i n Upper Harley-street, the wife of Henry Lance- On tne 22d daughter. Wilton-street, Grosvenor-place, Mrs. Heighten Wilkins, of a taWs'anliham-crosii, Mrs. John Sharpe, of a eon. : t i lt ! the zed n2 2 2d2 2 :1 4 11E 1 sn n n i, :o al a t orme•s q u a r e * , Bayswater, the lady of Captaks On the 23 , 1 iiist., the lady of Charles Ring, lo Di t: a o t nili t i: liew Dixon, of a daughter. On the 23d lust ,at L avender -hill, Surrey, the wife mons and Mitcham t' d Esq., of a son. , 0 a d aughter. i o ro f Do of c c t o eo ris r '- g c e ot:- . Ellis, On the 9th i nst MARRIED. , at Winkfleld Church, Wilts, William Wickham. ming, Esq of Trowbridg e . Wilt., to Emma Sophia, eldest daughter ofJohn Rum ., 4)1 Wlnkfleld, Wilts. 011 the 10th ins ~ at Florence, the Signor Nlcolo Antonio Clout (Florentine noble), to Jersey Georgiana, eldest daughter of General Sir Colin Halkett, K.O B. and G.C.H. On the 19th in t., Ellen, the wife of Henry Davis, Esq., of Upper Iledfi.rd-plaee, aged 48. On the 20th inst., in Cheapside, Mr. S. Butler, aged 23. On the 20th inst., at Lim+ ood Lyndhurst, in the New Forest, Lieu tenant-Gen. rat it Cha, les Phillips. On the 20th init., Itohert Benson, Esq , of Sussex-square. D1P.7.1. On the 18 li Inst., Mary, widow of the late William West, Esq., of West-square, Southwark, aged 92. On the 20th inst., at Stamford-hill, Mrs. Williams, aged 74. On the 21st inst., at Warslow Ilan, Stafford, Eleanor, relict of the late Major Carlge, aged 78. On the 21st inst., at Stamford-hill, John Windus, Esq., aged 71. On the 22d fist., in Ahchurch-lane, James Edmondson, Esq On the 22d inst., in Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, Caroline Sophia, the fourth daughter of J. G. 31ardoch, Esq. On the 22d inst., J. P. Ponsford, aged 19. On the 21st inst., at Lyme Regis, George, the only son of Mr. Moulson, of Clapham, Surrey, aged 10. On the 23d inst., at Windsor, Ann, the wife of Mr. T. Appreece Soley, aged 42. • Ou the 231 inst., at Leases, near Redale, Yorkshire, Mr. Edward Strati wa3 es, aged $7 At Castle-bar hill, Erzabeth Ann, Lady Wethurall, rtlict of Gent r.d Sir Frtllvrick Wethei all, G.C. 11. London: trniteo aue eutilisitt.o by h LRDO YOUNG, of No. 112. Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand. in tb% precinct of the Sayer, In tlnt County Of ;diddleses, Thup,idar, jaw, 25. 1540. it