The Sun. — London, England, 1851-03-15 00:00:00

Vbi '-.,4411,44tttt0tz T a numerous Meeting of Shareholders of the EAST N COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY, held #t ~.undon Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, the 15th day of March, 183, GeorFe Hammond Whalley, Esq., in the Chair, It was resolved unaelmcusly, That it having come to the knowledge of this meeting that Mr. David Waddington is to be put in nominati n as a D.rector of this Company, at a meeting to be lied on the 1 sth• inst.; arid that he is making great efforts to secure his eleeti.in, tins meeting feels valid upon to deelare its opinion that lis election weu:d be disastrous to the prospects of the company, for he following reasons :- 1. That Mr. Waddington having, from 1345 to 1843, had the management of the tratc department of the Railway, either adopted or permitted a systematic mis-statement of the traffic account to the amount, as appears by the Report of the Committee of Investi gation, of upwards of 1E3,0001, ; "for which," in the words of the Report, " it is impossible to conceive any excuse, and which every right-minded person must indignantly condemn." 2. That Mr. Waddington being thus identified with such system of railway management, and also with other cir, umstences eterred to in the said Report, his election would prevent the revival of public confidence, as well in the published accounts as in the private • management of the Company. • 3. That, whether justly or not, Mr. Waddington being thus known, his e!ection would be n. deziaration that the syetem so adopted or permitted by him was justifiable, and mast consequently p,rpe tuate and increase want of confidence on the part of the public ; it being impoSsib:e that so vast an enterprise as the Eastern Comi ties Kaliway coeld continue to exist to defiance of the recognised principles of commercial character. It was resolved unanimously, Th"at this meeting. therefore feels justified in making an earnest appeal to their fellow-Shareholders to attend the nv.eting on the troth hist , in order to uphold the character and protect the interests of the Company (Signed) G. U. WIIALLEY, Chairman. DEATH OF SIR EDMUND WALLER, BART.—This baronet died on the 9th inst.,'after a long illness, at Brigh ten, in the 55th year of his age. The deceased was nephew of the Rev. Sir Charles Towushend Waller, the third baronet. He married, first, 1828, the second daughter of George Wal:er, Esq., of Prior Park, county of `Tipperary; and, se condly, the third daughter of Arthur Guinness, Esq., of Dub lin, the eminent brewer, and the sister of the present Lord Mayor of Dublin. The deceased succeeded his uncle in 1830. He is succeeded by his son Robert, born in 183'. The first baronet was one of the commissioners of the revenue - in Ireland, and represented the borough of Dundalk in Par liament. The title was created in 1780. - EIRFORCEMUNTS FOR THE CAFE.—As we pre dicted last week, the 3d Buffs haVe been placed in readiness to embark for the Cape of Goad 'Hope as well as the 74th Highlanders. We also . understand that it is expected two more regiments will be held in readiness to embark for the same - destination. The 13th Light Infantry, now under orders to embark for Gibraltar, have been informed that in the event of its being found necessary to send additional troops to the Cape, they will. at once proceed to that station. —United Serviee Gazette. FRANCE. The National remarks as follows on the affair of M. Michelet : '• This dismissal is a serious warning to public opinion. We do not mean merely with. respect to the lectures or person of M. Michelet; every one knows how deeply we sympathise with the illustrious professor. But we wish more especially to call attention to the fact that this is the first attack made by Louis Napoleon's Govern ment on the liberty and dignity of the professional chair. The waters are rising: the Jesuits first tried their strength against the country schoolmasters; and now that they have closed or perverted the schools for the people, they begin to attack the highest and most celebrated chairs. It should be well understood that nei ther any person nor anything will escape their attacks. This couduct is logical, and in strict keeping with the part which they have to play. As they find a country to endure them, a Government to obey them, why should they not, Ise , in' the deplorable times of the Restoration. recommence theil• war against philosophy and liberty? M. Giraud is also acting in cauracter. It was not to defend the university and promote learning that he ac cepted from the hands of M. Louis Bonaparte the heri tage of MM. Fano= and Parieu. A Minister of Public Instruction is now a mere clerk charged with counter signing the ruin of learning and science. But what can we say of the majority of the professors of the College of France? The College has endeavoured to mask its unwor thy conduct by a subterfuge. They accuse M. Michelet of giving fewer lectures than he ought, and have even bor rowed of the Jesuits soma of their favourite artifices; for, in calculating the average number of his lectures for the last few years, they have included the year during which they were suspended. But even if this fraud did not exist, such an argument is disgraceful. Do they want to make us believe that M. Michelet is suspended because he only lectured once a week? Indeed we are only prevented by a feeling of generosity from mention ing a certain professor at the College of France, the whole of whose lessons—to judge by the number of au ditors—are not worth one of M. Miohelat's. M. Bar thelemy St. Hilaire will know to whom we allude." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING, 1851. MONDiY.—Match, 100, h ft, 83t 71b each, T.Y.C.— Captain Lowther's The Tumbler agat Duke of i ßedford's Sophistry. THE NEWMARKET ROBBERY—ITS SEQUEL. The body of Mr. Arthur Preston, alias Panestou, whose connexion with the got up sfli,ir at Newmarket must be fresh in the memory of our readers, was found in a pond at iver, near Uxbridge, on the 3,1 inst., in so advanced a stage of decomposition that it could only be identified by the clothes and the initials on the linen; it is supposed to have laid in the water al nut two months. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Atonal of this day.) Notwithstanding the check given in the early part of the week to most of the public securities by the uosettleel state of the Government, and the news from Africa, an active business has been doing in a number of favourite dividend mines at advanced prices, in several of which buyers have been more plentiful than sellers. A large amount-of 'speculative capital has also been again dis burled in sew adventarts, some of solid and others of doubtful character; but, oil the whole, thus far there is nothing to justify serious c6niplaintealthongh we "could still Wish - that the sum subscribed to carry out a given undertiking.we.re mere is accordance with the real wants of the-usine than with the cupidity of, its projectors. In the Metal 11arket, Copper is steady, without alte ration. Lead not so brisk. English Tin not in much , demand; Foreign continues firm, although there is but little doing. Wetterstedt's Patent Metal, and the Yellow Metal Shea -thing are in fair demand. • North Wheal 'Friendship sold 16 tons of lead ores, at ill: 135.: 6i. per ton. The first Tale of lead, ores from the Merllyn Mines, 40 tons e eealizA 121. 12s. 61. per ton. • Carthew Consols sold 13 t3ns of lead ore, at 101.55. 6d. per ton. The Glengola Mine (Galway) sold 60 tons of lead ore, at 111. 18s. 6 , 1. . Bryntail Mine. sold 16 tons of lead ore, at - 10/. 10s. per ton: • Tamar Mining Company aeld oia the 11th inst. 70 tons of silver-lead ore, at 20/. 2i. 6d. per ton. tickatings for 90 tons rf. Foxdale (Isle•of Man) lead ore varied from 10/. Its. 6d . ., by T. Somers, to 1 IL 17s. 6d per ton, by J. Walker and Co. There was sampled at Trelawny, on Satuplay last, two parcels of ores, No. 1 computed 100 tons, No. 2 (com • mon) 40 tone. The -Haw kmoor FAraary ores were sampled at Cal stock on Wedr?sdey, Fro:lacing 26 tens 7 owls.' The Lewis Mines appear to be in a very satisfactory position. - The last sale of tin ores (30 tons 14 cwts.) realised 1,638/ Bs. 11d., letivieg a profit on the month',.. working of 513/. Bs. sd. The same quantity (30 tons), t le agent states. may be expected monthly. At Wheal Emma (one of the mines belonging to the Devon Great Consols) .the lode has been cut nine feet wide, composed of the finest gossan, prian; and ore; the north wall on the lode has not yet been seen. •We have vein unusually tine specimens of copper ore from Bottle Hill Mine in the 24 fm. - level, both from the old and newly-discovered lode-the former being a yel loN e:utphurer, spotted with crystals of green carbonate, arid the lettee largely intersected with black oxide. We have .ins pected some fine rocks. of copper ore from ..Badmia Wiical Mary, which, as will be seen by our lead ing article, nave been forwarded to the Great Exhibition. There has been a serious dispute , between eAtDborno Consols and Camborne Venn and Stray-park, the latter contending the - ore offered at tickettng was rose within their limits. The sale was opposed, hut ulti rtiee!y i ffectcd, by both parties signing an undertaking that the ,proceeds shetill remain in the hands of the pur chaers to abide the issue. Strappark is thought to be in ttie,right.. , the Eist Wheal Rose meeting , at Truro on Mon day- the accf•u:As for November and December showed . 7 8414 xice .last account, 2.5051. 9a. 3 3 .; ores sold ( l e ss "uf' , 4aB,BooL ; Cargoll adventurers, for water charge, tee, 1761.8 i. eal.sea i 1,4811. 17s. 91.-To cost, coals. and merchents bills, 6,603/. 14a. lid.; income-tax and way rate, 2261, 55. ; carrusee of ore and coal, 2251. 17::. sd.- By dividend af tea per share (1,9200; leaving balance i n favour of adventurers, 2,506/. Os. sd. At North Iloskear meeting, held at the mine on Mon day, t he accounts for December and January showed • Balance from last account, 1,851/. Bs. 4d. ; ores sold, 4,3501. 35.6,401/. 16s. ae. , er allure ( M ine - ine cost, 4,080/. Bs. 9d. By dividend of 5L per 400/.), leaves balance in purser's ' hands, 1.6 a 1/. 71. 7d.; Wheal Lovell has declared a dividend of 21. per share (8601.) The next dividend is expected to be al. per share. At the Wheal Trernayt!e meetin g th accounts showed sale of copper ore frall!,u e n elKber t o February -- (Tess I . 1 0th dues, 162/, I.Ba a , I ), 0 , 123 L 1 8s. 6d. ; m i ce cost and merchants' bills, 2.601/. 3.5. 4d. eavinmoot,s22/...155. 9 3.: add bala nce in hand on last account,-nr4o9 is. 5d.e.-a-930/. 7d.-deduct dividend 101. per share, 5121: leaves now is band, 4201. 2s. 7d. At Alfred Consols meeting. on Tuesday, a dividend of ss: per share (1,2800 was declared. • At the meeting of the Caro Brea adventurers, held a t t mine ob Friday, the produce was reported to have a )rnewhat declined; but the prospects in the new ground . in the, eastern part of the sett are very encouraging. A dieidend will be declared in a few days. At the South Wheal Trelawny meeting on Tuesday, the accounts were examined and passed, showing-Ba lance last account, 121/.-10s. 5d.; labour cost, October; 1141. ls. 3d.; ditto, Nov., 66/. 9!. Id.; ditto, December, 45/, 15s. 2d; ditto, Jan e 1851, 6SI. 175.; cash due for 56 shares resigned, 1431. 151. 61=557/. Bs. 5d.-by Call (50s. per share), 500 t, leaving baleeee against the mine, 57/. Ss, sd. Capt. Wm. Jenkins was appointed manager and purser, at 3/i. 136. 63. per month; and it was resolved to drive the 60 fm. level south, instead of sinking the eugine-shaft. The purser was directed to treeeed against all defaulters, and to take the proper steps •he regard to two shares resigned by Mrs. Ann Lean. seeakt the Crane and Bejawsa meeting, at Camborne on Tuesday, the accounts for Nov. and Dec. showed-Ba lance from last account, 8461.; costs and merchants' bills, 1,9044 118. 9d.a.--2,7504 I Is. 9d. By call in Jan., THE S 1,5361.; overcharged sundries, 271. 2s. 5d.; leaving ba lance against adventurers, 1,1871. 93. sd. A cell of 61. per share Was made. At North Wheal Robert meeting, on Tuesday (the Rev. J. Wright, F.R.S., in the chair), the accounts wore examined and passed, showing-Aincunt received on calls, 2,0481.; discount, 31 9s. si - !...--2,051 1 9s. sd. By purchase of ett, 1,0001 ; office expenses for four months, 321. Os. 6d.• printing, engraving, books , sta ti o ner l , 39/. 16s. 7d.; labour cost and merchants' bills, four months, 3041. 14s. Bd.; leaving balance at bankers, 674/. 17s. Bd. Mr. J. IH. Murchison (the secretary) read a report from Mr. Arthur Dean, C.E., on the present po sition and future prosdects of the mire, which was highly satisfactory. At the Llwynmalees meeting, yesterday, a call of 10s. per share was made. The agent reports the mine to be looking well: 30 tons of lead ore were sampled on the 12th inst. At the meeting of adventurers in Peter Tavy and Mary Tavy Consols, on Saturday last, the accounts were ex amined and passed, showing the working cost for Jan. and Feb. to have been 139/. Bs. 4d., leaving a balance in favour of the company of 390/. Ss. Id. At the East Wheel Reeth bi-monthly meeting, on Wednesday, the accounts showed a balance in hand 'of 58/. 3s. 2d., and calls to receive of 531/. 155.-making a total to meet the cum nt expenses of 5191. 18s. 2d. At the Trethevy meeting, held at Exeter on the 10th inst., the accounts were examined and passed, showing -Balance last account, 331. Bs. Bd.; labour cost and mer chants' bills for Dcc., 2291. 18s. 9d.; paid Messrs. Ni• cbolls on account of pumps, 1001.; labour cost and mer chants' bills for January, 1111 103. I 1d.=474/. 183. 4d. By calls, 3681.; West Phenix Mining Company for pumps, 401.: having balance against the mine, 66/. 185. 41. At the West Phcenix bi-monthly meeting, at Exeter on Monday, the accounts showed-Balance last account, 484/. 9s. Id.; on account of call, 500/.=9841. 9s. ld. Paid on further account of lessees, 103/. 155.; ditto Tre thevy company for pumps, 401.; labour cost and bills for December, 105/. 43. 7d.; ditto January, 119/. 7s. 7d. ; leaving balance in favour of the mine, 616/. Is. 11 d. At the Kirkcudbrightshire monthly meetiiii i ,R Tues day. the accounts showed a balance against the'_VfmPanY of 18/. 4s. 2d. ' There are, however, 40 tons or lead pre shipped, per Caledonia, valued at 4201., the cost of which has been paid. There was a profit on the month, of 351. 17s. 6d. At the Wheal Sophia meeting there was a balance in favour of the mine of 531. 123. 9d. The workings are suspended for two months; all arrears of calls are to be collected, and a call made, if necessary, of ss. per share. At Wheal Harriet meeting on Saturday last (James Reed. Esq., in the chair), it was proposed that the re signation of Mr. Thomas Tredinnick be accepted, and that Mr. Edward Burgess, of Camborne, be the future purser of the mine. The meeting was adjourned until Tuesday next, to receive and pass the accounts. At the Craig-y-Mwyn meeting the preparatory works were directed to be energetically proceeded with, be yond the cost of which, the balance in hand, and esti mating the ore on bank and the produce for the next three months, would leave a satisfactory surplus. A de , putation of shareholders had made a minute inspection of the mine, and found all the indications of a good property-everything, in fact, proceeding to their satis- faction. Thero have been numerous transactions in foreign mines during the week. Santiago has been much in quired for, and done at an advance; Copiapo, United Mexican, and Cobre have also been dealt in. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) DRAFTS FOR NORTH AMERlCA.—Detachments have been placed under orders to join the Head quarters of their several regiments in North America:- 20th Regiment, 2 Officers, and 60 men. 23d „ 1 ~ 61 „ 54th ~ 4 60 ~ 66th „ 1 „ 40 71st „ 1 „ 41 ~ Rifle Brigade, 2d Batt. 2 „ 100 „ 'Total, 11 officers and 362 mem. Her Majesty's steam-frigate Retribution, 28, Captain Warden, now on a cruise with Commodore Martin's squadron, has been ordered to Devonport immediately, to be ready to embark troops and stores, if necessary, for the Cape of Good Hope. The Encounter screw -1 corvette, at Lisbon, will convey the orders to the , squadron on the arrival of the mail at Lisbon. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.—Deputy Assistant- Commissary Generals Osborn, Power, and Robininson, and Clerks, Marsh and Bailey, aro ordered to embark forthwith at Queenstown on board her Majesty's steam. ship Vulcan for service at the Cape of Good Hope. Captain Tulloch has been relieved from duty at Til bury Fort, where he has been for some time past em ployed superintending pensioner convict guards for the colonies, and has been succeeded by Major O'Brien, Unattached, formerly Brigade-Major at Chatham. Cap tain Tulloch is waiting the Commander-in-Chief's ap proval of his promotion to a majority previous to his proceedinc , to Canada to enrol the pensioners resident there; but it is understood that the Horse Guards authorities are more averse than ever to the employment of the pensioners, since the disastrous accounts which have been received from the Cape of their butchery and destruction. HER MAJESTY'S SCREW TROOP-SHIP VULCAN.—We stated last week that the Vulcan, Master-Commander I''nn, had been ordered to proceed from Portsmouth to Queenstown, and convey the 74th Regiment to the Cape. She arrived there on the 10th and left yesterday. We be lieve that her services are to be placed at the disposal of the naval commander-in•chief at the Cape, for any work that the exigencies of the moment may demand, for convey ance of troops, stores, &c.; but in the event of her pre sence not being required, she is to return to England, and touching at St. Helena and Ascension by the way, is to bring home unserviceable naval and ordnance stores. ANOLESEA BARRACKS, PORTNEA. - Estimates have been accepted by the Board of Ordnance for the follow ing works, to be performed in Anglesea Barracks during the present year. A new bedding store to be built at a cost of 23 8 / 4 a new tailors' shop to be erected for 3821.; for the laying en gas-3871.; a new coal yard to be formed at 5251., and a boundary wall to be built at the charge of 625/, making a total expenditure of 2,1841. Her Mrjesty's acreiv'sloop Reynard, Coinmander Cra croft, is ordered home from the China station. It is likely that she will call at the Cape en route, and if her services, are necessary, she will be detained there. H.M.S. CALEDONIA, 120.—There is no foundation for the report circulated in some of our daily contempora ries, that the Caledonia, 120, Captain Carter, was to leave Malta for England on the Bth inst. She is not yet ordered home. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The court-martial on Commander St. Leger and the officers and crew, late of the Flamer steam-vessel, wrecked on the coast of Africa, will take place on Monday next, on board the flag-ship at Portsmouth. Banshee steam-frigate, Lieut. Commander Hosken, having had her defects made good, will leave Devonport this day for the Mediterranean. _ _ _ Cumberland. 70:Captain Seymour (flag-ship of Vice-Ad miral Sir G. F. Seymour), will not sail from. Spithead till I'4 onday. Lady Seymour and family returned on .shore on Thursday, and remain at the Ueorge Hotel till Monday. Flying Fish, le., Coinmander Patey, by last advices, was in the Bights of Benin, off Cape St. Paul, having left the south coast. A prize of hers, containing 270 slaves, had arrived at Sierra Leone. _ _ _ Penelope, IS, steam-frigate, Captain Lyster, has been masted, and is being rigged by the riggers of the yard, at Portsmouth. First Lieutenant Willtams, and 42 men of tilt, Royal alarine artillery, embarked on board her on Thursday. She has entered about 80 men, most of whom are, however, on leave of absence. Powerful, .e 4, was towed up Portsmouth Harbour to ordi nary moorings, yester4ay morning, by the Echo steam-tug. Prince Regent, 90. Cat tain Harris, has been totally dismantled. She will come out t,f dock at Portsmouth to-day. Rolla, Lieut. Command-r Fenwick, has returned into Ports mouth harbour, to remain till Monday. Retribution, 28, S tea in -fr igat e, Captain Warden, returned to Lisbon, and having recei ed dispatches from the Admiralty, left on the ith for the commodore's squadron. 'lhe Retribu tion is ordered to Devonport immediately. Sampson, 6, steam .frigate, Captain Junes, cnd her tender, the Bloodhound, steam-vessel, with Sir Emerson Tennent and suite, left Lisbon on the sth inst. for St. Helena. APPOINTMINTS WOOLWICH, MARCH 14.—Captain Peter M'Quhae (1835), formerly Commander of the DmL,lus, 20, to be Commodore of the Second Class, and hoist his broad pendant on the Imaurn, 72, at Jamaica, in the room of Commodore Thomas Bennett, whose period of service on the West India station has expired, having been appointed on the 7th of February, 1848. Master—Hugh D. Beach (1847) to the Coast Guard. Second Master—Thomas R. Coiling wood (1845), from the Caledonia, 120, ordered home from the Mediterranean sta tion, to the Cumberland, 70, at Portsmouth, for the West India station. Clerk—Wm. S. E. Freeman (1849) to the Penelope, 16, ;team 4 - rigate at Portsmouth. PROMOTIONS. Gunner Henry A. Dewar, boatswain James Blight, and carpenter James Willcocks, to the Penelope. The Alecto steam-sloop, Commander George Lavie, on getting her steam up yesterday morning, after having her compasses adjusted at Greenhithe, proceeded to the mea sured mile in Sea Reach to try her speed, and on an average of four runs it was found to be about seven knots per hour. The Alecto passed through the Downs at seven o'clock in the evening of the same day, for the eastward, and will take out the mails for the coast of Africa from Plymouth. Lieutenant Charles T. Leckie (1845), having completed his full period of study of steam at the factory at Woolwich Dockyard, was examined to-day by Mr. Humfreys, chief engineer, and having passea, left in the afternoon to join the Penelope steam-frigate, at Portsmouth, having been recently appointed to that vessel for service on the coast of Africa. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, 111.incii 14. NATURAL SCIENCES, TRIPO3-1851. FIRST CLASS. • cI ) Liveing, St. John's, (3) Evans, St. John's. Hort, Trinity. -(4) Harden, Magdalen. 'SECOND CLASS. V Pane, Trinity. I Wil son , T r i n ity. (1) .Distinguished in Chemistry and Mineralogy. (2) Distinguished in Physiology and Botany. (3) d istinguished in Chemistry and Botany. (4) Distinguished in Chemistry. PItOI . O.AL TO FOUND AN ARCILEOLOGICAL PROFESSORSFIIP. John Disney, Esq., to Whose munificence the University is indebted for the collection of ancient marbles lately depo sited in the Fit zwilliam Museum, and known by the name of off th er e s u t o o iv t e r r a s n i s ty fer of to c the of " 'II e M ut t:l' ls 'l E ln m, D an is d ne sc ia h n o u l tn ar; am- Cbrhidaguceelll7oo/. Three . per Centum per Annum Consolidated Bank Annuities, tor the purpose of founding and endowing a professorship of classical antiquities, to be called " The Dia to the following cncemydpitrioonfersvoirzs. h : L p of Arch xology," subject tolife Arts,Uni torrsistoymoof Cambridge, and of That the higher degree. Professotrhe be deagrmeeemofbe blaster o f That the Professor be required to deliver six lectures at UN, least daring each academical year on subjects of Antiquarian Research and the Fine Arts. That the appointment to the professorship remain with Mr. L.'irney during his lifetime; and that, after Mr. Disney's decea , e, the appointment be vested in the Vice-Chancellor and heads of colleges. That the professorship be tenable for five years, and that the Professor be capable of being re-elected. A Grace, to authorise the acceptance of Mr. Disney's pro posal, will be offered to the senate on Wednesday next, arch i 9, when a draft of the proposed endowment deed will be laid upon the registrary's table. be would acquire a knowledge of the internal structure cf the latlgiD,ges. The Gieek languege was compound( d of several dialects, each of which was, fur the most part, devoted to a distiuct style of composition. This was a peculiarity which distinguished the literature of We Greeks from that of almost all other nations. The Latin langenge did not possess the same variety. It did not pc,,ess that exquisite adaptation to every farm of composition, but this was, in one point of view, its chief merit. The'very perfection of the Greek language, its close connexion with the Greek soil - and. climate; bed prevented ,its adoption elsewhere, and had its noble literature been left,' to itself it would have been lost, never to be recovered. The Latin, on the other hand, abrupt, but concise and vigorous, was the natural companion of the Roman Genius, and had extended itself simultaneously with the,progress of the Roman con quests. The'Frencli; Sptleish, Portuguese, and Italian langugg4were little else than dialects of the old Latin. while it Vas an extensive 'element of the German, and more espeCially of the Etilish. It might be urged that, in a community where tlo people were so devoted to commerce there was no time for such studies, unless they coul4e proved to tr, directly advantageous to the pupil in his future pursuits in life. ,The answer he would make to this objection, pitadoxieal as it might sound, was this: it. •was precisely because such studies would not be useful in that sense that they ought to be so sedu lously cultivated.=-(Clateri.) The more absorbing a person's ordiia'ary pursuits were likely to prove, the more important it",dad that he thoulh be familiar with studies that could sometimes alltre him to converse with the great minds of ancient titles and countries.—(Cheers.) Professor Sandeman delvered a lecture on mathema tics. Profesanr Vs illiarasou delivers his introductory lecture on natural historythis day (Friday). British, Preference, 5%.- Shrewsbuiy and Birmingham (A), 31i dis.—Ditto (B), 2 1 4, dis.—Shropshire Union, 2: YORK, 11. t xcii 13. ttroox ExonAxan.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—North British, 10—Sheffield. Rotherham, and Goole, N. Div., guaranteed 5 per cent., la. Bs.—York and North Midland, 29 A. ACCIDENT AT THE NEW-CROSS RAILWAY STATION. A very alarming accident occurred. yesterday morning to the 7 30 A.M. Parliamentary down-train on the South-East ern Railway. The train left the London-bridge terminus within three minutes of the proper time for its departure, and proceeded safely past the Bricklayer's-Arms Junction at the usual rate of speed—about 18 miles per hour. It had crossed the junction points, and, propelled by two loco motives, was rapidly passing on to the New-cross incline, when the first engine came suddenly into contact with a Brighton coal train, which by some unaccountable negligence was at the moment being shunted from the Surrey Canal " siding" on to the down line. The collision was a very severe one, and occasioned great alarm among the pas sengers, of whom, as usual in this train, there was a very large number. Both the engines of the passenger-train were disabled, one of them was almost shattered to pieces, and four or five of the coal trucks were destroyed. As soon as the shock occasioned by the collision had subsided, those passengers who had sustained the most serious injury, two ladies and one gentleman, were removed from the train, and conveyed back to London. The down train itself, propelled by a new engine as soon as the debris occasiened by the collision had been cleared away, pro ceeded on to Dover without further mishap: The injured passengers, on their return to the London-bridge terminus, were received by the company's officials, by whom every possible attention was paid to them. At their own request they were conveyed to Burrell's Bridge-house Hotel, where Mr. Parker, a medical gentleman, resident in Tooley-street, immediately attended to render them all the assistance ire his power. The names of the persons are—M. and Mademoiselle Vantini, the son and daughter of M. Vantini; formerly pro prietor of the Pavilion Hotel, at Folkestone; and a Miss Wollaston, a friend of Mademoiselle Vantini. Miss Wollas ton has a slight contused wound on the forehead, and Made moiselle Vantini has sustained some injury . on' the upper lip. The gentleman is fortunately not much hurt, and we be lieve it may be said that the shock and fright of the collision is the most serious part of the matter with all the sufferers. The ladies remained at the Bridge-house Hotel last night, but M. Vantini was sufficiently recovered to return home. Mr. Macgregor, the chairman, and Captain Barlow, the new manager, were most assiduous in their attentions and inqui ries yesterday. A rigid inqUiry has been set on foot to"ascer tain the cause of the catastrophe. • RAIL WAY ISITELLIGENCE. EASTERN COLNTIES RAILWAY. The report of the comuittee of shareholders in refer• enca to a working agreement wth the Eastern Union and Norfolk Railway Companies' has just been issued. It states that although `Vey have not been enabled to carry out to the`full extOf t the object of their appoint ment, namelyelbit they should " settle the terms" of a working agreement betVeeia the three companies, the comm ittee have e 'neverthehs, collected iefornaation of a nature calculated to thrby considerable light upon the question, and to aid in prtvoting a fair and sound deter mination upon it. They :n the first instance proceeded to ascertain the data upas which the directors had re commended the sletirehokers to confirm' the agreement for working the.> three Ines. The guarantees of the Eastern Union CoMpany Vere put down at 70,0001. per annum in the pcopessd , tgreernent, but the committee discovered that that suneled not include the liability of the Eastern Union pomppy to pay to the Stour Valley Railway a fixed interest se the capital employed iu the construction of that, line. , amounting to about 9,0001. a year, and else theirliabiley to the rentals of the Stow market and Lark.Navigefions of about 1,500/., making together 10,500/. per anntea. The committee examined the following officers of tie company on the subject: — Mr.' IL Moseley, the :Nods manager; Mr,. Gooch, locomotive superintendent; Mr. Richardson, coaching superintendent; and hrt! Ashcroft,,' superintendent of way and works. OR her requested to state to the committee the nature the details of information furnished by theme to. the deputation of directors, these gentlemen declaredehat they had not been called upon for, nor had , the) rendered, any information whatever relative 'fa the subject 'of the proposed agreement either'. to 01'0 board or the deputation; and Mr. Moseley'' stated that he was uot aware of the intended =erve twill two days after it had been concluded. The coniniitteeelso separately examined each of these officers in rekt•enc4 to the prObable effect of a joint working agreemeneen the earnings and expenses of his particular department; andthey were eventuallyrequested by the committee to make a joint report of the result of their deliberations: This tilt); accordingly did, and from tha document furnished' to tie committee it appeared that while these officers> agreed upon the desirableness of working the three libel tinier one management, they did not think that such au arrangement would produce any increase in the tote gross receipts; but that the mileage run might be real* -y about 130,000 miles per annum, equal, as 'they 'estimate, to a, money saving in working and all other, expenses, at the rate of 2s. per mile, of 13,000/e Thee_ also estimate a further saving, to arise from tie consolidation of stations, locomotive shops, andsupervision generally, of 3.000/, making a total estimated' annual saving of 16,0001. Mr. Moseley stated,that the concessions (by way of re bate and cheaper rates) M de to customers, arising out of the cempetitionlOkifee oods traffic between Norwich and London, have not elutlg'the past year exceeded the sum' of 300/. He eller expressed an opinion that the gross earnings in his departneoA might be increased under a joint working, in respect of goods and cattle, to the ex tent of some 5,0001. ,per Annual, by raising rates and procuring goods to be carried on the line which are now carried coastwise; but that such probable in crease would be much mire than counterbalanced by the abstraction of traffic 'from . this company by com peting lines. From theatttement furnished to the com mittee by Mr. Quilter, it appeared that the amount of guarantees, according CO tie? heads of the proposed agree ment, would be=—for the Eastern Counties, 266,0001.; for the Norfolk, 60,000/ ; arid for the Eastern Union 70,0001. Add to the Norfolk 10.00%, and Eastern Union 6,000/., and deduct the same from ethe Eastern Counties, being the 'estimated interest which the latter company will have to pay on the capital to be invested in the pur chase of the rolling stock, Ste., of the two former companies, and adding to the Eastern Union for rentals 10,5001., would allow the Eastern Counties 250,000/., the Norfolk 70,0001., and the Eastern Union 86,500/, The committee seite that these appear to be the real sums at which the fixed charges payable out of the common earnings ought to bestated in estimating the effect upon Eastern Counties' interests of the operation of the proposed agreement, otherwise the effect of the purchase of the rolling stock for the traffic of the united lines by one company (the Eestern counties) would be to give `a. proportionate participation in cestributing no rolling stock to a t t o tilde thein united tile other productionearnings,com pa n theyi e so of o,se ,_ ase earnings. From the same at eme n .0 the committee that the pe cuniary effect it alsofsetween the three companies stoan appearsunio k s would be an annual loss of on theterms 1., wich proposed would . r., Quiiter arrives at in the fol lowing Company's earnings, 122,8301.; • -,40.., and guarantees, 70,000 C. together, 146,5201., leavit a deficiency of 23,6901. Eastern Union Com leas n er: expenses, — N ° r f ci 7 l e k kbt / Paey'a earnings, 96,715/. ; less kand guarantees, 86, 500 / ; together,r a deficiency of 3 8, 3321 ., w e eficiency of the Norfolk, wo ich i , g working expenses , i1d3e5d,047t0 t. , 4 t B, hie s o ; a 1;; , g makes 62,02 21 . as the, deficiencies of the two companies combined, an d ,.. m bich would be payable out of the joint earnings before a ny division of profits could take place amongst the ordittary stockholders. Eastern Counties earnings 702,458!,;5 ,000/.; together 605 , 0061 . , 355,0061., and g uaran t e es "250,0001.; less working expenses leaving a surplus of 97 ,447 1 . in favour of the Eastern Counties Company, hut - Which under the operation of the proposed agreement would be abSorbed by the combined deficit in the revenue of 't4 ex t e nt of 62,0221., leaving d " illy the sum of 35,4251 . From this latter sum , 2-8 the other two companies to the vvoeld be deducted for the Norfolk and Eastern Union Companies, amounting to 8,8561., and which added to theNlefleit of 62,0221., would show the loss entailed upon the Eastern Counties Company by the proposed arrangement to be 70,8781. After a deliberate consideration Of the evidence adduced the committee have come to the conclusion that the terms of the. proposed agreement are not based upon en equitable regard for the interests of the Eastern . Counties. Comp a ny, and that if adopted and carried into execution, a serious and permanent injury would thereby be inflicted upon the property. The committee, therefore, strongly, and without he sitation, recommend for the shareholders that they do not confirm the proposed' agreement. The committee state that they would fail in their duty if they did not express their opinion that the proceedings of the board of directors In respect of this measure do not appear to have been" characterized by that caution end deliberation which were due to its magnitude as - a commercial question, a nd wpteially to i ts vitll importance as affecting the exte nsive interests intrusted to their keeping. But while the comm i t t e e recommend the non-adoption of the terms proposed, they attach a high degree of importance to the establishment of an equitable working agreement, not only with the Eastern Union and Norfolk Companies, but also with other lines in the eastern restricts, and for the accomplishment of which they think that this company should be pre. pared to enter into liberal arrangements. Acting upon this view, the committee have oeened a communication with the directors of the two former companies, and have taken steps with the view of bringing about a conference with the Newmarket and Chesterford Company. Proxies 'having been granted by a considerable number of the shareholders with the view of supporting the adoption of the proposed agre ement, the committee con sider it highly exexpedient that suc h p roxies should be withdrawn , and according l y re commend their forma! o I revocation. THE LONDON GAZETTE, March 14. DOWNING•STREET, Melia' 12. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United King dom, naming and appointing the Rev. Hibbert Blaney, Doctor in Divinity, to be Bishop of the See of Nova Scotia, void by the death of Doctor John Inglis, late Bishop th ereof. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 11. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. William Kirchner as Consul at Sydney for his Majesty the King of Prussia. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Siegerich Christopher Kreeft as Consul in London for the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin. WHITEHALL, MARCH 5. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Burton Ling, of Scarborough, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MARCH 14. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market was good to-day and business extensive. The transactions were as follow: Great Western Stock, 92 1 4 Midland, 67 ex div.—Shrews bury and Birmingham, 3% dig.--South Devon, 2034—t'outh Wales, a 6 —Taff Vale, 40—York and North Midland, 29% ex div. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 14. STOCK EXCIIANGE. —The transactions to-day were as fol low: Aberdeen,lB34 —Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 7 1 4 dis. Ditto (late C. and B.), 21%--Caledonian, 17— Ditto, Preference, 714—Chester and Holyhead, 25—East Lancashire, 19 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 64 1 / ? , Ditto, Fifths, 6 1 % dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 5 dis.—East Anglian, - Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 14 1 ,4 Lan caster and Carlisle, Thirds, 12 p.—Lancaster and Preston, 47 1 ,5;, p.—Leeds and Thirsk 21 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 1 p. Loudon any North-Western, 133 1 4 Ditto, New Quarters, 06 p.—Ditto, Fifths, 61% p.--hlan chester, Sheffield,. and Lincolnshire, 39 c.—Ditto, Quarters (No. 1), 7 1 / 4 till 1853, 15—Ditto, Preference, 12 1 / 8 i.itto, 6/. New Preference, 5 , 4 p.—Matlock and Midland, 3 3-16 dia. —Midland, 67 3 y —Ditto, Halves, 12 dis.—North British, 11 —North Staffordshire, 5 5.16 dis. —North Union (A), 240 —North-Western, 9 dis. St. Helen's (Railway and Canal), 43 Shrewsbury and B:1 rningham (A), 0 3 / a Ditto (13), 73 —Shrewsbury and Chester, Thirds, 9 3 4 Dittt 101. Shares, dis.—Ditto, Preference, guaranteed 8 per cent., 15% —Shropshire Union (Railway and Canal), 2 11-16 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 28% Whitehaven and Furness, 8 LA2 York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 23 ` Ditto, Preference, unpaid-up, 1 dis.—York and Nortb Mid land, 29 3 %—Ditto, Preference, 1 die. Be fast and Bally mena, 3 . l2—Great Southern and Wester n, 45—Dutch Rhe, nish, 4% dis. MANCHESTER, MARcu 14. STOCK ExcnArrom—There has not been such a buoyant market since 1 4 45. An immense business done at high rates, and closes with a fair and animated feeling. MARCH" 14. STOCK EXOFIAZIGH.-1 he transactions reported to-day were as follow: —Birmingham and Wolverhampton, 11—North LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 1851. and without the least mixture of heat and passion. He 1 1848, Sir R. Inglis -on the discussion of a Roca m Catho is would offer nothing like a -faclieus opposition to the, question, iieroeuced he (the sari of Arundel eaenud,isau.r,riteXl Gevorninent.—(Laughter.) ile declared he would eon e ! believed by the Holt and Leeened Member to . I. i s t el l , a 1 . • i t state me nt had not be not accede to any facttous opposition except under I It aPPe"r'-d , then ' a 6 his st * n of tbe Court of Home to reasonable circionstaeces— (Continued laughter)—Lut s t r n a n d d i i ct i e d d e , titer! It in e! a , s tv t r i t n ur t ( e ) pnelia'n dominions, as wall as those if an attempt were made to postpone the pressing bust- beyond ses, int • bl ' shriprics without the consent of the Crown ness of the country there was no course, however fedi- , ous, which he would not consent to.—(Renewed Chapter of Westminster, tsLosepetition he hadhadthe tw _ of 'England; end he contended, in the lauguage of the 'Je b el:lll d r leughzer.) He ahoeld like to know whether the of presenting hi the course of the Present: session, that i e s Honourable Gentlemen on the- beaches opposite were high time that-Eng and should, instead of repsalines lt s .. . h aleeeleur a real Government, or form'- d a mere provisional _ own just and heceseary Ilw i . against P.°Pi. i n in I to of machine, or automaton, designed for their oppression. vindicate its ewe independency,. by callingou the , is P He should like to know, while they were oppressing . Ronns to withdrans his usurpations and invasions upon them, whether they were doing so in due course the dignity of the Enlish Croerie .... 0 n. „ ft e • of law, and according to the . practice of the country. t he Ciftitubtion, the liberties of the English pe pie f ar e id tha the intention of the Pope to create If the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill were pro- the integrits of the Evg- Thle e rare r h; in ere En u e r dane was brought undsr the notice of th e , ceeded with this evening he should move Noble Lord as early as F -bruary, 1818. On the lith or e that the debate be adjourned.—(Liughter from the Irish g, •ty erh°P s ' 1 Members.) August following, - Sir E. Inglis said, " even the late or himself, eregory XVles e as A igh an authors e P en _ hie s Mr. O'CONNOR thought the proposition of the Noble . • eral history as any ,overeien reigning it the L A"' Lord to postpone all business until the vote of censure . ~ w Bishop Wiseman ..(An Hon. was decided a very ereat compliment en the House. seine Ile (Sir R. Inglis) had no objection to ell! . _II': Lard J. RUSSELL said what he stated was this—that Bishop Wi. an • his objection was to cal , ;mg ,hica it rc k t there were on Friday, the 21st, his Right Hon. Friend would be bishop of Westminster.' He did not denyoLsacted to their able to propose any alteration he had to make in the bishops in the Chuich of riome . he only__ l eh ,_ min i o ns, laimin to be bishops of places in his Que e " w o uld financial arrangeoseuts of the year. that he .would Memb4 sr.'. ,0,...,r. Lid agfinst his Queen's per and authority. b iie then proceed with the army estimates, and that' any stase in Europe whether Protestant oeßomen C 4.! n ° of on Monday, the 24th, he should proceed . with the question as to the continuance of the income- have permitted the Pope of Rome to carve out asp °ll:l°into native dominions tif that s ate, and. to divde :on " wit h tax. The Hon. Member for Starlit ord had archbish pries and bne'optics without "consme ' given a notice with respect - to that tax, but, as on Tues- its own Sovereign. He trusted that his Nonh As he day, the 25th, a vote of censure was on the paper, the head of the Goyernment, would state diem that A de it would be very inconvenient for the House believed he could have done a few tithenoetbe Popeag°t—hat he could to decide the question relative to the Income-tax b e l ie s intimatiou had beep made e _ n , e &ne on that day, or 'swore the veto was proceeded with. not be permitted to create a bishopric in the Que Noble . the Mr. W. WILLIAMS thought recent proceedings rions without the Queen's consent. He did erust d , h e es- Lord mild state h• although the statement ha A sea . showed the necessity of altering the rule of the House, lievetl, v a pearecin t the ; Tub . in' England, and in tbe d e ilcceattryr_iend at i n to which required 40 Members present before a House could man's .li-urne/ in Ireland. that bulls were introdneene of tha be made. He himself had a motion on the paper of the thistountry at this moment, and without the sa h net b l isbeP rics greatest importance, involving an expenditure of seven Queen, dividing the Queen's dominions irito arc_ „ p e l ted millions of the public taxes, which were expended in and bishoprics, and filling them with persons no,;lliPihe direct violation violation of constitutional principles. In cense- or. recognised, or ecknowledged by the Queen- ' 1 t the ' Que en et quence of that .he should be reduced to the ne- tended, no Protestant Sovereign in Europe bu add e he did cessity of bringing on the question on going into England would have permitted fona rnomenane about Committee of Supply. hope that the Sovereign of these -realms had fl' iee nit The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he ' act any such preP"'" mo th her throne strong enough to re s i ti flt OW d was quite as disappointed as the Hon. Gentleman could all events, he had reason to know that at ., :e The Nob l e 13: be that there eras no House. The money which the someiiingoa stop lts doubt, reel,' t . : e st d le Hon. Member had said was expended in an unconstitu- ttdtoonstltChharocoreadsiing • in heis tional manner he might take the opportunity of stating certa i n Hon. Gentleman has asked me some questions wit" S'c'te know I do o e proceedings that have taken place. was expended in conformity with Act of Parliament. whether he wishes to ask me now with „• edo no Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said he . wished to ask the Noble tion of Roman Catholic archbishops in Eng le " wa yAby ani Lord, on whom he relied to make a House? The Noble know that the Pope has authorised in a' Yarchbisboprio Lord had important business on the paper—the relief of authority he may have, the creation of Y an ertainlY nth l the Jewish disabilities—a question which he had great or bishopric with dioceses in England; but ' enly consef , difficulty in getting out of last session; and now, when it not given my consent—nor should I gse . _ s , d i oc eses., came to the push, he slipped out of it in this were I asked to do so -to any such formation "' Ol respecttf the cres , Thethe consentNobleLod way. It was the duty of the Secretary of the Trea- It would be useless, therefore, to have MIL sury to make a House, and he might just remind the the Noble Lord.—( l ll-ar, and laughter.) . 7 ih o rity then proceeded to say—" With regard to spiritua other Noble Lord of what Canning had said on the subject, the Hon. Gentleman must see, when he allud be to°btaned that it was the duty of the underling of the Treasury, states in Europe, that whatever control is to. be ebtsiaed first to make a House, next to keep it, and thirdly to over the spiritual authority of the Pope can only T , " i re certs -e cheer the Minister.—(Laughter.) He hoped the Noble by agreement for that end. You must e itleangLi n f r om Lord would have this advice stuck up in all the Govern- advantages to the Roman Catholic religion, and 0r!,,,"', w hich ment offices. the Pope certein other advantages in returns sn't_if I, e die ou must stipulate that the Pope Lord J. RUSSELL said that it was generally the you in England without the consent of tbe Qu een ; bie'g to Government who suffered most when a House was not shall not create cr co the other ind, you must say that volt will have n iii ° , t it co' made. With reference to last night, he could only say do with arrangements of that kind - that you the. Cs' that he had expected that a House would be made, and sent, in any way, to give any authority to leaver'"" ths the Secretary of the Treasury had assured him that he tholic religioe in England. But then you Inuit: hed taken every means of making a House. spiritual authority t f the Pope entirely unfetterat•,,ace soo! you to to 0 1 07 After a few words from Mr. BARNARD, not bind the Pope's spiritual influence unless. Mr. HAYTER (who was received with mingled agreement. For my own part lam not . P° sdi:ountrY, or t' s ,_ cheers and laughter), said that he himself had taken all that it wead be for the advantage of C.l . _ __ins, that itn the usual means of making a House, but un- it would be agreeable te the Boman Uat i i ) , ,r o il vi `li c h thr s successfully.—(Hear, hear.) He had expressed his should have an agreement he the. rope . . ' , hat wa s religious arrangements should be regulated."' -1 . h i s en regret to the Hon. Member for Lambeth that he had not been able to obtain an opportunity of making the charge deliberate op nion of the Noble bird in reference' l e a lai p irtant question, to which his attention bad beets r o pe which he wished. • . the • • moat s before.— ( Hear, hear.) . Were no the Now. The matter then dropped. and his advisers right in conducing that I _. °e pos th e The motion that the House at its rising adjourn until Lora would not .give his consent, he would 11 °, i 't e etatie i Monday next was then carried. Act? - (Hear, and laughter.) It we% in acts ..7 0 f , tier e u PAPAL AGGRESSION—PRACTICES OF THE to the Pope to use his spiritual authority iii an tiles% PRIESTHOOD. manner in this country. Taking into cortme to 011°1" . other circumstances, the P had no rein A bier' Sir B . INGLIS, after presenting several petitions from the Noble Lord would , l (n o n b . jeit e o m t a li c e h to ti t. Cauthorne and other places against the Papal arch y in this kin the inan e aggression, said that he had also another . pe- country and the Noble Lord. But with regard to the e es die talon to present from a gentleman who had prerogative, bow stood the case? The act a the, 1 r ; thst $ formerly been a Member of that House, Mr. Fitzhards nothing that the Queen could do; prevented nothdinobsuged ing Berkeley. That gentleman, after th usual pream- Queen should do; touched nothing, in fiat & N o me wi th es tio ta r blishm ent ble of a petition, proceeded to say that while residing near nothing in the anteilor relations of the Church o ___,., o. tile Cholmondeley, with his daughter-in-law, who was a this country ; it affected, in fact, onlyahose be - wtt" n itted ward in Chancery, she had been induced to enter a spiritual authority of the Pope was fully and frearly_frisTtitiee convent,aud was at that time a postulate in the convent, The Noble Lord said that the assumption of territo r ial bog with the intention hereafter of becoming a nun.— in England was not illegal at statute or at co d m uh n" tful at c V i r i (Hear, hear.) .In the year 1851 she was still en that the the Papal bull that al l creating those titles wr : Tie (t he Iti v e r _ r s r p e e y i sh a e rl i d e v e ills d g t re a b t yi could t sta u t be i - l osa '4 sm o_ l 7 , occupant of the convent ; and, notwithstanding e of Arundel a and that, she continued to be a ward of Chancery, anti that this question was not at all affected by the er t , o ° ao would continuo so until she was of age. No power s on while. as regarded the statute law, it only Pre e me, he the .part of her friends was able to release her. what the Act of 1829 had left unpeicornsed• Thad et,the She would not be entitled t o enter into the management maintained, was clearly imperfect ; but he admitte e e r i g ht of her extensive property. which amounted to 80,000/. same time, that the Noble Lord might have been ' l o m the i n. ' —(Loud cries of " Hear , 'on a ll sides of the House)— in not legislating on the subject With respect if6en it to until she came of age, which would not be until the 6th fraction of international law, he admitted it wasfraction to OE? of June, 1852.—(Repeated cries of "Hear, hear.") Yet, treat it it tl i i 3 e rn m p • 1 e a r y y t o; dealbut au px it tu would s b u e c t b i y in negetistiau ,: r 3 notwithstanding, as he had already intimated, that she not by passing a Bill through Parliament . — ( Hear 'f b Ear' was a ward in Chancery, according to the practice and A great deal had been said respecting the languag e - t ee sde usage of the Church of Rome, the whole of her property dinal Wiseman's pastoral. That pastoral, however, ne est it would be confiscated.—(Cries of "Hear, bear.") She dressed to the Catholics only, and it was naturitsono would lose all control altogether over it, and it should call on them to rejoice at a matter which was _r ‘ ' co . would become the property of the Church to which she a source of such gratiflcatiol as thlhr:-edstiedblnisnhtrnexen: °' a t expo sYrieci had attached herself.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") Plate theirecclesiastical organisation. Protestantisatfellow-lubjects; but till s ' e l Further, the petitioner observed that the House, be not from _ trusted, would take it into consideration whether a ward t - scp m t that they would take offence. Some of the ' is ": " re:ions in that document had been interpreted by the ° ar t in Chancery should be permitted thus to put away her people to mean an assumption of authority on the l e t t property without the authority of the Court or of her of the Catholic Church. The Noble Lord had, in his sP e ,, a a friends.—(Hear, hear.) And still more, the p etitioner introduc in g the Bill, quoted the words, "We govern;.ford, stated that his daughter by his second marr ia g e, the shal l continue to govern, the counties of Middlesex, II: ` w ords half-sister of the young lady to whom he refer red, had and Essex; " and said that " he could - not see in these, e But been totally excluded from any communication with her anything but au assumption of territorial soveriigntl be e f t dearest relative. Thus those feelings of affection which it would have been iz i e n i t e ) - le ju i s ,e e r sn h d ad certainly it woulde P"; would otherwise have been engendered were altogether more ca h n ic d h id r , i h an f t thus:—" So that at given t t h a e n rS tat such t o rn, stifled. The petitioner then prayed that in any Bill g . , ri se s tehewHoly See shall think fit otherwPiseesteonp'rovide, w e b e i r e rte which might be introduced would be included clauses to and shall continue to govern, the counties of Middlesensurrey, prevent any ward in Chancery from becomin g a pustula ford, and Essex, as ordinary thereof, an d those o f S o en' and that any property which mi g ht be takes by the id Sussex, Kent, Berkshire, and Hampshire, with jai l ?, This Church of Rome under similar circumstances should nexed, as administrator with ordinary jurisdiction- „stead be vested in the Queen, and used for whatever pur did, Gut as a bishop, and until other bishops meant that he governed them, not as the vicars 0000 poses her Majesty might think fit. Il leerih Mr. CLEMENTS presented a similar petition. . . with ordin ry jurisdiction. The expression " g oo of Sir JAMES GRAHAM also presented a petition which bed been so strongly objected to, wa s colli e, do nt' Yorkshire. alone to Roman Cads i but t ecclesissne h • r e is spinet the Bill from a place in _ ss o ice,to mos ;„ WI ~ Mr. COBDEN presented a petition to the same effect ments. The brief of the Pope showed the sense AS Se from a place in the West Riding. was used to be to regulate the spiritual govera the Hou i AS ea Mr. Gladstone , - Mr. Hope, kir. Guinness, Mr. John Roman Catholic Church in this countrfe , esee roni ese were O'Connell, Mr. Monsen, Mr. Moore, Mr. Hindley, and might perceive, when it said " But in the sacrea tnertanepoei Mr. P. Westhead presented petitions to the same effect. of clergy and laity, and in all other thingsaniseoPs.,j, Mr. PACKE presented a petition praying the House unto the pastoral office, the archbishop! „if en d fa 0 " 01 to pass the Bill in its integrity. England will henceforward enjoy all the rign , ' d b i s hops ss Mr. SPOONER presented several petitions from Bic- • ties which the other Catholic archbishops a° es of ta minghatn against the Papal aggression. other nations, according to the common ordiit n ee a nial, sacred canons and apostol eel constitutions, vicar arse Mr. GROGAN presented a petition to the same ef- use." An extract from the -address of theist° Nord feet from Dublin. Ire the ,os tolic in Wales wou'd also show in what Be d Lt' ame e s Sir WILLIAM VERNER presented 21 petitions t o ~ governed" was employed, and that it was use elliPny the same effect. ing no way different from that in which theWesl e e ) d fthat n r n ee t Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition against the Bill, it in speaking of John Wesley having" g"er el n el an d 6u of4 e from the Roman Catholics of Nuneaton; also several per- of religionists. What, he (the Earl of Arun positi nn or titions from Birmingham, complaining r weird next 88 1 ., was the difference of the _ ic i n gs eP or g o f the Pupal aggression. Mr. GRITTA.N presented a petition against the Bill Church' been Roman Catholics under bishops and under, The sa s s es tolic, with regard to people outside the uld nevere been from Westmeath. In fact the change w °- • h " It a bleb i n, fore • was, nothicig. disc iver. d only for the disturbance e , so leg f a rce Mr. COWAN Presented Petitions from Paisley and c b r e e en ited about it. It gave . the Roman Ca_t_haeirtres, or se y h tb . : i 7 l other places in Scotland aainst the Pa al aggression. or power ; neither (Wit give them tempoi si - m i s er for Bat_ ev Mr. HENRY presented petitions against the Bill, of that nature. The Noble Lord the M e b a ptised Pe"' ben baP clidl but en force from the Roman Catholic's of Liverpool. that the esthetic Church claimed e.,ere Lord J. RUSSELL then Lepeated his motion " That the (" Hear, hear," from Lord Ashley.) So she io , r to . 0 Bill be read a second time. On the question being put from the Chai did that change give them an atom vivre P° epes tolie tbef that theologies' deduc ion. Did net th 4 vicars? anti wer.S e c ,. The Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY rose to move the the clergy under them make the same second reading of the Billthat ' the e .erg Lee d his reasons day six months. In stating . • any nearer its completisu ?It had benelanl:ts for sod ing he should treat the Bill, not as in pointment of a hierarchy WaS OhnOXi, ll. Lau gh& i f roe 'or the form in which it originally stood when it was introduced laity rf England ; but the letter of Dili. e, with i" baron to the House, but in that form inwhich the Prime Minister that the Roman Catholic Peers of Engla nd ' her e v a Ca had givee notice it was his intention to press it. This, in his four exceptions, almost the whole of then the Boni en d hi opinior, would be the simpler way. ' The Bill had. been pre- and the great bdy of the secular clereY lied f o r iti e , ore pared during a period of great excitement —an excitement tholic Church in this countrn had ,a_n e P'' inis elf lat!'•t c h.to caused by the creaton of a Roman Catholics hierarchy in this (the &el of Arundel and Suriey)iiieatue of d that, Ge o li s thei r kingdom by the Pope—by a change in the spiritual organi- rented a petition from 400 secular pr bse tai the' ta ona the Obj e q la t 1/0 01 1 sat on under which the Roman Catholics hal hitherto lived the House, in which it was stated tethen arose, w„ floss , in England, by the substitution for vicars apostolic of most ardent desires. Th e cl ues ion L in wh i c h tee eso tort be the r,sult of those measures bishops and archbishops in ordinary. This change was said by the people of this couutry to be an infringement of themill be the nalii o il l was non , ens gad?. One result parliament to r_ . ,,a prerogative o . the Crown, arid an infraction of internati final of the law. Was it r ight s The °' eel) Yt ?_f Hear.) o ne - law. To show that it was the contrary, he (the Earl of law which was liable to Arundel and Surrey) would briefly refer to the case of the evading laws was proved in l• el' e h : r law ;Lamle- e n n eie tivell lel Cantolic body in this country ia that respect subsequent to fr, in tee evasion of an unto evasr....nisosi. it was htilseientiona just law strong ° l e Bile so' the Reformation. In 1598, the last Roman Catholic bishop mods , . s, to the evasion 'f. A r result w ould , ___ ider etier; in this country—the Bishop of Lincoln —died, and by his prat eworthy.—t Hear ) Anot le . e i , to c . nr ,iah ,.ps or death the Roman Catholics of England were deprived of finer s anent. ent d d the House ta.e7 s o ps en d le be 0 / • an • from .he arshbun• fine , wou .. _ of episcopal head. In this position of affairs an arch-priest was thst every tool. takenof a e a thenc P" created to supply the deficiency ; but even then it was the the Catholic Chur. le in the h settee , f the frn e° clots ...b e e no [pore .d e at fact that very many of the secular clergy remonstrated much rn n y taken out of .he Po - then ^ •be ( 1 " against his appointment —desiring in preference a bishop in England and -n I eland ? Awl alt. O ut n " their DT. This lasted till 1623, when the demands of the Roman Ci: would bs go ,there tv.s imprisronn i .ever ardent third rou , tholes of England for episcopal jurisdiction became so strong think th i pen le of England, _° here there was a fibsli"itt as to produce the appointment of a vicar apostolic ; and one testanisue would sutler that. The __, 6 unable pae. was accordingly appointed to this kingdom. The Catholic —exile. If the Catholic prelateeh were ; 0 operanon °' se pub , body was governed by a vicar apostolic until 1688 • in that their reap cove dioceses through ; eign couetries•tbrne the: year, however, four under that tide were appointed ' , and the they w old have to go forth te .d f ot h w ever• rested it le Pepe to use a phrase now very fashionable,Eel , f Arundel and Surrey) rid n he eXP of tb ' " tour • "parcelled out the country into ecclesiastical divisions. These re- the House would disagrre with s ;le for the gu` h eisbe mained intact until 1840, when England was divided b • the his opnion at,th it would be lit _,. and sr ne i g iuOl Holy See into eight ecclesiastical districts, and eight vicars country, that he Cathol c bincle i lee ..ne e or . _s: .. th e apostolic were appointed to superintend ' them. In the year simile live on the coasts et s ff e, apa rt ti_cr e. o pen Ise i the hierarchy which hid caused such a commotion in or Holland, outcasts from their neA` and pof T e l; po seu the kingdom was created. Why did the Pope create this flocks their minds embittered be' xi ; E n gland , ° nu ,. ( fles t. ' hierarchy? Every one knew the irregularities into which to the suggestions of every eneley o t the weal. it a red -t: all bodies of men, especially religious bodies, were rone to to eve , y hostile insinuation agalne , urreY) c °llBl-e WAY .4 1 fall when there existed an inefficient discipline r' or no bear ) He (Lord Arundel and surrey e . w h s tever ene trios discipline. That was most vexatious persecution, viewed . 1.. a A direCti°°:" 10. the case in the Catholictor ) et body' • might be, as well as a retrograde steepi _ ov ing s pai , they felt all the inconveniences resulting from d re It was to the want of an Established Church in that respect; to that in which the country ha c o me t • es . and various irregularities prevailed in the absence of There was nothing simile- to it in any; ho li e C ourt ti .• hut, an ecclesiastical organization, frem a deficiency f due that Protestants were persecuted in te:r t m ight b? s e n e h o uld discipline. The countries where despotism was the r A tintt:tional countriyew yore Roman Catholics of England, •be n refore, clergy and laity, petitioned the Pope for an ecclesiastics' or- to institute a just comparisnn. con snstancet onlY 11 0i . l Be igiul e, ganisation be taken as a test alone. For ; he (the Earl of Arundel and Surrey) signed that i tl olic Moister with petition, in since the Count de Merode, the Cna for Protestant • c, 1,, t o op: common with many other noble lords • and he would say, in passing, that if any man bad then told him proposed a Bill to make provisio . s not lir met with moo that in so doing he was infringing on the Queen's preroga- of all sects in that country and ~. ep of Wines, .r. _ s olio five, or interfering with international law, he would say that of on the part of the Archbi.,:a tut was I'oBo .n.egitt ill the man w as ma d._ ( Hear, and laugh . er.) After a time of the Belgian Catholic nionactli,ved, unenimouslt)itAtiticsot. the question was arranged in accordance with the desire of Earl of Arundel and Surrey) be ,1 Holland too —a c' ll e s e ternti e s r 1 the Roman Catholics, and a hierarchy was appointed. The events, it became the law. I b . in reply to *l' _, sect to Noble Lord at the head of the Government said that one e ve nts , i t Minister of Wors p, Governmentl wished eN r ri s ith I': great part of the insult in the case was that the Prime Minis- for Brabant, said that the g ization in matter? ilgieiii ter had not been informed of the Pope's intentions in the carry out its cent Plete ° L - a u a eht most proper- !hid' ti te e „ matter. He (the Earl of Arundel and Surrey) was sur- such a manner as theyttheo , Bill under discussionetteAterie, prised the Noble Lord should say that ; and to show that however, not only was constitutionally to defeat--0-4,7leaddtiY_ the Noble Lord hail perfect cognizance of the intention of would do their nest co l t , is ath C o lies, but they were Il i _. .....1: the rope, he (the Earl of Arundel wen Surrey) would ask held before the R 71masides with ulterior oleo l ow is. _ permission to read certain extracts from the speeches of' the threatened Arundelfna and Surrey) knew they wer e ,,, Jr , : Hon. Member for the University of Oxford at d the Noble (the Earl o e English Catholics alone, because that k:, Lord himse'f. Th e y would show that as early as February, spoke of tb re numerous, and had Metnbers ja k " ... ;, ti s 3i 1848, the Noble Lord had had his attention called to the fsct Catholic_ e ds were to defend their interests- 0 h , _ ee li csie _ l. ' o of the intention of the Pope to appoint a hierarchy, and was able and E glisp Catholics) were physically defe n ne to pass asked by the Hon. Member for the University of Oxford what (ih"ehout the power to help themselves; but co.- GOJ, acid s , 11 „ ft , steps he meant to take in the matter. He (the Earl of Ai-midst without might, they would put their trust in wit lotri° t ies and Surrey) would show also from these extracts that in the : mien, if oppression they were to e ndure, w Tio , ?fo od August of the same year, when the Diplomatic Arrange- deucePP7 and with Christian firmness. - (1 1 ea r0 s , e sd A See ° Rome 13•11 under d• • the Hon. M • • merits with i was discussion, Lord concluded by moving that too ,• not be read „ r te a ber for the University of Oxford had again brousht the sub- lime that day six tnonths. iie intro exi,ot jest eefore the House, and tlea the Noble Lord upon that Mr. REYNOLDS seconded the motion. hould be T °erasion, having 'n the intervening period well end carefully his surprise and astonishment that Leland s ,ncludeinea• considered, no doubt, the bearings of the whole case, had pro duced into the measure; but he rejoiced it Wa . B 1 _ _„ ng il J ceeded t, lay down what was his owe opinion on the , s ubject cause Ireland was strong in the power ef offtring,l4`Siee et —not alone with reference to Pins IX., but also with refer tional resistance to its further progress. The Pio" ence to the Pope his predecessor. On the 16th of February, MYSTERIOUS MURDER. PmcsiouTFi, Mancn 11.—Considerable excitement has prevailed in the neighbourhood of Brixton, a small village about six miles east of P 1) mouth, in conse quence of a rumour having gone abroad that a boy, who was found on Friday hanging to a tree in an or chard, hack been murdered by the son of his master, a respectable farmer named Henry Rowe. The name of the deceased was John Bunker. The coroner of the district, Mr. Bore, has, instituted an inquiry. The sus picious circumstances connected with the case will be gathered from the following portion of the evidence ad duced at the irquest:— Thomas Froude, a police-constable of Ply mpton St. Mary, said that on Tuesday last he received informa tion that there was a charge against William Rowe, the son of Henry, that he had been guilty of a nameless crime on a mare, and on Saturday he received such further information as led to the apprehension of the man on the double charge of having committed a brutal crime, find with being the murderer of John Bunker. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the acts with which he was charged, and said that the boy had fetched the rope that was found round his neck Irons the house with his own hand. Witness sew the deceased on a bed in the house of prisoner's father. There were marks of coagulated blood on the back of the right band and the left. There was a scratch on the left temple, and blood coming from the nose and mouth. That around the mouth was of a fresher appearance than the rest. Witness afterwards went to the orchard where the deceased was found, and he there 'discovered footmarks that corresponded with the boots taken from the prisoner's feet. Witness ob tained the clothes worn by the prisoner on the slay the deceased was found. They consisted of a coat, waist coat, breeches, leggings, and a handkerchief. There were marks of blood on the handkerchief and coat. Some of them appeared tolhe fresh spots. There were also in the waistcoat pocket five bullets. The prisoner said he used the bullets to kill rabbits, as a matter of fancy., [The clothes were produced, and the spots of blood pointed out to the jury.] William Good said he was in Mr. Scoble's field at Chippleham at about six o'clock on Friday morning last. He knew the pond orchard-gate, which was about a quarter or half a mile distant from the place at which he stood.. While there he heard a cry proceeding from the direction of the wood, which nearly adjoins the orchard. It was a loud screech, as if some one were being ill-used. Witness thought it appeared as if a man were strangling a youngster with his hands. Witness saw the two young Scobles going in the direction of the cry; one was on horseback, the other on foot. It was shortly after nine o'clock. Richard Scoble corroborated the evidence of the pre ceding witness. James Ellis had had a conversation With deceased on Wednesday as to the nameless crime that had been laid to the prisoner's charge. Deceased, said there was no doubt about the truth of it, and that he had been offered money not to say what he knew concerning it. Thomas Barber saw the deceased hanging in the orchard, as he passed along the road. He took the body from the tree and put it on the ground: The jury, after consulting together for two hours, brought in a verdict that "Deceased died from strangu lation, and that he was wilfully murdered by some party or parties unknown." The prisoner will undergo an examination before the magistrates at Ridgway on Friday, on the charge of having committed an unnatural crime. A STRANGE STORY. We find in Galignanis Messenger of the 17th the following strange story:—" A few nays since a medical man, named Philippe, died in a village near Paris, where he had resided many years, and had acquired a great reputation for skill and probity. He never de• manded any remuneration, except from those who were in circumstances to be able to pay him; and during the last visit of the cholera he was indefatigable in his attention to the suffering poor. Last year an English man, travelling in that part of the country, was taken so suddenly ill that he was obliged to stop at an inn in the commune, and Dr. Philippe was sent for. Scarcely, however, had he arrived at the bed-side of the patient when the latter became violently agitated, and his countenance changed exceedingly. The doctor appeared also to be agitated, and at once ordered every one out of the roam. When that was done, the door was locked on the inside. The landlady, being curious to know what was going on, listened at the door, but the conversation was car ried on in a language which she did not understand ; she, however. heard the patient exclaim in French ' Assassin ! assassin I' after which a violent alter. cation ensued. The Englishman appeared to threaten, and the doctor to supplicate him ; the latter after wards left the room, and went into the kitchen, where he prepared some medicine which he ordered to be given to the patient several times during the night. On the following day the stranger was much worse, and feeling his end approaching, he made a sign for pen, ink, and paper, and wrote a few words in English which the landlady gave to the mayor of the com mune, who, not understanding the language, threw it aside into a drawer, where it was forgotten. The stranger died the same evening. A few days since the mayor, when called on to register the death of the doctor, who in his turn had paid the debt of humanity, thought of this paper, and on his showing it to his nephew who understood the language, it was found that Dr. Philippe was nb other than the famous Patieson, a noted robber of the United States, all trace of whom had been long lost. The Englishman had re cognised him as a man who had, twenty years-before at tempted to murder him, while travelling in the State of Vermont, in America. The mayor immediately proceeded to the house of Dr. Philippe to institute an inquiry. He found that he had during his illness refused to be undressed, and had made the persons who attended him promise that he should be buried in the clothes which he then wore. The mayor, however, ordered the body to be undressed, when it was found that the doctor was in reality a very spare man, although he always appeared stout, the bulk being caused by his wearing clothes wadded most thickly. ills legs were also bandaged up, and one of his feet was found to be a very skilfully-made artificial one. The body was covered with marks of wounds. In a dark closet there were found several chests fastened with triple locks, and on these being forced oped they were found to contains arms of various kinds, watches, gold coins of all nations, and diamonds and jewels to a considerable value. Particulars of this discovery have been trans mitted to the Government, and a copy sent to -the autho rities of the State of Vermont." OPENING OF THE 'OWENS COL LEGE, MANCHESTER. The new collegiate institution, founded in Manchester on the principle of the national universities (except that it is open to all without religious dietinctiou), out of funds provided by a munificent bequest made several years ego by the late Mr. John Owen:;, to the amount of nearly 100,0001, was opened yesterday. The building selected (the will of Mr. Owecs giving no power to erect a building) was the spacious house in which Mr. Cobden, M.P., formerly resided, in Quay-street. The principal of the college is Professor A. J. Scott, late of the Lon don University, who was prevented from delivering his inaugural address by sudden illness, and the session was opened yesterday morning by the delivery of a lecture iutroductory of a course of instruction in the languages and literature of ancient Greece and Rome by Professor J. G. Greenwood, 8.A., followed by one on mathematics and physics by Professor Archibald Sandeman, M.A. The other resident profes,ors—Mr. Edward Franklund, Ph. D., who presides over the classes studying chemis try, and Mr. W. C. Willianison, M.R.C.S., who takes the department of natural history, anatomy, and phye sioloey—were also present. The n acher of French is M. Podevin, and of German M. Thecdores. The prin cipal of the college (who is also professor of logic and moral philosophy) it is expected will now postpone his inaugural address for some weeks, if not till the opening of the next session. The public were admitted, on giving their names, to the introductory lectures yester day morning, and a great number of ladies and gentle men presented themselves. Among the gentlemen were Mr. J. Potter (mayor of Manchester), the Very Rev. Dr. Bowers (Dean ot.Mancheeter), Alderman Watkins, Alderman Shuttleworth, Mr. S. Fletcher, Dr. Hodgson (principal of the Chorlton High School), Mr. G. Osborne (Wesleyan minister), and Mr. Alexander Kay. There were about la or 20 youths present, who had already been admitted students. Mr. A. KAY (who is one of - the trustees under the late founder's will) introduced the Learned Professors the meeting. Professor GREENWOOD, in opening his address, dwe at considerable length on the advantages to be derived from the study of classical literature and the value of the study of languages as an intellectual discipline to the mental faculties. It might be asked, while the claims of the study of languages to form an essential part of edu cation were not questioned, why the dead languages should be chosen for this purpose? , why the modem languages were not selected? the acquirement of which would have a practical utility in itself, besides being a 'valuable means of mental training. A careful answer must be given to this inquiry. It must be shown that, while on the one hand the study of modern languages was important, the classical languages were better in struments of training, because more elaborate in their processes of etymology and syntax.—(Hear,.hear.) But the value of classical studies rested not on this alone: the varied stores of information which they unfolded to the pupil were invaluable. We in our day were hardly less closely connected with the people of Greece and Rome than our own immediate ancestors. We wet e indebted to the ancient Greeks and Romans for a large element in our literature and philosophy, and it was not for us to disown the bonds which united us with the nations of antiquity. We could not efface those ties, and if we ignored them, it would be at our own taost.---(Hear.) Even for themselves alone the authors of antiquity were most deserving of an intimate acquaint an ae. Classical literature embraced the works of poets, his, orians, and orators, who were by common consent regs...e6 led as models of excellent composition. They were the history of some of the most momentous events which.. the world had ever witnessed. It must not be supae AEA that the narration of ancient struggles and trinn iphs possessed no attraction for us. The heart of hum: inity was much the same in all times. The study of the I inguages of aneiehitGreece and Rome, set before the pupil the idioms of languages widely differing in charac ter, a old simultaneously with the power of translation, BANKRUPTS. Charles Graham, hosier, New Oxford-street, to sur render March 21, at twelve, and April 25, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Semple, Duke-street, Man chester-square. William Lockyer, baker, Old-street, St. Luke's, March 20, at eleven, and April 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, o ffi cial assignee, Basinghall street ; iiilleary, Fenchurch-street. Jesse Wilkinson, woollen cloth manufacturer, Lindley, Yorkshire, March 28 and May 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Heap, Huddersfield; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. %VAR-OFFICE, MARCIE 14. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Hugh Hamilton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Blathwayt, who retires; Cornet George John ridge, to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, Vice Hamilton; Evelyn Harpur Crewe, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Sir Thomas Greeley, Bart., promoted. March 14. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 14. PREVENTION OF OFFENCES BILL. Lord CAMPBELL, in moving the second reading of the Prevention of Offences Bill, called the attention of their Lordships to the many cases of burglary, accompanied with acts of violence. which had taken place in various parts of the country. There was a class of delinquents who were in the habit of breaking into dwelling houses during the night, especially into those situated in lonely places, using all kinds of violence to effect their purpose, and plundering them of money, plate, and such other articles as it was found most convenient to carry away. Some of the band engaged in such outrages were then sent to dispose of the plate and other articles stolen, and on a subsequent day they met and divided the proceeds of the booty. These persons, he might also observe, had hiding places, where they thought they were secure in setting the law at defiance. Now, it was in dispensably necessary for the security of her Majesty's sub jects that some measure should be taken to prevent the oc currence of such outrages. Prevention was better than cure. As the law now stood, if a man was taken up with picklocks and other instruments of housebreaking, he could not be punished, but he proposed to enact that in cases where such articles were found on a auspicious person, and where there was reasonable ground to believe that they were in tended to be used for purposes of housebreaking, such per son should be liable to be punished, and on a second convic tion to be transported beyond seas. He believed that such an enactment would have a most material effect in preventing the use of such articles IT this class of persons. The most material clause in the Bill, however related to ths nee of chloroform for the purposes of robbery. A most respect able physician had done him (Lord Campbell) the honour to write him a letter, which he had printed, and there he stated that the fear arising from the use of chloroform in this way was altogether imaginary—that no strong man who made re sistanca could possibly be chloroformed. He believed that was true; but in the case of those who were not strong, and un .ble to resist, it might happen to many of that class that chloroform would be employed most effectively for facilitat• ing robbery. The gentleman to waose letter he had referred stated that a person thus attacked might refuse to breathe, and that he might turn away his head. But, suppose a wet handkerchief was put to his nostrils, and held there, the man must breathe, and thus inhale the par. icular gas that came from the chloroform. It stood, indeed, on record that since the discoverylf chloroform persons had been convicted be fore the competent courts of using that article for the pur pose of robbery.—(Hear, hear,) He hoped, therefore, their Lordships would be of opinion that those who made such an attempt should not be guilty of a misdemeanour only, as was at present the case; but that any pers ,n who tried to commit a robbery by means of cholorform, or such like substances, though ti s did not succeed, should, if c nvicted, be held guilty of felony, and liable ti be transported beyond the seas. Hear, hear. ) The Noble an 1 Learned Lord then moved that the Bill be read a second time. The Bill was read a second time a' cordingly. PASSE GERS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Cs the question that the repot on this Bill be received, The Earl • f MOUNTCASHELL p oposed a clause to the effect that a return should be made annually to Parliament of the name, &c., of every person convicted under the Pas sengecrAs Such a return andandoft would hec have re u h ins e ta t u h e e effesaetett ofendinge such a indu cingach greater care and caution on the part of the masters of emi s g ant-ves els, while it would ac t as a stimulus to agent and others to employ gre der precautions ag-dast losses at sea before vessels lett the h,rbour. Earl GREY opposed the clause. The Noble Earl pro poseiL that returns should be ma le annually to that House of the name and all the circumstances connected with eve y conviction, n t only in the Un•ted King& in, but throughout the colonies. Nothing could be more inconvenient than to requ ra by Act of • ornament a return of this kind. He might not «bject to such a return for a single year in o• der to show the working of the measure, but such a return would, he ventured to say, be not only useless but an abuse of the powers of legislation. The Earl of MOUNTCASUELL, notwithstanding what had fallen from the noble Earl, was satisfied that the clause which he proposed would be one of the most eflica ciou, in the Bill. The gallery was then cleared for a division but none took place. The clause proposed by the Earl of Mountcashell was ne gatived, and the Bill reported. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 14. NEW MINISTERIAL DIFFICULTIES. Mr. PLUMPTRE wished to know whether it was the intention of the Governznont to proceed with the estimates on Monday? Loid JOHN RUSSELL replied that if the debate on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill was not concluded this evening, he would propose to go on with it on Monday next, He would take this opportunity of making a state ment to the House with regard to the notice which had been given, that on Friday next his Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exch( quer would state what altera tions he would make in his proposed financial arrange ments for the year. Since then, namely on Tuesday last, the Honourable Member for Inverness-shire gave notice of a vote of censure on the Government with regard to their administration of the affairs of Ceylon, and, therefore, he proposed to postpone that financial statement until Monday week. Ile wished to state to the House, that as a vote of censure against the Government was now pending, he hoped Hon. Members who had notices of motion for that day, viz , the 25th, would give way in order that a question so directly af fecting the fate of the Government should bed rought to as speedy an issue as possible .—( Hear, ar.) He would likewise say that he did not think it was right while a vote of censure was hanging over ,the heads of the Government to propose the financial a rrangements of the year—(Laughter and cheers) —and, therefore, he certainly proposed to wait until it was decided whether they, or any future Government, should bring forward the financial arrangements of the year; and he trusted his Noble Friend opposite, the Member for Bath, w h ose motion stood first on the paper of that day, and the Hon. Member for Montrose, who also had a motion, would give way, in order to allow the motion for a vote of censure to come on on the day fixed for it.—(Hear.) Lord ASHLEY was understood to give his assent. In reply to Sir R. H. INGLIS, Lord J. RUSSELL said he would proceed with the Jewish lli.mbilitEies Bill on the earliest day possible. Mr. MOOR deprecated the course suggested by the Noble Lord, of postponing so many measures of finance, taxation, and other measures of great public importance; which ought to be considered with great deliberation, I ti r B 'a